Of Interest to Our Neighbors in Petersburg
Peters burg area social notes listing visiting relatives from Mason City Bangor Maine New York City and Dolliver, with many local calls and gatherings. The piece mentions Ladies Aid meetings, hostesses for events, birthday celebrations, school and church activities, and several residents hosting guests at homes around Estherville and Graettinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loon Lake
Fred Lord
Bangor
Maine
Arthur
Henry Peterson
Walter Nielsen
Kid Stanwick
Conrad Anderson
Zumbrota
Ladies’ Aid
Arthur Peterson
W. V. Peterson
August Jensen
Ardyce
J. B. Jensen
Carl Vogle
L. P. Peterson
Ed Erickson
Pequot
Minn
Carlson
Gene Lundahl
Dolliver
H. H. Lundahl
Garland Peterson
Kermit Gruhlke
Riverside Park
Estherville
Frank Wieskus and Sons
E. Timko and Son
F. Wieskus
Frank Wieskus
Emmetority Farmers Union Meets in City Hall
The September Emmetority Farmers Union gathering at City Hall heard reports from the school of instruction in Leech Lake Minnesota and updates on the Frasier Lemke bill. Dr H Larsson spoke of a Jackson Minnesota meeting with National Farm Union president E H Everson. The 4 H club was praised for profits for farm boys and a Des Moines convention Sept 16 17 was highlighted with speakers Mayor Ellen Wallace Short Deane Chapman and Hon William Lemke. A memorial service and social meal followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetority Farmers Union
City Hall
W. S. Clark
Will Swartz
Nipher
Bernice
Dorothy
Wilbur Jurries
Leech Lake
Minn
Farm Union
Clark
H. Larsson
Spirit Lake
Jackson
National Farm Union
E. H. Everson
Everson
Big Farm Union
Des Moines
Joseph H. Ellen
Wallace Short
Sioux City
Deane Chapman
Ogden
William Lemke
County Union
Sunday visit at Ruthven home hosts Nelsons and Taylors
Mr and Mrs Frank Nelson Jr were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Hugh Taylor at Ruthven. Mr Bennickson of Ringsted visited the Jake Bervens farm Thursday to repair the windmill and well. Mr and Mrs Harry Walddick returned from a motor trip through Kansas Monday evening with daughters Evelyn Dorothy and son Clifford as dinner guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nelson Jr
Hugh Taylor
Ruthven
Bennickson
Ringsted
Jake Bervens
Harry Walddick
Kansas
Fred Kruse
Evelyn
Dorothy
Aon Clifford
Local Visits and Farm Work Highlight Area Notes
Mr and Mrs Earl Compton of Raymond IA Mrs Clara Haugh peck Cedar Falls and Mrs Lewis Christopher Graettinger were Friday guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Olson Edwin and Robert Madison visited friends at Goldfield a day or two Morris Thompson is filling silo at the Jones farm Orvis Kalvidt plowing for Lawrence Anderson and Ray Anderson Mildred Bosold arrived home from Cedar Falls where summer school was attended Virginia Voetmann spent Wednesday and Thursday with Geneva Christensen Corretta Voetmann helped Mrs Lee Moore for a few days Mr and Mrs George Miener and daughter Marjorie returned Saturday from Milwaukee WI where they had been visiting Mr and Mrs Sautine and daughter Virginia and Mr and Mrs Chester Hock and son ArmStrong arrived home Tuesday evening
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Nepple
Lois Stark
Milford Houge
E. Boyer
Boyer
Jackson
Carol
Hazel Dewall
Superior
Chas. Hash
Terry
John Simpson
Spirit Lake
Harlan Hash
Kenneth Bond
Ashton
Idaho
Claus
Irving Martens
E. B. Miller
Babson Park
Fla
GA. Nichols
W. E. Deming
Nichols Cottage
Templars Park
Rudolph Dewall
Ray Sandahl
Emmetsburg
Claus Martens
Alice
West
Emma Wilmnitz
Des Moines
Dorothy
Helen Clemenson
Andrew Klein
Chas. Iseminger
Sac City
Florida
Pete Aanonson
Aanon Aanonson
Canada
Sam Micklebus
Armstrong
Jeffery Olson
Wallingford
Helland
Gunder Paulson
Attorney Refsell
E. Refsell
Chris Ellerston
Lurl Fessler
James Ellerston
Earl Summers
Lloyd Summers
Lee Moore
Ott England
Ray England
Eatherville
J. W. Madden
Edward Christian
Madison
Edwin
Minnesota
Thorwald Olson
Estherville
Mrs. K. Olson
Earl Compton
Raymond
Clara Haughpeck
Cedar Falls
Lewis Christopher
Graettinger
Andrew Olson
Robert Madison
Goldfield
Morris Thompson
Jones Farm
Orvis Kalvidt
Lawrence Anderson
Ray Anderson
Mildred Bosold
Family guests and sheep trades noted in brief village column
Mr and Mrs Willie Fischer and family and Mattie Skew visited Mr and Mrs Chris Lastine from Saturday to Monday. Silo fillers were at Jake Berven’s farm Tuesday. Olin Anderson bought five Shropshire rams from the Welsh flock recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Willie Fischer
Mattie Skew
Walnut
Chris Lastine
Silo
Jake Berven
Olin Anderson
Estherville College Aid Highlights Statewide Support
Twelve Estherville junior college students benefited in 1985 86 from National Youth Administration work relief aid. Across 31 junior and 36 regular Iowa colleges the program disbursed 868444 dollars with an average aid of 106 dollars per student. Aid was tied to college enrollment and work assignments based on 12 percent of October 15 1984 enrollment. Webster City Waldorf Britt and other colleges received aid totaling 9710 dollars. Also Iowa youths scored highest on Navy Bureau Navigation Mathematics tests at San Diego reflecting strong state academic performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville Junior College
National Youth Administration
Iowa
Webster City Jr
Waldorf College
Forest City
Britt
Bureau Navigation
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Calif
Mississippi River
Naval
Des Moines
Wallingford pioneer dies after fall in Aug 22 1916 notice
Mrs Ole B Peterson a Wallingford pioneer dies at home August 22 from injuries after a fall. Other items note Mrs Adolphus Jenkins dies August 21 in Portland Ore, early Estherville settlers, theater visit by Butger Bros with Rip Van Winkle, Prof Claire Foote to Minneapolis, birth of baby girl to J W Phillips, W J Pullen resigns deputy game warden, paving of business streets discussed, other local travels and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vindicator and Republican
Ole B. Peterson
Wallingford
Adolphus Jenkins
Portland
Ore
Estherville
Butger Bros. Company
Rip van Winkle
Claire Foote
Minneapolis
Northwestern Conservatory of Music
J. W. Phillips
W. J. Pullen
George
Dauber and Son and Daughter
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Wis
Northern Vindicap and Indicator items dated 1886
A compilation of short notices from Northern Vindicap and Northern Indicator items. It includes weather remarks about oppressive heat then a sharp cool-down, a contractor finishing a house in Center township, a toy farmer feeding 175 hogs, visitors from Seymour, Conn., and California, relatives visiting in Dickison County, local family moves and travels, a note on a B R & N extension to Sioux Falls, a birth in the Riggs family, a Coon who returned from a Chicago Normal College, and a traveling remark about a 146 degree temperature swing in Northern Town over a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Vindicator
Lulu Godden
Council Bluffs
Iowa Y. P. S. C. E
Tekanah
Neb
Trousdale Boys
Cox
Chicago
R. K. Soper
H. W. Chatfield
Seymour, Conn
Heard Graves
California
D. McFarland
Dickison County
M. Helms
Th County
Oregon
Sioux Falls
Th City
Isai Riggs
Fred B. Coon
Saurday
Norther Town
Don Dewel Heads Europe Trip From Algona
Don Dewel of Algona, a member of the Algona Advance staff, leaves Tuesday for Washington and New York City to sail September 5 for Europe. He plans to buy a bicycle there for transportation during his travels through Belgium, Holland, and England, with a return home in October or November. He recently graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Dewel
Agona Advance
Washington
New York City
Belgium
Holland
Brances
England
Wereo Willirig
Don
University of Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spencer Hospital
Ernest Timko
John Timko
Ellsworth Meyer
John
Henry Wieskus
Peter Rasmussen and Sons
Jank Wieskus
A. J. Anderson
Eva
Emma Olson
Emil Olson
Christ Maltshaw
Wilbur Ellsworth
Havelock
John Carlson
Pete Hanson
Raleigh
Chris Bendixen
Lee Kamp
Harry Schnell
Otto Hansen
Herman Peters
James Spencer
Eldon
P. I. Schmidt
E. J. Smith
Alvena
Happy Home Club
Glen Martin
Fairmont
Fred Nauss
Rolland Shannon
Nona Jean
Dale
Harley Higgley
S. Zerke
Herman Zerke
Bernice Zerke
James Kirk
Albert Hyman
Fred Zeettrick
William Zeettrick
John Klingbeil
Art Wieland
Gus Klingbeil
John Spoo
Fred Zelinsky
John Graff
Harold Graff
Bonnie and
Bobbie
Helen
Claus Martins
Uy R
Richard Metz
Joe Hassel
Odus Paugh
Kalmer Rands
Mildred
Mary Allen
Jean Bosold
Henry
Harry Jensen
C. V. Pringle
St. Louis
Everette
Virginia
Lastine
Dr. Whitlow
Willis Kalvidt
Cuyler Peterson
Ernest Peterson
Herman Helmers
Louix City
Donavan
Nels Nelson
O. L. Gardner
James
Woodward
Levi Kalvidt
Leon
Fessler
Fenton
Lurd
Kenneth
Ellerston
Brekke
Otis Jorstad
Arnold Olson
VR Superior
Paul Wade
Hannah Wade
Terris
Donna Rosik
Omaha
Stevens
Joyce
Wilkinson
Harold Case
Verda Ferguson
Theodore Erickson
Frank Moore
Harris
Frank Johnson
Phil Wolf
Mia
Anna Yost
Allie
Albert Lea
Eileen
Anna Wathen
Fred LaVelle
O’leva Braigian
Harry Perking
Winton
Jimm Reed
Spirit Lake Hospital
John Winter
Horton Sperry
Wilmar
Everette McNarey
Calwell
Cherokee
Ray Griffee
Betty
Kruse
Frank Setterstrom
Gowrie
Betty Griffee
Jens Nelson
Ruth Leopold
West Emmet
JACK
Farm Union News
R. S. Clark
Sisalkraft
Prag Triad
Northern Lumber
Jack Creek
Janesville
Wisconsin
Bargain Catalog
Wiley Padan
Sm Many Lauder
Torube Price
Cleveland
New York
Pendleton
Wee
Robert Young
Seattle
N.Y
Lon Chaney
M-G-M
Joseph Calleia
Estherville Junior CO
H. Glassell
Northwest
Sawyer
D. W. Cleveland
Center Township
Europe
Funda
Modern
Better Homes
Christian Herald
Magaz McCall
Magazin
Midwest
Pathfinder
Parents
Magazin Pictorial Review
Cappen
Farmer
the Farm Journal
the Country Home
Met
ARDEN
Real America
Radio News
Sime
Sel
Yeview
Wowace Grees
Nena
Better Homes & Prances
A Herald
Flower Grow On
Household
McCall’s Magazine
Midwest Golfer
True Confessions
Cloverleaf
Sumior Home
Cheech
American Poult
Fanta Ourmal
Gentlewoagazine
Poultry Tribune
Woman's World
Cioffer MO
Cioffer Noz
R.F.D
Dees
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