Happenings and visits across towns and states
Mrs T A Baldwin visits relatives at Logan Lown H A Morling visited Garner and Willie Nolan toured Estherville. Mrs J J Martin Ayrshire visits relatives in Boscobel Wisconsin Miss Kittie Wells travels to Denver for a couple weeks M L Weibel visits from Milford Spencer plans Chautauqua July 2 to 11 Miss Alice Brage visits friend Miss Hubbart of Brookings S D Mr and Mrs Will Williams Des Moines visit Emmetsburg Br James Maraschek Clay County visits Gus Maraschek of this city Mrs J Young returns from California son in Dawson New Mexico J Jeppeson’s team ran away injuring a horse Br and Mrs James Brennan return from Chicago Mr and Mrs Charles Duhigg Ayrshire move to Des Moines Chronicle reports Century Fire Insurance rep for SW Iowa Mr and Mrs Peter Daily return from Excelsior Springs Mr Peters sells Ayrshire store stock for Geo Renschofer farm John Metz St Paul visits parents Dinn Commercial Agency John McNamara improving from illness over fifty robbed at Ringling Circus in Atona Ringling bandits feared to roam Emmetsburg Jesse Ashtey Spencer drowns in Little Sioux river F F Dickinson from Osgood posts from Motive Illinois via interurban road noting onion crops and good corn along line
Notice to Contractors for Drainage Sections 3 4 5 and 6
Notice by Palo Alto county Iowa board of supervisors of a fy session on August 8 to set work for drainage improvement in district 16 based on engineer G D McNabb report. Bids may be filed for all sections with ten percent cash or certified check. bonds required. board may award to lowest responsible bidder with sureties. Bids opened August 1 1909 and terms noted. right to reject any bid.
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Board of Supervisors
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Lovelock P. UN
Bammelsburg
Palo Alto Counts
G. D. McNabb
Palo Alto
Superv and Place
Royal Chef to Open in Bmmetsburg Friday Night
The Royal Chef musical comedy arrives in Bmmetsburg for its first hearing Friday evening August 21. The show blends comic opera with grand and pop war music styles and features Miss Gertrude Hutcheson, praised for a pure voice and engaging stage presence, along with a strong cast led by Win J. McCarthy as Heinrich Lemphauser. A well trained chorus and the original performers promise lively songs, dancing, and a stylish scenic display as the production tours after acclaimed runs in New York and Chicago.
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Bmmetsburg
Mminy
Iit Possensus
New York
Chicago
Gertrude Hutcheson
Hutcheson
M. Jerome
Geo
Stoddard
Chas
St. Taylor
Win
J. McCarthy
Heinrich Lemphauser
Chef
Aroilers
Local Family Visits Relatives After Whittemore Trip
Eli Jones of 10 North St Marshalltown Iowa reports relief after Shallenberger Chicago doctor treatment for long kidney and liver troubles. He says swelling subsided and energy returned, enabling daily work and a feeling of becoming a new man. Contact for details.
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Tom
Shallenberger
Chicago
Travel party heads to Calgary on Sights trip
Wear By Yews Of for Western Canada reports J.3. Odland Dr. J. Wwe Buehner Fred McDonald and Thos. Logan left Monday for a Sights trip to Calgary Alberta Canada Ruthven Free Press. The Fostoria depot was robbed last Saturday night sixty dollars taken through the treigh Spencer Herald. Two reasons why newsmen do not buy Sortes says an exchange one that nearly every one has a paligine engine to run his presses and that atdrds about all the excra excite ment Whittemore Champion
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Odland
J. Wwe Buehner
Fred McDonald
Thos. Logan
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Ruthven Free Press
Fostoria
Treigh
Spencer Herald
Eason —Whittemore
Justice Reig
Reese
West Bend Tournal
Mr Silas W Gorey Jr Dies After Potato Salad Poisoning
Poisoning by eating potato salad is blamed for the death of Mr Silas W Gorey Jr who succumbed yesterday afternoon after a brief illness that began Saturday evening. He suffered much pain but it was not expected to be fatal. Ft Dodge Post.
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Silas W. Gorey, Jr
Ft. Dodge Post
Electric line between Sioux City and Spirit Lake eyed
Local papers note renewed optimism for a Sioux City Spirit Lake electric corridor with business leaders potentially joining the venture. Separately, Dr. Bert Seeley left for the Philippines after government service orders, with travel expenses covered. if two years pass or the branch ends, costs home are also paid. Other notes report deputies fining four men for unlawful river seining, a large Joliet barn struck by lightning and lost, and residents Earl Roach and Edward Maynard visiting kin or traveling across states.
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Bert Seeley
Philippines
Algona Courier
Reception at Denver honors Longworth and Lea Vitt guests
At the National Democratic convention in Denver, Mrs. M J Groves and Mrs John Amundson attended a reception hosted by Denver ladies with Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Mrs Ruth Bryan Lea Vitt as guests of honor described as a most recherché function. A Cresco barn fire on a Thursday night destroyed the old Watt Jones farm building, Sparks Bros. livestock losses around $40,000, hay fuelled the blaze, lighting the area for miles. A gravel road linking Estherville and Armstrong is urged to boost regional value and farm land prices across Emmet County communities.
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Denver
M. J. Groves
John Amundson
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
Asbherville Vindicator
Alods
Watt Jones
Cresco
Sparks Bros
Bury
Estherville
Armstrong
Emmet County
Sioux City papers clash over Spirit Lake electric rail plan
The Sioux City Tribune calls the Spirit Lake electric railway project dead while the Journal takes a different view, fueling a public dispute over the transportation proposal.
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Sioux City
Spirit Lake
the Tribune
Journal
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Logan, Lown
H. A. Morling
Garner
Willie Nolan
J.J. Martin
Ayrshee
Boscobel
Wisconsin
Kittie Wells
Colorado
M.L. Weibel
Milford
Alice Brage
Miss Hubbart
Brookings, S$. D
Will Williams
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
James Maraschek
Clay County
Gus Maraschek
J. ©. Young
California
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New Mexico
J. Jeppeson
Hur
A.M. Swessinger
SE. H
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Ellington
Peter Daily
Excelsior Springs
Peters
Ayrshire
Geo. Renschofer
Plum Creek Township
Kossuth County
Bris
James Brennan
Buffalo
San Francisco
Charles Duhigg
The
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Century Fire Insurance Company
John Metz
St. Paul
Locar
Dinn Commercial Agency
Milwauskee Road
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Henry Ashtey
Pel Spencer
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F. Dickinson
Osgood
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W. J. O’brien
Whittemore
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J. C. Rovers
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Everly
JH. Hishes
Grant's Pass
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Edward Maynard
Newcastle
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Ayer
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Alex Peddie
P. ¥. Nolan
M. P. Kerwick
B. A. Morling
J. H. Godden
I. J. Watson
W. C. Stuckslager
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First National Bank
Emmétsburg
E. B. Sorer
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Rost
Laven
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Liserati
Pain
Sheridan
State Fair
Advange
J. G. Simpson
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