Democratic State Convention Nominates Porter and Denison Ticket
Waterloo reports the Democratic state convention named Claude R. Porter of Centerville for governor and John D. Denison of Dubuque for lieutenant governor. Also selected were J. S. McLuen secretary of state C. E. Munroe auditor L. F. Danforth treasurer W. S. Wilson superintendent and judges Carr Fisher and others with a platform calling tariff reform rail and railroad regulation direct election of US senators and anti-corporate influence.
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W. L. Carpenter
Des Moines
E. K. Stoll
Mount Pleasant
E. M. Carr
Manchester
L. M. Fisher
Davenport
Supreme Court
T. W. ‘Nan
Shenandoah
H. M. Parker
Muscatine
Porter
Denison
Boles
Sells
Iowa
J. S. McLuen
Guthrie Center
C. E. Monroe
Mahaska County
L. F. Danforth
Calhoun County
Fred Townsend
Monroe County
W. S. Wilson
Rock Rapids
BE. M. Carr
BE. A. Sager
Waverly
E. C. Herrick
Cherokee
Kk. M. Carr
Des Moines Appoints Iowa Delegates For Senator Election Plan
Governor Cummins appoints five Iowa delegates to a Des Moines conference Sept 5 to push a constitutional amendment allowing direct election of US senators by the people. Delegates include William Larrabee, Thomas D. Healy, Lester W. Lewis, Jerry B. Sullivan, and Walter H. Dewey, with Republicans Larrabee Healy Lewis and Democrats Sullivan Dewey.
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Larrabee
Des Moines
Cummins
Iowa
United States
William Larrabee
Clermont
Thomas D. Healy
Fort Dodge
Lester W. Lewis
Clarinda
Jerry B. Sullivan
Walter H. Dewey
Chariton
Healy
Lewis
Messrs
Sullivan
Dewey
Actor’s Motto Mocking Boarder Inspires Humorous Scene
A popular actor on a brief town engagement stays at a boarding house where the landlady collects mottos in an album. She asks for one from him and he writes Quote the raven nevermore. She misreads it as praise, not sarcasm, and proudly displays it.
Duty's path lies near yet sought in distant fields
A reflective maxim states that true duty resides close to us and in plain tasks, while people chase challenges elsewhere. It emphasizes that responsibility is found in simple duties, not only in grand, remote endeavors.
Hodgepodge of oddities and blunt wit from old papers
A miscellaneous clipping recounts a king with thousands of wives in Ashanti, a monkey in Breslau fitted with cataract surgery and spectacles, proverbs from Publius Syrus and Chinese Maxim, a pair of coal miners misidentifying a baker, a Des Moines hog mix up, Los Gatos prune orchard profits, and a London dairy arrest over cream content.
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Tike
Ashanti
Breslau
Germany
Los Gatos
Cal
London
Stock Men form Co operative Live Stock Commission
Prominent cattle raisers in the Midwest subscribe to a new Co operative Live Stock Commission firm formed from top commissions at major stock yards. A. L. Ames of Buckingham named president and manager with Chicago headquarters. plans to open Sept. 1 after buying out two older firms in Chicago and Kansas City. Governor Cummins appoints five Iowa lawyers to attend the divorce reform congress in St Paul. Delegates include S. D. Rinker and M. J. Wade among others. Iowa lawyers seek reforms to curb the divorce evil and may support uniform state laws.
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Shiloh
Chamberlain Hotel
Iowa
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Andersonville
National Park Commission
C. C. Cadle
James B. Weaver
N. E. Kendall Albin
Chicago
Kansas City
A. L. Ames
Buckingham
Corn Belt Meat Producers’ Association
St. Paul
American Bar Association
Cummins
Lowans
S. D. Rinker
Rock Rapids
N. E. Coffin
Des Moines
M. J. Wade
Iowa City
George C Scout
Sioux City
Howard J. Clark
Congress
State Bar Association of Iowa
National Reform Congress
Standpatters Seek State Central Committee Chair
Standpatters plan to organize the Republican State Central Committee and elect either W. W. Epps of Ottumwa or George G. Wright of Council Bluffs as chairman. In Burlington, LaMonte Cowles said progressive claims of controlling the committee would prove unfounded and standpatter factions would likely organize the body.
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United
Invincible
Sells
Mackey
Sigourney
C. A. Walsh
State Central Committee
Davenport
Resolutions
Committee On
Walt Butler
Des Moines
T. J. Fitzpatrick
Dubuque
E. M. Carr
Manchester
W. V. Gannon
Jerry Sullivan
Democratic Party of
Republican State Central Committee
W. W. Epps
Ottumwa
George 8. Wright
Council Bluffs
Burlington
LaMonte Cowles
State Committee
Hse Standpalsers
State executive council cuts levy from 3.2 to 3 mills
The executive council reduces the annual state levy from 3.2 to 3 mills, cutting revenue from about $2,096,000 to $1,993,000 under current valuations. Officials say the reduction still covers administration expenses and marks a major taxation ruling.
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Executive Council
Iowa a Healthy State Mortality Figures Report
Iowa ranks as a healthy state with low mortality among 1,756 cities and towns for 1904. The public health service shows a national comparison using census 1900 population and local estimates, noting an overall mortality rate of 18.6 per thousand and 15.47 per thousand based on local estimates.
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State of
Iowa
Iowa J
Union
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
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Charles W. Miller
Mark Cooney
Waterloo
Miller
Dan. W. Hamilton
Hamilton
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A. R. Miller
Washington
S. W. Mercer
C. W. Miller
W@verly
Tim Donovan
Chickasaw
KE. R. Moore
Anamosa
Thomas Kelly
Clinton R. Price
Winterset
J. F. McGinty
Knowlton
J. J
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H. J. Linden
Plymouth
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Cato Sells
Vinton
Iowa Democ
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John Mitchell
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William Jennings Bryan
McDonald
Wright County
John D. Dennison
J. B. Weaver
Jasper County
Claude Porter
Emmet Finley
Donald Macrae
George W. Ball
Charles Dickson
Woodbury
Bert Boies
Boies
Ball
Macrae
W. J. Burke
Missouri Valley
John Bennett
Lucas County
Lake
Linn County
J. J. Ryan
T. W. Keenan
If. M. Parker
Claude R. Porter
Executive Council of
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Carroll
Legislative Insurance Commission
Life
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Publius Syrus
Scranton
Bill
Tom
John Rukke
Rukke
Lawyers For Divorce Reform
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