Palo Alto Tribune (Newspaper) - October 17, 1929, Emmetsburg, Iowa THE PALO ALTO TRIBUNE Volume 37 OCTOBER 1929 Number 16 PYTHIANS AND SISTERS CONVENE IN EMMETSBURG WEDNESDAY FORMER PALO ALTO COUNTY RESIDENT DIES Formerly Resided In Was a Succesful Mary Norris Passes Mary Norris of Lost Island township died at the home of hoi of October at the ripe l old age of 85 She had been confined to her bed for a year and a WELL KNOWN SUDDENLY In our last issue we mentioned the death of Theodore of formerly of which occurred in the hospital at October Death followed an emergency opera tion on which was the sec ond within a the first being She was the mother of Don ONeill of for of this and of Ole Norris of Lost Island George Baker Sud denly Stricken While at WEEKLY REPORT AS SUBMITTED Farewell Party GOEDERS for Lions Weigand DIPS Friday evening the girls of the Kp rtl worth League of the held a farewell party for Miss Doris with her are moving to Sioux Several games were one of them being a laughing the honors going to Miss Mary Scott for having the larg est A beautiful silver compact was pre sented to Miss Doris during the eve George Baker died suddenly at Oc tober after an illness of but a few She and her husband had been spending the evening with and j and were about to go home when Baker became violently ill and in a Refreshments were served by the committee in Cecil OBrien Enters Business at Mallard Cecil of Ayrshire has pur chased the confection II ary an restaurant at He Mrs moved to He is an experienced and j successful business Heres MILLER PASSES AWAY AT HER HOME Leaves Wife and Seven Small i hoping he will meet with abundant Well Known Emmetsburg Lady Children to Mourn His Untimely John Henry Goeders died home in the Second Ward at October after an illness of about two The funeral ser vices will be held at Thomas j I church this f Thursday morning at 1 9 The McNerney The reason for the existence of the will The pallbearers are If you cant bo be stubborn but dont keep it up too at his T Dies From Cancer Mon day CT 1 John Miller died at her home in this city at Mon October She had not been the best of health for many al though she was able to attend to her church social and household duties until She was naturally cheerful and complained but moments is Child Because of j Both Teams Played Well But three weeks ago she went to moments A pn i J nf hoi 11 r l A IS the Wednesday previous for Seconds Defeated but it was too of the greatest needs is a more effec Thomas and Bert Goeders and Funeral services were conducted from the home in Fenton at j Wednesday from the Lutheran church i at 2 oclock in the preaching the Inter ment was made in the family lot at the The ers were Han John Denni Smith and Herman Theodore William was born in Province of Han January In 1877 he came to this country with his The family settled in Fayette and later moved to Palo Alto near By Estherville Friday By a Score of 6 to her life had passed out before he system of character education of John all cousins of the de hildren by their we are mak ng an effort at Parent The John t Q Was gt M J Score 13 to SECOND TEAM DEFEATED The second team of Emmetsburg High met their Waterloo at Esther ville October when they t was better and her that she would legam hoped Funeral services were conducted by Rochester under the advice of her local There she was told that she had a cancer and her re covery was Marys Academy defeated the j Funeral services were conducted by aio Alto county when College preps in an Sunderlin at 2 at the results of scientific investigations young and subsequently made his jng game of football on the South side the house and at the church born at White her that modern psychology and I came to were defeated by the team of Barker at the Congrega that The score was G to tional church at arc being used in our program this school Despite the recent at home field Sunday afternoon by a score of i at Wednesday On July he united in mari to 1 Ms Bertha was the young p 1 a y e d exceptionally and the game was very as the score REPORT CARDS ISSUED The six weeks report cards of the stu dents of Emmetsburg High were is sued October Those on the honor On December 1880 he was arc as follows ed in marriage with Miss Howard pie who died April To this Berniece Ross union eight children were One died at the age of 13 years one son passed away in Mary I Julius Verona Still Later he again united in and this with the six children Catherine who were born to them Harrieth Rosalind farmed in township for many years and was Mary He had one of the fine farm homes of the coun His family was always provided with the best of arer a e lacks on the the fundamental riage with Rose n The visitors were deter nal church at j of that institution remains this Seven children were born to j but were unable to make e pallbearers were No other agency can give I this all of whom survive their j Way against the strong The visitors were determined to win cst child of John and Christina The Hobson and Miss Ida Fellman was born much head Marys She was born at Clayton September such as the They are MadeI The played the first i The first twenty years of her The home continue as the line George Rena John half to a scoreless and it looked life were spent institution m which the first tendencies j ward 2 and C August Her to constructive right habits and Goeders farmed part of the He retired some years ago and Ruth DECLAMATORY WORK The students of Emmetsburg high will begin declamatory work moved to where he immedi assumed a place of He served as mayor there ancl was a member of the city council at the time of his He was a gentleman of honor and He was conscientious and He was a Lutheran from childhood and lived up to the teachings of his He was a good a devoted father and husband and a loyal He is survived by his twelve one Charles one Jacob Hengel of and fourteen grand The children are Alfred and Albert Clara Alvena Ma thilda Helmke and Daniel all living in or near Fenton Paul and Katherine still at To them all the Tribune extends sincere Entertains Friendship Circle Sunderlin entertained the Friendship Circle at a Halloween party Monday The evening was spent in initiating the members into the mysteries of Halloween ancl in playing The Misses Flor ence and Edith ancl Mabel Bladen had charge of the A dainty lunch was served by the consisting of Newell and Miss m i RETURNS HOME THURSDAY and Mayne returned home Thursday from Cedar Rapids where Mayne had been attending a postmasters They visit ed their who teaches English in Cornell College at Postmaster Fred Robin son accompanied indoor workers on these nice autumnal are longing for em ployment out in the while the outdoor workers wish they could have a comfortable sitting down job at some T under the tutelage of Miss and Oct 16 and About eighty pupils are taking the work this ancl the season indicates much father died when she was very She went with her mother to Corn ing to Later they moved to Des There she united in mar riage with George Baker on De cember They came to Em and established their One Herbert now of Sioux was born to Baker was active in social and literary She was an intelligent woman and exceptional ly As a mem ber of the Friday Club she always did her part and was a leader in the of the She was a member of the Congregational church and was not only faithful to the teachings of this and a regular attendant at all its but she was ever ready to aid in fi church by giving of her money and efforts to make a success of any undertaking inaugurat ed to make money for the BIG HOMECOMING GAME The football team of high school wishes to announce that their homecoming game with Spirit Lake will be held They also wish to invite all of and surrounding territory moral conduct will be time but for the past nine years he It is the business of parents to sow was employed as a section the spiritual seed that will ripen into He worked earnestly to provide for and make an effective re ligious life Even the value of our teachers is largely determined by the character of their home train Joseph COURT CONVENES NOVEMBER 4 his wife and He was kind and devoted to He tried to do his best at all times and was earnest and in his It is sad to see a father taken from a home where there are children who have not reached their The burden thus placed upon the mother is one that is hard to Here is a mother with seven chil dren none of whom are able to help 1 her in any Their bereavement 1 is great The Tribune extends sincere sympathy to them and trusts i that bountiful Providence will sus as if the game would end with the hut Marys returned She united in marriage with John Miller at Sni Ma Iowa on in the second with a February To this union one tion to and they Marys team is putting forward son and one daughter were Immediately following their mar thoir best efforts this week for the i riage they came to Palo Alto county first out of town game of the season with Columbia College preps of Du and located on a farm three and one half miles east of Here they resided until 1920 when they Dubuque is reported to have a retired and established their home in fast team with plenty of pep j this city and subsequently resided and This is the first time 11 the I h Grand Jury to Appear strengthen and provide abun Columbia preps have played YOUNG COUPLE WED SATURDAY Trial Jurors Meet at 9 dantly for Here is the list of trial jurors drawn for the November term of the Socially she was She had district They should at cry one and took real interest in appear on Her wit and was pro r Her friends were numbered vember Em1 by her and she will y to long he remembered by the people of Tins should be road carefully so that jurors will avoid REMSEN GIRL GOES BLIND Blinded forever by wood she drank at a dance according to the story she told Sacred Heart hospital Miss Clara 22 years lies in the hospital here in County it is be Their farm where their son now was one of the most beautiful and well kept farms in the j Their home in this city quick ly developed into a bower of real They both loved nature and took real joy in the beauties which they could bring out in tree and In speaking of Miller her pas the When but girl of 15 her heart and life to To this promise she was faithful and She never was given to much out ward expression but gave her service The mission meetings in the and God had made eran church were a Weather j her so like a their joy has been ideal and attendance at most in His in her among her Alvin Thake and Miss Teresa both of this city were mar ried Saturday afternoon at at the Lutheran Thompson The single ring service was Gerald Malady and Miss Margaret both of were and Thake will make their home near Sandvig mev near Nick and Joe Carney Emmetsburg i with Joe for her husband MISS WELLS LOCAL YOUNG LADY WEDS A quiet yet very pretty wedding took place at the Congregational church in this city at Sat October when the mar riage of Henry Willingham and Miss Juanita Wells was solemnized by the Miss Florence a at tended the bride and Homer Mc haven of happiness and son to whom she devoted the very best efforts of which she was She was ever faithful and true to her husband and fairly idolized her her only That her death has crushed the will open a vigorous the sessions has been Many she served that this joy gation to determine whore the girl j ministers have been present and taken might be made Was their sorrow got the The following ministers were or misfortune she was present to Miss who worked for a far present of Minne sweeten and lift by the light of her of Her character was always Granshaw of Forest I Her disposition was of Forest Mathre Two weeks ago when the full harvest of Guard of of her wellspent life was all about and Lunde of her the withering blasts Like Pearl Hudson Smith Ayrshire Mike Nelson West Bend Theodore Peterson Graettinger Grady Emmetsburg May Swanton Emmetsburg You May Shoot on These Days The state game warden has set the open season on pheasants in Polo Alto county for October 80 and No vember 1 ancl The bag limit will be three birds each regardless of Hunting may begin a be fore sunrise but is forbidden between sunset and that The official notice in last weeks the first state to adopt a compulsory insurance law for is the first to set ia traffic Allister was best Miss Pearl Noble by Miss Olive Noble played Procession al and Only relatives were The bridal couple left by auto on wedding They will visit relatives at and will then go on to Kentucky for a few weeks visit with Willing Imms The bride is a daughter of and She is a native of Palo Alto county and grew to woman She graduated from the local high school in In she became a nurse from Lukes She served as nurse for three years with then nursed for two years at Long and for the past three years she has been nursing in the local She was very efficient in her work and prided herself in giving satisfactory She is a young lady of character and possesses the charms and person which makes her a favorite among her She will make an excellent helpmate and a suitable com for the young man who was fortunate enough to win her love and The groom has been a resident of this city for many He is a good yet hon est and fair in his he makes friends of those with whom he His habits are and he aims to be aman of honor and a citizen who hearts ancl spirits of this husband and Emmetsburg cannot be All of her kindly ministrations were tenderly and truly returned to They will not only miss her because of her devotion to but will miss j the opportunity once afforded them to make her The Tribune ex tends sincere to them and trusts that time and providence will sang Loves lighten their burden of Meek Dies at Ruthven George Hanley Meek died at his home in Ruthven at 3 oclock Friday m lib o u October after a long He Emma Jones suffered from a complication of Derner West Clara Rasmussen Ruthven other young Here they bowled a and then went to a While at the according to the girls someone gave her a glass of coca cola that had been spiked with wood and she drank Shortly after that the young Hofstader West Bend i men and she started for Jack Miller Ruthven aml shc became violently Tom Burns Emmetsburg j was called at and he immediately brought her to the hos McNally Joe Amdahl Graettinger Arnold Murray Will Emmetsburg Harvey Cylinder John Johnson Emmetsburg Martin Flaherty Curlew Sands Mallard Oscar Peterson Ayrshire Emmetsburg GEORGE FLOOD WEDS AYSHIRE YOUNG LADY loyal to andna a happy and suffered from a complication of dis He had been at Iowa City several times and everything humanly possible had been done for He had been ill for over a Funeral services were conducted by at Ruthven The pallbearers were Ruth Charles Joe Hastings and Meek was born at Boone August and was 54 years old his last birth The family came to Palo county in 1888 when he was eight years In 1894 he went to Ruth ven to live and subsequently resided He was engaged in bartering for 22 On February 1898 he united in marriage with Miss Ella Hastings at They located at Ruthven where they subsequently made their Three and Lurino were born to with their fa Five grandchildren also Meek was a man of and manly traits of WAS a devoted husband father i A to Jim Fisher Emmetsburg Jep Sewell Emmetsburg Anna Brady Emmetsburg Frank Abrams West Bend Perry Bend James Johnson Ruthven Adolph Leser Ruthven Schacht Emmetsburg Roy Stover Rodman John Rudolph Bend Eagan Emmetsburg Jensen West Bend Irene Martin Emmetsburg Fred Palo Alto Man First to Enter International Grain and Hay Show To a Palo Alto County grain of goes the distinction of having made the first entry from Iowa to be received for the 1929 International Grain and Hay Show to be held in November 30 to December f According the expositions manage which of samples of the fields of the farm corners of the jjj pye George Flood of this city and Miss Angela Catherine OBrien of Ayrshire were united in marriage at the Sacred Heart church in Ayrshire at S oclock this October tw my mi il pital and called two eye 1929 1 he Father who quickly found that the optic nerve had been destroyed by the poi son and expressed the opinion that in all likelihood the victim would be blind the rest of her rp New License Plates Being Distributed Iowa automobile license plates for 1930 have a blue background with white and they present an at tractive One advantage over those in use at the present is that they are easily An output of new plates from the mens reformatory at Anamosa is being dis alphabetically to the ninety nine counties in according to Secretary of State m The postoffice department says that the profit from 2cent letter mail has been paying losses of many mil lions each delivery of ad It is time the situation were the peo ple 1cent letter postage and let the magazines sell their stuff for suffi cient to pay the cost of Any other business concern in the world would insist on such a when the magazines declare 25 to 50 dividends on inflated Dunn The bride was attended by her cou Miss Eunice Collins of McTigue of this city was best A wedding breakfast was served to the immediate relatives at the home a flower fades when life is departing and the shadows of evening are the loved ones saw the body slowing bending to the Everything that love ancl skill could do was It was the anniversary morning of her first born that silence came ancl the body was still because that peace which passeth all understanding had sealed the She was not be cause God has taken back His She had thought of this Con she had lived in this county for more than 41 She had ever pondered over life and the facts for this obituary were found in regular form where her hands had carefully placed The writer has known Miller for a great many A un ladylike true and neighborly and help of the brides ancl making the most of the gifts be following the cere stowed upon her by giving to the world the best she scattering RSJ pies of these varieties of wheat have been received from New South Last year samples were sent to this exposition from such opposed points of the compass as Alaska and Au as well as Canada nd every state Union where agriculture has Similarly scattered sections of the world are expected to be represented 1929 Entries in the International Grain Pay Show The bridal couple have gone on a weeks auto wedding and will visit at Cedar Des Moines ancl possibly other When they return they will establish their home in The bride isan only daughter of and OBrien of Ayr Her father has been engaged in the merchantile business at that place since she was a little She graduated from the Ayrshire high school and later attended Cath erines College at Paul and was also a student in the Catholic Uni versity at She is an attractive young lady in appear ance and manner and possesses many graces and She is a very worthy young lady in every The groom is a native of this coun having been born at West where his earliest years were His boyhood days were spent in Em where he attended school in He worked for the company at Esther vine for a time and was also employed at From there he went to where he attended the university and became interested in literary He returned to in 1926 and made hia home with bis pa In the fall jqf he took up the work as editor of the Palo Alto for the Bro A few months ago he became partne when beams of sunshine on her She was a true a beautiful character and a woman of charming To her husband and hildren she was devotion yet never selfish in claiming for them more than was their She was good Besides her loving husband and Clarence of Emmetsburg and Fannie Viola of Mason she eaves three Charles of Em Frederick and Louis of McV and one Lena Davies of To them Tribune extends sincere Court House Being Dressed Up The exterior woodwork of the court house is being Bren nan and Dooley are doing the work and are making the old brick struc ure a very much better looking than it Hardly ever can anyone look angel ic nature gave right features to do it good in opportunities tne present to young men who are ready to grasp them has a promising fu r The Tribune extends and wishes tf th p f
