Democratic State Convention Names Porter and Denison for Iowa Ticket
The Iowa Democratic State Convention in Waterloo nominated Claude Porter of Centerville for governor and John D. Denison of Dubuque for lieutenant governor. Other tickets included I. 3. McLuen for secretary of state, L. F. Danforth for treasurer, C. E. Munroe for auditor, Fred Townsend for attorney general, W. S. Wilson for superintendent, and E. M. Carr and L. M. Fisher for supreme court judges. The platform urged tariff reform, direct election of U S senators, railroad rate regulation, elimination of corporate political influence, and support for Bryan in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Claude R. Porter
Centerville
John D. Denison
Dubuque
McLuen
Guthrie Center
L. F. Danforth
Lake City
C. E. Munroe
Oskaloosa
Fred Town, Send
Albia
W. 8. Wilson
Rock Rapids
W. T. Carpenter
Des Moines
EB. K. Stoll
Mount Pleasant
K. M. Carr
Manchester
L. M. Fisher
Davenport
Supreme Court
T. W. Keenan
Shenandoah
H. M. Parker
Muscatine
Charles W. Miller
State Committee
Mark Cooney
Miller
Dan. W. Hamilton
Sigourney
Hamilton
Republian
Iowa
Cummins
State Central Committee
A. R. Miller
Washington
W. Mercer
Iowa City
C. W. Miller
Waverly
Tim Donovan
Chickasaw
BR. Moore
Anamasa
Thomas Kelly
Clinton R. Price
Winterset
J. F. McGinty
Knowlton
Jerry B. Sullivan
James Steel
Bedford
Bruning
Glenwood
J. B. Romans
Denison
Claud Smith
Cherokee
Credentials
W. W. Farrell
Jefferson
Wm. Theophilus
Scott
Pat Clark
Butler
AL. J. Carter
Winneshiek
John Clemons
Marshall
W. L. Etter
Keokuk
John A. Dockstaden
Marion
R G. Weissel
Adams
R. G. Hanley
Adair
C. F. Danecombe
Webster
H. L. Willams
O’brien
George PF. Silth
van Buren
M.A. Simmons
John Steers
Hardin
Daniel Dougherty
Cerro Gordo
G. A. Kennerdine
Idna
McIntyre
Vanella
S. A. Sumner
Dallas
J. S. Ellis
Fremont
Charles Swift
Shelby
G. H. Steinhuber
Palo Alto
H. J. Linden
Plymouth
Mr. Bryan
Cate Sells
Vinton
Owa
United States
Towa
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
House
Senate
Porter
Botes
E. M. Carr
Sells
Democratic Party
J. 5. McLuen
C. E. Monroe
Mahaska County
Calhoun County
Fred Townsend
Monroe County
W. 5. Wilson
E. A. Sager
E. C. Herrick
W. L. Carpenter
Mermaiers
William Jennings Bryan
McDonald
Wright County
John D. Dennison
J. B. Weaver
Jasper County
Claude Porter
Emmet Finney
Council Bluffs
Donald Macrae
M. J. Wade
George W. Ball
Charles Dickson
Woodbury
Bert Boies
Boies
Ball
Macrae
Forler
Duty and difficulty shape paths of ambition
A reflective old proverb notes that duty lies in the easy work, while people chase distant challenges. It adds a modern quip that a young Jones is born roughly every 40 minutes, framing duty against rapid birth rates.
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Jones
Quirky global notes and local mischief in brief
A collection of odd items from the past including the Ashanti king's vast harem reputedly totaling 3332 wives, a Breslau museum monkey fitted with spectacles after cataract surgery, and a Scranton baker famed for brown bread. Other vignettes recount a Des Moines hog mixup, Los Gatos prune wealth, and a London dairywoman defending three centuries of milk service.
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Ashanti
Breslau
Germany
Catertet
Los Gatos
Cal
Kent
London
Iowa Livestock Values Rise as Exports and Fairs Grow
Des Moines reports show Iowa livestock values total over 106 million dollars with increases from prior year. Horses number 51 274 at an average 62.14 value. cattle 3 5483 1 2 total value 73 550 300. swine 23 879 779. sheep 1 885 090. goats 32 743. State fair entries reflect growing demand: 250 horses, 650 cattle, and full swine pens, with space shortages in barns.
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Des Moines
State Auditor's
Iowa
Des Moines Health Board Reports 1908 Deaths Count
City board of health report for the fiscal year ending April 1 1908 records fifteen personal crisis reports one murder eleven unknown and thirty one accidental deaths in Des Moines during the period.
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Des Moines
City Board of Health
Million Dollar Damage Suit Filed in Des Moines
G H Crabtree of Des Moines has filed a district court damage suit seeking one million dollars. He accuses a conspiracy involving Des Moines St Louis and Sioux Falls South Dakota based interests. He claims the plot caused his daughter's death and ruined his fortune.
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Des Moines
G. H. Crabtree
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
S. B
Sunday School Field Day Draws County Athletes
In Hamilton county a Sunday school field day is the latest sports item. A meeting of the Kind will be held on Wednesday Aug 8 at Stanhope with athletes from Christian churches in four county towns participating.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Stanhope
Cut in Two by Cyclone Hits Northwestern Freight
A cyclone at Searville struck a Northwestern freight train and split it, removing the sixth car from the caboose and tossing it several feet from the track as both draw bars were torn out. No injuries reported.
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Mason City
Searville
Would Change River's Course
In OWAWA Monona county a special board session endorsed changing the Little Sioux river from Rodney to the Monona Harrison drainage district line. The plan, deemed a public necessity, is postponed to September 5 1900 due to damages and objections raised by F D Winegar and others. Most landowners support the district though some farmers oppose altering the river's flow. Additionally a recruitment notice invites young men for dentistry training with wages offered.
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Owawa
Board of Supervisors
Monoa County
Little Sioux
Rodney
Monona-Harrison
F. D. Winegar
Ring Lost Fifteen Years and Death By Self
A local woman’s wedding ring, lost in Willow creek fifteen years ago, surfaced when her son found it in the sand while playing near her parents’ farm. The ring’s persistence through water and sand is noted as a remarkable detail of the old loss. Arthur Ludwig’s death is deemed a suicide by self-poisoning, with coroner's findings showing he bought strychnine after leaving home abruptly.
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Sanborn
Smith
C. H. Diggins
Royal
Willow Creek
Tost
Arthur Ludwig
Ludwig
Breda
Des Moines magazine for women to be edited locally
Citizens report pasted white paper over lewd pictures in town. Des Moines will launch a new women’s magazine with Mrs. Oxiive as editor. A Webster City business aims to secure a new interurban line, while state officials push new insurance laws and higher rates for fraternal orders. A state trade group plans anti mail order house propaganda. Notable deaths, political loyalties, train wreck aftermath, and local notices fill pages as per the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Oxiive
Webster City
Mass
B. F. Carroll
Hits
Adam Laughbiin
Oliver
Mahaska County
Rathbun
Marion
Ames
George Wells
Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association
Goodman
Packwood
G. A. Ewing
Maud Ewing
Iowa City
R. M. Mountford
Dyersvilla
Church
Ilinois
Inpis
Executive Council
J. H. Smith
Stanley
Lin Creek
Smith
Snowden
Cedar Falls
Ohio
Ben
Burlington
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Roote’sland
Des Moines Union
Ilinois Central
Great West
Wabash
H. ©. Dorcas
State University
Crocker
Clinton
Iowa Infantry
A. B. Cummins
Botna Valley Veterans’ Association
J. B. Weaver
John F. Lacey
Charles A. Clark
Horace Deemer
George A. Newman
Iowa
E. Willard
H. M. Boorman
Joseph W. Fulton, Jr
Fairfield
Chicago
Delaware County Telephone Company
Manchester
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Invincible
Mackey
C. A. Walsh
Resolutions
Committee On Resolutions
Walt Butler
T. J. Fitzpatrick
BE. M. Garr
W. ¥. Gannon
Jerry Sullivan
Resolutions Committee
Democratic Party of
State of
W. J. Burke
Missouri Valley
Stoll
Mount Fieasant
John Dennett
Lucas County
C. 3
Lake
Linn County
J. J. Ryan
Fort Dodge
Stenandoah
H. MM. Parker
Muscatina
Publius Syrus
Scranton
Bill
Tom
John Rukke
Rukke
Shtioh
Geort
Clyde Davis
Lincoln, Neb