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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
6
Willis McCarty visited Whittemore on Sunday while Fran Haven spent the day in Graettinger. Dan McCarty came from Estherville for the weekend as local notes report many residents traveling and attending Woodman picnics in Curlew and Ayrshire.
The Des Moines Register reports Order No. 23 barring whiskers and long hair for the Fifty-Sixth Iowa at Fort Riley. Brigadier General Wint enforces daily washing and manicure rules amid unrest among men who preferred facial hair and beards.
C J Smith formerly of this city writes to publish his paper from Avarada Colorado. He purchased ten acres near a car line to Denver five miles away. He moved for Mrs Smiths health which has markedly improved. Will is a bill clerk for Rock Island Co in Denver earning 65 per month and boards at home. He has water works hot and cold water and a gas plant, reducing dependence on utilities. Denver issued 1 000 building permits last tenth. He aims to secure the democratic national convention in 1893.
Iowa State Fair runs August 24 to 31 with a single sale rate for all stations in town. Tickets batch August 24 to 31 and are valid for return until September 1.
A fragmented ad claims Electric Bitters cured kidney trouble and generalized debility for E H Wolfe of Grove Town and credits rapid recovery to the tonic. It also touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a quick healer for sores and wounds after a Kentucky editor reports relief from a pile attack.
Friday’s surab game ended with Jess Righardy suffering a broken nose and two black eyes after a ball strike. he takes it in stride with good humor. A Kossuth real estate man plans a Monday Algona nesting to organize an ad campaign for county land along Iowa Central's line into Illinois.
The Algona Advance comments on rising suicides amid widespread despair as wisery and discontentment push individuals toward self harm. In separate note, A R Horn of the Weat Band lines is appointed to the electrical engineering department in Washington DC and will visit Neawtoo before reporting.
EJ Breen of Fort Dodge bought 300 acres at 100 per acre, drilling revealed gypsum beds not unlimited at forty feet, leading to the sale of the Bane tract at 250 per acre. Mrs M E Barron returns from a 30 day southwest northwest tour with a party of ninety five, including Canadians and Chicagoans, traveling by special train without incident.
The Rolfe Presbyterian church building committee awarded the contract for the new church to W W Parsons of Claremont Minnesota for 12085 dollars. A separate contract for fittings of 4209 dollars went to Echuller Mueller of Chicago. Seating furniture cost 925 dollars from Grand Rapids Furniture Works. The Iowa Grain Des Moines Association reports winter wheat yields in Iowa averaging around 4? bushels per acre with a farmer near cassapta Monona county harvesting 854 bushels on 15 acres.
G A Rhodes of Rock Island was badly hurt at Ellsworth when a baggage truck struck his car during a train switch. He suffered skull gashes a cut lip and a possible internal thigh fracture. Mrs Rhodes rushed to Ellsworth after being notified. In St Louis County a young Leonard boy was wounded when a discharged shot struck his chest near a bridge, with serious injuries and precarious condition. A cottage with water and barn is for rent from J P O Neary.
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