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Newspaper

Hamburg Reporter

Location

Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1906

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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