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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
2
Reports from Curlew and surrounding towns note funerals in Iowa City and visits by locals. Residents share Christmas activities at home, with kinship ties and holiday gatherings mentioned amid community notices and social calls.
Unclear text shows demand for seats to a Notre Dame game on November 21, 1899. The university reports over 2200 requests and notes many came after an initial advance period. Names and details are garbled but reference to Bodie An and Notre Dame appear.
Mrs Jaston and Mrs Behn hosted a Dorcas Society gathering at Oyin dar on Thursday. Attendees included Mrs Neil Helsted and daughter Ris along with the Olen and Kuutesn families. Nearby reports mention visits by Mrs Ida Huuises and her son Bob to the Percy Stone box in West Send, and Mrs Hugh Daily of Whittemore at a Father Sunday event.
Local residents and visitors are mentioned across Rodman Whittemore and surrounding towns. Ray Hypes travels from Mongar to Fort Dodge then Bedford to visit family. Santa Claus stops by town. many residents attend church events, dinners, and host guests at homes in West Bend, Ruthven, Emmetsburg, and nearby communities. Various neighbors, students, and teachers are listed in social calls and weekend visits.
Clyde Byars and son Omer and J EB Stamer buy Fox Brothers Furniture Store in Hampton and take possession on the first of the month. Clyde Evans long associated with Richards Furniture in Spencer. Omer resigns from Scott Stores in Harlan to join his father and Starner in the new business. Starner leaves position as assistant cashier at Clay County National Bank for the Hampton venture.
The annual meeting of members of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company will be held at its office in Emmettburg on Thursday January 12 1939 at 10 o clock a m. The purpose is to elect successors to directors Omro Cottington J A Sess and H Bleckwenn and to handle other business as may come before the meeting. C H Bleckwent President.
Archie Evans 74 longtime Estherville resident died in Coleman Hospital after a three week illness. Survived by widow four sons and five daughters. Funeral Thursday at St Patrick's Church with Rev J J Keane presiding. Burial in Catholica Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Homer Mileham and Mr and Mrs P T O Brien of this city will travel to Chicago later this week to spend several days with relatives and friends.
Mrs. F C Wood of Des Moines former local resident and mother of Ralph Wood of this place underwent a major operation in the city last week. Present reports indicate her condition is improving.
Estherville a bandit entered Harrison Brothers oil station on sal way 17 and held Enoch Hanson at gunpoint. The thief forced $9 from the till before fleeing east along the railroad track. Described as light complexioned, about five seven, well built, wearing dash clothing, the robber vanished without a car sound.
A reflective piece urges readers to evaluate past resolutions and aim higher in the new year by following St Paul. It emphasizes faith as essential to improvement, cites biblical figures, and calls for personal resolve to live closer to Christ and act with honesty, temperance, and courage.
Ten applicants competed for the Barcroft postmastership in a 242 written exam held Saturday morning in the Algona post office basement. Top scorers include acting postmaster Mrs J H Sheridan, Mrs Francis Bradley, Mrs Mae Lattimer, Miss Welms Dyer, Gerald Acsus, Miss Marjorie Sherman, Cletus Delterins, Joe Sherman, Ray Aftenene, and B H Clark. John Govern did not attend. Barcroft has had no permanent postmaster since 1932 when R E Hutton left.
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