Prohibition Party Nomination At Atlantic City
The Prohibitionists nominated Nugene W. Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for vice president at their national convention in Atlantic City. The slate, described as a continuation of the party’s four year old efforts, includes names that have been part of past campaigns.
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Watkins
Ohio
Eugene W. Chatlin
Arizona
Aaron Watkins
Atlantic City
Nugene W. Chafin
Aaron S. Watkins
Waa
Ucket
Chafin and
Wat
Suffragist Catt World Tour To Promote Votes For Women
Cidenzo, a suffragist, tours the globe promoting votes for women. Chapman Catt, president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, travels at her own expense and expects a $10,000 deficit upon returning to New York. Since arriving in Southampton, she has received vast attention from royalty to local officials.
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Cidenzo
Oy Chapman Catt
International Waowan Suffrage Alll
New York
Southampton
Ue Internatonal Suffrage Alliance
Stockholm
Insane Man Committed After County Hearing
Insane Frank Leaming a well known county citizen was brought before the insanity commissioners and committed to the hospital at Clorinda for treatment after becoming violently insane during a community event near his farm.
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Ferry
Frank Leaming
Clorinda
Contested global events and legal upheavals headline news
Reported turbulences include Mexican rebels plotting to depose Orozco, an impeachment of Judge Archbald, Michigan’s tar commissioner ousted by Gov Osborn, and rail and canal politics in the United States. Internationally, Britain and the United States contend over the Panama Canal and Nicaragua dispatches envoy Ramirez to recap Knox’s Central American tour. Local incidents cover fires in Michigan City, hangings in Duquoin, drownings in Deadwood, and a string of court cases, with a broad sweep of political and social notes across North America.
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Orozco
Missouri
Kansas City
Clark
Wilson
House
House of Represtntatives
Archbald
Robert Ns. Shields
Michigan
Ofice
Osborn
Liberata
Saskatchewan
Rlease
South Carolina
Senor
Salvador C. Ramirez
State Knox
William Marshall Dullett
Louisville
United States
Frederick W. Lehmann
Senate
T. W. Weaver
A. C. Heitschmidt
Michigan City
Ind
George Engel
Duquoin
Rosa Yost
Adolph Dosenberg
Chiago
Hosenberg
Beac
Anunistan
Ala
Tesivan
Mary T. Gedau
Indaw
Polceman
Wasserleben
Mobile
Bavoy
France
O Rollo
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
Master In Chancery
Marrison
Great Britain
Henry M. DumMeld
Twenty-third Brigade
Army of the Cumberland
Second Army Corps
Cuba
Detroit
Hiness
Claude A Fen
Allen Bing
Hillaville
Congress
Beeme
Archhbald
Hindoos Plan for World Tour via Iowa University
A delegation of young Hindoo students from India will enter the University of Iowa to pursue education abroad. Leaders Sanayal and Banerje from Calcutta will head the group, as announced by Sudhindra Bose. Fourteen nationalities will be represented in residence with a cosmopolitan club clubhouse for all nations. A Chinese student will share a room with a Japanese student, while Russian and Polish flags will hang together at the reception hall.
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Iowa City
India
University of Iowa
Uere, WI
Ex Capitol Employee J R Shannon Dies in Winterset
J R Shannon longtime custodian of the state railroad commission office in Des Moines died in Winterset after a year’s illness from cancer. A Civil War veteran born in 1839 in Pennsylvania he moved to Iowa soon after the war and worked in groceries and bridge paytractor roles. He later served as custodian of the courthouse in Des Moines before moving to Winterset.
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Winterset
J. R. Shannon
State Railroad Commission
Les Moines
Wis Bom
Farmland Assessments Questioned by Minnesota Railroad Advocate
A. T. Polleys, attorney for the Minneapolis and Omaha road, states farms in this Iowa county are undervalued for tax purposes. He argues roads pay more than their share and urges higher land valuations under county supervision.
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Mason Cliy. Fa
Jiy J
Iowa
A. T. Polleys
Minneapois
Omaha
Wheeles
Tre
Elevator men to meet in Marshalltown district gathering
Fifty elevator managers from twelve Iowa counties will meet in Marshalltown next Saturday. W. J. Lynch of Green Mountain is district secretary. Chief speaker T. Wilson will address farmers and temperance groups at a joint W C T U and Iowa Amendment association program at the state fair tents.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
W. J. Lynch
Green Mountain
Grady Deslers' Association of Laws
Marshall
Hardin
Btory
Grundy
Black Hawk
Polk
Jasper
Tama Poweshiek
Benton
t.Inn
Co. T. Wilson
Clarence True Wilson
Temperance Society
Methodist Church
Iowa Amendment Association
Mayor Dwyer Defends Suit to Oust Barnum Official
In Fort Dodge Iowa on July 15 County Attorney B. S. Marquist testified for Barnum mayor H R Dwyer in a district court suit alleging failure to enforce laws. A line about Rosa of Amos a lineman for Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern being killed by a charged wire while at work appears in the dispatch with unclear attribution.
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Baronds Self
Fort Dodge
H. R. Dwyer
Barnum
Coutty
B. 8
Dwyer
O “Rosa
Amos
Linaman
Dea
Moines
Southern
John J. Stevens
Boone Ia
Iowa
Des Moines
Jars
Chlengo
River Eats Up Big Farm Near Crescent Nebraska
The Missouri River rose over two feet and advanced a mile long erosion zone near Crescent, threatening farms including Henry Bostick's and the Paxton ranch. Farmers moved buildings back, but several structures fell into the swift current as teams and house-moving gear labored to save property. Officials fear further losses on the Iowa shore as the river cuts into Nebraska, aided by a widening river elbow on the west side.
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Missouri
Crescent
Henry Bostick
Paxton
Mickey
Nebraska
Lowa
Towa
Creditors await Shaw group delay on Atlantic line
In Des Moines creditors of the Atlantic North and South railroad await word from the Shaw syndicate. No announcement arrived by the expected date, causing disappointment. Attorneys consider options if the agreement remains open past the Wednesday deadline.
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Tea Momes
Atlantic North and South Railroad
Shaw! Syndicate
Syndicate
Shaw
Lowa
Des Moines
Democrats Asked to Boost Suffrage at Cedar Rapids
Campaign workers urge Democrats to adopt a suffrage plank at the Cedar Rapids convention on July 28. Though nonpartisan, suffrage activists will back candidates statewide who favor women's suffrage. a Republican campaign team previously demonstrated effective organizing in the Coliseum convention.
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Cedar Rapids
Coliseum
Lightning strikes two Iowa churches in Greenfield area
July 15 reports say the Metho dist church at Grove Center seven miles northeast of Greenfield was struck by lightning and destroyed. Nearby, another church at Clara Cr�eal six miles southeast was struck and damaged but not burned. Campbell of Waukee won the Iowa state shoot at Fort Dodge with 435 of 450, and J C Winshaw of Okoboji was elected president of the Iowa Sportsmen's association. Fort Dodge chosen for next year. Doctor Savoy Life by Using Antidote states a Port Dodge physician nearly died from poisonous mushroom. timely antidote use saved him.
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Greenfield
Grove Center
Chrch
Clara Crael
Campbell
Frank Campbell
Waukee
Fort Dodge
J. C. Winshaw
Okoboji
Iowa
Savoy
J. W. Kime
Port Dodge
Sheldon
Mary Schrieber
Council Bluffs
Onawa
Caspar Uhl
Fred Coles
Crawford Hotel
Williams
Ariz
Ed Linstrum
Logan
W. J. Coleman
Mason City
Ole Roe
Neva
Inez Kress
Wapsie
Jacob Johannsen
Allie Jensen
Paultina
John Beckman
Strubie
J. B. Walters
Spencer
Iowa Falls
Frank Brown
Benjamin Englebartz
Cedar Rapids
Blencoe
Little Sioux
Hastings
Dollie
Irvin
Harold Peterson
George Minkler
Marshalltown
Hulda Stewart Davis
Central City
Addison Oliver
Cherokee
Charlotte
Anna Geisinger
Storm Lake
William M. Coombs
Aurelia
Coombs
Robert Gracey
Marcus
R. W. Cave
Emmanuel Pierce
Lake Okoboji
Chas. MacGregor
Robert MacGregor
Chicago
Philip Bayer
Bayertown
Fens
Monroe County
Tai
As City
Sexsi
F. J. Wilsny
Qeington
B. M. Sar
F. M. Not
F. P. Stabler
Monticello
Rice
Manon City
Lewis Fryberg
George Lauring
Fryberg
Chester Cheney
Harlan
Frank —. Armstrong
John Leigh
Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
Royal Walters
Glenwood
Walters
Southern
Thomas C. Hanley
George
James Hantey
Geneva
Ill
McHenry
Simon Caszdy
Hantey
C. Morgan and the Hardware Store of Milroy & Nelson
Hopkinton
Charles Wilson
Dyersville
John Yoder
Kalona
George L. Yoder
Town County
Holbrook
Eli Kinsinger
M. W. Rogers
Kalons
Harry Swartzendruber
Rogers
Sherman Box and Paper Co
C. Erawaonia
Box Company
George A. Barksdahl
Emmetaburg
Palo Alto
Ventura
Alex Cullen
Emmetsburg
Paullina Live Stock Assocition
Norwood
Avenport Commercial Club
T. J. Byrnes
Davenport
Fred E. Coles
Iowa News Briefs Highlights From Northwest Iowa
Reports include the Carneg ie library cornerstone laid at Sac City, A. M. Gore’s strawberry earnings at Fort Dodge, and a forger’s $100 crime in Ida Grove. Notable mentions cover Bryan Kenyon chautauqua, 1100 watermelons for Sheldon Fourth, a fatal wagon accident in Council Bluffs, suicides and crimes across multiple towns, and local fires and legal notices.
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Sac City
A. M. Gore
Fort Dodge
Ida Grove
William Jennings Bryan
W. S. Kenyon
Hawarden Chautauqua
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Atlantis
Evgene
Wy Chapin
Wecause
Globe
Carrie Chapman Catt
Tate
C.D Filles
Republican National Committees
Victor Morrie Smith
Ravenswead
Cal
Montana View
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Inne
Orton
Beattia
W. M. Ta
Seusnere
Paterson
Frank Haupt
Miwaukee
Cincinnath
Hindoos
State University
Attane University
Capitol
Cerro Gordo
Sheffield
Electric Light and Power Company
Dubuque
McGuire
Paul Hawley
J. Joseph Turner
River
Atlantic Railroad
C. A. Robbins
Mogal
Robbings
Ciites
Uless
Corn Belt Editorial Association
W. H. Lovejoy
Jefferson
Charles H. ‘J. Mitchell
G. L. Caswell
Denison
Peter ‘Miller
le Mara
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