Taft Campaign Notes and Local Content From Iowa
The page lists Republican ticket items led by President Taft and Vice President Sherman with state officials and district candidates. It reports local activity including a big Shell Rock fire, comments by Congressman Walter L. Smith, and mentions Roosevelt and Gilliland Greenwood in Iowa politics. It notes concerns about election timing and business confidence tied to Taft versus Bryan outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Carroll
Grorgh W. Clarke
W. C. Hayward
John L. Blakely
W. W. Morrow
H. W. Byhrs
John F. Riggs
Supreme Court
H. L. Bousqudt
Nathaniel 8
Ketchum
Almor Stern
Congress
Walter Smith
Shirley Gill
Walter L. Smith
Taft
Iowa
Taft Electors urged as Roosevelt ends endorsement plea
A voter guidance piece urges choosing thirteen electors with one from each district and two at large. It argues Taft best fulfills Roosevelt's policies, praising John Lacy as a Civil War veteran and sixteen year House veteran, urging Republicans to support him over his opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
John. Lacy
Congress
Presidents Advice to Laboring Men in Roosevelt Letter
A laboring man from Binghamp ton N J asked the President for guidance on labor interests in the campaign. In a letter dated October 25, Roosevelt warns that Taft's defeat would bring industrial chaos and hurt workers most, urging laborers to support Taft for his record defending labor rights and American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. ‘Grace
Binghampton
N. J
Roosevelt
Taft
Mr. Taft
Theodore Roqsevelr
Republicans Stand By Your Colors In Glenwood Malvern Votes
A 1920s-era GOP appeal urges Republicans in Glenwood and Malvern to unite behind their ticket for all county offices except the county seat contest. It accuses Democrats of using county seat politics to divide Republicans while increasing Democratic control and urges straight Republican unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Malvern
Board of Supervisors
J. D. Robbins
Glenwood Democrats
Candidate For COUNTY AUDITOR on Republican ticket
The Woman's Club sponsors a Monday afternoon program at the club rooms inviting all to attend. Admission is 15 cents. A piano duet by Mesdames Kraft and McCluskey, a vocal solo by Mrs Dull Teekies, and Mr Herrick are listed as performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames Kraft
McCluskey
Sixteen Years of History and the Republican Turn
A retrospective on the 16 years since Benjamin Harrison, praising the prosperity under the Republican platform after the 1896 election and denouncing the Democrats for free trade. It links wages, prices, and labor conditions to tariff policy and urges voters not to forget past gains, with mentions of Mis F. Hester and daughter Helen visiting Des Moines and Knoxville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Harrison
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Senate
Ard
House of Representatives
Dom Serstit
Iit
Inem
Bryan
Meliiley
Congress
Republican Party
United States
Remarkable sale and street theft in Southwestern Iowa
Shenandoah resident Charles Aldrich recently sold his five year old Percheron team to Mr. Lee of Kanesville for an astonishing sum. The Prescott post office was robbed Thursday night with $100 cash and $16 in stamps stolen, plus $1100 in personal notes of postmaster Mrs. M A McVay. Clarinda resident celebrated her 85th birthday, while fourteen local ladies aged collectively ae years gathered for a photograph gallery in Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Aldrich
Shenandoah
Lee
Kanoelly
Prescott
Jed
M. A. Mcvay
Clarinda
Logan
Sauce Lat Wook Anil Daily
Jerry Southern
Lean
Malvern
See
Wilson
Harlan
Silas Crandal
Sidney
Creston
Imogene
Dave Leahy
Kirkpatrick
Len Bain
Menlo
A. T. Hardy
Near
Wahor
W. G. Gregory
Christian Science Church
Gass County
Bamberg
Ed Beals
Bedford
Corning
Wm. Buss
Montgomery County
Pilot Grove Township
Dennison Jeweler
Finley M. Beth
Carson
Council Bluéts
Shenandosh
Iowan
Glenwood
Bedford Free- _ Press
Grand Chapter of
Iowa
Royal Arch Magens
Waterloo
Order
Gand
Dennison Iowa
Church Announcements From Local Congregations
Multiple services listed across churches with sermons by Rev. John Turner J O Stapling and others. Topics include Man's Limitation of God and The Believer's Safety in the Great Tribulation, plus Sunday schools and Christian Endeavor events. All invited to attend various morning and evening services and the Lord's Supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Turner
Iowa Home Missionary Society
Epworth League
Emma Carter
Christian Churches
Uppal
Lorna
Anohor
C. E
Council of God
Baptist
J. O. Staplag
Kiel
Jerusalem
Christ
Iowa
Duchess' French Title Connected Birth In France
Centerville based report notes a local connection to a French duchy as a former Centerville girl, now married to the Duke de Chalnes, prepares to become a mother in France. The duchess seeks medical attendance from Dr. Lazelle Sawyers in New York before traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Theotore Shonts
Marion Drake
Duke de Chalnes
Chili
France
Lazelle Sawyers
Sawyers
New York
Round Oak heater ad and local hunter tale in Mills county
A local ad extols a Round Oak heating stove praised for durability and air tight bottom. The piece includes a brief anecdote of Clark Hodges hunting with his coon dogs, a dog bite incident, and a shout out to local vendors and land draws in Fremont and Mills counties listing Albert Lanz Mineola Kate Hall Thurman Lon Bass Glenwood and C H Bunker Hamburg among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Fremont and
Mills Counties
Drew
Albert Lanz
Mineola
Kate Hall
Thurman
Loni Bass
C.H. Bunker
Hamburg Q
Pacific
What Are Your Boys and Girls Reading 1909 Companion Promotion
An advertisement for The Youth's Companion urges publishers to offer better reading for youth with adventure, heroes, and unselfish duty. It touts over 250 stories in 52 issues for 1909, previews articles and reminiscences, and promises free 1908 issues plus a Calender gift to new subscribers paying $1.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Thapoo Ae Calender
Berkley Street
Opton
Mags
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wm, H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Thomas T. Anderson
John H. Anundson
Stephen M. Criswell
Chas, F. Haynid
A. C. Gourly
W. Bushnell
Clyde Rhoads
Garl H, Otis
Rachel M. Dolph
A. L. Smith
G, Day
Shell Rock
Cyrus Buasy
Des Moines
Lo Stump
The
Methodist Church of
Ames
Arsen
Outlook
Gilliland
Greenwood
U. S
Teeny
Hughes
W.L. Culbertson
Wm. ‘Smith
W. C. Smith
Eagle Grove
Clarion
Mills County
Ryan
Charles Criswell
Mis
Hester
Helen
Knox- Villa
Star Lodge
K. L. Deinsheimer
Glenwood, Iowa
Congregational Church
Piattamorth Saturay
Clarance
Omehit Vist
Gineses
Larway’s
R. H. Daniel
Superior
Mills
County
Long
Mtepperterg Mig
Cincola
Nebraska
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