Local Notes and Travels Across Calhoun County
Short items document visits, illnesses, travels, and small events. Gar ner hosts revival campaigns with Rev H VanMeter. Kenneth Galston returns to Vinton after weeks nearby. Fires, hospital visits, farm work notes, and holiday shopping fill this Emmetsburg era page full of names and local happenings.
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Phane
Delipie
Mercy Hospital
Fort Budge
Joynt
West Head
Job McNaldy
Ralph Joynt
Mason City
T. P. Joynt
Josephine Foley
Chicago
White Lake
South Dakota
Inheritance tax debate spans the Midwest
John Sherlock, chief estate tax officer for Nebraska and Iowa, argues there is no injustice in federal inheritance law and defends tax as a right to succession. He cites modest Midwest tax rates and warns lawyers about improper property valuations, while contrasting eastern rates and a notable case of misvalued Omahan property. A Fort Dodge man, Ralph Johnson, shot himself after telling his wife he might be found in a hospital, and was taken to Mercy hospital with a chance of recovery.
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Omaha Ree
Thade
Ikgee
John 11
Sherlock
Nebraska
Iowa
Jin
Omaha
Middlewest
Middle West
Ralph Johnson
Fort Dodge
Mercy Hospital
Christmas services and choir events at Bethany and St John Lutheran churches
Bethany Lutheran outlines Sunday worship at 10 a.m. and a 1 p.m. service with a 7:30 p.m. Christmas hymn song service. Activities include Ladies' Aid Thursday, senior and junior choir practices, and a Saturday children's Christmas program rehearsal. St John Lutheran announces English services next Sunday at 4:30 a.m. with Sunday school, Men’s Mission Society at 3 p.m., Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 2 p.m., and Friday choir rehearsal. Hostesses named for Ladies' Aid December 17. Pastor A. K. Gaard invites worshippers.
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Bethany Lutheran Church
Sligol
Christ
Ladies’ Aid Society
Hans Jensen
Andrew Simonsen
St John’s Lutheran Church
North Church
Men's Mission Society
Frank ‘Wright
Loren Wright
Trinity Church December 8 Advent Sunday Activities
Trinity Episcopal Church outlines Advent plans with church school at 10 a.m led by superintendent Edith Guet, morning prayer and sermon at 11, Vestry to conduct annual canvass for wider church giving. Guild tea hosted by Mrs M C Grier December 11, Young People Fellowship at John B Gibson home December 15. Joseph Showden, Priest-in-charge.
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Jack Chaim
W. H. Vaughan
Mason City
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ad‘vent
Edith Guet
M. C. Grier
Young People's Fellowship
John 8. Gibson
Bishop Carroll Funeral Held in Helena Service Attended by Notables
The funeral for Bishop Carroll, once of Dubuque, was laid to rest in Helena Montana with Archbishop Dowling of St Paul celebrating high mass and Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco preaching. Bishops Goran of Boise and Howard of Davenport joined the ceremony with others from Columbia College at Dubuque in attendance. George Consigney returns to Los Angeles after tending farm interests this summer. He notes Colonel and Mrs Ormsby remain in good health despite advancing years.
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Carroll
Dubuque
Helena
Montana
Dowling
St. Paul
Emmetsburg
Des Moines
Hanna
San Francisco
Goran Lef Buise
Idaho
Howard
Davenport
Columbia College
George J. Consigney
Los Angeles
George Consigney
California
Colonel
Britt Victims of Out-of-Town Bandits
Seven or eight Mason City sports visited Britt and cleaned up the card game earning several hundred dollars before being arrested and fined for their hospitality. The Britt players must have lost and locals condemn the unfriendly reception given traveling visitors.
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Britt
Mason City Sports
Manson Man Killed by Passing Car in Detroit
Ray Francis of Manson was instantly killed in Detroit Michigan a few days ago by a passing auto. He worked at the Ford factory there for four years. He was born near Fort Dodge and grew up near Manson where he taught for several years.
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Manson
Detroit
Ray Francis
Michigan
Ford
Fort Dodge
Robbed by Negro student at Creighton dental college
The victim, a Creighton University dental college student, says he was held up in the latter part of the past week by a Black man described as a student. He was relieved of eight dollars in cash and his watch and chain. No other details were provided.
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Arthur Casey
Creighton, University Dental College
Paul E B Smith Chosen 1926 Iowa Football Captain
Waterloo born Paul E B Smith was named captain elect of the 1926 Iowa football team after earning his first letter as a junior in 1924 25 season. Smith faced injuries but showed leadership potential while on the substitute bench during the 1924 campaign. Arthur Crouch, visiting relatives in Canton, arrived home on Wednesday.
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New & Us
Iowa
Paul EB. Smith
Waterloo
Hawkeye
Arthur Crouch
Canton
Car theft suspects recaptured after jailbreak in Clarion
Howard Francis and an accomplice named Davis stole O. J. Pardon’s car in Clarion. They were convicted after the robbery but later broke out of jail and were brought back from Oskaloosa.
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Pardgn
Howard Francis
Davis
Ginger
O. J. Pardon
Clarion
Oskaloosa
Imperial Primer Claims Easy Cold Start For Cars
An ad-style piece touts Imperial Primer as a solution for starting in cold weather. It describes a dashboard primer that sprays vaporized fuel to start instantly, avoids hood lifting, reduces battery strain, and extends engine life while saving gasoline and simplifying installation. It targets women drivers and emphasizes ease of use and quick mounting by a garage or owner.
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Otto Cook- In
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Jasper Heng
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Overland
Bert Higgins
Algona
Gotham
Red
Grange
New York
Chicago Bears
Babe
Ull the Fair
Mies
Agnes Spies
Graettinger
Geelan
Ruthven
Robert Bleckwenn
Cylinder
the Times
W. W. Haith
Fonda
Sioux City
H. S. Williams
Estherville
Madison
Wisconsin
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Humbaldt
Farmers’ Association
Lew Philips
Michael Collins
Peter Collins
Rock Island Company
Jasper
Minnesota
Mary Greeley
S. W. Clark
Mallard
Frank Ligler
Fenton
Whittemore
D. Rutledge
Houston
Texas
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Arts Ees
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Wealth Midwest
John H. Sherlock
Omaha Bar Association
M.C. Thompson
A. K. Gaard Pastor
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Em’burg Battery Station
Wilton
Congolenm
Coxwell Clair
Fernerios
Kiel
Hoosier Beauty
Trass
Adams Furniture Co
Emmetaburg
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