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Emmetsburg notes and regional happenings
Local items from Emmetsburg and surrounding areas include residents and visitors at Emmetsburg events, a 53 year old battle flag on display in Iowa City, and the area wireless plant guarding at Iowa State College. Parolees released, farm tractor census figures, auto price rises, and Suffrage Thrift tea planned. Several Ringsted youths enlist, coast artillery recruitment briefly noted. The Bugler of Algiers shown at Hawkeye, and flour and produce prices, fires in Davenport, and local subscription boosts also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Simonson
Emmetsburg
Alice Wildey
Joe Dwyer
Tei Suss
Des Moines
Iowa City
J. J. Sullivan
Board of Parole
War Department
National Guard
S. A. Sweeney
Sioux Rapids
Thomas Mahan
Lodgepole
South Dakota
Henry Knutson
Baby I
Mr. Smith
Jka
Suss
Waterloo
West ‘Bend
Council Bluffs
Iowa State College
Oskaloosa
Margaret Ryan
McDonald
Kelly
Vincent
Cherokee Public Schools
EB. J. Mitchell
Ringsted
U.S
Iowa
Lyle Green
Coast Artillery
Geil Motor Company
Nefstead
B. J. Jacobson
Fred Zelinsky
Algiers
Hawkeye
Sioux City
Davenport
Dayton Oxenford
Times Office
Lake City
Souder
Schessler
M. E
Treasury Department