Emmetsburg Happenings and Local News Roundup
Readable items from Emmetsburg and surrounding towns cover visits, travel, and social events. Notable mentions include Mrs. Morling lake outing, J M Farley visiting Paducah, Mrs. Kelly from Cylinder hosting friends, and a new Horan daughter in Ruthven. Also notes on weather, transports, marriages, union meetings, school changes, and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Morling
Dave Donovan
Arlington
South Dakota
J. M. Farley
Whittemore
Paducah
Kentucky
Frank Kelly
Cylinder
Emmetsburg
Left Palo Alto and West Bend trip recalled
A. B. Carter hosted his nephew John Carter from Monroe county Iowa who left the county 49 years ago. They visited the old farm in West Bend township where his father lived when a resident here and enjoyed the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Carter
John Carter
Monroe County
Iowa
Parcel Post Rules Postmasters Instructed For July
Postal orders specify C O D parcel post service becomes effective July first with charges collected from recipients. Fee set at 1 cent in stamps affixed by sender and packages insured up to 100 dollars against loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. GO. D. Parcel Post Service
Cigarette Fiends Like Wormy Apples
The Iown Falls Sentinel warns that boys who smoke are like wormy apples who drop early. A smoker under fifteen rarely reaches adulthood as other boys pursue worldly work while he is preoccupied with death and funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iown
Falls Sentinel
New State Law Targets Concealed Weapons and Dealers
Those who carry firearms or other concealed weapons are urged to dispose of them before July 1. The law imposes heavy penalties for carrying pistols travel vars brass knuckles and large knives. Dealers must obtain licenses and report sales to authorities regularly.
Indicted in Bootlegging Case Near Britt and Fort Dodge
U S grand jury in Fort Dodge last week indicted two Britt area doctors and about thirty others in a bootlegging sweep. Young men named Britt and others from Britt and nearby Forest City faced charges for obstructing the U S mails on the M and St L line. Earlier reports recount two Forest City girls and the track incident where a rail was placed to derail a train, an act allegedly intended to delay a trip home. The accused, reportedly from prominent families, have not yet stood trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Downs
Fort Dodge
Mr. Fisk
Curlew
A. S
Downs
Larson
Crystal Lake
M. F. Healy
Healy
Isaacs
Forest City
Stillwater
Afr
Habherville
U. S. Grand Jury
Britt
U. S
Sad Shooting at Hartley Leaves Boy Paralyzed
Louis Steinke, eight miles north of Hartley, was struck by a stray bullet while swimming in a creek near his mother's home. The bullet severed his spinal cord as the Lyman boys fired a rifle from about three hundred yards away. He was rushed to a hospital after the shot while an X ray confirmed the injury. Doctors, while hopeful, fear for his recovery. Clint Smith visited Mason City Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FM
Congregational Church
Scott Dickason
W. E. G. Saunders
Britt
Ewart
Mrs. Saunders
Br. Saunders
Wendell Smith
Chicago
Gaskell & McVitty
Santinel
Hartley
Louis Steinke
H. C. Lyman
Lyman
Steinke
Hand
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eva Rowe
Edna Wilson
Mrr
Thomas Horan
Ruthven
the Journal
Jordan Mikes
West Bend
Patrick Weir
Fairfield Township
J. H. Godden
Oacoma
Russell Caldwell
Bris. Humphrey
E. H. Soper
Marshal Brennan
Madeline
Jessie McKein
Faribault, Minnesota
Mrs
Frank Warnke
Hobein
Miss Hobein
Estherville
Idaho
Dot Gaylord
Vernon
Spirit Lake
Abbis Gardner Sharpe
Guy &. Campbell
Foster Reed
Sarah May DeGoif
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Lutheran Church
Graettinger
Democrat
Bert Hughes
Clear Lake
Rexall Dealers
Robert Powers
A. J. Wolfgang
Marcus Skowbo of
Armstrong
Eammetsburg
Ralph King
Atlantic
Misa Mildred Powers
Salt Lake City
Mra
Eliza Knapp
Parker
W. E.G. Saunders
Eagle Grove
P. E. Jones
Gorman
Gaughan
Gilmora
W. E. Hefley
Sac City
Mr. Hefley
Mildred Daily
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Shoe
Emmetsbourg School
Court House Square
Library Association
Father Marx
Rockwell City
St. Mary Academy
Lost Island Lake
Johnson Orchestra
Spancer
GC. A. McQueen
Worthington
Minnesota
Ifr. McQueen
Saks City
Bro. Hinchon
Algona Courier
Colorado Springs
National Editorial Association
Alt. Hindhon
M. McNerney
Schaefer
Mallard
Geroge Schloster
Lost Island Township
Colfax
Carl Helgan
Pleasant Views College
Hironis
Rock Island Company
Iowa Falls
Emeritsburg
B. F. Frazier
Pocahontas
C. J. Nelson
C. H. Miller
Drs. Mayo
Rochester
Bilmant
Rube Schauerl
Superior
Wisconsin
New York Nationals
Marty O'Toole
Pittsburgh
L. R. Woodcock
Denver
Colorado
Lost Taland Lake
Tate C
BME
Tripp
Brian Minnie Fickel
Spencer
Town City
Duenan
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Duncan
Washington, D. C
Iowa Educational Department
Jas
Strawberry Point
Reinbeck
Story City
Glenwood
Mapleton
Guttenberg
Toledo
Manning
Villisca
Sioux Center
Stuart
Walker
Nevada
Logan
Leon
Storm Lake
Philadelphia
Cohen
Albert Abram
San Franciso
Cook
Milford
Charles Hayman
Booth Township
W. J. Thomann
Miss Carris Koch
Frank
Walter Mason
Dodge Center
Atkinson
Woodard
Elk Point
W. H. Gaylord
Gaylord
Geo. BH. Baker
Miller's Bay
J. W. Brisbois
Earl Beebe
Robert Laughlin
Martin Ausland
Saunders
Mr. Ausland
Royal
Palo Alto
C. O. DO. Parcel Post
de’ Laval
DE Laval Separators
Laval
de Laval
Fred Voorhees
Uneru
Ifexpert
Doom Steich
irUpto-dateSa Erate Pondonee
Farmers’ Savings
D. A. Iownson
Pres
Mlc
Orier
Casuier
U.S
Clint Smith
Mason City
R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel
Buffalo, N.Y
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
M.D
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