Midway and area notes mark social and legal events
Mrs Selmonson's sister’s death prompts a trip to Minnesota. Funeral news includes the Grant Giffen murder case verdict of first degree with life. Community gatherings feature Midway Country Club, Hoover Relief contributions, and local dances. Local visits span Estherville, Cedar Falls, Emmetsburg, and Minnesotan moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Graves
Senera
Paul Graves
Chas. Rosenberger
Midway Country Club
Andy Wilder
Estherville
Grant Giffen
Lawrence Higenbotham
Russell Graves
Alan Krieger
Murray Godfrey
Henry Hageman
George Calahan
Chas
Heinrich
Jake Taylor
Claus Clausen
Harvey Solomonson
Herb Vetter
Hoover Relief Committee
Ladies League of Graver
Ldttell
Red Cross
Hoover
Grover
Alvie Davis
Davis
Minnesota
Bailey
Cedar Falls
Jim Ramsey
Ben Roach
Hanley
Emmetsburgh
Albert Salmonson
Harry Hornby
Farmers Union
Dolliver weekly notes and local society updates
Local items list weekly visits from Dr C J Peterson dentist and Dr J R Brown veterinarian in Dolliver. Mrs Julia Wertz returns from Cedar Rapids visit. Mattie Iverson resumes Mason City duties. Mrs Tisdale mourns her mother. funeral attended by Mr Tisdale. High school basketball totals: Dolliver loses to Armstrong. Visitors from Estherville. sleigh ride rumors. Giffen trial attendance noted. Short jokes and medical notes about pneumonic plague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Peterson
Ringstead
Dolliver
J. R. Brown
Julia Wertz
Retta Lee
Cedar Rapids
Mattie Iverson
Mason City
Slungerland
Ames
Paul Anderson
Estherville
Will Ross
J B. Mitchell
Ella Loffy
Riverside Church Wallingford English Services
Riverside Church Wallingford holds English services Sunday February 13 at 11:00 a.m. Lutheran League meets at 8:00 p.m. Program committee arranged events. Confirmants gather at the parsonage in Wallingford Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Dorcas society meets Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. Stella Largón home. T Hanson pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Church
Wallingford
Riverside
Lutheran League
Dorcas Society
Stella Largon
Statesman Beaten at Checkers In 1852 Politic Echo
A Springfield Republican note recalls the winter of 1852 when Franklin Pierce was nominated for president and was defeated at checkers by Judge Folsom of New Hampshire. The remark highlights political wit about life in a Washington structure. A Louisville Courier-Journal quip adds a separate jab about trolley cars and nightly service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Checkers
Franklin Pierce
Judge Folsom
New Hampshire
Washington
Springfield
Republican
Heated glycerin as germ destroyer proves effective
German tests show glycerin heated to 120 degrees C kills germs including tuberculosis diphtheria anthrax and chicken cholera within a minute. Instruments unaffected after an hour and sterilization restores ribberries. Also notice for Rev. Lutheran Immanuel Church service on Sunday February 13 at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor J. E. Andreae.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Immanuel Church
North 4Th
Emory St
Divine Services
J. E. Andreae
Farmers and the press in Northwest politics
The piece contends farmers in the Northwest have paid for experience in journalism as they hold influence in the Socialistic led Nonpartisan League. It frames farmers as players who have been drawn into newspaper work by party interests and activism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Nonpartisan League
Stor
League failures and Iowa livestock declines in 1921 report
The article notes several League backed newspapers failing across Minnesota and North Dakota, with farmers paying the losses. It then reports Iowa livestock declines in 1921 with swine and cattle down, milkers fewer, and prices falling, including figures for swine, cattle, sheep, horses, and mules. FRANK & PINNEY, Agricultural Statistician for Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Aberdeen
S. D
Square Deal
F. Hollen
Lyon County
Minnesota
League
Marshall
The
Rocks
Grand Forks
N. J
Grand Forks Daily American
North Dakota Tidenide
National Editorial Accaviation
Iowa
Frank §& Pinney
Agricultural Statistician
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Sam Selmoneva
Orville
Miindia
Ames Watkins
Beck
Margaret Fielding
Margaret Clark
Earl Kruse
Frank Krieger
Dover
Bolliver
Assam
Merryman
Boston Cranacript
T. Hanson
Louisville Courier- Journal
Des Moines
U. S. Bureau of Crop Estimates
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Stowa
Club House
Ae Gore
Booth’s Grocery
Poland
Wallingford, Iowa
T. R. Hepp
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