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Newspaper
Emmetsburg Democrat
Location
Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1908
Page
6
Sunday events at Ruthven County fair with Dorian and siblings plus Harmonia orchestra dances at Spirit Cake fair. Reports from Ayrshire area drum up crop conditions and social visits. Neighbors attend Bryan club meeting in Grastt inger. Mulroney factory near Ft Dodge burns. local homesteads in North Dakota noted. Bronson and Simpson wed near Whittemore. various residents travel and farm reports tied to Mitchell Cormp palace plans.
From the Clarion Clipper comes a vivid report of aeronaut Dan Rice who nearly crashed at Webster City fair when his balloon burst mid descent from 3600 feet. He clung to the burning balloon as flames ripped up, the parachute opened near the ground breaking the fall, and he escaped unharmed while thousands watched in terror. The item includes local notes from Cails Northwest Iowa Garden Spot on visits, Missouri crops, lumber prices, and praise for northwest Iowa as the garden spot of the world.
George Smith shows four corn varieties Reed's Yellow Dent White Gaffee and Bloody Butcher exceptionally large with deep kernels and mature. He owns 1400 acres and observers expect about 50 bushels per acre though he would be satisfied with 40. He tests seeds and manages cultivation, described as one of the county's best corn growers.
Farmers are reminded that Fred Witte will have his safe on Monday October 5. A large advertisement appears in this week's Democrat.
News notes from Estherville Spirit Lake and Whittemore report local movements and events. Joe Keehan plans to move to Iowa Falls after securing an engineering post with the Des Moines and St. Paul road.
The new manual training department of the public schools has been put into operation with eleven classes. Prof Blakely, renowned for efficiency, leads the program to enrich routine work. A special meeting elected R C Hoisington as manual training and science teacher to begin Monday, teaching physics and related subjects.
In this eighteenth century tale Alvin Marston’s son John pursues art, deserts his wife Mary Keyes for London fame, and returns years later to find a forgiving spouse. The grand painter’s worldly success contrasts with true tenderness as the old love endures beyond neglect.
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