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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
4
The page records numerous visits and travel across towns including Emmetsburg, Ayrshire, Spencer, and Graettinger with people like Cora Williams, Nellie Easton, and Jennie Tressler in and out of schools. It notes a Friday school closure, a doctor consultation, a sprained ankle, a kidnapping incident at a dance, and stockholder meetings plus bank activity.
Ruthyves Dr Baldwin and wife returned from Davenport after a week with friends Eva McNary came home from Aberdeen to visit her parents Mrs Lee of Emmetsburg spent Sunday in the city Mike Maher and daughter Elin left for Fr Dodge Charles Hughes returned from Vermillion where he attended college Grace Nolan of this place will graduate from Fayette college this week and teach at Sanborn this fall Mrs Darbey Foley was on the sick list last week.
Woodmen memorial services were held Sunday afternoon. Ales and Coakley, accompanied by Miss Agnes, visited Cedar Falls Saturday. Mr and Mrs Robert Laughlin were guests of Graettinger relatives Sunday. Thomas Conlon has accepted a position in the Holland meat market.
John Montgomery visited Salt Lake City last week while Mrs. B. F. Osher left Monday evening for Chicago. The Emmetsburg boys played Graettinger last Sunday with a 2 to 0 score in favor of Graettinger. McParland returned from Canada Wednesday evening. Mrs. A. E. Knyper visits relatives in South Dakota this week. Flora Cote spends the week with relatives in Rodman. Louise and Hermina Dorweiler visited Fenton over the weekend. A. Knyper attended his sister’s wedding in Boyden Thursday. Miss Lucy Markin returned from Davenport, and Miss Jennie Bartlett from California. During Saturday night’s storm, the Union Hotel was struck and cattle owned by Martin Bonstetter were hit.
L A Martin and ChasaieCor mick Jr announce the opening of a bank at Kuna Idaho. They will move furniture and tie in the former Farmers Savings warehouse room to the new site.
Nice six room cottage in good condition with dry cellar city water cistern and lawn and garden. Located in east part of the city. Owner John Doran.
Advice on pure air and proper breathing to keep blood clean and body healthy. Warns that overworking funas and under eating contribute to illness and high medical costs.
A Walton line urges lovers of virtue to keep quiet and go angling, framing a moral retreat into nature. The succinct epigraph emphasizes serene pastime as a path to restraint and reflection.
An excerpt reviews H. P. Kennard s The Russian Peasant describing the moujik as healthy and strong yet stubborn and unwashed. It contrasts his rough poverty with a streak of vitality and notes social neglect, debt, and festive but tragic strands in village life.
The fragment recalls Sir Humphry Davy’s letters about marriage and love, mentions a famed Edinburgh society widow, and nods to Robert Fergusson and his rabbits verses. It reads like a literary collage of historical anecdotes, social scenes, and playful verse.
The Quipu, a main rope with tied knots on secondary cords, served as an ancient Peruvian record and account system. Color coded cords indicate meanings such as red for soldiers, yellow for sold, white for silver, green for corn, with knots and branch sequences guiding reckoning.
Mrs Mair advertises first class board and rooms offering lodging options. Details are sparse in the OCR fragment, but the notice indicates available accommodations and hospitality services.
A noted physician warns that only those too lazy to breathe contract consumption. Medical men say full deep breathing keeps the disease at bay and those who start breathing properly may recover. Breathing is controllable like eating and should include morning and evening exercises and open windows for fresh air.
In a Delineator excerpt Cyril admits to not washing his face at breakfast time. He explains he cried a little before coming downstairs, prompting his mother to question the effort behind the claim.
A fragmentary exchange features a speaker calling a great man one who gathers many followers and bears the blame for his mistakes while crediting others for their good ideas. The text hints at leadership and responsibility through a rough, sardonic tone.
A reader questions the use of the word donkey and asks if it implies anything of a personal nature. The response notes that many donkeys exist in the world besides the subject.
Quotation from Caririe and Uncle Ken contrasts two kinds of arguments. One aims to enlighten, the other to fool, illustrating debates on governance and persuasion.
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