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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
3
Local notes report more than 300 tickets sold for the Chicago excursion from LeMars and several railings on rail fares. Other items note a serious illness in a local family, a Woodmen picnic in Sioux City, court actions, new local businesses, a fire scare at a machine shop, and upcoming community events and meetings.
Rappal Bros. & Co report cattle values fell 10 to 16 cents across most grades with some 20 cent drops, due to 22 000 cattle and grassy varieties depressing demand. Hogs sold near 5.35 per cwt with steady to firm tones amid 30 000 hogs receipts. traders advised selling swine now before hot weather worsens conditions and noted losses in transit from crowding. Current cattle and hog values listed.
Miss Jose Doering and Herman Manke wed at the groom’s home on Howard Street in a private ceremony. Rev. J. J. Vail officiated for Zion Lutheran. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs Oltman Doering, kept the event a secret from relatives. The couple, who recently moved from Isnos, plan a short visit to Mount Olive before returning to Plymouth County.
Stravers, a year and a half old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Starzl, trapped his leg in an open shut-off pipe on Wednesday noon while playing. Neighbors and his parents failed to free him until the cement walk was removed and the pipe broken. He was frightened and sick for several days but escaped with no injury to his limb.
Nic Schueller, recently at the Cataract Hotel barber shop in Sioux Falls, purchased the Granite barber shop from J Koenig in LeMars. He will take possession July 1, move his family from Sioux Falls, and become an Iowa citizen again. Koenig will stay a few months, then travel, rest in California winters. Koenig, a pioneering LeMars barber of 47 years, built a strong local reputation from Baltimore to LeMars.
Water consumers are urged to conserve as excessive pumping wastes water and coal. The Lyg Mars Carry Water & Light Co requests careful use of water to reduce unnecessary loss and energy use.
The Congregational Church holds a morning sermon titled The Power of Faith. Sunday evening the pastor preaches on The Bright and Dark Sides of the Reunion or Seasons from the Week Just Passed.
The fifth annual commencement at Western Union College in LeMars ran June 6 to 14 with seventeen graduates. Faculty, alumni, and guests celebrated a class that included normal, commerce, and music graduates, followed by a banquet of toasts and a four course supper.
A vintage advertisement proclaims One Minute Cough Cure as the children's favorite noting it contains no opiate is harmless and tastes good while claiming it cures coughs croup and whooping cough and is endorsed by P H Diehl.
Regular correspondence details a busy week with residents traveling to Sioux City, a LeMars reunion, and weddings planned for June 21. The piece notes job moves, a large chicken flock, a farmhouse fire in Grant township, and the death of Mrs. G. A. Walraven, Orange City marshal’s wife, from heart failure after gallstone treatment.
The school picnic last Friday in the grave yard of H C Wilson drew about three hundred attendees. A bountiful dinner was served under pine trees, followed by a pupil and teacher program. Afterward the boys defeated the married men in a game of ball. Ice cream, cake, and strawberries were offered. Miss Margaret Foley of Ovens visited the Barnable home. Steve Farrell of DeKalb, Illinois, is visiting local friends. Mrs Dane Harney, previously ill, is improving.
The firm of M A Moore retires after years of service and is succeeded by the M A Moore Company. Fred D Moore, formerly manager at Mi Hardware, buys an interest in the lumber business. Officers: M A Moore president Fred D Moore vice president Frank A Post secretary and treasurer. Post will run local operations. Fred Moore handles office during Post’s upcoming Lake Okoboji vacation.
Policeman Frank Miller clashed with several men celebrating a reunion near the Union hotel. H G Munro was cut by Miller used a club and required nine stitches. Munro Wallace Munro and L G Bauerly were arrested for assault and battery. trial set for June 26.
Executrix notifies interested parties that on May 1, 1905 the undersigned was appointed by the court of Emmet County Iowa to administer the estate of Daniel Teefey deceased. All persons indebted to the estate should pay promptly and those with claims must present them to the undersigned by legally established deadlines.
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