Residents move into Miss Adelaide Nichols residence
Mr and Mrs Emery Prentice rented an apartment in the Miss Adelaide Nichols residence and moved in yesterday. September brings heat and talk of upcoming coal shoveling season while travel plans unfold for the Mickelsons and a Des Moines visit involving the Booth family and Priscilla Booth. The Cox family reunion near Hollandale, Minnesota, brings relatives together with Chas and Donna Booth visiting from Des Moines to see Charles recovering from surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Prentice
Miss Adelaide Nichols
Dan Booth
Donna
Des Moines
Estherville
Chas
Priscilla Booth
Booth
Templar Park
Charles
Cox
Hollandale
Lee Cox
Alpha
Minn
Local social notes recount visits and family gatherings
The column details visits from the Cox family to relatives in Minnesota and South Dakota, trips by Galen Weber, Robert Tvedt, and other locals to Sioux City and nearby towns, and a church fund project by the Willing Workers Class. It also notes a Graettinger marriage, garden and fair attendance, and various neighborhood picnics at Turtle Lake Park or Arnold's Park with multiple local families and relatives visiting from Estherville, Graettinger, and Mitchell, S D.
Hot Weather Buffet Parties Offer Easy Hosting Tips
A practical guide to planning and serving a buffet style party during heat waves. Highlights include pre set food tables, napkin and silverware placement, hardy colorful dishes, and simple menus with hors d oeuvres hot dishes salads hot rolls fruit and cookies. Includes cheese biscuits recipe and safety tips for rescuing burnt foods.
Ringsted opens public school with list of staff
The Ringsted public school opened Monday August 30 with staff including J. C. Johnson superintendent Morten Ouren principal Cecil Davis coach Evelyn Bode music Beulah Thompson home economics Alpha Simmons seventh and eighth grades Oriole Brooks fifth and sixth grades Vivian Fagerlund third and fourth grades Palma Lande first and second grades Paul Johnson janitor Reports also note several local visits parties and upcoming relocations as teachers depart for further schooling or new jobs and a few residents plan trips or changes in housing and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringsted
J. C. Johnson
Morten Ouren
Hansska
Minn
Cecil Davis
Evelyn Bode
Algona
Beulah Thompson
Northfield
Alpha Simmons
Oriole Brooks
Burt
Vivian Fagerlund
Town City
Palma Lande
Ellsworth
Paul Johnson
George Robertson
Rolfe
Kloth
Robertson
H. R. Madsen
C. E. Nielsen
J. R. Schmidt
Flying Auto to wow Clay County Fair patrons
The Clay County Fair will showcase the world’s first flying automobile. Five flying automobiles will be demonstrated, capable of highway driving and air flight, with pilots switching from aircraft propellers to wheels at the airport. Dalley of the Clay County committee says the exhibit proves cars can fly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay County
Clay County Fair
America
Rotary
Dalley
Clay Coun
The Low Down From Hickory Grove
A humorous column riffs on a planned cosmetologists convention and explains what a cosmetologist does. The piece touches on skepticism toward cosmetic fads and jokes about government spending in a folksy tone. Jo Serra signs off with the low down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambo
Youra
JO Serra
News of August 22 1917 local notes at Orleans and area
Names of residents visiting relatives and attending events in Iowa and nearby towns. Social calls include Ridley family at Orleans cottage, Judge and Mrs N J Lee at Orleans, Miss Matilda Johnston taking a bookkeeper job in Sconberg Kilgore, and many others visiting fairs, churches, schools, and family homes across Humboldt, Spencer, Mason City, Nevada, Casaopolis, and Barron with travel to Des Mola r, Chicago, Duluth, and California in coming weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Vindicator
Republican
R. E. Ridley
Orleans
N. J. Lee
John Hansen
Des Molnar
Matilda Johnston
Omaha
Sconberg & Kilgore
C. L
Mandan
North Dakota
Roy Blazer
Chicago
George Shadle
Pleasantville
Shadle
Lou Wannamaker
Minnesota
Duluth
Local Notes from August 26 1897 Northern Vindicator
Items from the August 26 1897 issue report social visits travels and local moves. Willie Barnes visits Cedar Rapids. Miss Carpenter and Miss Hawkins spent time at the Lakes. Mrs E J Breen returns from Mason City. Klopp and Peterson fish at the Lakes. Hale Williams heads to the Dakotas. Mrs Alfred T Bradley arrives from Wisconsin for a visit with Andrew Bradley. M W Bradley of West Salem Wisconsin visits his brother Andrew. Mrs Trent returns to Minneapolis with sister Nellie Sampson for an extended stay. Ella Dorrett departs for St Louis for a month in the trimming room. Miss Newberry heads to St Louis to buy fall stock for Newberry Millinery. Tillie Sillge to supervise the store during absences. Jack Creek district No 4 reopens with Dorothy Wiseman teaching. Mrs Knute Oleson returns from Denver visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Vindicator
Willie Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Miss Carpenter
Miss Hawkins
Lakes
E. J. Breen
Mason City
Messrs
Klopp
Peterson
Hale Williams
Mondey
Dakotas
Alfred ™ Bradley
Miss Newberry
St. Louis
Newberry Millinery Company
Tillie Sillge
Misa Dorr
Visits of Aurora families to Mitchell and Emmetsburg
Mr and Mrs W L Dunlap and two children of Aurora Tl visited Mr and Mrs H C Breese last week and returned home Thursday. Mr Dunlap is Mrs Breese's brother. Mrs Mattie Dodgson and children came from Emmetsburg Thursday to visit D C Wells and family. Mrs H S Greig and her children went to Mitchell Saturday for a few days at the old home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Finn
Sioux City
Frank Peterson
al Steadman
Canyon City
Colorado
Lee Schultz
Will Otto
Henry
James Ramsey
Isabelle
Frank
Gus Ramsey
Lester. Ramsey
Guy. Ramsey
Pete Sorgentrre
Blue Earth
Arnold’s Park
Billie Higinbotham
George Bergeson
Bergeson
Oscar Bergeson
Joe Smith
Mitchell
S. D. Marian Ramsey
Maple Hill
Thomas McKean
Tom Conlon
Emmetsburg
Lillian A. Shoemaker
Graetinger
Shoemaker
Cora Rhodes
Frank Godfrey
Barron
Wisconsin
D. Godd
E. F. Donahue
Lewis Halvergon
California
Yellowstone Park
L. Morgan
Grand Jury
New “Park
Galloway Park
Folly” Park
Jessie Peters
Wm. McArdle
Forest City
J. E. Broadwell
Sparta
Wis
J. M. Barber
Broadwell
Barber
Vindicator and Republican
W. L. Dunlap
Aurora
H. C. Breese
Mr. Dunlap
Breese
Mattie Dodgson
D. C. Wells
Greig
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Carl Mickelson
Alabama
Florida
Miami
Geo. Cox
Lawrence Cox
Lauren Cox
Maple Island
Harold Dobbling
Hickory Island
Elsie Cox
Gibbon
Evelyn Pillingham
Rapid City
S. D
Dorothy Cox
Philadelphia
Leo Coxes
Dolliver
Rosseau
Spies
Farmers Creamery
Wm. S. Handy
Community Church
Henry Kleen
Alfred Kleen
Renwick
Eagle Grove
Fulton
Pineeton
Iowa
G. L. Lundahl
W. G. Mellwraith
Wilma
James
Peinbeck
Alvie Wicks
Robert Tvedte
Fritz Kleen
Galen Weber
Wm. Knutson
Glenn McKern
Lakota
Dale Davis
Dunnell
Harold Janssen
Dale
Alberta Weber
Lulu Redhead
Willma Mellwraith
Emma Balmer
Turtle Lake Park
V.R
Grover
Betty
Schmidt
Ernest Jacobsen
H. C. Jerizen
Edna Ries
Catherine Ries
Gladys Sorenson
Victor Sorenson
Herluf Nielsen
Chris Nielsen
Evelyn
Cedar Falls
Gina Madsen
Blair
Neb
Dana College
Helen Thisted
Iowa City
Harold Petersen
Sidney Petersen
Merritt Giffen
State College
Ames
Mildred
Clara Madsen
Clara
Lutheran Hospital
Byron Fender
Marshalltown
H. W. Fender
Clarence Madsen
Weisbrod Motor Company
Pearl Nelson
Chris, Thorgesen
Moorhead
Bertha Johnson
Peter Thorson
Ollen Nelson
Fred ‘Brown
Fair Grounds Fairmont
Fairmont City Band
Ghents
Luuy
Anc
Collins Enterprises
Actuvasion
Bill
Tack
Pewey
HOWDY
Patterson
Bob
Billy
Pero Gang
Hickory Grove
Jack Creek
Misa Dorothy Wiseman
Knute Oleson
Denver
Ehler
Uae
Rere
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