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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1922
Page
7
Short items report visits and travels of residents to and from Whittemore Curlew Ayrshire Port Dodge Mason City and Des Moines. Notables include Rev C P Sweeney installing a radio outfit and various family gatherings Thanksgiving trips and business to Emmetsburg Mallard Spencer Ruthven Armstrong Armstrong Fairfield Spirit Lake and Okobojis.
The Des Moines Register readers stay informed on the ship subsidy topic and related maritime news, with readers of The Des Moines Register noting continued interest in subsidy developments and port news.
On Tuesday November 28 at 2 o clock Emmetsburg W RCG ladies hosted a complementary dinner for the G A R Henry Dilton post and Mrs Polley of Sibley. The speaker praised the corps and commended the order for its visually exemplary work expressed in the afternoon event.
The Des Moines and southern markets reported final week coin sales with Chicago prices higher than any November before 1914. Purchases were shipped to southwestern points. Local reports note business interests, crop success, and ongoing Christmas shopping, with several residents traveling for work and banking duties.
Miss Genevieve Callahan, once employed at Ladies' Home Journal, now serves as Chief Dispatcher at Edmonton. She recently visited Ruthven for story material and returned to Des Moines, while family reports Tim Sullivan as chief dispatcher for Grand Trunk Railway at Edmonton, Alberta.
Theodore Noimson shipped thirty five head of hogs to the Chicago market via the Emmetsburg Shipping Association. They weighed an average of 803 pounds and were pure breed Poland China. Harald Keeler has been chosen captain of the Estherville High School football team for the coming year. Miss Margaret Higgins taught in Titonka schools and spent Thanksgiving with relatives in Emmetsburg. Mr and Mrs George Miller move to Columbia Palace Montana for their future home. A night school for foreigners opened at Mason City last week and attendance is promising. Johnson and his herd of cattle tested recently, with several neighbors also testing their herds.
H W Elder of Curlew visits the city to attend business matters and reports cars remain scarce affecting farmers and business men. The piece calls for pressure on the M and St L company to improve patron service and for the state railway commission to require prompt efficient service.
The local high school hosts a declamatory contest in the Iowa Theatre Friday evening. Mrs. B. E. H. Soper will furnish music with the high school glee clubs. A fine program is promised and the public is urged to attend to support the students. Reserved seats go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, with admission 25 cents.
We thank all who were helpful and sympathetic during our bereavement. Expressions of gratitude for kindness and assistance are deeply appreciated. Mr and Mrs Elmer Frederick Mrs Susie Maguire and family traveled to Sioux Falls to spend time with relatives then returned home Friday. Mrs Maguire will visit her daughter in Sioux Falls as Mr and Mrs Howard Steil have returned from their wedding trip and are settling in the James Fram bach residence on the south side. Mayor Saunders has been on the sick list for several days.
Spencer theaters Fraser and Fraser transferred to G M Solon and Earl Moore last Thursday with immediate possession. Local notes report Carl Spies bought a Guthrie county farm for 145 dollars per acre, renting it to Alfred Simonsen for next year as he plans a move. Also mention Miss Winfred Caverny, a former Spencer girl now in New York on the Keith Orpheum circuit.
Dickinson county grand jury met most of last week with many witnesses called. Reports say the session focused on the booze business and other matters. Several youths of high school age were sent to Spirit Lake to appear as witnesses, though the exact reasons were not clear.
A woman barely avoided a serious burn when her dress ignited from a hot stove. She managed to smother the flames but her hands were severely burned and her hair stayed intact. The incident is reported in the Britt News Tribune.
Joseph Lanus known as Handy Joe Lunus a wealthy Chicago automobile dealer was shot in his sales room last Friday night. He moved to Chicago about 15 years ago and built a large fortune in cars valued at over a million dollars. He was unmarried and a nephew of Joseph Lanns Sr of Poerhontis. The killer is not yet found.
In Algona Thorch an anti saloon debate is set for Sunday in Kossuth County Speakers include W L King Cedar Rapids at the Methodist church Prof H G Pauson Coe College at the Presbyterian church Mrs Alice J Boyer Des Moines at the Congregational church R N Holsaple league secretary at the Baptist church In the evening Mr King a lawyer and Mr Holsaple will engage in Sainne
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