Estherville notes on gas franchise and local notices
A flurry of small district items: voters set for a gas franchise decision in January, hospital and weather remarks, births, marriages and a new postmaster in Wallingford. Elk’s Lodge initiates fourteen candidates from multiple towns. Gov. Hammond funeral crowds fill St James with 60,000 autos. Board officers elected. county improvements and school plans discussed. Local luminaries include Ringling obituary and new Bringle Bros shoe shop owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk’s Lodge
Milford
Spirit Lake
Spencer
Worthington
St. James
Hammond
Daughters of American Revolution
Grafs
Moving Picture Theatre
Social news from Orleans hotel events and local gatherings
A six o'clock dinner was given at the Orleans hotel Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lyon. Guests of honor were Mrs. Hoyer and Mrs. Schumacher, sister and mother of Mrs. Lyons. Other items note a bridge luncheon by Mrs. Frank Rhodes, a luncheon for Mrs. Clarence Ladd, and gatherings hosted by Miss Nina Woodhouse and Dr and Mrs E W Bachman. The piece also covers a Gardston hotel dinner for sixteen and a D P D D Cooking Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Sargeant Bevan with guest Mrs Kate Ford Scharfenburg. A political letter urges improved rural route automobile service, arguing the current service is inferior and should be discontinued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans Hotel
Geo. Lyon
Hoyer
Schumacher
Lyons
Clarence Ladd
Ed Stockdale
Nina Woodhouse
Orleans
Mack J. Groves
E. W. Bachman
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Andrew Smith
Gardston Hotel
D. PD. D. Cooking Club
Sargeant Bevan
Unclaimed Hat of Letters at Batherville Post Office
Adyartped Luttara lists mail for several residents as unclaimed at Batherville. The postmaster warns that items will go to the Dead Letter Office in Washington if not retrieved within two weeks from January 8, 1816. Callers should reference advertised mail and date.
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Batherville
C. A
Pangevik
Julius Moora
Wm. Comroe
Mas McGraft
Gust Korakia Mias
Francis Jones
Harry Wallis
F, Masson
Kate Miller
V. Buchanan
Blanch Judkina Jobo Neilemarher
Washington, D.C
Frank Carpenter
Iowa Suffrage Campaign Organizes State Staff and Volunteers
The Iowa suffrage campaign outlines a state board led effort with Flora Dunlap as president and Effie McCollum-Jones as vice president. Officials include recording and corresponding secretaries, treasurers, and auditors from Des Moines, Oskaloosa, Adel, Corydon, and Grinnell. The staff adds Mabel Lodge and others from Colorado Wisconsin and Montana to organize statewide activities. Volunteers like Miss Harriett Bain and Ben Hooper commit to a month of organization work in Iowa. County and township chairmen will oversee polls of men and women on suffrage attitudes, with county committees coordinating finance, literature, speakers, press, and publicity. Financing faces challenges but strong support comes from clubs and individuals at the state convention.
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Iowa
Misa Flora Dunlap
Des Moines
Effie McCollum-Jones
Waterloo
James Devitt
Oskaloosa
Jansen
Haines
Ella G. Caldwell
Adel
Il. K. Evans
Corydon
Pleasant J. Milla
Homer A. Miller
H. W. Spaulding
Grinnell
A. J. McNeil
Misa Elizabeth Perkins
Iowa Haqual Suffrage Association
Mabel Lodge
Elsia V. Benedict
Colorado
Maud McCreery
Wisconsin
Florence Leech
Montana
Rosé Lawless Geyer
Eleanor Coen
Chicago
Mia
Ben Hooper
Harriett Bain
Suffrage Association
Minds and Movements in Milford Area Social Notes
Purely personal notes list visits and travels across Milford and nearby towns. Several residents and relatives, including Mrs. Neil Maynd and Miss Reba Jones, plan or completed trips to Arinetropg Willitson and North Dakota. University of Minnesota and California travel plans feature among local families, with health and work journeys noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Jones
Willitson
North Dakota
Kate Ford Scharfenburg
Minnesota
Ellie of
Viola
Wm. Post
Equal Suffrage Debate Prompts Iowa Lead on Vote
In 1912 states New York Pennsylvania and Massachusetts faced suffrage questions. The Republic Marathon questions if one million men and one third of voters favored equal suffrage. Anita urges Iowa to lead the fight for granting women the vote at all elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Marathon
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Record
Anita
Iowa
Two Movements Drive Human Progress and Stability
A fragmented reflective passage argues progress requires two ongoing forces: a relentless push for change and a persistent pull toward stability. It asserts society must avoid petrification by continuous reform and fresh social efforts while balancing the need for order.
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Bether
B. W. Way
Western Electric Tele
Mason City
Eatherville
Ladiga
Chas. Lungren
Fort Dodge
Arthur Peterson
Peterson
Lungren
Hetherville
Mixa Genevieve Strait
Roy Schutes
AL Ringling
Ringling
Aroa
Baraboo
Wisconaw
Bright's
Dleems
Dorliver
Farmer's Co-operative Creamery
Armstrong
Carl Nelson
Swea City
Geo. Froom
Arthur
Maurice Bringle
FE. C
Heyer
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Estherville
Frank Rhodes
Adyartped
Luttara
Neil Maynd
9. P. Deming
Arinetropg
H. H. Lawrence
West Bend
C. (. Lindsey
Bac Cif
John Osgood
Bosworth
Will Watson
Lee Jones
Huntington
Mt. Carroll
Tisnels
Gen. H. Anderson
Appleton
Amit’ Phoening
E. D. Converse
California
LeRoy Turner
Sam Tangen
West Head
W. E. Lohr
Fred Hendershot
Antlers Hotel
Chabert
London
Heffelfinger
The
Missouri Oit Co
Anespany
A. Danner
Stella
Seneca
Lois
V. Codts
Sac City
E. W. Koehler
Floyd LeVinesa
McGregor
Auditor McGuire
Wrof
Henry A. Adrian
Luther Burbank
M. EB. Church
Franciis Kennedy
James Kelm
Nevada Township
Kennedy
Bometsburg Tribune
Mechames
Lou Wannamaker
John Smith
Chas
Dayton
Henry Mahlum
W. H. Mahlum
M. E
Mahlum
Mra
F. B. Soper
EB. H. Soper
Captain Soper
Mra. Soper
Emmetsburg
Beasle Howe
Lsat Wedk
Misa Adelaide
Nichola
Rugby
Strube Bros. Music House
Edison
Phonograph
Edison Phonograph
Smith Premier Typewriter
Singer Machine
Wondertone Talking Machine
Strube Bros
Hart, Schaffner &Marx
Hugh B. Lawrence
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