Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Wednesday, 3 May 1911 Clint SMITH spent Sunday at Sibley. John P. MAHAN was down from Graettinger Friday. Matt DONOVAN was home from Sanborn Saturday. Mrs. O'HALLORAN was over from Cylinder Saturday. J.J. WATSON was a passenger to Peoria Saturday. Henry SCHMIDT was a visitor from Graettinger Monday. Mrs. IRELAND and daughter left for Kansas City Saturday. Melvin SHAUGER spent Sunday with his father at Faribault. George TELFORD was home from Sioux City the first of the week. Mrs. Axel ENGER of Bode was an Emmetsburg visitor Saturday. Mrs. Peter JONES and little boy were passengers to Livermore Saturday. C.O. HARRISON went to Eagle Grove Monday to attend a shooting tournament. R.O. CLARK has resigned his position in the Royal Lumber Company's yard in this city. Will YOUNG visited his brother Andrew and family at Eagle Grove the last of the week. Wm. BAILEY was over from Sheldon Saturday evening for a brief visit with Emmetsburg friends. Miss Wilma RICHARDSON was over from Cylinder Saturday visiting her sister, Miss Pearle. Saturday while winding his clock, Owen McNULTY fell from the chair on which he was standing and fractured one or two of his ribs. He has since been a pretty sore man. He likes to meet his friends as usual,but he does not care to laugh heartily. Hugh LAWRENCE, Estherville's leading clothier, was an Emmetsburg visitor Monday. The writer knew him in Chickasaw county many years ago. We are glad to know that he has prospered at Estherville. Mr. Clyde COYLE and Miss Hazel SHONWEILER were married at Algona Saturday by the father of the groom, Judge COYLE. The bride is a Hartley young lady. Capt. J.M. BOWYER, superintendent of the U.S. naval academy, will resign.He is a brother of Mr. BOWYER, who insisted on serving as mayor of Algona after he was defeated. John, Phil and Joe O'CONNOR were down from Graettinger Monday shaking hands with numerous friends. Will and Robert McNALLY have purchased the lunch room that had been conducted by their father during the past year. S.D. BICKFORD was at Harlan, Iowa, Thursday on business. Some farmers had commenced planting in that section of the state. James DUNGAN, who has been very ill for some time, is not gaining in strength. His son and daughter who came from a distance to see him are still here. Friday Virgil CROW of Mason City was convicted of assault with intent to commit murder. He attempted to carve a man named LEONARD last Nov. Ovedia OLSON of Ottoson was in Emmetsburg Thursday. Frank KOCH spent Sunday with his parents at Whittemore. B.R. BURTON of Ruthven was a Ft. Dodge visitor Thursday. C.K. SHEPHERD of Ottosen did business in Emmetsburg one day last week. Mr. John P. KRAMER and Miss Anna KROGH were married at Ringsted Wednesday. W.J. KENNEDY of Ottosen was greeting Emmetsburg friends Tuesday of last week. Workingmen are not so scarce as they were a year ago. Farmers are not doing much tiling this spring. Rolfe has a number of cases of scarlet fever. Many of the children of that locality are also down with the measles. G.M. MILLER & Son of Ringsted have traded their stock of goods for the J.M. CLEMENSON stock of goods at Badger. Peter KOCKLER of Algona has been indicted for bootlegging. He skipped to Story City but was located and brought back. Bro. CLARK of the Pocahontas Democrat published a 15 column ditch notice last week. It is no wonder he rides around in an auto. Karl BUETTNER, the Spirit Lake horse thief, plead guilty last week and was fined $50 and costs. He was fortunate in escaping a penitentiary sentence. E.B. SOPER of Woonsocket, South Dakota, will break up considerable of this land southeast of Emmetsburg this spring. he will sow 200 acres of it to flax. John O'CONNOR who has charge of the signal station work on the local division of the Milwaukee system, left for Ireland last week to remain for three months. A.M. JOHNSON, Spirit Lake's pioneer and leading merchant, has gone ot Europe to spend the summer. Mrs. JOHNSON was killed in an auto wreck a year or two ago. Miss Mabel KERR of Seneca township, Kossuth county, dropped dead Tuesday evening of last week. She was outside assisting her brother to tie some horses when the sad affair occurred. Peter ELBERT and son of Whittemore spent Sunday with Emmetsburg friends. Mrs. M.E. CONLON of Dubuque visited relatives in this city the first of the week. Mr. Hans CHRISTENSEN and Miss Lena HANSEN were married at Ringsted Tuesday of last week. Dr. E.F. THOMAS was a passenger from the east Saturday morning. He was absent several days. The MOODY 80 acres of land on section 31, Ellington township, was sold a few days ago to J.B. JOLIFFE for $90 per acre. The new law affecting the tax on automobiles, of which measure Representative KULP is the author, will go into effect July 1. Alfred JAMES of Hardy was in Emmetsburg several days during the past week. He owns the ORMSBY farm in Vernon township. A quarter section of land belonging to J.H. CHARLTON, located between Havelock and Mallard was sold to John KLEIN a few days ago for $90 per acre. The ladies of the Congregational church will hold a market at Mr. GOWANS' store next Saturday. A liberal patronage is solicited. Sale will begin at 9 a.m. Messrs. GROFF, SANDS, HAHN, HEIDEMAN, Albert STEIL and several others were up from Mallard Monday. All seemed to have business before the board of supervisors. Guy BURNSIDE announces that Hotel Orleans will open next Friday for the fishing season. He is a genial accommodating landlord. He keeps a splendid hotel. We understand that Prof. WRIGHT of West Bend has been elected principal of the Buffalo Center schools. He has had charge of the West Bend schools for several years. Buffalo Center is about the size of West Bend. Mr. and Mrs. J.P. LAFFY of Wilmington, Delaware, wre the guests of Mr. and Mrs. HESSION of this place the last of the week. They were on their way home from Deadwood, South Dakota. Miss Lodema ANDREWS left for Aberdeen, South Dakota, Saturday morning to make her future home. Mrs. N.L. NORTON of Laurens was in Emmetsburg last week inspecting the local Pythian Sisters lodge. Mrs. J.C. PAULSON and Mr. GUSLAND were at Ruthven Saturday attending the funeral of Mr. BARGSTROM. Roy BARTLEMAN went to Estherville Saturday afternoon. He has music classes at that place and at Terril. Raymond ROGERS, a Rolfe young man, has been appointed director of Athletics in Drake university at Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Dan O'NEILL were at Ruthven Saturday attending the funeral of Mrs. O'NEILL's uncle, Lars BARGSTROM. Mr and Mrs. HERSON, who live southeast of Emmetsburg, were called to Rolfe Wednesday to attend the funeral of Mr. HERSON's grandfather. The old gentleman was over 80 years of age. It is claimed that the best way of preserving eggs is to electrocute them before placing them in storage. Just how the work is done we have not been informed, but it is doubtless a simple task. P.J. DUFFY and Frank WARNKE returned from Bantry, North Dakota, Friday evening. Mr. DUFFY sold Mr. WARNKE a quarter section farm in that locality. Cathy Joynt Labath Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm Palo Alto Co, IA Newspaper Abstracts http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/IA/PaloAlto/