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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
5
The Omaha Commercial Club special train is due to arrive at 2 42 this afternoon. A mainly business visit includes several entertainments headed by Claren Lund. The town is urged to greet the visitors and extend a welcome.
A collage of local banter, enforcement woes, and rural humor highlights the era. Citizens gripe about spitting laws, school drinking cups, and tariff talk while editor Kane mocks regional commerce plans. References to Cummins, Dolliver, and Corractionvills pepper the piece as newspapers lampoon town projects and upcoming political shifts.
The Sioux Valley News celebrates 27 years and changes its caption to Correctionville News. The editors justify the shift by emphasizing town branding and advertising impact, aiming to boost recognition of Correctionville and the paper’s role in the Little Sioux valley. They pledge to invest in better facilities and service while retaining reader support and advertiser confidence.
Correctionville mourns as George Evarts, born June 5 1829 in New York, dies after pneumonia at about 70. He lived in Correctionville 51 years and served as supervisor and postmaster. He left a wife and six children and helped found Hook township. Funeral Monday. burial in local cemetery.
Local items report Schaller’s Fourth celebration plans, corn acreage in Ida County, school graduations at Smithland and Mapleton, deaths including Jonas Johnson and Teobert McCall, and various community notes on rail, roads, and town improvements. Also mentions editor antics and a large boy, Bernard Coin, visiting Onawa.
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