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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
4
Across cultures the horseshoe is seen as a universal amulet to repel witches. Turks and Jews, gentiles and believers claim protection by nailing a horseshoe over doors. The symbol appears in Tunis, Constantinople, Spain and Sicily, with crocodile images in Cairo also bearing horseshoes.
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts insult with justice and questions what qualifies as an insult. A comic exchange reveals a joke about baldness eyes toga and stature prompting reflection on perception and dignity. A second snippet features Mrs Scrages and Mr Blinke about hiring a new girl, payment in advance, and her reaction to early departure.
The piece explains edge siding on books to protect the top edge from dust. When volumes sit on a shelf the top edge is most exposed, allowing dust to cling and spoil appearance. Siding prevents soiling and preserves the book’s look.
Over the county notes Nettie and Edna Martin depart for Boulder with Nettie settling there and Edna visiting briefly. Jennie Hoskin leaves for Alden Iowa and Athal Kansas for extended visits. Henry returns from Cedar Rapids. Reed and Raymond Stoner visit Ottoen. A Dixon home lawn social yields 8.40 for Egworth League. Rev Debest conducts services in Hopkinton. Miss Mary Green ends Lotts Creek spring term and heads to summer. O S banquet at Masonic hall hosts farewell for Nettie Martin. John Willemsen and Miss Douglass wed at the Douglass home. Mr and Mrs E H Bartlett of Pomona guests at Bartlett and Borderhowe. Mrs Geo Hoffheiner and son travel to Heimdoldt. Clara Sloan visits Rodman. Meechamee R M J McFarland and W L Bedier return from Humboldt. Mrs J S Robinson and family visit Wallingford relatives.
Graettinger residents visited friends over Sunday and guests from nearby towns joined in. Woodman picnic attendance at Spirit Lake last Wednesday, with locals traveling to Emmetburg and Colorado for business and homestead plans. Rains caused damage to prairies and bridges including a washout delaying traffic. Madrid council in crisis as resignations reduce membership, causing governance strain and appointment dilemmas.
A woman and child suffer injuries after a violent incident in Grove. A man fled on horseback, pursued by locals. a man later dies from injuries after a fall at his home. Witnesses report a somnambulist involved and several bruises observed on another person.
Mrs. Michael Conton of this city died suddenly after a brief illness following the prior day’s illness of her husband, Michael Conlon. Survived by her husband, three sons and five daughters, she was a long familiar resident of Great Oak township and later Eammereborg. The funeral at Assumption church featured a requiem high mass, with burial in St. John’s cemetery.
An advertisement extols a tonic to treat torpid liver by stimulating digestion and cleansing the system. It claims the Golden Medical Discovery improves stomach function, boosts blood gland secretions, and relieves liver burdens. It warns against indigestible foods and promotes the product as a non secret, glyceric extract with known ingredients.
A Branthrop man writes that after six bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure he became able to work again and not loaf. He thanks the remedy and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure from R. H. Stratemeyer & Co.
Public sale of 220 acres near West Bend town plus three lots in Sanadera addition to West Bend. Auction June 2 1907 at 2 pm in Emmetsburg Iowa. Assets include stock feeding facilities two flowing wells five locations for livestock dealer and feeder. For full details contact A Melgen referee Emmetsburg Iowa.
Announcement delays a June 22 sale featuring about 20 gasoline stores and assorted household goods including horses and bags. Also notes Emmetsburg store under C Anderson, plus Jobo Deneen injury after marble fell from a Rock Island car injuring his leg. Gold medal flour agency mentioned.
Mrs. Anna Cran, seventy, was run down and fatally injured by a train four miles east of Traer. She had left town and is believed not to have heard the approaching train due to inattention. The incident underscores rural railroad dangers.
Nels Anderson a farmer ten miles northwest of Fonda died by self inflicted action after starting a fire. Neighbors extinguished the blaze before extensive damage, as Kililpe attempted to intervene. The incident ends a life in a rural community with investigators noting the actions leading to the fire.
After a quarrel with her lover Harry Stringfellow Early Barvis aged eighteen she shot and killed herself. The Barvis and Stringfellow families are prominent in Di Kaloola.
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