Fort Dodge visit and local sports and social notes
Neil Finn of Jack Sprat store drove to Fort Dodge to see his ill father at Mercy Hospital where he is improving. Coach Robinsons high school baseball team won both games this week. They beat Grover 7 1 at home and Armstrong 15 4 on the Armstrong diamond. Social notes mention coffee party hosts and attendees, with most women former Dolliver teachers. L P Stillman and C J Stillman travel to Kenora Ontario for a fishing trip, joined by Britt friends. Various visits, dinners, weddings, injuries, and a new Ev ans residence five room cottage under construction are noted along with a repaired hand and tetanus shot, and a hospital transfer for Mrs William Maron. County education board re elects L P Stillman to another term. An advertisement invites readers to try Want Ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Finn
Jack Sprat
Fort Dodge
Mercy Hospital
Finn
William Stow
Moklebust
Dolliver School
L. P. Stillman
Kenora
Ontario
Canada
C. J. Stillman
Emmetsburg
Britt
M. O. Moklebust
Ralph
Marjorie Wetherill Seeks Lost Family and Fortune
In 1939 Estherville, Marjorie Wetherill learns through a letter she has a twin sister named Dorothy Gay and an adoption, then plans to reclaim her family’s former Brentwood home as a Christmas gift. A neighbor Evan Brower courts her, while Gideon Reaver’s影 eyes loom in her dreams as Betty quietly seeks her own path. The tale follows her choice to reconnect with her destitute kin and her evolving affections amid family drama as legal blanks arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Wetherill
Dorothy Gay
Evan Brower
Marjorie
Brentwood
Betty
Gideon Reaver
Night club talk tests Betty and Marjorie on life and limits
Betty teases Marjorie about visiting night clubs while Marjorie stays firm that she would not feel at home there. They debate drinking, society, and decency, with Marjorie insisting she cannot join such scenes and Betty reacting with frustration. The drive home ends in Betty sulking as Marjorie remains steadfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie
Betty
Ted
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Country News
Dolliver
Chris Fedderson
Williams
Washta
M. J. Iverson
Cliff Hazlett
Des Moines
James Stillman
Hazlett
Stillman
Stillmans
Leland
Ada Colby
Ben Youngerman
Mason City
Miss Colby
Evans
Thorvald Jessen
William Maron
Iowa City
University Hospital
Leonard Harness
Newton
County Board of Education
Estherville
V.R
Iowa
Ellery Aiken
Vindicators
Republican
Iowa Guarantee, Inc
Sanborn
Modernaire Furnace
W. T. Schildknecht
Estherville, Iowa
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