Harding Wins Iowa Gubernatorial Nomination in 1916
W L Warding won the Republican nomination for Iowa governor with about half of the GOP vote in heard precincts. Harding’s nomination was expected and aided by anti roads and liberal support, with suffrage defeat attributed to various factors including anti roads and hesitancy among many women. The piece notes suffrage will come, roads will expand, and praises suffrage campaigners for a clean effort.
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W. L. Warding
Iowa
Cosson
Allen
Bether
Harding
Register
Rock
Anifraga
Tana
Fading fashions through a poet’s satiric lens
Walt Mason mocks nostalgia for “sublime” old times while praising the bold styles of today. He contrasts “forty years ago” fashions with contemporary dress, joking that even elegant ladies are judged by critics, and quips about circus tents and cheap shawls in a playful, cautious tone. The fragment ends with mentions of potatoes and a cryptic note.
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G O P Convention Opens Session Today
Chicago June 7 A full opening day at the Republican and Progressive conventions featured loud floor noise and crowd energy as delegates filled the Coliseum and Auditorium. Charles D Hilles and Victor Murdock led in orderly sessions while poll notes forecast Hughes leading on later ballots with Roosevelt and others splitting remaining support.
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Chicago
Resolutions Committees
Charlen D. Hilley
Coliseum
Charles D. Hilles
Hilles
Victor Murdock
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Hughes
Pennsylvaia
Penrose
George T. Oliver
Michigan
Henry Ford
Tennessee
Congress Hotel
Hughes Warreneth
Burton
du Pont
du Ponta
Kentucky
Fairbanks
Root
Progressive Party
George W. Fordas
Perking
Perkins
Colonel Roosevelt
White House
National Committee
Cleveland
Time Quickly Steals Away Money Quickly Piles Up
A compact note discusses time as a theft and money accumulation, urging saving now to gain independence later. It emphasizes the value of prudent financial habits and delayed gratification for future security.
Supreme Court narrows drug act reach in opium case
Washington June 7 The Supreme Court held the Harrison 1914 drug act applies only to those who deal in opium requiring registration and tax, wording that may cripple enforcement and delay prosecutions nationwide. Justice Holmes wrote for the majority, with Justices Hughes and Pitney dissenting.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tt Ta
District Court
Holmes
Justice Hughes
Justice Pitney
Wedding and accidents highlight 1891 notes from Griswold
On June 7 1891 local items report Ira L Welch of Griswold marrying Hoa Jones in Griswold. J B Jones loses an arm in a railroad accident. D B Oldridge and Ed Willard return from Davenport after attending the Masonic grand lodge as delegates. Seven cattle killed by a freight train at Grove City. The home of J A McWaldig addressed in the record.
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Ira L. Welch
Griswold
Hoa Jones
Jones
B. H. van Schick
Dillett
Oldridge
Ed Willard
Davenport
Masonic Grand Lodge
Shannon
Grove City
J. A McWald
Notice of Hearing on County Road Additions in Cans county Iowa
The Board of Supervisors of Cans county Iowa will hear petitions for additions to the county road system on Monday June 12 1916 at 10 o'clock A M in Atlantic Iowa Bringel County Auditor reports petitions concern two roads one in Noble Township starting at southwest corner of section 8 running east a mile and a half and one in Victoria Township starting at southeast corner of section 16 running west a mile to connect with Edna township road Objections or amendments must be presented to the Board before the hearing ends June 2 1918 BRINGEL County Auditor Atlantic Iowa
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Jung
Board of Supervisors of
Cans
County
Iowa
Paction
Noble Town Shing
Victoria
Edna
Board of Supervisors
Bringel
Atlantic
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