Local Village Notes From Estherville And Surroundings
News from Country Correspondents highlights social calls, family visits, and illnesses in Estherville area. Names include Ethel Dick Mia Yate Anderson and Andrew Peterson with various relatives traveling to Katherville Ratherville and Batherville. The piece mentions a heart failure death, a large hose build, a May celebration, and ongoing family movements among residents.
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Ethel Dick
Estherville
Mia Yate Anderson
Bhider Frend Tarkershire
Miners Elevator Co. annual meeting yields no dividend
Local notes report Rev Bassett preaching at Chaver next Surday. Miss Myrtle Lee visits in Laetin Ralston area. The Farmers Elevator Co. of Grover held its annual meeting on Saturday and declared no dividend. Social visits and family news fill the community page, with deaths, illnesses, and weddings noted among neighbors.
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Myrtle Lee
Laetin Ralston
Farners Elevator Co
Grover
Mra. Morton
Mr. Morton and
Lasahter
Perry
Mra. Bistte
Bagley
Miss Marton
Deters
Minn
Ik. Knode
Local social notes and weekend visitors in Estherville area
Grover Mias Smith of Superior visited Chas Chuanphone Sunday. Willey and Dowdon drove to Dolliver. Norrison Taylor had supper at G. Grema Jr. home. Mearriotts drove to Ketherville Saturday. S Taylor visited G. V. Sweet. Stevens hauled gravel for a farm foundation. Stishnan visited Estherville. Broad and Trwin hosted Sunday guests. Woodstone and Merriott families ate Sunday dinner with Clump Levin. Graves spent Sunday with the Wilkinsons. Broad drove to Eatherville Saturday. Meat market ads. Spirit Lake visits. J. R. Horswell cattle sale. confirmation at Habbersville Norse church. Kevens broke bread at Strawberry Point. Dance at Nelsons. Susie Reinhardt visited Mitchells. Farmers lent hogs for the boat event. Ed Gage shopped in Graver. Questadas party enjoyed the evening. Carl Christensen sold motor to Will Christensen. Ball nine underway. Estherville game 10 to 16. Mrs. P Sanders visited Spirit Lake. Lectures by Mr Barber at armory. Luskarts hosted daughter and Dakota-based relatives. Kirchner family at Bode. Howardas social netted twenty dollars for Christian church. Lynch family visited from west Ratherville. Hurrah for the fourth. Chau bau Ye next. attendance urged.
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TG. Willey
KF. Dowdon
Dolliver
Norrison Taylor
Grema
Mea
J. A. Anderson
BE. Koenecky
Spirit Lake
J. R. Horswell
Habbers Villegn
Mr. Kevens
Ketherville
Strawberry Point
Ice cream social and local visits near Towa Lake
Miss Kether Jongberg and Mr J Johnson attended the church lawn ice cream social at Towa Lake Thursday evening. Visitors Miss Taura Rave and Mr Chas Rave of Wilbert Min were at Ed Holldorfs Thursday. Harry Neeman started with The Star in the past year. Uy Bravender drove to W Hotelimiek in his car Saturday. L Stillman and Mr Stair visited Ed Holldorfs Thursday evening. Mrs C W Savory and son from Montana, Misses Velma Marble and Ula Heas were in the area Friday.
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Kether Jongberg
Mr. J. Johnson
Towa Lake
Taura Rave
Chas. Rave
Wilbert
Min
Ed. Holldorfs
Harry Neeman
The
Star
Uy Bravender Brough
W. Thtelimieks
L. . Stillman
Mr. Stair
Ed. Holldorf
First Japanese in America Narahama Manjiro's voyage tale
Narahama Manjiro, a 14 year old rescued from a wrecked fishing party, became the first Japanese known to reach America. Taken by an American captain to New England, he later served as interpreter during Perry’s negotiations with Japan.
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America
Manjiro Narahama
Hawaii
Nakahama
United States
New England
Commodore Perry
Japan
Jokichi Takamine
Oriental Review
Local families plan independence day celebration
Mr and Mrs Andrew Henson joined Mr and Mrs N C Hoover for a weekend visit with friends. Miss Bulla and Albert Brunewold attended confirmation at the Katherville Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr and Mrs Hang Olsen were guests at P Benson's. All plan celebrating the 4th at Hytherville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Henson
N. C. Hoover
Miss Bulla
Albert Brunewold
Ketherville
Hang Olsen
P. Benson
Hytherville
Weather chatter and town visits at Spirit Lake
Subn and a hud wonder if the weather prophets are predilating rain these days. Harvey Selomonnson, Lee Mitchell, Thom Thompson and Martin Greise were at Spirit Lake Sunday. Miss Olive Ike visited at Henry Nolls Sunday. Miss Kinins Fouts visited at the Mitchell home Sunday. John Juhl helped his brother Vom Abell corn Saturday. Overar Nelson has been hauling cement blocks the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Selomonnson
Lee Mitchell
Om ‘Thompson
Martin Greise
Spirit Lake
Olive Ike
Henry Nolls
Kinins Fouts
Mitchel
John Juhl
Vom
Abell
Ovear Nelson
Ornamental Second Husband: A Mock Plea in Verse
A fragment from Rhodpson Davis’s Rose of Old He Harpeth quotes a speaker endorsing a second husband as a dessert after dinner. It playfully names a Mr. Datterwhite as non-existent and Mr. Cal Rucker as a pleasant presence, noting the narrator’s financial ease provided by the first husband.
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Mr. Datterwhite
Cal Rucker
Maria
Rhodpson Daviess Ty “Rose
Stirring of Young Manhood in a Nightly Prank
A three year old son of a North Side family became obsessed with a neighbor's photograph. To teach him a lesson, the parents pretended to be in bed with lights out. The child returned home at eight, asked his mother to inform Benjamin's father that he wished to come in, and at breakfast the next day asked if it was time for a night key.
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North Side
Honnie
Benjamin
Youngatown
Tuning Bells And The Science Of Bell Tones
Bells can be tuned by removing metal from the bell or by shaving the lower edge to raise the tone. Tuning involves careful testing with a tuning fork until the correct pitch is achieved. A noted case occurred in Lausanne with twelve bells across three steeples producing seven distinct notes and a discordant sound.
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Lausanne
Shakespeare Statistics From A Leisurely Enthusiast
A Shakespearean aficionado calculates the plays total 106007 lines and 814780 words. Hamlet is the longest with 3930 lines. The Comedy of Errors is the shortest with 1777 lines. The works total 1277 characters, 167 female. Hamlet speaks 11610 words. Costard in Loves Labour Lost uses the longest single word.
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Statistica
Hamlet
Costard
Moth
Unprofitable Activity and Social Division
A concise aphorism on the futility of activity and the enduring bond versus free divide among people. The author notes that most work is senseless, likening active labor to a stone and asserting that anyone lacking two thirds of the day is a slave regardless of status.
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Nietzsche
The Comma That Changed a Day in the Reader’s Life
A woman of advancing years reads a paragraph, misreads a comma as a period, and seeks an eye examination to confirm the correct punctuation. She reflects on aging, looks in a mirror, and resolves to face her years with grace.
Old English Custom on the Road Described by Scott
In a brisk reminiscence Walter Scott notes an old English practice of stopping at towns on Sundays for divine service and horse rest. He recalls innkeepers inviting guests to share beef and pudding and toasts to the host’s health, a humane token of hospitality once common among travelers and landladies.
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Walter Scott
Not a Bad Precedent on Ancient Rome Busta Styles
A fragmentary critique discusses ancient Rome marble busts and wigs as fashion mirrors. It argues modern women should not rely on style to hide flaws, noting that the best beauty is plainness and proper hairdressing over vanity.
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Rome
Atvia
Man Loses Diamond to Pet Hen at Allentown Poultry Show
A Watertown man, A. B. Fowler, was at the Allentown Pennsylvania poultry show when his prize white exghorn chin hen pecked his shirt front and swallowed a valuable diamond. He refused to kill the bird, noting he has more diamonds at home.
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A. B. Fowler
Watertown
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