Taft car remark and wartime quips on weed and dogs
The Register Gribune notes editor Ray A. Smith details a Sioux Rapids Republic article urging Taft to keep his car near the brownus while a tariff schedule bombings claim attention. It recounts failed petitions to referendum in South Dakota for game lands, and jokes about long haired poets praising the dandelion. A Kansas editor questions the town dog’s fate amid new motor cars. President Taft opens settlement for vast lands in Flathead Montana Coeur d Alene Idaho and Spokane Washington with July 15 registration and August 6 close dates, entries due by April 10, 1910.
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Taft
Brownus
Sioux Rapids
Kansas
Flathead
Montana
Couer d'Alene
Idaho
Spokane
Washington
Alton Democrat Birthday Sparks Hospers Editorial Clash
The Alton Democrat marks twenty six years with a quarrel over Hospers special correspondence and editorials. Readers debate Tariff reform as Taft’s stance is questioned, urging a genuine downward revision aligned with republican pledges and welfare.
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Taft
Congress
Hawarden Fourth Celebrated On July 3 In Siouxland
The Merrill Record notes Hawarden plans a July 3 celebration while LeMars hosts Fourth speakers and a militia contest. Obituaries mark Samuel Hibbs of Sanborn at 102, and Karl Plumb of Le Mars dies at 79 from Bright’s disease. marriages include Oliver Bones near Potosid, Walter Clark of Le Mars, and J Martin Larsen with Anna Klapstad. Fire destroys a Hawarden area barn after a boy’s matches incident.
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Merrill
Hawarden
Oliver Bones
Potosid
M. F. Healy
Fort Dodge
LeMars
Storm Lake
Terese Worth
Jas
iClara B. Duus
Walter S. Clark
Scott Clark
le Mars
Grace Bremer
Sioux City
Karl D. Plumb
Bright
Water Company
J. Martin Larsen
Anna Klapstad
Spink Township
Union County
Brule Creek Church
Behijefen
Hawarden Hust
Schiefen
LeMars Items Include Fire Rescue Hero and Local Deaths
A rescuer saved a man by grabbing a horse halter amid a blaze. LeMars hosted a carnival exhibit with wild animals under fire department auspices, though profits were limited. Mrs. Moses Kaufmann’s murder trial resumes in Mlandreau amid anticipated bitterness. LeMars high school class of forty one showcased in a large half-tone feature. Alton bans gambling. mayoral proclamation targets all dice games in businesses. Remsen’s prominent citizen W Hubert Nothem dies at fifty-one. Hawarden appoints Prof. Rae as principal with seven Hawarden ladies among thirteen teachers. Cherokee court house struck by lightning causing gas ignition risk and a near fire. A lone prisoner awoke in his cell to find himself standing in his cage. LeMarsresident John Henry dies suddenly at sixty-five. British Army veteran served under Gen. Roberts. Emmetsburg Democrat notes Dennis Richards, aged 111, possibly oldest man in U.S.. Irish-born mariner and former Lincoln coworker with wages dispute history.
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Moses Kaufmann
Agnes Poelris
Mlandreau
S. C
LeMars
Alton
Durance
W Hubert Nothem
Remsen
Rae
Hartley
Hawarden
Cherokee
John Henry
Ireland
India
Roberts
Lord Roberts
Candahan
Carril
America
Henry
Robert
Johnson Township
Emmetsburg
Dennis Richards
United States
Howth’s Head
Dublin
Russia
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
More Pay for Postmasters in Iowa and South Dakota
The Post Office Department reports salary increases for several hundred postmasters across Iowa and South Dakota due to higher office business. Readouts show past and new salaries for towns including Akron Inwood Kingsley Paullina Primghar Remsen Rock Rapids Rock Valley Alcester Beresford Canton Sioux City Vermillion Centerville and others with varied raises and one noted decrease at Primghar.
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Post Office Department
Iowa
South Dakota
Akron
Hearby
Inwood
Kingsley
Paullina
Primghar
Remsen
Rock Rapids
Rock Valley
Alcester
Beresford
Canton
Centerville
Beautify Your Cemetery Lot With Spirae Van Houttel
Beautify cemetery plots with white Spirae Van Houttel bushes. These two year plants stay handsome all year and bloom as a fountain of white flowers with little foliage showing. Orders invited from M. H. Jans of this city.
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Spirae van Houttel
M. H. Jans
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Big Sioux River Valley
Akron Milling Company
Otto Toto
Gibson
Harry L. Smith
Ray A Smith
Lowell
Alton Democrat
Hospers
Democrat
Neighborhood News
Samuel Hibbs
Sanborn
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