Iowa Old Press

Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto County, Iowa
5 Aug 1914

Glenn BROWN was a passenger to Parker, South Dakota, Thursday evening.
Miss Myrtle WAGNER was the guest of friends at Spencer Wednesday and
Thursday.
Miss SWEENEY of Sheldon visited last week, with her brother, Father
SWEENEY, of that place.
James WASHINGTON, Charles WALTERS, and Carl LARSON of Ruthven were
Emmetsburg visitors Thursday.
W.E. JACKMAN has bought a Ford auto. It has an electric starter and all of
the latest equipment.
Miss Esther WALDRON of Ayrshire was in Emmetsburg last week. She was
taking the teachers' examination.
Miss Loretta FOY, who had been visiting relatives at Waterloo for a couple
of weeks, returned home Thursday evening.
Henry DORWEILLER and one of his daughters were Emmetsburg visitors
Wednesday. They came to see one of the local dentists.
Misses Ethel and Florence KIBBIE and Miss STARKEY of Ayrshire visited with
Emmetsburg relatives and friends a couple of days last week.
Miss Hattie BLACK's sister, Mrs. MOLISON, and her little daughter went to
Kingsley, Iowa Wednesday to visit relatives for a short time.
Scores of our subscribers report that they had roasting ears of field corn
the last of the week. They usually do not have themn until August 15.
Mr. and Mrs. J.I. HOBSON enjoyed a visit last week from Mr. and Mrs. S.W.
HOWE of Warsaw, Indiana. Mr. HOWE is a brother of Mrs. HOBSON.
Mrs. M.E. CONLON of Dubuque, who had been visiting local relatives and
friends, went to Rapid City, South Dakota, Thursday to visit her parents
for a week or ten days.
J.D. McCARTY received word from his tenant near Aberdeen last week that a
great deal of wheat would not be cut in that locality. It was badly
injured by the warm weather.
Mrs. P.H. JENNETT of Oklahoma is visiting her son, Albert JENNETT and
family of this place. She had been at Sioux Falls for some time. Her husband owns
considerable land in that neighborhood.
James SLATER has rented his residence to Prof. VONKROG, the new school
superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. SLATER are enlarging their home north of Mr.
HOELZNER's and will move into it when completed.
Mrs. C.C. EGAN and sons, Thomas and William, and Miss Nellie MARTIN left
for Deer Lodge, Montana Wednesday to visit relatives for a month. Mrs. EGAN's
mother and three brothers live at that place.
Earl HENRY, who spent his vacation with his parents in West Bend, was in
Emmetsburg Thursday.
Miss Anna BRENNAN visited her sister, Mrs. Thos. CURRANS of Ruthven, the
last of the week.
Miss Margaret MULRONEY and Miss Catherine MULRONEY were Whittemore
visitors the last of the week.
Mrs. L. KUNZ of Mallard was in Emmetsburg Saturday. While in town she
called to subscribe for the Democrat.
Miss Vina THOMPSON is home from Spirit Lake where she had been spending
some time with her uncle, Postmaster NELSON.
Mrs. J.D. McCARTY and her daughters, Misses Agnes and Kitte, went to
Minneapolis Thursday to visit Mrs. Orville WILLIAMS.
Miss Clara MINGLE of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, has been visiting Mrs. Gene
KANE and other local relatives during the past couple of weeks.
Township and municipal officers should see that all noxious weeds are cut
promptly. The law providing for this is strict and should be enforced.
Estherville is to have a second hospital. It will be conducted by Miss May
HARCOURT, who has, it is reported, the backing of Drs. BACHMAN, BIRNEY,
WILSON, and BRADLEY.
Miss Helen APPELBY was at the Twin Cities last week visiting friends. She
will spend some time with her sister, Mrs. JACKSON, of Amery, Wisconsin,
before returning home.
T.C. WITT has sold his interest in the cement and house building business
at Spencer, to his partner, Peter NELSON. Messrs. NELSON and WITT have done
considerable work in this city.
Mrs. C.W. HODGKINSON of Chicago is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.F.
KELLER, of this place. She is accompanied by her niece, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur KELLER.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred James of Los Angeles, California, are looking after
business interests in this locality. They moved to that place last fall.
They own a farm northeast of this city.
C.L. HENDRICKS, who has managed the Western Electric Telephone Office at
Whittemore for some time, left that place last week. The Champion says
that Miss Adel REILLEY has temporary charge of the office.
Fourteen auto drivers were arrested at Milford one day a short time ago
for violoating the speed limit ordinance. The mayor and marshal must have had
more buiness than they could handle. Milford is on teh main road running
from Spencer to the lakes and there is a great deal of travel on it.
The Independent reports that W.H. BARRETT of Mallard has bought a farm
near Evan, Minnesota.
Miss Mildred SMIDTH recently returned from Spirit Lake where she had been
visiting relatives.
Mrs. F.E. TELLIER of Onawa visited during the past week with her brothers
and sisters of that place.
Mrs. Dan VEDDER went to Laurens Thursday morning where she will visit
relatives for a few days.
Miss Mary DUFFY was home from LeMars last week visiting her mother and
other local relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake GRETHEN of Ellington township were Emmetsburg visitors
Saturday afternoon.
The Free Press says Mrs. J.H. THATCHER of Ruthven has gone to Chicago to
consult an eye specialist.
The M. & St. L. people claim that the proposed strike of the engineers on
the western lines will not affect their company.
Miss Pearl RICHARDSON, who had been visiting for a couple of weeks in
Minneapolis returned to Emmetsburg Saturday.
Miss Frances DOLLIVER, daugher of the late Senator DOLLIVER, spent the
past week at the W.E.G. SAUNDERS' home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer STRATEMEYER and family, who had been visiting local
relatives, returned to Carroll Tuesday of last week. They made the trip by
auto.
The People's State Bank will be organized at Germania, Kossuth county. It
will be capitalized at $25,000. L.T. CLEMENT, a former resident, is back
of the organization.
The Ft. Dodge Grocery company will establish a branch house at
Estherville.
It will be in charge of J.T. JOHNSON. It will begin business about January
1. Six men will be employed.
Miss Edith HARDING of Chicago is visiting Miss Edna KERWICK of this city.
The Misses HARDING and KERWICK were classmates during the past year at St.
Marys's of the Woods, Indiana.
F.H. DUFFY, of Dubuque, a cousin of J.A. DUFFY, of this place, has been
re-appointed national lecturer of the Modern Woodmen of America. He has
held the position a number of years.
We notice that superintendent H.A. WELTY, formerly of Ruthven, who is at
present at Arnolds Park, has bought another quarter section of land
southeast of Terril. He intends moving onto it at some future time.



From the Emmetsburg Democrat
Palo Alto Co,IA , 26 Aug 1914:

Dr. Bert Joynt is Home From Northern Germany
Was Hungry in London and Found Shores in Greenland Very Cool

Dr. Bert Joynt arrived home from Vienna, Austria, Thursday morning. He left
for that place in January to take a post graduate course in special surgery.
He left there June 30 and went to Konigsberg, which is situated close to the
Baltic Sea and not far from the Russian border. He decided after war was
declared to remain in the hospital in which he was taking his course until
the close of hostilities, but he discovered that the cost of living was
advancing so rapidly that he could not afford to stay. Saturday morning,
August 1, he paid the usual price for his breakfast at the place where he
was stopping, but in the evening he was charged five times the amount for
his supper. He and his companion, who was also a student, concluded that
they would take the first train to Berlin, but they could not secure
tickets. However, three extras were leaving some time later and they managed
to come away. The train ahead of tehm was wrecked by a Russian who threw a
bomb under the bridge over which it was passing. The offender, was, of
course, promptly taken in charge by the military authorities. The train on
which Dr. Joynt came had soldiers in each car and on the footboards around
the car. The windows were closed, the lights turned down and the passengers
forbidden to look out. Dr. Joynt says he did not care to ask any questions
and was willing to obey all instructions to the letter. Military discipline
in Germany is very strict.

Berlin was reached at 1:30 Sunday afternoon, but the Doctor and his friend
could not secure their passports or tickets until 11:00 o'clock Monday.
However, they did not have any delay or difficulty in identifying themselves
as American citizens. They found 10,000 Americans in the city who were
anxious to come away. They walked from the depot to the place where the
train was making up and they managed to get seats before the rush. They
think the train they came on was the last one out. A large number of people
were left behind.

Flushing, Holland, was reached the following morning at eight o'clock. While
there both gentlemen's passports were demanded several times. People seemed
alarmed and it was impossible to find anyone who would carry trunks or other
luggage. The Doctor and his friend had to walk quite a long distance and
they were frequently stopped by soldiers, who inspected their grips. Tuesday
forenoon at eleven o'clock a steamer left for London. For some time before
their departure they were roped in on the docks and were not allowed to
leave. They reached Folkstone, England, at six o'clock Tuesday evening and
London about nine o'clock. They had in their possession $385 in German
money, $100 in American currency, and two shilings and six pence in English
denominations. All the cash was paper except 6 pence. The banks were closed
and they could not make any exchange. They put up at a hotel, but the
following morning the German and American money would not be taken in
payment of their bill. They could not secure breakfast and they had two
pence between them. They bought a bun and a doughnut and ate them in an
alley. They had to leave their grips at the hotel as security for their
lodging. Their bill for supper and beds was 34 shillings , which was
something over $8. Wednesday night they thought they would have to sleep in
the public park, but they went to a small boarding house where the landlady
said she would trust them until they could change their money for English
currency. They secured a small room and both occupied a narrow, poor bed.
They were glad to get it. The next forenoon they bought a cup of coffee.
They did not have enough cash to invest in a daily newspaper, but they
secured one that another gentleman had finished reading. In glancing through
it they noticed an item stating that Americans were being cared for at the
Savory hotel. They located the house and registered, but they could not
obtain any information that was satisfactory. They went to the American
embassy during the afternoon where they deposited 100 marks for two pounds
of English money. This was quite an accommodation. When they return the
amount they will get back their German currency.

During the evening they learned that an American gentleman, who was formerly
connected with the Pennsylvania system, but who is now manager of the Great
Eastern Railway company was changing money for Americans in order to help
them out for a short time. Dr. Joynt's companion approached him and swapped
$20 for four pounds of the standard of the English realm. He told the
gentleman that he had also a friend in need and he was given twice the
amount usually allowed to single individuals. Later Dr. Joynt went in to see
him, but did not tell him that he was one of the parties who had been
accommodated. He finally succeeded in exchanging $10 for 2 pounds of English
money.

He and his companion next went to the offices of the Conard, the White Star
and the Red Star lines. They offered to work for their passage to New York
or Quebec, but they were told that a number of ship crews had been
discharged and that there were not any jobs for passengers. Thursday they
found that they could secure steerage berths on the Allen lines, which
belongs to the Canadian Pacific railroad company. They were told to take
them quick as others were rapidly applying for accommodations. They paid
down a pound each. Later they managed to exchange a few American bills for
English currency. They then had enough each to bring them to Quebec. During
the evening they started for Liverpool where they met Dr. White of Clinton,
Iowa, a friend, whom they knew in Vienna. He loaned them 10 pounds each.
With this amount they felt they could return home from Quebec.

They left Liverpool Saturday evening at eight o'clock on the steamer
Virginian. It was the third boat that had started from the harbor that
evening. The boats were sailing about two hours apart. The other two vessels
were the Teutonic and Lucona. The Virginian came over the north route
passing quite a distance north of Ireland. The passengers were told while on
the voyage that the captain of their vessel was sailing under sealed orders.
He opened them at various places and received wireless messges directing him
about the course of his voyage. It seems that an English cruiser was
following closely so as to guard against attack by hostile vessels. At one
time the Virginian was close to the coast of Greenland. Thursday and Friday
after leaving Liverpool the weather became very cold. The ocean spray froze
when it fell on the deck of the vessel. While on the voyage the pasengers
saw scores of large icebergs. At times they passed through heavy fogs. The
accommodations were very poor. The Doctor and his companion, however,
climbed regularly to the upper deck where they were allowed to remain most
of the days and evenings. The officers of the vessel knowing the
circumstances were not very strict in enforcing the rules. While on the trip
they had to sleep on ordinary shelves. Their bedding consisted of some
coarse excelsior, over which was spread Irish linen cloth. It was as stiff
as harvet canvass. Their bedding was so hard that their ears, the sides of
their faces and their heels became sore. There were 1500 persons on the
boat, including the passengers and the members of the crew.

The vessel reached Quebec on Sunday evening. The trip was made in eight
days. On landing they were treated like the ordinary emigrants. An emigrant
train hauled them to Montreal. They arrived in that city Tuesday morning.
>From there they came directly to Chicago.

Dr. Joynt says the English people are very bitter against the Germans and
that the Germans are more hostile toward the Russians than the English. He
thinks the Germans have a great army. The Austrian army is large but the
soldiers do not compare with those of the kaiser. While at Konigsberg he saw
from four to five airships going up daily. an raising towards the Russian
frontier. He considers them useful chiefly for observation purposes. Still,
he thinks the French air craft is the best in Europe. He did not see any of
the regular soldiers in England or in France, but he was told that the
French have a very capable land force. The English fleet is, of course,
superior to anything in the world. The Germans are intensely loyal to the
kaiser. Many of them would go to extremes to serve him. The German people
think the kaiser's oldest son, the crown prince, is more responsible for the
war than is the emperor.

Prince Ferdinand, of Austria, who was killed in Servia [sic], was considered
a deserving man. Still, the Austrians did not seem to be very indignant over
his death. Dr. Joynt does not care very much for the Austrian people. They
do not compare with the Germans, Belgians or English. ....
[Note: Above was my great uncle.]

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