Iowa Debaters Triumph and Local Elections Across Iowa
Wisconsin debaters defeat Iowa university in Madison. Keokuk elects W E B Strimback mayor over James Cameron. Rev. Dr. W Tenney accepts Omaha pastorate as first Congregational Church gains new leader. Des Moines reports first egg rolling with 10000 children at state capitol. Waterloo vandals damage West Alden Carnegie library. Clinton thief steals fifty left shoes from hotel. no pair found. Des Moines Presbyterians elect Donaldson president and Hastings secretary. funds split among missionaries and churches. Waterloo Brotherhood fights case of Roy G Wood jailed for obstruction during strikes. Des Moines considers Webster City to Boone interurban, connected later to Woodward to Des Moines line.
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Presbyteriana Elect
Des Moines
Iowa Presbyterian Board of Home
J. B. Donaldson
Davenport
Hastings
A. C G. Benton
Sioux City
Iowa
Fown
Stead Urges Stockholders to Act Over Harriman Alton Deal
Springfield April 8 Attorney General Stead submits to Governor Deneen that Illinois may not sue Harriman and associates over Chicago and Alton railroad manipulations. He argues the state should allow the company or stockholders to seek remedies, while warning of $24,648,600 in profits and $80,646,218 in increased indebtedness tied to the syndicate.
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Springfield
Rail Stead
Deneen
Illinois
Bt. H. Harriman
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Harriman
Stead
Alton
Herriman
Mie
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Thme
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company
Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Louis L. Stanton
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway
Advertises for Ons to Rule White House in 1908 Race
Des Moines reports Andrew Townsend Hisey seeks a wife to enter the 1908 presidential race. He plans a statewide contest where each city selects its most popular girl by one cent votes, with town winners advancing to a grand final. The eventual wife would be Mrs Hisey only during his presidency.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
Andrew Townsend Hisey
White House
Hisey
Frank
Operator Shot at His Table in Rail Depot Murder
Beatt City Kansas April 6 operator Kirschoff murdered on duty at Missouri Pacific railroad depot. Unknown assailant fired, motive robbery, but killer scared away by prompt bystanders. Also Constantine remanded to jail in Brooklyn awaiting requisition papers for Chicago murder charge. To remove paint from glass use hot vinegar and cloth. keep vinegar hot. The fate of us all is to want what we do not have.
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Beatt City
Kan
Kirschoff
Missouri Pactig Railroad
Constantine
New York
Frank J. Constantine
Chicago
Arthur W. Gentry
Brooklyn
Jerome Ki
Jerome
Funeral of A B Jaquith in Cedar Falls
Arthur B. Jaquith’s body arrived from Omaha and was buried at Greenwood cemetery beside his parents and sister. Relatives from Janesville and nearby towns attended, including M Murray family and D G Boomer family. Agnes Chase and her daughter of Cedar Falls were among many mourners. Two women drowned when a reservoir dam broke near San Ramon Texas, a baby in one woman’s arms went ashore and died.
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Cedar Falls
Arthur B. Jaquith
Omaha
Greenwood Cemetery
M. McMurray
Janesville
Jaquith
D. G. Boomer
Agnes Chase
San Ramon
Tex
Versatile remark sparks a humorous exchange
In a Philadelphia Press anecdote, Miss Guach praises her fiancé as versatile. The response plays on the word by calling him an idiot, noting his many “winds” of silliness. The exchange captures light newspaper humor about a couple.
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Geniay
Weawenday
Ge ‘Worldin
Ackley
Hardis
Sacred Heart
Ita
Wored
Wornd
Business Directory
T. J. Symington
Queer’s University
Canada
Btate Street
Presbyterian Church
Aoqeley
Southwest Corner Court House
Eldora Iowa
E. Purcell
H.althaus
Wagon Maker
John R. Helnz
Ackley, Iowa
Central Railroad
Sir Sioux
Ft. Dodge Express
Ft Dorane Express
Pire
Dubuque
Iowa Central Railroad
Twin Cities
Maxon City
Twinities Lim
Suny
St. Louis
K.C. Mali
Peoria Iexpresa
Sun
St. Land
Peoria
Pam
Jos Central Railroad
Abbott Crossing
A. M
Chisaco
Rook Pee Se Pacific RY
Abbott Crossin Halt
Weekly Courier Journal
the Ackley World
Wattergon
Courier Journal
Louisville Courier Journal
The
Ackley World
Towa
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Iowa University
Keokuk
W. EB. Strimback
Rep
James Cameron
Tenney Gots
Bronx City
W. Tenney
American Missionary Association
First Congregational Church of
State Capitol
National Capital
Waterloo
West Alde
Clinton
Revvere
Webster City
Boone
Woodward
Fort Dodge
Helen
Edgar Allan
Greece
Rome
Psyche
Holy Land
Stead Rasps
Alton Deal
Saga Wizard
Hopsleas
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
George J. Gould
B. H. Harriman
Mortimer L, Schiff
James
Stillman
Vandalea
Warterloo
Orville Jones
Willard Smith
West Side Carnegie Library
Andrew Hisey
Scott
A. B. Jaquith
Cedar Rapida
H. H. Heetland
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Iowa Central
Northwest
A. B. Cutts, & T. Agt
Minneapolis, Minnegoto
H. Hrykans
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