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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1927
Page
4
Community notices list visits and travels of residents from Graettinger and nearby towns. Names include Jensen, Bergum, Paulson, Peterson, Weinholzer, Myhre, Foster, Stewart, Simmong, Simmong, Maguire, Oliver, Joynt, Oleson, and many more. Events feature visits, business trips, weddings, church activities, and school ties across Amiet, Ruthven, Estherville, Mallard, and Seneca regions.
Fragmented report lists names and places including Mrs Nette Lemic visiting Frith Rockwell City and events across weekly fire, travel, and family matters with references to Port Bojge and Port Boleg. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR but indicate local social notes and attendance.
Local notes list visitors from Emmetsburg Spencer Manson and Rochester plus Ruthven residents at churches missions and family gatherings. People travel to Chicago Sioux City Clinton and Omaha for retreats cures and family events. A car accident injures Lester Kummerfeldt and he is treated in Spencer hospital.
A fragmentary report notes August Starle of Algona visiting the Stagie home with Schirmer and Nora Springs’s Mrs. Schirmer family. The piece also mentions POR Jones’s visit and a Thursday event at the Stagie residence honoring Mize Josephbing Kilec, with incomplete details.
Geoil McGinnis of Algona and Leo Micko of St. Paul visit Mallard friends. Dr W J Flanagan returns from Des Moines. Mrs Quick of Sheldon and Mrs Letty Armstrong attend to business and travel plans. Nepla Nickle elected to Kappa Delta Pi and Sieve and Shears at Drake University. Dancing events at Reed home and Craft farm noted. Various locals, including Nellie McGinnis, Margaret Fries, Genevieve Sands, Elmer Hough, and Mrs Truoz, are listed with recent trips, visits, or socials in the Mallard area.
Curlew Girls 4-H organized at Jas Brew home with Ruth Gross as leader. Visitors include Mr and Mrs John Tressier from Malta Montana, long-time Curlew residents. James Promanka undergoes gallbladder treatment at Roche. White Hollies family relocated to Mamoea residence. Nellie, Mahel and Margie Briston attended Barnetabury Friday evening.
Social updates from Marshalltown, Gilmore City, Emmetsburg, Fort Dodge, and nearby towns. Mentions include Phyllis Feeshart visiting, Henry McCormick with parents in Gilmore City, Mrs Kling nursing in Mallard, and various visits by the Whitmer, Gavin, Brechler, and Murphy families. Several references to travel for illness, nursing, and alumni events, with multiple Friday and Tuesday mentions and a Baptist Aid gathering.
Cle Olson visited his father in a hospital in Lowa City. Ivan Fenn returned to work after visiting his mother. Iva Crook came home from Town Falls for summer vacation. St F Hilborn family returned from vacation. Travel covered Illinois Michigan Nebraska and South Dakota about 1200 miles by car. E H Gating left the depot job for Superior then Hardy. Mrs Anna Bevard Ida and Mrs Geo Griffen visited Emmetsburg. Emery Berard of Estherville visited his mother between trains.
West Bend residents and visitors are noted in a string of social items. The West Bend band plans its first open air concert Thursday evening June 16, with many locals listed visiting relatives in nearby towns and attending meetings in Council Bluffs and Sioux City.
Rodman Iowa June 14 1927 Cecil Pausch 21 was struck and killed by lightning while crossing a field. His clothes were torn and burns noted on left side. He was found in a machine shed area and died before medical help arrived. He was the oldest of eight siblings, survived by parents in California and several brothers and sisters. Funeral planned at Presbyterian church with burial in Rodman cemetery.
A Sunday reception at the K hat in Emmetsburg honored Father McEvoy with a large local and neighboring audience. James Fay and Miss Rashford welcomed him, and speakers from St Marys Academy and St Thomas church praised his early life and vocation. A generous purse and gifts from K of C members and the Women's Catholic Missionary Society were presented amid vocal solos and high praise.
Jerry Nebel of Braham Minnesota reports Aneola Root cured him after two days of use. The product is recommended for chronic constipation rheumatism bloating and kidney and liver trouble and is offered for sale by Bert Hughes of Driggisi.
An announcement records the marriage of Vivian Marie Seymour of Portland to Victor Johnson of Marshfield. The ceremony took place May 25. Bride’s parents were Clyde J. Seymour and wife. couple plans to reside in Marshfield. Grandparents J. G. McNamara noted. family extends best wishes.
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