Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1911 NEWS OF TWENTY YEARS AGO A Few Items Taken From The Files of the Democrat of October 28, 1891 D.W. BURLINGAME is quite ill at Tipton. Mrs. VANDERYITE of Curlew died last Friday night. A. LARSON has bought the T. KINKADE meat market at Mallard. Wm. KELLY of Booth Township has sold his farm to John LEE. Friday Bert KINGSLEY was called to attend the funeral of his mother. J.S. ROBINSON has withdrawn as an independent candidate for sheriff. Dr. BALDWIN has 16 cases of typhoid fever at Ruthven. He has had 36. John McGRATH of Wyoming territory is visiting his mother north of town. A large addition to the Ayrshire school house will commence at once. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs. Joseph MIHLFREAD of Mallard, Sunday, October 25. Phil DUFFY has the material on the ground and will erect a new livery barn at Mallard. J.J. McGRATH will have a public sale on his farm north of Emmetsburg, Saturday, November 7. Mr. and Mrs. W.I. BRANAGAN's little daughter Geretta died Sunday morning aged nine months. Mr. J.P. CONWAY and Miss Mary LOWRY were married at Assumption church Tuesday morning. Six horses have been stolen from farmers between Bancroft and Emmetsburg during the past ten days. John HERLEY died at Spencer Tuesday evening of last week. He formerly lived in Emmetsburg township. Charles HAHN of Mallard has built a new barn. Mr. JUNE of the same neighborhood has also built a barn. Mr. Dennis McSWEENEY and Miss Mary J. MAHER were married at Assumption church Tuesday morning. Mrs. T.M. DANIELS died at her home at West Bend last Thursday evening. She leaves a husband and three small children. P.J. NOLAN has rented the old post office building at Ruthven to Miss Mary GORMAN who will occupy it as a millinery store. Friday morning Sister Mary Angelica died at St. Mary's Academy. She came from Kansas City two weeks ago for the benefit of her health. A large number from this city accompanied by the Juneville band went to West Bend Wednesday evening to attend the Governor BOLES meeting. Marriage licenses have been issued to C.T. ALLEN and Miss Mary A HEMSTREAT, C.A. WENNEL and Miss Ida ROSS, Andrew BENSON and Miss Ida NEWMAN. J.R. SOVEREIGN, commissioner of labor statistics for Iowa, will address the citizens of West Bend next Thursday evening on the political issues of the day. Word reaches this city from Fort Dodge that Miss Ella FOLEY, who was primary teacher in our public schools for some time, is to be married this week to a prominent merchant of that place. We have not learned his name. Friday morning a young man named WARD of Spencer went to O'NEILL & BRANAGAN's livery barn and hired a team to drive seven miles in the country. He went as far as Welcome, Minnesota, where he tried to dispose of the horses and buggy, but he was unable to do so. He then placed the team in a barn at that place and skipped. Mr. BRANAGAN was notified by the Welcome livery man that the team was there. He left at once for Welcome and drove them home. Young WARD, it seems, had been working at the Early hotel at Spencer. He stole $50 from the till before coming to Emmetsburg. Cathy Joynt Labath Palo Alto Co, Iowa USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm