Congressmen caucus favors throwing out questionable contests
A Des Moines meeting of Republican leaders and congressmen settled on merit based contest decisions to appease party voters. With a 250 vote progressive majority, nominees for railroad commissioner contest Palmer and Buttes. Ratonta’s nomination anticipated. Many congressmen attended though Hedge and Hepburn were absent. Senator Dolliver chaired the session.
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Quietus
Des Moines
Palmer
Butties
Ratonta
Bob
Hedge
Fom
Hepbern
Belly
Outumba
Smith
Lacey
Flatigen
Birdsall
Dawson
Dolliver
Child Falls Twenty Feet From Second Story Window
A Ridora family child under three years old fell from a second story brick block on Mein street to the cement walk below, suffering a broken cheekbone and other injuries. The window safety kept the fall from being fatal. neighbors say the incident was a close call for the Swayze family.
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Cemens
Salem North Carolina Town Deep Roots and Moravian Heritage
A feature recounts Salem North Carolina as one of the oldest towns, founded by Moravians led by Count Zinzendorf after fleeing Saxony. It highlights its preserved old world atmosphere, twin status with Winston, and notes the city’s historical railroad border and transition toward modern times.
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Globe Trotter
Balem
Winston
Winston-Balem
New York Press
The Vulture's Eye Described as High Power Telescope
The eye of the vulture is described as 89 constructed to lay high power telescope enabling the bird to see objects at an almost incredible distance.
Highways of Owa Statewide Road Tax Report
The first annual report of the Iowa state highway commission shows 1904 taxes for road purposes: county road tax 547309, township road tax 62283125, bridge tax 1628720, total 4469168. It urges state supervision, county and township officers to report expenditures, and suggests county engineers and convicts helping road work. It also notes a Clinton county drive over macadam roads and the engineer Mr. Hart overseeing work.
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Iowa
Commission
T. B. Hauke
Clioton County
Hart
Harvest weather boosts grain threshing and yields
The week was cooler with variable rainfall from a tenth to over two inches, aiding the completion of hay, oat, and barley harvests. Threshing barley and oats progresses with reports of fair returns. Spring wheat is ready for harvest with good yield prospects, and corn remains high quality with potential above average yields.
Minneapolis Ad Seeks Migrant Laborers for Harvest
Harventera advertised as recruiting thousands of harvest workers for crops in Minnevote and the Dakotaa with high daily wages including board and rail fare from the Towa Central Railway. Ads list Aug 18 dates, daily tickets, and contact details for rates and particulars.
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Minnevote
Dakotaa
Towa Central Railway
Minneapolio
Minn
Value of broomcorn and new food laws noted
The article discusses broomcorn value in Mattoon Illinois with farm offers around 100 per ton and a broker’s claim of 100 will be paid when cut. It also cites the Central Illinois district pricing, higher than prior years, and notes dairy commissioner Wright addressing rotten eggs under the new pure food law with guidance from H R Wright in Des Moines.
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Mattoon
TiHoola
Wright
Cgge
H. R. Wright
Dea Moines
Immigration and world notes from 1904 era briefing
Secretary Taft returns to Washington from Greensboro as immigration tops one million through Ellis Island in the year ended June 30. Brazil lowers duties on flour, Portugal and other exports. 86,807 immigrants to Brazil in six months. Brig. Gen. Rucker dies in Los Angeles after forty years service. U S crop reports show corn planting at 95 458 000 acres. Amalgamated Window Glass Workers meet in Cleveland while a memorial service for the Bullsbury rail disaster is held in St Pauls. Japan expected to open daily to international trade in September. 1904 U S housing figures show 168 170 inhabitants in almshouses with 111 817 males. French deputies debate a weekly day of rest bill. Ferrer linked to charges in a murky Europe page of the record.
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Taft
Washington
Greensboro
N. C
United States
Ellis Island
Bibeyia
Brazil
Lewis Henry Rucker
Tos Angeles
Cal
Amalgamated Window Glass Waters of America
Cleveland
Bullsbury
St. Paula Cathedral
London
W. Bourke Cochrun
New York
Santa Bavars
Cui
Catholic Educational Assortation
Teig
Japan
Daley
Alma Houses
French Chamber of Deputies
Hagneseed
Ee Ferrer
Mubaukes
Destructive Fire Destroys Elliott Stock and Home
A fire destroyed George Elliott's jewelry and millinery stock and family effects, sealed car contents, and personal belongings near New Hartford. Loss near 4,000 though insured for 1,000, with questions about who bears the cost. A 11 year old child narrowly escaped a 50 foot fall from a windmill while playing outside. Mrs. Trapp’s mother died in Des Moines and was interred locally.
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George Elliott
D O'Vlock
Illinoia Central Railroad
New Hartford
FlNott
Aleo
Wan Ta
Ingo
Elliott
Richard Glese
Albert Glese
Righteo
Under the Doctors Care and Community Sympathy
Mrs T H Young shows slight improvement after severe illness with community sympathy. Mrs Wm Albrecht remains nervously sick with no noted improvement. Beary Frantz is without improvement as a railroad engine derailment caused a four hour traffic delay.
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T. H. Young le Lo
Wm. Albrecht
Frantz
Steamboat Rock Train Pushed Off Track on Iowa River Bridge
A north bound Iowa Central freight train was assisted over a curve with a push from the rear. The rear engine driver did not see the stop signal and the forward engine plus two cars were pushed off the bridge over the Iowa River. No injuries were reported.
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Steamboat Rock
Iowa Central
Abe
Hept & Blebit
Iowa River
Fragmented notes on crime and world affairs mix in column
A garbled, OCR like passage cites a Toledo case with five men jailed for conspiracy to restrain trade and a lengthy government cost figure. It references figures Greene and Gaynor, a yachtsman named the Kaiser, a Pan American Congress attendance, and a murder suicide. It also mentions drowning incidents, Coney Island crowds, and academic and civic notes about colleges, unions, and lectures.
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Cupid
Toledo
Greene
Gaynor
Nick
Langwerth
Kaiser
Cuatro
Sam
Venesuela
Rio Taneiro
Ehnakon
Warshinas
Stendtrom
Corsomion
Sherman Colter
Tandon
Threy
United States
Coney Island
de. C. L. Spaulding
Kansas City
Abraham Lincoln Democrat League
New York
Metcalf
Apartment of Commerce and Labor
Yale University
Life Insurance Principles and Regulatory Sentiment
A fragmented brief notes life insurance founded on correct principles and optimism for renewed confidence. It cites American and British views on regulation, praising enforcement and public sentiment driving reform in New York firms benefiting policyholders nationwide. Also mentions the Iowa Central encampment offering a one cent per mile rail fare to Minneapolis or St Paul with return options through late August.
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Sentinel
Great Britain
Baltmore News
New York
Chicago News
Nevonel
Minneapolis
Ming
Iowa Central
St Paul
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GOV
A. B. Cummins
State Committee
Jasper
Irgoe
Wapeljo
Cummina
Owa
Corts
J. T. Sullivan
Waterloo
Hampton
James Smith
Abs Machinery Mutual
Our- Aficé Company
Machinery Mutual
Evens
Evans
Smth
Sullivan
Nsec Eile
Harventera
Untio
Franco
Bloch
Paris
France
Tulane
Newcom
Loulalana
Attorney General of
Alabama
Faris
Colombia
Edwsnl L. Stevenson
Tutgora College
Columbia
Life Insurance
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