Rail Regulation Debates Stir Mills County and 6th District
A letter from A B Judson of Center township argues for stronger Interstate Commerce laws and a Roosevelt plan to curb railroad power. In Mills County, Republican factions clash over Hepburn and party machines as local clubs form against the current leadership. The Tribune promotes its Mills County map and urges readers to buy the weekly Tribune for full local news.
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Judson
A. B. Judson
Center Township
Iowa State Grange
Failowa
Roosevelt
Hepburn
Taylor, Ringgold
Adams
Col. Hepburn
Corning
Shall Women Vote The Mills county petition canvass
An elderly woman, Mrs Hawley of Valley Junction near Des Moines, travels to Mills county towns with a petition urging the legislature to submit woman suffrage to a popular vote. She aims for 100 signers, noting many men sign, with petitions directed to Representative Washburn and Senator Gilliland. The issue hinges on the upcoming legislative debate.
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Mills County
Glenwood
Fler
Hawley
Valley Junction
Des Moines
Tn Emerson
Malvern
A. B. Washburn
Shirley Gilliland
Big Yield of Corn in Mills County Declared Champion
John Norton reportedly produced the largest corn yield in Mills County with 93 bushels per acre from 75 acres on the Walter Aistrope farm near Malvern in White Cloud township. Another strong producer, Join Summers, yielded 33 bushels per acre from 23 acres. Prof Holden called Norton's field the finest in Malvern area. Overall Mills County corn harvests are nearly complete and total yields may be lower than earlier predictions.
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Mills County
John Norton
Norton
Walter Aistrope
Malvern
White Q Cloud Township
Join Summers
White Cloud
Tie
Holden
Cuess
Nortons Field
Funerals and small town tales from Mineola Silver City
In Mineola and Silver City notes a liveryman recalls a friend joking about burial under a evergreen tree, a tale tied to Ernst Roche’s forthcoming funeral. The piece also covers local phone expansion, a teen’s 61 page Silver City souvenir, holiday goods, travel woes, and church and lodge news along with health ad copy about a catarrh remedy.
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Silver City
J. C. Jackson
Ernst Roche
Mineola
Mr. Jackson
Law
Roche
Jackson
EB. Holvaker
Nso
Town
Mills County
Times
Malvern Stores to Open at Night This Week
Local notes report Miss Alta Boyer joining Mulholland store as a new clerk and several residents visiting relatives. Updates cover teachers moving or being hired, skating on moonlit nights, hayrack parties near Robbins pond, and plans for a mock breach of promise trial at the opera house for cemetery benefit.
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TOOF
Silver City
Malvern
Oaks
W H Burrows
Ragland
New York
Umbria
Cunard Line
Mid Ocean
Chicago
England
E. Farrington
South Dakota
Mr Farrington
Miss Alta Boyer
Mulholland
Rachel Dolph
White Cloud
Leah Dice
Arthur
Hive
M Cunningham
Mast Hill
Robbins Pond
Christy
Opera House
Cemetery Association
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Jacksonville
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Michel Cunningham
Moulton
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Shenandoah World
HL Summers
Stack Farm
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