Public debate over Patterson salary grab and political fallout
A rail of Iowa politics centers on Patterson and McFarland with accusations of peculation in a salary grab and libel questions. Editors tease legal defenses while noting Patterson’s voting record and misstatements. The piece links Maine election shifts, national mood, and looming presidential outcomes to trust in leaders. It also surveys farm crops, rail stocks, prices, and Spencer fair optimism with county ties to Algona speakers Field and Murphy for senate tickets.
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MacFarland
Patterson
Supreme Court of Iowa
McFarland
Supreme Court
Lbel
Iowa
Kossuth
Webster
Dewel
Forest City Summit
Hammill
Humboldt
Fair in Clay county urged as Spencer hosts event
The note praises a splendid Algona fair that fell short by about 3000 in paying expenses and calls it a poor year for fairs. It urges attending this week’s Clay county fair in Spencer, which runs through Saturday night.
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Clay County
Spencer
Fundamentals for families and a world by the sea
A man finds renewal by returning to frugal farming with his wife and children in a New England village, while a publisher plans cheap reprints and cites classics like The Way of All Flesh and Alice in Wonderland. Typhoid Mary case highlights public health over individual liberty as oyster farming eyes a bigger crop and Thackeray recounts dining mishaps with oysters abroad.
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New England
Chicago
Om Sawyer
Tver
Tiahody
Lyvne
Radio Sale Ad Offers Mantle Set and Brunswick Console
Radio Buyers get a 59 cent on the dollar sale featuring a Freshman Mantle Set at 11.95, a Genuine T-tube Brunswick Console at 28.85, and an 8-tube Coronada Super Heterodyne at 49.95, all complete with tubes.
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Ab Gimble
Saleo
The Leader Who Saw Hidden Powers In Men
A compact study of Jesus as a leader who chose fishermen and a tax collector, Matthew, recognizing unseen talents. He calls Zachaeus from a tree scene, transforming public scorn into potential, while reflecting on leadership that finds capability in unlikely figures. The piece links early church leadership to practical outreach and social insight.
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Jesus
Nicodemus
Matthew
Zachaeus
Ten Years Ago News From September 27 1922 Vindicator
Items from the September 27 1922 issue recount local events. B T Sorum and his brother E T of Ringsted prep their former’s car for a Florida trip. Mr M K Whelan returns home with a bride in Los Angeles. Chester A Cole dies. services at Union Baptist and Oak Hill cemetery. W C Carpenter and daughter Nadine visit then return to Cedar Rapids. Mrs George McCutcheon heads to Mascotte Fla for winter. Mrs A A Halleck journeys to Vinton for her father’s illness. Jask Ash and Celia Markley take a Minneapolis trip. Irene Oehrlein and Mildred Taylor bound for Iowa City. Mrs C Paulson visits from Council Bluffs. F H Rhodes heads to New York City for business and pleasure.
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Florida
M. K. Whelan
Los Angeles
Calif
Whelan
Jennie Barr
Detroit
Mich
Chester A. Cole
Union Baptist Church
Oak Hill
W. C. Carpenter
Nadine
Cedar Rapids
Elmer Crumb
Frank Godfrey
Spencer
George McCutcheon
Mascotte
Fla
McCutcheons
A. A. Halleck
Vinton
Mel
Jask Ash
Celia Markley
Minneapolis
Irene Oehrlein
Mildred Taylor
Iowa City
The
State University
C. Paulson
Council Bluffs
L. L. Smith
F. H. Rhodes
New York City
Twenty Years Ago VR: Mrs Gillett Dies at 81 in Center Township
From the September 18, 1912 issue a local item reports Mrs. David Gillett dying at her daughter Mrs. F E B Allens home after a lingering illness. She was 81. The column notes arrivals from Des Moines and journeys of several locals including teaching positions in Arkansas and Minnesota and various visits. It also mentions road conditions, a planned wedding between Charles P B Jackson and Mabel Amdahl, and other community notes.
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David Gillett
F. EB. Allen
Gillett
Geo. Rhodes
Wm. Deming
Des Moines
Army and Navy agree to three year sports restart
Army and Navy will resume competition across all sports for three years. Football teams from both schools will meet at Franklin Field Philadelphia on December 3. The note recalls baseball anecdotes from Philadelphia to New York and historical sports milestones.
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Army
Navy
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Army-Navy
Bermuda and Canada trade rise under preferential tariffs
Joseph J. Out erbridge, Bermuda Trade Development Board secretary, touring Canada to direct a Bermuda exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition. He cites Canada Bermuda trade growth under mutual preferential tariffs since the Hawley Smoot act, while US Bermuda trade other than tourism declined.
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Joseph J. Outerbridge
Bermuda Trade Development Board
Canada
Bermuda
United States
Obituary of Marion Paul Nelson of Gruver Iowa
Marion Paul Nelson son of Alfred and Alice Nelson born on a Gruver farm December 16 1918 baptized June 11 1922. Lived near Gruver and Maple Hill as a devoted student in Maple Hill High School. He died after a pony accident September 13, aged 13 years 8 months 28 days. Survived by parents five brothers and two sisters. Funeral September 16 at 2 PM from home and 2 30 PM Maple Hill Presbyterian Church Rev Arthur Bailey officiating. Interment in Bat Side cemetery Estherville.
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Alfred
Alice Nelson
Gruver
Iowa
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Maple Hill
Marion
Coleman Hospital
Wallace
Kenneth
Lester
Donald
John
Dorotha
Gladys
Maple Hill Presbyterian Church
Arthur Bailey
Bat Side
Estherville
Emmet County flax crop and town news from 1892
Forty years ago in Emmet county a banner flax crop was reported while hard coal sold for ten dollars a ton. A ten pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs H F Wells on Friday. Corn faced little danger as frost remained minimal. City schools opened Monday with 326 students. C B Findt and Mrs Bullis were among those mentioned.
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Emmet
H. F. Wells
C. B. Filndt
Estherville Area Update Shows Family Movements and Local Visits
Several residents attended a P T A meeting in Estherville while others planned moves to Estherville and nearby towns. Families traveled to Tamarac Minnesota and Iowa City for education and medical care, with multiple visits recorded among local residents and visitors from Earlville and Chicago. Sea nettles linger around local bathing resorts, annoying vacationers.
Local people note visits and travels in Estherville area
Frank Scholke underwent appendicitis surgery in Blue Island Illinois last Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs A L Misener and daughter Margaret were business visitors in Fairmont Friday. Vivian Vestrem returned Friday from a month in Chicago. Ww T Branagan of Emmetsburg Democrat candidate in Estherville Friday. Mrs I J Robinson left yesterday for Los Angeles to visit daughter Mrs Ernest Sampson. Mr and Mrs Grover McCall and L E Eveleth and L E Sargent spent weekend fishing in Richmond Minnesota. Mrs J W Beck of Des Moines visited a week in Estherville at C C Cole's, then left for Spencer and Pierson. E A Boss hotel proprietor was in town Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Chas Hawk and Mrs Robert Lee and guests Mrs J V Battram and son John of Charleston West Virginia spent the weekend in Des Moines at Joe Yeager's home.
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Crim
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Rohde Bros
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M. K. Whelan
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Indianola
Iowa
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Herb Wolf
Hill
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Fairmont
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Robert
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Harold Johnpine
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Otto Schrecengost
Matilda Billings
Geo. Billings
Earlville
R. H. Schrecengost
Billings
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Ed Payne
John Campbell
Iowa City
Alfred Thiel
Thiels
Nevada
I. J. Robinson
Los Angeles
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Ernest Sampson
J. W. Beck
Des Moines
Cc. M. Cole
Spencer
Pierson
Chas. Hawk
Robert Lee
J. V. Battram
John
Charleston
W. Va
Joe Yeager
Independent Ticket Promises Tax Cuts and Farm Relief
Emmet county taxpayers are urged to back an independent representative candidate who pledges to halve the tax burden and grant a $2000 home value exemption. The platform also seeks $2000 farm equipment value, lower auto licenses, and a stance on salaries to protect homes and farms.
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Auie
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