Republican County Convention At Nevada Des Moines Delegates
The Story County Republicans meet at the Court House in Nevada on Saturday June 18 to nominate county officers including Clerk of the District Court County Auditor and Board members, and to elect fourteen delegates to the State convention at Des Moines and fourteen to the Seventh district Congressional convention.
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Tenth District Convention at Boone Sets June Thirty
The congressional convention for the tenth district is scheduled for Boone on June 30 with Grover Cleveland expected to lead the Democratic campaign this fall. The piece notes weather phrases and references to Iowa newspapers, the Webster City Freeman, and political tendencies ahead of Chicago.
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Boone
Grover Cleveland
Webster City
Freeman
Iowa
Johnson to Seek Republican Nomination for State Auditor
W. J. Johnson of Taylor county enters the race for the Republican nomina tion for state auditor this fall. The item notes Senator Finn’s county and references past winter political maneuvering.
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W. J. Johnson
Taylor County
Finn
Times
Democratic splits and Republican echoes dominate Iowa and New York politics
Henry Watterson warns Democrats face a serious split in New York as convention time nears. The piece discusses party divisions, county to state convention plans, and Republican maneuvers, including Depew on Palmer and Iowa GOP editorial gall.
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Iowa
William Larrabee
Republican Party of
Henry Wallace
State Register
Republican Party
the Register
Register
Rivalry Breathes New Life in Iowa Falls Eldora Incident
The Eldora Herald reports a man from Iowa Falls, while visiting Eldora, attempted to blow out an electric light during a recent evening, reviving a longtime local rivalry.
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Eldora
The
Herald
Harvey Ingham Reports From Coast For Algona Paper
Harvey Ingham of the Algona Upper Des Moines sends letters home from the National Editorial Association excursion. He is described as a bright young man in northwest Iowa press and writes a dandy good letter.
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Harvey Ingham
Algona Upper Des Moines
National Editorial Association
Northwest Iowa Press
The Newspaper as Community Safety Valve
The piece argues newspapers uniquely record community events including crime. It describes crime reporting as a safety valve that restrains youth and helps society by exposing wrongdoers and guiding justice processes. It notes newspapers, especially big dailies, pride themselves on pursuing criminals and bringing them to justice.
Eight-eyed snipers and a cushion headrest for pews
The Times predicted Democratic nominating outcomes for Blaine and Cleveland this week while noting Carlisle as a potential candidate and tariff implications. Iowa’s J B Clarkson won re election to the Republican committee in Minneapolis as talk of campaigns and past congresses faded. A New York woman patents a church pew headrest cushion amid other political chatter.
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Blaine
Grover Cleveland
New York
Clarkson
Iowa
National Republican Committee
Minneapolis
Senator Hin Urges Public Virtue Private Integrity
The senator called for excellence in public virtue and private integrity along with development of resources, education, religion, arts, and a fraternal spirit in a recent expression. He framed a broad vision highlighting moral and cultural progress.
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Hin
Calamity Bear Predicted Two-Year World End
The note speaks of Calamity Bear an Indian from Indiana who warns that worldly affairs will end in two years with a great famine causing universal starvation. The term Calamity Howler is deemed a misnomer in this context.
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Indiana
Calamity Bear
Undertakers to Convene in Wernstrer City Next May
Wernstrer City has secured the next state convention of undertakers to meet there in May. Although the business is solemn, reports from past conventions suggest the gatherings are pleasant and participants enjoy themselves as other groups do at conventions.
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Wernstrer Ciry
Old Maids Run Off Suitor From Lake City
An exchange reports old maids at Lake City ousted a young man after he advertised in an eastern paper for a wife. The remark adds their class was numerous and the man deserved it, suggesting tar and feathering for his impudence.
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Lake City
Masked hugging parties draw crowds at church socials
Eastern papers report church socials hosting masked hugging events. For fifteen cents a man may hug a girl after blindfold. The comic scene shows a married man finding he hugged his own wife. A boy dressed as a girl adds odd humor before later commentary.
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