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Iowa Old Press

Emmetsburg Democrat 11 Oct 1911
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto Co, Iowa

Topics of a Week

John Daily was an Ayrshire visitor Sunday.

Charles Duhigg was at Ayrshire Sunday.

J.F. Nolan of Ruthven spent Monday in Emmetsburg.

M.E. Cullen was an east bound passenger Monday evening.

Miss Martha Schendel and little niece spent Sunday at Whittemore.

John Montgomery and D.W. Cameron were down from Graettinger Monday.

J.H. Knoblauch went to Chicago Sunday evening to buy his winter stock of
goods.

We understand that James McCoy has bought a new bus and will conduct a
second line in the city.

Mr. and Mrs. Duhigg will move into their new home today. Mr. and Mrs.
Hinkley will occupy the E.G. Kelly residence.

Richard Kinsley was home from South Dakota over Sunday. He has been running
an auto garage in that state for several months.

L.H. Mayne was called to Topeka, Kansas the first of the week on account of
the serious illness of his mother-in-law, Mrs. J.M. Vandervort.

Mr. and Mrs. P.V. Nolan returned from South Dakota Friday evening. They
report fair corn and late flax in the section that they visited. Pastures
are excellent in that locality and cattle and horses looking well.

Col. E.D. Smith, the well known auctioneer, attended the N.A. Lind Shorthorn
sale at Rolfe Friday. Mr. Lind sold 40 cows and hefers at an average of $150
per head and four bulls at an average of $126 per head.

Three Calhoun county children died of infantile paralysis Friday. There are
also a number of cases of disease near Marshalltown. So far this season the
dreaded ailment has not had many victims here in northern Iowa.

One of our readers thinks that were farmers to burn off their meadows early
next May, they would destroy most of the grasshopper eggs. Others say that
the freezing of the wet ground will fix the eggs. We hope so.

Go to the Congregational Church today (Wednesday) noon for your dinner. It
will consist of fried chicken, all the vegetables that are to be had with
their usual accompaniments, ending with two kinds of pie-all for 25c

Wednesday O.J. Healy and Gus Maugloe of Mason City had a fight. John Wilcox,
who witnessed the encounter, struck Healy in the head with a spade and
nearly killed him. The injured man is not likely to recover.

At Mason City people are fined $10.85 for "hanging lamps" on one another.
Mayor Duffy occasionally imposes penalties on people for certain offenses,
but they are not locally known as "lamp hangers". It seems we are not up to
date in localism.

Father Mullally of Chicago, the well known Paulist was the guest of Father
McNerney Monday. He had just closed a mission at Spencer. We understand that
his health is poor and that he will be forced to take a rest. He is a
brilliant, zealous priest.

The Algona Advance says that Judge Quarton recently shipped three of his
Guernsey heifers to Wisconsin. He is gaining quite a reputation as a fancy
cattle breeder, he has during the past few years given a great deal of
attention to dairying.

Mrs. Mary E. Joyce returned from Lansing Monday.

Grant Smith was a business visitor from Terril Monday.

Frank Koch was an over Sunday visitor at Whittemore.

W.S. Palmer has gone to Osakis, Minnesota on a land deal.

Miss Catherine Corcoran sepnt Sunday with friends at Ruthven.

E.R. Sanders was down from Osakis, Minnesota last week on business.

M.L. Brown is enlarging the residence just west of the E.G. Kelly home.

James Francis O'Donnell, monologue actor, at The Iowa Wednesday evening,
October 18.

C.G. Wenning and Arthur Swessinger of Mallard were Emmetsburg visitors
yesterday.

There was a frost Saturday night. In some places it froze ice. All
vegetation was out of the way.

Henry Agnew and family have moved into the McLaughlin residence vacated by
Thos. O'Connor.

A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. John McNamara yesterday. The Democrat extends
congratulations.

Dennis Kirby arrived home from Aberdeen, South Dakota last evening to attend
the marriage of his brother.

L.P.C. Larson was down from Graettinger Monday. He left for Chamberlain,
Sought Dakota in the evening.

The annual meeting of the teachers of Palo Alto County will be held in the
high school building Saturday, October 21.

Hugh Meehan returned home Monday. His Claitwood won the 2:35 pace at
Darlington, Wisconsin, Friday in 2:16

Mr. McNamara is now giving our citizens all night light service. We hope he
may soon be able to give day service.

The play "The Cow and the Moon" will not appear at The Iowa as advertised
last week. The company canceled their date here.

Marriage licenses have been issued to Mr. John B. Casey and Miss Flossie
Minerva Goodrich and to Mr. John J. Gappa and Miss Sarah Miller.

Ole Williams was over from Ruthven yesterday on business. He has not yet
definitely decided regarding the taking of his contemplated Mexican trip.

Mrs. Monroe Johnson, Miss Kennedy of Estherville, and Misses Mary Donovan
and Alice Brennan of this city spent the past couple of days with relatives
and friends in the Twin Cities.

A.A. Drohman, who has decided to move to Canada, will hold a public auction
on his farm four miles south and one mile east of Ringsted Thursday, October
12.

Yesterday W.D. Donovan closed a deal for the purchase of the harness stock,
recently owned by John J. Gappa. He will close out his stock.

Word has reached this office that Father Charles is conducting a very
successful mission at the Graettinger Catholic church. He is eloquent,
pious, and zealous. Those who attend his missions are always highly
impressed with his efforts.

About twenty of the Knights of Columbus of this city went to Ayrshire
yesterday to attend the funeral of Thos. Claer. In all there were fully 50
members of the order present. They headed the procession from the residence
to the church and from the church to the cemetery.