Palo Alto County Developments and Local Notables
Palo Alto County sees extensive road improvements with eleven miles paved and many gravel roads. Sheriff reports pheasant enforcement. St Marys parish builds a 52000 parish school. Lizard Lake Resort to be sold. Laurens elects electric plant sale terms. Local marriages, band concerts, and editorial changes noted along with town quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palo Alto
Ross Moses
St. Mary’s Parish
Storm Lake
Merchants’ Community Clearing House
Estherville
Lizard Lake Resort
Wm. Elsen
Gargled Dialect Fragments Reflect Quoted Rural Life
A collage of quoted rural dialogues and observations shows characters debating chores, marriage, voting age, and daily routines. Fragmented lines depict domestic friction, worker talk, and social norms, with humor and tension threaded through improvised chatter.
Toyland at Eikenberry’s Gift Store Shines Bright
We can come nearer filling it than any one store in town. Every family member can be supplied with something useful from our stock. Toyland at Eikenberry’s offers a complete line for large or small, from tiny tots to teens. A gift here will please best with a fine assortment of glassware and chinaware, fancy dishes, full and partial sets, jardinieres, vases, and more. With the best line of toys in the city and a wide gift selection, Christmas shopping becomes easy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Flood
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County Reporter
George
J. Rollin Grant
Toyland
Eikenberry’s
Eikenberry
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Arthur T. McCartan
Bernice Scanlan
Poahhontas
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pocahontas
Wagener
J. J. Scanlan
Ella McCartan
Gilmore City
McNider
Mason City
Cherokee
Clarke
Floyd
Wright Counties
Margaret Donnehue
Fonda
Des Moines
Fred Hawley
Hetty Bockenoogen
Sherman Township
Laurens Sun
Laurens
Central States Electric Co
Sioux Rapids
G. W. Brooks
A. B. Chapin
Nee ‘Funds
Gredges
Josh
Pullman
Porter
Jed Hopple
Hobbs
Bobbs
England
Rastus
Sam
Mse
Sambo
Bite-Way
Iowa
Junkman Produce
Rolfe
Rolfe, Iowa
Butler Hall
C. M. Webb
E. Eikenberry
Santa
Mother
Daddy
Santa Claus
Atoyland
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