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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1903
Page
8
Wallingford news column reports numerous residents and visitors. Jurors from Estherville serve. Prof. Dawson moves to Graettinger. Andres Larson and wife occupy his former cottage. Local students begin term. various visits, hunts, and trips noted with everyday actions and business updates.
Miss Alice Shaw spends days with friend Mrs Tastow Taylor. Jenkins couple moved on the Pitcher property located by Harry Trottun. F Pipley was on Midway Tuesday. Ladies Aid met with Moe James Sharp Thursday. attendance good despite weather. Kennard patente brother of Ohio returning home after week visit. Maxwell visiting daughter Mee Ed Miller. Mrs Dawson and son Jubunie returned from Des Moines. Martin Murphy hosts two visiting sisters. nap returned home Sunday.
B H White named superintendent of the live stock department for Iowa at the world’s fair in St Louis 1904. Hon W F Harriman of Hampton chairs the department. The fair promises the largest prize offerings and greatest display of livestock ever seen. Efforts to mobilize Iowa breeders and stockmen begin to ensure an esteemed exhibit representative of the state.
The Lincoln NAS notes a success of the Dolliver Sunday school pie meal held last Thursday near Tuttle Lake with prev lou cream and emornade served. Mrs John Miller died Thursday evening after a brief illness and was laid to rest at Arm Armstrong cemetery. John Taylor helps thresh, Roy returns from three weeks in Wo Wertz, Mrs Robert improving slowly under Dr Wilson care. Ed Lee family will visit Barlam then Dex Moines state fair. S Reed trades farms with Sam Taylor. Mr and Mrs KE Schultz of Andale Minn travel for Mrs Miller’s funeral. Schultz is Mrs Miller’s brother.
The notice lists a pineapple ice cream blend for Sunday meals and mentions local business names Deno Drug Co Maple Hill and Dean Drug Co. It notes farmers worry over thaw shortages, recent rains halting threshing, and ditching work resuming Monday. It also references a hog remedy prescription being shared by the Chicago and North Western Railway for farmers and requests readers to obtain copies free of charge.
Mrs. Miller, wife of John Miller, died after five days of illness in Dolliver precinct. Married March 4, 1890 in Franklin county Iowa, she and her family moved to Mimmet county in 1902 and owned a farm near Dolliver. Surviving are one daughter and two sons. Funeral held August 22 at home with Rev Harwood officiating. burial in Semstrapg cemetery.
The report notes a warm but cloudy week with above normal rainfall across the state. Crops face a variable, critical outlook as late moisture aids pasture and plowing yet risks corn damage from floods and winds. Potatoes and apples show mixed benefits, while dairy and home life comments mix farming realities with local lore and advice.
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