Republicans Face Battled Chicago Nomination Fight
A profile of likely Republican presidential contenders Wood Johnson and Lowden as Chicago delegates fight for the nomination. Brookhart and Cummins clash with press and party factions while Carranza’s fall looms and Knox proposes a peace with Germany drawing White House scrutiny.
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Wood
Johnson
Lowden
Chicago
Chcago
Chicago Tribune
Woods
United
Grain and Livestock Groups Seek I C C Action on Car Shortage
Grain and livestock interests in the midwest and northwest urge the interstate commerce commission to use emergency powers to relieve a car shortage delaying movement of grain and cattle. In Batavia a shipper held stock awaiting cars, with millions of bushels and cattle tied up. The commission hinted at possible relief while not promising outcomes. The delegation also briefed a House committee on interstate commerce about the plight in Iowa Kansas Oklahoma Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Middle Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jefferson County
Batavia
Clark
Commission
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Dakotas
Parsons College Girls Glee Club Concert at High School
The Parsons College Girls Glee Club will present a public concert in the high school auditorium next Friday evening May 14. The group recently finished a Southeastern state tour and plans an unusually interesting program. Admission is 35e, with a later notice on ticket sales and the program.
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Girls’ Glee Club
Parsons College Girls’ Glee Club
High School
Jefferson County Fairgrounds expansion vote planned
Jefferson county voters will decide at the June primary whether to buy eight and a half acres east of the current fairgrounds for up to ten thousand dollars. The plan includes new livestock buildings, relocating existing structures, and improving grounds to create a top county exhibition August 10 to 13.
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Jefferson County
Fred McClain
Parsons Male Glee Club Concert at High School Auditorium
The Parsons college Men’s Glee Club performs a home concert Monday evening in the high school auditorium. The program, praised during a spring tour in churches and schools, features serious and humorous selections including Longfellow’s Paul Revere’s Ride by Dudley Buck. Professor C W Mountain trained the group, reflecting credit on Parsons college and Fairfield.
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Dudley Buck
C. W. Mountain
Parsons College
Conservatory of Music
Fairfield
Anstead Returns Home From California Wintering
Mrs. N C Anstead, who spent the winter in California, has returned to her home in the city at the start of the week.
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N. C. Anstead
California
Tribune Prints Two High Class Short Horn Livestock Catalogs
The Tribune secures a pair of premium catalogs for local Short horn breeders. The firm emphasizes meticulous workmanship and expert printing, highlighting its reputation in producing top quality livestock catalogs. It pays to tie to the Tribune.
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the Tribune
The
Tribune
Local Church Campaign Aims to Aid Destitute European Lutherans
Local Lutherans join a Lutheran world service drive seeking 2 million dollars for destitute Lutherans in Continental Europe. War and upheaval have hit Baltic Finland Poland Austria Hungary Russia Ukraine Czechoslovakia and Germany. May 9 to 16 will host the fundraising drive led by Jane Steele and Mrs. H E Wisecarver with team organizers meeting Friday at the church.
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Lutheran World Service
Europe
Baltic States
Finland
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
National Lutheran Council
Jane Steele
H. E. Wisecarver
Few Oppose School at McElhinny Home"
A special election approved buying the McElhinny property on North Court Street for temporary school use by a 229 majority. Of 442 votes cast, 151 women and 184 men voted yes, 21 women and 85 men voted against, with one spoiled ballot. Purchase and remodeling are estimated at about $13,000 and work will start immediately to be ready for the fall term.
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McElhinny
North Court Street
Iowa Townships Stand Uncovered By Ice In Glacial Epoch
Prof. A C Tonbridge of the University of Iowa finds glacial deposits across most areas once thought non glaciated in Iowa and neighboring states. He notes two townships in AllaMakee county remained ice free about 50 000 years ago and explains river valley uplift and drainage developed after multiple glacial advances.
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Lansing
Iowa
Allamakee County
Mississippi River
Jackson
Dubuque
Delaware
Fayette
Winnebago
Allamakee
A. C. Tonbridge
Department of Geology
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Trowbridge
Buckler brothers to reunite at Fort Madison after 25 years
Four Buckler siblings now scattered across the nation plan a Fort Madison gathering to mark a 25 year reunion. They once set a combined weight record of 1200 pounds when they weighed in then and now each has gained more.
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Bucler Brothers
Fort Madison
James
Buckler Brothers
Supervisors Name Election Officials for June Primary Across Townships
The board of supervisors has named election judges and clerks for the June 7 primary across multiple townships including Walnut, Penn, Blackhawk, Packwood, Abingdon, Batavia, Brookville, Center, Fairfield wards, Buchanan, Lockridge, Round Prairie, Cedar, Liberty, and Yes Moines. Names listed include judges such as Andy Crile, O G Gowey, B Hannah, K H Myers, Harvey Gossick, and many clerks like F M Peck, J R Woolums, L EK Copeland, W S Samuelson, and Chas Fresconi Jr. plus others.
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Board of Supervisors
Walnut Township
Andy P. Crile
Walter Kurtz
J. A. Linn
F. M. Peck
Will Craft
Penn Township
O. G. Gowey
W. H. Lynn
Joseph Pacha
Vonn J. Kyle
A. L. Coop
Blackhawk
B. Hannah
Dymond McCracken
R. B
T. &. Feterson
W. 8. Campbell
Bryant DeGood
L. EK. Copeland
Ross L. Parrott
Eighth Grade Rural Schools Spelling Contest Planned
Eight grade students with top spelling averages win entry to the May 13 contest at the courthouse at 10 30 Admission five cents Several schools closed some students absent from February exams may still enter to represent their class and Jefferson County at the state fair in Des Moines The Jefferson County Teachers Club will cover railroad fare for the county representative Names listed include Mildred Carr Retha Smith Effie Jacobs George Silvers Carlo Clark Wilma Rabel Joel Turney Carl Bower Hermine Achenbach Naomi Shy Hannah Van Nostrand Bertha Rauscher Alice Herman Eunice Burnett Irene Lyon Florence Schooley Lester Yost Effie Liggett Lena Webb Harry Howard Mary Benda Margery Liggett.
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Court House
Hunt
Jefferson County
Teachers’ Club
Des Moines
Mildred Carr
Retha Smith
Effie Jacobs
George Silvers
Carlo Clark
Wilma Rabel
Joel Turney
Pleasant Plain May Day fete at Pleasant Plain School
Pleasant Plain Consolidated school held a May Day fete and an exhibit of school work on Monday. A large crowd attended as students performed a grand march crowning the May Queen Fay Allen and a program including dances songs and solos by students from grades 1 through high school.
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Pleasant Plain School
Pleasant Plain Consolidated
Winding
May Pole
Fay Allen
Fairfield Civic League launches monthly city cleaning drive
A Fairfield civic tour reports First Ward areas as largely clean with notable flower beds and active residents. It highlights dirt along Main Street curb and a cluttered dumping site near East Hempstead, plus several renovated or painted buildings and parks. Second Ward will be inspected next week. residents urged to answer survey questions and help improve the city.
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Fairfield
Civic League
North Main
Court House
Main
First Ward
East Hempstead
North Court
Franklin Park
East Broadway
Second Ward
The
Tribune
All Night Vigil Delights City With Junior Class Play
The Junior class play at the high school auditorium drew large crowds Friday Saturday and Monday with tickets sold early at Jericho Easton drug store. Extra performances were added and the show featured standout numbers like See-Saw with Wilma Woods Warner and George Hammon. The Senior class plans to top the Juniors with a May 28 29 production in neighboring towns or venues.
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Jericho & Easton
Ira Collins
Wilma Woods Warner
George Hammon
Two Piano Recitals at Moorhead Studio May 10
Public invited to Moorhead studio for two piano recitals next week on Monday and Thursday evenings. The program lists Mendelssohn Schumann Tschaikowsky Chopin and Schubert works performed by students including Katherine Cassel Elizabeth Moorhead and others with details of each piece and performer across both evenings.
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Moorhead
Hannah Vanerstrand
Schumann the Wild Rider
Schumann Lydia Montgomery
Florence Ireland
Katherine McClain
Katherine Cassel
Mendelssohn
Elisabeth Bock
the Rosary
And
Nevin John Drow
Hide
Louise Wright
Josephine Ball
Schubert Patrick McLaughlin
Paul Bliss Ozro Jewett
Thistle Down
Frances Reitveld
Elizabeth Moorhead
Moszkowski
Mary Stever
Chopin Bessie Whitham
Ccscccseesssees Ruensteim
Hazel Sauer
Harry Fred Israel
Elsie
Dvorak Berenice
Eighth Grade Examinations Set For May at Courthouse
Rural eighth grade examinations will occur at the court house on May 13 and 14. Seventh graders with physiology and geography completed should come Friday afternoon, May 14, for a program starting at 9:00 A M with Reading and grammar, 1:00 P M with History spelling and music, then 9:00 A M Friday Arithmetic civics writing, and 1:00 P M Friday Geography physiology. June Chidester County Supt.
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Court House
Radical Republican threats from 1880 elections surfaced
The piece recounts violent pro Republican propaganda from 1880 including calls for killing Democrats, burning property, and arming voters. It cites editor McElroy and excerpts from Inter-Ocean Kokomo Gazette Quincy Whig and Fon du Lac Chronicle, showing extreme partisan rhetoric and threats tied to that era's campaigns.
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Times
The
Tribune
McElroy
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Kokomo
Ind
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D. J. Johnston
H. C. Gantz
Fk. Kh. McLaughlin
Harry Bradfeld
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W. D. Hudgel
C. P. Nelson
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E. G. Carlson
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J. M. Fry
J. A. West
Lon H. Israel
C. E. Anderson
L. J. Nelson
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Wu. J. Marey
Chas. H. Gage
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L. T. Chapins
U. A. Castile
Joe Hickenbottom
Frank ¥ .Ball
W. S. Samuelson
F. S. Cummings
Buchanan Township
J. M. Blair
Edw. Ogden
H. W. Rider
C. G. Peterson
Guy Overholser
Lockridge Township
Lewis Achenbach
T. P. Johnson
L. E. Zihlman
C. L. Scheiber
A. D. Diers
Lockridge City
A. F. Johnson
Albert Larson
C. L. Reeder
A. A. Kauscher
V. O. Sodergren
Round Prairie Township
Wam. Parsons
Parvin Howell
Thos. Litton
J. H. Blucher
J. W. Sherman
Cedar Township
Chris Blough
Ed Pequignot
Omar Tracht
H. C. Pattison
A. R. Fickel
Liberty Township
Carter Lawson
R. S. Johnston
J. W. Peebler
R. B. Stephenson
J. A. Stewart
Yes Moines
Allen Pearson
J. I. Glotfelty
W. C. Miller
Chas. Fresconi, Jr
Chas. F. Smith
Miss Steele
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