Local Happenings and Court Notes In Emmetsburg
A stream of short items lists residents visiting and returning from nearby towns.Court convenes next Tuesday with Judge Baille presiding. Several locals and visitors from Graettinger Ruthven Des Moines Estherville Cedar Falls and Mason City are noted for business trips visits and family news. A county fair grounds proposal and Catholic parish division are also mentioned with community response.
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Bro. Cookingam
Aryeshire
Herman Marks
Des Moines
Preston Fahnestock
Graettinger
Briay
Tom McCarty
Cedar Falls
Married in Montana Miss Lettie Nolan Weds Martin OConnor
Miss Lettie Nolan daughter of the late P J Nolan marries Martin P OConnor of Alliance Nebraska in St Marks church on a September morning attended by family and close friends. The bridal party includes sister Miss Margaret Nolan as bridesmaid and Wm P Cosgrove as best man. The couple plans a wedding trip to Portland and Pacific coast, residing after November 1 at 242 Olive Street Alliance Nebraska.
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Lettie Nolan
P. J. Nolan
Martin P. O'Connor
Alliance
Neb
St. Mars
Margaret Nolan
Wm. P. Cosgrove
Helen B. Nolen
Philomena Nolan
EB. E. Hanlon
Mas
Janes Kavanaugh
North D Street
Livingston
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Sirs O'Connor
Portland
Pacific Coast
Wilbeat Hone
Olive Street
Local Youth Heads to Switzerland for Seminary Studies
Edward 8 Maynard leaves Emmetsburg to enter Freiburgh University in Switzerland for four years of priesthood study. He previously studied at St. Francis Seminary Shilwan kee and St. Joseph's College Dubuque. Accompanied by Clem Sweeney Sheldon August Proedoshl West Head and John McCaffrey Holy Cross to study theology.
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Edward
Maynard
Switzerland
Freibourgh University
St. Francis Seminary
Shilwankee
St. Joseph's College
Dubuque
Mage Emmetsburg
Freibourgh
Clem Sweeney
Sheldon
August Proedoshl
Oat West Head
John McCaffrey
Holy Cross
Local Buyers Purchase Land East of Calgary
W P Reinders, Jackson Stanford, Jake Hihn, and Frank Hogan of Mallard recently returned from Calgary Alberta after purchasing 180 acres each fifty miles east of Calgary at about 14 dollars per acre. Local Alberta land company salesmen are Mr Vance of Maillard and G C Hastings of Ruthven. Ruthven parties recently bought 1900 acres near Calgary.
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W. P. Reinders
Jackson Stafford
Jake Hihn
Frank Ho-gan
Mallard
Calgary
Alberta
Alberts Land Company
Mr. Vance
Maillard
GC. W. Hastings
Ruthven
Killing Frost Ends Growth in Northwest States
The report notes a killing frost Sunday night following a rainy Saturday and cool Sunday. It states no more growth in vegetation this year. Earlier in the week Montana Wyoming and other northwestern states saw snow while government forecasts last Wednesday or Thursday matched the conditions.
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Montana
Wyoming
Conrad Presents Hidden Wand Drama at Iowa Theater
One of Conrad's Best, a new dramatization of the Hidden Wand by Eugene Moore, will be staged at The Iowa Thursday evening October 1. Fred G. Conrad, owner of numerous attractions, presents a carefully chosen company of well known actors for the production.
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Eugene Moore
Iowa
Fred G. Conrad
Kirby couple to attend bankers convention in Denver
Mr and Mrs J P Kirby depart tomorrow for Denver to attend the American Bankers convention. Mr Kirby is one of 23 Iowa delegates at the event. The Estherville Enterprise notes this detail.
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J. P. Kirby
Denver
American Bankers’ Convention
Kirby
Iowa
Estherville
Charley Reynolds Delights in Dry Panhandle Visit
Charley Reynolds of Dover township, Pocahontas, returned from a Rock Island trip into northwest Texas Panhandle counties. He was pleased with the country, though notes that conditions there are currently quite dry.
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Charley Reynolds
Dover Township
Pocahontas
Rock Island
Panhandle
Texas
Rolfe Farmer Loss From Grain Separator Fire
Last Tuesday at the A. Simonson home in Powhatan township a Glen Saunders separator burned while threshing about three hundred bushels of grain. The fire spread from the engine. Simonson carried two hundred dollars in insurance. Saunders was uninsured.
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Theshing
A. Simonson
Powhatan Township
Glen Saunders
Mr. Simonson
Mr. Saunders
Reveilie
Fire Wrings Losses From Local Farmer Near Town
Hage, living west of town, lost property to a Sunday fire. A cow barn, a horse barn, and twenty tons of fine timothy hay were destroyed or nearly ruined. the blaze’s origin remains unknown. Nearly all other assets were saved. the event marks his first firm loss.
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H. OG. Hauge
Hauge
Grasttinger Times
Congregationalists Launch $500,000 Appeal for Grinnell College
Dr. T C Douglass and Rev W J Suckow toured Algona seeking support for Grinnell College endowment. The board aims to raise nearly $500,000 with only about $90,000 remaining, due by January 1909. The appeal urges hearty local backing.
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T.C. Douglass
W. J. Suckow
Algona
Luwa
Grinnell
Algona Upper Des Moines
A Scamp in West Bend Poisonous Plot Reported
The Journal notes a cowardly act in West Bend as paris green was dumped into the SS Peter and Paul’s lake in the northern town area. The paper condemns the act as dastardly and urges punishment for the person or persons responsible.
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Paris Green
SS. Peter and Paul's Lake
West Bend
Bank Caved In On Him in Belvidere Illinois
Charles Barber was summoned to Belvidere Illinois last week by the sudden death of his brother Hiram Barber. Hiram died after a gravel pit accident when a bank caved in while he helped a neighbor load gravel, crushing him against a wagon and causing fatal injuries within three hours. The event was reported by Whitte more Champion.
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Charles Barber
Belvidere
Illinois
Hiram Barber
Club votes for eight o'clock start at opera house
At Tuesday's Woman's club meeting the members unanimously urged opera house management to begin all entertainments at eight o'clock. The News endorses the request, noting many patrons already find late hours burdensome and objections to late shows are well known.
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Woman's Club
Opera ‘House
Opera House
Spencer
Met with Sad Accident by EightYearOld Brother
The eight year old son of FL Brothers was seriously injured last Friday when he ran onto a wagon tongue loaded with tile. A wagon hitched behind another load was unseen by the driver. The wheel passed over the head, removing a four inch scalp piece and scraping the body. no bones were broken.
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Alpha Brothers
Spenecor Herald
Farmland Fable: City Woman Misreads Chickens
A New Orleans Times Democrat tale recounts Mrs. Jack Frost, a city transplant, attempting poultry farming. She separates sexes, kills the roosters, and ends with a yard full of cocky roosters and slain birds, illustrating a flawed theory of raising chickens.
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Jack Frost
Jack Prost
Europe
Jack Irost
New Orleans
Wheelbarrow travel in China reflects heavy freight use
A Washington Herald report quotes a Hongkong shipping enthusiast explaining how Chinese wheelbarrows differ from American designs with the load carried on a centered wheel and the human carrier using straps. He notes a barrow can haul nearly half a ton, and two passengers travel 20 miles daily on smooth urban paths, with pay around 20 cents per day.
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China
Hongkong
Far East
America
Cody
Stabghai
Pekin
Leisrow
Hongfeng
Shan
Pokin
Washington Llerald
Language play in English and French misunderstandings
A curly dialogue shows a perplexed Frenchman and an English instructor debating whether a person who gives their word can keep or take it back. The exchange ends with a humorous jab at English language quirks and honesty.
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Leesten
On Time For Pallbearers Note the Late Man
A man known for chronic lateness leaves at 1 for a 2 o clock appointment. Friends joke his watch errs. One reveals a funeral duty, noting pallbearers rarely miss a time. The tale underlines punctuality in a mortuary role as a moral quip.
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Jim
New York
Mme de Stael Exiled By Bonaparte For Power
Bonaparte said France could not hold him and Mme de Stael together and banished her. Among his circle she was second only to him in influence, through salons she directed much of the era. The remark from Mme de Tessa praises Mme de Stael as a world empress who would command conversations endlessly.
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Mme. de Stael
Bonaparte
France
Alu
Mme. de Tessa
Mme. de Stact
A Bit of a Bull Irishman Arrives Late
A joke about an Irish worker who promised to come an hour early but slept in and arrived late, saying he would have been useless if he had woken up on time. The humor hinges on the character’s literal interpretation of waking early.
Race horse and mule offer mirrored wisdom
The Philadelphia Press quotes a race horse saying all achievements come from putting the best foot forward. A mule replies that true progress comes from putting the best foot backward. The exchange highlights humor about effort and perspective.
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Philadelphia Press
People with little knowledge scatter it far
A brief aphorism repeated in the Chicago Record-Herald notes that those with limited understanding are eager to spread what they know as widely as possible, reflecting a skeptical view of information dissemination.
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Chicago Record- Herald
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Ft. Dodge
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Emmuetsburg
W. W. Stone
Ernest Stillman
Town City
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Sioux City Journal
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Our Savings Department
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Quam
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W. BE. G. Saunders
Hinkley
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Alex Peddie
P. V. Nolan
M. F. Kerwick
B. A. Morling
J. H. Goddén
J. T. Watson
W.c. Stuckslager
Lisbor
First National Bank
E. B. Soper
Jas. Duchax
Rost. Latcuity
F. G. McMahon
People’s Meat Market
L. Reihsen
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