Bud Mars Fails To Soar In Sioux City Aviator Meet
Bud Mars and Ely struggle in a Sioux City aviation meet as winds thwart attempts to fly across Woodland park. Promoters advertise Wizard's appearance but wind and weather hinder flights while Curtiss machines dominate exhibitions.
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Bud
Mars
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Chicago Aviation
Gates of Heaven
Ely
Sioux City
Fair Grounds
Donahue
Leonard
Frank
Wizard
Sweather
Federal Building
Glenn Curtiss
Woodland Park
Leo Pardellos
Wrights
Dr. Cook
West
Curtiss
Curtiss Aviation
Iowa
South Dakota
Zeppelin
His
Sioux City Flight Fiasco Promoters Blamed by Club
The Sioux City Commercial Club laments a failed aviation event as Curtiss and partners did not deliver flights. Motors underperformed and one 25 hp engine failed. spectators endured hours without shows while motorcycles offered the few attractions. Club president Dave Davidson urged a crowd-pleasing finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtiss
Sioux City
Mars
Ely
St. Paul
Dave Davidson
Commercial Club
Taft family settles in Beverly and city hall flag duties rise
IGAGS to Wild Waves PBSC report the Taft family settled at Beverly and the common council orders a flag flown daily from city hall during the President's stay. The piece notes the Jersey cow milk supplier is on duty and recalls Chief Justice Fuller's death after twenty two years on the bench. It also cites Roosevelt ancestry notes and a Canadian rail regulation comparison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Beverly
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Jersey
Melville Fuller
Grover Cleveland
Maine
Chicago
Justice Fuller
High Cost of Living Editorial on Lodge Committee Report
A non-partisan newspaper comments on Senator Lodge’s preliminary report from the cost of living committee. It argues the findings will shape political campaigns while stressing the committee’s duty to gather facts for the people. It lists causes such as higher wages, population shifts, land values, banking, storage, and distribution costs. Democratic senators condemn it as Republican campaign material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressional Committee
Lodge
Committee On
Massachusetts
Committee On the Cost of Living
Washington
Congress
Con
Fligher
The Happy Horse and the Custer Monument Dedication
Professor James extols happiness as a cultivated virtue and links it to horse and driver character. In Monroe Michigan a bronze General George A Custer monument was dedicated in June funded by the state. Elizabeth Custer unveiled the statue as survivors of the Third Cavalry attended. Credit for the project goes to Charles E Greening of Monroe who urged legislative funding.
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James
Boston
George Custer
Monroe
Charles E. Greening
Michigan Custer Association
Michigan
Custer
South
Republican Fourth Judicial District delegate convention set for LeMars
The Republican central committee of Iowa's Fourth Judicial District schedules a delegate convention in LeMars Plymouth County on July 7 at 11 am. The goal is to nominate four District Court judges and conduct district business with representation based on counties and votes for governor in 1908.
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Fourth Judicial District of
Iowa
33D
General Assembly
Republican Central Committee
Fourth Judicial District
LeMars
Plymouth County
District Court of
Judicial District
B. F. Carroll
Justifying Confidence Amid Drought and Irrigation Hopes
A ranch note from Chateau, Montana on June 28, 1890, blends a sermon on justification with observations of drought strife in the plains. It notes alfalfa yields, dry farming struggles in the Dakotas and Colorado, a stalled dam project funded by a banker named Heinz, beaver dam work, and a pausing railroad whistle. It cites irrigation bets, weather records, and cross-references to the Herald and Chicago Tribune.
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Iowa
Government Signal Service
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Uncle Sam
Heinz
Sheridan depot planned before winter comes
Thirty years ago notes report a depot to be built in Sheridan Boyden before winter. John Ellerbrook starts ice cream manufacture. J L Kinney of Grant township owns 400 acres of corn said to be the finest in the county. General Hancock and William English are Democratic ticket candidates. Pekelder Van Olst open an implement warehouse. Henry Lenderink reports 756 residents in West Branch and Sherman townships. Ben Tamplin contracted to paint new Davidson Bros houses. Settlers township had only one Democrat who moved away.
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J. L. Kinney
Grant Township
Henry Lenderink
West Branch
Sherman
Ben Tamplin
Davidson Bros
Twenty Years Ago Besthee and Local Notes
Si oux City population listed as 349000. Henry Van den Berg of New kirk sent timothy sample five feet long with nine inch heads. Stork visits to C De Booy and H Marvin homes yield sons. T J Knowlton holds 350 acres flax. half section bought last year. H Van der Waa completes Holland township census. Orange City near 1500. Harvest to start next week as weather tops ninety. Quotations from Dr Channing and John Ruskin appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry van den Berg
Newkirk
Timothy
C. de Booy
H. Marvin
T. J. Knowlton
H. van der Waa
Holland Township
Orange City
H. Betten
J. Pekelder
Proverbial Verse Cited in Domestic Animals Column
An excerpt from F. H. R. quoted the saying his horse and his cattle will surely in time proclaim the man, reflecting the era’s emphasis on property and character in animal husbandry contexts.
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Bia
Northwest
IGAGS
Maurice Maeterlinck
Montreal Star
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Canada
Central Vermont
Daniel Willard
Baltamore & Ohio
F.D. Underwood
Erie Railroad
Mr. Willard
Scottish Historical Review
Mr. Roosevelt
Stabo
New York
Ireland
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Buchanan
Arthur
McKinley
Knox
Polk
Holland
Roosevelt
van Buren
Fesee Anal Ree
Conten
Gen. Custer
Elizabeth Custer
Tait
Third Cavalry Division
Osceola Ree
Plymouth
Woodbury
Pan Sen
C. C. Brapiey
Doctor
Brady
Beavers
Tom Holmes
Rigator
Herald
Matters
The
Chicago Tribune
Tnote
Democrat
Wells
Walt
Aue
Chateau, Mont
Sheridan
Boyden
John Ellerbrook
Winfield Scott Hancock
William H. English
Pekelder & van Olst
Cashier Short
Missouri
Dr. Channing
John Ruskin
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