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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
2
The Story County Auditor and Secretary of State announce nomination papers filed for the June 2, 1908 primary election. Candidates will be voted for by qualified electors at regular precinct polls from 1:00 to 6:00 PM.
A list of candidates includes United States Senator William B. Allison of Dubuque and Albert B. Cummins of Des Moines. Presidential electors at large include Thomas T. Anderson of Indianola, John H. Anundson of Mason City, W W Copeland of Burlington, and S. B. Packard of Marshalltown.
For Governor. B. F. Carroll of Bloomfield Davis County Warren Garst of Coon Rapids Carroll County John J Hamilton of Des Moines Polk County.
For Lieutenant Governor George W. Clarke Adel Dallas County Bernard Murphy Vinton Benton County James H. Wilson Menlo Adair County For Secretary of State W C Hayward Davenport Scott County For Auditor of State John L Bleakly Ida Grove Ida County F M Hopkins Guthrie Center Guthrie County
For Treasurer of State W. W. W. MORROW of Afton Union County runs as a statewide candidate. For Attorney General H. W. BYERS of Harlan Shelby County appears on the ticket.
A list of candidates for multiple state and county offices including Superintendent of Public Instruction Owen J McManus Council Bluffs and John F Riggs Sigourney for various roles such as Clerk of the Supreme Court H L Bousquet Knoxville and Railroad Commissioner Joseph Cockfield Cedar Rapids. Other nominees include Nathaniel Ketchum Marshalltown Fran H Keys District Presidential Elector Walker Black W S Cooper Winterset and several state and county positions with names and towns across Iowa.
John E. Craig of Keokuk Lee County and Loomis Oliver P. Myers of Newton Jasper County appear in the local notices section as individuals of note. No further context is provided in the fragment.
A list of candidates from Marshalltown and surrounding counties appears including John M Work N P Alifas Joseph M Mohr for Lieutenant Governor Ernest Holtz William Strauss Ernest C Pierce from Sioux City Henry Taylor T Willis J B Doggett John Braker W C Hills Collins Township Republican slate for Justices of the Peace and Constables with trustees clerk and other names. Democratic contenders H A Denniston J J Hattery Charles Carver J L Ozman are also named.
The notice lists candidates D A Ray Humboldt Humboldt County Julius Ruge Carroll Carroll County Be Munroe Oskaloosa Mahaska County James B Cunningham Charles A Rogers Eldora Hardin County and George B Whittemore as filling vacancies in the indicated offices.
The notices list the deaths of Malcolm Smith L. from Fort Dodge Webster County and Julius Carleton McCaslin of Richland Keokuk County. The brief items honor their passing and identify their hometowns.
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