Local Notes From Emmetsburg and Surroundings
A patchwork of short items from Emmetsburg and nearby towns, listing visits, travels, and small community events. People like Dr G McCarty, I Burt, B Shea, Mary Clare, J B Knipe, and many others are noted in brief arrivals and departures, visits to relatives, civic duties, teaching, and local projects across Spencer to Des Moines and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. McCarty
Gliet Dustnese
Des Moines Y Sy
I. Burt
Aubrey
Mater
Mw B. Shea
Sioux City
Spencer Jonday
Thiners
Pra
Desquines
Yountlyes
Wiss Mary Claer
Spirit Lake
Mra
Aer
Haute
George Weigend
Josie McEvoy
Algona
EB. J. McEvoy
Matt Kilroy
Mason City
Emmetsburg
Stort
Qacmas Conlon
Lone Rock
Fenton
J. B. Knipe
Armstrong
Elizabeth Slot
George Steil
Kelly
Graettinger
Marigh
Estherville
Dobberstein
West Bend
Farrelly and McNerney
Dan Bumbgardner
Holis
Tessi Metz
Whey
West Union
Milwaukee Company
M. St. GL
Lepot
Ruthven
Linge
Clyde Freeman
Emmetshburg Chautauqua F
Chautauqua
Ww. Jones
Buffalo
Montana
Rodman
Jones
Aes Waman
Lew
Don
Janes
King O Gadhe
Tows
Maguire
Emmetsea
St. Louis
Omaha
Camp Funston
Meyer Cammission House
St. S
Victor Peterson Resigns as Deputy County Clerk
Victor Peterson realigned Saturday as deputy county clerk. He and his family will move onto the Ed Arnett estate. Ed recently退休
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Victor Peterson
Ed Arnett Vas
Pastor Russell Followers Convicted in Espionage Case
In New York on June 20, Joseph Rutherford and seven Russell followers were found guilty on four counts of conspiring to violate the espionage law. Judge Howe said the verdict is right, with a maximum forty-year term per defendant. The case concerns sedition aiding resistance to the draft via The Finished Mystery and Pastor Russell literature.
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United States
Pastor
Russell
Howe
Rutherford
William EB. van Amburgh
Robert J Martin
Pred BH. Robinson
George H. Wishur
Clayton J. Woodworth
A. Hugh McMillan
Giovanni de Cecta
Att
Hanson
Emmetsburg
Pastor Russell
Our State
Dubuque
Uncle Sam
New York
Charles Tate Russell
H. B. Howe
WV. S. District Court
Brooklyn
Federal
Atlanta
Deland
Department of Justice
Joseph
Sts
Barberry Eradication Efforts In Palo Alto County
Mr. F. J. Snyder of the U S Department of Agriculture and the Farm Bureau urge Palo Alto County residents to destroy common barberry bushes to curb black stem rust of wheat. Barberry hosts rust stage on the bush before attacking grain. several bushes found in Wmmetzburg prompt owner action. Call the county agent for details.
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Berry
F. J. Snyder
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Palo Alto County
Farm Bureau
Palo Alto
Wmmetsburg
Bert L. France
Community Patriotic Service Planned Next Sunday Night
Local churches organize a community patriotic service at Court House park to replace a Fourth of July event. Hon. B. L. J. Dickinson of Algena, Republican candidate for Congress, will deliver the address. Event opens promptly at o'clock with a large turnout expected. Emmetsburg Creamery patrons receive $7,455.50 for May cream deliveries, butterfat priced at fifty cents per pound.
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L. J. Dickinson
Algena
Congress
Court House Park
Emmetshure
Emmetsburg Creamery
Jas
EB. Kane
G. Barber
D. J. Carrolli
Ed Peterson v
Soil survey progress in county by O Neill J G and Russell
Washington officials and Ames experts J G O Neill and Mr Russell have spent weeks surveying our county soil. The team plans six months of work producing soil maps and analyses to aid farmers and real estate owners. Fifteen to twenty counties already have similar surveys.
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O'Neill
Washington
J. G
Russell
Ames
Iowa to Send 17 820 Men in July from Palo Alto County
The Adjutant General announced 17 820 Iowa selective men will be sent to Camp Gordon and Camp Pike in July, starting July 22, with 5 292 to Camp Gordon and 12 637 to Camp Pike. About 450 to 176 Palo Alto county youths are included in this call as part of the largest single draft ever.
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Palo Alto
Crowder
Palo Alto County
Iowa
Des Moines
Adjutant General's Office
Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Georgia
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Arkansas
Logan
Chautauqua Ad Promises Strong War Era Program
The Emmetsburg chautauqua is advertising heavily with a robust program. It emphasizes timely war aims messages from the front, eloquent speakers, official moving pictures, and singers from the trenches, reflecting the era and spirit of the hour.
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Chautauqua
Democrat
Emmetsburg Chautauqua
Will Continue As Congressional Chairman
A Washington dispatch reports Frank P Woodse is likely to retain the post as chairman of the national congressional committee. If colleagues urge it he may resign but is regarded as a capable organizer and most likely will be kept in the role.
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Washington
New York Evening Sun
Frank P. Woodse
National Congressional Committee
Hie
County Roads Described as Neglected and Payoff Promises
The piece complains that many county roads are not dragged regularly while others are kept in fair condition. It criticizes the road work administrators for failing to deliver despite taxpayers paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for road maintenance.
Appointment of Waroldt Quarton as U.S. counsel at Helsingter Minland
Waroldt Quarton, son of Judge Quarton, has been named U.S. counsel at Helsingter Minland. He left Algona for Washington to prepare for work in his new field. Three ladies injured in an Arnolds Park automobile crash are recovering in a Des Moines hospital.
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Emmelsburg
Exchange
C. J. Seymour
West Bend
Kansas City
Missouri
Woman's Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
von Krog
Congregational Church
Ser Hoyer
Emmetsburg
Morris
Minnesota
Paul Schentel
Chicago
Mr. Woyer
Schendel
J. Beck
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Waroldt Quarton
Finkind
Harold Quarta
Judge Quarton
U.S
Helsingter
Minland
Algona
Washington
Arnolds Park
Des Moines
Mallard Voters Decide On $7,000 Bond Issue
On July 8 the residents of Mallard will vote on issuing $7,000 in bonds to complete and furnish their new consolidated school house.
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Mallard
Instructions for bids on Palo Alto county bridges 1918
Sealed bids for furnishing materials and constructing bridges in Palo Alto County will be received by the county auditor in Turbush Iowa until 1 39 p m July 2 1918 and opened then. Bids must use county form and be regular. A five percent certified check is required with each bid and a bond for fifty percent of the contract will be demanded from the successful bidder. The county may waive defects and reject all bids.
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Tniburg
Jows
Palo Alto
Board of Supervisors
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Margaret Frye
West Rand
Hugh Bennett
Gurrow
Frank Frombach
Leslie
Francis
Grand Rapids
Michigan
I. A. Morling
Cedar Rapids
MM. T. Parrish
Forest City
Amd
Thos. Young
Glen Brown
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bert Frost
Newport News
Virginia
W. W. Frost
Okohost Lake
Mesdames Callendar
Jaquith
Mayme McCarty
Spencer
Teachers’ Training School
Charles D. Reed
State Crap Bureau
Peter Collins
Michael
Minneapolis
Russel
PEN
Ttaly
Greece
Gregory
Adams
American
Wells Fargo
Southern
Wisconsin
J. M. Farley
Whittemore
Congressional
Patieing
Texign
Great Oake
Ellington E
Rush Lake S
Rush Lake
Ellington
Ellington W
Booth Booth
Booth E
Lost Island
Booth S
Independence Independence
Independence N
Great Oak
Rex
Tony Fo
Siah
France
Doctor Matthews
Risner
Ma. Powell
Red Cross
Antwerp
Vimy
Messines
Lens
University Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Uncle Sam's
U. S. Treasury
Shaw
Gillilan
J. E. Brereton
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