Wealthy Des Moines Widow Marries Missouri Express Wagon Driver
Ida Wels Seybert, daughter of Ferdinand Wels of Des Moines Iron Co, wed Toren Advion Lytle, an express wagon driver, in Missouri after divorces. Seybert’s ex husband Dr William Seybert resides in Des Moines. Lytle’s prior wife had been granted a desertion divorce. they now reside in a cottage near the Wels home.
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Wu Ting Fang Urges Students In America
Minister Wu Ting Fang praised American education as a peacemaker in the Far East during his commencement address before the graduating class in Town City University armory. He urged China men in American colleges to promote peace and trade, while critiquing US virtues and urging reverence for private life, family, kin, steadfast friendship, respect for elders, industry, and perseverance.
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Rattlesnake Bites Farm Boy After Jumped Strike
Near Waterloo farmer Mather Revivex and his 11 year old son were staking corn when a large rattler was struck dead with a stick. The snake revived as it fell and bit the boy on the leg. The boy lies seriously ill as doctors work to treat the bite.
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Charles Just
Waterloo
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Killed by former partner in Des Moines area shooting
Frank Parker of Denver Colorado, once tied to Grinnell, was shot and killed near Kellogg after attempting to abduct his wife’s daughter. George Young, Parker’s former business partner, was arrested in Newton and jailed.
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Democrats Pivot To Local Option Plank At Convention
The Democratic State convention in Sioux City rejected a pro prohibition plank, adopting a local option plank to settle the manor issue. Jerry B. Sullivan of Des Moines chaired. Nominees for Supreme Court were D. Welgbee of Creston and A. J. Tousen of Maquoketa.
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Cummins Forces Win Control At Iowa Convention
Gov. Cummins led Republican forces at Waterloo where standpatters were treated with consideration. The platform endorsed Cummins and progressive railroad and corporate measures while praising Town delegation in Congress and Senator Allison for re election. Progressives controlled the state campaign committee by a one vote margin. Ladd and Weaver were nominated for another Supreme Court term.
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Sims M. Weaver
Democrats Cast Big Vote in Iowa Primary Surprise
In Iowa on June 2, Democrats turned out nearly 60,000 votes despite no statewide or county contests. U S Senator candidate Claude K R Porter won 47,877 votes across 96 counties, while Governor candidate Fred White drew 49,078 votes in 97 counties, according to the official canvass by the executive council.
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United States
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Executive Council
Postal Clerk Found Dead at Work in West Liberty
Fred W. Bristol, one of the oldest postal clerks on the Chicago West Liberty division, was found dead at his desk in a West Liberty mall car area. He had served thirty four years and was highly respected. another clerk, Gua Reardon, discovered him and medical aid arrived promptly but he had been dead for minutes.
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Mr Bristol
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West Liberty
Mr. Bristol
Prohibition Platform Demands Statewide Reform This Week
A Prohibition State convention in Des Moines adopts a sweeping platform calling for resubmission of the prohibitory amendment, women suffrage, felony status for gambling on exchanges, uniform marriage and divorce laws, and criminalizing polygamy. Minor items note a grim murder case in Fairfield, student drownings in Nebraska, a banker’s suicide, storm damage in Dike, and local deaths.
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Boards of Trade
Adam the Unmanly First Man in Sabbath Reading
A reflective critique of Adam praised for opportunities yet blamed for Eve’s temptation. The piece argues his sin was worsened by shifting blame to Eve and God, contrasting his imagined potential with inaction. It also touches on conscience, faith, and the small church near a Mexican volcano as a closing vignette.
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Noahs City Erivan in Caucasus Seen by Nevinson
Harper’s writer Nevinson visits Erivan in the Caucasus near Mount Ararat. He portrays the ancient town founded by Noah, noting Persian and Tartare influence, a grand Shiah mosque school, and repeated raids. The peak Mount Ararat briefly appears in sunset light above the storm.
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Imports of Wheat and Butter in Europe and Britain
A British Parliament statement shows 1906 imports of wheat and flour for the United Kingdom at 78 percent of total supply, with Germany 33 percent and France 8 percent in preceding years. UK butter and cheese imports also cited, plus US export patterns and 1900 wheat and UK grown wheat figures.
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United Kingdom
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Homemade Brine Recipe and Wives’ Reform Quips
A dated fragment presents a meat curing brine using water salt brown sugar and saltpeter, then notes to soak meat for five to six days. It adds a social aside claiming women over forty seek a duel house and mockingly questions reforming a man versus self-improvement with dressmakers.
War Department plan to fuse Regulars and militia into large army
War Department outlines a plan to amalgamate about 250 000 to 280 000 men from regulars and state troops into a single army under the President and War Secretary. The scheme would create eight army corps with New England and other states forming the Department of the East, enabling near immediate field deployment. The plan aims to give the United States a unified military power and smoother mobilization capabilities.
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Bryan on the Platform Critiques Republican Platform
William J. Bryan denounces the Republican platform as a silent repudiation of Rooseveltian principles in the Com moner. He praises Roosevelt while criticizing party aims, calls the document a mix of planks on currency trusts and the hogtto problem, and notes Congress and Republican leaders are praised for advancing better government. A second item discusses McGuire in Van Norden's Magazine arguing against harsh punishment of anarchists and urging outreach to the poor to address underlying causes.
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Weekly Historian Chronology of Global Events Oddities
A garbled OCR list archives pivotal years and figures from 1215 to 1900, noting Magna Charta, Champlain discoveries, battles, colonial reforms, and notable political milestones. It mixes names like George II, Victoria, Waterloo, and Maximilian with events such as the Savannah crossing, the Kearsarge sinking, and the Haymarket memorial, reflecting a broad collage of historical milestones.
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Colleges and schools across states report changes and milestones
The Chicago Board of Education bar says teachers over fifty, Minnesota teachers graduate seven with trades, and a new Minnesota School for the Deaf building, cost around 30,000, to finish this year. University of Minnesota vows not to graduate students with unpaid bills. Alumni honor Dr. Dorr with a golf-headed cane at Faribault. Nevada marks Mackay School of Mines dedication and statue reception funded by Clarence E Mackay and family. Alabama’s anti prohibition vote cuts state school revenue by eighty thousand.
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