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Town Topics of a Week in Emmetsburg
A column of local notes from Emmetsburg and surrounding areas detailing travels, visits, arrivals, and events. Includes train arrivals, church notices, social gatherings, school and college moves, local sports, weather quirks, and upcoming entertainments and circuses. Numerous names, places, and short milestones paint a portrait of town life across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Donovan
Estherville
Jackson
Minnesota
Isabella
K. C. Hall
Afiss
Irene Grace
Des Moines
Mercy Hospital
J. W. Jackson
Benny
Spirit Lake
M. F. Coonan
Joe Jorfian
Sybil Norton
Julia van Mater
W. W. Gaunt
Elder
Laurens
Grace Eickelberg
Fairbanks
Pythian Sisters
Emmetsburg
Julia Foy
San Jose
California
Joseph Flamming
Mrs. Chamberlain
Miss Chamberlain
Whittemore
Sirs
Chicago
T. F. McGovern
Jay Wellington
Iowa
Trinity Church
Algona
H. M. Babin
J. J. Watson
Marjorie
Sybil Gibson
Thyrza Watson
Mildred Scott
Dell Gusland
Rose and
Neilie Carmody
Eleanor Smith
Auto
Monroe Johnson
Des Moines Commercial Club
Rock Island
Clara Thompson
A. A. Wilcox
M. E. Church
Rafferty
Dr. Beatty
Mallard
C.J. Frye
Rodman
Clara Bahls
Council Bluffs
Ringsted
Fenton
A. P. Meyers
Sioux City
Arthur Crouch
Clinton
Anton Fisher
Ida Hanson
Clarke Armstrong
Titouka
A. St. Theile
Spencer-Des Moines
Thos. Claer
H. Emrich
George Edtwards
Ayrshire
The
Democrat
Ruthven
Germany
Gus Weideskind
Raymond
Ulinois
J. L. Guerdet
Bowbells
North Dakota
John Dyer
Walter Gardiner
Anna
Loretta
Margaret
Agnes Maguire
Ayr 1Shire
E. P. Hall
Lottie Walsh
Senator Kenyon
Opie Reid
James E. Watson
Indiana
Glenn
North Carolina
Manship
Mississippi
Grosshaugh
Nedderman
Grosebaug
Ft. Dodge
Katherine Duity
Teachers’ Institute
Waverly
John Nelson
Graeétinger