Emmetsburg Notes and Local Gossip Highlight Busy Week
The Milford Mail reports on a Milestone week with business callers from Estherville and Wallingford, local weddings and visits, and a note on compound interest showing large bank sums. It mentions visitors Fred Spies and Patrick Carmody, Miss Selma Johnson, Miss Myrtle Carnahan, Miss Gladys Vedder, and James McCullough among Graettinger and Emmetsburg residents, plus a Hawkeye circuit racing plan and local cattle sale attendance.
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Graettinger
Fred Spies
Estherville
Patrick Carmody
Emmetsburg
Selma Johnson
Wallingford
Knut Johnson
Joh. J. Sullivan
Lottie Hendricks
Myrtle Carnahan
History of Non-Partisan League and labor laws debated
The article discusses the Non Partisan League’s impact on labor rules, noting workmen compensation exemptions for farm laborers and eight hour day limits for women in towns over 500. It critiques league tactics to control media and public opinion, including boycotts against independent papers and propaganda efforts.
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The
Emergid
Boycotas
Ies Pi
North Dakota
Townley league controls county official papers
The passage describes how the Townley political league manipulated state law to seize publication control. It details the shift of official paper designation to a Townley printing commission, the elimination of competing papers from legal notices, and the political backlash as farmers and legislators protested. It notes prior fairness in publication, the referendum outcome, and the fear of press freedom loss.
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Toague
Townley Bunch
Istate
Townley
Townley Controlled Printing Commission
Bismark
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