Whittemore notes on politics and weddings in 1911
Whittemore column discusses reciprocity with Canada and party politics, praises the Holdridge Wyman wedding, notes farm weather concerns, a Whittemore Whittemore ball park event, and a Spirit Lake report declaring the highest point in the Iowa lake region near Beulah Church. The column weaves local social life with national politics and upcoming community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Wyman
Omaha
Leona Holdridge
Our City
Miss Holdridge
Whittemore
Mr. Wyman
J. M. Farley
Richland County
North Dakota
Farley
Spirit Lake
Register
Stanton
Civil Engineering Department
State Agricultural College At
Ames
Iowa Great Lakes
Allegheny
Rocky Mountains
Beulah Church
East
Okoboji
United States Weather Observatory
Government Weather Bureau
Forty Years Hence. A Veteran’s Reflections on War and Time
An aged pensioner stops a reader to recall the 1907 campaign and the Mexican edge, recounting ruined digestion, broken teeth from hardtack, and injuries that linger. He speaks in a rambling, wry voice like Rip Van Winkle, noting rusted ankles from disuse and half-forgotten war memories. The piece, from the Denver Republican, shows a veteran’s enduring vulnerability and nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkle
Denver
Rewards of Georgia Journalism
Dr. A. E. Johnson visited last week and left a novel gift at the paper goat’s butter cake. His goat is a fine milker, proving rewarding livestock can surprise a newsroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
The
Marietta News
A. E. Johnson
Breathing Essay Sparks Cautionary School Style
A student’s humorous early composition on breathing jokes about lungs kidneys and the dangers of indoor air. The piece mocks boys in rooms and mocks girls for corsets while mentioning a colonial era incident of carbonicide. Also a 1911 notice promotes a new hotel in Irvington, with accommodations and a realtor offering town property listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland- School
India
Financial ledger fragment from Algona and Chicago banks
A fragmentary ledger lists loans and discounts for Gold and Silver coin legal tender and national drafts and cash items. It shows due from banks including County Savings Bank Algona and Drovers Deposit National Chicago, with overdrafts and real estate notes and personal property totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Savings Bank
Algona
Drovers Deposit National
Chicaro
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Brownell's
Oxfords
Brownell’s
Skos
Guo
J. A. Brownell Shoe Co
Iowa
U.S
Panama Canal
Sam
F. S. Norton
Aed Ems
Algona Telephone CO
Boyle
Whittemore News and Comment
Canada
Congress
Senate
Taft
Republican Party
van Hise-Butler
Migs Higgins
Elery Pearce
Whitney
Dailey
Fred Wagner
Joe DeGraw
Carmody
Meilke
Scribe
J.B. Butler
Lotts Creek
J. By
Rev. Gregg
Holdridge-Wyman
Rev Clegg
Mary B. Munch
Washington
Spokane
Towa
van Ness
Van
Mes’ Dutton
Holdridge
Emmetsburg
Mazon City
W. A. Hiler
New York
Tiler
Big City
T. J. White
Ft. Dodge
Geo. Munch
LaCrosse
Wis
Munch
Optamet
W. H. Ketcham
Alyoni
Mexico
Pillsborough
P.m
TA P.m
Jana
Williams Jubilee Singers
Bishop Farlowe
Williams’ Jubilee Singers
Williams’ Jubiles Singers
Ermon
Bishop Fallows
Obicngs
Williams
Jubilee Singers
Leature
Tip.m. Bucred
Wiliams
Dure
Luther Manship
Mississippi
Tip
Thomas Brooks Fletcher
Tahan
the Shite Savage
Robert B.glenn
North Carolina
Rounds Ladies Orchestra
James Hi. Watson
Indiana
Hounds Ladies Orchestra
Rounds
W.S. Battis
Dickens
Ha Merton
Castle Square
L. B. Stringer
Lilnois
Ople
Eature
Senator W
Kenyon
EB. Keptord
Dr. James
Montgomery of
Minneapolis
James S. Montgomery
Irvington
J. E. Knowlen
Hoorse
Shoellenbirger’ & Cruikshank
Shoellenbirger& Cruikshank
W. E. Laird
Upper Des Moines
Dodge Street
Peoples! Savings. Bank
St. Benedict
Ee Babang
RAHM
Ram
Dodge
Raskopf
Maragh F
McCormick
Swanson
W. H. Hodges
John Mesing
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