Iowa Old Press

Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, Jan 3, 1917

Short Items of Local Interest

James Cahill went to Ayrshire Tuesday to visit his daughter, Mrs. Hugh
Maguire.

Mrs. Theo. Chrischilles of Algona died at San Diego, California, last
Wednesday.

Mrs. Thomas Clare was over from Spencer Tuesday visiting at the Chas. Duhigg
home in this city.

Mr and Mrs Thomas Durant of Austin, Minn., are visiting at the home of Mr
and Mrs Wm Durant of Cylinder.

Mrs. Van Metre and daughter, Miss helen, were passengers to Des Moines today
for a week end visit with relatives.

S.R. Stedman of Fort Dodge arrived in Emmetsburg Tuesday to visit his
parents, Mr and Mrs P.H. Stedman.

Mrs. Matt Kilroy came over from Mason City Tuesday to visit her mother, Mrs.
Thomas Conlon for a few days.

Keith Gowans returned to Sioux City Tuesday after spending the holidays with
his parents. He is a civil engineer.

Robert Henderson, who lives northeast of this city, returned from Indiana a
few days ago where he was visiting relatives.

Peter Bough is not improving very much but his condition is not at present
considered particularly serious. His many friends are hopeful for his early
recovery.

Misses Regina and Marie Murray returned home Tuesday after a few days' visit
with relatives at Bancroft. Their cousin, Miss Helen O'Brien accompanied
them home.

John Casey, J.F. Kelly, and F.L. Dorris have invested in a ferret. Their
firm will be known as the German Combine. Anyone who needs the services of
their ferret should address them in the name of the firm.

J.M. BANWART of West Bend was in Emmetsburg Friday.

Matt DONOVAN visited relatives at Estherville Saturday.

Miss Lewine HAND went to Spirit Lake Friday to visit with friends.

Miss Edith DARG of Humboldt visited relatives in this city last week.

The Spencer people are figuring on installing a city heating system.

Robert MULRONEY was on the sick list for several days last week.

Miss Josephine DEALY went to Isabel, South Dakota, yesterday on business.

District Court will convene at Spencer January 15. Judge LEE will preside.

Sam ROSEN and Wm. EARLY were business visitors at Wallingford Saturday.

Mr and Mrs. E.M. THOMPSON spent the first of the week with Graettinger
relatives.

Mr and Mrs. C.J. FRYE and children spent New Year's with West Bend
relatives.

Mr and Mr. Richard COOKLIN have moved into the Fred AUSTIN residence in this
city.

Miss Florence MAGUIRE of Waterloo is visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs
Joseph MULRONEY.

Miss Idella MURPHY spent the first of the week with her father, Edward
MURPHY, at Graettinger.

Miss Anna DONOVAN was on the sick list last week, but is, we are pleased to
report, able to be about again.

Roy ATKINSON went to Spirit Lake Friday to visit relatives. His wife and son
have been there for some time.

Master George SCHRIEBER returned to Rodman Monday after a few days visit at
the C.J. FRYE home in this city.

Mr and Mrs. E.H. McNALLY and baby of Ayrshire spent New Year's with Mr and
Mrs John McNALLY of this place.

Mr and Mrs Dan BURNS went to Sioux Falls Saturday morning to visit for a
couple of days. They have relatives at that place.

James O'CONNELL of Lemberg, Sask., who was visiting in this city for a few
days, left for Waterloo Tuesday. From there he will go to Canada.

F.L. EATON of Charter Oak arrived in Emmetsburg this morning on a business
trip. He moved to that place from Ruthven a few weeks ago.

Master Eden SCHENDEL, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Paul SCHENDEL, was a pretty
sick boy Tuesday. At present, however, he is feeling much better.

Francis, son of Mr and Mrs. Thos. CULLEN, will leave for Dubuque tomorrow to
attend St. Joseph's college. He was a student at that institution some time
ago.

Father S.P. SWEENEY came down from Spirit Lake Monday. His sister, Miss
Esther, accompanied him and was the guest of local friends during the
evening.

Supt. Margaret RYAN, accompanied by Miss Joann MULRONEY, arrived home from
Peoria, Illinois, Saturday, where they spent the Christmas holidays with Dr.
and Mrs. HESSION.

A.E. FRINK writes us to change his Democrat from Ladysmith, Wisconsin to
Cylinder. He moved to Ladysmith about a year ago. We are always glad to
learn of Iowans coming back.

FROM THE MEXICAN BORDER
Wm. Muir Writes Interesting Letter to His Cousin, John McCoy

El Paso, Tex.
Dec. 16, 1916

Dear Cousin:
It has been quite a while, since I have heard from you, but nevertheless I
am going to tell you an interesting story of some of my experiences in army
life.

Of course you know we were mobilized at the rifle range near Denver, Colo.
Well, we put in three months of preparatory drill before we received orders
to leave for the border. The order caused much excitement. It only took us
two days to pack and by Sept. 30 we were already except to load on our
horses. This took us all day and at 12 p.m. we were comfortably seated in
Pullmans. Our train was made up of eighteen horse and box cars and several
Pullmans including the baggage car, which we used for cooking purposes.

We came by way of Pueblo, Colo., and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the Santa
Fe road. We arrived at Deming, New Mexico, Oct. 3 and were surprised at the
sight of so many soldiers who met us at the depot. But they were all doe
(infantry) boys and looked on with great delight as we unloaded our horses
and big guns. The people of Deming were also pleased for they knew that
their city would be protected while our guns were there.

Upon being shown the camp grounds we were again surprised at the sight of
the cactus and sand. All this had to be removed before we could pitch our
tents. Well, we got an early start and finished before dark. But very few of
us slept that night, as there were so many insects and tarantulas running in
and around the tent and some were even found in the cots. However, no one
was bitten that night.

The next morning we prepared to fix up a cook and mess hall. It was
completed in a few days. Then we started in to drill and found that we could
not use our  horses as the sand was so deep. Instead, we took hikes of one
day's duration, and on Oct 26 we took a three days' hike to Ft. Cummings, an
old deserted place which saw service in the Indian uprising of 1880-1884.
And, by the way, the fort and soldiers that were garrisoned there were
commanded by the father of the major now in command over us, Major F.W.
Sharp.

We arrived at the fort at 5:30 p.m., making 22 miles over the rougest road
we ever traveled. All that was left was the walls of a few adobe houses,
used for officers' quarters at that time. These abodes are houses which the
Mexicans built. They used mud bricks in making them.

The next morning we started back towards the mountains ten miles or so for
target practice with service ammunition. Returning that afternoon to the
fort, we had to double quick most of the way. It was the wildest ride anyone
ever had over such mountainous roads.

The next morning we broke camp and prepared for our return to Deming. We
took a different road and it beinglong, we did not reach camp until 6
o'clock that evening. We did not have a mishap, and covered 26 miles.
Awaiting our return was an order for us to move immediately to El Paso,
Texas.

We were all up and at it, next morning at 5 o'clock and had our camp down
and ready to ship at 2 p.m. We shipped our tenatage and such things as we
could not carry on our gun carriages. We pulled out of Deming that evening,
making 9 miles before we pitched camp for the night. The next day we made 18
miles and Tuesday we made 25 miles, while every day it was getting worse and
the sand deeper, the sun hotter, and the water poorer. Wednesday we were
ordered to take all the water possible as we could not get any that day
until evening. We found a water hole about noon but the water wasn't fit for
the men. We watered our horses and moved on. That night at a ranch, we found
water but it wasn't very good. The next day we had 22 miles of the hardest
road to travel and we pulled into camp that night, with our horses in fair
shape. We stopped at the "Borderland Inn" on the Rio Grande river.

We swam our horses there nad we also had to swim ourselves. We, as well as
the horses, enjoyed it very much. The next day we had about 12 miles of nice
road to travel into El Paso. Our camp grounds were 8 miles on the other side
of El Paso, and we arrived at 2 p.m. We had finished a record-breaking hike
for artillery, having traveled 165 miles, in 9 days. The officers claim that
artillery has never done that before and be in as good condition as we were
after the trip, and I believe it.

We have been in El Paso long enough to build a cook house and a bath house,
with hot water and a place for our horses.

It has been cold here of late. There is considerable ice where there are
little pools of water. We have one drill every morning. As the other camps
we were in have been regimented with the famous Five Field Artillery of the
U.S. army, we were picked from all the other batteries here (about 25 in
number). As the Five Field Artillery is one of the best in the U.S. service,
it is a great compliment to us to be regimented, and it is a cinch that if
any troops go over into Mexico, the regulars will be sent first and we will
go with the Five Field. The Five Field use 4.7 inch and 6 inch guns and we
have a battery of 4.7 inch stationed on a mountain overlooking Juarez,
Mexico, across the river from El Paso. We have also firing data with the
distance of every bridge and important place in Juarez. These 4.7 inch guns
have a firing distance of 11,000 yards accurate firing. We have a position
marked out for us should we be called to guard the place. We use the three
inch guns with a range of 6, 500 yards. Our station is nearer Juarez than
the larger guns. They also have it arranged so that they can go into action
in 58 seconds and blow Juarez off the map.

Well, I will bring this to an end. I hope it has interested you and all. I
will tell you more about Uncle Sam's Army again some time.

I remain
Your cousin,
Wm. Muir,
1 Sep Bat. 1st F.A. Colo. Bat B
Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, 10 Jan 1917

A MARRIAGE ON TUESDAY
Miss Alice Kane Becomes Bride of Mr. Emil Dahl of Rhame, North Dakota

Mr. Emil Dahl of Rhame, North Dakota, and Miss Alice Kane of this city were
married Tuesday morning in St. Thomas church, Rev. M McNerney officiating.
Miss Vera McNally acted as bridesmaid while Mr. Ed Kane was bridesgroom.
After the marriage ceremony a delicious five course wedding breakfast,
served by Mr. Wright, was enjoyed at the home of the bride's parents in this
city. The happy couple left for Minneapolis in the afternoon to spend some
time sight seeing before they go to their new home at Rhame, North Dakota.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kane, who are widely and
favorably known. She was educated in our local schools. After finishing her
studies she commenced a course for a trained nurse and in due time graduated
from Mercy hospital at Davenport with high honors. For several years she has
followed her profession. She is winsome and tactful and ranks among the
worthy and accomplished young ladies of our county. She will be found
admirably qualified for the many social duties which community life at Rhame
may require of her. The people of Emmetsburg, who are greatly attached to
her, regret very much to lose her.
The groom is in business in Rhame, North Dakota. He is a very promising
young man and stands well in his home community. He impressed most favorably
our citizens who met him. The Democrat congratulates Mr. and Mrs. Emil Dahl
and hopes that the future has many blessings in store for them.

FREDERICKS-McNALLY
A Marriage at the Assumption Church Monday Morning.
On Monday morning occurred the marriage of Miss Alice McNally to Mr. Elmer
Fredericks. The ceremony took place in the Assumption church, Very Rev. P.F.
Farrelly officiating. Miss Emma Fredericks was bridesmaid, while Mr. Robert
McNally was best man. Immediately after the ceremony, a sumptuous wedding
breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents. Soon after Mr. and
Mrs. Fredericks left for Minneapolis. They will visit at several points in
Minnesota before returning to Emmetsburg. They will make their home on the
Fredericks farm east of town.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McNally, well-known among
our citizens. She was educated at St. Mary's Academy and for some time was
employed in the Emmetsburg Telephone exchange. She performed her duties with
credit to herself and the company. No young lady stands higher in the
community.
The groom is a son of Mr. W.S. Fredericks, who has resided in Freedom
township for many years. He is a bright, capable young man and richly
deserves the young lady he has chosen as his bride.
The Democrat unites with the many friends of the young couple in wishing
them success and happiness during the years to come.

LOCAL NEWS
C.W. MONSELL of Ruthven was an Emmetsburg visitor Thursday.

C.H. GIDDINGS of Osgood was an Emmetsburg visitor last Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. John NAMER of Mallard spent Monday in Emmetsburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy DONOVAN spent Sunday with relatives at Estherville.

M.F. KERWICK was on the sick list several days during the past week but is
able to be about again.

John BRENNAN of Nevada township has been visiting relatives in Greene county
during the past few days.

John TOUR of Humboldt was an Emmetsburg visitor Thursday. He is the leading
merchant tailor of that place.

D. FOLEY of Ruthven was calling on Emmetsburg friends Friday. He looks as
fresh and hearty as he did twenty years ago.

W.H. GAYLORD informs us that he will have a sale Tuesday, January 26.

C.J. MERSCH of West Bend was an Emmetsburg visitor Friday. While in town he
favored the Democrat with a brief call.

There will be a basket social in the Osgood school house on Friday January
16. Everybody invited. Miss Rose CARMODY is the teacher.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chas. MYERS of this place last
Wednesday. Their many friends extend hearty good wishes.

Bert SALVEN arrived home from Chicago Saturday. He had been taking a five
weeks course in the Jones National School of Auctioneering.

Mr. McDERMOTT of Lohrville was in Emmetsburg Friday. He is engaged in the
banking business at that place and is a large real estate owner.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry PFIFFNER Wednesday, January 6. It
is needless to say that their many friends extend hearty congratulations.

Mrs. Dan BURNS arrived home from Eagle Grove Saturday evening. She remained
there for several days to visit friends when she was returning from
Excelsior Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce ROOT of Arnolds Park visited Emmetsburg relatives the
last of the week.

P.H. DONLON Appointed Postmaster of Emmetsburg
Friday P.H. DONLON was appointed postmaster of Emmetsburg. His many friends
in this city and throughout the state will be pleased to learn of his
success. Mr. DONLON served as chairman of the democratic county central
committee for twelve or fourteen years and he made many sacrifices for the
welfare of the party. He is one of the most capable and deserving gentlemen
in Iowa and will, we are sure, as postmaster, give our citizens first class
service. He is familiar with the duties of the office, having served as
deputy postmaster under W.I. BRANAGAN from 1896 to 1898. All who know Mr.
DONLON are confident that he will more than make good as the representative
of Uncle Sam in Emmetsburg during the coming four years.

W.E.G. SAUNDERS Emmetsburg's New Mayor
At the special meeting of the city council held Wednesday evening W.E.G.
SAUNDERS was elected mayor to succeed S.D. BICKFORD, who resigned a short
time ago. Mr. SAUNDERS is a gentleman of large business experience, has
traveled extensively in the United States and Europe and is familiar with
the municipal needs of cities as well as of smaller towns. He is
enterprising and public spirited and will, we are confident, do his best to
give our citizens faithful and satisfactory service. The Democrat extends
hearty congratulations and hopes that all of the members of the council will
cooperate with him in promoting the welfare of our community.

P.G. HOLDEN Sued for $100,000 Damages
We notice that P.G. HOLDEN, well known to many of our citizens, and a couple
of other parties have been made defendants in a law suit for $100,000
damages. The action has been commenced in the district court at Des Moines
by F.W. HICKS, assignee of the Grand View Investment company and the Grand
View Land Irrigation Company. Mr. HOLDEN and his friends are charged with
mismanagement of the affairs of both companies, of which they were officers.
This is one of the reasons it seems that Mr. HOLDEN was defeated for the
republican nomination for governor two years ago last June.

Dr. A.J. JOYNT Locates At Waterloo
Dr. A.J. JOYNT and Dr. W.B. SMALL have opened an office at Waterloo. They
will give special attention to ear, eye, nose and throat ailments. Dr.
JOYNT, after graduating from the medical department of the State University
of Iowa, spent several months as intern in Mercy hospital in Des Moines,
after which he left on a trip to Europe and took special training in the
treatment of eye, ear, throat and nose ailments in the leading surgical
institutions of Austria and Germany. He is a member of one of the oldest,
best known and most substantial families of our county and is a tactful,
clever young gentleman. The Democrat bespeaks for him a successful career as
a practitioner.

RUTHVEN
Lewis JOHNSON of Emmetsburg was a business visitor in this city Friday.

Mrs. H.E. SHARTIS and son Carroll were visiting at Spencer Thursday.

Miss Elizabeth McNALLY returned to her home at Emmetsburg Saturday night.
She has been assisting in the First National Bank for a few days.

Mrs. SPONG of Spirit Lake arrived in this city Saturday for a visit at the
Jas. F. NOLAN home.

F.C. PARROT shipped three car loads of cattle from this city on Saturday to
St. Joseph, Missouri.

Mr and Mrs. Wade HARRIS will leave the first of the week for California
where they will attend the Panama Pacific Exposition. They will be
accompanied by Mrs. Fred SMITH who will visit relatives at Laton,
California.

Ray LeCLAIR was a business visitor at Spencer Friday.

Miss Agnes JOYNT of Emmetsburg spent Sunday visiting at the Chas. SLAGLE
home in this city.

Word was received here Saturday that Mrs. Joseph F. NOLAN was appointed
postmaster in this city.

Mrs. HIGHER returned Saturday night from Spencer where she has been visiting
with her brother.

Mrs. Martin BRENNAN of Emmetsburg spent Sunday visiting at the home of her
daughter Mrs. Thomas CURRANS.

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