Iowa News Highlights Across Des Moines and Iowa
A string of Iowa items reports a Burlinefan death from a drug overdose at St Francis hospital, a near drowning at Perry, a fatal blast accident at Datwayne, a mine incident near Royal Prince, and a fatal house fire northwest of Nevada. Also covered are a Wapello water works plan, a Humboldt automobile crash injuring Charley White and Brig Stong, a Dubuque druggists convention clash over a president’s remarks, a Des Moines arcade robbery after midnight, a planned Iowa Druggists Mutual firm, and legal rulings on Clear Lake water level. Also noted are a Nevada farm death, a Des Moines man attacked in basements, and a spate of other Iowa civic and social items with local color and emergency updates.
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Fareane
John Lisineer
Burlinefan
St. Francis
Kinstecetn
Switker- Tun
Wiliin Maver
Omaha
Wapullo
Wapello
Humboldt
Charley White
Brig Stong
Fioneholdt
Colis
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Dubuque
Retirjing
Bornsan
Cedar Rapids
Boynson
Tal
N. J. Stephens
Nevada
Jacy Bowers
Ray Stephens
Stephens
Olten
Bowers
A. Yu
Modale
Stebens
Ole House
Ruth McPherson
Des Moines
Morris
Thas
Tord
Routh
Wesalates
Stevens’ Freenay
Stevens
Muekwou
Carnegie
Polly
AMM
Lekberpea
Ohjeelion
Convinetus
Cuvnesie
George True
Wa Arcade
Moines
Midmeit
Gusceseul
William Norris
Prue
Mutual Wire Tasmanes Company
Iyuggists
Cvet
Gens Insurance
Mutual Isurance
Jawa
Aay
Democratic convention backs Kern for vice president at Denver
The Democratic national convention in Denver nominated John Worth Kern of Indiana for vice president amid tumultuous sessions. William Jennings Bryan was renominated for president on one ballot. The platform was adopted unanimously after a contentious credentials dispute.
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Denver
John Worth Kern
Indiaa
Thas
Chanel A. Towne
Archibald McNeill
Clark Mowel
Witchcock
Sheldoun
Republcan
William Jennings Ryan
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Gray
Delaware
Credentials Committee
HW. J. Clayton
Alabama
Committee On Platform
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Committee On Credentials
District of Columbia
Prominent Attorney Charles Brown Is Arrested on Counterfeiting Charge
Charles Brown of Danville Illinois 85 a lawyer social figure was arrested by secret service on counterfeiting authorities found an elaborate outfit in his cellar Willan L Wilson embezzler of 75000 from United States Home Protectors Port Huron Mich sentenced to penitentiary James Sherman announces retirement as Republican congressional committee chairman Thomas B Watson nominated for president by Populists in Atlanta Gov Sanders to create permanent state arbitration board for labor troubles Judge William Mochren resignation accepted vacancy filled by M D Purdy Mrs August Lieb sentenced to five days in workhouse for disorderly conduct after masquerading nine years as a matron in New York.
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Charles &. Brown
Danville
Secret Service
James 5. Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas B. Watson
United States
Atlanta
Gov. Sanders
Louisiana
August Lieb
New York
Fox
Plans for Taft nomination formal notification in Cincinnati
July 28 elaborate plans were made in Cincinnati to formally notify W. H. Taft of his Republican nomination for president. Other items report a Great Northern mail train hold up in Idaho thwarted by a conductor, a Cleveland will not disclosing estate size, a St Petersburg roof collapse, safeblowers looting Diamond Point Pen in New York, a Coney Island fire, desertion-prisoner escapes from Fort Hamilton, and Count de Castellans seeking custody of his three children from Miss Anna Gould.
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Cincinnati
W. MH. Taft
Robert Roman
Great Northern Road
Idaho
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Diamond Point Pen Company
New York
Coney Island
Fort Hamilton
Count Bont de Castellans
London
Prince Helie de Sagan
Anna Gould
Revolutionary upheaval and disasters ripple across regions
Revolt in UVenderres caps Chaluleca after days of combat. Hapgood Inc. executives discharged in New York for alleged misregulation. Navajo uprising reported. A Brooklyn trio dies in a Center Moriches crash. Sherman anti trust cases linger. Fires shake Maine and Boston losses mount. Venezuela-Sea relations severed. Diplomatic cautions and violent incidents proliferate nationwide.
Bryan Opens Campaign At Lincoln Porches Hopeful On New York
The article reports William Jennings Bryan declaring he will carry New York and has a chance in every state at Lincoln View. It notes delegates from Minnesota North Dakota and Virginia pledging support, Bryan's porchless campaign style, and social details from the Kansas to Oklahoma travel, with various party figures and reactions described.
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Mr. Bryan
New York
Lincoln
Wairview
AD Bryan
Garry New York
Theodore A. Bell
Diryan
Bairview
Neb
Bryan
Nebraska
Minnesota
Denver
Johnson
North
Bryn
North Dakota
Virginia
T. O'Brien
Minnesota Crowd Assured Mr. Bryan
Fairview
Mr. Bryans
Jolson Hag
Mairview
New York State Central Committee
Conners
Mrs Conners
Rowik Islami
F. Murphy
Tammany
Tiers Nixon
N’ 1
Harrison
Robert ™. Luce
Martin Littleton
D. L. Colialan
James Cassily
Ohio
Kansas
Iowa
Oklahoma
New York City
Surday drownings in hot weather claim many lives
Reported drownings across cities from July 12 as heat drives people into water. Incidents include four in Detroit, at least ten drowned due to a windstorm in Baltimore, and multiple deaths in Peoria, Marshalltown, Nevada Missouri, Perry Illinois, Duluth Minnesota, Grosco Louisiana, Marion Massachusetts, and Des Moines.
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Chicago
Detroit
Baltimore
Peoria
Marshalltown
Town
Nevada
Perry
Duluth
Mimn
Grosco
Marion
Mass
Des Moines
Hearst Papers Denounce Bryan in New York
The American and the Evening Journal signal loss of confidence in William J Bryan and the Democratic Party. Wearst remarks on Bryan in New York on July 12 reflect Hearst's stance.
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Bryan
New York
William Y. Bryan
William IR. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
the American
The
Evening Journal
Mr. Bryan
Hartje appeals Pennsylvania divorce ruling in Supreme Court
Augustus Hartje billionaire paper manufacturer appeals Judge Byazer’s ruling ordering him to pay his wife 20750 expenses and 7000 counsel fees. Appeal filed July 2 in Harrisburg. Hartje omits mention of 5000 annual alimony but cites no other sizable accounts.
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Hartle
Pittsburg
Augustus Hartje
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Byazer
Hartje
Enemies Wary Of Buller Plans Book Of War Tactics
Capt Fritz Duquesne recalls Buller as brave yet hampered by his own text book on warfare. Boers in the Transvaal war used Buller’s published tactics against him by following the very book he authored. They could predict his moves after each action, guiding their defense and counterattack.
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Transvaal
Fritz Duquesne
Buller
Lyddite
Bierce on magazine fiction and its flaws
Ambrose Bierce argues that typical magazine short stories are often conventional and worthless. He notes critics compare him to Poe and recalls a dinner anecdote where a writer defends fiction as pleasing editors rather than readers.
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Ambrose Bierce
Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Bierce
Iyntheon
Girk
Biggin
Magazing Editorg
Dispute Over Famous Picture In Art Circles
In London there is debate over a Gainsborough painting and its high price, comparing it with the Duchess of Devonshire sale from thirty years earlier. Millais questioned its attribution, saying Gainsborough’s female subjects are unmatched, while others defend the Duchess as a striking, coveted portrait.
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Cireles
London
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Hig Day
Millais
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Venezuela
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Veneauclan Regation
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Charles Taylor
Missouri Pacific
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Berlin
Tambert Libet
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