Aerial travel epoch opens as airship advances praised
The piece lauds the aerial age with claims of a smooth electric automobile lasting longer than gas engines. It mentions the Deutschland craft and a nine hour 300 mile trip, calls the era an epoch, and compares air progress to steam's past. It also covers dry farming optimism and a Century Bible series.
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The
Electrical News
Dusselderf
Deutschnging
Gashaién
Tribune
Republican Convention Set for Fourth Judicial District Iowa
Delegates from Cherokee Osceola Plymouth Sioux and Woodbury counties will meet in LeMars on July 7 at 11 a.m. to nominate four district court judges and conduct district party business per state law and party rules. Delegates are allotted by county and past election vote totals for Governor Carroll in 1968. The meeting is chaired by C. C. Brooney with C. W. Pitys as secretary.
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C. C. Bradley
C. W. Pitts
W. D. Boies
Sheldon
Opera House
Fourth Judicial District
Iowa
33D
General Assembly
Republican Central Committee
Towa
Lowa
LeMars
Plymouth’ County
District Court of
Warren Garst
Cummins
Carroll
Flo
Republican County Convention Delegates Named for July Meeting
The Republican County Convention will be held in this city on Saturday July second at eleven o'clock per the primary law. County chairmen are J A Ogg and P R Schaap. Delegates listed include Buncombe L Younie G L Venard Capel Henry De Groot Arnold Van der Wilt Wm Willemsen and many others representing precincts such as Chatsworth Eagle Lincoln Nassau Plato Reading and Sherman among numerous towns. The Sioux- none elected and Washington none elected sections noted.
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J. A. Ogg
P. R. Schaap
Buncombe
L L Younie
G L
Capel
Henry de Groot
Arnold van der Wilt
Wm Willemsen
P ‘A de Zeeuw
H Dykstra
John Bomegaars
Iowa Republicans Expect Convention Showdown in 1908
Des Moines reports split within Iowa GOP as progressives and standpatters vie for control of the August state convention. Cummins is poised as temporary chairman and unlikely to attack the president or current senators while signaling endorsements for Dolliver and Taft. Delegates to the July county meetings will shape the August lineup with power on the floor split between rival wings.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
J. P. Dolliver
United States Senate
Porary
A Ranchers Fight Over Desert Water Rights
An 1880s river dispute shows ranchers clashing over water rights. A dam built by rival Burto n Denchers snarled access, but the owners quickly dismantled it, preserving long standing water claims dating to 1882 and the priority system that governs irrigation.
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Nile
Assouan
Uncle Sam
Western States
Lurton Beach
Sagt
Burton Denchers
Coad Heads Republican County Convention in Rock Valley
N. O. Coad elected chair man of the Republican county convention. Rock Valley reports 112 inhabitants and Rock township 256. Gerrit Solks welcomed a baby girl to the family. Kieinhesselink notes fine rye and flax yields. Orange City population 320. Holland township stats listed. Gleysteen crew finishes fence for A Norte residence. Hospers public schools show 105 pupils with 7 teachers and 5 girls.
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Rock Valley
Rock Township
Bora
Gerrit Solks
Kieinhesselink
Orange Cry
Holland
John Gleysteen
Crew
A. Norte
Twenty Years Ago in the Times Era
A fragment from the 20th century column recalls local events and notable figures as the town reflects on past developments and memories from two decades ago.
Ashton schools elect Van Marcel principal in district
The notice reports Van Marcel elected principal of Ashton schools. It also lists local items: a horse died from heat, typhoid cases, permits to wed, property purchases, population figures, and farming notes amid a hot dry season with lamb and wool harvests and a planned summer ranch operation.
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Gr. PL. van Marcel
Ashton
A. Dokter
Evee Osinga
Elizabeth van deVeer
John G. van Rossum
Minnie S. Wynna
A. de Bey
G. W
Our Barbarous Fourth Ideals Shape Safer Celebrations
A 1930s discussion urges abandoning noisy displays for dignified Independence Day celebrations. Led by Mrs. Isaac Ey Kice and echoed by national leaders, the movement advocates pageants fostering community cohesion and liberty ideals. Sioux County’s Rock Valley hosts horse races as a local observance, with broader adoption hoped.
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Isaac Ey Kice
New York Society For the Suppression of
Sioux County
Rock Valley
Corn Fields Reach Knee High Stage by Fourth of July
The article notes hot dry weather aiding corn cultivation in Sioux County. Farmers keep soil stirred to preserve moisture and aim for knee height by the Fourth of July. A July rain is hoped to arrive on time to aid harvest and suppress grass and weeds.
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