Iowa Old Press
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, Dec 7, 1921
LAND AT $400 PER ACRE
Palo Alto Tribune - John Flynn sold his tract of land
southwest of town the latter part of the week to a man from eastern Iowa. The
price was $400 per acre. Mr. Flynn purchased this land from Anna Donovan in 1919
for $375 an acre. Iowa land is still going up.
FRITZ VICTIM OF JOKE
A joke is being told upon Fritz Granzow, the genial band man,
and at one time leader of the Ruthven band, says the West Bend Journal. At
Estherville recently Fritz just had 20 minutes in which to get shaved.
Stepping into the first barber shop he found a lady barber nursing her
baby. Putting the baby down the lady said to the astonished Fritz, "You're
next." "No, thanks," replied Firtz as he bolted out the door,
"I only wanted a shave."
HAWKEYE STATE NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of Iowa
- Priscilla Snyder, 61 years old, of Sioux City, committed
suicide recently. No cause for the action is known.
- "Jack" Lemon of Atlantic, conductor on the
Rock Island Railroad, will retire on a pension after 48 years of service on the
road.
- The divorce suit of Mrs. O.J. Moore, of Sioux City is based
on her charge that her husband "railroaded" her to an insane hospital.
- Otto Rupp of LeMars is serving thirty days in jail for
beating up his wife for feeding him chicken when he asked for pork and beans.
- Carpenters of Traer have accepted a wage cut which
provides they shall receive from 50 to 60 cents an hour. Formerly they were paid
from 70 to 80 cents.
- Harold Ross and Fred Stewart of Sioux City were given ten
years and Mike Casey of Foryce, Neb., was given twenty years for robbing a bank
recently.
- John Jackman, stock dealer of Graettinger, was killed by a
Rock Island train near Armstrong at a grade crossing when the train struck his
enclosed car.
- Iowa has more banks than any other state in the
union, according to C.A. Phillips of Iowa City. Banks of Iowa total 1950 while
Illinois is second with 1860.
- W.T.S. Rath of Ackley, Herbert A. Huff of Eldora and C.D.
Chase of Webster City have been mentioned for the state senatorship to fill
vacancy caused by the death of Eugene Schaffer.
- Clement J. Welch of Denison, a well known Iowa attorney,
was killed in an automobile wreck near Vail recently. He was caught underneath
the machine when it skidded and overturned.
- Wilford Markham, the third man in the gang that
robbed and shot Mrs. Carl Lanstrum in her grocery store at Cedar Rapids has been
arrested in Waddington, have made confessions. They claim Markham is the man who
did the shooting.
- Marshal Brennan of Emmetsburg, has been reminding some of
the young folks of the city who might violate the curfew ordinance that they are
considered 18 years of age until they become 19. The young people are asking Mr.
Brennan, in return if 9 o'clock, which is the curfew hour, continues until the
clock strikes 10!
- Fifty men with twenty-three teams of near Westfield
went to the fields of Warren King, whose house burned recently and finished his
husking. In addition to the work in the field the ashes were cleared and a
basement for the new house dug. A Ladies' Aid society furnished dinner for the
workers at the home of the nearest neighbor.
- Katherine Booker, 5-year-old Negro child, died at
Sioux City form burns received recently when her clothes caught fire from a gas
heater she was attempting to light.
- Adolph L. Unic, a groceryman of Sioux City was murdered in
cold blood in his store recently by a negro bandit who fired three shots and
escaped with a bag containing $500, the receipts of the day's business. Mrs.
Unic, who had come to the store to get the money, was threatened by a second
negro, but was not injured. She was the only witness of the crime.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
- Donald O'Brien of Charles City is in this city for a few days visit at the
home of his brother, W.J. O'Brien.
- C.H. Munsell, formerly M. & St. L. station agent in this city has moved to
Aberdeen where he has accepted a position with the M. & St. L. people.
- Mr. and Mrs. Tony Rustan and children have moved to Ruthven and are occupying
the Paul Barringer residence.
- Dance at the opera house Friday, December 9. Music by Rasmussen's orchestra.
- Miss Tileen Johnson, who has been attending school in this city, has gone to
her home at Milford where she will complete her high school course.
-Miss Ruth Currans went to Sioux City the last of the week for a few days visit
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Thos. McDevitt.
- John Anderson, the well known editor and publisher of the Forest City
Independent died in the hospital at that place on Monday of last week.
- Mr. and Mrs. F.F. Frost of Pioneer arrived in this city the first of the week
to make their future home. Mr. Frost is our new M. & St. L. station agent.
- Nels Simonsen of Emmetsburg was a business visitor in this city Tuesday. He
informed this office that Mrs. Koch of West Bend died Tuesday morning. Heart
trouble was the cause of her death. Mr. Kock is editor of the West Bend Journal.
[note: two different spellings of Koch/Kock were in original article.]
- Alva Avenell, a young man of Storm Lake was dangerously injured in a collision
between his automobile and the T.M. Jones car of Spencer. The accident occurred
on the Air Line 3 miles north of Spencer.
- Governor Kendall is taking steps to reduce the number of illiterates in Iowa.
At present there are over 20,000 people in Iowa who can neither read nor write.
This puts Iowa in fifteenth place in this respect, whereas she used to be
second.
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, December 14, 1921
HAWKEYE STATE NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of Iowa
- Mrs. O.E. Effefson, wife of the Methodist minister at Pomeroy was killed
recently by a freight train.
- Sanford Beadle, 67 years old, of Oskaloosa, died as a result of injuries
sustained in a runaway and exposure over night.
- Uncle Sam has put a $6,000 liquor tax lien against the farm of Mrs. Peter
Mundiner of Monticello whose husband is charged with operating a still thereon.
- Nearly $500 was received by E.M. Thomas, farmer near Earlham, for the 3100
pound gray gelding which was purchased by representatives of the Ringling Bros.
show.
- Louis Zubick, for more than seven years a patient in the St. Anthony hospital
at Carroll, died recently. Zubick was 21 years old when he was injured at
Templeton while in the employ of the Milwaukee railroad. His back was broken.
- According to a report recently issued by the census bureau at Washington,
there are 839,669 inhabitants of the state over 10 years old who work for a
living. This number represents 449 per cent of the state's population, and
includes both sexes.
- J.W. Conroy of Mt. Ayr, who was found guilty of being in possession of burglar
tools and loaded firearms was sentenced to the state prison at Fort Madison for
fifteen years by Judge H.A. Fuller in District court. At the same time, Thomas
A. Irish, alias Thomas A. Harris, pleaded guilty to an indictment returned
against him and was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifteen years.
- George H. Allen, district sales manager for the Iowa Sales company, is in a
hospital seriously injured, and John Morris, his companion, suffered slight
bruises when they were run down at Cedar Rapids by an automobile driven by Mrs.
Lee Stankee. The woman said she tried to avoid running them down at an
intersection and in doing so swerved her car into the curb, crashing into a
telephone pole and seriously damaging it.
- Dr. Arthur Holmes, president of Drake University, was the principal speaker at
the dedication of the new $150,000 schoolhouse of the Lincoln and Zearing
township, Story county.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
- We are late in reporting the birth of a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. J.P.
Brennan. The young lady arrived on December 1.
- Mr. and Mrs. Ray Swain are the happy parents of a baby girl, born on Thursday,
December 13.
- Mrs. Fred Smith left the first of the week for Fresno, Cal., where she will
spend the winter with relatives.
- Joe Carberry of Sheldon refereed the Hartley-Ruthven basket ball game in this
city Friday evening. He is a very fair and capable official and is fair enough
to keep up with the game. He is an athlete of Iowa City fame.
- Mr. and Mrs. Byron Lathrop of Plover were to the city Sunday visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr .and Mrs. E.H. Rhinehart.
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Cinders in the Eye
Roll soft paper up like a lamp-lighter, wet tip to remove or use medicine
dropper to draw it out. Rub the other eye.
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, December 21, 1921
GEORGE WEAVER DEAD
George Weaver passed away at his home in this city on
Thursday, Dec. 15, at 4:30 a.m. following an illness which lasted for about a
year and a half. Funeral services were held from the Catholic Church on
Saturday, Dec. 17, Father Connolly officiating and the remains laid to rest in
the Catholic Cemetery.
Thomas George Weaver was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weaver. He
was born at Onigum, Minn. in May, 1892. He received his education at Flandrau,
S. Dak., and Pipestone, Minn. On December 20, 1915, he was united in marriage to
Miss Myrtle Watrus, at Walker, Minn. To this union three children were born, all
of whom remain with the mother to mourn his loss. He came to Ruthven about six
years ago and opened up a tailor and dry cleaning establishment. He was an
excellent ball player and made a very good record in athletics during his
residence here, until his health broke, and he was then practically helpless. He
was a good hearted and free giving person and made lots of friends in his
community. His wife and children have the sincere sympathy of all.
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Marion Raepe has been appointed assistant mail clerk on the M. & St. L. line
to serve during the holidays. He commenced his duties Monday, running between
Ruthven and Fort Dodge.
HAWKEYE STATE NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of Iowa
- James Humbert of Webster City was seriously injured recently
when a tree which he was cutting fell upon him.
- Two bandits held up William Nienstedt's soft drink parlor at Davenport and
escaped with $140 in cash and a $20 check.
- Otto Schaefer of Davenport has dropped his prosecution of Miss Grupinski
and three men whom he charged with blackmail and they have been discharged.
- Joseph Beath, who was buried at Corning recently, resided for forty-six years
on his home place, now owned by his son, Frank. He went to Corning in 1857.
- William Headrick, 69, of Atlantic, was severely injured when the car in which
he was riding was run into and turned over. Headrick received a crushed chest
and lacerated head.
- P.J. Scheckenloth of Bennett won his $6,300 suit in which the Northwestern
securities company of Davenport tried to collect on his note given for stock in
Linograph investments company.
- William N. Gilbert, aged 71, for 41 years a merchant and banker of State
Center, died at his home recently. He served as a member of the Iowa house of
representatives during the 23rd and 25th sessions.
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lynn, of Moville, were so severely injured in an auto
accident that they were unable to attend the funeral of their daughter, age
three, who died of injuries received in the same accident.
- M.J. Barthell of Waukon has sold, or rather traded, the opera house for a 200
acre farm belonging to Ferdinand Roth. Mr. Roth contemplates removing to Waukon
and will manage the opera house with the assistance of his brother-in-law,
Charlie Lane.
- William Evans, 30, of Brandon, died recently of injuries received about an
hour earlier when a tree felled by companions at an I.O.O.F. shopping bee struck
him. The tree was deflected by striking another, changing directions too
suddenly to permit Evans escaping.
- A.E. Mullen of Ottumwa, special agent for the Burlington railroad, shot and
killed Eva "Boots" Ebil, 33, near the road's station at Chariton
recently following an alleged attack upon the agent by Emil and Ralph Robinson,
his companion. Mullen is being held by the police.
- George Smith of Waukon was real lucky recently, getting three muskrats, one
skunk, one mink and one raccoon on his trap line. He sold the whole outfit the
same day for $16.50. Trappers and hunters have been busy the past few days. Many
dens have been dug up and they get from four to twelve out of one den.
- On information filed by Samuel Jones who narrowly escaped death when a party
of his fellow Masonic lodge member attempted to lynch him for revealing
fraternal secrets, the Rev. Dudley Smith, formerly pastor of a Negro
congregation at Sioux City has been arrested as a participant in the hanging
bee. The fall from the bridge while fastened with a noose about his neck
resulted in serious injuries to Jones. The rope broke and he fell into shallow
water in the river below but his neck was badly cut by the rope.
- John Frank Degler is on trial before Judge D.V. Jackson on a charge of
murdering his father at Muscatine twelve years ago. The death of the elder
Degler, caused by two bullet wounds to his head, was not discovered until Nov.
4, 1909, more than a week after the crime had been perpetrated.
ELK LAKE NEWS
Every home in the Elk Lake district was represented at the
funeral of Dr. Baldwin. The people feel his death as a personal loss, especially
the older families to whom he has been a family doctor and friend for over
thirty years. Dr. Baldwin was not a worldly man. Many an act of charity had been
done by him of which very few knew. He was a man of whom envy and malice was not
a part. His was a heart that was kind and patient and his genial and sturdy
presence will be greatly missed by a host of friends and business associates. He
was not capable of taking undue advantage of his patients and making high
charges for his services as many other physicians might have done. Although
fitted for leadership he had no desire for government offices, and to reap the
honor of public office had no attraction for him.
The Misses Wichmann returned from Spencer Saturday where they
had been attending a dress making school. They are well pleased with results
obtained for the time spent.
It is reported that Mrs. John Rossacker is gaining in health
since she went to the presbyterian hospital in Chicago.
Mrs. W.R. Rench and Mrs. Alex Monk will entertain the North
Logan and Southeast Freeman clubs on January 4, 1922 at the W.R. Rench home.
They will be assisted by the Misses Iva and Cecil Griffin. A dress form
demonstration will be held.
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The Palo Alto County Medical Association members attended the
Dr. Baldwin funeral in a body Monday. Among the faces we recognized were Dr. H.A.
Powers, Dr. Robert Powers, Dr. Hennessy, Dr. Walker, Dr. Brereton, and Dr.
Cretzmeyer of Emmetsburg, Dr. Kenefic and Dr. Cretzmeyer of Algona, and Dr.
Bruce of Dickens. There were many other doctors there whom we did not know.
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CELEBRATE 55TH ANNIVERSARY
Miss Minnie A. Phoenix served a family dinner Tuesday evening
in honor of the 55th wedding anniversary of her parents, Mr .and Mrs. J.R.
Phoenix. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Phoenix, Mr. and Mrs. E. ?. Cape,
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Hubbard of Spencer and Mis Minnie A. Phoenix. Mr. and Mrs.
Phoenix have resided in this community for fifty-one years and are among our
most highly respected people.
Ruthven Free Press
Ruthven, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, December 28, 1921
HUBBARD-HARRIS
Mr. Rae Hubbard, formerly of this city and Miss Mae
Harris of Fort Dodge, were united in marriage at the Methodist Parsonage in that
city at 3 o'clock p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17. They will continue to make their
home in Fort Dodge where the groom is employed as a brakeman on the M. & St.
L. Railroad running between Fort Dodge and Des Moines. The groom is a son of
Mrs. E.G. Cope of this city and resided her until a few years ago, when he took
up railroading. The bride is a Fort Dodge young lady and is said to possess many
charms.
NOTICE OF PROOF OF WILL.
State of Iowa, Palo Alto County, ss:
To All Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that an instrument in writing
purporting to be the last Will and Testament of G. Baldwin, deceased, was this
day produced, opened and read by the undersigned, and that I have fixed Monday
the 23rd day of January 1922 as the day for hearing proof in relation thereto.
Witness my Official Signature, with Seal of said Court hereto
affixed, this 24th day of December, 1921.
E.M. Thompson,
Clerk District Court
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E. Spaulding has moved onto the Needham farm north east of
Ruthven.
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MRS. JENS SANDVIG
Mrs. Jens Sandvig of Graettinger passed away in this city
Thursday at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Ole Sandvig. She came here from
her home in Graettinger for a visit and was taken seriously ill. Her condition
grew worse and she died on Thursday. The remains were taken to Graettinger for
burial Saturday.
SILKS STOLEN
The entire stock of silks in the Berg & Brennan store
mysteriously disappeared last week. They were not missed until Friday noon when
one of the clerk had a silk customer, and they were no where to be found. The
members of the firm have no idea how the theft was committed, but the goods
disappeared sometime between Thursday evening and Friday noon. There was no
evidence anywhere of entrance having been forced and the supposition is that
someone must have concealed themselves in the store in the day time and made
their get away with the silks at night. Silks are a very popular thing to steal
these days. They are valuable and are not bulky. In fact a man could easily
carry two hundred dollars worth under one arm, and then have no heavy load.
ELK LAKE NEWS
Mrs. W.R. Rench and Mrs. Alex Monk will entertain the North
Logan Farm Bureau women at the W.R. Rench home on January 5. On January 4 there
will be a big Farm Bureau meeting for men and women at Spencer. All are invited
to attend the meeting. There will be some interesting speaking on farm business
and home economics.
Miss Annabelle Vanderhoff is enjoying her Christmas vacation
with her parents at Pleasant Valley farm.
The Rhinehart school taught by Miss Lily Hansen is having a
two weeks vacation. Miss Hansen is having good success with her work in this
school.
Friends in this vicinity received letters from the Melvin
Hart family at Ledyard, California.
OLE GARO MARRIED.
Mr. Ole Garo of this city and Miss Marie T. DeVere of Iowa
City were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage in Newton on Thursday,
December 22, at noon. The wedding comes as a surprise to Mr. Garo's many Ruthven
friends. He was a very popular young man in this community. He is a son of Mrs.
Cecelia Garo and was born and reared here. He was in the navy during the war and
has been a very active member of the American Legion. During the past year he
has held the important post of Commander of Ruthven Post No. 33. During the
winter he has been taking a course in architectural engineering at Ames.
Concerning the wedding, the Register of Sunday has the following to say:
"The marriage of Miss Marie T. DeVere, daughter of Mrs.
Nellie R. DeVere of Iowa City, and Ole Garo of Ames took place Thursday noon at
the home of Dr. W.H. Blancke, pastor of the First Lutheran Church at Newton.
Dr. Blanche was assisted in performing the ceremony by Dr.
G.P. Mitchell of Des Moines, at whose home the bride has resided the past year
and a half.
The bride wore a gown of canton crepe trimmed with silver
brocaded lace and a corsage bouquet of roses, lillies of the valley and
orchids. After the ceremony a five-course wedding breakfast was served to
fourteen guests by Mrs. Blancke, assisted by Misses Lillian and Edna Blancke.
Out of town guests in attendance included the bride's mother
from Iowa City, the Rev. and Mrs. G.P. Mitchell of Des Moines, Miss Lillian
Swanson, Iowa City; Miss Rosali Bireline, Oxford, Iowa; Miss Harriet Darling,
Roen Island, Ill; Miss Allee Armstrong and Miss Bertha Shaw of Des Moines. The
couple left, following the ceremony, for a wedding trip to Chicago and other
eastern points.
The bride took her work at Augustana College at Rock Island
and post graduate work at the University of Iowa. The past two years she has
been teaching English in the Des Moines high schools. During the war Mr. Garo
served in the navy and at present is a student in the architectural engineering
department at the Iowa State College at Ames."
HAWKEYE STATE NEWS
Interesting Items Gathered From all Parts of Iowa
- Iowa land still sells high. George Burge has sold 100 acres
south of Mt. Vernon to Wolrab bothers for $225 an acre.
- Clyde Woolsey of Atlantic, Ia., was held up by two highwaymen near Atlantic
recently. They took nearly $200, forced him from his new auto, drove off with
it, and left Woolsey to walk to town.
- Mrs. Myrtle Flickinger of Urbana successfully resisted a man who attacked her
in her home and blood hounds led the officers to the home of a prominent man
whose name is withheld pending identification.
- The Rev. Wrenn, former priest at Akron, Ia., convicted of assaulting
15-year-old Ethel Bray with intent to commit rape, was sentenced to an
undeterminate [sic] term in the Fort Madison prison. Motion for a new trial was
denied.
- Four thousand bushels of corn husked in a month entitles Lawrence Fiscus,
17-year-old farmer boy of near Exira, to the distinction of being the state's
champion juvenile corn husker. His biggest day's work was 180 bushels in fifteen
hours.
- Mrs. Effie Ashbauhg of West Union, charged with the murder of her husband at
Maynard, Ia., was found not guilty. It is possible that the indictment against
Albert Cahoe hired man, who was also charged with the murder, will be dismissed.
- Chauncey McLaughlin, one of the oldest settlers of the community and who owns
a thousand acres of land east of Coon Rapids, says that one can make more money
out of a truck patch now than farming- raising potatoes, cabbage, etc. For year
Mr. McLaughlin has farmed only about eighty acres of his estate, having the
balance in pasture, a part of which he lets to neighbors for their spare stock,
and a part for his own stock.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
- Miss Hilda Gaard, who is attending school at Iowa City,
arrived home on Friday to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.C.
Gaard.
- Mr. and Mrs. Byron W. Lathrop, of P? spend Christmas in this city at the home
of Mrs. Lathrop's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Rhinehart.
- Mr. and Mrs. W.J. O'Brien went to Emmetsburg to spend Christmas at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.D. McCarty.
- Miss Anne Hermansen, who is attending school at Cedar Falls, arrived in this
city to visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Hermansen.
- Ralph Toland is home from Sioux City where he is attending Morningside
College, for a visit with his parents.
- Mr. and Mrs. Phil Strobel came up from Gowrie to spend Christmas at the home
of Mrs. Strobel's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Torphy.
- Miss Ruth Anderson, who is attending school at Davenport, arrived in this city
Thursday to visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Anderson.
- C.C. Anker came down from St. Paul to spend a few days at the home of his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Gaard.
- The jury was unable to come up with a verdict in the case of E.B. Wells of
Marathon, charged with fraudulent banking. The ballot is said to have stood from
the firm to the last , eight for conviction and four for acquittal.
- Miss Agnes Gaard, a nurse in the Moe Hospital at Sioux Falls, S.Dak., arrived
in this city Thursday for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.C.
Gaard.
- Word from Alfred Gates is that he is now serving on the U.S.S.Lawrence, a new
ship that was put into commission in August. At present he is at Charleston,
South Carolina, but he states that they are soon to leave for Cuba and other
southern countries.
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS
Term of Court to Begin January 2.
Grand Jurors.
Will Geelan, Highland
Fred F. Clark, Emmetsburg
John Bough, Great Oak.
H.N. Mercer, Rush Lake.
Jos. Turner, Fern Valley.
H.D. Fules, Booth
Oscar Bargstrom, Highland
Alex Jenswold, Fairfield
Alex Gowans, Independence
F.C. Weigmann, Walnut
Manuel Newgard, Highland.
Petit Jurors.
Oliver T. Laude [or Lande], Lost Island
Robt. Runeby, Great Oak.
Sam Stroupe, Booth
Jacob Jacobsen, Fairfield
W.D. Carmichael, Rush Lake.
Oscar Knutson, Vernon
Guy Courtright, Highland.
Iver Christiansen, Walnut
Joe Needham, Lost Island.
Mrs. Mae Morling, Emmetsburg
E.J. Bradley, Walnut
Chris Johnson, Great Oak.
Carl Wendt, Highland
F.A. Christensen, Highland
C.G. Walters, West Bend.
John Graettinger, Walnut
W.F. Kemp, Booth.
L.J. Jurgens, West Bend.
Thos. Ottesvig, Booth
James Quinn, Walnut
Sam Olson, Independence
J.A. Halstead, Freedom
Charles Higgins, Great Oak.
H.A. Saldon, West Bend
W.L. Layman, Emmetsburg
Harry Whitman, Highland
H.A. Johnston, Booth.
H.J. Hahn, Emmetsburg
J.W. Brown, Freedom
Mrs. Edna Reid, Fairfield
Wm Mulroney, Emmetsburg
L.W. Bell, Freedom.
Geo Triggs, Booth
Henry Schuller, Rush Lake
Mrs. J.H. Anderson, Highland
Henry Stephas, Silver Lake
[Submitted by: C.J.L., May 2005]