Gibbons Store to Close Out After 23 Years
The Gibbons mercantile establishment in Armstrong will close this week with stock to be disposed of by Sept 19. F F Gibbons, the junior partner, ends a 23 year family run. The store served Emmet and Kossuth counties and the Gibbons plan to spend the winter in California.
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Armstrong
F. F. Gibbons
Gibbons
F. J. Gibbons
Knowles Bros
Emmet
Kossuth County
California
Local Social Roundup From Estherville Area Highlights
Numerous visits and travel notes mark a busy period in Estherville and surrounding towns. Guests include Mr and Mrs Wm Krum and Mr and Mrs Abrahamson with children, church leaders being reassigned, families visiting relatives in Grananda and Winterset, and trips to Minneapolis for Free Methodist conference. Family celebrations and hospital stays appear, with locals traveling to California and Texas for events.
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Armstrong
Wm. Krum Tona
Minn
Mra
Cool Abramaon
Ulda
Mey TeorRe
Fathersill
H. G
Free Metheary
Estherville
J. B
M. Leison
Fuller
Hostensas
Craig
Jamil
George Fathergill
Floyd
Marvin Fathergill
Ted Schackerer
Wallingford
Carl Abramson
Fulda
R. C. Schroeder
Granada
W. D
Tom Miller
Mrs. Miller
Hayes L. Pagers
Everett Rogers
Eldora
Bert Clark
Chas
Mavis
Gon
Vivian
Ed Carson
Free Methodist
Minneapolis
G. A. Finley
Chas. Indekoffer
John Hintz Sr
Kimball
S. D
John L. Hintz
Hintz Jr
Rochester
Ed Spence
Huntington
B. L. Clark
Bert Bosworth
Bridge
Emory Danielson
Albert Danielson
Ervin Cronk
Lloyd Paris
John Whitesell
California
Texas
M. O
Peterson
Charles Churchill
East Side Cafe
Spies Home Hosts Auxiliary Meeting in Graettinger
The American Legion Auxiliary met at the J. A. Spies home in Graettinger on Thursday evening with Miss Elizabeth Spies and Mrs. Adolph Spies as hostesses. After the business session, Legion men from the city hall joined the social time, and refreshments were served.
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Graettinger
American Legion Auxiliary
J. A
Residents crowd Graettinger notes and travels list
Graettinger and surrounding area residents page details many trips to Iowa City Des Moines and Estherville for study and medical care. Local events include birthday celebrations and social gatherings. Several families visit relatives in Minnesota Arizona and California as others enroll in colleges and nursing programs.
Superior Women Open Club Year Opens With Social Hour
Superior Sept. 17 The ladies of the Social Hour club held the first meeting of the year with Mrs Clarence Stuard Tuesday afternoon Mrs Harry Buckman assisting hostess After the business meeting a short program a paper on Labor Day by Mrs Logan and a dance by Eileen Johnson were enjoyed Hostesses served a nice lunch.
Community notes from Superior and Richland Farm Bureau meeting
Regular monthly Bureau gathering in the hall featured an informal teachers reception. District residents and visitors—Emersons, Bringles, Myhrs, Sheffields, Housners, Tow, Lees, Weavers, Fredettes, Wilsons and Leopolds—made social rounds, with school activities, storm repairs, and local visits sprinkled through the week.
Stillmans Home From Encampment Visit
Stillmans return from the national encampment of United Spanish War Veterans in Saratoga Springs New York and visit daughter Mrs Ray M Koon in Waltham Massachusetts They planned to visit Mrs Handy's mother in Onawa before returning Additional items note community church services school reopening Clay county fair attendance and a long roster of local visits and social events with named residents and families.
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Levi Kalyedt
Leon
Granettinger
Brekke
Ray Swartz
Allis Chalmers
Estherville
Fessler
Fenton
T. Fessler
Philip Peck
Emma
Nettie
Theodore Hanson
Fred Kruse
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Ryan Lake
Burdette
Harry Wahldick
Chris Elerston
Chris Lastine
Nettie Hanson
Kalvidt
Bob Corderman
Clay County
Spencer
G. L. Lundahls
Ole J. Olson
W. A. Cameron
Austin
Minn
Clinton DeBarr
C. P. Stow
V. L. Whalen
Cecil Watrous
Jackson
Walter Stedman
Duane
Faribault
Evelyn Walters
Fairmont
H. D. Mereness
Extherville
Coleman’ Hospital
W. S. Handy
Sioux City
Margaret
Morningside College
Ringsted Folks Celebrate Return Home of Daughter
Ringsted Sept 17 The Nels Jacobsen home hosted a party honoring Lillian Jacobsen who recently returned from California A noon picnic followed by social time drew guests from Kimballton Bancroft and local families Also noted Ruth Wiley heads to Waldorf College in Forest City Wilma McGuinn party honors birthday and several locals plan college enrollments at prestigious institutions across Iowa and New York
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M. C. Grodland
Arlene
Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Crewe Shiley
Joan Shiley
Janice Petersen
Carol Jean Thompson
Ringsted
Nels Jacobsen
Misa Lillian Jacobsen
California
Gordon Sandvig
Kimballton
Peter Hansen
Bancroft
Ernest Jacobsen
Lawrence Jacobsen
Harvey Jacobsen
Marno Pettersen
Minneapolis
Ruth Wiley
Forest City
Waldorf College
Lillian Jacobsen
Thorvald Hansen
Nels Nelsen
Nels Sorensen
J. R. Schmidt
C. H. Schmidt
H. C. Jensen
Helen Thisted
Iowa City
Hher
University of Iowa
Trene Glassnap
Kamball Madsen
State Teachers College
Cedar Falla
Sirl Nelsen
St. Paul's Ladies’ Aid
Ella Jensen
Storm Lake
Iowa
Buena Vista College
Esther Bonnicksen
New York
Columbia University
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Joe Gish
Rheany
Minnesota
G. W. Felton
Viewfield, S. D
Ed Reed
Kirkwood
Dos Moines
Miss
Stoneville
John and Mack Rust
Marion Singer
Malcom Jensen
St. Peter, Minn
Adolphus Augustus College
Lee Robinson
Edward Sullivan
Trinity College
Jess Fleming
Royal Neighbors
Melvin Christensen
Terris
Abe Christensen
Clarence Axelton
Phoenix
Arizona
Clara Dalen
A. P. Thompson
Los Angeles
Calif
Thompson
Leonard Olson
Ray Nelson
Goodwin Thorson
Leonard Barrett
Mabel Potter
A. J. Hamilton
Melvin Derrickson
Chas, Derrickson
Missytha Smith
Derrickson
Marion Hatfield
Fort Riley
Kan
Charlie Jensen
Gon Lawrence
Lawrence
Iowa University
Jack Sharkey
King Alphango
Spain
Mississippi
Voetmann
Curtis Page
George Kenline
Li. J. Berkland
Daugters
Eunice
Emmetsburg
Mattie
Mason City
J. L. Berkland
O. D. Johnson
Raymond Swartz
Hans Johnson
Darrel
Alfred Nelson
Lena Krantz
Glenn
Clyde Vassar
Jack
Omaha
Neb
Evelyn Kruse
Virginia Lastine
Clara
Hugh Taylor
Ruthven
Fred Theil
Britt
G. H. Peterson
Grandin
J. W. Oakes
Joe Oakes Jr
Frank Nielson
Andrew Oleson
Nelson
Dorothy Kruse
Lastine
Lester Johnson
Superior
Wilbur Engholm
QO. R. Gardner
Kenneth Harding
A. Voetmann
Anton Vammen
Hans Jensen
H. Mikaelsen
W. Skovgaard
Kloth
Justensen
Chicago
Ill
C. Nielsen
George Neve
E. Neve
Tanderson
R. Hanson
J. Jensen
Peder Neve
Ellen Voetmann
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Superior and
Richland Farm Bureau
Fred Emerson
Margaret Bringle
Dell Rapids
A. J. Bringle
Taylor
Wis
Irvin Myhr
Frank Sheffield
Story City
Milo Housner
Holridge
Nebr
A. A. Lewis
Donald Walsh
Standard
O. J. Shepard
Orleans
Woden
Miller Place
Ruby Tow
Spirit Lake
Hattie Merkle
0. R. Lee
Ruby
Inwood
Evelyn Lee
J. A. Bringle
Rev
L. L. Weaver
Helen Fredette
Bill Wilson
Weaver
Geneva Baker
Thorbin Houge
Ernie Hall
Petersburg
J. T. Jensen
Spirit Lake Hospital
Social Hour Club
Swan Lake
Bruce
Jim Reed
John Winter
Jackoon
Tom Lambert
W. D. Smith
Judderfoss
V. & R.n Emmet CO
Ting Ghicag
Scotty
Mamas Whiti
Stillmans
Encampm
Raleigh
E. J. Smith
Alvena
Happy Home Club
Roll Enalt
Charlie Kohlstedt
Harry Schnell
Ilene
John Graff
Elmer Simpson
Rolland Shannon
Nonna Jean
Dale
John Spoo
Donald
Louie Bendixon
Lavonne
Harold Graff
Bonnie
Bobbie
West Bend
Nona Joan
Harley Higgiey
James Spencer
James Ponton
Hartley
P. I Schmidt
Roe Iy
Jun Va
Modern
Better Homes & Garden
Christian Herald
Pathfinder
Week Parents' Magazin
the Farm Journal
the Country Home
aYr
Modern Mechanix & Inventions
CO Delinzator
Judereal America
Radio News
Ft A
Oden Mech
Wort
Better Homes & Gardens
Mousehold
McCall's Magazine
Pictorial Review
True Confessions
Cloverleaf
American Poultry Jour
Capper
Farm Quawal
Everybody's Poultry Mag
Gentlewoman Magazine
Good Stories Home
Circle Home Friend
Household Magazine
Illustrated Mechanics
Mother's Home Life Needlecraft
Poultry Tribune
Woman's World
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