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From: "Cathy Labath" <>
Subject: [IAPALOAL] Emmetsburg Democrat 8 May 1908
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:17:39 -0600


>From the Emmetsburg Democrat, 8 May 1908:

Mrs. John Ryan went to Whittemore Saturday evening for a brief visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burke.

John Burmister settled with the insurance companies for $17,500 for the
loss of Hotel Orleans at Spirit Lake.

Miss Julia Kane arrived from Wisconsin Sunday morning for a visit with her
mother and brothers of Walnut township.

Miss Genevieve Carmody, of Whittemore, visited her grandmother and other
relatives in Emmetsburg Saturday and Sunday.

John Donovan informs us that his early potatoes were cut to the ground. He
may have a mess by the middle of June but he doubts it.

Wm. Fuller went to Mason City Sunday evening to consult Dr. Murphy. He has
not been feeling well for the past two weeks.

Thomas Conway passed through Emmetsburg Monday morning on his way to Dowe.
He is now firing on the Dows-Germania branch of the Rock Island.

The fine residence of A.C. Brown of Estherville was damaged by fire a few
nights ago. Mr. Brown conducted the Union State bank at West Bend a few
years ago.

Saturday morning M.H. Dooley and N.A. Steil found four young foxes in a hole
on the flat southwest of town. Two are living. They are feeding them and
will try to raise them.

We understand that the buildings on P.J. Murphy's homestead near Draper,
South Dakota, were blown down by the destructive tornado that recently swept
over the country from North Dakota to Alabama.

There are perhaps several hundred men engaged in tiling in this county at
the present time. They are making good money. No young man who can handle a
spade should be idle when there is so much to do at good wages.

John Walsh, who has been foreman in the Algona Advance office for some time,
was an Emmetsburg visitor Saturday. He will take charge of the mechanical
work in the West Bend Journal office in a short time.

A son was born to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Atkinson Sunday, April 19.
The Democrat extends hardy congratulations.

Every voter in the county should attend the primaries June 2. Undesirable
candidates should not be given nominations.

Mrs. H.C. Darland returned from Estherville Monday morning. She had been
visiting her parents at that place for a couple of days.

P.O. Refsell went to Ft. Dodge Monday to give special attention to
interurban railway affairs. He will doubtless prove himself an effective
field worker.

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hughes arrived home from Portland, Oregon Friday evening
and will visit numerous relatives in this locality for a short time.

Last week new telephone cards were distributed about town. If there are any
who have not received copies, they should call and get them at the central
office.

E.P. Barringer, of Ruthven, was in Emmetsburg Wednesday in company with a
couple of the officers of the insurance company at Des Moines with which he
is associated.

Joseph Moriarty, of Ottawa, Illinois, visited friends in this vicinity
several days last week. He will visit friends at Britt and other Iowa points
before returning home.

It is hoped that this year will see the last of the board and plank walks in
Emmetsburg. They have always been more or less unsatisfactory and in the end
they are expensive.

A few nights ago the Peoples' bank, of Monterey, Minnesota, of which A.C.
Brown, formerly of West Bend, is president, was burglarized. About $4,500 in
cash was taken.

Missis Sadie and Kate Morris, of Algona, and Mrs. McMahon of Sexton,
attended the Jennings-Gibbs marriage Wednesday. Mrs. McMahon was on her way
home from Colman, South Dakota, where she had been visiting her sister, Mrs.
E.A. Branagan.

Alex Peddie left for Houston, Texas, last evening. He will doubtless remain
until the last of June. He has the exclusive management of the large rice
plantation with which he has been connected for some time and has his hands
full. He is an energetic and far seeing worker.

All the straw that was saved over last fall has been put into "Merry Widow"
hats. The men will have to wear the hats that have been carried over from
last year.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fisher, who live in Emmetsburg township, mourn the loss of
their baby boy, aged seventeen months. He died Wednesday and was buried in
Evergreen cemetery Friday. Pneumonia caused his death. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher
have the sympathy of their many neighbors and friends.

Miss Hurn, of Spokane, Washington, formerly of Clear Lake, was a visitor at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.L. Brown several days during the past week. Seh
reports times dull in Spokane. School teachers and music teachers are about
the only people who are earning good wages. Times had been brisk, but the
panic put a damper on all kinds of business.

Mrs. Nicholas Steil and Miss Mary arrived home from Wagoner, Oklahoma last
week. They spent the winter in that state. There was no frost in Oklahoma
during the winter. Corn is now four or five inches high, potatoes are in
blossom and peas are podding. The season promises well. Mr .and Mrs. Michael
Steil will remain at Wagoner for some time.

Sister Mary Placentia, of Ft. Dodge, was an Emmetsburg visitor during the
past week. She came to see her father, David Finn, who has been very ill for
some time. Seh has charge of the music department in the Sacred Heart
Academy. She will be remembered as Miss Annie Fitzgerald.

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