Local Notes on Elections and Prices in Emmet County
Newspaper discusses political meetings and salary raises by new officeholders. West Bend Journal endorsement favors J H Mayne for Congress to save government chaplain costs. Tariff debates cited with potato price comparisons in Brown and Emmet counties. Calls for pacifism as war preparations end. Everybody's Magazine purchase signals shift to conservative management.
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The
West Bend Journal Ia
J. H. Mayne
Congress
Bribery in Iowa Legislators Shadows Early Senate Vote
The article recalls bribery cases in Iowa legislative history, notably in 1846 when Nelson King of Keokuk County testified that offers of money and rewards were made to sway his vote for Augustus Caesar Dodge as U S Senator. The disclosure underscored concerns over corruption during the formation of Iowa's early political landscape.
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Iowa
United States
Nelson King
House of Representatives
Keokuk County
Agustus Caesar Dodge
Reuniting Investigation Tangles in Dodge Vote
Misa Ethyl Martin recounts an October Tawa Journal piece on Whigs and Democrats as King fights corruption amid a heated party clash. Marshall offers King $300 and a future office to swing his vote, prompting a bruising confrontation with A H Palmer and bribery probes. The House rebukes Marshall, while parties block deeper prosecutions, leaving animosity high.
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Misa Ethyl Martin
Tawa Journal of History and Politics
Democratic Party
King
Story & TP
Marshall
Dodge
Hind
A. H. Palmer
Tawa City
Palwer
House of Representatives
William Tatterson
Neady
Clifton
House
Representation Gaps Amid 1846 48 Senate Election Debate
For two years the election of Senacora stood unresolved and from 1848 to 1846 the town lacked representation in the upper house. Farmers in the county begin harvest of a quarter of a million dollar corn crop amid political strains and local concerns.
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Senacora
Town
Congress
Local notices and events in Estherville and region
Personal updates from Estherville area residents include Mrs W G Nichols returning from West Liberty and various locals visiting Spirit Lake and Minnesota. Upcoming events feature The Little Homestead at the Opera House on Oct 21 with student season tickets, plus a district quarterly meeting of the Minnesota and Northern Town conference at the Free Methodist church Oct 21 with services through Sabbath.
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Editor Patterson
Spirit Lake
S. Paterson
Hla
Johu
Win
Peterson
R.S. Robinson
Armatrong
Estherville
Opera House
Estherville Schools and Business College
Minnesota and Northern Town Conference
Free Methodist Church
B. ¥. Neal
St. Paul
Little Homestead Company
Clothes as a Business Asset in Women's Careers
A Delineator essay argues that dress signals competence and shapes success for women in work and society. It urges investing in well made clothing to project capability, while noting excess for the well off. It links appearance to income, position, and trust. The piece also references Canada’s railway charters and a Daily Thought quote on noble life.
Des Moines Passenger Train to Return to Ratherville
Des Moines passenger on the Minneapolis and St. Louis line will continue to Ratherville with arrival about 8:30 p.m. and departure 7:00 a.m. Restoration of old schedules likely for freight to make Estherville a division point again. Public sentiment praises the return and criticizes the recent plan as unsatisfactory.
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Des Moines
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Ratherville
Estherville
Verril
Langdon
Bere
Agent Wanted for Best-Selling Article in Emmet County
Young man of red appearance with rig to canvas Emmet County and adjoining counties for the best-selling article on the market. Liberal commissions. Address H. E. Smith, Iowa Falls, Iowa. 40-w3 Use Of Horses Decreasing Rapidly. The steady increase by fire departments in the use of motor-driving apparatus is another reminder of the passing of a horse. This season has fewer horses on streets. a horse-drawn vehicle is hardly safe on motor streets. The motor car wins on time, appeal, reliability, and control. Taxi cabs drive out horse cabs. trucks use engines. The timber of this type will grow rapidly. FOR SALE OR TRADE 210 acres Morrison County Minnesota land. Cash or trade for Emmet County land or Eastville property. A. Beurn, Eastville, Iowa. w8 4
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Emmet
H. E. Smith
Iowa Falls
Towa
H. H. Windsor
Morrison County
Minnesota
Emmet County
Eatherville
A. Beurn
Lowe
For Sale and Local Notices From The Community
FOR SALE good Carey safe good as new 10 x 16 inside measures Will sell cheap Mrs H Bar 41 2 There will be preaching next Sunday in the Cummings School house at three o clock P M the Rev Burton Y Neal will preach and all turn out as game would like to organize a Sunday School FOR REN T One large furnished front room furnace heated and electric lighted On west side G A Nip Hols tf If you have anything to sell or buy let the fact be known in the column of this paper
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Lyon& Healy
Chicago
Steilway
Lyon & Healy
Webar
Fischer
A. B. Chase
Knabe
Chickering
Carey
H. Bar
Cummings
Bur‘ton Y. Neal
Game
Ren'‘T
West Aide
G. A. NipHons
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the Vindicator
Republican
the Vindicator and Republican CO. Incorporated
Wathrrville, Towa
Het
Ged. A. Nichols
Tahlephone NO. A
Fatherville
Morena
Festharville
Emmat County
Brown County
Minn
Everybody's Magazine
Butterick Publishing Company
Barry Shoes
Barry
Mrs. W. G. Nichols
West Liberty
Grant Biglow
New Hampton
Chris
George Groustal
Aberdeen
Clarence Schoemacher
Panora
Fritz
H. A. Dunham
Stone
Littl Homestead Co
Dreas
Financiere
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern
Ruskip
Ida Sa
Great Alteration
Raleigh
North Sixth Street
Littl Homestead
Opera
J. Hansen
John Sutton
Estherville, Town
the Provident Savings Bank
MO. P
Kibby
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