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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
7
Local residents report visits and travel across towns. Names include Fish, Mulroney, Powers, Warnke, Degnan, and others visiting Silver Lake, Arnolds Park, Emmetsburg, and Rochester. Events feature church picnics, baseball games, and a boxing bout with regionally notable participants.
Pure antiseptic cream claims to clear clogged nostrils and ease head colds. It advertises instant relief, open air passages, and a free breathing experience with no more snuffling. Relief promised as four grams.
A vintage health ad urges American men to guard kidney health by drinking plenty of water and using four ounces of Jad Salts daily. It claims the acid of grapes and lemon with lithia flushes clogged kidneys, relieves bladder issues, and advises physician checks twice yearly.
A long illness preceded the funeral for Nels Simonson held Saturday at the M. & church with Rev. Herbert Clegg and Rev. J. E. Brereton officiating. Interment was in Evergreen cemetery. pallbearers from Des Moines area. Simonson, born 1843 in Denmark, resided in Emmetsburg and Toledo, survived by wife Martha, daughter Norris, six brothers, and a sister. He was a well known salesman in the Hub store and later clothing orders, remembered for faith and community support.
Mr and Mrs M G Riley of Amboy Minnesota spent early week with Mr and Mrs Thomas OConnor in Emmetsburg. Riley is Mrs OConnors brother. Alice Brennan daughter of San Francisco attorney visited grandparents in the city and left for Milwaukee to see Brennan family. Francis Eaton and Thomas Brady toured Dubuque and Janesville by car.
The chemical analyses by the Town Department of Agriculture show adulteration and harmful preservatives are now rare in state foods. A few manufacturers still mislabel products, prompting enforcement of corrective measures and stricter truthful labeling. Consumers should read labels carefully for protection.
New figures show 8,412 students enrolled at the Iowa institution last year, with estimates for next year around 6,300. The town college would rank among the nation’s top fifteen. Comparisons reveal Harvard 8,652, Cornell 7,000, Yale 4,262, Ohio State 9,495, and Illinois over 10,000. Iowa’s gain marks about a 70 percent boom from 1922-24 figures.
Cedar Rapids sees revival with new building activity a large hotel and a spacious auditorium planned. John Galleger reports Holland Furnace Co remains busy and the Ford assembly plant deal failed. Crops in the region are slightly heavier than in nearby areas.
Agricultural experiment station introduces four new oat varieties now grown on 46 percent of the states oats. Net average yield gain is about four bushels per acre, equating to roughly 10 million bushels yearly and valued at about 4 million dollars to farmers. J Ellwanger no longer with Sinclair Refining, sold out earlier, now in Minnesota with Central Sales Agency, assigned new Dakota Territory territory.
Mrs Patrick Bradigan of this city died unexpectedly early Thursday. Born May 15, 1844 in Glasgow, she lived in Ireland before moving to the United States, settling in Rock Island Illinois and later Palo Alto. Survived by six sons and four daughters, funeral held at Assumption Church with burial at St. John's Cemetery.
The obituary honors a devout church member who sought to fulfill her duties in a humble quiet manner. She found comfort in faith and was sustained by Consolations of her beliefs. Her passing draws wide sympathy for the aging mother and family left behind.
A. Taylor has leased the Brown building south of his bakery and plans a lunch room with private booths. He aims to open soon and notes the closeness of his two business lines. Judge Davidson will open the fall term of court at Pocahontas on Monday, August 31.
Young men and women urged to come to Milwaukee for thousands of openings as trained office workers in the Midwest centers. Earn while you learn with half day classes, board and tuition provided, write for details at Hoffman’s Milwaukee Business College 1517 525 Wells St Milwaukee Wis.
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