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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1916
Page
4
A team of draft horses weighing 2800 pounds and a young team weighing 2200 pounds are in good condition and offered at reasonable prices. The seller will consider exchanges for city property or cash differences but will not engage in deals requiring more than 31 000 of an investment.
A 1918 discussion notes a shift toward central regulation of state and private banks. It reports increasing total deposits since 1916 and 1915 calls, with auditors required to annually examine state supervised banks. The piece signals momentum for tighter oversight as sentiment grows.
A bank robber escaped with 215 dollars from State Savings Bank after forcing Banker Pp. H. McCartney at gunpoint. McCartney notified authorities. a posse searched but found no trace of the robber.
Mrs Henrys Dunn and Mrs Late Hinton with their children of West Bend spent yesterday in Emmetsburg. Miss Tassie McFarland of West Bend was an Emmetsburg visitor yesterday.
War orders at Optigraph Co. promise yearlong output yet war delays fill of French high grade glass needed for lenses. Last price quote shows large advance and higher marine insurance. Current production focuses on hand camera lenses. future plans include large lenses for moving picture cameras.
The 494th annual encampment drew 2455 registered veterans with 200 to 300 more unregistered. Iowa G A R and allied bodies surpassed attendance predictions by about 1900. Speakers at the campfire included Gor, Clarke, and National Commander Montfort.
At the Iowa State association of Elks annual convention the officers elected were H. B. Hayward president J. J. Coon first vice president Frank G. Reist secretary and Adolph X. Hennsitham treasurer The Davenport official is cited among officers. Clear Up Fatal Wreck near Packard on Rock Island railroad completes rescue and casualty tally as train wrecks days after the disaster.
Waterloo hosted the state bankers convention where Des Moines was chosen for the next Town Bankers association gathering. George S. Parker of Sic City was elected president J P Kirby of Estherville vice president and John Carmody of Perry treasurer. In Sac City the northwest district convention of the Inwa Churches of Christ was held with Scranton set to host but a quarantine halted plans.
Iowa State College at Ames dominated the nine state student conference at Lake Geneva Wisconsin by sending 225 delegates the largest from any state Cedar Falls State Teachers College sent 34 delegates from a single college Cedar Falls. Ames State College earned second with 33 delegates.
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