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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
1
A disputed Iowa political pageant centers on a prohibition plank with rival claims that the Democratic stance will undermine a dry state. Prohibitionists accuse politicians of tricks to win votes while insisting gains must survive party lines and federal influence.
The Democratic State Convention is set for Friday July 2 at Shrine Temple Des Moines with Louis Murphy as temporary chairman and Cipde Hersing as permanent chairman. The Republican State Convention is planned in Des Moines around July 20 per H E Spengler. details to follow.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hagerman with relatives visit Emmetsburg. Mesdames Hagerman and Shelling are sisters of Mr. Clum. They and their father J. W. Clum traveled to West Bend to see the famous grotto.
Mrs J P Walker and guests travel to Rochester Minnesota to see Mr Walker in hospital. The Kensington club forms with twelve members at Mrs Walker's home naming Mrs J P Walker president. Rodman’s battery aids the Rodman game as local events and visits unfold.
The article notes shifts in dairy logistics as creameries rely more on trucking and rail routes to ship cream. It highlights 367 fewer cream stations in WAS) since 1896, with some creameries delivering directly to Chicago to cut costs and improve quality.
Mason City Globe Gazetter reports on the vote on immediate payment of soldiers’ compensation certificates. It notes 21 Iowans participating, with 7 for and 4 against, listing Jacobson Campbell Dowell Gilchrist Haugen Hopp Thurston as ayes and Cole Robinson Ramseyer Swanson as noes. The paper urges Gilchrist and Haugen to present their case if motives differed from politics.
A stock assessment hearing for W. C. Pyle as receiver of First National Bank of Rockwell will be held before Federal Judge George Scott in Mason City on July 8. The case targets John Hogan in a group of five suits in which defendants contend they were stockholders in a reorganized bank and not liable for the assessments. Jury trial was waived by both sides.
Town has 2,956 gas stations on roads, less than a third of 7,366 rural dealers in gasoline and oil operating within the state.
Swea City reports army worms damaged a rye field owned by E. Jensen. Pheasants and blackbirds feed on the pests as worms breed in wet marshy areas. Heavy rainfall is linked to a good year for propagation.
Margaret Thurier aged 81 of Spencer died at home Wednesday after living 50 years in Clay county. Born in Ireland in 1842 she had previously lived in Galena Illinois. John P F McKenna of Livermore was summoned to Chicago by the death of his uncle Rev Pater Thomas A Mall of that city.
Advertising copy touts Mowe Emersid Os as instant relief for hot weather swollen feet. Claims include immediate sting relief and cooling effect while soothing the skin and reducing swelling.
An editorial criticizes the educational system and voter quality, attacking a state senate nomination and graft cases. It argues 12 years of schooling do not prepare youths for life work and uses timber mill analogies to urge targeted training and better public judgment.
The speaker argues the current eight year pre training fails to reveal a child’s nature and urges a tailored, wood specific approach. He warns education as tax driven and cites a horse training analogy to stress that schooling should align with individual abilities and aims for real outcomes.
Arthur Brisbane argues for direct soldier bonuses to stimulate spending nationwide. He contends money dispersed to 3 million veterans would boost retail activity, metals, and services, comparing it to irrigation that revives a droughted economy. He cites past federal bond tactics and calls for prioritizing payment to soldiers over bank reserves.
Frank Miles, editor of the Iowa Legionnaire, endorses Col. Matt Tinley of Council Bluffs for the Democratic vice presidential nomination and declines to deliver the nomination speech for Dean Hall McNutt of Indiana University, a former national commander of the American Legion.
Report says Father Savage is improving at Mercy hospital in Amazon City after a visit by Better OMry and iM P. The text contrasts country life with town life and warns readers against sympathy for city schemes that harm patients and rob homes, urging support for the patient.
A convention is planned at the Manmetsburg Court House Iowa on July 4 1982 at 11 am to nominate one judge for the term 1933 1937. Delegates from Buena Vista Clay Dickinson Emmet Humboldt Kossuth Palo Alto and Pocahontas counties will attend. G L Carmichael chairs the Fourteenth Judicial District committee.
The new first class postage rates start July 6 instead of July 1 while second class rates go into effect July 1, applying to BOS and stead.
Maurice O Connor Jr son of Mr and Mrs Maurice O Connor of this place fell a few days ago and broke two small bones in his arm.
Rev. D J Heelan of Fonda is named Monsignor the oldest priest in the Bronx City diocese by service. He will celebrate the 50th ordination anniversary on Saturday July 9. His brother Rt Rev Edmund Heelan attends the Eucharistic congress in Dublin and cannot be home. Heelan, an Irish native, was ordained July 9 1882 and came to the United States in September. He served at St Patrick's Dublin then Masonville Iowa Delmar Webster County Barnum before becoming pastor at Fonda in February 1905. Friends offer congratulations.
Will Pettit of Milwaukee enjoyed a weekend visit with his parents in the city. Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham and Coletta returned Friday from Auburn. They were joined by Margaret and Harriet Zimmerman of Wall who will visit friends here. Eleths is taking a nursing training course in Omaha.
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