Taft relative to run. Charles Dick favored for Senate
Brief world roundup notes Charles P Taft will not seek Ohio’s US Senate seat this year and will travel to Europe leaving the field to Charles Dick the incumbent. Other items cover Albert Snell found dead in Chicago, prominent figures gaining life membership in a World’s Sunday School convention, and Hetty Green sued for 550 in New York over safe deposit rentals.
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Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Ohio
United States
Europe
Charles Dick
Albert J. Snell
Milionaire
Amos J. Snell
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
King George
England
President Diaz
Mexico
William Jennings Bryan
Sunday School Association
Washington
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Georgia
Hetty Green
New York
Receivers Appointed in Chicago Railways Case Amid Liabilities
Judge Grosscup in the United States circuit court named receivers for the Chicago Railways company in a move linked to Judge Ball’s ruling that the railway is liable for bonds tied to the moribund Consolidated Traction. The company is not insolvent, and the action appears legal.
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Chicago
Albany
New York
Mary Miller
Jacob Cooper
Baldwinsville
N. Y
Sidney Lascelles
Lord Douglas
Macon
Washington
B. Clark Hyde
Kansas City
Col
Thomas Swope
Swope
Theodore Stark
S. B. Shotwell
St. Paul
Minn
Atlanta
Montclair
N. J
Municipal
Large wage increases at The Standard Oil Company
The Standard Oil Company raises wages for most workers by 6 to 10 percent retroactive to May 1, adding an estimated 6 to 10 million dollars to annual payroll. Office staff are excluded. about 70,000 employees nationwide from the company and its subsidiaries will benefit, with laborers mostly affected.
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Standard Ofl
United States
Charles Dick
Cuyahoga County
Princeton University
Isaac C. Wyman
Salem
Mass
Edmund Burke
Springfield
Ill
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
N. J
Maysville
Oklo
McCarty
Department
Bouches du Rhone
Lambesc
Rognes
Payne
Taft
Champ Clark
Missouri
Washington
Minnie Adlers
Princeville
Metropolitan
Peoria
S. T. Easterly
Chillicothe
Santa Fe
Cairo
A. Holland Forbes
Jessie Livingston Forbes
Kentucky
Bridgeport
Conn
Forbes
Ernest C. Rowley
Yie Chaim Yong
Seoul
John A. Hall
South Bridge Savings Bank
Worcester
Hall
New International Bridge
Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Mexico
Col Roosevelt
Diaz
James M. Anderson
Emil Winter
Workingmen’s Savings Bank and Trust Company
Pittsburg
Charles de Witt
Canton
Pennsylvania
Senate Committee On Public Health
Arthur E. Holder
American Federation of Labor
Edward
London
Representative Foss
Massachusetts
Payne-Aldrich
Fosa
Iowa City man targeted to cut into $25000 will
Frank Cowles, a young Iowa City resident, is the sole beneficiary of Nora Bo lender Johnson’s $25,000 estate. Nora Johnson died suddenly last winter and a suit filed in district court by Nora Johnson and B F Ammerman of Ackley seeks to break the will, claiming he should not receive the fortune she left for him.
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Frank Cowles
Iowa City
Nora Bolender
Nora Johnson
B. F. Ammerman
Ackley
Gertrude Harman
The
Christian Church
Jackson Township Threshing Company
Benton County
Farmers’ and Traders’ Savings Bank
Douds- Leando
Masonic Temple Association of Independence
Calders van & Storage Company
Cedar Rapids
Coin Electric Light and Power Company
Gowrie
J. E. E. Johnson
Swan Johnson
Lizzie Browning
Archibald Burk
A. B. Carter
Matthew Custer
Abram Gordon
A. A. Holmes
J. L. Kelly
Angeline Marion
John Schafer
M. A. Taylor
Stewart C. Ampleby
Nancy E. Walker
John P. Carrell
Helena
Montana
Holy Family
Mason City
J. E. Miller
Des Moines
Hot Springs
P. L. Jolly
Hamburg
Perry Nobbitt
Jolly
Iowa College
Grinnell
Gates
Fiske University
Pelk County Medical Society
Iowa State Medical Society
the Savery
Join McNally
James McNally
Rock Island
John
Patrick Stanton
Milwaukee Railway
Stanton
John Stanton
D. C. Barnes
Martin Sa
R. A. Smith
Lake City
Mr. Smith
New York State
Illinois
Fort Sumter
Smith
New England
Roxanna A. Gault
Charles P
Carl G
Richard S
Victor M. Patterson
Union Congregational Church
Waterloo
Myrtle Brett
Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Brooklyn
N. Y
Patterson
John A. Kasson
Washington
Kasson
Iowa
Congress
Austria
Germany
United States
Joint High Commission
William McKinley
J. G. Hutchison
Ottumwa
Mabel Dixon Hutchison
Mount Holyoke College
Dennis Ricard
Mr. Ricard
Howth Head
County of Dublin
March
Abraham Lincoln
Cerro Gordo County
Pensia Maid
Cedar Valley
Chicago & Northwestern
Mechanicsville
Sheldon Medbury
Charles Medbury
University Place Church of Christ
Halley
Medbury
Youngstown
Ohio
Oskaloost Paying
Catherine Upman
Dubuque
W. R. Boyd
Finance Committee
State Board of Education
J. W. Hannah
Collins
Perry Noblett
New Hamburg
Two Prominent Women Die In Council Bluffs Park Runaway
Mrs. Jane Haas is killed and Mrs. Frank C. Haas, widow and wife of the water company chief clerk, is badly injured after a horse runaway in Fairmount park. The crash also breaks Mrs. Haas’ legs and fatally harms the other woman. Firemen and a streetcar crew assist at the scene.
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Jane Haas
Council Bluffs
Samuel Haas
Frank C. Haas
Fairmount Park
Frank S. Haas
Haas
Council Bluffs Water Company
Harle-Haas Drug Company
Club Women in Session in Des Moines Meeting
The second session of the Iowa State Federation of Colored Women's clubs met at St. Paul’s A M E church with white and Black attendees. President M L Lewis presided as L W Tucker of Buxton Illinois praised a new woman type and urged education to center on motherhood and future life preparation.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs
St. Paul's A. M. E. Church
Second and Center Streets
M. L. Lewis
Davenport
L. W. Tucker
Buxton
KNOCKED OUT DRY PETITION IN MARSHALLTOWN
The anti saloon league abandoned its challenge to revoke saloon permits as attorneys admitted the petition was insufficient. The case shifts to new annexed territory where residents had not shown approval for saloons. Saloons reopened ten days after the petition was halted.
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Marshalltown
Anti-Saloon League
Carroll Reiterates Charge Against Downie
Des Moines confirms Governor Carroll repeats charges against John Downie that caused his resignation. He blames Downie for the publicity and says Downie’s Maytag letter version is erroneous.
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Des Moines
Carroll
John Downie
Mr. Cownie
Onawa Woman Burned to Death
Mrs. Joseph T. Patton of Onawa died after being burned while washing out a rat used in her hair with gasoline. She was rushed to a Sioux City hospital where she succumbed Tuesday after the incident near Onawa.
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Onawa
Sioux City
Joseph T. Patton
Crosby Makes Perfect Score in Western Handicap Trials
Des Moines May 25 W H Crosby of OFallon Illinois one of the country s veteran trap shooters was the only man to make a perfect score in the five events shot at the Western Handicap Trials at the tcvay venue.
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Des Moines
W. H. Crosby
O'Fallon
Commissioners' Figures Show Iowa Railroad Board Impact
Des Moines report by Col. David J. Palmer highlights 2,884 complaints handled, 340 rate reductions achieved, and three complete revisions of Iowa classifications. The findings underscore the board’s value to Iowa shippers and citizens, with most disputes amicably settled and few rate raises due to classification errors.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Railroad Commission
David J. Palmer
Washington
Palmer
Iowa General Assembly
General Commerce Commission
Iowa Commission
SPECIAL DAYS AT STATE FAIR DES MOINES IOWA
Iowa state fair schedule lists Children Music Des Moines Soldiers State Pioneer and Parade days from Aug 27 to Sept 2. A special Equal Suffrage program is set for Wednesday with noted speakers. Plans call for a homecoming week with an assembly tent and district headquarters for out of state visitors. Pioneer day Thursday September 1 will cap a run of reunion celebrations.
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Des Moines
State Fair Board
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Cownie Issues Refutation of Governor Allegations
Des Moines May 25 The Hon. John Cownie formerly a member of the state board of control prepared a refutation of Governor Carroll s insinuations, calling them misrepresentations and falsification in what he says is a campaign against him.
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Cownie
Des Moines
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Carroll
Barn Burned by Lightning at Jones Farm
A heavy rain and electrical storm struck a newly built barn on Fred Jones’s Schaller Iowa farm causing a fire that destroyed four horses and a large supply of hay and grain.
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Schaller
Fred Jones
Waverly Racing Association Posts Purses for June Meet
Waverly Racing association of the Cedar Valley Circuit has set purses totaling 2390 dollars for its three day meet on June 14 15 and 16 in Waverly Iowa. Top events and prize breakdowns were announced by organizers ahead of opening day.
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Waverly
Mason City
Waverly Racing Association
Cedar Valley
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General News
Iowa News
Iowa State Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Iowa Railway Commission
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