Milford and area notes mix business and social ties
Ed Arnette and Mrs P Montgomery with daughter Misa Tula visit Estherville while E F Nefstead attends Des Moines affairs. Milford chooses O R Arrington as school head with salary raised to 3000. Wallingford hosts mission meeting. local folks travel to Graettinger and Emmetsburg social rounds continue. Arabia locusts noted as diet. Hawkeye circuit forming linking local fairs. Emmetsburg men attend John Jackman cattle sale in Grad-Ying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Arnette
T. Natterstad
Wallingford
Lutheran Church
Milford Mail
Fenton
John Dempsey
Graettinger
Fred Spies
Estherville
Patrick Carmody
Emmetsburg
Selma Johnson
Knut Johnson
John J. Sullivan
Lottie Hendricks
Myrtle Carnahan
A. J. Johnson
Chicago
Gladys
Evanston University
Arabia
John the Baptist
Forest City
Humboldt
Britt
Algona
Clarion Waverly
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Wm. Dunigan
Live Wires and Auctioneers Tangle Over Phone Line
In Grab Eye Iowa a dispute involves live wires and farm auctioneers over telephone numbers 11 and 11 on a line. Officials caution about safety and signal interference as neighbors report outages and farm activities affected by the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grab Ttinger
Iowa
History of Non Partisan League and Labor Law Critique
A historical critique argues the workmen's compensation law benefits farm laborers while exposing tensions with the Non Partisan League. It notes eight hour days for women in large towns, stricter controls on information, and leadership aims to dominate newspapers, banks, and industries, including boycott pressures against independent publications.
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League
North Dakota
Apey
Townley press law transformed county papers in Montana era
In a campaign to punish independent newspapers the league pushed a law to appoint a Townley controlled commission as official county publisher, invalidating other papers for legal notices. Farmers funded the buy, Townley kept control, graft alleged, and the public grew aware of the threat to press freedom. The author boasts aid to his own paper and notes broader league ventures.
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League
Townley Bunch
Townley
Townley Controlled Printing Commission
Bismark
The
Learus
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