The Register and Leader Merge in Des Moines News
The Leader and the Register combine into the Register and Leader under George E. Roberts as editor in chief with Samuel Strauss as publisher. The move aims to produce a stronger daily paper with a Washington bureau and expanded Iowa service, enlarging the staff and improving coverage for Iowa readers.
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Register and
Leader
The
Register
Resister
George E. Roberts
Dr. Roberts
Mint
Towa
Samuel Strauss
Ruagen
Harvey Ingham
Algona Upper
Des Moines
Juss & Day
Tme
Register Widh Leader
United States
Washington
Iowa
Whesa
Dan Rice Old Songs Recall a Chicago Circus Clown
A reminiscence recalls Dan Rice the popular children’s favorite. It describes how he mingled with young fans, sang songs like The Raging Canal and Willikins and His Dinah, and used a “little family” chorus. It notes humorous exchanges and a compare to Sol Smith Russell while referencing older minstrel lyrics with neutral framing.
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Chicago
Dan Rice
Dan
Willikins
Dinah
Joe Bowers
Iva
Jie
Old
Missouri
Pike
Pike County
Sallay
Waly
Sol Smith Russell
Dan Rico
Dan Emmett
Alabama
Frank E Horton A Des Moines Railway Superintendent
Frank E Horton born September 1854 in Davisburg Michigan built a long rail career. He served as ticket agent for Detroit and Milwaukee and held dispatcher roles for several lines. He became superintendent of telegraph and train master for Des Moines, Northern and Western before his current post at the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway in Des Moines.
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Ank Horton
Frank E Horton
Chicago, Milwaukee_& St. Paul Railway company
Des Moines
Davisburg
Mich
Detroit & Milwaukee Railway
Balimore & Ohia
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Davenport
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Lajunta
Col
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Garret
Ind
Northern Pacific Railway
Jamestown
Des Moines, Northern & Western Railway
Chicago, Milwaukee ,& St. Paul
Delegation Pushes For Iowa Choices In Federal Posts
Northern Town Republicans urge President Roosevelt to approve a slate of Iowa nominees, favoring J. A. Sammis for district attorney and J. J. Patterson for collector, with J. Knott Wverly recommended for United States marshal as the delegation hopes for aligned action. The text notes dissatisfaction with H. G. McMillan and J. W. Patterson, and expresses belief the president should nominate those favored by the state.
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Vermont
John G. McCullough
New York
Bennington
William Seward Webb
Couneellon
Vanderbilt
Wall Street
Percival W. Clement
Ross Proctor
Chicago
Louisiana
St. Louis
Rly
Stytes
Iowa
Airec
Elks’ Circus
Congress
Gomez
Woods
United States
Cuba
Hismo Escarra
Nardo Machado
Roban
Hose Gonzalez
J. Luis Ronbard
Hampton Chronicle
Hoveesvelt
H. G. McMillan
J. W. Patterson
Northern Town
J. A. Sammis
LeMars
J. J. Patterson
Edward Knott Wverly
United States Mnal
Roosevelt
Modern Fable of the Syndicate Lover and the Pickled Papa
A comic 1902 piece depicts a bachelor courting a woman by courting her whole extended family. He juggles club outings, sermons, and literary tastes as the clan weighs marriage. The bachelor’s blitz ends when a lone orphan networked by truth breaks the circle, teaching him not to wed an entire family.
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Papa
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Shama
Ace
Walter
Mopsey
Kakazoo
Philadelphia
Charles Major
Marion Crawford
John Kendrick Bangs
Marie Correlli
Emerson Hough
Conan Doyle
Sis
Pirates
Brother Walt
Walt
Dorothy Vernon
Mary MacLane
Flo
Outit
Birdie
Nomination for McMillan to the Senate debated in Iowa
The record notes McMillan’s senate nomination and mentions objections to nominations for the southern district while urging Southern Iowa to handle its own disputes. Included are light items from Washington Stars and a brief poem excerpt by Louise Chandler Moulton.
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McMillan
Senate
Iowa
Natn
Lear
Louise Chandler Moulton
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Des ‘Moines
Tribune
W. W. Damon
Dearbert Street
H. M. Ford
Mary
South Kansas City
St. Joseph
Edmond Omaha
Iteenth Streets
Megeat Farnam
Mclaughlin South Fourteenth Street
Douglas
Omaha
Sn” Street
Denyer, Cole— Berton & Kendrick
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North
Max
Hevelt
Proctor
Maine
Senate Committee On
Edward
London
Coug
Admiral Dewey
Dewey
Philippines
Washington Post
Mer’ Ver
Nebraska
Mr. Mercer
Mercer
Virginia
Daniel
Warren
Wyoming
West Point
Baushed
Landis
Indiana
Linton
Sprakers
Snyder
Tonder
Gabriel
Crota Tinton County
Crbriel
Mr. Landis
Pearre
Maryland
Aplin Wiley
Col. Wiley
Cerseaters
Christiess Fancittl
Dick Turpin
Captain Hawk
Paul Clifford
Rob Roy
Jon
Colonel
Roget
Hell
Imagination Brooks
Amos Cummings
Jax
Cooper
Metropolitan
Owen
Will de Weater
Davy Crockett
George Ade
Shang
Robert Howard Russell
Jack
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