Farmer Virtues in Work and Prohibition Debate
A historical essay contrasts farmer endurance with urban strikes, praising farmers as central to civilization and warning against enforcing prohibition as a private conscience issue. It argues temperance policy should respect individual liberty while resisting attempts to govern private life.
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Ple
Chicago Tribune
Arthur Reynolds
Chicago
Europe
France
Mr. Bryan
Mr .Craft
Mr. Craft
Craft
Carl Frank Meyer and the Uphill Brand of Shoe Trade
A portrait of Carl Frank Meyer a Fairfield shoe merchant famed for promoting the idea of no overhead and upward uplifting thoughts. The piece traces his career from rural Illinois to Missouri Chicago and finally Fairfield noting his optimistic outlook his use of Tribune papers for advertising and his car as a hobby while wife fears he may abandon shoes for tinkering in a garage.
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Carl Frank Meyer
Fairfield
Tribune
Tribunette
Carl Frank
Tribune and
Illinois
Pedler
Carl
Keokuk
Huiskamp
Moberly
Meyer
Chariton
Otumwa
Chicago
Tribune and Tribunette
Ge Jd
Tts
Washington
Old Settlers Invite Requests List of Former County Residents
Community club secretary Claude Downard asks for full names and current addresses of relatives or friends formerly living in the county who have moved away. A forthcoming event is planned to include these former residents.
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Old Settlers Invitation Committee
Claude Downard
Community Club Maintains Resident Directory at White Tea Lot
Permanent record lists former residents at the Community Club office near the White Tea store on the north side of the square. The aim is to provide current addresses and other available information to interested parties.
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White Tea Store
Local Social Notes Highlight Hedrick Visits and Church Event
Blackhawk Miss Leta Herrald of Hedrick visits her uncle Ira Herrald. Mr and Mrs C E Wolverton attend Ebenezer church home-coming with family. Miss June Gire weekends with sister Mrs Golborne Chid ester. Mr and Mrs Kelly of Birmingham visit daughter Mrs C A Manning.
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Leta Herrald
Hedrick
Ira Herrald
C.E. Wolverton
Ebenezer Church
June Gire
Golborne
Mrs. Kelly
Birmingham
C. A. Manning
Lost, Stray, or Stolen Horses Notice
Black mare three years old, black gelding two years old, black male one year old reported missing. Contact Lester Stark at phone 8902 for details.
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Lester Stark
Public Sale At Mt. Pleasant Iowa Farm
Wenger Bros Auctioneers advertise a public sale two miles northeast of Mt. Pleasant Iowa at 11 A.M. on Tuesday September 27 offering 21 Shorthorn cattle 21 Poland China hogs 47 Shropshire sheep and a possible span of mares plus payment terms cash or three months credit with bankable notes and bonds accepted at face value. Proceeds support H Hazen & Son and the event includes lunch by the Ladies Aid.
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Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Acorn
Poland
China
Fashioner
Shropshire
Wenger Bros
Farmers & Merchants
Ladies’ Aid
H. Hazen & Son
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