Booker T. Washington program draws mixed weather praise
Rain disrupted attendance at Ames Chautauqua with Prof. DeMotte and Prof. Newens on Thursday. Ames City Band and Williams Dixie Jubilee Singers performed, while Booker T. Washington spoke Friday. Local farmer remarks on rain aiding turnout. praise for La Follette and General Sweeney. notes on lectures by Cadman and Dickinson, and reflections from Roland Record.
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Ames City Band
Williams
Dixie Jubilee Singers
Avaust
George L. McNutt
Booker T. Washington
Chautauqua
Milford
Campbell
la Follette
General Sweeney
Dana
Johnson
Spillman Riggs
John B. DeMotte
Storms
Parks Cadman
Abraham Lincoln
Bishop Fowler
Ingersoll
Odeon
Temple
Miss Cairns
Emery Miller
Chas. Youngs
Sen. la Follette
Ameg Chautauqua
LaFollette
Roland Record
Road Officers School Set For Ames Dates August 13 18
The Iowa Highway Commission announces the second annual School of Instruction for Road Officers to be held in Ames August 13 to 18. The program aims to train six to twelve skilled staff for road and bridge work, with lectures, field work, drafting and grading exercises, to improve planning and execution of road funds. City councils and county offices are urged to send representatives and pay expenses from road funds.
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Iowa Highway Commission
Ames
General Assembly
Board of Trustees
Towa
Boone
School of Instruction
Commission
Porter and Denison Propose Reform Platform at Democrat Rally
The Centerville slate led by Claude R. Porter for governor and Denison for second place issued a reform platform after Republican declarations. Conservatives claim victory as the convention outlines policy directions and campaign focus.
Democratic Ticket Named by Iowa Party at Waterloo
The Iowa Democratic convention in Waterloo nominated a strong ticket led by Claud Porter for governor and John D. Dennison for lieutenant governor after a lengthy balloting. The platform favored tariff reform, rate regulation, direct US senators vote, and labor alignment with Gompers. Bryan endorsement was pledged and statewide party unity asserted.
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Waterloo
Democratic Party of
Iowa
Claud Porter
Centerville
State Senate
Wade
John D. Dennison
A. B. Boies
Horace” Boies
C. A .Dickson
Sioux City
Blackhawk County
Ball
Hamilton
United States
Indorse Gompers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Labor
Bryan
Socracy
William J. Bryan
March Priscilla and Brass Band Selections Processed
A fragmented program list shows pieces including March Priscilla, Henry Overture Hot Stuff, Waltz Beauties Charms, Moses Tobani Selection What the Brass Band Played, Prospector, and Star Spangled Banner amid garbled entries and stray dots.
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Moses
March
Prospector
Chattaway Holmes
Williams Trophy at Iowa State College Honors Argentine Glynne Williams
The Williams Trophy, a new silver prize from Glynne Williams of Argentina, will be awarded annually to the top stock judging student in Iowa State College's animal husbandry department. The 1906 winner is R. A. Cave. The trophy stays with the college and is on display in Dean Curtiss's office.
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Iowa State College
Glynne Williams
R. A. Cave
Williams
South America
Great Britain
Dean Curtiss
Good Roads Convention Heads to Ames Next Week
The Good Roads Commission presents details for Ames upcoming gathering touted as Great Opportunity for county city and township officers to attend.
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AMES
The
Good Roads Commission
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White House
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Lincoln Institute
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Jack Dalton Committee
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Claude Porter
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J. &. McLuen
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Fred Townsend
Wilson
Supreme Court
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Representative Supreme Court
H. M. Parker
William Jennings Bryan
Platte
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State Central Committee
John F. Dalton
Manson
J. B. Romans
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Delaware
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Cherokee
Hicks
Hicke
Williams’ Trophy
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