Third Party Convention Endorses Roosevelt for President
Des Moines Iowa July 25 resolutions at the third party convention denounce Taft as a traitor to the people and praise Theodore Roosevelt as the greatest living exponent of political morals. The meeting endorses direct elections recall and initiative referenda, railroad valuation by a government commission, and woman suffrage with cheers for Roosevelt and a square deal for the people.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Republican Party
Baltimore
Taft
Roosevelt
Iowa
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Labor
Des Moines
Smith
Bossism
Postal regulation cracks down on general delivery flirtations
Washington announces a new postal rule authorizing postmasters to require names addresses and reasons for using general delivery. Minors may need parental details and in noncarrier cities parents can be notified of mail to general delivery. Authorities say the measure targets clandestine flirtations and will affect boarding schools and young readers.
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Washington
D. C
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Department
Regulation on No Carrier Town Mail and ID Rules
The notice lists cities and towns lacking carrier service and, alongside the new rule, calls attention to the existing regulation that requires identification from persons receiving mail.
Campaign Against Rotten Eggs in Davenport
Pure Food Inspector M E Flynn of the Iowa Food and Dairy Commission opened actions in Davenport charging a commission house and a food manufacturer with selling and possessing eggs that were filthy and rotten. The officer swore out information to pursue the case locally.
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Davenport
Pure
M. E. Flynn
Iowa Food and Dairy Commission
Commission House
Convict Bush Escapes From Fort Madison Prison
Ernest Bush a 29 year old inmate escaped from the Fort Madison Iowa broom factory after donning the warden's straw hat and other clothes from the stable wardrobe. He disappeared after a change of guards, leaving prison clothes behind and prompting wide search efforts with few leads. Bush previously served seven years of a life sentence for murder in Nebraska and was pardoned by the governor.
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Fort Madison
Ernest Bush
Bush
Pottawattamie County
Nebraska
Lancaster
Villisca Murder Case Scrutiny By Kansas City Agency
C W Tobie of the Burns detective agency says the Villisca killings remain baffling and claims a Montgomery county sheriff once held a suspect who knew much about the crime but failed to obtain a confession. He suggests the killer was a fanatic or demented and that the suspect disappeared after release.
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Council Bluffs
C. W. Tobie
W. J. Burns
Kansas City
Villisca
J. B. Moore
Stillinger
Montgomery County
Tobie
Rock Island Employees Require First Aid Certificate
A new Rock Island road training program mandates brakemen pass a first aid examination before promotion to conductor. Each train will carry first aid packages. The circular explains the requirement and procedures for examining employees to aid injured passengers.
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Rock Island
Rock Island Road
First aid packages issued to train crews
The company will place first-aid kits on every train. Each kit contains antiseptic gauze, antiseptic cambric bandage with pins, and a triangular bandage with illustrated usage. Trainmasters distribute four kits per conductor, plus instructions, with conductors and freight crews storing them in their bags or lockers. Conductors must receive medical examiner training before promotion and report back after instruction.
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Inew
Iowa Hygienists at Washington Report
Des Moines reports Iowa will be well represented at the Fifteenth International Congress on Hygiene and Demography in Washington, September 23 to 28. Mayors have appointed delegates, principal cities plan participation, and Iowa sanitarians see health administration as economically vital for municipalities. Public officials cite sanitation efforts as reducing typhoid risk and improving urban cleanliness.
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Des Moines
Washington, D. C
Iowa
John S. Fulton
Iowa Commission
Washington
Nomination Fight for Montgomery County Republican Ticket
A Iowa state board will decide whether C W Larson or C L Anderson should represent the GOP in Montgomery County's legislative race. Anderson received credentials from county officials. no primary nomination occurred. Larson sues to place his name on the ticket, claiming he won on the first ballot before the secretary counted, after which votes were altered and Anderson led.
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Des Moines
W. C. Hayward
John L. Bleakly
George Cosson
C. W. Larson
C. L. Anderson
Montgomery County
Anderson
Larson
Indian Nets Big Sum For River Pearls
Little Big Bear Meskwakie Indian on Tama county Iowa reservation received 720 dollars for two river pearls found north of Iowa City. The larger pink edge shaped gem weighed 33.75 grains and sold for 660 dollars. the smaller 6.875 grains brought 60 dollars. Buyers value the pair at about 1,600 dollars combined. A Waverly dealer also bought a 19.5 grain pearl for 410 dollars, with market value near 600 dollars.
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Yowa River
Marshalltown
Little Big Bear
Tama County
Iowa City
Starr
Waverly
Paper Bag Cooking for Various Meats and Poultry
Instructional piece detailing paper bag cooking for head cheese, pork loin, ham, ribs, goose, capon, and stuffed tomatoes. Discusses preparation, seasoning, bag handling, oven timing, and serving ideas with emphasis on economical, tender results. Includes lamb, veal, and chicken options with specific steps and temperatures.
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Martha McCulloch Williame
Associated Literary Press
Winter wheat in Iowa linked to rising yields and spread
Iowa researchers report winter wheat as a strong money maker with higher per acre returns than corn over five years, noting expansion from southeastern counties to all counties. Bulletin No. 133 details breeding, seed distribution, seedbed prep, and rotation with corn, predicting wheat’s role in lifting Iowa’s total wheat to near 20 million bushels. Public notice follows unrelated legal matter.
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Ames
Iowa
D. C. Burnett
Iowa State College Experiment Station
Burnett
College
My Financial Wish
A humorous note from the Courier Journal about government presses and machines for laundering money. The speaker describes sending a lone two dollar bill to the wash, hoping a unique scheme will work. The poem contrasts a washer who may mislay the wash with Hetty Green’s fortune.
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Hetty Green
Courier-Journal
Public notice of real estate owners and heirs in Jefferson County
State of Iowa Jefferson County to Kate A Webb a widow Ellis Wainwright a single man Frank Light Fritz and Parker Robert P Tilford and his wife Belinda Til ford and their unknown devisees heirs at law administrators and executors E Joy and Company their unknown successors assigns and their unknown heirs at law The unknown heirs at law of James M Runnells and his wife Mary Jane Runnells both deceased And the unknown claimants of the following described real estate in Jefferson county Iowa Lots ten eleven and twelve in Block six of Henn Williams and Company's Addition to Fairfield Also a part of Block 121 of Centennial Addition of Fairfield described as part of the South half of the Northwest quarter of Section 25 Township 72 Range 10 beginning at the North end of Jefferson Street etc fronting on North Main Street and an extension of said listed for probate and boundary claims.
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Mary E. Rowland
Robert P. Tilford
Belinda
Henn, Williams and Company
Fairfield
Iowa
E. Joy and Company
State of
Jefferson County
Kate A. Webb
Ellis Wainwright
Frank Light
Fritz
Parker
Belinda Tilford
E. Joy
Centennial
Township Seventy-two
Jefferson Street
Said Street
Mercken
Brown Tract
Henn, Williams and Co
Mercken’s
North Main Street
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