Republican League Convention Calls for Iowa Meet
The Republican League of Iowa calls a council Bluffs convention on July 12 1898 at 10 am to elect officers for state and district leagues appoint delegates to the national league conven tion at Omaha and pick rally locations for 1898 and 1899 The State League sets representation one delegate per club plus one per fifty members ex officio delegates and requires state membership certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Club
Republican Clubs of
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Republican League of
Republican Leagues
National Republican League
Omaha
Neb
State League
Crawford
Stine
National League
F. R. Conaway
Des Moines
E. W. Weeks
Guthrie Center
F. C. Letts
Judicial Convention for Eleventh District Held in Iowa Falls
The Republican Judicial Convention for the Eleventh Judicial District meets at Iowa Falls at 1 pm on Tuesday August 16 1898 to nominate three candidates for judges. Each county in the district has delegates equal to its state convention call. W D Evans chairman J J Snell secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Judicial District
Iowa Falls
W. D. Evans
Central Committee
J.J. Snell
War talk and local recollections from a Missouri town
A collection of remarks about wartime duty and patriotism, noting men leaving jobs for front line service while others burn money in a symbolic protest. It references Cora Belle Fellows in Missouri, a ship shaped storm cloud near Sioux City, and a legal ruling in Webster City where Amelia Simonson inherits from Geo. Staley per a prior will contested by relatives after her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Belle Fellows
Washington
Chaska
Missouri
Staley
Webster City
Weaver
Geo. Staley
Amelia Simonson
War talk and storms mirror restless midwest era
A jumble of remarks on old age mortality, state fairs, compensation for private soldiers, and war hero Roosevelt. It recalls a Sioux City circus storm that toppled a tent, killed two and injured many, with animals evacuated to prevent tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Sioux City
Parodied dispatch from Park Rapids on heat and politics
The Park Rapids Clipper laments summer heat and drought while noting Iowa crops look promising and Congressman Perkins loses renomination to Judge Thomas. The piece mocks political chill, social inequality, and a crunch of delinquent subscribers as it hints at a lighthearted town scene.
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Perkins
Judge Thomas
Storm Lake
Congress
Statesman
Park Rapids Clipper
Iowa society of music teachers elect officers at convention
The Society of Music Teachers of Iowa elected officers led by President Alexander Emslie of Webster City and Vice President Frank Barrows of Indianola. P. N. Adamson of Marshalltown and Miss Westerman with Arthur Heft of Des Moines formed the program committee. Marshalltown was chosen as next meeting site after a spirited contest with Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Music Teachers of Iowa
Alexander Emslie
Webster City
Frank Barrows
Indianola
P. N. Adamson
Marshalltown
Westerman
Arthur Heft
Des Moines
Sioux City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Republican League
Bluffs
H. W. Byers
Harlan
Victor E. Bender
I. M. Treynor
Walter [. Smith
A.S. Hazelton
Dewey J. Schley
Sampson
President McKinley
John Dewalt Barber
James Fuller McKinley
Yours
J. Jacobs
Prop
the Times
Story County
Spain
Willy
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Santiago
Teddy Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
Gussie
Cuba
Borth
Geo. Be. Baker
Jewel
Parley Sheldon
B. J. Shelden
F. H. Schlieter
Story County Bank
Hobson
Sam
Cc. W. Dudgeon
Judisch Bros
Canier Bros. & Herman’s
Caner Bros. & Herman
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