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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
3
A garbled report notes Alzuna Kutleomaker winning a cash medal in an event at Algoma creameries with mentions of Mads Christiangen and a second place finish. It also references a soldier killed near Pranee Wat, Estherville hours, and disrupted drains. The item blends multiple local notes with unclear dates or places.
Local notes recount funerals, visitors, and births. Names include Lester Osininrns family, Mrs. Ressiv Gu, and Jo Pomtop with scattered mentions of Glen Grant, Graettinger and Humboldt area. Market chatter notes hog prices, corn, dairy butter, and a shift in Chicago shipments. several residents move, marry, or own property.
A fragmented note from the Spencer Advertisers reports illness affecting residents in four areas of Spencer. The brief mentions multiple causes and an enforced advertisement page, noting several people in Algona and nearby communities as affected.
William Wari received word that his son Ear was in a French hospital after being gassed. He had been in serious condition but is gradually improving.
A few items from the Democrat files note land sales and bids. E. P. Barringer sold acres in Highland township to Fred Snaith for 2280 dollars. John Erenvise bid on a fractional quarter of section 71 in West Bend Township for 2908 dollars. Mrs. Gibbs tag.
The Whittemore community mourns as Lawrence Doyle’s two sons, Bart and John, die of influenza. Bart, about 21, worked on a McGovern Tuam farm before illness. John, 19, worked summers for T. E. Gebhart. Both were popular locally and survived by a sister and four brothers. Funeral services were held yesterday with burial in the Catholic cemetery north of town.
A Fairfield Township woman in the Fairville neighborhood was severely burned in an accident at a stove explosion. Mrs. Sehutt had been inside when the heater exploded setting her skirt on fire. She escaped outdoors but later succumbed to injuries in the incident.
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