Vacationing West Branch residents roam the country
A. G. Gruwell and B. I. Douglass of West Branch enjoy a leisure tour visiting relatives and friends across the region. The item lists several local visits and movements including J. Wilson Heacock, James Espeset, H. G. Graat Jr., and Marie Roberts among others, with notes on local business, education, and fresh arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Northern Vindicator
A. G. Gruwell
B. I. Douglass
West Branch
Towa
Sargent Beven
Law Department
State University
J. Wilson Heacock
Kingsley
James Espeset
H. G. Graat, Jr
Algona
Eagle Grove
M. E. Wilson
Iowa City
Medical Department of
Emmet Echoes Sunday Visits and Local Happenings
Clarence and Alma Anderson and many area families visited relatives around West Bend and Essterville this week including the A. S. Anderson home. Other notes mention heifer shipments from St Paul, Des Moines visits, corn shelling, and W D Obriens land interests North Dakota. World of Pleasure comes to Grand Tuesday Oct 6 with Charleston dancers and a jazzy number Snap Your Finger at Trouble featuring twelve dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Roberts
Emmetsburg
M. L. Archer
Watertown
Des Moines
Armstrong
Eric Kittleson
Nels Johnson
S. D
Kittleson
Mr. Kittleson
Norway
Alamakee
Nels Anderson
Ellsworth Township
Albert Kittleson
O. QO. Sando
L. J. Hauge
South Dakota
Clarence
Alma. Anderson
Wylie van Eman
Lyle Schultz
West Bend
W. D. O'Brien
Sauer
Ed. Keonecke
Donovan
Detliver
Minnie Yankee
Mayme Schaper
Buffalo Center
Katharyn Seid
Independence
H. M. Borreson
St. Paul
J. C. Borreson
L. J. Borregon
George Anderson
Hannah Anderson
Gladys Anderson
Estherville
A.8. Anderson
Collins and
Seid
W. Dean
Moody Tredway
George Simpson
Raymond Myer
Irving Ellersten
North Dakota
Tom Olson
Thomas
Ringsted
D. Lucas
Halfa
Tom Hansen
Martin Olson
Clarence Hansen
Johnnie Iverson
Emmet County Teachers for the Year 1925 26
Lists teachers across Emmet County and townships including Armstrong Dolliver Estherville Ringsted Swan Lake Center and Denmark Townships with consolidations and town district allocations for the 1925 26 school year. Names many teachers by consolidations and townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmet
A. F. Meredith
Louie Peterson
Mary Rogers
Irene Oehrlein
Frances Stewart
Estherville
Ind
Hilliard
Wm. Gibson
T. W. Kerley
T. J. Barnes
Ruth Smith
Barbara Cornwall
J. H. Lyytle
Helen A. Mattison
Lucy O. Pingrey
Edna Fluke
Susie Petersen
S. E
Amber Mann
Margaret Smith
Vivian Kessler
Ella Matson
Berolina Rohde
Velma Barnes
Eleanore Coffman
Margaret Maniece
Gwendolyn Gibson
Lila Stone
Ruth Stone
Bernice Clark
Alta Byers
Halfa Consolidated
Glen G. Kluss
Harvey A. Reiter
Gladys
Guflicksen
Bertha Madden
Helen Goldsberry
Nora Link
Doris Jensen
Ringsted
Ind. Town Dist
R. F. Vanderstoep
Harry Fossenberger
Esther Boeke
Marie Helm
Olivia Berge
Kathryn Vanderstoep
Anna Troubert
Esther Beck
Velma Rave
Swan Lake Consolidated
Earl H. Begg
Earl H. Bell
Lea Mae Nefzgar
Hazel Brunsvold
Lara_ Hites
Center Township
Nels Quam
Besse Vandenburgh
Edna Scharlack
Margaret Walton
Marie Krause
Sevilla Kaite
Anna Anderson
Ina _ Jones
Ilda Squier
Edith Swartz
Gladys Olmstead
Bennaine Bowers
Alice Fox
Mae J. Wold
Denmark Township
Ellen Johnson
Emma C. Anderson
Dorothy Yessler
Alma L. Anderson
Lizette Christensen
Ellsworth
Helen Miller
Wylma Stages
Alice Ramsey
Vera Ankrum
Mary Staggs
Frances Olmstead
Zetta Staggs
Mildred I Fisher
Alice
Martens
High Lake
Pearl Anderson
Ethyl Kline
Lena Gunderson
Myrtle Olson
Alice Ref
Fairmont Canning Co A Large Local Employer
The Fairmont canning company operates three plants with six hundred workers and a daily capacity around 440000 cans. The Bantam and Crosby corn varieties are canned in shifts as the region nears peak harvest, with payroll near 2000 dollars daily and over 400 workers in Fairmont. Canning runs late into nights and continues toward frost as the sweet corn season progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Estherville
Fairmont Sentinel
Fairmont Canning Co
A. F. Wentworth
North Orient
East Fourth Street
Winnebago
Local Notes and Visits Round County Township
County correspondence lists numerous social calls and visits across Estherville Ringsted and surrounding towns. Residents entertained guests from Grover Fort Dodge Mallard Armstrong and Lam berton while others traveled to Des Moines and local fairs. The item closes with a description of the Makart painting Dina at the Hunt being shown as part of World of Pleasure at the Grand with Ziegfeld collages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dina
Hans Makart
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Estherville Auto Wrecking Company
Estherville Auto Wrecking Co
A. Sezer, Mer
A. O. Peterson
High Lake Township
Lewis Christopher
Julia Charleston
Frank Davey
Iverson
Walter Lucas
Soper and Allen
Minn
Sheriff Whelan
Minnesota
Jesse Coverdale
Washington Ter
Emmet County
Geo. C. Granger
Wm. Bartlett
Granger
Jarvis
Shemself
Geo. Evans
Marshaltown
George
Verae
Charleston
Clay County Fair
Iowa
United States
America
R. E. Bucknell
Cec’y
Spepeer
Town Lake Township
Tda Baird
Ruby Foye Ewing
Anna Peterson
Elizabeth Rolling
Charlotte Stenberg
Armella Sturm
Jack Creek Township
Esther Burkhart
Gladys Paulson
Wilma Gronstal
Cleo Quinn
Ella Bennicksen
C. V. Pringle
Swan Lake Township
Jessie Krieger
Gulla Ullensvang
Grace Bilto
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Verna J. Schubbe
Bessie Benish
Lillian Benesh
Lauretta Flaherty
Kathryn Trippert
Mary A. Benesh
Hannah Nelson
Beth Bondhus
Susie Herke
Jack Creek
Mrs. Schultz
Baby
Frank Matthes
Mary Paulson
Andrew Olson
Harvey Nichtern
Stevens
W. D. Lucas
Farmers Union
Esther’ Burkhart
Dr. King
Mallard
Hill
Fort Dodge
Elmer Miner
Art Miner
Grover Sisted
Thursay
Lutheran Church
Sam Show
Lamberton
Thelma Edwards
Nurses’ Training School
Coleman’s Hospital
Diana
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