Emmetsburg Growth Noted With New Stores And Hotel
Emmetsburg Iowa shows rapid 1925 growth with F. S. Jones Co. renting in Joyce block and a new BE. HE. Cook operated chain store planned. C. A. Taylor opens Lunch Shoppe. Cella Hand and Son expand variety goods. Kraft-Beebe to open economy clothing store. Hammes & Sons establish shoe store. hotel site cleared for $100,000 building. new greenhouse and St Thomas church housing sisters completed. Western Electric rebuilding lines and Central Light and Power expanding toward Spirit Lake.
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F. B. McTigue
Fort Dodge Messenger
Emmetsburg
Himelsburg
F. S. Jones Co
Joyce Block
BE. HE. Cook
C. A. Taylor
Cella Hand and Son
Kraft-Beebe Co
Hammes & Sons
Pocahontas
Theodore Marks
South Broadway
Stell
Jack Anderson
St. Thomas Church
Western Electric Telephone Co
Central, Light ,and Power Co
Spirit Lake
Farrelly Family Visit Traces Emmetsburg Stopover
Clarence Farrelly, a seminary student in Washington DC, traveled with Mr and Mrs Peter Farrelly from Denison through Emmetsburg on a homeward trip from a two week stay in the Twin Cities with Maguire and family. He plans to finish in two years and will return to Washington in September.
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Clarence Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Denison
Emmetsburg
Twin Cities
Maguire
Clarence
Sulpician Seminary
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Monsignor Farrelly
Leo McEvoy
Washington
Sac City Plans Street Brightening Upgrade With New Electrocylinder Units
The mayor and aldermen of Sac City authorize 35 new electric units costing 25 dollars per standard and 11.50 dollars per alabaster ripple glass globe and canopy. They order 10,500 feet of electric cable at 141.75 per 1,000 feet to illuminate Main Street. Mr and Mrs J T Maguire attended the funeral of Mrs Charles McCoy last Sunday.
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Sac City
J. T. Maguire
Booth Township
Charles McCoy
Vernon Independence Farm Bureau Picnic Draws 250
The Vernon and Independence townships Farm Bureau picnic at Tod grove on August 27 drew about 250 people. Events included horseshoe, pony and foot races, a township baseball game, and speeches led by Rep. Fred Lovtein. Winners included John Conway, Tom Hickey, Johnny Johnson, Gladys Gill, Hazel Knutson, and Lee McQuown. Committees praised. next year aims for an even bigger event.
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Vernon
Independence
Tod Grove
John Conway
Tom Hickey
John Jacobsen
Norman Nelson
Fred Lovtein
Humboldt County
Bert Knutson
Will Reasoner
Reasoner
Pocahontas Gains Star Mail Route and Transit Upgrades
The postal department establishes a Pocahontas to Gilmore star mail route with daily runs, amid community complaints over rail service cuts. Pocahontas, once rail isolated with poor courthouse and irregular mail, now enjoys a modern courthouse, auto bus links, and improved mail delivery. Fort Dodge’s C. V. Findlay elected president of the League of Iowa Municipalities, Sioux City’s Stuart Gilman vice president, Franklin Pierce of Marshalltown secretary treasurer, retiring president A. K. Gnagy of Waterloo becomes trustee.
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Pocahontas
Gilmore
Iowa
Fort Dodge
Spirit Lake
C. V. Findlay
League of Iowa Municipalities
Stuart Gilman
Sioux City
Franklin Pierce
Marshalltown
A. KE. Gnagy
Waterloo
Enchanted Messenger Unveiled at Festival
The Enchanted Messenger is a new mechanical fireworks device by Theassis-Duffield Fireworks for Fal m festival celebrations. A wire across the field anchors bursts of colored fire that shoot along the line with a screech, then return, and finally die near the center in a plaintive note.
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Theassis-Duffield Fireworks
Falm
Ruthven Happenings In Iowa Sept 1
Ruthven notes a flurry of visits and travels as residents return from North Dakota Minnesota and Iowa with many relatives. Local families report weddings birthdays illnesses and travel to Rochester Minneapolis and Des Moines while Alma Wigdahl graduates and plans to teach.
It.E. Vaughn Dies- Was Ill Since June
Neveda township resident It.E. Vaughn died Friday at his sister Mrs. Lou Saints Ogden Iowa after a long illness linked to heart trouble and recent failing health. He was born April 26, 1862 in Belviderre Illinois and lived on farms in Nebraska, Spokane and Iowa. Survived by sons Steven P. and John J. and sisters Mrs. Lou Saints and Mrs. M. Golden, his death ends a life of steady work and Christian faith. Burial followed at St. John's cemetery after a requiem mass in Assumption church.
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B Vaughn
Nevada Township
Lou Saints
Ogden
Iowa
Vaughn
F. A. Hoben
Ayrshire
John P. Joyce
Henry W. Joynt
J. H. Brown
Mr. Vaughn
Belvidere
Ilinois
Spencer
Mary Hoben
Mrs. Vaughn
Oakdale
Antelope County
Nebraska
Spokane
Washington
This
Steven P
John J
M. Golden
Valley Junction
Spencer City Council Drops Graveling Plan for 60 Street Blocks
The Spencer city council arranged for graveling 60 blocks in the residence district but demand lagged and the project was abandoned. Clean streets add value to property, and space constraints force cutting details when items are numerous.
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Spencer
E. E. Ballheim Mason City Eye Specialist Ad
Eye specialist E. E. Ballheim offers glasses that fit and promises relief from headaches altzy spells and eye strain during reading or sewing. Readers are urged to refer relatives or neighbors who suffer from these conditions and seek a consultation.
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E. E. Ballheim
Mason City
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