Iowa Old Press
Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa
Wednesday, 9 Dec 1903

TOWN TOPICS OF A WEEK

Regular meeting of the A.O.H. this evening.

John H. BRENNAN was down from Greattinger yesterday.

J.H. KELLY was transacting business at Ayrshire Saturday.

M. MILLER was over from Whittemore on business Saturday.

The addition to the poor house is pretty well under headway.

Miss Florence WAGNER went to Curlew yesterday to visit friends.

The St. James Hotel has a neat new bus. M.W. JOYNT is driving it.

Miss Myrtle McCUNE of Minneapolis is visiting friends at Ruthven.

C.B. JACKSON, of Ruthven, has gone to Missouri to visit his parents.

A marriage license has been issued Wm. J. GRAHAM and Maggie DICKSON.

E.P. McEVOY was looking after business interests at Ruthven Thursday.

Albert JENNETT, of Whittemore, was transacting business in this city
yesterday.

Jesse WOODCOCK, of Ruthven, was an Emmetsburg visitor Thursday evening.

The other day the SANDERSON block was sold to Jas. B. BUTLER for $35,000.

The Algona creamery, which was recently destroyed by fire, will be rebuilt
at once.

Mrs. BOBLIT, who has been quite ill for some time, is able to be up and
about again.

Mrs. E.E. RYAN and little daughter, of Ruthven, visited Emmetsburg friends
last week.

The Free Press reports twins at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. CHRISTIANSON,
of Ruthven.

Paul SWESSINGER was down from Estherville last week. He was laid up with the
quinsy.

There are now 1510 rural mail carriers in Iowa and their wages for November
amounted to $78,546.

The ladies of Trinity church will hold a market Saturday, December 12th, at
D.J. LYMAN's drug store.

T.F. McGOVERN, of Whittemore, was visiting Emmetsburg relatives Sunday.

A card party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. COONAN one evening
the first of the week. All who were present report having had an excellent
time.

Miss Cora McDONNELL, of Estherville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Anna DUHIGG, of
this city. She was formerly a trimmer in one of the millinery stores of this
place.

Mrs. REIDY, wife of Rev. R.H. REIDY, pastor of the M.E. church at Laurens,
slipped and fell a few days ago and injured her spine so badly that it will
take months for her to recover.

Father ROESLER, of Mallard, is much improved and is up and about again.
Still it is thought that he will find it necessary to take an extended
vacation in order to regain his lost strength and vitality.

E.J. HIGGINS and son, E.J., arrived home from Chicago Monday. The former is
now quite hearty and feels greatly relieved as a result of the surgical
operation he underwent in that city some time ago.

Saturday Mr. and Mrs. A.H. DORWEILER, of Whittemore, lost their baby boy,
aged seven weeks. The funeral took place at Whittemore Monday. The parents
have the sympathy of their many friends in their loss.

The best load of corn we have seen this fall was brought to town Wedneday by
John O'BRIEN. It was large, of good color and variety, and perfectly sound.
He sold it to his brother, Peter, who will save it for seed.

Mr. LOVELL, who has been in charge of the construction work on the Palo Alto
Tribune system, came home from Mallard Friday evening quite ill. He is
suffering from an abcess in the ear which is a most distressing ailment.

Mr. HANRAHAN is at present having fair success laying sewer pipe and is now
on Main street just west of A.H. KELLER's residence. He has been doing
considerable tunneling, which the frozen ground has made possible.
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W.E. McALPINE Gets Two Years.
The criminal case against w.E. McALPINE, of Whittemore, for complicity in
the famous Tennessee land swindle, mention of which has often been made in
the Democrat, was tried at Columbus, Ohio, last Wednesday. He was found
guilty and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. Mr. McALPINE will
be remembered as the gentleman who was married on the stage in Music hall in
this city a couple of years ago. His wife was one of the actresses in the
company that was playing here at the time. He is a large, fleshy, good
natured fellow and generally speaking does not worry much. L.C. BOYLE, who
was also arrested at the time, was convicted of a minor offense in the
matter and was fined $100 and costs. However, he will have to answer to some
other charge, which is yet to be considered.
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Another Girl Hangs Herself
Saturday morning Miss Anna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris HANSON, living
four miles northeast of Ruthven, hung herself in the hay loft of her
father's barn. She placed a barrel on top of a box and, standing on the
latter, tied a halter around her neck and fastened it to a timber above her.
Then she jumped off the barrel. [Don't have rest of article]
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James OWENS is Dead.
Word reached Emmetsburg the first of the week announcing the death of James
OWENS at some point in the province of Alberta. The remains will arrive in
this city Friday for burial. The deceased will be remembered by most of the
old settlers, having been one of the pioneer residents of the county. He was
a brother of Mrs. Thomas CLAER and Mrs. P. CLAER, of Ayrshire, and also of
the late P.H. OWENS. He was unmarried and was perhaps 50 years of age. He
went ot Alberta with another brother seven or eight years ago.
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Says Canada Has Good Farmers
J.B. LAMBE was down from Graettinger Thursday. He recently returned from
Bottineau, North Dakota, where he farmed during the summer. His place is
only five miles from the Canadian line and he frequently visits King
Edward's domain. He says the Canadian towns are very backward and old
fashioned but that the American farmer, as a rule, does not work his land so
well as his foreign neighbor. The latter keeps up his land quite
successfully by occasional summer fallowing and when he does this he gets
practically a double crop. In Canada, bank deposits are guaranteed by the
government, which makes the banks put up the security necessary to make good
the guaranty. There is a great deal of smuggling across the boundary line,
especially by farmers. There are government officers at certain places, but
they do not seem to insist on a rigid enforcement of he revenue laws. Mr.
LAMBE says that the republican farmers who live in his neighborhood are
satisfied that foreigners do not pay the tariff tax. J.B. will spend the
winter with his family in Graettinger.


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