Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Wednesday, June 3, 1914 CURLEW A.A. WHITMER is suffering with inflammatory rheumatism in every joint in his body. He is perfectly helpless. He has secured a nurse to care for him. School closed Friday. The teachers left for their respective homes Saturday. Miss MASON, the primary teacher, will not teach the coming year. Miss YOUNG has the primary room for next year. George EDWARDS and family were down from Ayrshire Sunday. Jim WHITMER was an Algona visitor Sunday. He returned with a new Maxwell car. He has secured the agency for the Oakland and Maxwell cars. Oran DROWN has purchased a Maxwell car from Jim WHITMER. Miss Eva GRAFF came up from Mallard Friday evening and is visiting at the A.A. WHITMER home. Mrs. V.W. FISK and children, Avery and Florence, will leave for Aurora, Illinois, this week to visit her parents. Memorial Day Observed in Emmetsburg A Large Attendance and a Splendid Address by Rev. C.E. Maltas The Memorial day exercises held in Emmetsburg Saturday were in every way creditable and they brought out a large attendance from our little city and the surrounding country. The day was bright, pleasant, and warm and the streets were lined with people during the greater part of the day. Early in the forenoon the parade formed on Broadway and hundreds visited the cemeteries and decorated the graves of those who many years ago defended our nation in its hour of peril. The afternoon program was held in The Iowa. The lower floor and balcony were filled with spectators. After the invocation by Rev. Herbert CLEGG, and the singing of a selection by the male quartette, Bernard SCHROEDER delivered Lincoln's celebrated Gettysburg speech. He deserves much credit for the manner in which he acquitted himself. A flag drill, by a large number of school children was received with enthusiastic applause. It was exceptionally good. The address, by Rev. C.E. MALTAS, was thoughtful, scholarly and impressive. It was one of the best discourses that has been given in Emmetsburg on an occasion of this kind for several years. All who heard it were enthusiastic in their praise of it. The program was brought to a close by the singing of "America" by the audience. Cathy Joynt Labath Palo Alto Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm