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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
7
Local notes from Algona and nearby towns recount visits by residents to Milford Ruthven Graettinger and Spencer. announce Iowa Falls Chantauqua dates and school graduations. report illnesses deaths and business moves. mention moving picture theater, band events, and anticipated horticultural and agricultural activities.
Emmetsberg Civics Club and ladies held a grand banquet at the Waverly with toastmaster Rev. A B Gilbert. Guests included E B Persons and P B Donlon among others, with a lively program of toasts and humorous exchanges. The event was warmly remembered by all attendees.
Sim Robinson has invented a special ribbon for measuring remnants of ribbon and cloth, saving merchants time in selling and invoicing goods. Many large firms call it valuable and he believes thousands will be sold. He says he would earn more money from it than from being elected sheriff.
Palo Alto county will be largely represented at the Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls during the summer session. Names listed include Misses Mabel Da Mouth Effie Kweeley Maud Staver Gertrude Wedener Neary O Brien Ruth Currans Lucy Markin Adah Gower Thereek Montgomery Sophia Schuller Ganda Garo Anna O Con nor Ida Boehle. Also news of county supervisor candidate A B Carter and updates from Rochester Mayo Clinic on W H Coonan and family. Dr Theile’s return from the Pacific coast and Joe Joyce’s expected home are noted along with civic matters and a forthcoming big banquet.
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