Primary Elections Loom Over Iowa Next Monday
Voters face a hot press for the June primary across Iowa with contests from governor to township constable. Republicans clash with three candidates, while Democrats back Meredith for governor. In Hardin County, Nichols and Gehrke are named, with Bleeker and Ellerding poised for the county board. Memorial Day ball game saw Wellsburg suffer a 2 to 0 defeat at Ackley.
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Iowa
Meredith
Conson
Allen
Harding
Cedar Rapids
Hardin
Nichols
Tom Walsh
Kit Curtiss
Iowa Falla
Eldora
Max Gehrke
Edwards
Alden
Carpenter
Breuning
Ackley
Bleeker
Ellerding
Wellsburg
Proofs of Morning Roosevelt Rally Amid Turbulent Chicago Delegates
Reports from multiple cities describe energetic crowds and fervent speeches as suffragettes press delegates in Chicago while GOP committees contest southern delegation seats. Two miles of Verdun trenches fall to German forces, and London notes unprecedented troop activity. President Wilson designates Flag Day for June 14 as the era sees raids on British coast, famine fears in England, and a St Paul railroad pioneer Tomes J. FL dies. A jailed farm theft yields ten years for Frank Blaisdell in Ft Madison. monument plans honor Rutherford B. Hayes in Fremont Ohio.
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Rutherford B. Slayes
Freemont
Ohio
Verdun
London
Wilson
Tomes J. FL
Northwest
St. Paul
Frank Blaisdell
Logan
Arthur
Ft. Madison
Expect Women to Win in Hardin County Polls
Predominant male sentiment in Hardin County favors woman suffrage with about two to one in ballots, though many men oppose the proposition. The piece notes lack of broad interest and mentions a postal savings act amendment raising maximum deposits to 1000 dollars and removing monthly limits. It also records a visit by Mrs. George Tulp of Waterloo.
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Auch
Hardin County
Wilson
Who Gave Nan the Right to Vote and When
The note of challenge from suffragettes asks who granted man the vote and when. It argues the Magna Carta of 1215 secured early liberties, including electoral rights, by pressuring John to accept foundational law. It frames the evolution of suffrage as a long democratic process, ending with man gaining political voice and ownership rights.
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John
John of
England
Runnymede
Memorial Day Observance Opens with Patriotism and Flags
Memorial Day morning dawned bright as veterans, students, and families gathered for ceremonies. Flags fluttered on storefronts and homes while the band played and flowers were laid at Sacred Heart Academy and the cemetery. A public school procession, speeches by Rev. Lilley and Mr. Murtagh, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address highlighted a day of patriotic remembrance.
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Sacred Heart Academy
Davis
J. 8. Lilley
Messrs
Roosevelt
Tansoning
Rath
Goettel
A. J. Scales
Gen. Logan
Paul Althouse
Lincoln
Gettysburg
James
Murtagh
Waterloo
Ackley visit by St Paul manufacturers to strengthen ties
Ackley business leaders are urged to prepare for a Friday June 9 visit by manufacturers and retailers from St Paul, traveling on a special train with a Northwest-class band. A nearly hour-long Bend concert will be offered to country residents, with emphasis on Ackley’s prominence along the M and St L railway.
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Ackley
St. Paul
Northwest
M. & St. L. Railway
Dead honored soldiers named in fragmented roster list
A partial historical roster lists numerous fallen and veterans from multiple Civil War era units including Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa and Minnesota regiments. The long, messy entry mentions soldiers such as M J Obrecht Henry Frantz John Kinney and many others with unit and company details, plus later wars.
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M. J. Obrecht
76Th
Illinois Infantry
N, Watters
Wisconsin
Cortland
Agth
Ohio
A. R. Lee
Iowa
J. D. Williams
34Th
Iowa Infantry
J. S. Kelso
Wisconsin Cavalry
Jackson Bolender
J. L. Taylor
Henry Trainer
Daniel Bolender
Rales Bush
Ilinois
Henry Thorex
24Th
Illinois
Nelson Ivens
Iowa Infantry Corp
Edward Oliver
H. A
Minnesota
Joseph Williams Sanford Tapley
Daniel Murry Whos
Dardis
A. Swartwood
Barnes Mason
Vaylor
George Pattee
van Leudin, Jr
Joseph Scales
McGreevey Addresses Memorial Day at Parkersburg
I J McGreevey of this city delivered the Memorial Day address at Parkersburg after the selection committee invited him. F J is praised by friends for consistently giving his best. A trench worker with the sewer line was badly injured by a falling tile, needing twenty seven stitches. Misses Stoeler and Berg have finished terms of school east of town and are teaching well.
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I. J. McGreevey
Parkersburg
F. J
Stoeler
Berg
Ackley High Graduates Outnumber Girls in Class of 1916
The Ackley school class of 1916 graduates twenty students, eleven boys and nine girls. Some will pursue teaching, others university study or various employments, as commencement marks thirteen years of schooling ending with a motto of Sunrise, not Sunset.
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Ackley
Acklay
Towa
Ordination set for Nicholas Steffen at St Marys Ackley
The Rev Nicholas Steffen will be ordained a priest on June 8 at St Paul Seminary by Archbishop Ireland. He will celebrate his first Mass at St Marys Church Ackley on Sunday June 11 at 10 30 AM, with many Ackley friends planning to attend.
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Samuel Bolender
Miss Gussie
Roe Stuart
Webster City
Lilley
M.E. Church
Micholas Steffen
St. Paul
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Acklay
Raw
Nicholas Steffen
Archbishop Ireland
Steffen
St. Mary's Church
Ackley
Week's Death Record and Baby Born at Chapin
The four month old infant son of Mr and Mrs George Pekareck died at their Geneva home on Sunday a week ago. Interment was in the Catholic cemetery there. The child had been frail and the parents mourn deeply. A baby girl was born to Mr and Mrs George Abbas at their Chapin home last Wednesday. Grandparents and uncles celebrate the new arrival.
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George Pekareck
Geneva
George Abbas
Chapin
Sunty
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Diemer & Co.'s
J.J. Diemer & CO
Berefs
Kanana City
St. Louis
Crentes
Crank
Chicago
George Tulp
George
Wejmeyer
Nan
BE. A. Phinney
W. A. Young
John Bolender
P. Olmstead
Capt. Davis
J. L. French
Whitney
W. A. Saucer
John Steffen
J. W. Thornton
C. A. Frodden
Misses Stonebraker
Raton Tool
Grebner
Olmstead
Althouse
Marachall
Orr
Kepler
Ellis
G. Hatch
Supt. Truesdell
Mr. Murtagh
Shellrack
Butler County
Virginia
Republic
Valley Forge
Yorktown
James C. Murtagh
Tham
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
John Humke
Will Humake
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