Emmetsburg Memorial Day Honors Veterans
Emmetsburg residents observed Memorial Day with wreaths and services at St. John’s and Evergreen cemeteries. Captain J. B. Williams of Mason City spoke on the valor of veterans from 1861 to 1865, noting wars from 1812 to World War I and urging monuments for Spanish American and World War veterans. The event honored unknown dead and decorated graves across the two cemeteries.
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Emmetsburg
St. John's
Evergreen
Menmersburg
Navy
ReMi
Harrison Park
GAR. W. RC
American Legion
Service Btar Legion
Legion Land
St. John’s Cemetery
Eyvergreen Cemetery
Beelde
J. B Williams
Mason City
Williams
Iowa
Dedication of New Catholic School in Storm Lake
Fathers Murragh and McNerney of et d on the committee join Mr. ger and several neighboring priests in Storm Lake to attend the dedication of the town's new Catholic school today.
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Murragh
McNerney
Etd
Hoobler Secures Farmershare Agency For J. I Case Tractors
Garrett Hoobler has secured the Farmershare agency for the J. I Case tractors and parts. See his ad in this issue of the Democrat.
Nolan Grand Knight Reports From Sioux City Convention
Nolan with Will Eagan Merle Kerwick and James Fay visited the Knights of Columbus convention at Sioux City last week and deemed it very successful. He praised Sioux City hospitality and noted Fay's stirring speeches. Nolan witnessed a major fire that injured eight people and met M L Welber in the city.
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T. ©. Nolan
Will Eagan
Merle Kerwick
James Fay
Knights of Columbus
Sioux City
Nolan
Eometburg
Fay
M. Ll. Welber
Reading
Dedication of Grotto at Wesley Cemetery Noted
At Wesley in West Band Indiana the dedication of the memorial grotto in the Catholic cemetery was officiated by Rev P M Dobberstein on Monday. The work is described as a fine piece of art and attracted a large, impressed crowd. The Wesley people are proud of the display and visitors are urged to view it.
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West Band
P.M. Dobberstein
Wesley
Religious Leader Named Director of Education in Cedar Rapids
Rev H L Olmstead of Hatherville Vindicator and Republican reports he was elected director of religious education at the First Church of Christ in Cedar Rapids. He has accepted and will start his duties August 1. Ed Murray notes Minnesota lakes feeding the Mississippi are dammed to regulate flow and urges conservation of moisture for dry weather.
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Cedar Rapids
H. L. Olmstead
First Church of Christ At
Rev. Olmstead
Hatherville
Ed Murray
The
Democrat
Minnesota
Mississippi
Emmetsburg High School Graduation Noted For Address
Emmetsburg held a large crowd for the commencement exercises on Wednesday evening. Dr. Thomas Kirby delivered a thoughtful address full of encouragement, outlining key steps from eighth grade to college and high school graduation. The graduating class included Raymond Atkinson, Marjorie Boyd, Kathleen Brennan, Gail Brothers, and many others, with diplomas awarded by Supt. A. B. Johnson.
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Emmetsburg
Terram
Wai
Plano
D. A Johnson
Board of Education
Tra Alien
Raymond Atkinson
Marjorie Boyd
Kathleen Brennan
Eihel Broome
Gail Brothers
Howard Carmack
Berniee Casey
Alan Crowley
Maurice Davidson
Veronica Drew
Bart Dryden
Ralph Farrar
Arthur Frederick
Jessie Gilchrist
Audrey Soranson
Walter Mendreson
Buford Henry
Ruby Wetland
Helen Jackson
Mary Jamieson
Elmer Jensen
Ley Jensvold
Edwin Joynt
Loretta Gorleski
Robert Laughlin
William McGoy
Francis McNally
Avonelle McNew
Alta Moffitt
Milton Morling
Alice Nordby
Pearl Peterson
Thelma Randa
Anna Rasmussen
Clyde Richardson
Gladys Rubel
Lawrence Rubel
Gerald Ryan
Maxine Siert
Edgar Scott
Stuart Skowbo
Leona Sloniker
Marie Stubbenfield
Richard Theile
George Thompson
Nina Weisrod
Lyle Willis
Thos. Kirby
Hmmelsburg
Kirby
United States
Divorced Monday Married Again Saturday
Willis Weatherwax of Charles City divorced Monday on cruel and inhuman grounds and remarried the following Saturday in West Union. An election in Webster County on June 14 seeks 11,500,000 in bonds to pave main highways. Britt Bank notes slow subscriptions for stork in new bank. solicitors report progress limited.
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Willis Weatherwax
Charles City
West Union
Webster
Webster County
Britt Bank
Stork
Britt Hars
Aging Linguist Mra Austin Visits Emmetsburg Friends
Mra Wm. Austin, long a community resident now in Chicago, enjoys a visit with loyal friends. At 84 she remains hearty and drives around the city with her son Stephen, a Chicago high school teacher teaching Italian Norwegian and English while guiding daily mechanical lessons. She praises Emmetsburg as a favorite place.
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Mra
Wm. Austin
Chicago
Fred
Ruthven
Stephen
Austin
Paper Currency Size Reduction Approved by Mallon
Secretary Mallon approved a plan to reduce paper currency size. The new bills will be about one and one third inches shorter and three quarters inch narrower, cutting manufacturing costs by roughly two million dollars annually and likely ready for circulation within a year.
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Mallon
Enmetsburg Teachers Return to Wollies
Five teachers from Kunsetshire return to Wollies after the week’s end. Miss Genevieve Douerty Clarion Miss Margaret Devine Livermore Miss Lilian Pennell Independence Miss Lynch Mason City Miss Lorain Wartshaw Eldora Miss Florence Grituner Waterloo Disa McEwan Trast.
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Kunsetshire
Genevieve Douerty
Clarion
Margaret Devine
Livermore
Lilian Pennell
Independence
Lynch
Mason City
Lorain Wartshaw
Eldora
Florence Grituner
Waterloo
Disa McEwan
Lewis Iverson Injured in Neck Accident at Graettinger
Graettinger May 1 Special Lewis Iverson injured when a loading chute fell on his neck while loading hogs at the stock yards. He was taken to Coleman hospital at Hsbherville where X rays showed four vertebrae fractured. Friends fear serious injury but hope for the best.
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Grasttinger
Lewis Iverson
Rey’ Masters
Iverson
G BE. Olson
G. B. Olson
Black Hawk Company
Look Up Lindbergh Cut In Our Last Testie
The Democratic issue features a front page cut of the American ambassador greeting Lindbergh. Taken in Paris Sunday, it was flown to London, sent undersea, cable to New York, then wired to Chicago before publication. A second cut followed in the same manner.
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Lindbergh
The
Democrat
Paris
London
New York
Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Howard Brodigan Enlists in U S Army for Three Years
Howard Brodigan and father depart for Omaha to enlist in the U S Army as a student for three years. He will remain in Omaha about a week then travel to San Francisco and on to the Hawaiian Islands aboard the Cambric for an eleven day sea voyage. Wishes from friends accompany the patriotic move.
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Howard Brodigan
Brodigan
Omaha
Howard
U. S. Army
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Cambric
Marriage Licenses Issued In La Porte City And Cylinder
Five marriage licenses were issued in May including Walter J Soll of La Porte City and Blanche Johnson of Cylinder. A Cylinder ceremony united Miss Blanche Clarissa Johnson and Walter J Soll at St John’s Lutheran with Rev A K Gaard officiating. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thee Johnson, grew up in Grundner area and worked in a La Porte City bank prior to marriage. The couple will reside in La Porte City.
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Harriege Yaicenses
Walter J. Self
la Forte City
Blanche Johnson
Cylinder
John W. Whirry
Agnes L. Sellmeder
Churdan
C. C. Gusiand
Blanche Clarissa Johnson
Gylinder
Walter J. Soll
la Porte City
St. John's Lutheran Church
A. K. Gaard
Genevieve Gusland
Lee Metzer
Cedar Falls
Soll
Thee. Johnson
Grtinder
Cylinder High School
LaPorte City
Indy
la Port City
Democrat
City Adopts Automatic Stop Sign at First National Bank Corner
The city council purchased an automatic stop device for signaling via electric clock timing. It will be installed over the crossing at the First National Bank corner in a few days and then suspended, the same type used in larger cities.
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First National Bank
Mrs Ida Sorenson Hospitalized After Surgery
The county recorder reports Mrs. Ida Sorenson underwent an operation at Palo Alto hospital on Saturday to remove a tumor. Late messages indicate she is doing nicely.
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Ida Sorenson
the County Recorder
Palo Alto
Saunders Spoke At Graettinger Memorial Day
Memorial Day events in Graettinger featured graves of fallen World War I soldiers decorated in the morning. In the afternoon at the theatre Representative W. B. E. Saunders of Emmetsburg delivered a speech noting past struggles, urging peace and restraint against militarism while condemning aggressive nationalist aims.
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Graettinger Ja
Graettinger
Europe
United States
W. BE. G Saunders
Emmetsburg
Ayrshire Bank Hearing Before Judge DeLand
A district court hearing occurred with Judge DeLand presiding over the L. A Andrews receiver for the defunct O Grady bank at Ayrshire versus former directors H H Rickless M B Kane L A Hill George Wigen Frank Anivine John Rehms and J T Maguire. The dispute concerns liability for alleged wrongdoing as officers, with trial by jury or judge to be decided. The matter is under advisement and set for August term on the goth. P O Grady now in Chicago is a key witness.
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DeLand
L. A Andrews
O'Grady Bank
Ayrshire
H. H. Rickless
M. B. Kane
L. A. Hill
George Wigen
Frank Anivine
John Rehms
J. T. Maguire
P. O'Grady
Chicago
Marine Denlinger Homecoming Told in Brief
Martin Denlinger returned home Friday from the U S Marines after three years of service. He spent 12 months aboard war ships and visited South American ports twice during his duty. He travelled routes through the Panama Canal and called at other places of interest.
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Weet Bend
Martin Denlinger
Favish Uoast
U.S
South American
Panama Canus
Diphtheria Saps Voice as Hall Recovers and Plasterer Returns
Ed Hall reported a weakened voice after a recent diphtheria attack, with recovery expected slowly. He recalls early years when contagion alarm rose around 1877 on his family’s Clover area stores. His brother and he ran a store, one family lost all but one child to the illness. Conrad, son of Joseph Kiss, in Minneapolis earns $1 an hour as a plasterer and laments past missed trade learning. Rain swelled the Des Moines River Friday and Saturday, with minor localized flooding along some stretches.
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Hall
Joseph Kiß
Conrad
Wade
Minneapolis
Push Ball Game at the Celebration in Emmetsburg
Palo Alto county celebration plans include a large eight foot diameter push ball from Iowa State College at Ames. East and west sides compete with captains Kliegl Harrison Nelson and Morrison Foy Simonson. Teams of 20 to 25 players. First such event in Palo Alto county with other entertainments for thousands. Also reports on corn husking nearby and growing hunting licenses, plus a close Sunday game between St Marys and the Alumni bail team.
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Palo Alto
Iowa State College
Ames
Henry Kliegl
Geo. Harrison
Norman C. Nelson
Harry Morrison
Irving Foy
Martin Simonson
Otter Sports
St. Marys
Ficks Steam Monday Forenoon As Warmth Rises
The text notes steaming fields as air warms on Monday forenoon. It mentions Miss Marie Burns traveling to Cedar Falls for summer school at the Town State Teachers' college, driven by her father last Sunday. He returned with his niece, Miss Mary Burne, who spent the past year at the same institution. Attendance is reported around 3500.
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Marie Burns
Cerdar Falls
State Teachers' College
Mary Burne
Novel Lawsuit Over Funeral Casket Damages
In Fort Dodge a unusual civil action seeks $20,000 from Laufersweiler Undertaking Firm by John Keeler. Frank Keeler, once county home inmate and brother of the plaintiff, died last November. Funeral home allegedly retained the casket after services and placed the body in a cheaper container, with alleged coffin size issues and garment removal. Trials expected in August. defense contends John Keeler did not order or owe for the casket. Laufersweilers are longtime northwest Iowa undertakers.
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Fort Dodge
John Keeler
Laufersweiler Undertaking Firm
Frank Keeler
Laufernweiler Firm
Laufernweiler
Tohn Keeler
Laufersweilers
Northwest
Towa
Whittemore Boy Kicked by Horse Is Badly Injured
Martin Elbert of Whittemore was kicked by a horse and severely injured. Neighbors reported a deep scalp wound and loss of consciousness after the incident. He was found in a upstairs bed area and is expected to recover.
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Whittemore
Martin Elbert
Hoerse
Not Very Lively Here Says Joe J Steil
Joe J Steil notes eastern Iowa has had only two or three warm days this spring. He was summoned to Emmetsburg yesterday by his mother’s death. He comments that Dubuque is not very lively at present, and it has been twelve years since his last visit to the city.
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Dubuque
Joe J. Steil
Emmetsburg
Iowa
Mr. Steil
Family attends Rochester graduation as Mehan clan arrives
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mehan and their children Joseph and Katharine traveled to Rochester Minnesota on Sunday to attend their daughter Margaret Mehan’s graduation as a nurse. The family plans to return home briefly before resuming their travels.
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Joe Mehan
Joseph
Katherine
Rochester
Minnesota
Margaret
Charm School Diploma Night at St Marys Academy
A crowded house enjoyed the senior class of St Marys Academy in The Charm School at Town Theatre last evening directed by Mrs Jos Hammes. Diplomas for eighth grade completion were awarded to Florence Bosold James Callagnan Dennis Dunphy Russell Eagan Margaret Kelly Alice Laughlin and others. Special prizes went to Alice Marie Libert Mary Conway Raymond Neary and Mary Ryan. After mass the students shared a breakfast at the Sisters Home. Total attendance was about 225 as the class completed a notably strong year.
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Charm School
St Mary's Academy
Jos. Hammes
Academy
Alice Marie Libert
Mary Conway
Raymond Neary
Misa Mary Ryan
A. OH
Margaret Ryan
Sisters of St. Mary’s
Kirby Visit to Father Dobberstein's Grotto
Last Thursday morning a group including Dr. Kirby and Dr. McTigue visited Father Dobberstein’s grotto in West Bend. He praised the grotto as one of the finest works of art seen, spending over two hours with the party while explaining hundreds of stone formations. Father Dobberstein faces a busy summer as he becomes a well known painter in the central west.
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West Bend
Kirby
SA. 1
F. B. McTigue
J. Swanton
Antone Johnson
Father Dobberstein
Central West
Iowa and Illinois Tie for Honors
Iowa and Illinois tie for honors as the Hawkeye team defeats Michigan with Francis Mulroney pitching in the sixth inning. Iowa beat Minnesota 14 to 7, and a recent 2 to 1 win over Notre Dame did not feature Mulro ney. Iowa and Michigan are tied for leaders in the We Ten conference.
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Michigan
Francis Mulroney
U. S
Hawkeye Boys
Montay Iowa
Minnesots
Mulroney
Iowa Boys
Iowa
Notre Dame
Milingis
Star Car Agency Secures Local Dealership
S and TR Moter Company and the B Moter Company of the els have secured the agency for the Star car. They plan to publish details later this week. Lawyers at the district court will hold a chamber at Spice Lake on Friday and tomorrow.
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S & TR. Moter Company
Els
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Snmetsburg ‘Reveres Memory ‘of War Veterans
J. E. Williams
State R. of C
Grotto Wesley Cemetery
H.S
Irs
Enmetsburg
Wollies
Estherville Hospital
Howard Brodigan Entists
Army
A. B. Harrison
A. K
Miss Blancie Clarissa Johnson
Cylinger
W. J. Sell
Im Porte
Emmetshire
Hoga
P. J. Haaitau
Automatio
IST National
Saunders
Graettinger Memorial
Ayrshire Bank
Martin Deniinger
South Avenles
Patio Carne
Des Moines
Roy Crook
James Baldwin
Mr. Crook
Turom
Brereton
Bari Brown
Caroline K. Kling
John Gaston
Margery Gibson
John Gibson
L. H Taylor Lao Gertrude M. ‘Shornyall
Thos. FL .Kerchel
John Lugel
Jean Gaston
Rehekeh Lodge
Alice Libert
Laufersweiler Firm
Fort, Dodge
Margaret Meehan
Rite- Way Cleaners
Rite-Way Cleaners
Jéimnmetsburg
George Les
Trumbull
W. B. Kerwick
Trum
M. F
Emnetsburg
Estherville
Esthervile
Immetahurg
Court Houae
DE. Kirby
Illinois
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