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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
7
Short items note Dr H M Herston visiting Ruthven and various residents traveling to Laurens Nevada Iowa and Wilson Oklahoma. Births marriages and social visits are listed along with a police notice on bankers trust and savings Rodman Iowa. A 1928 court offer for a grain elevator stake is announced with a June 20 hearing.
Reporters visit Cylinder where Halett and crew advance paving eastward then south to Emmetsburg, with a massive mixer and multiple trucks delivering sand gravel water and cement from Magon City. Foreman Burris and Supt Sewell note Wisconsin record pace 6600 feet in five and a half days and a planned one and a half miles weekly on the Palo Alto contract.
Notice under a Palo Alto county district court order announces the sale by H W Beebe receiver of the Emmetsburg Seed House property at auction on June 28 1928. The bid requires 19 percent deposit and court approval. property includes Lots 7 8 9 10 11 of Block 23 Corbin & Law plat with seed house and equipment. Also notices a will hearing for Josephine Kisch set for July 1928 with Clerk KE M Thompson.
A Lewa Highway detour directs travelers to go a mile north of Cullen's Corner then east two miles to the Quam property detour sign, continuing to Whittemore. Clarence Pepples of Boone shot and killed his estranged wife and her friend Walter Forester Sunday night, then attempted suicide after reconciliation denial. Mr Thatcher of Ruthven reported meeting cars from six states during travel.
Local column records visits and events around Mallard Iowa and nearby towns. Names of residents and guests include Barrett, Wise, Sands, Weller, Holgeson, McGinnis, Otte Yant, Steil, Keeney, Weller, D A R picnic at Emmetsburg, trips to Emmetsburg and Algona, a hospital appendicitis operation, a band concert, and graduates. Several trips to Emmetsburg, Pocahontas, Fort Dodge, Des Moines, and Des Moines.
The County Engineer and BLE provide for public information by order of the Board of Supervisors. The notice directs inquiries to the County Auditor W. T. Krieger and references the county office. Further information available from the County Engineer's office.
Sylvester Hayes and Anna Steil wed at Assumption church in a seven o'clock Monday ceremony officiated by Very Rev Joe G Murtagh. Attendants were Miss Bessie Steil and Mr Harald Steil. After a wedding breakfast at the bride’s home, the couple headed to Fort Dodge then Emmetsburg and plan to settle in Tacoma Washington via a Black Hills route.
Mr Peter Edwin Toole of Clarion and Miss Kathleen Alive Hickey were united in marriage Tuesday morning at five o'clock in St Thomas church with Rev M McNerney officiating. Miss Loretta Brady attended the bride and Lawrence Hickey was best man. The couple left on the early morning train for Mason City then Dubuque after an anniversary in Mason City and plan to make their home in Clarion where Toole is in business.
A mixed group visited dairy and poultry facilities at Ames, viewing Guernsey Jersey Holstein and Ayrshire cattle. They highlighted the Arkansas scrub experiment started in 1907, noting crosses with purebreds now resemble purebreds. They then toured poultry houses, heard talks from poultry staff, and concluded with a meal at the college cafeteria and a stop at the meat laboratory.
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