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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1911
Page
3
Dolliver locals share visits and family news as the Ladies Aid serves ice cream and plans a public supper. Farmers note rain relief, water issues, potato and cherry prices, and growing crops amid varied conditions. Community events include picnics, dances, church meetings, and visits from Grace Ports and others.
Harold Johnson’s runaway horse was cut badly after a scare from an auto. A carload of silos arrived from Des Moines for various parties. J. C. Jensen family visited Ringsted on Sunday. Fred Heidecker visited Half a Sunday. A. Juhl attended church at Wallingford. M. B. Levatson shipped hogs to Chicago Saturday evening. The hotel reopen to the public. Ethel Misener visited Estherville for dental work. Melvina Kasa and Stella Larson visited Estherville. Florence Kasa returned from Bushnell SD. Mrs. Chris Danielson spent time with her mother. Chau tauqua at Estherville urged. J. P. Kennedy and Kennedy drove to Estherville. Besgie Tremper visited Ethel Misener. Mrs. Severtson and Mrs. Larson from Wadson Iowa visiting I. O. Sando home. Rev. Taylor of Graver preached at the Chapel at ten. Mrs. Carr of Hardy Iowa visiting her parents J. O. Overholt. Mrs. Ira Overholt of Mason City visiting. J. P. Kennedy and Mahan went to Chicago with stock. J. H. Morrice also went to Chicago. C. Anderson is.
Rain arrived timely saving grain and enabling ongoing chores across the area. Gary Billings and family camped in Willey’s grove while John Stenerson worked at the tile factory this week. Dolliver and Grover played a Sunday ball game, Grover winning 6 to 0. Baby girl welcomed to the Woods family. Fouts visited H Noll. Flossie Cambel and Cambel buggy rides observed. Lawrence Salmonson jobed for Mr Tyler recently. Mitchell sisters visited Miller’s Sunday. Corn plowing nearly complete for a third time. Gruver residents plan to move ahead with tasks.
Miss Emma Fouts visited at Nome Sunday evening while a large crowd attended the Woodmen Picnic at Ceylon last week and many joined the Farmers Elevator meeting Saturday. Names include P A Fouts, Martin Bahner, Paul Graves, Claus Griese, Will Dowden, Fred Kriebs and Nick Koenecke. Multiple gatherings, travel to Estherville band concert, Chautauqua plans, Spirit Lake outing, Blooming Prairie visitors, and local weddings and illnesses are noted with a focus on community life and local visits.
The diary shows Aaron Burr almost starving in England, detailing eightpence for beef, sixpence for ham, eightpence for brown sugar, fivepence for potatoes, and threepence left to buy a pot of ale and read Ida. He sustains himself eight days cooking, then funds passage to America by selling books and borrowing.
Norwegian poet Bjornson praised bird protection, noting that children form clubs to defend nests and learn gentleness. He argued protecting song birds fosters education, compassion, and responsibility, transforming destructive impulses into magnanimity in schools and communities.
The exchange features Wille fenderfoot asking how Bad BUl became proficient at shooting and the reply mentions practice with piubeada and similar items, reflecting a humorous or fictional dialogue about skill development through practice.
The notice promotes placing business advertisements in the Vindicator and Republican to reach the county’s widest circulation. It highlights Emmet County readers as the target audience and implies broad exposure for local merchants through the newspaper.
An advertisement touts Merital Transparent Face Powder as unequaled for a youthful, flawless complexion. It urges readers to order samples by mail from Decorah Iowa, with 60 cents plus 6 cents postage. Includes testimonials for Foley's Kidney Pills from Akron Ohio and others.
An advertisement image describes Misa Minnie Pickard of Altamahama North Carolina claiming eczema relief after using D D D Prescription. It extols D D D as penetrating and root targeting for skin troubles and praises Oil of Wintergreen Thymol and other ingredients. Also promotes Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Honey and Lemon Compound with testimonials from S H Williams Pasadena and C H Ward Drug Co. plus Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and its low price.
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