County Correspondence Highlights Local Social and Civic Happenings
Notes from Fort Dodge petit jury duty and community gatherings fill a week of local life. Reports include a Maple Hill Bazaar netting about 400 dollars, church basement work, a farewell for moving neighbors, a hotel fire scare, Rebekah and Masonic activities, and trips, prizes, and visits across Estherville, Dunnell, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girele
Maple Hill
Graver
Orsow Davis
Babe
J. H. Merriott
Merriott
Fort Dodge
Melvin Bakken
Prof .Johnson
Dolliver
Harry Hanson
Dick Vetter
E. A. Carey
Estherville
Presbyterian Church
Charles Higinbotham
Eugene Pickell
Algona
Emmet Echoes Full of Local Events and Farewell News
Local notes report fine weather and ongoing community life in Emmet County. Estherville basketball, Hartman sale success, and Mrs Hartman’s farewell to move to Jol t. Quilting for orphans, charity lunches, and Rebekah lodge fundraiser at Grover. Visitors, carp et rag sewing, and a reception for Rev. Carver highlighted a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Hotel
Rebekah Grand Lodge
Sioux City
Melvin Bakken
Alvin Arpen
Manly
Motoro Ta
Mason City
Frank Hartman
Orsow Davis
James Starkey
Town
Starkey
Lakeside Club
Rebekah Lodge
Grover
Mesdames Williamson
Shook
Hageman
Griffith
Hartman
Jolt
Will Burham
Florida
Alabama
Henry Hergeman
Ray Brannon
Chris Scauf
Art Maroun
Everett Davis
Emmetsburg
I. O
Carver
Armstrong
Local Society Notes From Twelve Mile Lake District
Mrs Severine Swenson and daughter Sylvia visited the Bert Mailand home last week. L D Hurd was a Spirit Lake business caller. Esther Paton returned from Birney Hospital after surgery. Mrs Ted Torreson is ill. sister Elsie Amdahl helps. Ole Johnson and Norman visited St Paul for eye treatment. Norman to stay for further care. A box social is planned at Center school November 26 with Pearl Anderson as teacher. Gunner Ness hosted the Doy ens society.Mr and Mrs L D Hurd and Emmet plan to move to McGregor Minnesota. John Clara and Jennie Johnson shopped in Esbherville Friday. Mr and Mrs Frank Paton and family visited R W Dewall. Ole Stokka and family from Cylinder with Myrtle Egeland Luella Gilbert and Blanche Johnson visited Ness home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoquist
Louis Peterson
Ray Hall
Dunnell
Hall
Wisconsin
Register
Leonard Anderson
Spencer
Mr. Cummings
Estherville
Leonard
Cummings
Levi Swanson
Missouri
Leonard Olson
Harold
Pope
Monterey
R. W. Swenberg
Clifford Carlson
A. M. Johnson
Ruth Olson
Wm. Axling
Minnesota
Clark Johnson
Johnson
Wm. Connor
Henry Rose
Connor
Pete Christensen
Ethel Applequist
Miss Davis
Miss Applequist
Edmund Osher
Warren
Minn
Alfred
Theodore Osberg
Charley Waughtan
Babé Gradberg
Oscar Pearson
Pearson
Ralph Carlson
Childret
Grupity Center
Fort Dodge
Frances
Sherburn
Fred Poppe
Cities
Geo. Weir
Roy Register
Esther Oselius
Eastern Star
Fairmont
Wenseday
Charley Cross
Aager
Huntington
Swen Pearson
E. M. Ostergren
Des Moines
Keith Brown
Arthur Wenberg
St. James
Henry Appelquist
Severine Swenson
Sylvia
Bert Mailand
L. D. Hurd
Spirit Lake
Esther Paton
Birney Hospital
Ted Torreson
Elsie Amdahl
Ole Johnson
Norman
St. Paul
Mr. Johnson
Center School
Pearl Anderson
Gunner Ness
Doyens Society
Emmet
McGregor
John
Clara
Jennie Johnson
Esbherville
Frank Paton
Local Family News From Jackson Area
Peosta residents and neighbors gather for meals and ceremonies over the weekend. Families from Jackson Cylinder Belmore and Belmont attend dinners and a wedding at various homes including the Benson and Knutson households.
Lake Fremont ministers swap pulpits Sunday
In Lake Fremont the Jackson-based Methodist minister exchanged pulpits with Rev. Walker Jusp. Rev. Walker preached in Jackson while his pulpit hosted the visiting minister, marking a rare inter-town pulpit exchange as both congregations welcomed a shared message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Walker
First National Bank of Algona Suspends Business
A notice posted on the front door reports the bank is closed by order of the directors with the national bank examiner in charge. Roby K. Stuart is named as examiner. The board lists Ruscoe Call L J Dickinson A C Ferguson Wn R Ferguson T P Harrington R J Spencer and Be Swetting. William R Ferguson is president and Be Swetting vice president with no cashier since L Seward’s resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Mr. Swetting
A. (. Ferguson
L. Seward
Beattie farewell socials and local notices in Emmet county
Invitation event near Swan Lake gathers over 100 friends for Mr and Mrs Horace Beattie before their move to Wisconsin. Notices cover farm shifts at Neesnah Ellsworth, cattle shipments to Chicago, local arrivals, illness recovery, a widow’s death with six children, clergy and student moves, and upcoming marriage credentials in Emmet county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Vindicator
John Beattie
Horace Beattie
Swan Lake
O R. Coulter
Ellsworth
Lincoln Township
Chicago
M .B. Wilson
Benjamin Bartleman
Emmet Township
Weyburn Johnston
E. E. Johnston
J. T
Frozen assets cited in suspension with talk of reorganizing
The Algona Advance notes that frozen assets form the principal reason for the suspension and that efforts to realize on such assets failed, with discussion of a possible reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona Advance
Ames Abe Says on Notes, Bankers, and Corn
In a rustic reflection, Ames Abe compares his notes to banknotes and laments the banker’s pace. He recalls buying buggies, wagons, and pitch forks as corn markets fell, and Maw’s advice to save for future hens. He cautions young men to accumulate wealth before chasing roving fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dd
Cherokee Community League Hosts Novel Social Institution
Cherokee Iowa November 25 The Cherokee in the Community League serves as a clearinghouse for women and girls clubs presenting a novel society initiation. The league unites officers and delegates from Methodists Presbyterians Congregationalists Swedish Lutheran D A R P L OE O G groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee
Iowa
Clearing House For Women’s and Girls' Clubs
Methodus
Presbyterian
Congregational
PL OE
County clubs organize in fifteen of sixteen townships
A. R., Catholic Daughters of America, library board, Book club, Art club, Tone circle, Y. M. C. A., Girl Reserves, Columbian club and Farm Bureau women maintain clubs in fifteen of the county's sixteen townships, reflecting active community engagement across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R
Catholic Daughters of America
Library Board
Book Club
Art Club
Tone Circle
Columbian Club
Farm Bureau
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James Merriott
Miles Erb
Ft. Dodge
Joliet
Nelson School
Jessie Kriefer
Fred Musson
James Ramsey
Winnebago
Pete Sorgentrie
Ole Oftedah
Norway
E. 0. Chesley
Lake Fremont
Methodist Ladies Aid Bazaar
Nutt
Boone
B.V. Nutt
Charlie Logue
Everett Logue
Arnold’s Park
New York
Rock Island
State Railroad Commission
Swea City
Ledyard
Bancroft
Lakota
Buffalo Center
Dickison
Post Office Department
Swea
Gerled
Northwestern Railroad
Swea City Herald
W. R—W. H. Nye
Sibley
O’brien
Mr. Little
Osceola County
Methodist Church
R. T. Chipperfield
L. C. Wanamaker
Disciples Church
BF. A, Robinson
Harley Harris
Tron Mountain
Mich
A. S. Andrson
Will Turner
W. A. Schultz Holéme
Estherville Boys
Elmer Duckett
Pipestone
V. A
Gruver
Twelve Mile Lake
Pe’ Tersburg
Hougland
Nels Johnson
Joe
Philip Benson
Albert Errickson
Tillie Olson
Albert Brunsveld
Ed Erickson
K. Knutson
Burg
G. Hebnes
Lars
R. Hovel
L. Nelson
A. B. Benson
Belmore Benson
Haywarden
John Winter
Edwin Benson
Lake
Fremont
Wrigley’s
Ita
First National Bank OF Algona
Limc Island
Account International
Novem
Grd
Melusgive
Firal
EKOW
Knight
Usuberville
Gardner
Gen
Lowe
Waris
V.R
Charles Willard Shadle
Pleasantville
George and
Merle Shadle
Fpa Fouts
Wiley
A. © King
Osgood
Od Lendall
Storm Lake
Lendall
Lerdall
W. W. Fullam
Jenkins Hesla Lutpher
Dr. T. (. Biney
Catherine Reardon
Albert Lea High School
Editoreardon
Oscar Anderson
Mandan
N.C
Art Peterson
Flossie Hobein
Guy GC
Stearns
Glennie M. Hornby
Peter L. Klyver
Anna Kuhli
Jesse V. Barr
Nellie M. Barfoot
Emmet County
the First National Bank
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