Prohibitionist Convention Nominates Chafin and Watkins
At Atlantic City the Prohibitionists nominated Eugene W. Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for vice president on the first ballot. The ticket repeats the four year lineup, with delegates rushing to conclude business as many head home. The party did not pursue any name change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins
Ohio
Eugene W. Chafkin
Arizona
Aaron S .Watkins
Prohibitionists
Atlantic City
Eugene W. Chafin
Aaron S. Watkins
Party
Chafin
Wat
Chafee
Suffragist Tour Reaches Globe with Carity Aid
Mrs. Carity Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, is on a world tour funding the votes for women message with her own money. She notes strong hospitality from rulers and officials, and foresees a $10,000 personal loss by her New York return. The trip has drawn wide attention since landing in Southampton and proceeding to the Stovahelm convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kagu
Carity
Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
New York
International Suffrage Alliance
Stovahelm
Insanity Hearing Sends County Man to Clarinda Hospital
A well known county citizen was brought before the insanity commissioners after attending several Holiness Association meetings on his farm. He was declared insane and ordered committed to the Clarinda hospital for treatment amid violent behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry
Senco
Clarinda
Holiness Association
Multiple political and legal upheavals reported nationwide
Mexican rebels plan to depose Orozco and a Missouri convention call emerges in Kansas City. House impeaches Judge Archbald. Michigan tax chief Shields ousted. Saskatchewan Liberals win elections. South Carolina Governor Blease amid dispensary graft scandal. Panama Canal dispute with Britain to The Hague. A Chicago counterfeiter passes $10 to $100 notes. Drowning near Deadwood and various indictments, firings, and deaths thread a year of turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orozco
Missouri
Kansas City
Clarke
Wilson
House
House of Representatives
Archbald
Robert
Shields
Michigan
Osborn
Saskatchewan
Blease
South Carolina
Great Britain
America
Panama
Knox
William Marshall Bullett
Louisville
United States
Frederick W. Lehmann
Senate
T. W. Weaver
A. G. Heitschmidt
Michigan City
Ind
George Engel
Taft
CG. D. Milles
Republican Nation Committee
Victor Morris Smith, Jr
Ravenswood
Cal
Mountain View
Indian Delegation Aims at Iowa University Enrollment
Hindoos plan to travel to the University of Iowa for a September start led by Sanayal and Banerje of Calcutta. Sudhindra Bose confirms the delegation as part of a broader fall influx. The Cosmopolitan club will open a clubhouse for all nations as fourteen nationalities are represented. A Chinese student will share a room with a tap, and Russian and Polish flags will adorn the reception hall entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
India
University of Iowa
Sanayal
Banerje
Calcutta
Sudhindra Bose
Cosmopolitan Club
Ex Capitol Employee Shannon Dies After Illness
Winterset Indiana July 15 J R Shannnon longtime custodian of the state railroad commission in Des Moines died after a yearlong cancer illness. A Civil War veteran born in 1839 in Pennsylvania he settled in Iowa after the war and worked in the grain business and later as a bridge contractor. He also served as custodian of the court house before moving to Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterset
J. R. Shannon
Tes Moines
Pennsylvania
Eighty-third
Ohio Infantry
Iowa
Grace
Des Moines
Farms Assessed Too Low Says Attorney in County
A. T. Polleys, attorney for the Minneapolis and Omaha railroad, filed a statement with the county treasurer arguing that local farms are assessed too low. He claims roads pay more than their share and urges the county supervisors to push higher land valuations rather than railroad valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Cuslin
Tow
A. T. Polleys
Minneapolis
Omaha
Elevator Men 70 Meet in Iowa District Assembly
Fifty two managers of farmers elevators from twelve Iowa counties will meet next Saturday. W J Lynch of Green Mountain is secretary of the district, affiliated with the Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa. C T Wilson to be chief speaker at a joint temperance program during the State fair. Lighter topics include a Sheffield fight over electric light firm action and a Fort Dodge incident where C C Rosa, an Ames lineman, was injured by a high tension wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayniston
Ala
Mary
Gada
Ner von Indaw
K 7 Wieben
Mobile
Hey
France
Nello
Fargo
N. D
Montclair
Elm Street
Public Service Railway Company
Chicago
St. Louis
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Butter and Egg Board
Great Britain
Henry M. Duffield
Twenty-third Brigade
Cumberlard
Army Corps
Cuba
Detroit
Claude Allen
Allen Ging
Hillsville
Yenire
Arcibald
Senate
Congress
Archhbald
Marshalltown
Iowa
W. J. Lynch
Green Mountain
Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association of
Iown
Marshall
Hardin
Story
Grundy Black Hawk
Polk
Jasper
Tama Poweshiek
Benton
Linn
C. T. Wilson
Clarence True Wilson
Temperance Society
Methodist Church
Iowa Amendment Association
Fort Dodge, In
C. C. Rosa
Ames
Fort Dodge Des Moines
Southern
Rosas
River Eats Up Big Farm Near Crescent Iowa
The Missouri River has risen over two feet, endangering farms near Crescent. Three miles south of Crescent, ten acres of prime farmland were eroded as residents moved a farmhouse to safety. Several outbuildings fell into the raging current, threatening the Paxton ranch and the Mickey estate. Officials warn the Nebraska shore at a point above Crescent is being cut into, risking more losses if the current remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Crescent
Henry Bostick
Paxton
Mickey
Nebraska
Iowa
Lows
Atlantic Railroad Cash Ties Up as Shaw Gang Delays
Des Moines reports creditors of the Atlantic North and South railroad await word from the Shaw syndicate on funding. Silence breeds disappointment as bids to close the deal drift past the anticipated arrival, with time to extend the suspense debated by local attorneys. Separate items note suffrage advocacy before the Cedar Rapids Democratic convention and a barbed wire fence statute review by A. Robbins. Judge Stevens issues third party convention calls for Des Moines and Boone mobilization ahead of Chicago delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Railroad
Des Moines
Atlantic North and South Railroad
Shaw, Syndicate
Shaw
GC. A. Robbins
John J. Stevens
Boone
Iowa
Chicago
Lightning destroys two rural churches in Greenfield area
In Greenfield Indiana a Methodist church at Grove Center seven miles northeast was struck by lightning and destroyed. Nearby Clara chapel about 1x miles southeast was damaged but not burned. Frank Campbell of Waukee won the state shoot at Wort Dodge with 43 percent of 460 targets. J Hinshaw of Okobejl elected president of Fort Dodge Town Sportsmen Association. next year’s shoot set for Fort Dodge. Dr J W Kime of Port Dodge, tuberculosis lecturer, nearly died after mushroom poison but survived using the antidote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Grove Center
Here
Clara Enapel
Frank Campbell
Waukee
Wort Dodge
Campbell
J. Hinshaw
Okobejl
Fort Dodge
J. W. Kime
Port Dodge
Iowa Briefs Sweep of State News From Des Moines to Sac City
Iowa items report a new Carneg ie library cornerstone laid in Sac City A. M. Gore nets 367 from strawberries near Fort Dodge a forger passes bogus checks for 100 at Ida Grove and Bryan and W S Kenyon headline Hawarden attractions. Fourth of July brings 1100 watermelons in Sheldon while a 6 year old Council Bluffs girl is killed by a wagon. Fort Dodge hotel owner Fred Coles shoots himself. Several accidents deaths and legal cases populate the roundup with fire drownings and a major Cherokee land deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Sac City
A. M. Gore
Fort Dodge
Ida Grove
William Jennings Bryan
W. 5
Kenyon
Hawarden Chauteuqua
Sheldon
Mary Schrieber
Council Bluffs
Onawa
Caspar Uhl
Fred Coles
Crawford
Williams
Ariz
Ed Linstrum
Logan
W. J. Coleman
Mason City
Ole Roe
Iowa
Neva
Inez Kress
Wapsie
Jacob Johannsen
Allie Jensen
Paullina
John Beckman
Struble
J. B. Walters
Spencer
Town Falls
Frank Brown
Benjamin Englehartz
Cedar Rapids
Blencoo
Little Sioux
Collie Irvin
Harold Peterson
George Minkler
Marshalltown
Walda Stewart Davis
Central City
Addison Oliver
Northwest
Towa
Ministerial Association of
Cherokee
William Mustard
8. M. Magowan
Cherokee County
Robert Gracey
Marcus
R. W. Cave
Emmanuel Pierce
Lake Okoboji
Chas. MacGregor
Robert MacGregor
Chicago
Philip Bayer
Bayertown
Des Moines
Upper
Corn Belt Editorial Association
W. H. Lovejoy
Jefferson
Charles H. J. Mitchell
Storm Lake
G L. Caswell
Denison
End
Peter Miller
Les Mars
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Eugene W. Chapin
Aaron
Globe
Carrie Chapman Catt
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Charles T. Horton
Seattle
W. M. Bills
C. A. Patterson
Frank C. Haupt
Milwaukee
Cincinati
Hindoos
State University
Attene University
Capitol
Jd. R. Shannon
Cerro Gordo
Sheffield
Electric Light and Power Company
Wil Valve
Dubuque, Ja
McGuire
Paul Hawley
J. Joseph Turner
H R. Thvyer
Barnum
Harquist
Dwyer
River
Coliseum
Albia Packing Company
Albia
Monroe County
Iown City
F. J. Wilson
Washington
B. M. Sargent
F. M. Nebe
Atlantic
F. W. Cherry
Muscatine
F. P. Stabler
Monticello
Ed Rice
Aurelia
Rice
Lewis Fryberg
George Lauring
Fryberg
Chester Cheney
Harlan
Frank H. Armstrong
John Leigh
Presbyterian Church
Des Moines College
Royal Walters
Glenwood
Walters
Thomas C. Hanley
George
James Hanley
Geneva
McHenry
Simon Casady
Hanley
C. C. Morgan
Milroy & Nelson
Hopkinton
Charles Wilson
Dyersville
John Yoder
Kalona
George L. Yoder
Iowa County
Nolbrook
Eli Kinsinger
M. W. Rogers
Harry Swartzendruber
Rogers
Sherman Box and Paper Co
C. EK. Rawson
Box Company
George A. Barksdahl
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto
Ventura
Alex Cullen
Paullina Live Stock Association
Norwood
Davenport Commercial Club
Pain Company
I. J. Byrnes
Davenport
Fred E. Coles
Khnown
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