Western Union Commencement Sends Off Busy Season
The Western Union College commencement week featured Decameronian and Exelsior literary society programs attended by many. Conservatory chapel proceedings showcased Misses Miller Buehler Zimmer man Hausem Edna and Laura Boyer McFarland Trow Thompson Brower with readings and two hand piano pieces. The morning address by Prof Thomas discussed Extensive versus Intensive Education. Edna Boyer won top academy honors, Merle Thompson close second. 8 Ross Doane posted the top college record. Diplomas awarded included Bachelor of Divinity Jacob A Haeblen and Bachelor of Accounts Margaret Marion Steele. teaching certificates went to Nettie M Thompson Hazel Brower Grace I McFarland. John S Dauskin earned a one year business certificate.
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Thomas
Edna Boyer
Merle Thompson
Ross Doane
Jacob A. Haeblen
Margaret Marion Steele
Nettie M. Thompson
Hazel Brower
Grace I. McFarland
John 8. Dauskin
Injuries Prove Fatal to Young Kingsley Boy
Herbert Brewster aged 16 of Kingsley Ta died in Sioux City hospital after a horse kick to the stomach one month earlier. His parents Mr and Mrs Thos Brewster were with him. Internment was in Kingsley. The case involved punctured intestines and a later relapse before death.
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Herbert Brewster
Kingsley
Sioux City
Thos. Brewster
Hosipital
Plymouth County Considers Bond Issue for Bridge Fund
Plymouth county board of supervisors adjourned a June meeting to Friday morning to discuss financing a bridge fund. They consider offering up to $20,000 in bonds to replace wooden structures with concrete spans due to high water and flood damage. Also noted is the death of Philip Raynard, reported as an inmate accident, with confusion over location and details.
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Plymouth County Bridge Fund
Board of Supervisors of
Plymouth County
Idge Fund
Nct
Foreign Airship Experiments Over Berlin Reported
Reports describe the Gross airship conducting wireless telegraphy experiments above Berlin. Trials lasted hours as the craft maneuvered the city. Corsica faces dire shortages due to a sailor strike in Marseilles disrupting external supply lines. Magasinas Du Louvre founder H A Chauchard is dead. The American Lodge of Free Masons in London consecrated by Lord Amphill. Earth tremors and subsurface rumbles persist in Ribatojo Portugal with no casualties. Missionary trial in Leopoldville postponed to June 30.
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Foraigni
Berlin
Corsica
Marseilles
H. A. Chauchard
Magasinas du Louvre
Paris
M. Chauchard
American Lodge of Free Masons
London
Grand Lodge of England
Grand Lodge
Lord Amphill
Ribatojo
Portugal
Leopoldville
Canga
Wiliam Morrison
W. H. Sheppard
Miss Maude Lewis Hosts Q A Girls Luncheon at Plymouth
Miss Maude Lewis entertained the 4 Q A girls at her Plymouth Street home Thursday at one o'clock with a yellow and white luncheon setup. The event featured a mon-de-u-otou course and dinner served by Miss Alta Gaston and Fried Huebsch. Tables were adorned with large yellow flowers. several guests, including Clara Jackson back from Spirit Lake and Luella Woodke from Preston, Minnesota, attended along with former LeMars teacher Miss Wasson as guest of honor.
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Maude Lewis
Plymouth Street
Mont -de- Uctoua
Alta
Gaston di
Clara Jackson
Spirit Lake
Luella’ Woodke
Preston
Minnesota
Miss Wasson
LeMars
Alumni Banquet Honors Hon I J McDuffie in Cedar Falls
Hon I J McDuffie, longtime state normal board member, received honors at a Cedar Falls alumni banquet. A large portrait was unveiled after speeches and toasts, and the event included dedication to the state university and Farm in southern Minnesota. Other brief society notes list visitors and local movements in LeMars and Sioux City.
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I. J. McDuffie
Atate Normal Board
Cedar Falls
McDuffie
State University
Duus Van Nimwegen Wedding in Rapid City
John G Van Nimwegan of Rapid City marries Grace Duus of LeMars Iowa in a four oclock Cowboy hill ceremony officiated by Rev H R Upton. The couple will live on Main Street and later move to 1012 Wrankiin Street after June 18. The Gl ope Post extends best wishes.
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Rapid City Journal
Rapid City
John G. van Nimwegan
Grace Duus
LeMars
Iowa
H. R. Upton
Cowboy Hill
Fairmingdale
Swander Grocery Company
A. M. Duus
Main Street
Ventional Black
Rayffart
Whitfield
Methodist Church
Sioux City
West Hotel
LesMurs
Wrankiin Street
Globe‘Post Printing Establishment
Globe Post
Lightning Strikes Homes On Ridge At Storm Event
A heavy electrical storm hit the locality around 10:30 Saturday evening with rainfall. Lightning struck M Christensen's stable in the northeast, killing a cow near the door. The bolt split after impact, damaging rafters but causing no other major harm. Nearby targets include J H Spears residence and Samuel Wisnow home, fueling opinion that a mineral deposit on the ridge attracts discharges.
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J. HB. Spears
Samuel Wisnow
Farewell Reception for Miss Virginia Snidow
Members of the First Baptist Church hosted a Friday evening farewell at Mrs. Ben Clagg’s home for Miss Virginia Snidow. The event featured decorative flowers, games, social chatter, a two course luncheon, and a leather bound Bible gift presented by Rev. Stenhoff. Snidow plans to move soon to a new home in South Dakota.
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Stenhoff
the Baptiat Church
LeMars Chosen to Host Biennial State Convention
John Starzel returned from Cedar Rapids where he helped secure LeMars as the next Biennial State Convention site for the Order of Catholic Foresters. Fort Dodge and LeMars vied, LeMars prevailed. the event will be held in June 1911, marking the first western Iowa convention.
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John Starzel
Cedar Rapids
Order of Catholic Foresters
Starzel
LeMars
Fort Dodge
LeMars Bride Mary Miller Weds Elwood Bixby
June weddings bring town sentiment as Mine Rose Huber daughter of John and Mrs Huber unites with Levi Bixby’s son Elwood in a First Methodist parsonage ceremony last Thursday Evening. The bride wore a lawn and lace gown and carried a bouquet of brides roses.
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Rose Huber
Elwood Bixby
First Methodist
John “Huber
LeMars
Levi Bixby
Ign
Mary” Miller
Plymouth County Holiness Association Convention Sets Ten Days
The Plymouth County Holiness Association will hold its annual convention this week from Friday, June 18 for ten days. Tents will be set at the east end of Broadway with three daily meetings. Rev. O F Goettel of LeMars and Mr. and Mrs. C H Strong of Terre Haute Indiana will lead. All are invited to attend.
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Plymouth County
Viavi Hygiene Ad Blurb From LeMars Iowa Page
An obscure classified style notice from LeMars Iowa advertises Viavi hygiene free information campaign. It mentions a P O Box 1336 and implies a broad page count of four hundred pages with emphasis on accessibility and free information.
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P. O. Box
LeMars
Towa. Blste
Police seek forger in Sioux City check case
Sioux City authorities hunt a likely veterinary surgeon described as dark complexioned with dark hair and a large build who passed a 93 25 bad check at Oscar Ruff Drug Co 401 Fourth Street. The suspect, posing as Dr Holster of LeMars, used a letter from Spotts Post and bought veterinary instruments a grip and a cane. He wore a dark suit and black stiff hat last seen in Sioux City and has worked as a physician in Minnesota Hartley and Mapleton Iowa.
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Robert Mecpetettan
Oscar Ruff Drug Company
Fourth Street
Sioux City
Dr. Holster
LeMars
Spotts & Post
Ruff Company Veterinary Surgical Instruments
LeMars Bank
Holster
Minnesota
Hartley
Iowa
Mapleton
A Grand Homecoming Echoes Across Time
In a dreary March of 87 a determined man builds a school from eleven pupils to a thriving college. Years of struggle, sacrifice, and faith culminate in a celebrated homecoming as former students and even distant figures return to honor the institution and its founder.
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McDowell
Violet Hagen
Nature
Bridget
Flappy
Jack
Power House
White House
Orient
Marion Crawford
Marlon
Royal Castle
Mother
Father
May
Joe
Hawkeye
Tom Bryan
Mallie
Mollie
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Conservatory
Awa
Acorn Lodge
le Mara
W. W. Brunton
Boone
L. W. White
Woodbine
R. L. Littin
L. W. Smith
Des Moines
M. W. White
8. M. Kellogg
Alta Strker
Assembly
Helen Prescott
Mason City
Monona
Woodbury
Plymouth
Order
Eath
Philip
Raynard
Joey
O'Leary
Tohewan
Canada
Kingeey
Reynard
Miss Lewis Entertans
J. J. McDuffie
LeMare
Freeman
W. H. Perry's
Gertrude Walsh
Miss Tierney of
Remsen
T. M. Zink
William Mooney
Ovens
Lane Vaside- Steeg
T. B. Gallagher
Meda
George W. Smith
Fetten
H. J
the Brunswick
Raiffe
Duus
van Nimwegan
Akron
Miss Suidow
Huber-Bixby
LeMara
Health Movement
Migs
Mary Coffey
Lookerson
Wernli
Walla
Soca
Dutehy
McPhail
Behning
Smith & Barnes
Kohler & Campbell
The
Bellaire Music House
PF. H. Carey Jeweler and Optometrist
LeMars, Iowa
L. H. Bown
Jack Heath
P.O
Globe-Post
Os Escews Eee
Globe-Peat
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