Prohibition State Convention Defeats Hamilton Platform
At Des Moines the friends of John J. Hamilton failed to have his platform adopted by the prohibition state convention. A parliamentary move sustained by the chairman blocked the effort. The platform called for a prohibitory constitutional amendment tax reforms and direct election provisions among other items. BEX O. D. Ellett and K. W. Brown were named national committeemen. delegates were elected for the July national convention in Columbus Ohio.
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Des Moines
Friends
John J. Hamilton
Muon-Partisan
Tariff Commission
Board of Trade
Interstate Commercce Commission
Anch
Bex
O. D. Ellett
Marshalltown
K. W. Brown
Ames
Columbus
Democrats Cast Surprising Primary Citywide Vote Totals
In the June 2 Democratic primary, about 60,000 votes were cast despite no statewide or county contests. Senatorial candidate Claude R. Porter received 47,877 votes across 96 counties, with Guthrie Dallas and Polk excluded from the total. Governor candidate Fred White garnered 49,078 votes across 97 counties. Official canvass by the executive council notes Allison leading Cummins by 10,090 in 96 counties, with Polk and Dallas counties pending court outcomes. The report also lists Republican tallies for multiple statewide offices. The Iowa Christian church convened in Des Moines and will meet next year in Davenport, coordinating with petitions for resubmission of a state amendment. Other items cover slot machine legality for cigar dealers and actions against unregistered doctors by Polk County Medical Association.
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Executive Council
Polk
Dallas
Claude R. Porter
John BE
Craig
Oliver P. Meyers
C C. Loomis
Fred E. White
D. A
Mack J. Groves
John H. Craig
C. C. Loomis
C. E. Miller
John M. Stoke
United States
Guthrie
Fred White
Allison
Cummins
Board of Supervisors
Republican Party
Anderson
Amundson
Copeland
Packard
Carroll
Garst
Hamilton
Clark
Murphy
Wilson
Bleakly
Hopkins
McManus
Riggs
Cockfield
Ketchum
Keys
Haywood
Morrow
Byers
Bowsquet
Davenport
Iowa Christian Church Convention
Capitol Hill Church of Christ
Des Moines
State Amendment League
General Assembly
Disciples of Christ
Free Baptist
J. Mad Williams
C. H. Morris
Marshalltown
H. Zendt
Oskaloosa
O. M. Pennock
Osceola
H. D. Williams
Livingstone of Labrador Survives Pack Attack on Ice
Dr Wilfred Grenfell, missionary physician at Battle Harbor Labrador, endured forty hours on a drifting ice pack as hunger maddened dogs attacked him in ten below zero. He cut his skin boots to shield himself, killed three dogs for warmth and food, and used dog leg bones as a signal pole, a flag spotted by locals near Locke's Cove leading to rescue. Grenfell, praised for improving coastal welfare, is backed largely by American supporters.
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St. Johns
N. F
Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Grenfell
W. Bartlett
Strathcona
Barnett
Peary
Arctic
Dr. Grenfell
Battle Harbor
George Reid
Locke's Cove
Mare Bay
Livingstone
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Edward
Rooster Attack Leaves Boy Critically Hurt in Yard
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a three year old, son of Lincoln Horn, was critically wounded after a game rooster attacked him in the yard. An older brother led him into the chicken yard while the rooster struck with wings and beak, inflicting a deep scalp wound and multiple strikes to the cheeks and face.
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Pottsville
Lincoln Horn
Donaldson
Little Charles
Russian Youth Hanged On Wager Story From St Petersburg
In a tale from St Petersburg the Gazette reports a gilded youth revel where mock execution was proposed as a joke. A boy pretends to be hanged, the chair is pulled away and the victim swings in convulsions until a servant cuts the rope and rescues him.
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St. Petersburg
Gazette
Orel
Whele
Turtle snaps man's thumb in South Norwalk
Frederick B. Coleman, a local merchant, found a 20 pound snapping turtle in his bed after his son, Frederick T., hid it as a joke. The turtle clamped the thumb so hard the man nearly lost it, neighbors helped, an ax decapitated the head and a doctor set a dozen stitches.
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Norwalk
Conn
Frederick B. Coleman
Coleman
Frederieck T
Man Lived 35 Years In Cage In Iowa
Sioux City Iowa reports Christian Gelt a 40 year old man who spent 35 years confined in a wire cage playing with children toys and wearing knee length skirts. He was removed to the county poor farm after being cared for by his brother Ole Gelt. The case is described as one of the most pitiful seen by the Iowa insanity commission. Gelt appears shriveled and sunken with yellowed skin and animal like features.
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Sioux City
Christian Gelt
Iowa
Ole Gelt
Gelt
Nature and City Life Buds and Beefs in Humorous Vignettes
A collection of light anecdotes on marriage slang cats dogs and city life filled with quips about germs in ice cream warns against courting social faux pas and jokes about genteel manners. It weaves snippets from various sources into a breezy column of parlor humor.
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BE. Hilderbrand
Fifty-sixth Infantry
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Eity
Brennan
Supreme Courts
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N. C. Schlitz
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Turtle
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AIM, Wisuies
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Byron Williams
Wwe
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G’wan
Kansas City
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Hinckley
Ian
Ernest
Loren Lewis
J. W. Rishmond
H. L. Grads
Lorain Lewis
Chas, A. Grubb
Attorney-at-Law
Atlantic
Iowa Trust and Savinga Bank
Ig, R, Miller
Sulte
Gillespie
Musson
Atlantie
C. G. Clark
Homeopathia
Interne
State University of
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Atlantia
R. A. Gamble
Osteopathic
Opera House
Calla
Phone
T. B. Swan
Willie
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D. Finley
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Filey
Finley & Finley
Atlantic Infirmary of Osteopathy
Fred
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Butler
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