Iowa Republicans near stalemate over Senate candidate battle
In Des Moines a factional fight within the Iowa Republicans threatens a deadlock over the selection of a candidate to fill the Allison vacancy in the U S Senate. Cummins supporters claim a party majority while standpatters delay caucus action and Democrats threaten to join the fight. A primary law amendment requiring written GOP voter affiliation nears final passage to curb Democratic interference.
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Des Moines
Iowa Republicats
Allison Warecaney
United States Senate
Camsels
Cummins
Republicana
Allison
Bays Aged Miser Wooed Her Widow Seeks Estate Share
Dubuque reports the death of William Hintringer 82 found dead after a fall. Barbara Forster widow alleges he planned to marry her and vows to sue for a portion of his vast tax-title fortune. No will exists, prompting a potential court battle over the estate.
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Dubuque
William Hintrnger
Barbara Forster
Hintrager
Endeavors Elect Officers Iowa Union In Davenport
At the state convention closing session of the Iowa Christian Endeavor union officers were elected for the ensuing year. Names include President C F Ensign Cedar Rapids Secretary Zerilda Black Clinton Treasurer Le L Akin Glidden Junior Superintendent Mrs B L Condon Legrand C citizenship superintendent Rev R K Atkinson Davenport Bible superintendent Rev G J Orvis Dubuque Mission superintendent Hattie Hospers Orange City Prison superintendent Miss Bell Powners New Hampton Editorial superintendent Rev William Hardcastle Iowa Falls.
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Iowa Union
Davenport
Iowa Christian Endeavor Union
C. F. Ensign
Cedar Rapids
Zerilda Black
Clinton
le L. Akin
Glidden
B. L. Condon
Legrand
R. K. Atkinson
G. 4. Orvis
Dubuque
Hattie Hospers
Orange City
Miss Bell Powners
New Hampton
William Hardcastle
Iowa Falls
Upper Mississippi River Improvement meet draws wide interest
The Upper Mississippi River Improvement association plans its Sept 22 to 24 meeting in Clinton Ta drawing large participation from Dubuque and river towns from St. Paul to St. Louis. Since seven years ago the group spurred a federal survey and aims for a six foot low water channel with a $2,000,000 annual appropriation, now proposed to rise to $2,500,000 to finish before the Panama Canal project completes in six to seven years.
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Thibuque
Upper River Improvement Association
Clington
Mississippi Valley
Dubuque
St. Paul
St. Louis
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Father of Waters
Congress
Panama Canal
New Primary Law Ready for Legislature Report
Des Moines Sept 7 Republicans draft a bill to create a separate primary ballot for United States senator. A panel of lawmakers and lawyers prepared the measure to ensure proper party voting. Voters must request a party ballot and declare their allegiance with a prior year voting record. The bill goes to the legislature this afternoon.
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Tes Moines
Repub
Icans
United States
Allison
Tcket
Auto overturn kills Milnes in Sigourney area
A party of West Liberty men and women en route to Ottumwa lost control of their sedan on a highway near Sigourney, plunging into a ditch. Undertaker CG H Milnes of West Liberty was crushed beneath the car and died instantly. Three women and the chauffeur sustained injuries. two passengers escaped unharmed.
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West Liberty
Ottumwa
CG. H. Milnes
Milnes
Wood
Bingham
Mary Robertson
Peterson Arrested in Nebraska Paternity Case Stirring Town
In Lowell Nebraska on September 7 George B Peterson was jailed on a paternity charge filed by his fifteen year old daughter. He denies the accusation and accuses a neighbor. In Bancroft Nebraska a brakeman M T Wahl was killed by a freight train on the line he worked, near Omaha road.
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Lowell
Neb
George B. Peterson
Bancroft
M. T. Wahl
Omahe Road
Devastation in Chisholm as Forest Fires Rage
News recounts the Chisholm disaster and wide spread fires across the Mesaba range north of Duluth. It notes four thousand homeless in Chisholm, surrounding towns defending against encroaching flames, and total damages estimated around 3.75 million dollars with funds sought from Governor Johnson’s relief committee.
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Mesaba Range
Duluth
St. Louis
Carleton
Stasca
Minnesota
Poughas County
Wisconsin
Bull
Nashwanuk
Nashwauk
Buhi
Mesaba Iron Range
Thibbing
Chishol
Johnson
Coleraline
Hibbing
Delagrange Breaks Long Flight and Distance Records
Jean Delagrange of the Avaitors club of France set new aviation records at Issy by flying twenty nine minutes and twenty four and four fifth seconds and circling the field fifteen and a half times. He beat the previous best by Henri Farman and surpassed Wilbur Wright in distance by about one and three quarters miles. The records were officially accepted though the motor exhausted forced an early end.
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Jean Delagrange
Avaitors’ Club
France
Issy
M. Delagrange
Henri Turnam
Wil‘bur Wright
Wright Brothers
United States
Postal Committee In Session Reforms Planned
The postal committee of Congress debated two key points in its postal department inquiry. It agreed not to disturb the second plan and called for a reorganization of the money order department.
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Postal Committee of Congress
Postal Department
Boston Hides Dismembered Actress Crime Shock
The torso of Mrs Honorsh Jordan, a 23 year old Somerville actress, was found in a trunk at a Beacon Hill boarding house and later head and limbs were recovered from the Jordan home furnace. Chester Jordan, her husband, an actor, confessed to killing in a quarrel and dismembering the body. He planned to cast parts overboard from the Harvard, which was laid up, forcing him to hire a hackman to move the trunk. A suspicious hackman alerted police.
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Susan Geary
Honorsh Jordan
Somerville
Hancock Street
Beacon Hill
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Chester Jordan
Harvard
New York
Hackman
George W. Collins
Ru Ming
Spanish War Veterans Elect New Commander In Chief
The fifth annual encampment of the Spanish War Veterans adjourned in Boston Friday with Captain Charles R. Newton of Hartford chosen commander in chief after a disputed ballot. Initial results gave Captain Charles A. Simmons of Rochester NC a one vote lead, but an illegal count prompted a second ballot. Newton won 182 to 173, with five illegitimate ballots prompting uproar. Other officers were named including Charles E. Stoud, Moses R. Dogan, Edward H. White, 8 T. B. Hayes, Henry F. Schimler, &. R. Cohen, Isador Weill, J. J. Hellburg, Adna G. Clark, William D. Wild, and Captain J. Walter Mitchell.
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Hartford
Boston
Tacoma
Charles A. Simmons
Rochester
N. C
Conn
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Simmons
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Sandusky
Moses R. Dogan
Indiana
Edward H. White
Double tragedy ends ride in Wabash Indiana
In Wabash Indiana a carpenter Joel F Baker 31 and widow Mrs Sylvia Hernice 28 were found dead after a self inflicted murder suicide ride. The man killed the woman while they rode in a buggy then killed himself as the horse returned to the livery stable with their bodies. authorities report the woman planned to wed in Benton Harbor and Baker confessed his intent before the fatal act.
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Joel F. Baker
Sylvia Hernice
Wabash
Ind
Baker
Railways Granted Injunction Against Arkansas Commission
Judge Vandeventer of the United States circuit court in St. Paul granted the injunction sought by St. Louis Troy Mountain and Southern and three other railroads operating in Arkansas. The court bars the Arkansas railway commission from enforcing the 2-cent fare law and from hindering railroads in raising freight rates on interstate traffic.
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Arkansas Commission
United States Circuit Court
St. Paul
St. Louis
Troy Mountain and Southern
Arkansas
Arkansas State Railway Commission
Abdel Aziz Loses Hope After Setback
Advices from Madiuna report that Abdel Aziz, momentarily buoyed by chief Mtaugi's victory over Mulai Hoafid’s forces, has again lost hope and disbanded his army. He tells followers to go where they will and that those who dare should pursue Mulai Hadid.
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Abdel Aziz
Madiuna
Mtaugi
Mulai Hoafid
Mulal Hadid
Fraternals Back Government Supervision Of Fraternal Insurance
The eighth annual meeting of the Associated Fraternities of America adopted a resolution calling for direct federal oversight of fraternal insurance firms in the United States. It urged forming a joint committee with the National Fraternal Congress to draft a new mortality table and a uniform bill for congressional consideration, enabling full government control over such insurers. Omaha was chosen for the 1909 meeting, with officers elected: President J. O. Root of Omaha, Vice President R. E. W. Donovan of Detroit, and Secretary-Treasurer Capten Ce H. Robinson of Washington.
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Associated Fraternities of America
Chicago
United States
National Fraternal Congress
Omaha
J. O. Root
RE. W. Donovan
Detroit
Capten Ce H. Robinson
Washington
Have you geen have Ane pisuon Beach's?
A sparse fragment reads as a garbled query about a person or place named Ane pisuon Beach. The legible text provides no clear event, date, or identifiable entity to form a coherent news item.
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