War time price rise and farm aid call in Estherville
A local editorial urges gardeners to grow food amid rising costs for print paper and coal in Estherville. It notes potato prices soar, warns profiteers, and urges land use to curb living costs. It introduces T E B Kulp for state senator, discusses women at a county caucus, and previews political moves including Major General Woods for president and local candidacy in Armstrong and Emmet counties. It mentions a season ticket refund offer for the Gip SY rail at Grand Theatre and quotes KITE VAWTER.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woods
Emmet County
Graud Theatre
Wiest Prust and Savings Bank
Kite Vawter
Baby born in Ellsworth area and other local notes
John Sidles of Ellsworth township welcomed a baby boy born March 30. Nels Osher of High Lake township died at 87. funeral held at the Norwegian church east of Wallineford. RB Trimble Sv died Friday. funeral Wednesday and burial at Oak Hill cemetery. Mrs Galloway left for a two month Washington visit. April 11 1900 marriage in Motherville between Bert Gruver and Dutcia Shaw. Switch engine No 10 installed for switching at the rail yard. K T Sandren sold timber land to T Martinson of Twelve Mile Lake township. Prof Edwin Dukes elected city schools superintendent succeeding C C Stover. Rh F Snook Sr will join Ransom Bros. next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sidles
Ellsworth
Nels Osher
N. B. Osher
High Lake Township
Wallineford
Trimble Sv
Ellsworth Township
Oak
Galloway
Washington, DL
Motherville
M. 1
Parsonage
M.D. Revan
Bert, Gruver
Dutcia Shaw
Gruver
Emmet County
Iowa
RLOC
Rr, & NM
K. T. Sandren
T. Martinson
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Martinson
Estherville
Edwin Dukes
Normal Department
Huron
South Dakota
C. C. Stover
Dukes
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Presbyterian Church
Rh. F. Snook
Ransom Bros
Albert Lea
Local Notes On Residents Recovery And Visits
Mrs Reo Krewell shows improvement after operation and may return home on Tuesday Walter Barstow visits Rush City friends Clara Wiley returns from Coleman hospital in Instherville Gregory returns home to Bake Park Lesley Chapman and family visit Ed Chapman parents Mrs Green learns of mother’s passing in Missouri funeral planned H Littlejohn moves into Denti SONS residence Ladies Antoni Olson hall event April 24 dinner served Mrs A C Bringle improves after tonsillitis Mr Will Sanders of Waucon Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reo Krewell
Walter Barstow
Rush City
Minn
Clara Wiley
Coleman Hospital
Instherville
Gregrery
Bake Park
Lesley Chapman
Anelia
Meo
Ed Chapman
Ladie Antoni Olson
A. C. Bringle
Will Sanders
Waucon
Spirit Lake News Notes and Club Updates
Spirit Lake items report visitors from Superior and Worthington, church meetings, and family updates. Inter church world movement events, a hospital amputation, and M E church discourse are mentioned. The Culture Club elects officers and plans Near East relief funds. Next meeting set for April 28 with a roll call on sufferstitions and an income tax lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ties
Minnie Ward
Krewell
Culture Club
Stella
Alice Anderson
Near-East Relief Fund
Tey Wardrip
Anna Smith
Sybil Campbell
Mary Wallace
Lars Smith
Treas
Florence Clump
Belle Trowbridge
Gladys Martens
Tlattie Bringle
Belle Transon
Josephine Clamp
Lucy Wardrip
Death of Bishop Hughes and early Towa church history
Des Moines reports the death of Bishop Matthew O. Hughes of the Methodist church in Cleveland while on a lecturing tour. The article recounts Hughes’s arrival in Towa from West Virginia in the 1880s, his pastorates including Grinnell, and his son Matt Hughes who left journalism for preaching in Iowa. It notes Hughes’s role with Sam Jones and his return to West Virginia to assist at Loveland camp meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
Matthew 8. Hughes
Methodist Church
Cleveland
Ohio
Thomas B
Hughes
West Virginia
M. E. Church
Grinnell
Matt
Wheeling
Sam Jones
Loveland
Iowa
Ewart
Blue Point
Poweshiek
Malcom
T. B. Hughes
Marguerite Feys
Dixmude
Belgium
Gen. Pershing
Edwin E. Hadley
Grinnell Iowa
Tiflis
Russia
Hadley
Main
Grinnell College
Major clergy careers span from Grinnell to Portland
The piece traces a minister named Hughes rising from Grinnell to Portland Oregon, then Kansas City and Minneapolis before Pasadena where he earned 10,000 dollars yearly and became a bishop. It notes his brother Filward also became a bishop in San Francisco and mentions the older Hughes' death. It also covers war risk claims, a Cascade bird sighting, historic seabird flocks, and local civic strides like J W Studebaker becoming Des Moines schools chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Diktelet Cami
Matt
Grinnell
Portland
Maine
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Pasadena
Calif
Oregon
Filward
Powshiek County
San Francisco
Hughes
Bloomfield
Towa
Entering College and Local School Leadership Rise
A historical note covers a Des Moines school career builder who advanced from assistant to superintendent after a unanimous vote, with ties to the Toledo Democrat editor, and mentions a Belgian wartime attaché, a Grinnell College official, and Armenian relief work as contexts. It also recalls a fatal team accident tied to a downed electric wire, a franchise liability case, and a political candidacy declaration for state senate by D. F. Kulp of Emmetsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land
Thornburg
Des Moines
Thonburg
Studebaker
Board of Education
Toledo
Iowa
Democrat
Henry Post
Orange City
Post
Electric
State Railway Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rather, Jr
We. A. Nichols, Faditar and
Mer
Mighty
T. EB. Kulp
Primersburg
Kulp
Palo Alto
Ile
Emmet
Gosh
Armstrong Journal
B. F. Robinson
Robinson
Person
Gordon
Wiest National Bank of Armstronge
Arthur James
State News
J. W. Jannag
Minnesota
Burt & Jones
Dan, Newquist
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Cascade
I. L. Baldwin
J. W. Studebaker
Virginia Loveland
Cedar Rapids
Mildred Gerloff
D. F, Kulp
Emmetsburg
Therville
Owa
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