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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1928
Page
6
Numerous brief notes recount local movements and news from Emmetsburg and nearby towns. People travel for visits, jobs, and educational opportunities. residents return from trips or plan summers away. farms, businesses, and a creamery robbery are touched on. several named individuals and towns appear, with frequent mentions of Algona, Des Moines, Mason City, and Chicago.
In northwest Iowa, all counties except Woodbury backed Gov. Hammill for a third term. Palo Alto led with 2060 votes while districts like Buena Vista Carroll and Calhoun reported strong support. other counties including Emmet Lyon Osceola Pocahontas and Ida showed solid margins. Notable deaths and injuries were also noted, including Dickinson pioneer James Walter Robb buried at Arnolds Park after passing in Minnesota, and Mareus Malloy of Clare injured in a Dodge car crash near Fort Dodge with a hit-and-run not identified.
Milwaukee company pulls another bridge crew and shifts west from Mason City with Lester Spront and Forest Brown on force. Near Fairmont rail damage reported as hail leaves an inch cover. flax, small grain, and corn damaged in fields.
Ho Phiy The Rosary will be presented at West Bend in a late tent by the Town Theatre with Managan's Boys' band performing four concerts the same day in support of the play. Proceeds will aid Father Dob Bernstein's aid. M. Anderson, Milwaukee bridge foreman, oversees a new water tank and crane. trains will stop at Emmetsburg for water. Service at Ruthven and Cylinder ends. Also mentions Winneelsburg Varin Bureau meeting with W. B. Saunders speaking on road bonds. Genevieve Newell, librarian, tours Europe and now in France. Mexican arrival reported with Rock Island trains carrying 72 men to beet fields, stopping at Rodman.
Mrs EL Kane and daughter Miss Leola Hand with Mrs Martin returned from Milwaukee last Saturday evening via Waterloo. Joseph Hand stopped in Waterloo to take the bar exam. John L Martin stayed in Milwaukee until August. The party had good luck until Waterloo where trouble arose due to missing companion Eph.
The article discusses rumors that damp air improves engine performance at night and refutes them, citing science that damp air does not boost engine power. It also notes acoustics may influence perceived noises, and mentions local farming reports, small crime sentences, marriages, and graduations from St Catherine's College in St Paul.
The Davidson Players under S G Davidsou present a week of new vaudeville and music with The Patsy as opening number and Getting Gertie's Garter as feature. One lady admitted free with each adult ticket. prices 35 cents adults 15 cents children and reserved seats ten cents. Doors open 7 30.
Walker, once a Primghar child who studied in Sanborn, returns home from Spain after overseeing a telephone project valued at $90,000,000. He has relatives in Des Moines and Mapleton.
Mrs FLL Eaton and Mrs Barringer visited Ruthven then drove to Lost Island lake where at six then ten o'clock they each caught the limit of ten pike. An experienced fisherman accompanied them but could not catch a fish. The women proved adept at fishing. Mr and Mrs Peter Black of Broken Bow Nebraska visited Emmetsburg friends and formerly ran a store in the Papadakes Bros building.
Iowa lists 27,900 residents credited with 10 180 000 dollars in income taxes while noting state income levels trail some peers. Leo Berger returns home from St Pawl Seminary with Father Matash to join a retreat in Sioux City. Sam Boies and Grace Smith drove to Sioux Falls.Boies returns Monday.
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