Quarter Century in the Priesthood in West Bend
West Bend marks Father Dobberstein’s twenty five years in the priesthood with a public park ceremony. He built the park wall, lake, church grounds, and the new church, earning praise for tireless labor. A dinner, a school building project, and a “Great to of the Redemption” statue feature his devoted service. The community also notes the death of Mrs. Robert McFarland and reports local sports, business changes, and political remarks.
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West Bend
Father Dobberstein
Qny
Mather Dobberstein
Walter Dabberstein
Emmersburg
Dreyer
Worls
Bnhling
Robert McFarland
Alvin Brown
West Bend White Sox
Humboldton
Park
W. B. Stevens
HW. Stable
Union Hotel
Mrs Rutledge Reports Texas Winter Aids Houston Boom
Mrs. D. Rutledge, visiting her daughters in Houston, notes a strong winter and spring in Texas with a building boom and ongoing ship canal work near six miles from the city. She mentions laborers, ethnic roles, and rising Ku Klux Klan activity contrasted by opposition from American Legion and other groups.
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D. Rutledge
Houston
Texas
Anna
Emmetsburg
Vera
California
John Rutledge
San Francisco
Rutledge
Ku Klux Klan
Cluckers
Dallas
Fort Worth
Balong
American Legion
Masonic Organization
Rutled
Woodmen delegate from Graettinger visits Emmetsburg
B E Green of Graettinger, a Woodmen organiser and Odd Fellows delegate, was in Emmetsburg on Monday. He has solicited for Woodmen for months and is regarded as successful. He noted his son Lyle Elmer Green died of pneumonia while serving in Fort Worth Texas on December 2 1918. Lyle enlisted December 7 1917, served in aviation. Other county names may be listed as needed with county recorder or Leonard Rea post. Frank Bestelehner attended Davenport state convention. Mrs Edward Aylward was in Pocahontas last week.
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B. E. Green
Graettinger
Woodman Organisation
Emmets Burg
Woodmen
Green
Court House
Lyle
Fort Didee
Aviation Department
Military Service
Leonard-Rea
Frank Bestelehner
Whittemorr
Davenport
Edward Aylward
Pocahontas
County Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Hold Palo Alto Convention
The Gold Fellows of Palo Alto and the Rebekahs held a large district convention in Emmetsburg on Monday. Warm weather greeted attendees who arrived mainly by auto. parade and formal ceremonies followed with speeches by Mayor Sam Jetso and Rev. Pillebrown. The event featured marching units, a public program at the grand stand, dinner served by local churches, and multiple initiations and degree exemplifications across several lodges.
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Palo Atto
Palo Alto
Clay Counties
Odd Fellows
Masonic Lodge
First National Bank
Emmetsburg
Oud Petlow
BE. Yeutter
Emmigtsburg
Sam- Jetso
Wealters
Ware
Main
Saunders
Pillebrown
M. HE
Ruthven
Bad hail storm damages farms near the city
A Monday evening hail storm twelve miles northeast severely damaged crops and orchard trees, with vegetables ruined and windows broken. Local residents including Jacob Hengel and Jacob Gappa reported heavy losses to William Fisher and others, noting hail insurance coverage is limited and policies vary from two to two thousand five hundred dollars.
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Mr. Hengel
Jacoh Hengel
Jacob Gappa
William Fisher
Ferdinand Brohn
John Gappa
Charles Gappa
Charles Walz
John Schill
Andrew Galloway
Rudolph Schenk
Nels Jacobsen
Fenton
Otto Hanson
Albert Walz
Henry Langerman
Robert Wattler
Mumer
Hengel
Fenton Mother's Narrow Escape From Fire
Saturday evening the home of Mr and Mrs Dryer near Eaton burned after Mrs Dryer started a kerosene stove fire and attempted a bath. She fought to rescue a young child as the house was consumed. Neighbors arrived too late to salvage the building and furnishings.
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Dryer
Eaton
Warmers Grain and Product Co reports record stock value rise
At Ringsted opera house the Warmers Grain and Product Company held its annual meeting with a large stockholder turnout and a celebratory banquet. The firm noted 490 bushels of corn and 18 716 bushels of wheat handled in the year, total business near 144 083 with shareholders, assets 64 927, and a 9 percent stock dividend plus 2 percent patronage dividend. The stock now quotes four times its original value. Officers named Ress president Christensen secretary Peterson treasurer Underwood manager. Directors listed as Resh Basuld Nielsen Sorensen Madsen Fredricksen Weisbrod.
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Ringsted
J.M. Ress
C. Db. Christensen
J. 5. Peterson
P. H. Underwood
J. M. Resh
J. O Basuld
Chris J. Nielsen
Daniel Sorensen
H. C. Madsen
Joe Fredricksen
U. L. Weisbrod
Michael Domek Dies in Hancock Minnesota at 38
Michael Domek, uncle of Henry Miller, died in Hancock Minnesota last Thursday after a two month bed illness following paralysis. Funeral and burial were in Morris Minnesota. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Adam Domek of Spirit Lake, seven brothers and one sister. He would have been thirty eight on November 2.
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Henry Miller
Michael Domek
Hancock
Minnesota
John
Morris
Prod Miller
George
Ray
Hancoesk
Domek
Mro
Adam Domek
Tiller
Uge
Cowan
Political Advertising Policy Distinguishes Editorial Integrity
The Democrat states that publishing political notices is regular advertising and charges 10 cents per line per week. The paper notes that some papers charge extra for political matter, but they have never done so. Advertising is not a business proposition and the newspaper, in thirty six years of operation, has never accepted payment for writing any item for a candidate.
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Democrat
Edna Bragg Weds Dr McGinley in Berwyn Home
Miss Edna Bragg and Dr J J McGinley of Renwick were married at the Bragg home in Berwyn Illinois. Only relatives and friends attended. The couple plan a trip through the east and will work toward Niagara Falls before returning.
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J. €. J McGinley
Renwick
Edna Bragg
Guy R. Campbell
H. Bragg
Berwyn
Illinois
McGinley
Niagara Fas
Newlywed Pair Bragg and McGinley Plan Chicago Renwick Life
A bride from Renwick in Humboldt County plans to move to Chicago after the wedding. The groom, Dr. McGinley, is a dentist with a lucrative practice in Renwick. The couple comes from prominent local families and a Democratic congratulations note accompanies the announcement.
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Chicago
Reniiick
Humboldt County
EK. P. Bragg
Ames
Town State College
Renwick
Dr. McGinley
Credibihly
Socist
McGinley
Life State University of Iowa
Henwie
Derocrat
Breen depositors to receive 70,000 after Armstrone bank failure
The Thomas Doughty bank failure at Armstrone eighteen months ago will yield a 20 percent dividend for creditors. Estherville reports Breen interests turned over about 70,000 in cash and property to Emmet County depositors, including farm equity, stock, and collateral to cover the bank debt. The agreement requires Breens to pay costs and attorneys fees and to reinstate suit, with depositors free to sue other interested parties if desired.
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Thomas Doughty Bank
Armstrone
Estherville
Breen
Dolliver
Fort Dodge
Breens
District Court
When You Should Not Call Up the Democrat
An item warns readers not to call the Democrat office about ads that request to reply to a box or number. It notes the newspaper knows nothing about such ads and that advertisers often withhold names for private reasons. It urges readers not to flood the office with inquiries.
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Democrat
Assists the Friendless Pastor Aids Convicts Aid arow
Rev L A Willey assistant superintendent of the Iowa Society for the Friendless spoke in Emmetsburg at the MLB church Catre ational and Ruthven M K churches about the society formed over twenty one years ago with branches in seventeen states It helps penitentiary ex inmates and others and reports only three to ten in every hundred assisted return to crime.
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L. A. Willey
Iowa Society For the Friendless
Des Moines
Emmetsburg
MLB
M. K
Ruthven
Priso On
Willey
Lost Inland town reports poultry thefts by suspected thieves
Mrs John Hanson of Lost Inland township reports many Plymouth Rock chickens missing. Suspected parties are at large and further developments are anticipated as investigators pursue the case. Authorities urge vigilance against chicken thieves.
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Pree Press
John ©. Hanson
Lost Inland Township
Commencement at St Marys Academy in Assumption Church
The St Marys Academy commencement exercises in Assumption church drew a large audience. Father Selleier, delayed by an ulcerated tooth, could not deliver the address. Monsignor Farrelly awarded diplomas and prizes to graduates of the grammar and high school courses, with numerous scholarships and gold watches donated by Knights of Columbus and other groups for scholastic achievement.
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St. Mary's Academy
Assumption Church
Savage
Monsignor P
FP. Farrelly
Mie Grammar School
Willis Higgins
Katherine Duofty
Wihintt Carney
Rita Hester
James Walsh
Cec McNulty
John Daly
Loretta Miller
George Brown
Margaret Neary
James Kennedy
Victorine Reagan
Cvril Murphy
Mildred Lee
Thomas Maher
Margaret Byrne
Leo Joseph Berger
Florence Gatherin Bradigan
John Jogl Ball
Mary Eligabeth Tipsold
Edward James Carney
Julanna Gatherine Cilare
Albert Michael Conlon
Maryrene Dunphy
Thomas Joseph Egan
Laule
Knights of Columbus
Irene Dunphy
Florence Bradigan
Margaret Bosold
Margaret Walsh
Leo Berger
Mary Bosold
Alice Plyon
Mary Duffy
Mary Boeold
Margeret Walsh
Florence Beodigin
Margaret Bosolit
Mildred Neary
Thomas Brady
Mary Burns
Loretta Bradigan
Lorena Carney
Mabel Bosoli
Mayr Bosold
Alice Flynn
Josephine Michegl
Maurice Jennings
Alice Dunphy
Cassie Lanehlin
Helen Deneen
John Martin
Mary Jornt
Thomas Egan
Coletta O’brien
Marguerite McGuire
Donald Joynt
Phyllis Shea
William Molloy
Wilma Grewell
Edna Hearity
Janet Hand
Roland Jackson
Magdsten Phillips
Katherine Duffy
Joseph Callahan
Catherine Phillips
Cleo Reagan
Joann Mulra~ney
Emmet Callahan
James Cullahan
Grace Miller
Irene Burns
J Clark
Peter Flynn
Margaret Myers
Peturine
Enity
Bernice Reagan
Catherine Blane Dufy
Geveral
Catherine Duffy
Hita Hester
Margaret Burns
Willis Niggins
Edward McNulty
Helen Dun Pl
Helen Bosolu
Jennings
Alice Genevieve Laughlin
Ames Clark
Charles Jennings
Willliam Carney
William McCoy
Bertha Bosold
Helen Murphy
Mildred Neibauer
Neva Hester
Cecelia McNulty
Geer Brown
Harrd Neibauer
Mersdalen Phillips
Peter Mulroney
Cucsertse Phillips
Lea Carney
Bernice Joynt
Ace Marie Libert
A. O. IL
Hisory
Katherine Durty
Selleier
Spencer
Sisters of St. Mary's
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F. B. Dizon
Dr. Grvms
M. M. Joyce
Joyce
Tex
Liste
Lyte River Green
Ft. Worth
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Rebekahs
Gruettinger Lodge
1Stegree Highland Lodge
Ayrshire
Mediya Lodge
Peaky
W. ‘Taylor
ESVC
ESCY
Rhineheiahler
Ameriga
Vine-Press
Spencer Sage
Cylinder Lodge
Bruthven Lodge
J. Tarry Scott
Ayrshire Lodge
Gruetlinger Lodge
Father Charles
Europe
Charles
Higgins
Oberammergan
England
Ireland
Wilson
Paria
Sioux City
G. GéTbert
Hurbord
Nebraska
Cithesne of
Whittemore
Michael Womek
Hancock, Mine
Nestra
Miss Edna Bragg
L(y McKintey
Tom Doughty’s Bank
Nev. I. Ad. Willey
Wiamets
Society of the Friendless
ST. Mary Academy
Monsignor
P. F. Farrelly
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