Iron ore wealth sparks Minnesotan political clash
Hibbing and Mountain Iron miners shaped by high grade ore drive local taxes and state policy. A South African miner notes Minnesota costs to ship ore to Chicago undercut by wage scales, highlighting a clash between Farmer-Labor politics and industrial needs. The piece links mining, taxation, and national economic policy to local life in Hibbing.
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Benson and Olsen
Hibbing
Eveleth
Thue
Mountain Iron
Iron
Merrit Brothers
Farmer-Labor Party
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Benson Farmer-Laborite
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South Africa
Accidentalis
Washington
Columbia Coming Events In November And Local Activities
Columbia notes a Baptist Sunday School party at the Miller home in Cleveland on November 19 assisted by Mrs Lofton Methuish, the Womens Baptist Mission Circle meeting December 3, and the Mt. Hope Church Ladies Aid on December 6. The Columbia Home Economics Club and Ridgeville guests attended the National Home Economics Association regional conference at Lakewood High School, with a Lakewood Shaker Heights football game, bus driven by PW Heineman. Local visits included Oscar Henke and group with Falview residents, and Rey Hughes speaking at Lorain’s twentieth Street ME Church supper.
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National Home Economic Association
Lakewood High School
Falview
Carl Catenach
Wakeman
Rey Hughes
Brotherhood of the Twentieth Street ME
Lorain
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