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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
8
13 year old Wendell Clemens Kiseh, son of Mr and Mrs Clemens Kiseh, fell from a tree early this week and broke an arm. He is progressing as well as could be expected. Local item from Near By News.
Luverne returned the Humboldt county cup after it was found she had won a first prize in a Kossuth county contest. Humboldt county rules forbid previous first prize winners from amateur contests, so the cup was turned over to Ben Laviek schools whose candidate earned second place.
A group from Algona headed by M r and Mrs C F B Momyer and others will travel Tuesday to join Shrine members for the western conclave. They will tour Alaska before returning, including Hart Momyer and children, William Mann, and G W Nicoutin among the participants.
Carlos M. Cole, longtime Denver school superintendent and former Spencer and Atlantic Iowa educator, died June 6 after influenza and an appendectomy recovery. His father once owned the Farling hotel in Spencer. his brother Crowley C. Cole lives in Atlantic. Cole also served as superintendent in Colorado Springs. His wife is former Marjorie Perine. In a separate item, two boys aged 12 and 6 nearly drowned while fishing on Terrace Park Lake when their raft drifted to Eagle Point. rescuers retrieved them by boat.
Rev Father Tom Schwertner of the Dominican order suffered a dislocated shoulder and Rev Father P Sweeney and his sister Esther of Manson were bruised when the bridge at the foot of the hill near Durango gave way. Their automobile plunged about fifteen feet into the shallow stream below. The accident occurred about mid afternoon.
A car was driven onto a bridge which partially collapsed and fell into the stream. The water was about three feet deep. the car was damaged but repaired later. The event is noted in the Dubuque-Dubuqne Daily Telegraph. In Burt, the Emil Lovstad home burned Friday night destroying the residence and injuring no one. A baby arrived about twenty minutes before the fire was found, and Dr J G Clap saddle attended the scene after lighting a kerosene stove in the kitchen.
A man named Bill Malke Malkmus leaped from a car as its engine failed on the road near Colin's Bros. place, narrowly escaping the burning wreck when the vehicle exploded within minutes. The crash left a heap of steel and debris, with the driver escaping unhurt just in time.
The farm, equipped for pure bred hog production, houses over 200 Chester Whites including 100 aged fall sows and spring pigs. Notable litters from Acme Queen sired by Yankee Boy and others from Chickasaw Kosuth and Baby Elephant show strong quality. A fall sale is anticipated.
A Tuy for aH Wright was observed near Emmetsburg as residents reported activity at the J. Wright farm. N. J. Wright was seen in the cornfield while last August Wright purchased and moved onto the Dickey 40 acre tract at the northeast edge of town.
Last week Emma Deming resigned as recorder of Emmet County. On Tuesday the board of supervisors appointed Carrie Oehrlein to succeed her. Oehrlein had run in the Republican primaries, but was defeated about three to one by Ray Kennedy, who lost a limb in World War I in France.
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