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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1913
Page
8
Sunday visits and social news fill Grover, Matherville, and nearby town life. Families like Marley, Lecpolt, and Koenecks are cited with gatherings at parks, churches, and homes. Travel to Wisconsin and Minnesota appears, along with school work, church events, illness notes, and a major barn fire loss affecting FE Coughlin’s property.
The Benson household hosted numerous guests including Andrew Benson, Aughbert Nawby and families, Brunsvold and Fred Pauls households, Fuxlestein family, Jackson and Arnie Thompson spouses, Louis Benson and Dr Benson at Jackson, Alfred Opheim and Sophia Opheim with Elvis Kittleson visiting Sherburne and Alpha. The Ladies Aid gathered at Andrew Benson’s with a large crowd present. Conrad Ophelin departed last Tuesday.
Real estate transfer notices list multiple parcels and buyers including Taplin, Petegson, and Moore, with several NW and NE quarter designations and prices around 1000 to 40000. Names such as Nelson, Beaty, Hensbebok, Kundan, Martin Novak, and Groth appear among transfers. Entries reference western pawn lots and county allotments with varying lot and section identifiers.
Weather crop bulletin reports week ending August 41 1913 Des Moines lows cool nights hot days average temperature about two degrees above normal sunshine excessive little cloudiness until Sunday morning. rainfall scarce until Sunday. isolated showers in northeast. Corn shows mixed results with drought in south stressing early planted ears while late corn fills well north where rain was plentiful. overall drying heat hastens maturity. Apples pastures and late potatoes damaged. plowing delayed. wells failing in south. pastures brown. some stock fed almost full winter rations.
Dr J B Knipe and T J Hess traveled to Chicago Tuesday evening to consult Dr G Frank Lytleton, a leading genitourinary expert, about a persistent ailment not yielding to treatment. Hess’s general condition has improved since Colfax Springs, but the issue remains unresolved and the trip is hoped to help.
Mr and Mrs Charles Rosenberger returned Sunday from an extended trip through Germany visiting points of interest and planning a move to the Pacific Coast for a permanent location They will stay a couple of weeks in this city before heading west Jerome So Wade the Duluth millionaire spoke as the group parted noting advice about sticking to wives and a wife’s honesty amid the chatter
Saturday sale at Fosh jerk feed yard lists items from Tam moving to another estate. Auction includes a good work team one set harness top buggy a good wagon and household goods. Sale starts at 2 o clock Bow 1 Bow Sehulia for sale a good eight roan horse priced at 260 dollars. Person and Pitcher.
A fragment from W K F Wilcox in Farm and Fireside argues foreign born farmers boost U S yields, praising Russians Germans Swedes Japs and Poles for bringing knowledge and better harvests. The piece promotes opportunity from immigration and a progressive farming outlook. Also notes Associated Charities winter planning and a two week trip by Mr and Mrs Ed Callepher through St Paul Minneapolis Duluth and Winnipeg.
National Audubon Society leaders in New York call for a nationwide protest to stop the Senate from adopting a tariff bill amendment protecting wild birds from slaughter for plumage. They warn millinery interests back in Washington seek to defeat the House ban by delaying committees and urge constituents to pressure senators with letters and telegrams. The effort is coordinated with the New York Zoological Society and aims to save species from extinction as fashion trends shift toward new plumage demands.
Myron Miller was an over Sunday visitor at Rock Island. L. C. Zelleno and Dr. Gaard spent Sunday at Sioux Falls. Mrs. H. W. Anderson and children are visiting friends at Bede. Mrs. H. H. Lawrence of Niles Michigan is the guest of her sister Mrs. Jay Howard. Mrs. L. Godfrey and Eva left Tuesday for Cedar Rapids to spend a few days with friends. Blanche Jordan of Algoma visiting her mother Mrs. J. Youngman and sister Misa Mauda. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Turner and son departed for Minneapolis to spend a week at the state fair. Ed Paulson and family motored home from Des Moines after visiting friends. Francia Kennedy and sisters Clara and Mae and Tom Hepp motored to West Bend, guests of Lena Larson. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dillman and daughters Clara and Lucile visited here. Dillman is editor of the Blue Earth Post. Woman's Missionary Society plans a market at P. L. Christensen store on Saturday September 6. St James Minnesota base ball team has disbanded for the season, with Robert Goodge returning to Armstrong. Mrs. D. Brown and children of Watertown SD were guests at G. A. Faragher’s. Mr. Brown accompanied them to Minneapolis. Mrs. J. O. Daum of Albert Lea arrived due to E. N. Daum’s typhoid illness. condition described as not improving rapidly.
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