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PURELY PERSONAL NOTES FROM ESTHERVILLE AREA
Purely personal notices from Estherville and environs list numerous visits and business trips. It mentions Lester Bidked visiting relatives in Sibley, GQ A Raife traveling to Chicago, Geo Patterson in Fort Dodge, and many others from Maple Hill to Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Minneapolis, and Emmetsburg. The column records short trips, family visits, and small-town engagements across this period.
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Lester
Sibley
A. Raife
Chicago
Geo. Patterson
Fort Dodge
KE. H. Dack
Maple Hill
Jas. Ghoslin
Eldora
Arthur Amdal
Wallingford
John Ross
Anoka
Minnesota
A. A. Halleck
Cedar Rapida
B. T. Osher
Spencer
Miss Sorley Ia
Des Moines
Ames
Chet. Ryder
Minneapolis
Roy Lesher
Waterlow
Mamie Donovan
Emmentaburg
E. 0. Willets
Hilladale
Wyoming
Will Fousbier
John Merron
H. '. Nichola
W. E. Deming
Chase Fuller
Paw Paw
Illinois
D. L. Hartwell
Winn Trousdale
Baby
Cedar Rapide
al Gaylord
Perente
Trousdale
B. Bugtly
Wear
Read
Estherville
Gee, Rugtiy
Jay Johnston
Johnston
John J. Osgood
John Jr
Catharine
Marseilled
Ilinois
Hannah Mott
North Tenth Street
Neil May
Milford
8. C. Packard
Parenta
N. B. Egbert
Stedman
Yom Waters
A. J. Case
Desa Moines
Landseekers
Texas
Jas. Rainey
Misa Jeanette Ralston
Mt. Pulaski
LeRoy Turner
Emmetsburg
W. E. George
Rock Rapids
J.P. Kirby
Spirit Lake
Clara Breese
Grinnell
Havison
Merle’ Oransky
G. W. Scull
Lincoln
Nebraska
Scull
Henry C. Adams
Algona