Twenty Years Ago Item Highlights From 1842 Iowa Inprx
A compilation notes Eli Geabout selling his farm at 55 dollars per acre and an addition to a local building nearing occupancy. Hog prices reach 34 65 in Hull while Mrs Ivan Miller visits from Canton with young Jack. Various local events include store expansions, a Watertown trip, and a Sioux City Salix tragedy caused by a fire. Marriage at the Reformed church between Hermania Van t Hat and Memke Jasma. An accident injures a man at a throttle leading to amputation. Grain yields from Maurice Stickney exceed 20 bushels per acre with barley at 25. News covers Ben Walters at the GALR encampment, butter factory concerns, and farmer interest in dairy work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Stickney
Sioux County
Wright
Steady Gain in Political Fight Across Nation
A steady gain in political support marks Roosevelt ahead of Wilson and Taft in the North and West. Wilson faces tough defenses over labor and immigration remarks while Roosevelt attracts crowds and approval. Early state indicators show Roosevelt leading in Michigan by 75,000, California by 10,000, and Taft trailing in several regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wilson -Taft
Wilaun
Wilson
Pote
ATA
Deranes
Pinechot
White House
Neo Burn
Housevelt
Ivauch
Taft
Shangen
John- Hon
Michigan
Kapgea
California
Miller's Letter From Parte to Peoria in 1922
A long letter from a correspondent in the Philippines describes travel to Benguet, weather and disease during the rainy season, life in Baguio as summer capital, and local markets in Kognia. The writer notes train and car journeys, mountain scenery, Igurot people, rice shortages, and rising rice prices affecting locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parte
Lapuna
Pot
Tre Peoria
John
Huynie
Philippines
Benguel
Alanis
Cape One
Luguia
Gaeé Uc
Hognia
Bognia Brigga
Bognia
Nis
Philippine
Kognia
Froma
Sun Hugo
Heimpis
Tuete
Political party rallies and campaign notes in Iowa
A local column recalls post school festivities for Democratic and Republican supporters, notes upcoming speeches by Hon. George D. Perkins and Gov. Bois, and mentions Frank Zimmerman’s rifle matches. It discusses Hamlet critiques, Ophelia casting by Amber Wight, and broader 1912 campaign implications with Wilson and Roosevelt, predicting strong Progressive gains and voter sentiment.
Application for liquor permit in Hull Sioux County Iowa
Notice of application by J. H. Anderson a registered pharmacist for a permit to buy keep and sell intoxicating liquors at Hull in Sioux County Iowa will be heard in Orange City on November 11 1912. Also includes parish notices and a public sale report of Poland China hogs with 42 sold averaging 42.00 per head and top near 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District. Court of the State of
Iowa
Sioux County
J. H. Anderson
Hull
Sioux
District Court
Said County
Orange City
Poland
E. Gritters
Local Camp Life and Town Updates Highlight Hull Areas
The article describes government summer camps near Bognia and Camp John Auy housing teachers and soldiers, with tents and cottages provided. It notes Hull’s new 12 mph speed limit signs and reports on crops near Worthington, Minnesota, plus local visitors from Sanborn and Hull families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fthéhor
Bognia
John Auy
J. 5
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eli Geabout
Ivan Miller
Canton
Jack
Main Street
EU. C
Ward Miler
Watertown
South Dakota
A.B. Steffen
Gua Satterlee
Poon Press
Wew
Sioux City
Salix
E . Marrigd.Van't Hat
Jasma
the Reformed Church
B. W. Lammers
Hermania Van't Hat
Mra. Memke Jasma
Hujl
Jim Walters
GALR
Washington
New York
Grover Cleveland
Jin
Rudolph Midler
Llawarden
Miler
Columans
Miller
Jerry Green
George D. Perkins
Frank Zimmerman
Dubuque
Iowa National Guard
Chicago
Fort Sheridan
Cornforth
Gov. Bois
George Thomas
Hamlet
Will Shakespeare
Bayard Stanhope
Shakespeare
Hilliard Wight
Amber Wight
Ophelia
Chas. Fox
W. A. Fobes
Rock Valley
Roos
United States
Georgia
G. G. DeJong
Schoenaman Bros. Co
I. R. Aldrich
Parnell Avenue
Ashbury Church
91St Place
Vincent M. E. Church
M. E
Farmers’ Store
Joe Steven
Sar House
Briand
MinLer
al Tae
Marshal DeVries
Andrew Netting
Eluf
Archie Dibson
Worthington
Minnesota
Inwood
Archie
Wesley Beckman
Sanborn
Chas Beckman
Wm. Shimp & Sons
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