Ethiopia Deals and Empire Expansion Shake World
Haile Selassie moves to secure support from Britain and the United States, transferring control of a vast 150 000 square mile area to Anglo American interests for 70 years, while Mussolini stiffens his run to war. U S policy remains isolationist as Congress expands relief, banking, utilities and labor laws, shaping a tense economic and diplomatic landscape.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Lion of
Applo-Annie
Whitehall
Washington
Wagrhina
Malta
Suez Canal
League of Nations
A& I
Selassie
England
Francis M. Rickett
Dumbert
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Standard Oil Company
Italy
American State Department
Hull
Dea
Congress
Roosevelt
Sen
City Meat Market Offers Fresh Meats and Groceries
Robt. Simonsen, proprietor of City Meat Market in Graettinger Iowa, advertises a large stock of fresh and cured meats, hams and Riicon at low prices, plus cream milk bread and complete fruit and vegetable lines for Sunday dinners and everyday shopping.
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City Meat Market
Robt. Simonsen
First County Seats Of Webster County Highlight Homer History
Harvey Ingham recalls Webster county’s early seat at Homer and its rapid rise, noting frontier marks, county name battles, and Fort Dodge’s emergence after 1853 as government troops left. Duncombe’s land office helped shift activity toward Fort Dodge amid 1855 land openings.
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Harvey Ingham
Town State Register
Des Moines Tribune
Register
Court House
Webster
Hamilton
Iowa
Webster County
Homer
Yell
Risley
Humboldt County
Daniel Webster
Fox
Calhoun County
John C. Calhoun
James W. Grimes
Calhoun
Fort Dodge
John FP
Duncombe
Frontier County Seat Fight Shapes Iowa History
The Webster County seat dispute between Fort Dodge and Homer in the Webster City area influenced county lines. Fort Dodge gained votes to keep the seat and favored separation, while Homer, 10 miles south of the railroad, dwindled as the big county’s rail routes shifted. Bessie L. Lyon notes Homer’s decline as a warning about changing transport routes.
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Fort Dodge
New Castle
Webster City
Wilson Brothers
Fort Dodgers
Webster
Iowa
Homer
Sioux City
Bessie L. Lyon
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Graettinger Times
John J. Suliavan
Gractlinrer, Ta
Stone
Roy Howard
Scripps-Howard
Hayened
Associates
Howart
Hanson
Graettinger
A. J. Duhn
Dubs
Graettinger, Iowa
P. I.mccarty
Justice of the Peace
O. H. Raleigh Real Estate and Insurance Graettinger
Loveall Hotel & Cafe
Hamm
R. H. Loveall
P. McManus
Th. T. Naae
B. E. Capren
Graettinger, Towa
Olene Jacobson
L. T. Lewison
G. C. Coolidge
Chris Hansen
C. H. Lasting
L. Johnson
Wallingford
Hammermill
Gradlinger
J. M. Resh
Drawer J
Atlas
Graetlinger
Asn Hankey
Osgood
Dependable Welding
T. A. Hersleff
Martin Mybra
Bartleman
Loyeau Hotel & Cafe
Tleman Bros
Dr.hobson
Daines
Emmetsburg
Farmers Grain Co
D. BE. McCarty
Rving
Iowa Cauntie
ZyOws
Gractlinger
Eiangetaburg
Emmetsburg Rendering Works
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