Week in Review Highlights From Democratic Denver Nominating Scene
Broad survey of events notes the Democratic National Convention in Denver nominating John Worth Kern for vice president by acclamation amid protests and contests. Bryan again named the Democratic standard bearer, with platform adopted after sessions and a protest vote on credentials. Global items include labor, weather, fires, shipyard launches, and political shifts, with notable entries on Panama elections, Honduras, and Venezuela relations.
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Denver
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Charles A. Towne
Archibald McNeill
Clark Howell
Taft
Hitchcock
Sheldon
Repubiican Nations Committee
William Tennings Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Judge Gray
Delaware
Credentials Committee
Pennsylvania
H. D. Clayton
Alabama
Haskell
Oklahoma
Committee On
District of Columbia
John L. Sullivan
Annie
Boston
Walter R. Geperly
Chicago
Wlinois Christian Endeavor Union
Urbana
Charles E. Brown
Danville
James 8. Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Thomas E. Watson
United States
Atlanta
Gov. Sanders
Louisiana
State Board of Arbitration
Panama
Don Jose Cowings de Obaldia
Dr. Amador
Wire
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Honduras
Gracias
Herman Ridder
Bryan
New York Staats Zeitung
George W. Smith
St. Louis
J.I. Rock
Travelers’ Protective Association
South Carolina
Cramps
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
W. H. Taft
Robert Roman
Great Norther Road
Idaho
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
Mra
Cleveland
Choluteca
Herbert J. Hapgood
Hapgoods Incorporated
Ralph L. Kilby
Nevada
Columbus
Medicine Hat
Hazleton
Paraguay
B. C G. O'Brien
Sarrowly
Charles Taylor
Missouri Pacific
Lomonte
Knabnoster
Gulf of Finland
Reval
Brooklyn Arion Choral Society
Philharmonie Hall
Berlin
Backusbure
Wayne Lawrence
Annie Bannister
Edmund Smith
North Rose
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Frank H. Hitchcock
Massachusetts
George R. Sheldran
New York
Arthur J. Vorys
Oklo Republican
Joe Wal
Moline
Richard Alexander
Real Estate Board of Brokers of
Dexter
Frank J. Gould
Thatcourt
Gould
Century of marriage for Morris couple noted in Des Moines
A quiet sixtieth wedding anniversary was celebrated by Judge and Mrs. Thomas T. Morris of Des Moines at their home. The era marked by decades of companionship follows a long public career, while local events include reforestation efforts, church plans, and political moves across Iowa.
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Marshalltown
CG. C. Carewell
Thomas T. Morris
Des Moines
Wayne Cously
R. P. Hobson
Mason City
Sacred Heart Church
Dubuque
William Larrabee
Fayette County
Stanton Gary
Massena Township
Cass County
Dudley E. Chapman
Chatsworth
le Mars
Boone
Tracy
Norn Springs
Forest Bruce
F. A Bruce
Walker Adamson
Appanoose
Num
Miller
Patrick Smyth
St. Xavier's Catholic Church
Council Bluffs
Mercy Hospital
H. C. Lounsberry
Shilwaukee
Collins
Rhodes
Glenwood
Irene Myers
Crawford
Council Blaffl
Irene
South Thirteenth Street
Glenwood Institution
David Randleman
Muscatine
Supreme Court
Walter Hyer
O. A. Anderson
Depositors Win Move To Strike Woodmen Claim
In Charlton, depositors of the First National Bank secure a ruling from the comptroller of the currency reversing an earlier decision. The Modern Woodmen of America claim of 350000 is thrown out, with Woodmen now the plaintiff and depositors the defendants, contingent on bond posted to cover costs.
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Charlton
First National Bank
Stuart
Corstroller
Comptroller
Interurban Earnings Rise Across Iowa Yet Lag 1906
Interurban lines in Iowa report net earnings for 1907 of 302 317 dollars on gross 903 067 dollars, with mileage rising to 273 422 miles from 220 032 in 1906. Expenses reach 610 750, taxes paid 22 633, and ten interurban fines are now in town, led by routes from Valley Junction to Perry to the army post and Colfax. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls line and Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern are among the longest routes.
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Iowa
Tewa
Executive Council
Betwen Valley Junction
Perry
Army Post
Colfax
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Des Moines & Southern
Caprice May Cost A Life In Prairie Wagon Romance
William A. Sutherland endured hardships traveling in a covered wagon from Thermopolis Wyoming to Council Bluffs to win Edith Rhoad in marriage. A nervous breakdown after the wedding led him to southern California for recuperation. He recovered enough to travel west, while his bride’s father had done the same for the hand he sought.
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Council Bluffs
William A. Sutherland
Thermopolis
Wyo
Edith Rhoad
California
Lynn
Sutherland
Divorce trends in Grundy county courts decline in 1908
Between July 1907 and July 1908 Grundy county ministers and magistrates performed 924 marriages, while only four divorces sought court severance. The era shows Dan Cupid defeating the divorce mill as marriages outpaced dissolutions.
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Iowa Falls
Dan Cupid
Grundy County
Enrollment figures for State Normal Cedar Falls 1908
The catalog for the Town State Normal schools lists enrollment totals for the year ending June 30. College graduates 27, college course 243, normal course 1,185, special teachers’ course 606, county certificates 417, advanced training 161, primary training 50, total 2,745. In Ames, Walter Van Horn of Mason City identified a body as Claude Fountain, his brother-in-law, killed on the Northwestern near Ames on July 4.
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State Normal
Cedar Falls
State Normal Schools
Ames
Walter van Horn
Mason Gily
City
Claude Fountain
Mason City
Crack Mason City Safe Raid Leaves $150 In Checks
Mason City thieves tapped the Bickel Produce company safe securing $150 in ten dollar checks. They broke off the knob with a sledge and forced bolts with chisels. In Crescent, Harry McMullen and J C Adams from Meneray Nursery unearthed remains while hoeing shrubs on the John Lapworth place northeast of Crescent.
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Mason City
Bickel Produce Company
Crescent
Harry McMullen
J. C. Adams
Meneray Nursery Company
John Lapworth
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