Contests Across Iowa Counties Set for June 1913 Reunion
In nine counties sending two state representatives contests develop with Republican and Democratic nominees named or to be chosen by conventions in Clinton Black Hawk Dubuque Polk Linn Scott and Woodbury counties. A separate case in Boone county grants the Chicago and Northwestern Railway $3000 in drainage indemnity after a trial by court. Iowa war veterans finalize plans for a semi centennial Des Moines reunion in June 1913 inviting all Iowa enlisted veterans.
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Supreme Court to decide on saloon petition signing rule
Iowa Supreme Court opened a special session at Des Moines to rule on whether a signer must use only their own name on saloon petitions. The ruling could affect wet districts and saloonkeepers and may push some communities back to dry. Also reports of a Montezuma man’s son drowning near Valentine Nebraska and unidentified body found in the Mississippi at Clinton.
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Democrats Meet in Baltimore Split at Temporary Chair
Baltimore June 26 The Democratic national convention opens with a contest over the temporary chair. Former Judge Alton B Parker chosen as chairman with 32 votes. James of Kentucky 31. O Gorman 2. Bryan faction protests. committee backs subcommittee choice amid a looming intra party clash. John J Martin reports from the convention floor.
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Bryan Fight Signals Nearing Convention Showdown
The article details shifts in support among Kentucky Louisiana Missouri and Wisconsin delegates as Parker James and Clark factions maneuver. Bryan suggests entering the race if no progressive candidate emerges and roving talks of a Bryan Wilson ticket surface amid delegate battles and committee actions.
Roosevelt Cuts Ties With Party To Build New Movement
Colonel Roosevelt announced a break with the Taft-led Republicans to pursue a Roosevelt party built from the ground up on the Roosevelt program. He claimed support from Democrats and Republicans and outlined failed last-day convention maneuvers while detailing a national campaign against the party’s 78 allegedly seated delegates. Separate story notes railroads and a national effort to abolish the American tramp, citing costs of vagrancy and a proposed federal board funded by states.
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Gompers Again Held Guilty In Bucks Boycott Case
Samuel Gompers Frank Morrison and John Mitchell were found guilty of contempt of court by the District of Columbia Supreme Court over the Bucks boycott injunction. Wright sentenced Gompers to one year and Moroon to six months. Mitchell’s sentence was deferred.
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May Lose Eye as Result of a Joke
In Newton Iowa on June 25 Mose Btalks of Lynchville was badly burned when a friend handed him a loaded cigar. The powder exploded injuring his right eye. In Clinton Iowa on June 26 an unknown man was killed by a Milwaukee railroad train near Lost Nation. The deceased had initials P G H in his hat and clothing bought in Davenport.
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Baltimore Deluged as Convention Opens in Gala Hall
Baltimore crowds fill Convention Hall as Parker is elected temporary chairman amid decorations and security. Cardinal Gibbons delivers invocation, Bryan nominates John Kearns for temporary chair, and the vote ends Parker 579 to Kern 506. Delegations arrive, including Texans with Vote for Wilson banner.
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Bryan Says He Will Run If Parker Is Chairman
June 26. Bryan in a convention speech says he will stand for any man other than Parker for temporary chairman and if Parker is chosen he will be a candidate for president. He was greeted by wild cheers. Theodore A. Bell of California endorses Parker. Kern proposes temporary chairmen including O Gorman Culberson Clayton of Alabama or Lake Lea of Tennessee. Mark Johnson suffers a lame back from work on a car. Pierce Metz and Drake of S G Hunter Iron Works Omaha office visit with county supervisors to review the bridge project as the Hunter Company prepares to start work on the contract.
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Fulton, Cashier, Remains Bachelor Amid Family Visit
H. W. Fulton, cashier of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, is a bachelor for now as his wife and daughter visit Greenfield. He drove them there Sunday, returned to the city yesterday, and they will be gone several days.
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