The City's Responsibility In Road Improvement. Des Moines Iowa
Hon Lara Youna of Des Moines speaks at Good Roads School in Council Bluffs urging all Iowans to fund and maintain dirt roads. He argues towns and farmers must organize good roads clubs, keep younger workers on farms, and resist state or federal overreach while praising local initiatives that have funded levies to curb high water and improve village roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Tona
Towa
Greeley
Lowa
Ahawer
Colonel Baker
Council Bluffy
Citiea
Towna
Des Moines
Warren County
Baker
Mississippi
Missouri
California
Railroad rate notes and leadership changes announced
Rate clerks on western lines set next year’s homeseekers rates near this year’s levels using one and a half fare plus $2 for round trips, vs one fare plus 2 under the 8 cent rate. O Cornelisen named general superintendent of Chicago Great Western. the transportation office is abolished. G A Goodell to move to Livingston Montana as general superintendent of Northern Pacific. Vindicator and Republican announce clubbing with leading publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homseekera
O. Cornelisen
Chicago Great Western
Prospects Favorable for Post Office in Eatherville
Congressman Conner has introduced a bill in Congress carrying 65000 dollars for an Eatherville post office building. He will push the measure this session, aiming for rapid approval after last winter's site purchase. The proposed site sits at Des Moines and North Sixth streets, just west of the opera house, and, though not ideal, is the best available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Conner
Congress
Eatherville
Conner
Connor
Des Moines and
North Sixth Streets
Opera House
New Postmaster General Order Tightens Subscriptions
The Postmaster General issued a drastic order effective January 1 requiring second class periodical subscribers to pay subscriptions up to date to continue receipt after January 1. Publishers must collect arrears or halt papers, with weekly papers barred to those more than a year in arrears after July 1, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Tom, Dick and
Harry
Board of Supervisors
Vindicator
University Alumni Mass Meeting Sparks Holiday Reunions
Students from most counties rallied around banners to celebrate university spirit and plan holiday reunions with alumni. The gatherings in counties across the state will feature banquets receptions and a university dinner at the Armory with affordable prices. A novel stereoscopic slide feature is planned for the dinner along with reports from recent country club meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metinga
Steroptican
Dinner promises varied scenes with slides at Country Club
The report notes a great variety of scenes at the dinner with many Country Clubs expected to have flashlight pictures taken. Slides will be made from these photographs and projected on the screen for viewing.
Hartley Pays Train Conductor Gift For Punctuality
A seven year wait ended as Hartley citizens flooded the depot to praise a conductor with a $60 purse for perfect timing. The conductor refused, citing tainted money since the Milwaukee Westbound train was twenty four hours late, sparking cheers and city officials’ reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millwaukee
Hartley
Spencer's
Hardy
Fire Company
Solon
Sheldon Mall
Students Home For Christmas Vacation List
Estherville youths studying in Oberlin Lake Forest Armour Institute Shattuck and more return home for Christmas and New Year. Names include Jonnie Rhodes Bessie Zeeman Lee Brown Donald Allen George Albron Morton Anderson Hazel Bemis Mildred Stephena Naomi Atwood Homer Atwood Harry Tosdal Arthur Hartung Olive Robb Evelyn Metzgar Birney Thompson Roy Blakey Inez Mitchell Clara Lesher and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Jonnie Rhodes
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Bessie Zeeman
Lake Forest University
Lee Brown
Armour Institute Chicago
Donald Allen
Shattuck Military Academy
Fairbault Minn
George and
Francis Albron
Morton Anderson
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Bemis
Will, Johnson
Frank Dunham
Melville ‘Brown
Bert Riley
Towa State University
Mildred Stephena
Administratrix Notice in Bremer County Estate
Public notice announces the appointment of GheTEVDE OLAvEEM as administratrix of the John Clausen estate in Bremer County Town. Creditors are urged to file sworn claims with the district court clerk within the legal time, with payment requested to the administratrix. Dated Ratherville December 1st, 107.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyaby
District Court
Bremer County
John Clausen
Persas
Ratherville
Laws
The Tragedy of the Negro In the North preview
Ray Stannard Baker outlines in The American Magazine a series on The Tragedy of the Negro in the North. He recalls a Mississippi man who planned to move to Indianapolis seeking equality and opportunity but found the promised land not as promised. He notes many eager negroes migrating to northern cities and facing unfulfilled hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stannard Baker
American Magazine
North
Mr. Baker
Promised Land
Mississippi
Indianapolis
South
Davenport
Dubuque
Iowa Dairy Cream Separator Wins Gold Medal at Jamestown Exposition
Notes boast of past Iowa Cream Separator victories including 1906 Portland and Lewis and Clark honors and 1904 St Louis gold medals. Ad copy promotes Spurbeck Lambert Co Estherville IA selling 750 pound capacity separators, secondhand machines, and stock status. Also includes local notices on post office hours and lodge officer elections with multiple society names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
St. Louis
Spurbeck-Lambert Co
Estherville
Bank Refuses Cash to German Farmer in Panic Echoes
A German farmer demanded $600 in cash at a bank, which could only provide $26. managers offered a draft or check for the balance while explaining the bank is sound. The farmer’s muffled reply about milk, family, and milk checks ends with the line that a check is good for old and young, revealing the era’s humor amid financial fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hin
Wall
Der
Pet
der Paby
der Goodard
Goodard
The Fight for the Forests in American Magazine
Stewart Edward White previews his January American Magazine piece The Fight for the Forests. He contrasts destructive greed with government-led efforts to manage wealth and forest resources, signaling a broader public debate and a forthcoming forestry guide this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Edward White
To Pub Hsh
Tobe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Good Roads School
Gonneil Bluffs
Republican
Jng Publications
Post Office Building
Woods
Republican State Central Committee
Register and Farmer
der Mothea
Towans
Frank G. Carpenter
Father Clarkson
Harmony Rebekah Lodge
Noble
D. O. Frizzell
Mra. C. Fi Kilgore
Mies Pearl Willey
Mae Wanamaker
Mra
G. A. Skowileh
Estherville Camp
J. W. Morse
C. E. Burkhart
I. C. Stanley
J.J. Klopp
A. H. Nash
I. G. Willey
John Lucas
Thos. Goggin
Dre. A. Anderson
E. W. Baghman
W. E. Bradley
C. E. Birney
M. E. Wilson
Myatle Workers of the World
Offcera
BE. J. Ketcham
Monitor
Mre
O. O. Rost
A. A. Peterson
A. E. Ammon
Jacob Holwes
Wacdey
Walt. Wrattan
Th. A. E. Ammon
Geo
Godden
Minnie McKenzie
Hampton
Boston
Cambridge
Mass
City of
Boston and Main Railroad
Horton Elevated
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!