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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1912
Page
7
October city gathering set for Friday at 8 p.m. in Estherville with broad local business notices. The report lists Potatoes delivered at thirty five cents a bunker, a Graettinger dry goods fire, and multiple community happenings including engagements, births, and business moves across Estherville and surrounding towns.
Congressman F P Woode was in Fort Dodge last week Mrs K K Fe Aone for Forest City to vr relatives Spencer Cox business visitor to Milford J M Chyiatensef transacting business Spirit Lake Anna Bixby visited Algona Miss C F Peterson home from the Dakotas for a week Mrs Seevers and children left for Oskaloosa to visit relatives S B George of Graettinger in Estherville Tuesday evening George Rogers visited TIveton returning Monday Clifford Rierson clerking in Ottosen at home ten days Henry and Mrs Grant visiting relatives in Minneapolis and St Paul David Rierson visiting Fort Dodge Lena Sundom guest of Mrs BH Andargon S M Chambers left for Owatonna Minnesota to visit his brother W E Chambers WOH Hendrick of Des Moines visited daughter Mrs Francis Smith John Ross attended Masonic Grand Chapter in Davenport Mr and Mrs C Munson Milford over Sunday visit John Munson Julio Halverson left for Bismarck N Dak to look after land interests Ed Single returned from North Dakota Mrs Jas Rainey returned from Mt Pulaski Ill Miss Jean Patterson Spirit Lake visiting brother George Patterson A O Peterson and Chas Anderson at Odd Fellows grand lodge in Sioux City Mrs W J Pullen at Rebekah grand lodge Sioux City F H Boas Nampa Idaho visited Alex Johnston and wife Caleb Deming visited eastern county with parents and sister Mrs John Oxggod
Mrs F H Rhodeau and H 8 Greig attend the state convention in Council Bluffs this week. Mr and Mrs W A Foote closed their cottage and stored their launch for winter. Win Stuart of Armstrong returned from a central state business trip. Mrs Spaulding of Sioux City and Mrs Chumley of Boston visited their daughter Mrs F J White last week. Mr and Mrs Frank Cook of Algona and Mr and Mrs C Lear of Humboldt attended GC Perry's funeral and visited relatives. Mr and Mrs John Glandennis of Baltimore Md stayed with Zeeman family on their way home from California. Gr N Beymer of Indianola visited son W A Beymer and family. FF E Ryter of Ruthven were guests of W B Brown and contemplated locating here. Mrs Ryder, sister of Mrs Brown, was also noted.
A playful couple strolls by a mill stream as a breeze lifts the maiden's hat and hair. The suitor admires her beauty with ornate praise while she gasps at the wind and loses a hat, sparking lighthearted embarrassment in a rustic moment.
Attorney General Wickersham encounters a beaten editor in a western city. A lawyer explains the editor publishes a controversial paper that targets prominent locals, issued every Tuesday and read by Wednesday, highlighting the dangers faced by press critics.
Nat Uve notes that despite the Cie League promoting friendly relations between Bungvilley and its rival towns from October to April, the fraternity baseball game with Bungvilley undoes this effort. The remark suggests ongoing tensions surface through sports.
In this excerpt Oliver Wendell Holmes laments tavern life, praising a clean homely meal. He mocks scrambled eggs, stale butter, and napkin rituals, contrasts with a genuine boiled egg, and longs for a home where coffee and tea recall gentler origins and a warm, trustworthy kitchen.
An unusually devout defendant, in a civil case sparked by a neighbor complaint, halted testimony and pleaded with the judge as the witness recounted the incident. The scene highlighted tension between personal piety and courtroom decorum in a tense trial.
Thomas Maher transfers to Andrew and Rokne 46 of nw TL-98ty. Maher also conveys to GQ EB Moore north of Re TBE SB and to H A Kingston with F G Robinson undiv 4 lot 14 bik 2 Ringsted. Nels Nelson and wife sell to Obriatian A Gaarde lots Wand 1 bik 4 Hingsted. Jno P Krpéding and wife to Mut. Benefit Life Is Cose of 18-v0-td ex RE Right-of way se of 1-00-33.
A playful aside quoted from an evening exchange recalls a comic couplet about disguise and a con drum. The dialogue hints at witty wordplay and light banter between companions in a casual social setting.
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