Rainey of Illinois To Teach Tariff Cloth Descriptions
In Washington amid a heat wave President Taft is said to have lost ten pounds. Representative Rainey of Illinois will bring cotton samples with tariff descriptions into the House as part of a planned teaching method for the revised cotton schedule. Democrats estimate revenue and expect passage by mid July with related duties under the Dingley Payne laws and proposed revisions.
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Rainey
Illinois
Washington
National
Taft
Beverly
Sherman
Champ Clark
Boise Penrose
Ollie James
Hitchcock
South
House
Representative Rainey
Dingley
Payne
Senate
Treasury
Vindicator
Marriage of Gav Schaffer to Lloyd Orit at Schaffer Home
At the home of Miss Gav Schaffer’s parents Mr and Mrs W A Schaffer the couple united in a Wednesday ceremony at 7 oclock. Miss Esther Loren of Duluth sang O Promise Me. The bride wore white mourrine and carried American beauty roses. Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Clem Luikart Mason City Miss Ora Haan Grundy Center Mrs S M Schaffer Williams and Mrs I L Breffle Lake Park.
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Mra
W. A. Schaffer
Gav Schaffer
Lloyd Orit
Esther Loren
Duluth
G. ¥. Whitfield
Electric fans repelling flies in shops and homes
Electric fans ward off flies by creating a strong air current at the door. Merchants use fans near entrances to keep flies out of stores and protect goods. Fans also cool rooms and discourage breeding in stagnant air, making places more pleasant and pest free.
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Electric News Service
Estherville Falls to Worthington in Twelve Inning Duel
The Estherville baseball team earned city pride despite a 1 to 0 loss after twelve innings to Worthington. The game featured stubborn defense and a late surge by the visitors to clinch the win.
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Estherville
Worthington
Our Boys
Band Concert Moves To Friday This Week In Spirit Lake
Band concert scheduled for Friday evening this week instead of Tuesday as the band travels to Spirit Lake at week’s start. After this week concerts return to Tuesdays. Fresh supply of carbon paper and typewriter ribbons received for The Vindicator and Republican.
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Whia
Spirit Lake
Taft Endorses General Parcels Post Plan
Secretary to the president says Taft will back a general parcels post and extend it from rural routes to the whole system. The letter to Farmers' National Congress agent John H Stahl notes prior endorsements and calls for congressional legislation to implement the program.
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Chicago
Taft
Charles D. Hilles
John H. Stahl
Farmers’ National Congress
Hilles
Post Office Department
Congress
National Congress
Crusade Against Trusts Aimed at All Major Corporations
Washington reports indicate the indictment of wire trust officials marks the start of a government campaign. Officials say President Taft and Attorney General Wickersham agreed to enforce the Sherman law vigorously, pursuing criminal prosecutions against steel trusts and others with sufficient evidence.
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Washington
Wire Trust
Steel Trust
Taft
Wickersham
Farm Mark for Lightning Struck Farm in North Dakota
Ray Kenrick and family abandon a Davison county farm after repeated lightning strikes since a decade, killing Pearl Bloom near the house years ago and nearly killing a worker recently. The state notices ongoing electrical storms affecting the property and forcing relocation.
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Sioux Walls
N. D
Ray Kenrick
Davison County
Kenrick
Pearl Bloom
Death of J. L. Merriott in Superior Town
Death of J L Merriott at his son Georges home in Superior Iowa on June 29. He was born in 1826 in Wayne County New York and lived in Illinois Wisconsin and Fredericksburg before settling at Swan Lake Evant County. Survived by wife five children and five grandchildren. He was a devout Mormon and member of the Grover church. The obituary notes cyclone damage to his Swan Lake home and his long illness before death.
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J. L. Merriott
Grandpa Merriott
George
Superior
East Side
Extherville
Wayne County
New York
Inois
Julia Lavina Adams
George Merriott
Iowa
Charles £. Merriott
Chickasaw County
James H. Merriott
Graver
Ida Pickell
Dolliver
Merriott
Wisconsin
Fredericksburg
Eavnet County
Swan Lake
Grover
Grandma Merriott
Mer
John
Erection of Monument Draws Interest From Emmet County Residents
Extracts from letters show old residents requesting cost details and offering support for a monument on the site of Fort Defiance. One correspondence asks about estimated cost and typical contribution. others pledge donations and express best wishes for the dedication.
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Emmet County
Daughters of the American Resaluugh
Guo
Iowa Saloons Shuttered Across Counties in Dry Sweep
Des Moines reports cite Marshalltown going dry for first time in 17 years apart from a brief last summer injunction. Twelve saloons closed and Sioux City remains wet in Woodbury. Cedar Rapids and Waterloo also see major closures as Cedar Rapids ends with 25 licenses not renewed. Johnson county towns lose saloons except Iowa City remains wet. other counties show varied dryness with towns like Correctionville Anthon Pierson Moville Danbury Hornick going dry.
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Des Moines
Marshalltown
Sbops
Correctionville
Anthon
Pierson
Moville
Danbury
Hornick
Wooodbury
Sioux City
Waterloo
Gedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Iowa City
Money in Iowa mules and farm accidents in Iowa
Warren sells a four year old mule for 550 dollars to Len Orlatt of Shenandoah and five mules bring 1150 cash from the same lot. A serious accident at a barn raising near Iowa City leaves John Brennan with a fractured skull. Orville Eaton and L. H. Fisher pass out from gas in Eagle Grove. Mrs. Isabella Corneau is badly burned in Mason City by a gasoline stove flame. Burt votes 18000 for a new six room schoolhouse. Mason City reports drought damage to oats and corn. Charles Westfall kills his wife then himself in Ida Grove after a quarrel.
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Glenwood, Ja
Warren
Len Orlatt
Shenandoah
Buffalo N. Ymr
Iowa City
Raiaing
John Brennan
Lowa City
Mason City
Ida Grove
Charles Westfall
This
Notice of Intention to Contract a Sewer Line on North Ninth
Notice is given that the Hatherville City Council on June 6 1911 introduced a resolution to construct a sewer line on North Ninth Street from East Pleasant to Main Street. The plan calls for ten vitrified pipe, assessment against abutting property, a contractor to begin by Sept 1 1911 and finish by Oct 15, 1911, with a hearing set for July 20 1911. The notice urges objections to the proposed improvement and outlines publication in the Vindicator Republican Estherville Iowa.
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North Ninth Street
Main Street
East Pleasant
Hatherville
Coun
Matherville
Iowa
East Main Street
Estherville
Jowsa
East Pleasant Street
Bott
Vindicator & Republican
N.B. Eager
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J. B. Binvord
H. W. Allen
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Foley
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Mexico
Panama
Des Moines Evening Tribune
Register and Leadjer
Woodbury County
Glenwood
Eagle Grove
Orville Eaton
L. H. Fisher
Isabella Corneau
Euelah
L. E. Conrad
Carneau
Burt
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Chamberlain
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