Preacher Maynard Leads Quarterly Meeting at Gruver
Local religious circle reports Rev O K Maynard conducting quarterly services in Gruver with Sunday sacrament. Epworth League plans a March 19 dime social at Pickell home with short program and refreshments. Several residents relocate or travel, including Payne renting over old hardware store, Johnson visiting Algona, and families moving to Grover and Montana. Proceeds from Friday social at Pleasant View school house totaled 18.65. Gruver business letter writing contest winners noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Pickell
Grover
Grant Shaw
Mra Nichola
Montana
O. K. Maynard
Gruver
Pleasant View
Ellsworth
Jessie Irwin
Walter Blagg
Local farm shifts and moves across Wallingford and surrounding townships
Residents report numerous farm ownership changes and relocations. John Hanson buys Beniah farm west of Estherville. Will Burnham takes Broadman farm. Rokne and Larson families vacate properties for new locations. Ditch contract let to Speris Bros. of Graatting. John Bodiak sale draws strong interest. Five more households relocate within the area as schools reopen and travel updates unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Burnham
Broadman
John Rokne
Larson Bros
Donahue
Jack Creek Township
Frank Dorsey
Minneapolis
H. M. Goddard
Walingford
J. G. Flock
Ttia
High Lake Township
Speris Bros. of
Graattinger
Local Notes From Our Community
Miss Mabel Holcomb, sister of Mrs H Weir, left last week for Estherville and other parts of the state. Mrs A Kriebs of Estherville visits friends here this week. J R Horswell shipped two carloads of cattle Saturday evening. Otto Stein arrives from North Dakota where he visited his sister Mrs Tinderbolt. Ed Kirchner sold his gray team and buckskin horse. Miss Anna Koehler of Estherville stayed at the Win Luikart home Sunday. Several locals attended services at Superior last week. Mr Joe Hornwell returns from Minnesota to join the family store in Fatherville. Mrs H Weir enjoyed a visit from his sister from Dunnell last Sunday. Miss Maggie Maneice visits sister Mrs George West in Center township. Miss Sarah Skog of Estherville visits the L Dobbie home for a couple weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Holcomb
H. Weir
Estherville
A. Kriebs
Eatherville
J R. Horswell
Otto Stein
North Dakota
Tinderbolt
Ed Kirehner
Anna Koehler
Luikart
Superior
Joe Hornwell
Minnesota
Fatherville
Dunnell
Maggie Maneice
George West
Center Township
Sarah Skog
L. Dobbie
Discipline and justice shape devoted children across farms
The excerpt discusses the Peacock and Wiggon families moving across rivers and argues that strict, fair discipline fosters affectionate, well-behaved children. It emphasizes justice, understanding, and rewards, while avoiding punishment without cause, and notes that rigid but reasonable rules support loving family dynamics. The piece also mentions an 1909 farm auction and a medical ad for Foley's Honey and Tar.
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Christine Terhone Herrick
The
Circle Magazine
West Bros Moving Pianos and Household Goods ad
West Bros. offer moving services for pianos and household goods. Barn and office located west of the post office block. Phone 236.
Medieval London cookshops and famous taverns described
A fragment from the London Chronicle recounts Old London cookshops on the river bank offering meat, fish, venison, and fowl with indoor and outdoor service. It notes guests and soldiers frequenting these taverns day and night for roast goose, fowl of Africa, and gadwit of Ionia.
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Old
London
Cookshope
Fitzatephen
Fitzstephen
Africa
Ionia
London Chronicle
Sickroom Mirrors and Witty Trades
A columnist notes that only a flattering hand mirror belongs in a sickroom and should be viewed at propitious times to avoid frightening the patient yet can uplift those in dire condition when used judiciously. Jokes about alarms, spirits, and aging add light moments to the clipping.
Indifference in Life Frights Wessex Dwellers
Eleanor G Hayden argues indifference marks Wessex life in Islands of the Vale. A cottage tale shows a lazy son exploiting comforts while the old mother smiles and notes he goes to the circus, earning money by merely existing. People who think they know it all feel bored enough to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor G. Hayden
Friendship and Advice in a Century Plant Moment
Fragmented humor and brief dialogues explore friendship, advice, and social quirks. A century plant anecdote prompts curiosity about blooming, while vignettes mix jokes about neighbors, measles, free lunches, and marriage chances with light philosophy on reliability and luck.
Pertinent Prose on Money and Courage and Chance
A compact rhetorical snippet warns that fear of action shields failure, recognizing chances on the horizon. It contrasts deadbeats who exploit others with those who freeze before trouble, and hints that self-scrutiny may force a reckoning with hard choices rather than clinging to easy gains.
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Vollyer
Maynard
Lewis Payne
Code Rabb
Ceylon
A. F B. Johnson
Algona
Epworth League
A. H. Pickell
George Weber
August Keonecke
Baby
Huntington
Hame
8. B. Reed
Lewis
Jalian P. H. Paulson
Coon Block
Midway Harrison Taylor
Clarence Wilaer
Monsey
WY. H. Paulson
Schartfur
Raleigh
I. Dispanet
Maple Hill
Vera Madden
McKean
Chris Jensen
Jensen
Hansen
W. A. Kennedy
Gohildren
J. G. McKean
J. W. Hurst
Armstrong
Buck Bros
J. O. Youngman
Armatrong
O. K. Berven
Ringsted
Tom and
Ole Olson
Tom Hanson
Rev
Mrs. Heron
Wayside
Ole Anderson
John K. Johnson
B. M. Nelson
Wallingford
G. Fleek
Waterloo
John Hanson
Beniah
J. Rokenbrodt
Anderson & Stockdale
Queen Esther
Peacock
P. Raleigh
Mr. Wiggon
Harbrenton
J. A. Swenson
Watertown
Wis
Ken Bucklen
Zie
Fuller Farm
A. R. Burien
Streliff
Wo. Fostrer
la Grippe
Foley
Willams & Anderson
Urino
West Bros
Dray Line
A. Wolkush
Casimer
Williams & Anderson
Colidla
Vindicator and Republican Co
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Ophelia
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A. W. Chase Medicine Co
Buffalo
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Santa Maria
Tex
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Gulf Coast Country
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Iowa
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