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Notes by the Wayside 4 Py Rural Mail Carrier
Rural news items from Estherville area report moving between farms, visits from relatives, Red Cross activities, school notes, and local social events. Mentions Lyle Schultz buying a Ford, Dr Bradley farm rental, exams at Peak school, and numerous neighbors’ comings and goings amid wartime talk and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Schultz
Dr. Bradley Farm
P. B. Peake
David Calkins
Bovaird
Hillaboro
North Dakota
Ati T Weldon
Gabe Concha
Estherville
Joe Origer
Marjorie Brown
Sessice Saih
Chris Gadke
Cedar Rapids
Alex Lewis
Gruyer
Rock Rapids
Minnesota
Logan Anderson
Floyd Valley
Bradley Henry
Gruvers
France
Shuttleworth
Midway Country Club
Will Stempie
Mary Walker
Iva Brown
Ole Questad
John Hanson
Chitaco
Supt. Moore
Bergis
Iowa City
Red Cross
Mabel Myers
Jacobs
Leopold
Sioux City Wednesay
Prof. Moore
W. Lanning
Wolfe
L. Lanning
L. Osthiemer
Genevieve Osthiemer
Ralph Ewing
Illinois
Boone
Bond
W. Sanders
Louis Trowbridge
M. E. Aid Society
Rainey
A. Perkins
Hamilton
C. Clump
Igh
G. A. Peterson
Marian
L. Leopold
J.C. Smith
A. C. Bringle
EK. J. Olaon
Superior
J. Meikle
Lucy Wardrip
J. Rex
Tuesaday
Olsen's Hall
Ray Mads
Lou Gatliard
Lou Trowbridge
George Weise
M, Osthiemer
W. Hamlinton
the Royal Neighbors
A. Smith
Oracle
Bessie Hamilton
Pearl Weise
Hattie Meikle
Zerfoss
Bond Marshal
Agusta Olsen
Sentinel
Sarah Davis
Minnie Wood
Uncle Sam
B. WL. Vail
Sterling
Winds
Will Stemple
John Irwin
Fouts
Clarence Wilder
Wilder
Ole Blom
Stubbs
Terris
W. B. Stemple
L. J. Larsen
Frank Hornby
Grandfaghter
Hazel Wagner
Chas. West
Wm. West
Spen
George Brannan
Zadie
Frank Grems
Paul Peterson
Ray Brannan
Ralph Green
Joe Weber
Ladies of the Center Country Club
John Erpelding
Art Pitcher
Estherville Red Cross
Willages
Grace Lihigar
Rey Thrush
Swan Lake
Rev Torbett
Iowa
Grover