County Correspondence News From Last Week
Mrs Miller and children keep house for Ray Brennan. Logan Anderson bedridden. infant of Mr and Mrs Jesse Barber seriously ill with quarantine for scarlet fever. Woodling family settled in Will Harvey cottage. several pupils/locals ill or recovering from flu. many visits and small community events noted. Midway Country Club hosted by Mrs Sam Salmons. upcoming April meeting with Mrs Alfred Nelson. The Grover Community Sale raised about $80 for the League. Mrs Crowe auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harvey
Lawrence Higinbotham
Rusell Graves
Alan Kreiger
Horace Murray
Frank Kreiger
Anna Berg
Lake Mills
Selmer Berg
Will Spotswood
Metzlar
Williamson
Midway Country Club
Sam Salmons
Alfred Nelson
Will Reid
Dick Vetter
John Goldsberry
Jake Taylor
Estherville
Salmonson
Eaton
Center Township
Alice Carey
Jess Barber
Iva Brannon
Ed. Kirchner
Fairmont
Harry Peterson
Grover
League
Local items note community events and small mishaps
Ed Kirchner wins another school board seat. Frank Wells and Lydle family host relatives in Estherville. Figers relocate to E Duckett’s former place near Jackson. Earnest Shannon visits Raleigh. Viola Smith injures finger while testing glass tubing. I J Robinson travels with D D D to Fort Dodge. Farmers Union meeting draws attendees. Walter Shannon breaks ankle while riding and driving cattle. Schapers move to Buffalo Center. Robinsons take Smith and Druley place. Snowmelt helps soil. V R finishes note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Zeimer
Estherville
Ed. Kirchner
Frank Wells
Lydle
Figers
Jackson
Minn
E. Duckett
Earnest Shannon
Raleigh
Walter
Viola
Smith
I. J. Robinson
Fort Dodge
Farmers Union
Walter Shannon
Se en and Heard Visitors and Travels in Town
Mrs Walter Scott returned home after a two week visit in Lamberton Minnesota. J Rassey and Sorgenfrie visited Blue Earth to see their children, Sorgentfrie Hanson Grosby and Amdahl visited Estherville returning Monday. R Fouts family spent Sunday at Walter Scott home. Mrs P A Fouts visiting Ross and family. Mrs Lee Hiles and children returned from Mason City. Wm Hiles drove the car home after being snow bound. Edward Rinehardt ill with flu at N F Linge home. Dr Morton attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Scott
Lamberton
Minn
J. Rassey
Mr. Sorgenfrie
Blue Earth
P. Sorgentfrie
Harry
Chris Hanson
Harve Grosby
Andie Amdahl
Visht
Estherville
R. Fouts
P. A. Fouts
Ross
Lee Hiles
Mason City
Wm. Hiles
Edward Rinehardt
N. F. Linge
Dr. Morton
March Community Notes Include Visits And Garden Plans
Neighbors helped Mrs. John Larson quilt on Wednesday afternoon. O. E. Sawyer and Lee returned from Perry. J.S. Brown, Elmer Nelsons, and Mr and Mrs Nelson Wheatley recover from illness. Sabo family from Estherville celebrated Edna's birthday with Wheatleys. Nelsons unable to return from town phoned Dewall to tend stock. Nellie Smith returns to Sioux Falls to finish business college. Phillip Anderson plans to farm at home this season. Sticktuil Club meets Thursday March 29 with Tillie Larson. roll call asks for favorite garden work and seed exchange. year books expected before meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Larson
O. E. Sawyer and
Lee
Perry
J.S. Brown
Elmer Nelson
Nelson Wheatley
John Sabo
Estherville
Edna
E. C. Nelson
W. J. Dewall
Nellie Smith
Sioux Falls
Phillip Anderson
Sticktuil Club
Tillie Larson
Illness and social notes from Twelve Mile Lake
The Charley Cushing family suffers flu as I I D Hurd visits Estherville on business. Sam Peterson drives cows to Graettinger for the market day sale. A surprise dance honors Ed Johnson on March 11 at the Ingvall home with midnight refreshments. Otto Paton and Wm Dewall stay at the E Paton home in Graettinger. The Cushing family visit Estherville. Fergeson travels from Colorado after visiting W E Fergeson. Since March 12 a girl stays with Mr and Mrs J Roesen at Elmore. Amos Egeland visits Ness boys. Ed Osher family recover from grippe. Rodney Ness spends weekend at E Hanke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Cushing
D. Hurd
Estherville
Sam Peterson
Graettinger
Ed. Johnson
J. D. Ingvall
Otto Paton
Wm.c. Dewall
E. Paton
Graetting
The Three Boxes of Charity Greatly Misused by Wealthy Wife
A wealthy man aids artists scholars widows and orphans with three boxes of coins while his wife hoards generosity in the wrong form. After a misdirected pledge she discovers her error and learns charity must come from the heart. The tale ends with praise for an airborne blithe spirit and its soaring song.
Unscrambled Credits Text From Student Newspaper
A fragmented byline page shows names and roles for editors and reporters. It lists Jessie Krier Alyce Taylor Garry Maves Jake Lawrence Higinbotham plus Vivian Maves and Clarence Wickens in a jumble of titles and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Krier
Alyce Taylor
Garry Maves Jake
Lawrence Higinbotham
Seer Eens
Vivian Maves
Clarence Wickens
Unbodied Joy Describes a Poet Like a Star
The poem compares a poet to a hidden joy whose presence is felt rather than seen. It laments longing for what is not and notes that sincere laughter and sudden thought carry greater delight than measured sounds or printed treasures. The speaker asks to share in the poet’s gladness and hopes the world would listen.
Freshman quarter hints at spring work and tests
A general news note reports one third of reference books arriving and a town sale causing a high school vacation last Friday. Freshmen Charley Spracklin quit for spring work while algebra tests are delayed due to insufficient review. The class finished Dickens A Christmas Carol. Ernest Shook and Wilber Broad design a new steam engine prototype. Wide Awake Club grammar officers elected Lucille Wickens president Wayne Spaulding vice president Geraldine Graves secretary. Lois Pickell was absent with Ione fever quarantined. The piece ends with a moral about hard words like hailstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Spracklin
Engis
Ernest Shook
Wilber Broad
Grammar Room
Lucille Wickens
Wayne Spaulding
Geraldine Graves
Lois Pickell
Ione
SouthWest Emmet County Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Carl Thoreson left Friday for Graettinger to visit at the Joe Am dahl home Before leaving they stayed at the Chas Jackson home Herman Larson is now at the Chas Jackson home where he expects to work this season Most everyone from around here were unfortunate in having the grippe the past two weeks Katherine Maher spent Sunday evening at Ina Berg home Quite a number from here attended the dance at the Dave Ingvall home Saturday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Thoreson
Graettinger
Joe Amdahl
Chas. Jackson
Herman Larson
Katherine Maher
Ina Berg
Dave Ingvall
Birds as natural enemies of white grubs noted
The Biological Survey of the USDA reports crows and robins help control white grubs, the larvae of May beetles. Grubs damage lawns, grains, and cranberry bogs by staying in soil for years. A Massachusetts cranberry bog case showed robins digging in sand to pull out grubs and cut vine roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
Fragments From A Busy Practice Session
Incomplete OCR notes capture a practice session with scattered phrases about grabs and vines amid uneven wording and missing context. The readable bits hint at a sports drill or training scene without clear names, teams, or outcomes.
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Heydenburk
West Emmet
Twelve Mile Lake
P. B. Shelly
Skylark
Buick
Clark’s North Side
V._R
Emmet County
Rexall Drug Store
J. A. Cummings
Ekly
Vant
ATS
Vindicator & Republican
Turkey
Neip
Vindicator & Republican Co
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