Local notes from area include visits and events
Reed and Boash sold two carloads of cattle and shipped them Saturday night. Prof Styles, Dr Baumister and Mrs Frederickson were Barnaville visitors Saturday. A B Johnson went to Algona Saturday night. Miss Sacha Jenswold of Fenton won an over Sunday visit at the B Reed home. Garland Shiffley and Jon Reed visited the county seat Wednesday. Band boys plan a basket social at Woodman hall Wednesday night to raise funds for uniforms. Dolliver folks to Silver Lake May 30 for a picnic. Mrs Hattie Dickinson returned from Fox Lake to attend her sister's funeral. Roy Merriott of Grover in town Friday. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Jack Fowler last Wednesday. next meeting is Wednesday June 6 at Mrs Nelson's. Heavy rains slowed corn planting but benefited small grain and meadows. Grover busy Saturday despite bad roads. BR F Taylor began hauling tile for county drain No 25. Rev Greene and family visited last week. Ladies' Aid supper raised about $4. bazaar planned for fall. Mr A Wilder joined Swan Lake line telephoning. Myrtle Richards visited from Maple Hill. Asa Taylor and Clarence Linager at Swan Lake. Several attended Presbyterian service in Estherville Sunday night. Children's Day program at Graver Sunday school set for next Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cook
Reed
Boash
Prof. Styles
Dr. Baumister
W. BF. Frederickson
Batherville
A. B. Johnson
Algona
Mies Sacha Jenswold
Fenton
Woodman Hall
Dolliver
Silver Lake
Hattie Dickinson
Fox Lake
Roy Merriott
Grover
Ladies Aid Society
Jack Fowler
Myrtle Richards
Maple Hill
Asa Taylor
Swan Lake
Clarence Linager
Presbyterian Church
Estherville
Graver
H. M. Weir
Rathberville
Weir
Hantington
Chas. Logue
A. Swartz
Thin Towneslip
Mlinois
Lyo
Anon Maniess
Roy McKibben
Bachelors Hall
Win. Laikert
Huntington
Chas. Riemer
Jiulabiey
Frank , King
Spencer
Trousdale Brothers Theatre Co
Harry Doolittle
Colorado
Miss Fannie Chapman
Mason City
W. BP, Chapman
Ioer Larson
Madison
Minn
Nau Bros
Mr. Larson
Norway
Nau Boys
Fred J. Raleigh
Marie Svaren
Hopkins
H. A. Dunham
Mra Low
Spring Valley
A. Patterson
Marshalltown
J. H. Griffith
Ratherville
Uinois
Edmund Burks
Minneapolis
Albert Lua
Burke
Storm Lake
Record-Herald
South Eighth Street
O&mundson
Grant Block
Town
Limburg area social notes from Estherville and surrounds
Henry Gunderson left for Oakes North Dakota to work in a jewelry store. Agnes Strand arrived from Forest City to visit, while Rose Groth returns from Wessington Springs South Dakota and will stay in Hobville for the summer. L Mae Person resumes studies in Cedar Rapids and Mable Miller hosts guests. Bertha Floyde returns from Forest City. Bartleman family visit at the hotel. Royal Neighbors events and a Farmers Elevator meeting mark local activity in northwest Iowa. Abdul Kallestad visits Estherville from Forest City, with L O Kallestad and Hatherville family ties noted. Marian Barnum finishes spring term and heads to Cedar Falls to apprentice at a shop with Mrs Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gunderson
Oakes
N. Dak
Agnes Strand
Forest City
Rose Groth
Estherville
Wessington Springer
Folka
Habherville
Wallingford
Iowa
Abdul Kallestad
L. O. Kallestad
Hatherville
Marian Barnum
Cedar Falla
Roscilla Peterson
Jacobson’ Girls’ Shop
Storm Lake Observes Children’s Day Next Sunday
Long town notes recount last week’s events in Storm Lake including Children’s Day observances at M. EF. church on June 2 1907. Local residents W S Irwin Harry Andrews Higginbothams store W S Keld Archies Pierce and others are mentioned with social calls shopping visits and farm work. A bright baby girl born to Chas Logue brings joy as many neighbors share news of travels schooling and community life.
Will Enforce Pure Food Law After June First
State Dairy and Food Commissioner H. O R. Wright announces that after June 1 the department will prosecute violations of the pure food law wherever possible. The policy shift ends leniency toward retailers ignorant of ingredients as prosecutions begin, with a bulletin outlining rulings to guide enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy and Food
H. O R. Wright
Commission
Local notes from Estherville and area events
Daily notices from Estherville Iowa and surrounding towns include visits by J F Howard Watt and E H White, a Holland visit from Graettinger, business calls by J W Randolph of Ft Dodge, a Kiung Parking Co road trip, and farm plans by G Miller. Local auctions, land prices, railroad shifts, marriages of Fred Raleigh and Marie Svaren, a Patterson funeral, and a Crystal wedding for B F Dickerson are noted along with general farming conditions and seed concerns.
Jumble of Jumping Fears Haunts Gruver Bankers
In Gruver residents report one to two cases of joumpe in nearly every house as fear spreads about the banker's plight. Local officials note rising unease and request calm while investigators work on the puzzling phenomenon.
Closing Out Sale After Move from Grover
Auction notice for a public sale of hardware stock and household goods on Saturday June 8. Items include stoves beds dressers tables chairs sewing machine baby carriage boat and garden tools. Entire stock of hardware and harness goods sold to highest bidder with no reserve. Cash for sums under 10, credit six months on approved notes at 8 percent. F G Miller proprietor. Arthur Bixpyp, Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover
F. G. Miller
FosHrue
Arthur Bixpyp
American Magazine June highlights and contributors
The June American Magazine features Edwin Lefevre on Harrisman, Butler on Wetter New York in 1913, Baker on The Negro in Southern City Life, Tarbell on Grover Cleveland’s great fight of 1887, plus Emmy Lou Letitia, Elizabeth Irwin on artists’ model, Crawford’s serial, Grayson’s Adventures in Contentment, and poems by Reynolds, Bynner, Frost, Bent Dillingham, Rice, and Eaton. The Interpreter discusses socialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lefevre
Harrisman
Ellis Parker Butler
Wetter
New York
Ray Stannard Baker
Ida M. Tarbell
Grover Cleveland
Emmy Lou
Letitia
Elizabeth Irwin
F. Marion Crawford
David Grayson
M. J. Reynolds
Witter Bynner
Walter A. Frost
Frances Bent Dillingham
Cale Young Rice
Walter Prichard Eaton
Wheat Mania Drives Former Horseman to Loss and Prison
John Anderson, once a well known Marshalltown horseman worth $35,000, moved to Austin after a failed wheat speculation. He chased margina calls, sold assets to fund purchases, even stole a horse to raise funds, served time in state prison, and now travels to Topeka with charity aid, forever haunted by the refrain buy wheat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Anderson
Topeka
Marshalltown
Matt
Margina
Austin
States
Austin Herald
The Foundation of Good Citizenship in Leslie's Weekly
Governor Hughes of New York argues that true public service rests on personal character and self respect. Criticism of others and graft seeking weaken governance, and oppressive leaders or betraying employees and unions would misuse power if in office. The piece warns that selfishness erodes the public trust and undermines the American ideal of service to the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
New York
Leslie
Ai Nany
Heat of the sun varies, affecting Earth’s weather
The article notes experiments showing solar heat output changes daily and yearly, with up to sixteenth variations influencing cool summers and warm winters. It cites Rene Bache and a Mount Whitney observatory study aiming to forecast meteorological conditions months in advance. Also discussed is Tobin Higbee’s civil service appointment and a Webster City political clash. A separate notice reports the accidental death of two year old Irvin Hegre in Excelsior Township, with funeral at Silver Lake Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Bache
Reader
Mount Whitney
Cal
Appobates
Webator
Roosevelt
Revenue Department
Civil Service
Sollaters
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oollivare
BR. F. Taylor
Rev. Greene
Aid Society
Ilingford
L. Mae Person
Cedar Rapids
Mable Miller
Bertha Floyde
Nate Bartleman
Wilsons
Royal Neighbors
Helmer Kasa
Farmers Elevator Go
W. S. Irwin
Harry Andrews
Higginbotham
W. S. Keld
Archie Pierce
St. Paul
Aes
Lynn Co
Mins Coatallo
Katherville
Mins Doyle
AMMET
Magele
Frank Manivee
H. Weir
Anderson Brothers
J. B. Barber
Sam
Peter Wieka
EE Griffith
Aneuaiine Anderson
C. A. Lagues
Wm. Kirchner Lilves
Ole Myher
Sam Wicks
Jessie Schultz
Louisa Kortum
Lena Doberstein
J. FE
Howard Watt
Board of Supervisors
E. H. White
Herbater
Wis
J. L. Holland
Graettinger
J. W. Randolph
Ft. Dodge
Stedman
Emmetaburg
Misa Hannah Johnson
Keerler, Minn
Mree Norby
Collins
Kiung-Parking Co
W. Zimmerman
Thompson Kritay
G. Miller
Misa Evelyn Dale
Swea City
KE. D. Sanborn
B. F. Dickerson
Gruver
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Mass
the American Magazine
Frederick Howard
Drake University Conservatory of Music
Des Moines
Bush & Gerts Piano Company
F. Albro
The
Foundation of Good Citizenship
Webster City
Tobin
Highes
Lake Park Newa
Irvin Hegre
Mra. P. Hegre
Excelsior
N. Kriebs
Deaser
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