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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1944
Page
1
Fragmentary note describes muffled chatter and unclear events around a furnace scene. Readers glimpse scattered phrases about sounds, people and a tense atmosphere, with no coherent sequence or identifiable names or places. The text reads like damaged OCR with stray words and partial sentences.
Readable fragments describe a local meeting with names and times. Mentions Sem and Shae Sr and an event at 6 PM on a date in late month, with a hallway or side chat noted. Details are incomplete.
A garbled OCR passage mixes discussions of Roosevelt with political trust and social critique. It references debates on rights, promises, and global affairs, interwoven with stray names and disjointed dialogue, producing a jumbled snapshot of a turbulent political moment.
An OCR rich piece surveys historical clips and local color. It references the Lincoln assassination, Chicago disasters, period publications, and community notes from Rock Island and Garnetsburg with praise for Harry’s American Legion Cub nine and naming locals like Barr Avery. It also spans debates on pronunciation of place names and a July Fourth scene with a sheep and seaplane.
Postmaster Anderson visited and discussed strong fishing along Swan Lake and Jack Creek with northern pike and walleye catches. Spirit Lake yields a 6 lb 16 oz black bass caught by an Omaha fisherman, plus larger claims from West Okoboji. local boats gain popularity among anglers like Charley Spies and Leo Hamilton.
A compact rural notes page recalls headlines from years past with names such as W E G Saunders Frank Tilingforth and Joseph Bisley. The item lists social get togethers dental updates horse trading and local happenings including funerals and travel notes across Ayrshire Emmetsburg and Fort Dodge with references to dates and people of the era.
The piece summarizes real estate sales by Mrs. Janus Dumigur buying John J. Hand's farm at Grest Oak township for 259 an acre and plans to sell at 300. It mentions T. W. Milles buying Sarah AfceDonnell's quarter block south of her residence for 11W and plans building a home, plus social visits, airplane ride, and various campus rumors and snippets from the local community.
Palo Alto county farmers attended an inspection meeting at the oats variety plot on the W. N. Baxter farm in Rush Lake township. The plot lies 1.5 miles south of Curlew with a posted sign. Local inquiries prompted printing the planting plan to help visitors learn characteristics of each variety.
As you approach from the west the plan lists two southern border rows followed by four rows of Marion Gopher G1 3991 C1 4327 C1 3663 C1 3846 Clinton Boone Tama Town 105 Marion Boone CI 4327 Marion CI 3846 Iowa 105 CI 4327 Boone Gopher Clinton GL 3991 Tama CI 3663 Marion then six final rows repeating the south border.
CountyExtension director R W Ashby warns the common stalk borer is widely damaging crops statewide. Farmers can reduce loss by mowing fence rows to prevent egg laying. guidance covers recognizing the pest and at least one recommended Bordeaux mixture for potato blight with copper sulphate lime and water formulas.
The Palo Alto 4H club program will be featured on radio station WOL this Saturday July 15 at noon. Palo Alto county youngsters will discuss their county work and projects during the segment.
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