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Lots of old Iowa newspapers had "gossipy" tidbits about relatives visiting other relatives or attending funerals, etc. I found my gg grandmother Margaret HERRON Walsh from the following tidbit which related Brennans and Walshs with Herrons!

     "John HERRON of the firm MENTON & HERRON, who have published the Boone Democrat during the past fifteen years or more, spent Saturday and Sunday with numerous relatives in this locality. He is a cousin of M.F. BRENNAN, T.B. and W.H. WALSH, and other members of the families named. Mr HERRON visited Emmetsburg about sixteen years ago. He has built up a good business at Boone and finds it difficult to be away from home for any length of time.
     He favored the Democrat with a fraternal call while in town. The Boone Democrat is one of the best weekly newspapers in the Tenth district."

--Emmetsburg Democrat; Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa; Wednesday, Dec 11, 1912

 Links:

• Iowa Old Press

• Ireland Old News

• Iowa Interlibrary Loan - State Historical Society