Christmas shopping and town life in Emmetsburg notes
Activities in Emmetsburg cover pay day for Rock Island boys, improved freight business, snow clearing enabling skating on the river, and a festive Christmas shopping push with merchants drawing crowds. Funeral for H. C. Shadboldt and Knights Templar attendance, local real estate moves, post office hours through December, and upcoming Elks ladies night mark a busy period in town life.
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Rock Island Boys
Rock Island
H. C. Shadboldt
Emmetsburg
Knights V Templar
Hstherville
Emmetaburg
Esdraclon Commandery K
Ketherville
B. P.O. BE
Knights Templar
Esdraelon
Grand Chapter
No Gambling Devices Ordered by Mayor Galloway
Mayor Galloway orders Marshall Haynes to notify all parties operating slot machines and gambling contrivances to discontinue use or face legal action. The notice targets operators and warns of the strong arm of the law if noncompliance occurs.
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Galloway
Marshall Haynes
Eastern Star Elects Officers
Eastern Star Chapter No. 200 elects officers last Wednesday evening with Julia Brews, W M, E S Ler aa WwW, Margaret Wilson associate matron, Ella Miller secretary, Bula E. Puller treasurer, Bessie Birney conductress, Pearl Bewis associate conductress.
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Ace Star
Julia
Brees
W. M
Riis Urges Christmas Aid to Neighbors at Home
Riis in Circle Magazine urges readers to help those next door not distant neighbors. He advocates inviting a worker to share their story, offering support, and making a New Year resolve to learn who the people in one’s own household and workplace are and to help them. He notes Christmas Eve as the moment to act.
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Person
Pitcher
John Woods
Santa Claus
E. C. Bryant
Ceylon
John
Herman Oransky
Rochester
Commercial Club
Armory
Rank
Fort Dodge
Mesdames
M. J. Groves
E. Bemis
G. A. Nichols
Ella Miller
Geo. Gallagher
John Roan
C. M. Brown
N. B. Egbert
Victoria Hotel
Jacob A. Riis
Circle
Treaure
Joln
Your Dollar Returns When Spent at Home Ad Advice
A brief ad note urges shoppers that money spent locally comes back, while mail orders lose value. It suggests scanning advertising columns to find better local purchasing options and emphasizes advantage of buying at home.
The Circle For December magazine review
The December Circle magazine offers diverse departments and fiction by Leo Crane Lillian Bell and John Fleming Wilson. It features responses from Riis Markham Alden and Strong on helping those less fortunate and the Christmas spirit pervades articles by Mabie Johnston and Kauffman with a poem by Markham set to music by DeKoven.
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Circle
Business
Music Circle
Collector’s Circle
Home Circle
Mother's Circle
Ste
Jacob A. Riis
Edwin Markham
Cynthia Westover Alden
Joseph Strong
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Wilam Alex Johnston
Reginald Wright Kauffman
Reginald DeKoven
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É Veni
Brief City News
Graettinger
Allen
Mason City
E. B. Higley Company
Helgens
Aittle
Frank Albro
Iowa Savings Bank
Chas. Dayton
H. H. Davidson
Town Savings Bank
Vindicator
Republican
Eagle Clothing Store
Nau Brothers Clothing Store
Rep
Eik’s Ladies Night
Elks Ball
Eastern Star
Wale
Viuncator
Styles
Nau Brothers
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