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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
4
A notice notes a missing wagon reported by James P. Jones of 521 Law. It also records the December 18 1916 board action selecting S E McNett as county home steward for 1917 at 1000 dollars yearly, to be paid monthly, with adjournment to December 27 1916.
On a Sunday morning a light brown leather traveling bag was left on the north bound Rock Island passenger train near Emmetsburg. Inside were a pair of ladies' gray shoes and a pair of gentlemen's brown house slippers. Shoes bear the Brown Shoe Store of Minneapolis. Finder should notify Mrs. Wl. B. Tur neuure of Spencer, Iowa.
The Palo Alto County board met on Monday December 18 1916 with all members present. J A Suss presided as minutes from the last session were read and approved. Claims against the county were allowed for road work including Melvin Smith Richardson Gillman and others with amounts listed and warrants directed. Guy R Campbell was appointed engineer on Rudolph Peterson et al petition to survey and report.
The Church of St Martin in the Fields in Trafalgar Square now stays open day and night to welcome soldiers traveling home and workers needing shelter. Vergers will be on duty all night and warmth and quiet are offered for rest, reading, or crochet and knitting. The vicar, Rev H R L Sheppard, urges perpetual opening for any who care to enter.
A quart of oysters supplies less than twice the nourishment of 2 quarts of skim milk yet costs several times as much. Both are useful foods, with oysters offering a special flavor. Mixing them in oyster stew or creamed oysters is an economical way to make a given quantity go further.
A fragmented clipping notes ukulele production in Hawaii aiming at 36,000 instruments annually, with a Portuguese originator still running a factory producing about 700 instruments per month. It also mentions Lord Rhonddi taking over a large Welsh coal mine as Britain debates coal nationalization amid market tensions and production concerns.
A vintage ad claims deafness is often curable through catarrh treatment. It promises one hundred dollars for deafness caused by catarrh if not cured by Malls Catarrh Cure. Distributed by F. J. Cheney and Hall’s Family Pills, with locations in Toledo and Talida.
Walter Jones a one legged burglar is captured after he crawled under a bed to rob Mr and Mrs Vernon in Birmingham Alabama. He fell asleep, snored loudly waking them, fled through a window leaving his wooden leg behind. Police traced tracks and captured him. both legs were shown as evidence.
Former Governor Pennypacker noted a silver dollar carried in his pocket for 50 years as his most personal token. A World editor’s office display then featured diverse pocket pieces: a Chinese cash, a Roman coin, a Guatemalan real, a $5 gold piece, two 1876 minter coins, and a 23 cent shinplaster from a math achievement. The scene illustrates enduring antique and modern tokens as personal talismans.
A Canadian company that acquired oil and gas rights years ago in a remote region now faces taxes on properties producing no oil or gas and with no prospects. The company may have to relinquish mineral rights to surface owners, but farmers do not want them, likely forcing continued tax payments.
In a witty exchange in the Winsas City Star a suave man asks if the other’s name appears in Who's Who. The reply humorously notes a typographic error that turns the name into Sale Rheum on page 118 of the Great Book of Undistinguished Americans.
European Edition of New York Herald reports Deputy Paul Escudier proposes to curb skyscraper construction in Paris. He urges harsher penalties for violations of the city’s height limit and seeks council power to halt any building exceeding approved limits.
The article notes Japanese buyers of brass cash with square holes in China, using metal value to profit. It claims a $60 million silver gain and discusses intrinsic money value, then shifts to ethics of partnerships as Justice Delehanty urges absolute good faith among partners. It ends with a wartime campaign remark about red blooded men and ballot integrity.
Fragmentary report notes higher oyster prices and larger catches in Chesapeake waters. The text suggests war news influenced demand and that nets were damaged, affecting spawn and future yields.
A dialogue asks how a familiar term like neutrality can produce many new meanings during wartime. The scene notes that despite the word already being in use, the conflict has led to diverse and sometimes divergent interpretations of neutrality.
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