Iowa Old Press

Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, 3 May 1911

Clint SMITH spent Sunday at Sibley.

John P. MAHAN was down from Graettinger Friday.

Matt DONOVAN was home from Sanborn Saturday.

Mrs. O'HALLORAN was over from Cylinder Saturday.

J.J. WATSON was a passenger to Peoria Saturday.

Henry SCHMIDT was a visitor from Graettinger Monday.

Mrs. IRELAND and daughter left for Kansas City Saturday.

Melvin SHAUGER spent Sunday with his father at Faribault.

George TELFORD was home from Sioux City the first of the week.

Mrs. Axel ENGER of Bode was an Emmetsburg visitor Saturday.

Mrs. Peter JONES and little boy were passengers to Livermore Saturday.

C.O. HARRISON went to Eagle Grove Monday to attend a shooting tournament.

R.O. CLARK has resigned his position in the Royal Lumber Company's yard in
this city.

Will YOUNG visited his brother Andrew and family at Eagle Grove the last of
the week.

Wm. BAILEY was over from Sheldon Saturday evening for a brief visit with
Emmetsburg friends.

Miss Wilma RICHARDSON was over from Cylinder Saturday visiting her sister,
Miss Pearle.

Saturday while winding his clock, Owen McNULTY fell from the chair on which
he was standing and fractured one or two of his ribs. He has since been a
pretty sore man. He likes to meet his friends as usual,but he does not care
to laugh heartily.

Hugh LAWRENCE, Estherville's leading clothier, was an Emmetsburg visitor
Monday. The writer knew him in Chickasaw county many years ago. We are glad
to know that he has prospered at Estherville.

Mr. Clyde COYLE and Miss Hazel SHONWEILER were married at Algona Saturday by
the father of the groom, Judge COYLE. The bride is a Hartley young lady.

Capt. J.M. BOWYER, superintendent of the U.S. naval academy, will resign.He
is a brother of Mr. BOWYER, who insisted on serving as mayor of Algona after
he was defeated.

John, Phil and Joe O'CONNOR were down from Graettinger Monday shaking hands
with numerous friends.

Will and Robert McNALLY have purchased the lunch room that had been
conducted by their father during the past year.

S.D. BICKFORD was at Harlan, Iowa, Thursday on business. Some farmers had
commenced planting in that section of the state.

James DUNGAN, who has been very ill for some time, is not gaining in
strength. His son and daughter who came from a distance to see him are still
here.

Friday Virgil CROW of Mason City was convicted of assault with intent to
commit murder. He attempted to carve a man named LEONARD last Nov.

Ovedia OLSON of Ottoson was in Emmetsburg Thursday.

Frank KOCH spent Sunday with his parents at Whittemore.

B.R. BURTON of Ruthven was a Ft. Dodge visitor Thursday.

C.K. SHEPHERD of Ottosen did business in Emmetsburg one day last week.

Mr. John P. KRAMER and Miss Anna KROGH were married at Ringsted Wednesday.

W.J. KENNEDY of Ottosen was greeting Emmetsburg friends Tuesday of last
week.

Workingmen are not so scarce as they were a year ago. Farmers are not doing
much tiling this spring.

Rolfe has a number of cases of scarlet fever. Many of the children of that
locality are also down with the measles.

G.M. MILLER & Son of Ringsted have traded their stock of goods for the J.M.
CLEMENSON stock of goods at Badger.

Peter KOCKLER of Algona has been indicted for bootlegging. He skipped to
Story City but was located and brought back.

Bro. CLARK of the Pocahontas Democrat published a 15 column ditch notice
last week. It is no wonder he rides around in an auto.

Karl BUETTNER, the Spirit Lake horse thief, plead guilty last week and was
fined $50 and costs. He was fortunate in escaping a penitentiary sentence.

E.B. SOPER of Woonsocket, South Dakota, will break up considerable of this
land southeast of Emmetsburg this spring. he will sow 200 acres of it to
flax.

John O'CONNOR who has charge of the signal station work on the local
division of the Milwaukee system, left for Ireland last week to remain for
three months.

A.M. JOHNSON, Spirit Lake's pioneer and leading merchant, has gone ot Europe
to spend the summer. Mrs. JOHNSON was killed in an auto wreck a year or two
ago.

Miss Mabel KERR of Seneca township, Kossuth county, dropped dead Tuesday
evening of last week. She was outside assisting her brother to tie some
horses when the sad affair occurred.

Peter ELBERT and son of Whittemore spent Sunday with Emmetsburg friends.

Mrs. M.E. CONLON of Dubuque visited relatives in this city the first of the
week.

Mr. Hans CHRISTENSEN and Miss Lena HANSEN were married at Ringsted Tuesday
of last week.

Dr. E.F. THOMAS was a passenger from the east Saturday morning. He was
absent several days.

The MOODY 80 acres of land on section 31, Ellington township, was sold a few
days ago to J.B. JOLIFFE for $90 per acre.

The new law affecting the tax on automobiles, of which measure
Representative KULP is the author, will go into effect July 1.

Alfred JAMES of Hardy was in Emmetsburg several days during the past week.
He owns the ORMSBY farm in Vernon township.

A quarter section of land belonging to J.H. CHARLTON, located between
Havelock and Mallard was sold to John KLEIN a few days ago for $90 per acre.

The ladies of the Congregational church will hold a market at Mr. GOWANS'
store next Saturday. A liberal patronage is solicited. Sale will begin at 9
a.m.

Messrs. GROFF, SANDS, HAHN, HEIDEMAN, Albert STEIL and several others were
up from Mallard Monday. All seemed to have business before the board of
supervisors.

Guy BURNSIDE announces that Hotel Orleans will open next Friday for the
fishing season. He is a genial accommodating landlord. He keeps a splendid
hotel.

We understand that Prof. WRIGHT of West Bend has been elected principal of
the Buffalo Center schools. He has had charge of the West Bend schools for
several years. Buffalo Center is about the size of West Bend.

Mr. and Mrs. J.P. LAFFY of Wilmington, Delaware, wre the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. HESSION of this place the last of the week. They were on their way home
from Deadwood, South Dakota.

Miss Lodema ANDREWS left for Aberdeen, South Dakota, Saturday morning to
make her future home.

Mrs. N.L. NORTON of Laurens was in Emmetsburg last week inspecting the local
Pythian Sisters lodge.

Mrs. J.C. PAULSON and Mr. GUSLAND were at Ruthven Saturday attending the
funeral of Mr. BARGSTROM.

Roy BARTLEMAN went to Estherville Saturday afternoon. He has music classes
at that place and at Terril.

Raymond ROGERS, a Rolfe young man, has been appointed director of Athletics
in Drake university at Des Moines.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan O'NEILL were at Ruthven Saturday attending the funeral of
Mrs. O'NEILL's uncle, Lars BARGSTROM.

Mr and Mrs. HERSON, who live southeast of Emmetsburg, were called to Rolfe
Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mr. HERSON's grandfather. The old
gentleman was over 80 years of age.

It is claimed that the best way of preserving eggs is to electrocute them
before placing them in storage. Just how the work is done we have not been
informed, but it is doubtless a simple task.

P.J. DUFFY and Frank WARNKE returned from Bantry, North Dakota, Friday
evening. Mr. DUFFY sold Mr. WARNKE a quarter section farm in that locality.

Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg,Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, 17 May 1911

FUNERAL HELD THURSDAY
James Dungan Was One of the Pioneers of Our County

Last week brief mention was made of the death of James Dungan, who passed
away at this home in this city Monday night at 11:25. The funeral took place
Thursday forenoon. There was a large procession. Services were held in
Assumption church. There was a solemn requiem mass. Very Rev. J.J. Smith was
celebrant. He was assisted by Father Marks of this city and Father Kelly of
Graettinger. The burial was in St. John's cemetery. The pall bearers were
Thomas Kirby, Thomas O'Connor, Edward Keenan, P.J. Wagner, Joseph Mulroney,
and Henry Selle.
Mr. Dungan was born in the parish of Dunboin in the County of East Meath,
Ireland, October 12, 1828. He came to America in 1848 and settled in Niagra
county, New York, where he lived for four years. In 1852 he moved to
Allamakee county, Iowa, locating on a farm. He was married at Wexford, that
county, in 1857, to Miss Mary Woods. In 1881 Mr. and Mrs. Dungan sold their
farm in Allamakee county and came to Palo Alto. They settled on a farm in
Great Oak township. In 1880 they moved to Emmetsburg, subsequently residing
in their fine home in the Fourth ward. Ten sons and daughters were born to
Mr. and Mrs. Dungan. Two-John and Lizzie-died at early ages. The survivors
are Mrs. Dungan, Mrs. W.T. Jones of Oakes, North Dakota, Mrs. Geo. W. Downs
and Mrs. Thomas Higgins of Emmetsburg, Mrs. M.F. Steil of Wagoner, Oklahoma,
and Julia, Katie, Nellie and James of this city. All were in attendance at
the funeral.
Mr. Dungan was one of the rugged, fearless, achieving pioneers of our
county. He did his own thinking, laid his own plans, and carried out his
purposes regardless of what others might think or say about him. He had a
strong personality and he had positive convictions on all matters of local
or general importance. God gave him a keen, sensitive conscience and he made
constant use of it to direct him in the trying and exacting affairs of life.
He was a hard worker, a prudent provider, a thoughtful, far-seeing, upright
citizen, an affectionate husband and father and a most exemplary and useful
member of society. He lived to a ripe old age and he passed away conscious
that he had profited by the splendid opportunities that were his for four
score years and more and that he had used wisely and with scrupulous
consideration the many temporal and other blessings that Providence had
bestowed upon him. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends, many of them
the acquaintances of 30 years, is extended to the surviving members of the
family.
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Wm. Murphy Dead
Passed Away At His Home in Nevada Township Saturday

Wm. Murphy, who had been very ill for a long time, died at his home in
Nevada township Saturday. The funeral was held Monday. Services were
conducted at Assumption church. Very Rev. J.J. Smith officiated. There was a
large procession. The burial was in St. John's Cemetery.
We have not been able to learn complete particulars but we understand that
Mr. Murphy was born in Ireland April 10, 1843. hence he was 68 years of age.
He was married at Rock Island in 1866 to Miss Julia Ryan. They came to this
county about forty years ago. They located on a farm in Nevada township and
they subsequently resided on it. Mr. Murphy received a sun stroke about two
years ago. He never fully recovered.
Mr. Murphy was a pioneer in this locality. Though not one of the first
settlers, he came at a date sufficiently early to witness the trials and the
experiences that were known only in fronteir settlements. He secured a
substantial foothold soon after his arrival. He was frugal and he was
tireless in his industry. Hence he prospered as the country grew in
population and wealth. He was modest. He was a man of most exemplary habits.
Vice, even in its mildest forms, never appealed to him. Though
unpretentious, he was at all times consistent in his professions. He lead a
most exemplary life. He leaves to mourn his loss as a loving husband and
father, a devoted wife, one son-Daniel and one daughter, Miss Mary. All have
the sympathy of our many citizens in their sorrow.




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