Rain eases as Rock Island drills in late season events
A brief Rock Island briefing notes no rain for a spell and upcoming baseball tournament and carnival. It also lists local changes and events including the Rock Island news stand closing, bank name change at Terril, people traveling to a state party convention, vacations, and a series of weather and agriculture notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island News
Jay Collins
Fone
R. H. Wickersham
Germania
Bank of Terril
First National Bank of Terrill
Gravatt
Purely Personal Notices From Spirit Lake Region
A string of visits and travels across Minnesota and Iowa highlights local social notes. Residents including Ls H Rasmussen St Cloud Minn N B Egbert Templar Park and others attend meetings visit relatives or vacation at Spirit Lake Okoboji Templar Park and Cedar Rapids while several plan trips to Sioux Falls Armstong Des Moines and Davenport. News covers family visits housekeeping updates and upcoming gatherings with multiple named individuals and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ls. H. Rasmussen
Spencer
L. H. Scharfenberg
St. Cloud
Minn
N. B. Egbert
Templar Park
Nnga
Banker &. P. Stillman
Dolliver
Chautauqua
Robert McDonald
Davenport
Misa Alice Nichola
Mrs. Block
Egbert
Richard Fileorby
L. Oransky
Dea Moinea
Puesta
Florman Oransky
Caleb Deming
Armstrong
Aieter
John Osgood
S. P. Deming
William Deming
Des Moines
Sadie Wigen
Lorenzo
Q. Lee
John McMahon
Will Everett
MccMahon
Estherville
Spencer Neva
W. P. Galloway
Carlton Galloway
Migsera
Petergon
Spirit Lake
EB. Li
Story City
G. Leo
C. J. Wilson
Algona
Mort Anderson
Rock Rapids
Leo Swanson
Whittemore
John Button
Henry Doepam
Sioux Falla
Ed. Sanborn
Clarence Williams
Swea City
M. ©. Binwalter
Cedar
Community of Interest headline at Commercial Club lunch
Nelson J. Darling of Oklahoma spoke at the Commercial Club luncheon at the Orleans hotel about centralization and the risk to small towns. He urged Estherville merchants to attract farmers and outcompete outside trade, advocating shared efforts, rest rooms, and competitive pricing to spur town improvement. Also notes trips by Alex Johnston and others to buy furniture for the Gardston hotel and a Spiritlake picnic for Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Orleans Hotel
Nelson J., Darling
Oklahoma
Thibka
Cross Roads
Estherville
Maller
Nothing, majesty a noble in forence finds work
In Ratherville this forenoon nr. A. McDonald of Armetronp observed the scene as King Humbert visited Florence. When asked by the aristocracy what each noble did, the Marquis Cinori declared he was a potter and majolica maker, prompting the king to exclaim gratitude that at least one noble in Florence does something.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Martin County
Minneapolis, St. Louis& Canadian Railway
Minneapolis
Watertown
Nr. A. McDonald
Armetronp
Ratherville
Humbert
Florence
Aristocrary
Cinori
Maesta
Votes for Women and the Doll Census at Babetha
A civic note links voting rights to stock ownership and housing taxation, quoting George William Curtis on women voters. A doll census at Babetha, Kansas tallies that one family had forty dolls, dolls were present in 222 homes, with twenty more in twelve homes. Some dolls were forty and twenty five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Curtis
Babetha
Kan
Primogeniture and a Weather Crop Bulletin, July 21 1912
The article contrasts primogeniture with modern justice, noting the ancient preference for the first-born son and its unfairness. It then presents a Weather Crop Bulletin for the week ending July 21, 1912 from Des Moines Iowa, describing unusually cool temperatures and above normal precipitation overall, with dryness in three southern counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tes Moines
Iowa
Rainfall totals and harvest progress across northern counties
The northern tiers of counties and central areas saw heavy rainfall with many stations recording over 2 inches and several over 3 inches. Earlier in the week, four dry days aided haying and harvesting while threshing began broadly in the southern counties. Early reports suggest yields may exceed past averages.
Weather Notes On Late Rains And Crop Condition
The REGRESS section reports heavy late rains causing oats to lodge making harvest difficult. Phe rains will also prevent work for two to three days. Despite the weather, corn pastures potatoes spring sown grasses gardens and fruits benefited and corn continued to grow well in cool conditions.
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Brief City News
Mra. F. W. Converse
Manhattan Beach
Okoboji
Manhattan Hotel
Mr. Converse
A.N. Wetherall
Lake Park
Weatearn States
Louwa
Crandall
Rock Island Railroad Company
Frank Hopper
Coecdar Rapids
Fred Gilbert
Bradford
Penn
F. G. Milla
Chicago
Gilbert
FE. E. Clarke Jewelry
Spirit Lake Herald
Iowa State League
Clear Lake
Emmetsaburg
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Eatherville
Our Boys
Immeraburg
Lake Held
Coppola
Nolt
A. O. Myhra
Heron Lake
C. F. Nae
Clarance
Lake
Navy Cottage
J. J. Buckley
John Montgomery
Alexander Livey
Fletcher Howey
H. Toliifson
A Ey" Biglow
Binglyim
Wm. Fahey
Filia O'Neil
Jadison
Spiritlake
Templar Pack
John J. Shannon
Waterloo
Francia Kennedy
Cedar Rapida
F. M. Shadle & Sons
Lautia Batistes
Pongee
Gqingham
Dreas
Volle
Serve
Panamas
White Dresnea
Gale
Buster Brown Boy Scout
Fanny Hone
Alzes
Alex Johnston
G. G. Gardner
H. ©. Brees
Grand Haven
Gardston
the Odd Fellows
Rebeccaha Jare
A. O. Peter- Bon
Nau Brothers
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