Community notes and social happenings in Estherville area
Sickness and recoveries, visits, and social events across Estherville and nearby towns. Reports include Barretts and Knutsons illness, Ray mond Skillett family news, Woodman and Royal Neighbor installation, church services by District Supt. Single, weddings and funerals for Mrs. Gilbertson and others, multiple residents visiting relatives in Canton and Estherville, and local business and farm activities with stock shipments and switchboard plans.
Estherville Visitors and Local Happenings
Estherville area residents reported visiting relatives and selling stock, with farm transfers and land purchases noted in Grover and nearby towns. Events included band concerts, church events, auctions, and preparations for a Wallingford creamery and school activities amid community updates through late January.
Local News From Bancroft And Nearby Towns
Mrs. Martie McKee of Bancroft visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Van Buskirk. The seven month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Waltiam Plath dies after a short illness. funeral Saturday at German Lutheran church in Wilbert with Rev. Sehmiege. Geo. W. Canon’s sale Tuesday drew a large crowd and strong prices. J. A. Spoor of Armstrong attended. Andrew Bike adds a subscriber on the Atwood line. Nick Rolling and wife visit from Spring Brook, Iowa. Truwe family members ill with measles on SB. 7. Osgood places. Cecil Watrous of Perry Township attends Canon sale. Watrous to move to Canon place in March. Wels Mine from Armstrongrove township ships cattle and hogs to Wi. Boyer. Herman Holldorf of Griswold visits Ed. Holldort family. brings mule team gag for brother Hol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martie McKee
Bancroft
John van Buskirk
Littl
Waltiam Plath
Wilbert
Minnesota
Sehmiege
Geo. W. Canon
J. A. Spoor
Armstrong
Atwood
Andrew Bike
Nick Rolling
Spring Brook
Iowa
Truwe
Osgood
Cecil
Help Wanted Beautifier Briefs Attract Unnatural Beauty
An odd classified style pitch promises to brighten lamps and reveal thoughts in the mind. It touts bat chasers and beautifiers that claim to render users unnaturally beautiful, even suggesting Cleopatra would approve the recipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Family notices and ads mix in town column
A jumble of local items lists names and visits, with health notes and ads. Ivy Bosworth and Miss Winnifred Canon appear among school and township updates, plus a sentimental verse by Paot Peterson and a Foley’s Honey and Tar ad.
Various Iowa News Briefs From Many Towns
The Shefield Baptists hold revival. Albert Troutman of Troy dies from paralysis. A Scranton depot will be built in spring. Iowa City hosts a university chess club. Several local deaths are noted, including Mrs. Scott Beiber Scranton and James Irwin Des Moines pioneer printer, 80. A Duffy drug store branch opens in Rowan. a horse theft at Jewell. depots broken into. multiple accidents and fires. new bank block planned at Milford. various legal and civic notes across Dubuque Mason City and Davenport.
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Shefield
Albert Troutman
Troy
Scranton
Iowa City
Scott Beiber
Mary Newsome Melall
Oskaloosa
Israel Berkheimer
Belle Plaine
Ludy Simreson
Belmond
J. R. Shea
le Mars
Duffy Drug Company
Rowan
Lesley Artis
DeWitt
Dr. Slater
Jewell
Edward Bowden
Sioux Rapids
James Irwin
Des Moines
Little Sioux
Morris McHenry
Dow City
Rose Brog
Onawa
Walter Beckwith
Mt. Pleasant
Nina Fagg
Eldora
Lansing
Jeremiah Kelley
Ellsworth Allen
Maquoketa
Co. A. Ross
Keokuk
First National Bank
Milford
Thomas McCarty
Sioux City
Ft. Dodge
Julia N. Lytle
Dubuque
J. E. Davis
Vinton
Eclipse Lumber Company
Clinton
Philip Geyer
Paul Downing
Mason City
Ned Lee
People’s Union
Davenport
Thomas Shanger
Cedar Falls
Mil
W. J. Tlanna
Matthew H. Smith
New Albion
J W. Holden
Hasler
C. C. Heady
Bloomfield
Dallas Center Poultry Association
Woodman Hall
Frank Hart
Fort Mann
Wells-Fargo Company
Farmers’ Institute
East Dubuque
Father Haugser
Menominee Mich
Ihugen
Fairfield
Jackson School
Board of Education
Misentine
Lisy
J. A. Lisy
Amily Theater
T. J. Seeneys
Davenport Times
Sheffield
Andrew Kumrow
Radcliffe
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Estherville
Holly
Barney Knutson
Bo Reed
Stillman
Ole Knutson
North Dakota
Pine Grove
Montana
Raymond Skillett
Grace Ports
Asthurville
Coleman
FE. Sullivan
Mr. Mitchell
Algona
S. B. Reed
W. C. Dowden
T. M. Pickell
Spirit Lake
Eiil Walther and Sons
Chivayzo
Single
Graver
Grettenberg
Ladies Aid
Bernice Sinclair
Walling Ford
Sim Robison
Laura
West Bend
Ray
Alice
Robinson
Mig. Adson
Kerri
John Morrice
Wallingford
George Robinson
Grundy Center
Jannette Gunderson
Ed Osher
Nels
Osher
Rer
S. Kenline
Humboldt
Grover
Alina Nelson
Motherville
M. Nelson
Dr. Wilson
J. 11
Waytor
Vivian
S. Solomonson
Graves
Fairmont
Minn
Spaulding
Dad Linnegar
Awai
Wa. Musson
Fret Taylor
Hintma Nelson
Logan Anderson
Matherville
Roy Merriott
Neid
Swan Lake
Jim
Billy Aiginbothath
L. Taylor
Rockwell
Chas. Pachasky
George West
Will West
J. N. Sweet
Paul Graves
Chicago
Solomonson
W. Fielding
Harrison Taylor
Swan Lake Telephone Company
H. Hanson
Harry Goodge
Fatherville
Handeland
Bud Graves
Seneca, HI
Andrew Anderson
South Dakota
Henry ‘Kruse
John Dabland
Pete
Josie Fank
Chas
Robert Smiley
Susie Rhinehart
Pete Fank
Clapper
Burt Handelana
Stork
Rd Holcomb
Jan. Ltd
John Blom
Grandma Merriott
Alma Dick
Metherville
Prof
J. F.C. VT Granzow
Mins
Myrtle Pickel
Mrs
Tom West
Charlie Krantz
Ines
Glen
Lewia Heidecker
Hugene Wickel
St. Joseph Mo
Shaw
John Juhl
Bemis
Gregua Juhl
Frank Devamy
Seneca
Carl Thorson
Wim, Caspire
Caspire
J. Lipper
Amelia Lippert
Janet Jackson
Hetherville
Chaettinger
Womsen
Gunderson
Town City
John Lippert
Graettinger
Gilbertson
Kenline
John Beatty
Gertie Hanson
Ryan Lake
Carl
Ruth
Marion Clapper
Maxwell Miller
Oats
Greo. West
JF. N. Sweet
Messrs. Blom
Anderson
New West
Woottman
Dolliver
John Rheinhart
Central
Jb. ‘Taylor
Chaes
Conver
Flea Presbyterian Choret
Giruver
C.D. Wilder
Bank of
H. Rhodes
Cashiar
Anderson Drug Co
Mer. Holldorf
Ivy Bosworth
Theodore Rollinget
BB. Deming
Winnifred Canon
George Canon
Win. Helmick
Laverne
Toley
Foley
Jay Johnson & Co
Lapent
Ertel
Reat
Paot Peterson
James WW. Blythe
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