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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous personal names and a few monetary figures including 34.50 and 550, with scattered references to locations and roles. The content appears to be a backward or garbled news fragment or payroll/advertising snippet, lacking a clear event or cohesive report.
Local Emmetsburg readers celebrate C. J. Antinny receiving the Horatio Alger award for perseverance. The piece recalls Alger’s themes of honesty and hard work and urges graduates to seek employers’ respect over pay. Also notes community letters about local life and memories from Santa Fe and a college track championship.
A long readable clipping covers dog welfare at a hunt and notes on farm life, weather, and town affairs. It mentions a white Brittany dog, a driver leaving a suffering dog, and calls for humane treatment. Other items reference John Stark in Alberta, Bobcat life, school events, and Memorial Day visits.
Emmetsburg items describe summer festivities preparations, local travels, and community highlights. Daily life sketch includes trips to Spirit Lake, family visits, sales of farming implements, church events, and local officials adjusting grand jury rules. Also notes on weather, fishing trips, and changes in town activity.
The Mallard Garden club cancels their flower show scheduled for June 11 due to widespread illness among members. Mr and Mrs Leonard Lowe of Ayrshire were Mallard visitors Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ben Staffdiet and Mrs Ostar Kallestad of Cylinder attended Memorial Day services in Mallard. Bessie Briges and daughter of Humboldt were Mallard visitors Thursday. Caratt and son Jimmy of Des Moines were weekend visitors at Floyd Hersom's home. Mr and Mrs Joe Lever were guests.
A dense list shows names and roles for city wards including Francis Breenenr in First Ward and Bert Varcoe in Second Ward, Estelle Hamner in Third Ward, Dan Brower as Fire Chief and Jack Brena as Police Chief. It also notes street commissioner, water and sewer supervisor, park board, optometrist offices, medical ads, and church listings in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
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