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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1927
Page
1
Emmetsburg Palo Alto County readers learn of postal notices and local updates in the June 1927 issue of the county’s leading newspaper. The page lists subscription price and timing, with brief notices about mail matter handling and local government postings.
Captain Chamberlin, a Denison Iowa native, completed a record nonstop flight from New York to three small towns near Berlin with partner Levine. Despite a landing accident, the feat marks the longest nonstop aviation reach to date and elevates Crawford County and Iowa in aviation history.
In Chicago a large meeting of mayors from New Orleans, St Louis and other centers expressed strong support for congressional protection of the Mississippi ripple area. The drive seeks a safe and navigable river to boost regional commerce and calls for expanding the St Lawrence as a premier inland waterway. A national effort is needed to spur central and southern industrial development, aided by a costly gesture to awaken public support.
Iowa readers express cautious welcome to President Coolidge while not endorsing his policies. They call him clean upright and a true American gentleman though some comments reveal mixed views on national leadership and public trust amid a period of debate.
A retrospective on historic world crossings from Europe to the New World in 70 days and Magellan's epic voyage. It notes Drake and Bly as earlier explorers, then praises rapid air travel aims and the drive to surpass rivals, predicting faster transcontinental mail and passenger service within a decade. It closes with optimism about peaceful wins in land, sea, and air.
Washington officials show evident jealousy of New York's aviation prestige as flyers Lindbergh and Chamberlin visit. Officials fear bi partisan benefits for Governor Al Smith who could receive an official welcome. The piece equates envy with Cain like past evils and argues charity erodes when another's glory rises.
A few days after Captain Lindbergh’s record flight the Internal Revenue Service notified him that tax on the $25,000 prize would be $1283.75. The writer urges gratitude for his sacrifices and suggests bold aerial diplomacy, praising American aviators and proposing a celebratory Iowa event when Chamberlin returns.
James Daley, president of the M K T Shop Employes Local, was shot in the left arm during a Cur Riggan creamery robbery in Parsons Kansas. A masked bandit fled with about two dollars. Daley and Francis Currigan described a young slim man wearing two green masks. Police pursue suspects. Daley's condition improving.
Bethany Lutheran Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 and a 7:30 Luther League, midweek Bible study and prayer at 8, and choirs and vacation school in session with named officers. First Methodist Episcopal outlines Sunday school at 10:04, morning worship at 10:45, Children's Day program, Epworth League at 7, and midweek service. Trinity Episcopal notes Saturday choir and June 15 18 Moses building events. St. Jake's Lutheran presents 10:30 English service next Sunday with Dutcher League, devotions, choir, and confirmation. Anglican welcome and worship events recap.
Frank Bittner Red Watson and Casey Navin have been indicted in Fort Dodge for the murder of George Melatyre on May 1. Bittner and Navin are jailed Watson is missing with a $500 reward offered. Navin called Watson from Omaha to join the crime in which Melatyre was killed in an alley near the McIntyre garage. Police protection requirements are called for as the case proceeds to a July hearing. Mr. and Mrs KH Smith and daughters Grace Mabel Agnes and Mary Jeane left Kenmare North Dakota by car to visit Harve Smith.
Townspeople report an unusual bank sale in Britt during the past week. The undertaking now seems assured and the bank will be opened shortly. The town badly needs such a financial institution to serve residents and businesses.
The postal department warns senders not to lock suitcases sent through post offices as locks hinder opening. When locks cannot be opened, the first class rate of two cents per ounce is charged.
Michael Fleming of Whittemore, at 75, studies Gaelic after visiting Emmetsburg. He acquired an English Gaelic dictionary from Funk & Wagnall and has begun a post graduate course, teaching a small class and pursuing broader use of Gaelic among locals and Germans.
Due to a drought last summer feed was scarce and fifteen Iowa counties bought substantial alfalfa from neighboring states. Prices were about 25 dollars per ten. Farmers expect to plant more alfalfa in coming seasons as drought relief and feed needs drive production.
A truck driven by Ed Forest of GR Raver's rendering works caught fire while near the city while Forest gathered dead hogs. He was injured as the vehicle was nearly ruined. Heavy rain early Thursday hindered farmers from field work for days.
J. M. Fleming, Whittemore hardware dealer, returned from Rochester Minnesota where he consulted Mayo doctors about his health. He will undergo stomach ulcer surgery after a second examiner confirmed his concerns. Fleming notes eastern Minnesota lags northern Iowa in spring progress and hopes to return home soon.
Miss Florence Walsh of Springfield Oklahoma writes to her parents Mr. and Mrs W H Walsh that this spring has been warm in Oklahoma. She is teaching several purse students in a hospital and will be done in August.
An advertisement extols Puritan Quality certificates with Beaver Wall Board and other Puritan Quality products. It promotes insulation, gypsum boards, rocklath, thermofill, and concrete products, urging customers to view Home Builders Catalogs and designs for better homes at reasonable prices.
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