City Brevities From LeMars Iowa News
Akron visitor Miss Vera Ross visits Mrs. Earl Diller this week. W. NM. Perry advertises best fence posts in the west. Dal ton resident G. F. Null visits LeMars. May Adney hosts a school picnic. H. B. Baldwin moves broom factory to rooms over Ideal Saloon. Merrill plays LeMars on July 5. Laura Drucher visits Aug. Nuel home. Hastman couple arrive for graduation. LaRue Hilbert visits from Minnesota. Joe Lynch returns from Meridian. Grand Rapids Furniture Store promotes Singer and Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines. May Schneider returns from Oberlin. Farmers buy cattle near Sioux City. Mixed chicken feed at Plymouth Milling Co. Carnival worker arrested for drunk. Wm. Colling buys saloon at Paulina. 610 acres Colorado land for sale. Bixby daughter recovery shows no improvement. Eight-room South Madison residence for sale. Cynthia Holster entertains in Fredonia. M. A. A. N. club entertained at A. Freeman home. John Smid visits from Paullina Times. Heavy farm machinery tongues and sweeps at W. H. Perry's. Marion Perry visits from Minnesota. Nominating contest opens for candidates. Akron, Kingsley, Remsen postal salaries rise. Elsie Fickerit visits Sioux City. Booster Button at Western Union College Red Cross Drug Store. Tommie Patrick and D. O. Nicholas travel from Stratton to South Dakota. Mrs. William Smiley heads to Minneapolis for two weeks’ stay and college graduation.
Blightly used Cadillac auto for agle
Trewery and Waterbury Ott report a used Cadillac vehicle sale or listing. The item terminology suggests a local notice or brief about a car offered through a dealer or private listing. No clear date or price is shown in the readable text.
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Cadillac Auto
Agle
Trewery & Waterbury
Laundry girl wanted at the Bruns wick hotel
A local notice lists residents and visitors in LeMars and surrounding towns. Names include Sharles, Herron, Hentges, Julian, Mille Schroeder, Anna Wagner, Laura Eibel, Jolm, McLaughlin King, Millhorn, St Marie, Nelle Williams, John Lentees, Hubert Nothen, Josie Umhoeffer, Mayme Umhoeffer, Anna Thurber, Mary Knudson, Big Jim the snake, Geo Hyde, Tryde, Sybil Watt, Burt Strunk, Brierly family, and P D E Thomas. Also mentions a piano shipment and staffing change at LeMars Water and Light.
A Good Liar in a Town Bossips Tale
In a late night crowd outside the post office, Rastus tells a fanciful tale about a whale seen near the docks. The crowd rushes to the waterfront, while the hungry man finishes his meal and then joins the crowd, exclaiming at the scene. The remark ends with a Judge’s punchline about the misled crowd.
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Rastus
Darky
Lashin
Equally Guilty in Maine Hotel Swearing Incident
A Maine hotel owner known for kindness and profanity overheard a guest demanding a room change due to morning swearing near the kitchen. The proprietor revealed he is the swearing man, noting he means no offense, while the guest claimed religious propriety. Lippincott's.
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Maine
Lippincott’s
Remsen High School Graduates and Local Notes
Mrs. M A Condan is seriously ill in Vienna Takery street. Miss Gertrude Wagner of Remsen visits Miss Hinma Trentges. Mrs. Susie Kurtknecker of Alton visits LeMars relatives. A Remsen class of four young ladies and one young man graduates. For sale farm in Minnesota 320 acres. Mrs. H A Edgar of Sloan visits son A Edgar salesman. Adam Wilmes returns from Pierre with claims. Land prices rise in that area. Akron Register-Tribune installs a Junior Linotype. Brother Smith praised as an enterprising newspaper man.
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Register-Tribune
Akron
Brother Smith
Three Future Bishops Named in a Childish Larceny Tale
Cardinal Manning recalled a boyhood prank with Christopher Wadsworth and Charles Wadsworth, noting they devised a plan to rob a vinery at Totteridges and climbed in through the roof. The trio, later bishops, were not punished but forgiven after surrendering themselves.
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Cardinal Manning
Totteridges
Coombe Bank
Christopher Wadsworth
Lincoln
Charles Wadsworth
St. Andrews
Wadsworths
Local notes include missing bracelet and visits
John Crow visited Akron for a few days to see relatives and reports a lost silver bracelet engraved inside. A reward is offered and the bracelet should be returned to Isabel Cramer. Miss Medi Gallagher returned home Thursday morning from Cedar Falls where she attends school.
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John Crow
Akron
Winder
Isabel Cramer
Medi Gallagher
Cedar Falls
Local Notes from Iowa to Indiana and Wisconsin
Mr Levi Stang returned Friday from Ames Iowa where he has studied for a year. Mrs Cliff of Bloomington Wisconsin arrived in LeMars Friday for a few days visit with her sister Mrs J G Redman. Mr Kaan and children spend the week with Mr and Mrs Schafer en route to Mishawaka Indiana after wintering in California. Empire Press Syndicate offers easy money at home by correspondence for newspapers. Send stamp for particulars.
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Sybil Watt
LeMars
Rem- Sen
Levi Stang
Ames
Iowa
Empire Press Syndicate
Middleport
N.Y
Mr. Kaan
Thos Adney Injured In Wednesday Accident
Thos Adney suffered a severe shoulder injury after slipping while walking in front of Prust and Linden's store on Wednesday. Geo Koenig S W Green and Dr Clarke traveled to Sioux City Thursday to view the American Druggists Syndicate exhibit. Key attended the ball game. Mrs Geo Pew soon plans to relocate here with family, moving to a remodeled South Main home. Elmer Tooker plans to move Congress barber shop back below the German Savings Bank today after remodeling including a tile floor and other improvements.
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Thos. Adney
Prust & Linden's
Messrs. Geo. Koenig
S. W. Green
Dr. Clarke
Sioux City
American Drugegists Syndicate
Key
Geo. Pew
Elmer Tooker
Congress Barber Shop
German Savings Bank
Not Dressed Fit For the Party
A housekeeper Miss Weeny prepares for a party but the Venus statue vanishes missing the Venus prompts a joking exchange with the butler Miss Margrit and the plan to set Miss Weeny under the stairs in a humorous tale from the Ladies' Home Journal.
Reo Car Bought by Arthur Ericksen
Arthur Ericksen of Crathorne joined auto enthusiasts by purchasing a fine Reo from Trewery and Waterbury last Saturday, marking another local vehicle acquisition.
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Arthur Ericksen
Crathorne
Trewery & Waterbury
Remsen Couple Celebrates Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mrs. Chris Matthiesen and her husband near Remsen marked a silver wedding anniversary last week. The note asks to address P O Box 1136 LeMars Iowa, and mentions Viavi hygiene of four hundred pages and free information.
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Viavi
P.O
LeMars
Towa
Bistt
Afr
Chris Matthiesen
Remsen
Farm for Rent in Southern Minnegote Near LeMars 1910
Alton residents at carnival Wednesday include Joe Arndt Nic Wiltgen Frank Allen Jabn Duster Louis Lie and others. The ad notes a farm for rent in the southern Minnegote area about 190 miles from LeMars with good buildings and inquiries directed to W. 8S. Freeman or Messrs. Freeman and associates.
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Minnegote
LeMars
Freeman
Alt
Minnesota
LeMuars
W. S. Freeman
Dorrity arrives in Le Mars for daughter Nellie
Mr. Thomas Dorrity travels to Le Mars on Saturday to be with his daughter Nellie who recently suffered a serious accident. He plans to stay for a period to assist and comfort her during recovery.
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Thomas Dorrity
le Mars
Nellie Dorrity
Dorrity
Miss Anna Stoltelzte Becomes Sister Petronella in Dubuque
In the Des Moines Register column, Miss Anna Stoltelzte of Remsen joined the St Francis convent in Dubuque on Friday, taking the veil and adopting the name Sister Petronella at a ceremony free service.
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Des Moines Register
Anna Stoltelzte
Remsen
Petronella
St. Francis Convent
Dubuque
Alton Delegates Visit En Route From Cherokee Meeting
J. S. Engelken lists contact numbers as Miss Cynthia Lucas and Miss Joanna Van Nimwegun of Alton traveled through LeMars on Friday between trains. The two were delegates from Alton to the Junior Endeavor convention of the Congregational church at Cherokee held Wednesday and Thursday and were en route home.
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Cynthia Lucas
Joanna van Nimwegun
Alton
LeMars
Wedding notice for Anna Viola Nemmers and A C Reuter
Announcement from St Joseph's church on Sunday confirms the upcoming wedding of Miss Anna Viola Nemmers and Mr A C Reuter of Dubuque Iowa. The ceremony is set for Wednesday June 9 at St Joseph's church with Rev Father F X Feuerstein officiating.
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St. Joseph’s Church
Anna Viola Nemmers
A. C. Reuter
Dubuque, Towa
F. X. Feuerstein
Incomplete LeMars Area Property Inquiry
A short notice notes miles from LeMars and good buildings with an inquiry directed to W. S. Freeman at B14t for more details.
Sabbath rules clash with Sunday play in Life excerpt
Excerpt shows a tense exchange about Sabbath conduct and Sunday football. Henry Hirais is accused of breaking the Sabbath while Jimmy Hicks is allowed to play on Sunday, with a witty remark about his vegetarian father. The line hints at an informal, coercive authority figure, the commandant, and local life in a memoir-like piece.
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Henry Hirais
Jimmy Hicks
Congregational church society to meet at Mrs Redmon home
The Womans Missionary society of the Congregational church will meet at the home of Mrs J T Redmon Tuesday afternoon at three oclock Mrs Redmon will be assisted by Mesdames Hnaugher and Henry Treis singer.
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Womans Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
J. T. Redmon
Ars. Redmon
Mesdames Hnaugher
Henry Treissinger
Forty Ninth State University of Iowa commencement invitation
An invitation announces the forty ninth annual commencement of the State University of Iowa. The program spans six days of ceremonies. Mr and Mrs John Fitzgerald visited LeMars on their wedding tour before heading to Seattle and the west for the summer. The Missouri Valley Field Meet was held at Des Moines Haskins Stadium with Grinnell College taking first, Nebraska second, and Ames third after a tight race hinging on the high jump.
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State University of Iowa
Haskins
Resolution of Mower Post Adopts Gratitude Note
At Friday’s Mower Post meeting a resolution was unanimously adopted thanking many helpers for Sunday Memorial services and Decoration Day events. It singles out Comrade Dalton for opera house use, the LeMars Military Band for services, and the public schools staff and pupils for their large attendance and support.
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Mower Post
Dalton
Opera House
LeMars
Winners Receive Prizes at Inter-Grade Meet
At the high school building a Friday assembly honored Franklin Chirke and Central grade winners. Prof. Palmer presented prizes donated by local businesses to encourage sport and scholarship among the youths.
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Franklin, Chirke
Palmer
Windmills and Cedar Posts Sold at Perry Johnstown Store
Windmills and red cedar anchor posts were offered at W H Perrys store, attracting local buyers. The sale highlighted practical farm equipment and durable cedar posts, drawing steady interest from nearby farmers and homesteaders.
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Red Cedar
W. H. Perry
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Vera Ross
Earl Diller
W. NM. Perry
G. F. Null
May Adney
Caines School
H. B. Baldwin
Ideal
Merrill
Laura Drucher
Aug. Nuel
L. QO. Hastman
Sheldon
Mr. LaRue Hilbert
Austin, Minnesota
Mrs. M. Hilbert
Joe Lynch
Meridan
Jtlansen Hardware Company
Wheeler & Wilson
Grand Rapids
May Schneider
Oberlin
Ohio
Albart Hoyting
Win, Plueger
Here
Plymouth Milling Co
C. H. Jones
Wm. Colling
Paulinna
Colorado
R. J. Hessler
Main
South Madison
Cythia Holster
Fredonia Township
A. H. Freeman
G. P. Osborne
John Smid
Paullina Times
H. C. Wilson
Marion
Mankato
H. W. Perry
Plymouth County
Kingsley
Elsie Fickerit
Olympia
L. J. Fickertt
Western Union College
Red Cross Drug Store
Tommie Patrick
D. O. Nicholas
Stratton
South Dakota
Wil Scott
William Smiley
Minneapolis
Smily
State University
Yale Smiley
Brunswick Hotel
Sharles
Holstein
Herron
LeMars Riday
Steve Hentges
Yankton
Julian
The
Merrill Record
Our City
Mille Schroeder
DeMars
Anna Wagner
Laura Eibel
Jolm
Union Hotel Force
Miss King
McLaughlin & King
Parley
Th. Millhorn and
A. St. Marie of
Des Moines
John Wagner
Elmire Music House
Nelle Williams
Neola
John Lentees
Hubert Nothem
Jacob
Tett
Booge, South Dakota
Josie
Mayme Umhoeffer
Alvord
Anna Thurber
Wagner
Mary Knudson of
Wingstey
A. A. Pierce
Big Jim
Sanger
Mrs. Geo. Hyde
Aberdeen
Mr. Tryde
Burt Strunk
Chikutuw University
B.C. Lawrence
Centerville
Mrs. C. J. Brierly
C. Millholm
LeMars Water and Light Company
M. H. Hen
Spokane
Washington
Bennison
Les
Hite A
Ersey
Lisle Thread
Bennison’s
M. A. Condan
Vienna
Gertrude Wagner of
Hinma Trentges
Susie Kurtknecker
Tor Salm
Hexstler
H. A. Edgar
Sloan, Towa
City
A. Edgar
Adam Wilmes
Pierre
Ite
J. S. Engelken
I. S. Struble
M. A. Moore
P. PF. Daton
Thos. Adamson
Thos
Boland
FE. Bilenbecker
M. Hilbert
John Fituzgerald
Dr. Fitzgerald
Mrs. Fitzgerald
Seattle
West
P. O
Globe-Post
Ourine
MH Carey
Main Street
LeMars, Iowa
Koenig & Cannon
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