Rural Echoes From Estherville Area News
County correspondence details local events from Estherville region including gatherings at Norwegian Ladies Aid and Hoping Ladies Aid, a fire in a peat slough, farm work, fairs at Spencer and Fairmont, football news, school institutes, baptisms, anniversaries, and travel to Sioux Falls and Dakota. Notables include the Summers and Ellerson families visiting, and multiple mentions of local farms, fairs, and obituaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halvor Peterson
Ole Bervin
Mr. Smith
Summer
C. R. Ellerston
John Hansen
Grover
Tom Olson
Fenton Thursharlie Olson
Ansen
Maurine Wetter
Chris Jensen
Dolliver
Emmet Carrithers
Des Moines
Jennie Nelson
Teachers Institute
Estherville
John Flier
Henry Loewenberg
Frank Flier
Osgood
Martin Olson
Nelson
Wallingford
Fairmont
George Johnson
Mallard
Joe
Grace Oakes
Graettinger
Ed. Holmes
Colorado
Andrew Olson
Oakes
Carney
Hoping Ladies Aid
Hoping
Tom McIntire
Joe McIntire
Frank Nielsen
Robb Neilsen
Joe Oakes
Peachee
Quinn
Eva Paugh
Jim Peachee
Lowenberg
Nellie Nielsen
Charlie Christian
Mamara
Forrest King
Curlew
Geo. Johnson
Gus Anderson
Hans Haug
Kruse
Earl Kruse
Peter Paulson
Adolp Olson
Sioux Falls
Sorum
Albert Lowenberg
LeMaster
Corderman
Odus Paugh
Eckhart
Cyliier
Ole
Henry
Erick Hanson
North Dakota
Gus Peterson
Peterson
John Lowenberg
Geo. Lowenberg
Elmer Gangsted
Theo’ Hanson
James Welsh
Eliza
Annie
Helen Welsh
Lewis Larson
Montana
Charles Jeffers
Swea City Notes Share Local Visitors and School News
Local residents report visits and travels including Anna Armstrong Jenkins and Minnie Leison in Swea City, trips to Minneapolis and St Paul, a Syria trip return, and college plans in Ames. Emmet High School hosts a teachers reception, sports events, a tennis court, and a pending basketball team formation alongside a new music treat from a local Symphony Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Jenkins
Minnie Leison
Swea City
Barney Duffy
Minneapolis
Alex Homesyn
Syria
Bernice Anderson
Ames
Frank Daniels
St. Paul
Nita Richardson
Bancroft
Chas. Stenterger
Henry Neitzell
Montana
Elmer Henaman
Minnesota
E. R. Meyers
Donald
Geo. Herrick
Harry Niemann
Joe Higgins
Micky Erickson
Joe Lundblom
South Dakota
Bera Tierney
Garner
Louise Elling
Corwith
Donald Howard
Des Moines
Ernest Smith
Bessie Beers
Primghar
Jas Beers
H. M. Gumm
Klemme
Geo. Taplin
Walter Benton
Harry Edwards
Thos. Hanifan
Alexander
Fayette
W. A. Ortmeyer
Chas. Dennison
Dickens
J. O. Johnson
Fairmont
Minn
J. A. Huff
Ivan Simmons
Teachers Institute
Estherville
Spencer
Zelda Logue
Montgomery Ward & Co
Emmet
Grover
Howard
Fat) O’brien
Lee Weir
Professional Cards Coleman Hospital Ad
826 North 8th Street telephone 115 R C Coleman M D office 17 residence 17 R C Sathe M D office 17 residence 904 special attention given to surgery X ray and radium treatments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Hospital
North 8Th Street
R. C. Coleman
M. D
M. R. Sathe
Community members travel for illness and events
Mr Natterstad left for Illinois Saturday after telegram about his father's illness. Estherville visitors, including Oscar Wickens undergoing surgery in Rochester, traveled Sunday. A large group from here helped raise 23 000 gate receipts at the Spencer Fair during Missionary Day. Various local families and friends shared weekend visits and church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Etheal Palmer
Larchwood
Lake Park
Harry Schwenck
Lewis Harwit
Lester
D. W. Palmer
Catherine Sullivan
Graettinger
Wm. Helgason
Fairmont
Minn
Ole Anderson
Estherville
Wallingford
Emmetsburg
Fred Heidecker
Sibley
J. O. Kasa
Revere
Jamie
Curtie
A. A. Crim
Lloyd
Williard Crim
Armstrong
Jensen
Lloyd Crim
Stella Larson
Odel Kasa
Norris Nelson
Algona
Oscar Nelson
Emil Hanson
Mike LaVall
Fred LaVall
Donald ,Adson of
Terris
John Morrice
Chris Anderson
Dakota
John Weatten
Baby
Jim Merriott
Grover
A. Pickell
Rev. Marsh
Fort Dodge
Turtle Lake
Baker
Stillman
Evelyn Anderson
Near Ceylon
I. Iverson
Ben
Ladies Aid Society
Irma Latchett
Ruthven
Irvin Newland
Lake Milles
Natterstad
Illinois
Owen Wickens
Oscar Wickens
Stinson
Rochester
Chas. Rosenberger
August
Claus Clausen
Harry Weber
Will Harvey
Stewart Harvey
Louis
Frank Grems
Harry Shook
Dell Blake
Frank Barber
Henry Hagerman
Kirchner
Jim Ramsey
Guy Ramsey
Geo. Calahan
Frank Kreiger
Jessie
Paul Graves
Everett Dirks
Will Nehring
Ladies League
Jessie Kreiger
Godfrey
Spirit Lake
Hawley
C. Elwood
Alfred, Nelson
Leonard Broad
Shultz
Newall
Local Social and Club Notes From Estherville Area
Sunday morning callers at the Harry Shook home, plus news of replacements in teaching staff, a planned December corn show, and family updates. Farmers and church events fill midweek pages as Emmet county groups discuss auto tax distribution and local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Shook
Miss Vandenberg
Armstrong
Miss Fisher
Jim Merriott
Grover
Raymond Igon
Estherville
Andy Wilder
Harold Forester
Harley Thorpe
Thorpe
Emia Procheskey
Alice Taylor
Esther Evans
Fairmont
County men push steps to alter automobile tax law
Representatives and senator to take steps to alter the law so the automobile taxes can also be used on secondary roads and on mail routes in the county from which the taxes are collected. Mrs. Goldsworthy returned Monday to her Union Grove Wisconsin home after a summer visit with daughter Mrs. H. A. Smith and a fall caused limb discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsworthy
Union Grove
Wis
H. A. Smith
C. J. Martins
H. H. Schmidt
Tillie Paton
Graettinger
R. R. Dewall
Equity Cooperative Association
Olson
Joe Kinney
Hans Gunderson
Superior
Case
Mel Colby
Ralph Whiteford
Mesdames G. G
Nelson Wheatly
Ida. Dewall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jack Creek, and Vicinity
Jim Helen
C. R. Ellmerston
Frank Finley
Gus Haus
Jim Ellerston
C. R
Norman Inman
Here
Chicago
Mr. Strid
Etheal
Ethereal Palmer
Mahan
Byron Sharar
Carl Bombarger
Walter Shannon
Lewis Dobbie
Anderson
Walter Shultz
Frank
Wisconsin
Borman
Logue
Hank Reimer
Tom Smith
Emmet High School
E. J. Maniece
Dolores Sorrent
Viola Smith
M. L. Merritt
Helen Hippins
Norbert Bormann
Helen Myers
Ellerston
S. G. Ewen
Iowa
D. J. Linebarger
D. C
Ph. C. Palmer School
J. M. Fredericksen
Sconberg & Kole Bldg
E. W. Bachman
Sconberg & Kilgore
North Seventh St
WM. S. Johnston
Estherville Hospital
Astrid Nasby
E. Lincoln St
Gruver
West Emmet
Walter Towers
Arnold’s Park
K. O. P. Hall
Gardner
Poland
O. R. Gardner & Son
Alv
Rock Island
Rock Island Lines
Wee Cay Mississ
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