Voters Hear Charlie Christiansen Plan for Supervisor
Charlie Christiansen outlines his candidacy for Graettinger district supervisor. He would quit farming to move to Graettinger if nominated and elected, citing lifelong residence in the district and a promise of dedicated service. The piece notes primaries two weeks away and includes a digression about a Honduras letter from Paul Kenefick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graetinger
Graettinger
Charlie Christiansen
Honduras
Paul Kenefick
M. J. Kenefick
Algona
Algona Republican
Graettinger Times
Paul
State Street
Long Wharf
Boston
Boston Sky Line
Tabor Academy
Havana
Cuban
Americas
Point
Bananas and Bounty Aboard a Banana Trade Voyage
A first person account aboard a United Fruit ship chronicles the voyage from Boston to Havana and Tela Honduras. The narrator describes stevedores, ripening rooms, rough seas, sights of Havana, a Serpentarium visit, and field work on a banana plantation in the Aguan valley with hand labor, mule trains, and stem-based pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fruit Company
Boston
San Benito
San
Honduras
Tela
Tein
Harvard
Mulford Drug Company
Central
Americas
American Tropics
March
Serpentarium
Peorta Castilla
Corocito
Aguan River
Rio Negro
Aguan Valley
Gilchrist Agricultural Record for Congress Candidate
Gilchrist a State Senator from Laurens Iowa seeks the Republican nomination for Representative in Congress from Iowa's Tenth District. The column highlights his legislative record, including support for the state department of agriculture, anti adulterated dairy measures, 4-H and extension work, poultry disease control, and a tax committee initiative, arguing his leadership and future effectiveness in Congress. Oscar B. Erlickeon is president and C. A. Carlson secretary of the Gilchrist for Congress Club in Laurens Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pred C. Gilchrist
Laurens
Congress
Tera Iu
Algona Advance
Hve Bowen
Inwa
Sens
Ator Gilchrist Ware
Department of Agriculture
Ames College
Towa
Menacga
House
Senate
Thi
Binge
Gilohvivttor
No Roads To Speck Of A Desolate Country Report
A feature fragment notes limited east coast roads, mule travel, and undeveloped country life. It cites colonial living and a predominance of mixed races, high illiteracy, and a call for stable government. The piece mentions a Redfield South Dakota visit by the Sullivan family and concludes with promising local crop prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruit Company
Thomas Sullivan
John and
Thormas
Redfield
South Dakota
John J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Journal-Observer
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Baumgartner’s
Graettinger, Iowa
J. Sullivan
Graettinger, In
Tam
Burt
Iowa
A. N. Jensen
Burt, Iowa
Caribbean Sea
Texas
England
Povery
Gilchrist
Peer Etree
Japan
Crescent Graham
Morton
Wiegmann’s Cash Grocery
Mit. Co
Crown
Deni Mills
Baumgartner
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