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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1908
Page
7
Hartley secures electric light system as town updates services. Various residents return from travels, visitors arrive in Emmetsburg, and local sales are advertised for J. J. Watson and M. H. Crowley. Estherville and Spirit Lake football draw mutual attention. tile shipments expand while local industries report strong orders.
A. H. Keller, cashier of the First National Bank, and Bert and Harry Huffman of Pakn bakery, returned from a three week Idaho hunting trip near Roosevelt. They killed two brown bears, six deer, three mountain goats, and many grouse, returning with skins and about one hundred pounds of venison. The party crossed rugged Salmon River breaks amid a cold storm and praised the scenery as unmatched in the United States.
Over three weeks eight to ten cases near Clarion and similar numbers around Whittemore show polio like illness in children. State Board of Health officials and loyal physicians concur the disease is epidemic and linked to ptomaine poisoning from improperly eaten green fruits or vegetables.
T D Caltitis traveled from Graettinger Thursday. Miss Driscoll planned to Chamberlain to register for land choice quarters. John Lynch visited Ackley Thursday evening to see his brother Will and local friends.
A collage of local notes reports farmers optimistic about corn after a hard freeze and warm spell, Ed Russell selling a 143 acre farm to Fred Fisher of Columbus Junction for 90 dollars per acre, Fisher to possess March 1, 1909. Milk dealers plan a price rise to six and a quarter cents per quart starting November 1 due to higher feed costs.
Will Conion become postmaster at Territ as Wm Conlon finally takes possession after a delayed election. The fall exhibits spark talk of a joint Clay and Palo Alto district fair to showcase county products and attract investors. Elsewhere railroad progress continues in Washington with track laying and a long tunnel underway near Jackson Creek. John Rogers attended the George Reese auction at the Sam Ballard farm near West Bend.
Attorney Myron Woodworth earns a reputation for never losing a case until the Yardley matter. He fails when cross examining Margaret Hunt, the defendant's daughter, and loses the will dispute by exposing no weakness in her testimony. After the trial he writes a $10,000 check to his client, yet later marries Hunt, claiming the loss brought a greater blessing. Evelyn D. Whitworth
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