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Palo Alto Reporter
Palo Alto County, Iowa
Friday, August 3, 1894

Personal Mention.
    Miss Maggie Donovan is sick at this writing.
    Mr. George Briggs, of Nevada, visited with his cousin, Mr. E.S. Briggs, of this city.
    Miss Lottie Joyce, sister of P. Joyce, is quite sick at this writing. She was taken Saturday.
    Mr. and Mrs. L.J. Murphy mourn the loss of a five months' old child, which died last Friday.
    Miss Lillian Terrell is taking a weeks' vacation. She is spending it at her home in Mason City.
    Mrs. J.J. Shaw, accompanied by her daughter Muriel, left Tuesday, to visit relatives in West Union.
    We are glad to note that Mr Paton is recovering very fast from his late sickness and will soon be able to be around again.
    Mrs. Robert Long accompanied by her daughter arrived Tuesday to spend several weeks with Mr. W.G. Henry and family. Mrs. Long is a cousin of Mr. Henry.
    Mr. Tipp's apple crop again runs into close to a thousand bushels.
    We understand that Wm. Ward intends to build a house on the south side of the track in the near future. J.M. Sturtevant has the contract.
    The funeral of Mrs. John Kane occurred in Graettinger, Wednesday, and was very largely attended. Her death was caused by intestine trouble.
    Last Friday being the 5th anniversary of the birth of Master Bruce Bliven he celebrated it by entertaining a large party of his young friends and playmates. The little folks had a very nice time and entered into the pleasures of the day with the genuine zeal of children.
    Mr. E.P. Bragg met with an unfortunate accident Wednesday fore noon. He was engaged in sawing lumber in C.E. Taylor's shop, and in some manner his thumb was caught by the buzz saw and the bone so badly shattered that it was necessary to amputate it below the second joint. Dr. Powers was called and performed the operation and at present he is getting along as well as could be expected. Fortunately it was his left thumb, for had it been his right it would have crippled him worse.

Palo Alto Reporter
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa
Friday, August 24, 1894

DEATH SUMMONS
John Millea Passes Away Saturday.

     Death has again invaded the ranks of the early settlers of Palo Alto and bade Mr. John Millea to answer to his summons on the other shore.
    Early last spring Mr. Millea had a severe attack of the grippe from which he never completely recovered. It finally became complicated with other difficulties which resulted in his demise last Saturday evening.
    Mr. Millea was born in the County Kilkenny, Ireland, in the year 1819, and emigrated and settled in Illinois sometime during the year 1854. He remained but three years in Illinois when he removed to the vicinity of Marengo, Iowa, where he continued to reside until 1868, when he came to Palo Alto county and settled on a farm a few miles north of this city.
    Mr. Millea was a man who was universally respected and was noted for his strict honesty in all business transactions.
    The funeral service took place in the Catholic church Monday, at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. J.J. Smith. The procession which followed the remains to the cemetery was one of the longest that has ever occurred in this city.

Ayrshire

    Mrs. Summerville left Tuesday, for Storm Lake to be present at the Grand Lodge, I.O.G.T. She was sent as a delegate from the lodge here.
    The merry-go-round left Tuesday, and of course we miss it. They got all the nickles [sic] there were in Ayrshire.
    Mrs. Geo. Wickens is home from Ft. Dodge visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Summerville.
    Prof. Ward gave a splendid balloon ascension and parachute drop in Ayrshire, Monday afternoon. About 500 people witnessed the event.

Personal Mention.

    M.L. Brown left Monday for Davenport to attend to business matters.
    Miss Jennie Shower has accepted a position in the office of Mr. A.L. Ormsby.
    James Slater has returned from Nebraska where he has been clerking in general store.
    Mrs. E.S. Briggs enjoyed a visit during the past week from a sister who resides in Jessup.
    Miss Theresa Homan, of Algona, is spending a week in visiting with her aunt, Miss Kate Wernert, of this city.
    Mrs. T.H. Tobin was quite sick for several days of the past week. At this writing she has improved considerably.
    H.W. Beebe left Saturday evening for Chicago. No doubt he will be followed home by a large consignment of new goods.
    C.H. Kellar of Cedar Rapids visited several days of the past week with his brother Homer and other relatives of this city and Graettinger.
    Miss Kitty Aiken of O'Brien county arrived Saturday to spend a short time in visiting friends and relatives in Emmetsburg and vicinity.
    Mrs. H.C. Kendall and family, who have been spending some little time in visiting relatives at Ames, returned to their home in this city, Tuesday evening.
    The Misses Smith of Laurens, Iowa, spent several days this week in visiting their cousin, Mrs. John Menzies of this city. They returned to their home Tuesday.
    Mrs. J.G. Crowder left Monday afternoon for a visit among friends and relatives in the vicinity of Clinton and Lyons, Ia. She expects to be gone some little time.
    Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moses are enjoying a visit from their daughter Lena who resides at Utica, N.Y. She expects to make them a visit of several weeks duration.
    We are glad to be able to report that Mrs. Bert Illingworth, who has been quite sick for the past week, is on the mend and with no further complications she will soon be fully recovered.
    Mrs. Geo. Hoyt arrived last Thursday to spend a short time with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Walker, of this city. They reside in Nebraska a short distance from Yankton, S. Dak.
    Dr. F.H. Davis and wife, and Miss Jennie Bowden of Chicago are visiting their brother, W.J. Bowden of this city. They have been spending some little time in camping out at Arnolds Park and Lake Okoboji.

DIED.
     Mary E., daughter of James S. and Mary Scott, born at Wilmington, Ill., April 11, 1875; died at Emmetsburg, Iowa, Tuesday, August 21, 1894.
    The deceased came to Emmetsburg with her parents in the fall of 1875, and has resided here ever since, consequently she was generally known to our people-and she appears to have been a favorite with her acquaintances. In health she was light hearted and a diffuser of sunshine, and when sickness came she was a patient sufferer.
    Her light has gone out while it was yet day.
    Funeral services at the family residence at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

A Ruthven Scrap
    A little shooting fracas took place in Ruthven, the middle of last week. It appears that William Franke and A.J. Miller have each a son that do not agree well. Franke sent his boy over to Miller's to whip his. Miller sent the boy home and Franke alleges that he kicked and otherwise abused him. At any rate Franke loaded his rifle and went over to Miller's with blood in his eye. Miller saw him coming and went into his house and closed the door. But Franke managed to get the door open and commenced firing at Miler, who returned the compliment from a revolver. In the melee a shot passed through Franke's ear, but some assert that he did it himself in order to have something to arrest Miller for. Miller had Franke arrested for assault with intent to kill and he was bound over to appear at court under $1000 bonds. Failing to get bondsmen, he was lodged in jail here.
    Monday Franke had Miller arrested for the same charge, but he promptly gave bail and returned home.
    The matter will be sifted at the coming term of court and the blame for the trouble will very likely be fastened where it belongs.

- Don't forget the ice cream social at Charlie Anderson's Wednesday evening , Aug. 29.
-A new corn harvester is being set up for A.A. Wells and Son, at the Stiel agricultural warehouse.
-There have been several changes of residence during the past week. Mr. H. Kent now occupies the residence lately vacated by Judge Carr, while Mr. P.F. Gylling occupies the house vacated by Mr. Kent.
-Wednesday, Aug.29, the mission tea will be given by Mrs. Catherine Bryce. We hope every lady who has a carriage will invite her neighbors to ride with her and start by 2:15 p.m. Don't forget, Wednesday, Aug. 29.   Mrs. J.H. HINKLEY, Pres.
-The picnic held at Mahan's grove yesterday for the benefit of the Catholic church, netted them $250...Mrs. McFarland of Emmetsburg is visiting with her sister, Mrs. Gard--Graettinger Times.
-John Walsh and Carl Tennant, both members of Co. F. of Algona, got left in Emmetsburg, Saturday while enroute home. They were informed that the train would stop fifteen minutes and came up town to get something to eat. They got back in time to see the train pull out of sight around the bend east of town. They are positive that they were gone only twelve minutes.
-Sergt. Brown left Monday morning, on the west bound train, for Omaha, the present quarters of his company. He has not drawn any pay or clothes for over three months, and as soon as he has his matters there in shape will proceed to Burlington, Ia., where he has again been detailed for special work. He is a thorough soldier and when it comes to military tactics he can give some of the higher officers pointers in them. He is a thorough gentleman and made many friends during his brief stay in Emmetsburg.
-Wm. Richardson marketed a load of timothy seed on Thursday, that brought him $129.60. It was grown on ten acres of land and Mr. R. has 10 bu. of seed left. Mr. Richardson is also, so far as we are advised, the first man in the country to put one of the new corn harvesters at work. On Tuesday he cut and bound eight acres with it, and says the machine is here to stay.

A GRAND RECEPTION
Company K Met at the Train, on its Return, by the Band and Escorted to the Court House
An Elegant Reception Tendered Them by the Ladies in the Evening.

     When Company K returned from the encampment at Spencer, Saturday morning, the boys were treated to a genuine surprise. They had been told that the band would meet them at the depot, but were in total darkness as to what was to follow. When the train drew up at the depot the band struck up and made the welkin ring with the sweet strains of music. The boys filed out of the car and were formed in a line, and then Major Parker, who commanded the 3d batallion, of which the company was a part, came out and bade the boys good bye, and was given three lusty cheers, as was also Col. Rule, who came out for the same purpose.
    The boys, headed by the band, then marched up Broadway and turned east on Main and thence south to the court house.
    Here they were drawn up in line and Mr. Blanchard, in a neat little speech, informed them that the ladies of the company had prepared a reception which would be tendered them that evening at the home of Capt. Refsell.
    This was certainly pleasant news to the boys and visions of bacon and beans which had haunted them for a week gave place to a brighter one containing the delicacies of life.
    The evening found a company of over one hundred gathered at the hospitable home of Capt. Refsell, where a right royal time was had. The band discoursed its best music: a selected quartette rendered excellent songs. Short and appropriate talks were made by Revs. Case, Johnson and Jackson, as well as by Messrs. Darrah, Grout, Ormsby and Soper, who could speak from practical experience of the stern realities of camp life away back in the sixties. Then the boys took a hand and told how they enjoyed life at Camp Crocker. Capt. Refsell told how he came near being lost in the shuffle, and many other camp incidents. Private Saunders told of the beauties of camp police duties, and Lieutenants Keller and Henry each related a chapter from camp life.
     Refreshments were served during the evening and judging by the zest with which the boys partook of them they must have been more palatable than the camp fare.
    The evening was certainly a pleasant one and the boys all feel grateful to the ladies to whose exertions it is due and are unanimous in the opinion that the most pleasant part of camp life is the return home.
   

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