Iowa Republicans Nominate Allison By Large Margin
Official returns from 99 Iowa counties show W B Allison winning the Republican U S Senate nomination with 102 159 votes to Cummins 92 786 a 9 373 majority. Carroll leads Garst for governor by 15 162 with 76 counties counted. Clarke defeats Murphy for lieutenant governor and Ketchum leads in the railroad commissioner race.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Allison
Cummins
Carroll
Garst
George W. Clarke
Bernard Murphy
Riggs
Ketchum
Nominees for Congress by Districts
A list of congressional nominees in the first ten districts with party affiliations. Republicans include Kennedy Tracy Dawson Pickett Haughen Prouty Hepburn Smith Woods Hubbard Woods. Democrats include Tracy Elliott O Helly Jamieson Spencer Kendall C. O. Helly. No Democrat candidate in the eleventh district.
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C. A. Kennedy
George 8. Tracy
T.—A. F. Dawson
Mark Walsh
Charles E. Pickett
Charles Elliott
G. N. Haughen
James W. Good
K. Tracy
N. E. Kendall
Army Major Tries Under Court Martial in Des Moines
Major Charles P. George of the United States Army is on trial before a general court martial at Fort Des Moines. He faces charges of falsifying mileage and meal accounts while in charge of the Des Moines recruiting station and its sub stations at Fort Dodge Waterloo and Mason City with the paymaster Major Holloway named in the case.
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Des Moines
Charles P. George
United States Army
Fort Des Moines
George
George T. Holloway
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Mason City
United States
Major George
Midnight drunk excuse given by specialist inebriety
Chicago readers learn a new theory from J C H Benton of Chester West Virginia via the American Society for the Study of Inebriety Alcohol and Drug Neurosis. Auto intoxication from fermenting foods in the stomach supposedly causes pain, leading men to drink to relieve it. The physician explains intoxication follows auto intoxication then drinking.
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Chicago
American Society For the Study of
J. C. H. Benton
Chester
W. Va
Masons Elect Grand Officers in Iowa Lodge
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 6 The Iowa Masonic grand lodge today elected officers P J Martin Waterloo grand master Wm Hutchinson Alton senior grand warden F F Wood Des Moines junior grand warden W W Newsum Sabula treasurer Newton R Parsin Cedar Rapids secretary Daven
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Masonic Grand Lodge
P. J. Martin
Waterloo
Wm. Hutchinson
Alton
F. F. Wood
Des Moines
W.W. Newsum
Sabula
Newton R. Parsin
Daven
Supreme Court Decisions From Des Moines Iowa
Decisions handed down include affirmations in multiple Iowa cases statewide and a dismissal in Rockwell vs Town of Farmington. Listed counties include Butler Poweshiek Monroe Clayton Dickinson Van Buren Sioux Lee Wright Wapello Lyon Ringgold and others.
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Des Moines
Seeeert Black Hawk
Bremer Buchanan
Cerro Gordo
Eeneer Clinton
Dallas
Bassa
Decatur
Delawa
Eeere Des Moines
Eeene Dickinson
Dubuque
Grundy
Guthrie
Enry
Eeenewe
Howard
Humboldt
Ida
Jackson
Jas
Lester
Jerson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk Kossuth Wenenee
Montgomery
Muscatine
Osceola
Palo Alto
Plymouth
Pocahontas
Polk
Eevee Potta
Tamie Saben
Aeweer Poweshiek
I Ringgold
Bae
Ievenas i
Zis Taylor
Wee Pruliot
Cenes Cannccesensssente
Calhoun
Clinton Eka
OEE
Davis
Franklin
Reree
Hamilton Perenne Howar
Supreme Court
State of Iowa
Goodsell
Butler County
Gage
Poweshiek County
Grayton
Monroe County
Richmond
Clayton County
Cooper
Rowe
Dickinson County
Rockwell
Farmington
van Buren County
Stone
Quigley
Sioux County
Johnston
Meyers
Lee County
Wright
Dugeon
Wappello County
Veal & Co
Peterson
Lyon County
Crowell
Sam
Ringold County
Widow sought for $25,000 lynching case in Reno
Friends of Joe Simpson lynched at Skiddoo report he left over $25,000 in estate. The widow is to receive the entire amount if she steps forward to claim it. Reno, Nev.
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Joe Simpson
Skiddoo
Reno, Nev
Lions Rampage in Circus Crowd Attacks Keeper
In Enwich Connecticut on June 6 Nero the lion escaped from its cage in the side show. The animal had a history of injuries and had previously attacked its keeper. Spectators fled as the lion charged, injuring several before being cornered by circus staff.
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Enwich
Conn
Rain disaster slows corn planting in Iowa week
Des Moines reports heavy rain from June 1 1908 week ending June 1 with above normal temperatures and frequent showers. Flooding and wash loss will be substantial. much corn must be replanted though some cultivating on high land occurred. Small grain and potatoes show rank growth while low land grain yellowed.
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Des Moines
Iowa Livestock Rates Involved In Corn Belt Case
Marshalltown attorney C H Be, counsel for Iowa packers, arrives for hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission on a petition to cut Iowa to Chicago live stock rates. Iowa interior packers oppose any reduction fearing business loss. Cedar Rapids Colonel Clark and Crawford Thorn of Washington head farm group representation. The proceedings expected to last at least one day.
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Washington
C. H. BE. Boardman
Marshalltown
Iown
Corn Belt Meat Producers
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa
Chicago
Colonel Clark
Cedar Rapids
Packers
Crawford Thorn
Washington, Ia
Corn Belt Association
Des Moines Man Attempts Break-In Reported
Des Moines Indiana June 4 reports a man attempted an entry at a home of Guet Ortlund when three daughters woke to a window screen removal and a crawling intruder. The burglar fled by leaping from an upstairs window.
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Des Moines
Guet Ortlund
Nurse Shot Accident in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Iowa June 4 Mrs May King a nurse was shot when Sam Betterick fired at a bottle set against a fence. The bullet pierced the fence and entered her abdomen perforating the intestines four times and lodging on the right side. Doctors say there is little hope of saving her.
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Fort Dodge
May King
Sam Betterick
Pioneer railroader stricken with paralysis at 73
Law notes that Chas N. Gilmore, longtime Rock Island division superintendent at Valley Junction, aged 73, was stricken with paralysis Saturday evening and lies in precarious condition at his Des Moines home after retirement and a company pension.
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Chas. N. Gilmore
Rock Island Railroad
Valley Junction
Gilmore
Rock Island
Des Moines
Kansas Fears a Great Flood
Independence Kansas reports the Verdigris river rising at 23 inches per hour threatening to spill banks. Low-lying western districts already submerged and several families evacuated. Missouri Pacific tracks near Caney under water about three miles.
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Independence
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Caney
Shercliffe Taken to Colorado. Lawyer Arrives Too Late
Des Moines reports Shercliffe has already been moved to Colorado. An Omaha lawyer who traveled to Lansing to defend him reached the scene too late to save him.
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Shercliffe
Des Moines
Colorado
Lansing, Mich
Tin Ore Strike Reported in Brooks Mountains Alaska
A discovery of large tin ore deposits is reported to have been made recently in the Brooks mountains of Alaska. Details of the strike are not provided.
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Brooks Mountains
Alaska
Hog Cholera Cure On Trial At Ames
After years of experiments the U S department of agriculture has found a hog cholera cure based on immunization with infected blood and immune serum. A ten day congress at Ames will train veterinarians to apply the method and decide if distribution should be state federal or private.
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Ames
United States Department , Agriculture
Wilson
D. Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Corn Belt
Iowa Experiment Station
J. H. McNeil
C. H. Stange
William Dorsett
United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Nebraska
Frescoer Falls Fifty Five Feet From Dome
Godfrey Gentz a fresco painter at St Mary's church plunged from the dome when a scaffold broke He is unconscious in hospital and may die from injuries sustained this afternoon in Iowa City na
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Iowa City
Godfrey Gentz
St. Mary’s Church
Widow 65 Suicides in Shell Rock River at Northwood
Mason City Iowa June 3 Mrs Harmon a widow aged 65 killed herself in the Shell Rock River at Northwood this morning between 1 and 8 oclock. The body was found by the deputy sheriff. She had previously threatened the deed.
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Mason City
Harmon
Northwood
Shell Rock River
Burglars Loot A Conklin Country Home
Burglars entered the country home of A. Conklin during school commencement and stole jewelry, silverware and valuables valued over $490. One thief wore Conklin's summer suit as a souvenir. no clues have been found.
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Tingley, Ja
A. Conklin
Murder in Oakfield Church Leaves Woman Dead
In Oakfield Wisconsin Grant Poole aged 35 shot and killed Mrs E H Orvis a leading resident at the Methodist church as services ended Poole fired three shots one striking heart and instant death The congregation fled in panic as Rev Sabin Halsy urged prayer and the pastor tended the victim The motives involve objections to Poole toward the Orvis daughter.
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Oakfield
Wis
Grant Poole
E. H. Orvis
Sabin Halsy
Poole
Orvis
Women delegates at Rome congress reach 447 with one silent member
A humorous tally from Rome shows the recent women's congress had 447 delegates, 446 active in debates, one silent delegate from an asylum for deaf mutes. It records 623 reports, 320,400,000 words spoken, 2,112 telegrams, and 140,000 souvenir cards.
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Rome
Milian Asylum For
Confession Proves To Be Only A Lie
Sheriff Smutser, returning from Vernon Texas, reports that Truelson, once claiming to be Mrs. Gunness’s accomplice, gave a complete confession then retracted it admitting it was a ruse to escape Texas where he faces forgery charges.
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LaPorte
Ind
Smutser
Vernon
Tex
Truelson
Smith
Wright Claims His Airship Is Best
Wilbur Wright, speaking with the Associated Press, says the Wright airship is practicable and superior to European designs. He notes eight or nine machines ready, and that government contract clauses must be clarified before demonstrations, with flight able to cover 125 miles with two men and fuel. Orville Wright is in Europe pursuing the invention. Wilbur declines to reveal details of his whereabouts.
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Dayton
Ohio
Wilbur
F Wright
Aeroplane Fame
Associated Press
Manteo
N. C
Orville Wright
Europe
Wright
Wilbur Wright
English Detective Caught in Gotham on Old Con Game
New York June 1 Cecil Pape a Scotland Yard detective rushed to police headquarters with a tale of a con game that fooled him on this side of the water He abandoned his Lusitania passage home and paid $200 to a blooming scalawag in a dice scam allegedly aimed at gullible rubes.
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New York
Cecil Pape
Scotland Yard
Pape
Lusitania
Frozen survivor lives after chilling rescue at Arctic wreck
Adam Williams, sole survivor of the schooner John F. Miller, was found frozen to his two dead shipmates on Unick Island in the Arctic. Rescuers on the schooner Ivy chopped free Williams after a half hour to revive him. He will live.
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New York
Adam Willams
John F. Miller
Victoria
B. C
Bundy
Maritime Exchange
Willams
Ivy
Unick Island
Arctics
William Peters
Williams
Wedding halted as bride and groom await license
In Des Moines Iowa on June 1 the wedding of Miss Myrtle May Briar and Frank Thomas broke up in a panic when Bert Hesser the bride’s stepfather who failed to return with the license was found jailed for burglary by the man he worked for. He is held for a preliminary hearing June 5.
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Des Moines
Charlies Quinette
Myrtle Maybriar
Frank Thomas
Bert Hesser
Hesser
Longtime Wapello County resident George Lentner dies at 101
Ottumwa Iowa June 1 George M Lentner aged 101 died at his daughter Mrs Kirkpatrick's home in Highland Center He was the county's oldest man born in Delaware in 1807 He recently celebrated his 101st birthday and appeared in good health but declined He is survived by one daughter 21 grandchildren 41 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Ottumwa
George M. Lentner
Kirkpatrick
Highland Center
Wapello County
Mr. Lentner
Delaware
Des Moines Woman Seeks Governor Aid for Husband
Mrs Sherman Morris will appeal to Governor Cummins to help free her husband Frank Shercliffe, once a famous diamond robber. He is jailed in Michigan on a murder charge from Colorado years ago after four years leading a sober, industrious life in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Sherman Morris
Cummins
Frank Shercliffe
Shercliffe
Michigan
Colorado
Desa Moines
Burlington Line Files $300 Million Mortgage
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad filed a 300 million dollar mortgage in Burlington covering all its property. Central Trust Company of New York and Oliver M. Spencer serve as mortgagees. The loan finances refunding existing debt, acquiring property, and funding improvements.
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Burlington, Ia
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Central Trust Company of
New York
Oliver M. Spencer
Slouburst kills woman in her yard in Cumberland flood
June 1 flood in Cumberland Maryland overwhelmed Mrs Reys Redstock 29 wife of B Redstock manager of Dempsey lumber plant three miles north of Durbin West Virginia while she fed chickens in the yard a wall of water eight feet high carried her away and she drowned
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Cumberland, Md
Reys Redstock
B. Redstock
W. W. Dempsey
Western Maryland
Durbin
W. V
Uncle Joe and Friends Coming Home in Auto
Washington reports that within a day or two after Congress adjourns Speaker Cannon Senator Hemenway and Representative Landis will begin an overland auto trip home. The journey to Indiana will take five or six days with rail options home from Indianapolis.
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Washington
Congress
Cannon
Hemenway
Landis
Indiana
Indianapolis
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