Emmetsburg Local Notes Show Community Happenings
Emmetsburg's weekly roundup reports meetings and visits by Drs. Belshaw and Kulp, rain and hail events, and local moves. Maggie Nolan visits relatives from Graettinger, Edna Beeba returns from Minneapolis, and teachers start in Worthington. Prominent figures include James Tobin, L B Francis, and Jack Griffin. High School graduation planned, civic groups debate events, and locals discuss politics and banquet plans.
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James Dagnan
Gooth
Drs
L. J. Belshaw
Sioux City
Emmetsburg
Misa Maggie Nolan
Graettinger
Rytherville
P. Jeenings
Dan Donahie
P. V. Hands
Edna Beeba
Minneapolis
Miss Barnard
Miss Gall
Miss Wittock
Worbblington
Minnesota
Estherville Democrat
Esthervilla
The Merry Widow Hat Construction Guide
A whimsical guide to assembling a Merry Widow hat from a cart wheel frame with long wire, waste paper, and white net, decorated with sun flowers, daisies, chrysanthemums, grasses, lavender, hyacinth, hollyhock, petunias, verbenas, and ribbon loops. It suggests using a garden pate buckle and improv props like canoe paddles if ribbon is unavailable.
Busy Farmer Breckler Rents Kingry Farm Near Carlew
Chris Breckler from Carlew manages the Daniel Kingry section farm, which he has rented for five more years. Kingry of Leonard Illinois visits and built a $1600 barn last fall. The 81 year old farmer is rugged and highly respected for fair dealing and trust in Breckler’s crop and improvements plans.
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Chris Breckler
Carlew
Daniel Kingry
Mr. Kingry
Leonard
Illinois
Mr. Kingly
William Sherlock Graduates From Keokuk College
William Paul Sherlock, son of Mr and Mrs Daniel Sherlock, graduated last evening with class number forty two from Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons. Relatives and friends in the county rejoice in his achievement and wish him success in his chosen profession. He is described as a bright and promising young man.
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William Paul Sherlock
Daniel Sherlock
Keokuk
Lord Palmerston Buys Picture of Sheep in Grass
Lord Palmerston inspected Summer In the Lowlands by Sir Joshp Watson Gordon and asked why the grass seemed lonely with many sheep. The artist replied that the sheep were only turned into the field last night and the lord bought the picture at a high price.
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Lord Palmerston
Joshp Watson Gordon
Peculiar fascination keeps him in the racing game
A Kansas City bookmaker admits to a stubborn draw of racing. He says he has tried hardware clothing groceries and shoes but finds no other line where people struggle to hand him their coins. The remark captures the peculiar lure of the betting world in a vivid, reflective moment.
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Kansas City Journal
Advertising crackup as old jokes echo in Boston transcript
A playful snippet shows Miss Oldun-Oh joking about wrinkle eradicator and Miss Pert Ly-Let offering to fetch it, with a brother in wholesale drug business mentioned, all in a Boston Transcript context.
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Miss Oldun
Miss Pertly
Boston Transcript
A Philosopher Quote Appears in Somerville Journal
A reader recalls a remark on philosophers by a father and son exchange about money. The note compares certainty of change in life to the sea’s waves, suggesting not all circumstances stay the same.
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Tommy
Somerville Journal
Seventeen Pounder Captured Near Bast Okoboji
A large rainbow trout weighing seventeen pounds was landed yesterday at Bast Okoboji by Joan Dubois of Greau ville. The Estherville and West Bend papers note local fishing exploits and mention a political controversy over 1904 agriculture reports.
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Bast ‘Okoboji
Joan Dubois
Conner
Estherville Enterprise
Road work timing and Sunday barber price quip
A Iowa Pails Sentinel note on using the king drag at the right road-bed drying stage warns against overwatering. Algona Advance comments on barbers in Whitentore and Champion who open briefly Sundays for 25 cent shaves, hinting at Sunday law tensions.
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Iowa
Whittentore
Saya
Spirit Lake anglers enjoy record fishing ahead
Reports from Spirit Lake praise outstanding fishing recent days with many anglers returning large catches using standard gear. John Kirby plans a 35 foot launch at Red Wig, Minnesota for speed and to defend his previous pennant on West Okoboji. Kossuth county land values rise as sales increase, including Wilfred P. Jones selling the old Hiram Norton quarter section east of Bure for 90 dollars an acre cash. Hindon agrees with Hicks that May will be rainy, prompting farmers to hope for timely clouds to protect the corn crop.
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John Kirby
Red Wiog
Minnesota
Kirby
Estherville
Kossuth County
Wilfred P. Jones
Hiram Norton
Bure
Des Moines
Hindhon
Hicks
Algona Courier
Walloping Ben Reed Trips Into Texas Draws Talk
The trip Uncle Ben Reed took into Texas sparks big newspaper chatter. A report says a pair of colored girls wanted to accompany him north while a Texas letter questions his travel in better circles and southern life.
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Bro. Reed
Ben Reed
Texas
Emmetsburg
Ben
Lone Star State
Whitnemore Champion
Why He Was Anxious. A Savoy dinner tale with Cherbuliez
Buloz frets over Cherbuliez unfinished story as guests fear poisonous mushrooms. The dish proves harmless and the writer finishes his tale.
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Buloz
Revue
Dea Deus Mendes
Savoy
Victor Cherbultes
Cherbultes
Che
Park
Cherhulez
Cherbuliez
It Was a New Team to Him Heinrich Conrica Recalls Chicago Interview
Heinrich Conrica describes a Chicago episode as he arrived to supervise his first season. A young newspaper man pressed for an interview, pursuing a scoop to boost his afternoon paper. The director agreed to speak while preparing baths, starting with Tristan and Isolde.
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Heinrich Conrica
Chicago
Tristan
Isolie
Carpet Lays Laugh At Tacks Swallowing Tale
In a humorous exchange from the New York Press, a carpet layer recounts swallowing tacks as a joke. He and a companion claim it causes no trouble, with one mate asserting he has swallowed a hundredweight of tacks in life. The tale unfolds with exaggerated bravado and laughter.
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Kia
Tye
New York Press
Wandering Portrait Painter Tricked Farmer With Oil
A wandering painter asked if the farmer had ever been done in oil. The farmer recalled a strange visitor who sold what was claimed to be seating olive oil for lettuce, but poured sewing machine oil on the lettuce instead. The artist vanished in a dust cloud.
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Chicago News
Haiti’s Legion of Honor Imitated Emperor Soulouque
Paris Gaulois notes that Haiti adopted a Legion of Honor like Napoleon’s in 1803 under Emperor Faustin I Soulouque. The order’s insignia were pre identical and Haiti’s lavish bestowals embarrassed the French government. Soulouque’s death ended the dispute.
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Haiti
Legion of Honor
Soulongie
Faustin I
Poleon
Soulouque
Paris
A Poor Remedy in Senate Debate
A well known congressman criticizes a proposed remedy as inadequate to the issue. He compares it to a Washington blacksmith’s wife who sewed up a buttonhole instead of the button, illustrating a faulty fix that leaves the problem unresolved.
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Senate
Not all Made of Dust Says Papa in Punch Comic
In a Punch cartoon dialogue Little Ethel argues with Mr Rich about origins. Mr Rich gently prefers pride and claims they are not merely dust. Little Ethel retorts triumphantly that they aren’t nothing after all.
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Ethel
Mr. Rich
Rich
Benigniy
Triumphantic
Truthful Boy Exchange Reflection
Dialogue fragment shows a boy admitting his mother whipped him for not telling a teacher he was sore after claiming to play hockey when he wasn’t. The line includes a quote about zeal without knowledge compared to a man in the dark.
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Vile
Newton
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Kulp
West Bend
Republicana
Free Brom Care Club
Civics Club
L. BE. Francis
Spirit Lake
Jack Griffin
Dubuque County
Tully
Mayne
Swift
Allison
Sildon
Loretta Nolan
Ruthven
James F. Nolan
Excusion Springs
George Washington
Merry Widow
Iowa Falls
Sentinel
Ayer
J.C. Agar Co
Lowell
Mesa
Doubberstein
West Bend! Journal
Estherine Damocrak
Kossuth
Laurens
Andrew Carnegie
Laurens Sun
Stacco
Competence
Jownson
J W Neary
A.uash
Quakley
Muener J
Godden SJ
Quam
MO Grier
H. G. Shadboly
Brigg
L. Reinsen, Prop
Eastman Studio
Louie Wolfgang
Iowa Realty Company
J. Duffy
Opera House
Ramus & CO
The
Royal Lumber Company
Martin Ausland
Mgr
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