Lightning Burns Church In Fairfield The stormalike cyclone hits Emmetsburg area
A severe cyclone like storm struck Fairfield township and Emmetsburg area Saturday evening causing St John s Lutheran church in Fairfield to burn to the ground about 9 15 PM with only a piano and a few pews saved The church built in 1892 cost about 5000 with 4000 insured The storm damaged banks offices trees and homes in multiple towns and injuries were reported including A W Dillingham and Mrs Charles Slater The Iowa Public Service Company restored electric service after damage and several other structures and farm buildings were reported damaged including barns silos and windmills
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Ermetsburg
Emmetsburg
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Fairefield
Medium Lake
Gappa
Central Trust & Savings Bank
McCarty
South Broadway
Forest City Produce Company
Bemmelsburg
A. W. Dillingham
Central Trust & Savers Bank
Charles Slater
Iowa Public Service Company
Our
St. John’s
Fairfield
Cylinder
Democrat
St. John’s Lutheran
A. EK. Gaard
St. John's Lutheran Church
M. C. Halseth
H. Ench
D. Swalestuen
A. H. Gjevre
L. O Wigdahl
Fenton
Herman Struecker
Art Reidél
Axel Peterson
Morris Wallace
Jacob Zweifel
Alfred Meyer
Local Farmers Receive 26898 From Conservation Program
J M Currans, treasurer of Palo Alto County Agricultural Conservation Association, received 1147 checks from the DU and Government totaling 26898.07 dollars. Ten percent of producer payments was withheld earlier to cover administration costs. After local expenses, the county received the balance, with administration costs at 3.76 percent of total producer payments.
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J. MH. Currans
Palo Alto County Agricultural Conservation Association
Palo Alto
Death of Henry F. Gneupel in Mallard area
Henry F. Gneupel, 86, longtime Mallard resident, died at home east of Mallard after years of paralysis and dropsy following a long life born in Germany. Funeral services were held at Trinity Lutheran in Mallard, with interment in a nearby cemetery. Foy Funeral Home led arrangements. He immigrated in 1881 with his wife Lina Steider and raised seven children, leaving a wife, three generations of descendants, and recalling a prior rural robbery incident involving marauders previously jailed.
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Henry F. Gneupel
Mallard
Gneupel
Trinity Lutheran
Foy Funeral Home
Emmetsburg
Frank
John Smith
Walter Reese
Russell Schuller
Norman Broadwell
Herbert Duis
Henry Frank Gneupel
Henry
Johanna Gneup
America
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Whittemore
Otto
Wesley
Joseph Gneupel
Andrew Smith
Maynard
Minnesota
Ada
Democrat
Thieve
Gneunel
Lightning Strikes Ravage Local Farms Across Region
A neighborhood report details heavy livestock losses from a recent lightning storm. Damage struck John Gappa's farm on Medium Lake shore with a collapsed barn front and blown milk house. Fred Darrah's southeast Emmetsburg chicken house disappeared, while Henry Lammers east of Graettinger reported a destroyed barn roof.
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Borhood
John Gappa
Medium Lake
Fred Darrah
Emmetsburg
Henry Lammers
Graettinger
Obituary of Edson E. Bickal of Ayrshire Dies at 65
Edson E. Bickal 65 died at his Ayrshire home after a paralytic stroke a week earlier. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 PM at Ayrshire Methodist with Rev. E. F. Broberg officiating. Interment in Lake View Cemetery Spirit Lake beside his first wife. He was born December 18, 1871 in Donnab Na'way Guthrie County Iowa and moved to Spirit Lake at 16. He married Florence Pillsbury June 11, 1894. two sons survive in Fort Dodge. Mrs. Bickal died in 1927. he married Ann Counley June 1929 at Estherville. He operated the first tank wagon in Dickinson County and later lived in Ruthven Fort Dodge and Ayrshire. He retired recently from Royal Service as station manager and tank wagon driver.
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Edson E. Bickal
Ayrshire
Bickal
Goodman Anderson
Vorus Kidd
Pletcher DeWitt
Martin Smith
Alfred Lyons
Edward Brand
Ruthven
Donnab Na'way
Gunthrie County
Ions
Spirit Lake
Florence Pillsbury
Fort Dodge
Arm Sprain in Vernon Child After Trip on Tree Limb
The seven year old daughter of Ed Kajewski of Vernon township sprained her arm badly on Tuesday while playing when she tripped on a tree limb.
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Ed Kajewski
Vernon Township
Mayor Orders Photo Solicitors Halt In Emmetsburg
A band of solicitors for Fox Studios of St. Paul was ordered to cease by Mayor Joe Hand. They petitioned Emmetsburg district court for an injunction against mayor, council, and marshals. Judge Deland granted a temporary injunction testing a permanent one. The case parallels the Real Silk Hosiery matter pending in court.
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Joe Hand
Fox Studios Company
St. Paul
Minnesota
Atty
James W. Fray
Emmetsburg
Deland
Mrs. Leota Cook Schupfer Rites Held At Mallard
Mrs. Leota Lucille Cook Schupfer, longtime area resident near Ringsted and former Mallard resident, died in Estherville hospital after emergency surgery. Funeral at St. Marys Armstrong, burial in Mallard St. Marys cemetery. Survivors include parents Walter and Mrs. Cook of Rolfe, three brothers, four sisters, and several distant relatives attended by Clarence Dalluge Mar. 4.
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John Schupfer
Ringsted
Mallard-Rolfe
Estherville
St. Marys Church
Armstrong
Mallard
St. Mary's Cemetery
Joe Flynn
Glenn Prentice
Hans Hanson
Wim Hanson
Ervin Jensen
Clare Berdette
Leota Lucille Cook
Walter Cook
Rolfe
Plover High School
Pocahontas
Emmetsburg Golf Club Invited for Spencer Match
Members of the Emmetsburg golf club were invited to join a Spencer grounds tournament with Spencer golfers this evening. Names of those who will travel have not been announced.
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Emmetsburg
Spencer Golfers
Spencer Grounds
City considers gas plant survey by St Louis firm
Emmetsburg city officials at a special meeting granted Gas Service & Engineering Corporation permission to survey the city for a potential gas tank and mains project. No assurance of construction, but a profitable survey could lead to further steps within weeks. Council also denied a cigarette license for O'Brien Brothers Grocery citing policy that cigarettes belong in pool halls and similar venues. O'Brien’s license expires July 2. other dealers protesting noted lower pricing at O'Brien's compared with 18 cent packs.
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Emmelsburg
Gas Service & Engineering Corporation of
St. Louis
Missouri
Emmetsburg
O'Brien Brothers
Democrat
O'Brien Grocery
Crouch Grocery
Atty. Wm. Fisher
Ringglobe
Ucenses
O'Brien
Did You Know Rules On Fish Measurement And Bait
Facts about legal fish length measurement from snout to tail, inspection of minnows for bait, handling fish under minimum size with wet hands, public fishing access for stocked waters, and bans on buying selling or offering black bass or parts from various sources.
Son of Thos Cullen Hurt While Cultivating
John Cullen, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cullen, was badly scratched and bruised when the tongue of the cultivator broke and horses dragged him briefly. He escaped with no broken bones after the team was stopped by his father at the far end of the field.
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John
Thomas Cullen
Former Vernon Resident Dies in Nashua
Mrs. J. E. Hammond, once of Vernon township, Iowa, died at her Nashua home last Friday. She was aunt to Mrs. W. H. Vaughn and Harley Daley of the area. The Hammond family lived in Vernon township for many years and were well known there.
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Emmetsburg
J. E. Hammond
Nashua
Dayle Roberts Offers Summer Swimming Instructions
Dayle Roberts, a Emmetsburg Junior College graduate and lifeguard, advertises summer swimming lessons on Lake Medium beach. Advanced swimmers meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at unspecified time. beginners also learn on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a m.
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Dayle Roberts
Emmetsburg Juntor College
The
Democrat
Lake Medium Beach
Roberta
Seal Bros Big Circus Grows From Wagon Show to Three-Ring Circus
The Seal family, led by Fred E. Seal with partner Norman and his father, expanded from a single wagon show in Emporia Kansas to a three ring, three ring circus with elephants, lions, leopards, camels and an electric light plant. By 1930 more animals and elephants were added, with capacity crowds and multiple daily performances this season.
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Real Bros
Fred E. Seal
Fred Seal
Norman
Emporia
Kansas
Dunphy Named K. of C. Leader at Emmetsburg Council
Thomas Dunphy of Emmetsburg was elected grand knight of the Knights of Columbus Emmetsburg council in 1936. Thomas J. Cullen was named deputy grand knight, John Kacmarynski chancellor, with officers Joe Dailey Ayrshire, Gene Cole Emmetsburg, Dies Girres Mallard inside guard, Dr John Ryan Emmetsburg, Patrick Murphy Rodman outside guards.
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Thomas Dunphy
John Ryan
Emmetsburg
Patrick Murphy
Rodman
Spencer Boy Stole Emmetsbore Car In Algona Theft
Cecil Paulson, newly released from Fort Madison, was critically injured in a Webster City hospital after a crash when struck by a truck driver. He had stolen a Storck Auto Company car from Emmetsburg, then abandoned the Storch vehicle in Algona after driving it from the Kerwick residence around 10 p.m. Sunday.
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Cecil Paulson
Spencer Bad Boy
Fort Madison
Webster City
Paulson
Algona
Emmetsburg
Storck Auto Company
Merle Kerwick
Kerwick
Brennan Addresses Storm Lake Rotarians
Emmetsburg representatives attended a Storm Lake Rotary program with Lawrence D. Brennan delivering a brief stirring speech. He warned against atheistic and un-American trends and was applauded for patriotic remarks.
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Emmetsburg
Little Elsie Clare Injures Leg In Fall
Three year old Elsie Clare daughter of Mrs Chris Clare of Great Oak township fell on a binder and cut her leg badly above the ankle a guard aided by taking her to a physician for prompt care.
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Elsie Clare
Chris Clare
Great Oak Township
Valentine Card Found by Redman Child Surfaces
Dorothy Rae Prentice, a three year old of Redman, found a valentine under a torn schoolhouse blackboard that matched a card her mother made at age five in Rodman schools. The note bears the name and date February 14, 1916, revealing an unusual link between generations.
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Aeader
Democrat
Rolfe
John Tiernan
Redman
Dorothy Rae Prentice
Harry Prentice
Rodman
Dorothy Rae
Hamilton Signs Ferrar-Daniels Nine Eight-Round Boxing Match
Hamilton Bros of Emmetsburg announce Dick Daniels of Minneapolis and Pret Farrar of Des Moines both light heavyweight prospects signed for an eight round fight at Electric Park Ruthven on July 4. The program will feature several first class preliminaries and further details will follow in a later Democrat issue.
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Hamilton Bros
Emmetsburg
Dick Daniels
Minneapolis
Pret Ferrar
Des Moines
Electric Park
Ruthven
Ball Park
Messrs Hamilton
The
Democrat
Willhite Silver Anniversary Celebrated in Milroy
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Willhite of Milroy Minnesota marked their silver wedding anniversary with a Sunday gathering of 123 guests. Relatives traveled from Iowa Minnesota and nearby towns for the celebration held after a picnic moved to the hay loft due to nice weather. A silver collection was given and plans were announced to buy silverware.
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Henry Willhite
Milroy
Minnesota
Mrs. Willhite
Mallard
Town
Willhite
Iowa
Richard Hersom
Everett Hersom
Lester Hersom
Lloyd Zeigler
Lnetta Mae
Arthur
Richard
Ronala
Alfred Hersom
Margaret
Orian Hersom
Franklin Hersom
Rodman
Fred Yates
Alfred Krieg
Arden Maurine
Alden
Martian
Marilyn
Marlene
Ware
Price Willhite
Humboldt
Veronics Gates
Curlew
Charley Willhite
Hershal
Ernest Willhite
Sleepy Eye
Adolph Mack
New Ulm
Hugo Apitz
David Willhite
Clarence Willhite
Hector
Ben Siegfred
Pranklin
Robert White
Familly
Gaylord
Vernon Goesmen
Bird Island
John Heindselman
Marquis Heidselman
Henry Westie
Rosella
Senator M. Willhite
Everett and
George
Clifford H. Willhite
William Marquardt
Harold
Less McGuinnes
Walnut Grove
Cleo Willhite
Betty Jane
Doris
Tracy
Harold Werner
Donald
Wabasta
Arthur George
Verna
Tony Gibb
William Wunschen
Lucan
Mike Klein
Pearl
Pred Brakke
John Moliten
Infant Harvey Dean Meng Dies After Birth
Infant Harvey Dean Meng, first child of Mr and Mrs Nick Meng of Spencer formerly of Emmetsburg, died the day he was born on June 6. Grandparents were Mr Marie Meng and Mr and Mrs Pred Hamand. Mrs Meng is formerly Mies Lilian Malstead of tha cli.
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Nick Meng
Spencer
Emmetsburg
Harvey Dean
Government Man Stopped In Survey Stirs Emmetsburg Controversy
A. B. Rider, a government surveyor from Albert Lea, faced orders to stop work in Emmetsburg while seeking a site for a federal building. Local officials and residents contested the survey and the plan, amid public protests, with Treasury condemnation seen as likely to proceed.
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A. B. Rider
Albert Lea
Minnesota
Brumersburg
Court House Square
United States Treasury Department
Federal Post Office
Rider
Jos. Hand
John Wegener
Palo Alto
Pub- Mice Works
Pro- Royals
Emmetsburg
A. J. Wolfgang
I. F. Rutledge
L. A. Kunz
John D. McCarty
Thomas Murray
FL A Bimqsaurirg al Pairxiduaie
Treasury Department
United States Attorney's Office
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St, John's Luth
St. Louis Company
Thos
Cullen
Vernon
Seal Bros. Big Circus
Dunphy
Spencer Boy
Emmetsbore
L. D. Brennan
Storm Lake
Hamilton
Ferrar-Daniels
Ruthven Park
Emmetssurg Markets
Carol
Rome
Abd Mire Bani
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