Washington Items and World Notes From Roosevelts Era
A condensed digest of national happenings includes Senate debates on corporation taxes and trust policy, Taft at Yale ceremonies, European travel plans by officials, and rising political maneuvering over economic reforms. also noted are floods of telegrams from business leaders, a Danish American Fourth of July observance, and various parliamentary and court actions across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Lawson
Thomas W. Langan
James Fuller
Chicago
Scituate
Mass
Marry Harriman
National Association For the Promotion of
New York
Ray S. Reid
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Burton
Europe
Congressional
Taft
Yale College
Princes von Buelow
Germany
Reichstag
James Hamilton Lewis
Lewis
SheFianne M. Becker
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Canal Zone
Aarhus
Denmark
Lake Champlain
Crown Point
N. Y
National Education Association
Denver
Cal
Old State House
Philadelphia
Toledo
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Washington B. Thomas
Arthur Donner
Charles H. Senff
John EB. Parsons
John Mayer
George H. Frazier
American Sugar Refining Company
Italy
Sicily
Messina
Reggio
Harvard
Yale
Thames
Gustave Thiese
Akron
Pittsburg
J. L. Webster
Lincoln
Neb
A. H Cook
Erie
Sterling
O. George R. Huntington
Boo Lins
Edmund Pennington
American Library Association
Three Woods
William Tratt Curzon White
Calas Antenna
Shanghai
London
United States
Hoosewelt
McClellan
Theodore Bingham
Chilberg
John C. Raymonst
Second Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Liste Crabtree
Alabama Supreme Court
Eda
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Jackson
Mich
Republican Party
American Sheet and Tin, Plate Company
James H. Hyslop
R. Swain Gifford
Frederick L. Thompson
Tennessee
Calvin Littlepage
Valley Junction
Russia
Teheran
Persia
Kiesthefer Box Company
Milwayside
Laporte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Andrew Helgelein
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Fred A. Busse
Joseph Jurette
Alton Iil
Bruno Buizingslowen
Arkansas
Ural
Okla
John Nichols
Wort Myer
Broughton Brandenburg
Grover Cleveland
St Louis
Albany
Canadian Pacific
Red Gulch
Joseph Satlow
Alderman Donohue
Wilkesbarre
Michael Promick
Samuel
Howland
August Belmont
Leslie Mosby Wallace
Hongkong
Leon Nalmais
Magee
Leon Lang
Iowa Briefs Highlight Loans, Accidents and Local Grifts
A potpourri of Iowa items reports bond reductions in two Mabray cases, church remodeling plans in Marshalltown, a near-fatal dynamite incident near Des Moines, and parole plea for Annie Myers. Coal discoveries near Ankeny, rumor corrections about a Des Moines student, a body recovery bid, and tax moves on cigarette sales surface. Rail and fair contracts gain traction as court actions, weddings, and local accidents fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Dobbins
Blu
Mabray
T. W. Ballew
Princeton
First Baptist Church of
Marshalltown
Des Moines
James G. Berryhill
Misa Gertrude von Petzold
Mirst Unitarian Church
Adele Fuchs
West High School
Boston
Stuart Davis
Amhurst
Davis
Amherst
New Mexico
L. C. Wait
Detroit
Mich
Donald Ray
Raccoon River
Byers
Dace
Iowa State Fair Association
Iowa
Congress
Dolliver and
Cummins
Carvo
Eugene S. Frye
Lena E. Mardin
Arno L. Hardin
Ethel I F. Mabbitt
Clyde C. Armstrong
Vina Robbing
Redfield
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Simpson
Minnesota
Claude Grice
Red Oak
Towa
Supreme Court
McClain
Council Wluffs & Omaha Street Railway Company
School For the Deaf
Lewis & Clark Road
Council of
Mason City
Judian Norskog
Ded Moines
Maury B. Howell
Hull Avenue
Atolen Hoffman
George Agee
Susie M. Shimer
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Falls
State Board of Education
J. C. Simpson
P. A. Callen
Charles Weitz’s Sons Company
Des Moines Bridge and Ironworks
Agricultural Hall
J. E. Lovejoy
James Watt
Jerry B. Sullivan
J. & O'Connell
Norwalk
First Savings Bank of
Prohibition Party
O. A. Luce
North Des Moines
Harvard University
Greater Des Moines
Mat Simmer
Lenox
Shorty” Wilson
Simmer
Wilson
William Scott
Dallas Center
James R. Clark
Lebanon
Clark
van Buren County
Charles Deemeck
Oskaloosa
Hampson Bird
Thompson Bird
First Presbyterian Church
Brattleboro
N. H
Sarah Cartwright
Mary Temple
Otto M. Geiger
du Pbuque
City Recorder
Myrtle Capital Hall
Andrew Stevenson
Chicago
Iowa Railroad
John H. McBride
Philadelphia
Waterloo
Hidora
Grundy Center
H. F
L. C. Pumphrey
Fairfield
William Bagley
Mr. Bagley
Montpelier
Levi Zaner
Audubon County
Axivy
R. O. Brennan
Cape
Iowa Life Insurance Growth Report Promises Volume II Release
Des Moines notes show a $437,917 gain in recorded and total insurance. Volume II will cover remaining life classes, with overall state life insurance rising and Iowa paying $10,645,453.41 yearly for life coverage. Old line, Thirty nawtowa, and Iowa non-lowa groups all report higher in force and greater payouts. Regular fire insurance report already issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Nawtowa
Towa
Corporation Tax Passes the Senate in Washington
The Senate disposed of the corporation tax and income tax propositions ahead of expectations. The corporation tax was adopted in the committee of the whole by 69 to 11, and the Bailey-Cummins income tax amendment was defeated in favor of the corporation tax by 45 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Senate
Library Committee
Borah Ofdal
Reat
Cummins and Bailey
Washington
Committee of the Whole
Farmers Win Ditch Suit in Hancock County Court
In Hancock county Judge Clark ruled against the Interstate Drainage Company of Brit, granting farmers an injunction prohibiting county supervisors from issuing $6,000 in bonds for the final payment. The court found the builders violated the contract in three particulars. Total project cost was $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Hancock County
Clark
Interstate Drainage Company of
Brit
Pair in danger of angry mob linked to murder in cross state case
Cumberland Gap Tennessee July report says David Moore and his wife are jailed in Jonesville Virginia after being charged with murdering his five year old stepson Harry Joe Nutshell. Authorities state Moore forced the boy to carry lumber used to make a coffin for the body. The couple were moved to Edwin Virginia to escape mob violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Harry Joe Nutshell
David Moore
Jonesville
Edwin, Va
Simple service for dead officer Capt Raymond of Second Cavalry
Des Moines on July 3 without drums or taps the body of Capt. Jotim Cr Ray mond of the Second cavalry was moved from McDermott Undertaking Rooms to Union Depot and sent to West Point New York for burial in simple ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jotim Cr. Raymond
Second Cavalry
McDermott
Union Depot
West Point
N. Y
Bural
Monument to Barbara Heck Dedicated in Ogdensburg
In front of 2000 people the monument to Barbara Heck founder of Methodism in the new world was installed at the Old Blue church cemetery. Funds for the monument were raised by Methodists on both sides of the Canadian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Heck
Ogdensburg
N. Y
New World
Old Blue Church
Canadian
Chinese Shops Raided for Lottery Mail Fraud
Washington July 3 three Chinese shops raided with proprietors arrested under charges of using the United States mails for lottery purposes. A large amount of gambling paraphernalia was found at each location. Lincoln Neb July 3 daylight saloon law in force. Saloons in licensed cities must open after 7 a m and close by 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Easch
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
New Postmaster at Corning Corning Iowa July Three
Corning Iowa July 3 C BE Weat rope the new postmaster has entered upon his duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corning
C. BE. Weatrope
Supreme Court rules on union bid preference in Des Moines contracts
Des Moines feeds a ruling that the city council must award printing contracts without bias toward union or nonunion shops. In Greenfield Indiana a grocer Burleigh Hill died at home from complications linked to allegedly fraudulent dietary preparations for July celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Greenfield
Ind
Burlelgh Hill
Uly Aurterings
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Ewes
General News
Wndurange Report
Blakely
Libby
Vienna
Ibby
Chow Chow
Facnelil & Lieiey
Ghicago
DAIS
Weotenn
Newbvaper Union
Adacia Stes
Swrigley’s
HIE
Saes
Watson E.calemany
Wadington
D.C
Hooks
Wrigzey
Des Moines Directory
Hiv
Windsor
Purity Candy Go
Spearey Do Tasters
Victor
Evans
Cro Evans
Des Moles
Lye
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