Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Wednesday, July 24, 1918 Mrs. H. WEGENER and daughter of Fairfield township were the guests of friends in this city Wednesday. C.D. PRICE returned to Rockwell City Thursday. He was looking after real estate interests in this locality. Mr. and Mrs. Louis LIPPOLD and children of Graettinger were the guests of friends in this city Thursday. Miss Regina MURRAY arrived home from Sioux City Thursday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James MURRAY. J.P. JENNINGS injured one of his fingers badly Wednesday while excavating for the new W.I. BRANAGAN building. Miss Helen KEMPER returned to Sheldon Thursday after a pleasant visit with Mr.and Mrs. Jesse CHURCH of this place. James MAGUIRE of Spencer has been a recruiting officer at Dubuque for several months. He will probably spend the fall at Spencer. Mrs. Thomas O'CONNOR arrived home from Colman, South Dakota, Wednesday. She was visiting at the home of her sons, Charles and Leo. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W.H. BROWN of Ruthven Wednesday, July 17. This is welcome news to many Palo Alto friends. George HILL and sister, Miss Alice, of Webster City, spent several days the past week at the Mr. and Mrs. Jake SWIGERT home near this city. J.M. DOWNEY, who was superintendent of the Ayrshire schools for some time, is now on duty in a K.C. war camp office at Camp Forrest, Georgia. Misses Dorothy McMAHON and Katherine JACKMAN were passengers to Fort Dodge Thursday. While there they were the guests at the Patrick NUGENT home. Mrs. John McCORMICK and son Vincent, Mrs. W.C. RYAN, Miss Margaret CARNEY of this city and John McCOY of Cedar Falls spent several days during the past week at the lakes. Patrick ROGERS was the guest of Mr. and Mrs Tim SULLIVAN of Graettinger several days during the past week. He is still at the Soldiers Home. He was in Emmetsburg Friday. A few days ago a car driven by Frank STEINER and his brother Will was struck by another auto on the streets of Des Moines and was damaged some. The occupants escaped without injury. John O'NEILL and his friend, Mr. GIBBON, of Armstrong, were in Emmetsburg Friday evening. They came down by auto. They were accompanied by Mr. GIBBON's mother and sister. Mr. GIBBON left for Camp Pike Monday. Miss Madeline COYNE of Fort Dodge was the guest of relatives in this city several days during the past week. Rev. CUTHBERT and family returned to Titonka Friday after a brief visit at the J.E. SCHOOLEY home in this city. Louis NUTZMAN of Austin, Minnesota, arrived in this city the latter part of the week for a visit with relatives and friends. John McNUTT, A.J. WOLFGANG and daughter, Miss Grace, autoed to Fremont, Minnesota, Sunday where they enjoyed the day. Miss Agnes TELFORD arrived from Mason City Saturday for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George TELFORD of this city. Mrs. P.J. DEVLIN and daughter of Cedar Rapids were guests at the John McNAMARA home in this city several days during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. W.P. REINDERS and Mr. and Mrs. J.P. RUPPERT of Ellington township recently drove to Camp Dodge to spend the day with relatives. Mrs. John CAHILL and children returned from Minneapolis several days ago. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. BALDWIN of that city while absent. People are now allowed to use beef on all days of the week and the order limiting the number of ice cream cones that can be used has been suspended. Mr. and Mrs. I.N. NOBLE and daughter, Miss Ollie, of Graettinger, were in this city Friday. They came to meet Miss Pearl who is attending summer school at Spencer. Misses Mayme and Katherine SULLIVAN of Graettinger and Miss Josephine WALSH of Algona were passengers to Des Moines Thursday to visit relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs. Edgar STILLMAN and family, accompanied by Mrs. A.A. WELLS of Dolliver, spent several days during the past week visiting relatives and friends in this city. J.F. KELLY has been appointed station agent of the Milwaukee company at Cylinder. He commenced his duties Monday. He will move his family to that place within a short time. V.L. O'CONNOR of Graettinger attended the democratic state convention at Des Moines Thursday. From there he went to Colfax to spend a couple of days with one of his sisters. Everett KAHN arrived in Emmetsburg from Ames Sunday. He was the guest of his mother while there. He has enlisted in the corps of auto mechanics and is taking a short course at Ames. Emmett PETERSON returned to Stratford Saturday after a pleasant visit at the C.G. CARLSON home in this city. He will leave the first of the week with a contingent for some camp in Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. James JENNINGS of Paulina, who were visiting local relatives during the past week, returned home Saturday. Mr. JENNINGS will leave with the next contingent for some camp in Georgia. John McNAMARA was a passenger to Montezuma, Iowa, last Wednesday. He owns a large tract of land in that locality. He is figuring on selling it when he can find a buyer who is willing to pay him his price. Mr. and Mrs. I.J. FOY and son Howard of Ruthven were guests of relatives in this city Sunday. George DIETZ of Fort Dodge was the guest of relatives in this city several days during the past week. Joseph SYKES was a passenger to Webster City Saturday evening for a visit with his brother Clarence. Mr and Mrs. Peter DALY and daughter, Miss Mildred and Miss Vera RUTLEDGE were lake visitors Sunday. Miss Florence QUILTY arrived in this city from Minneapolis Saturday for a visit at the John McNAMARA home. Mr and Mrs. Daniel BURNS were passengers to Dell Rapids Saturday. They have relatives in that vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas KELLY and baby autoed to Emmetsburg from Whittemore Sunday for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer ELLIS were callers to Osage Wednesday by the death of Mr. Edwin SCANNAN, father of Mrs. ELLIS. Frank CULLIGAN of Camp Dodge arrived in Emmetsburg Sunday for a short visit with his wife and other relatives. Miss Katherine FLAHERTY of Milford enjoyed a short visit at the C.W. FOSTER home in this city the latter part of the week. Miss Mabel SIMONSON arrived home from Gukeen, Minnesota, Saturday where she had been visiting relatives for a week. Dennis KIRBY returned to Aberdeen, South Dakota, Saturday. He came to visit his parents, Mr and Mrs. Thomas KIRBY of this place. Mr and Mrs. Ben GRADY and Mr. and Mrs. Leo DONOVAN autoed to Pocahontas Sunday. They enjoyed the day at the Roy DONOVAN home. Mrs. Cora WYATT and children and Miss Emma FREDERICK came from Spencer Friday. They enjoyed the day at the William FREDERICK home. S.G. PLACE returned to Ottawa, Illinois, Saturday after a delightful visit with his son, L.F. PLACE and family who reside northeast of this city. Miss Gladys VEDDER, who has been attending the teachers' summer school at Spencer, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. I VEDDER, of this city. H.W. BEEBE was a passenger to Waterloo Sunday. Mrs. BEEBE was there for a couple of weeks visiting relatives. She accompanied him home Monday. Dr. Robert NESTOR, Dr. and Mrs. Bert JOYNT of Waterloo and Dr. Martin JOYNT of LeMars were guests at the Michael JOYNT home in this city over Sunday. Wednesday we met Jack BOX at Livermore. He is employed in the Aaronson hotel at that place. He is hearty and is carrying more flesh that when he lived in Emmetsburg. Dr. Morris SPOLUM of Watertown, South Dakota, visited several days during the past week with his mother of this place. He also came to see his brother who left Monday morning for Camp Pike, Arkansas. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Had Family Reunion Sunday Mrs. Joseph CLENNON and children of West Bend, Mr and Mrs Peter GRETHEN and children of Mallard and Mr and Mrs. Peter MART and family of Gukeen, Minnesota, arrived in Emmetsburg Saturday to attend the family reunion given at the Patrick McNALLY home in honor of Robert, who left Monday for Camp Pike, Arkansas, to report for duty. There were ten children and twenty grandchildren present. It was the first time in six years that all of the members of the family were together. It is needless to say that the reunion will often be recalled by the many who were in attendance. Cathy Joynt Labath Palo Alto Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm Palo Co, IA News Coordinator http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/IA/PaloAlto/