Local Happenings and Community Notes
Emmetsburg residents share news of visitors and business, including Mrs DP F Littleton from Cylinder and Mr White from Whittemore. Uscles Sam to pay cash for money orders for rural patrons, aiding farmers. Whittemore patrons at the creamery receive 612.17 in checks. Hart Tyler buys a barber shop in Sydney Nebraska. Several locals visit Sanborn, Toulon, Hartley, and Warrenton. A human skeleton is found in Lotts Creek township. Dem efforts and Democratic state convention in Sioux City referenced. Eight sisters of St Mary academy take a trip to Okoboji and Spirit Lakes with others from the Hibernians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Littleton
Bo. White
Whittemore
Uscles
Sam
Pew Syssem
Wilbert
Whittemore Creamery
Hart Tyler
Stdney
Nebraska
Homer Healy
Sanborn
W. Smith
Healy
Sanborne
Hartley
Joe Early
Richard Beebe
Emmet County
Sid Higley
Mason City
D.A. Johnson
Elgin
Inois
Joan Eynch
Sioux City
Alton
Sheldon
Patrick Hoben
Ft. Dodge
Fisk
Curlew
Miss Swanson
Salvation Army
Emmetsburg
Moss
J. Thatcher
A. 8. Carter
West Bend
Carter
Thatcher
St. Mary Academy
Okoboji
Spirit Lakes
Hibernians
West Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Rock Island
Kerwish
Branagan
Josie McEvoy
Mission Brien
Iowa City
P. A. Hand
Adams Woman and Man in Osceola County Arrest
Sheriff Noa received a message from Sibley to arrest a man named Adams. A man answering Adams’ description denied it, a nearby witness confirmed the other man’s name as Adams, and the suspect was held. The real Adams was later jailed for petty larceny over a dog theft. The other man, possibly an accomplice, avoided arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noa
Sibley
Adams
Bold &Ill
Osceola
Adams Ha Bald
Gan Adams
Divbt
Sherif Stevens
Parahootas Democrat
How to Know a Mad Dog in Summer Daze
The article explains rabies indicators in dogs. Key signs include sudden disposition change from calm to excitable, trouble swallowing, and sticky whitish saliva over the teeth. Red glaring eyes and hoarse barking during bouts of fury follow, with rapid progression to ferocious instincts.
Moisture tests in butter set by Iowa station bulletin
Iowa Dairy Department researchers at the Iowa Experiment Station have developed a simple accurate method to determine butter moisture. Bulletin No. 97 provides full instructions enabling creamery workers to test moisture without costly equipment, aiming to meet the 18 percent legal limit while preserving butter quality. Director C B Curtiss in Ames offers free copies. E P McEvoy returned from Kossuth county after settling twelve wind storm losses, none above 850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dairy Department
Iowa Experiment Station
C. BL. Curtiss
Ames
Iowa
Stranger buys horse and buggy then sells to livery stable
Last week Monday a stranger hired a horse and buggy from Soore's livery barn for a few days and did not return. Fred sent postal cards and learned on Friday the horse was at Sanborn. The man sold the rig to a livery stable there for 273. Frei recovered and returned it home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soore
Fred
Sanborn
Frei
Spencer
Auto Turned Over on Saturday Ride Ends With Bruises
Frank Savinaky drove Mr and Mrs Q M Pitzer and their child on a city outing when the car paused near a team and skidded into a ditch. The machine overturned completely, throwing all occupants out. Remarkably no one was seriously hurt though several bruises were sustained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Savinaky
Q. M. Pitzer
Speccer Herald
Hastings Promoted to General Agent for Register Life
Chas. W. Hastings, long active as a local and special life insurance agent, has been appointed general agent for the Register Life Insurance Co. of Davenport, Iowa in this district. The promotion honors his proven ability and recent local writing for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Hastings
Register Life Insurance Co
Davenport
Iowa
Hastings
Rutiiven Free Press
Bachman Daughter Weds Clarence Ladd at Home
At three o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Clarence Ladd son of attorney and Mrs W A Ladd and Miss Elizabeth Bachman daughter of Dr and Mrs E W Bachman united in marriage at the Bachman home on Worth Seventh street. Rev Edward Campbell of the Presbyterian church officiating. Estherville Vindicator and Republican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Ladd
W. A. Ladd
Elizanath Bachman
E. W. Bachman
Bachman
Worth Seventh Street
Edward Campbell
The
Presbyterian Church
Estherville
Kibby Guests at Lansing Homecoming
Mr and Mrs Jon Kibby of Ayr shire Palo Alto counts former Union City residents are guests at James Kibby east of the fair ground on their way to Lansing Homecoming They moved to their present home twenty seven years ago and have prospered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jon Kibby
Ayrshire
Palo Alto
Union City Township
James Kibby
Fair Ground
Kibby
Patrick Maguire
Lansing
Ava Aoy
Allamakee Journal
Crowder Buys Land. Laurens Sun Report
J. F. Lynch sold the S. T. Jones property last Monday to W. E. Crowder for 6400 dollars. Possession to be given next harvest. The sale includes ten acres of the property with Crowder already owning thirty acres to the west. The combined tract is described as one of the best improved farms in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
S. T. Jones
W. E. Crowder
Mr. Crowder
Laurens Sun
Mattie McEvoy Suffers Leg Break From Marble Wagon Incident
Word from Gilmore City reports Mattie McEvoy broke his leg between the knee on Tuesday afternoon when he jumped from a wagon loaded with marble, the wagon running over his limb. He is resting easy and expected to recover rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilmore City
Mattie McEvoy
Ayrshire
Drowned man lingers in creek near Fonda
James Polan of Fonda drowned last Monday in the creek near town. His body was found Tuesday forenoon. County coroner J I Lighter was summoned to Fonda but trains were unavailable, so Justice Bradshaw took charge. Mr Tolan and others were bathing when he disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Polan
Fonda
J. I. Lighter
Justice Bradshaw
Tolan
Rolfe Reveille
Driving Mare Dies at Age Thirty Three in Algona
Old Topsy, W K Perenson's black driving mare owned eighteen years, died at 33. Brought by Dr Herran, she later visited many schools, recognizing schoolhouses from afar and attempting to stop at them. She once balked at West Band and circled the Dorweilar schoolhouse before resuming the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topsy
W.K. Perenson
Dr. Herran
West Band
Dorweilar
Algona
Photographer and Prison Escape Tie Cuban Affair
In late century New Orleans, amateur photographer Wirt Ellsworth befriends Louise Levan. Ellsworth goes to Havana for sugar business and is jailed after rival brokers plot against him. Levan uses a hidden kodak to obtain evidence, securing his release. they marry and become notable Havana residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Camera Club
Wirt Ellsworth
Louise Logan
Ellsworth
Havana
Lis
Miss Levan
Cuba
Flo
Winther
Louise Bevan
Elswortly
Louise
Hilsworth
Carrie
United States
Eslaworth
Levan
Turing
Louise Levan
Wirt Fllsworth
Lowise Levan
Beatrice Tucker
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E. P. McEvoy
Kossuth County
Dandruff
Ayer
Hature
J.C. Ayor Co
Lowell
Masai
Dr. Bachman
Competence
Jopssox
Neary
Ciagh
Powars Pusectors
Coakley
OC Mueller
Goddten
H. G. Shadbolt
Price
People’s Meat Market
L. Reihsen, Prop
Eastman Studio
Louie Wolfgang
Iowa Realty Company
Emmetsbue
Royal Lumber Company
Martin Ausland
Mgr
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