Campaign headlines mix of labor policy and election plans
The report covers President Hou Roosevelt writing to Senator Krox on labor issues and possible legalization of secondary boycotts. It notes Edgar Howard named editor for Democratic matter, Roosevelt's talks with Senator Dixon, and plans for Taft and Bryan to avoid date clashes. It lists campaign logistics and other political developments across states.
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Houosevelt
Krox
Mr. Bryan
Democratic Party
Edgar Howard
Lincoln State Journal
Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Dixon
Montana
Republican
Chicago
West
Taft
Colorado
Nevada
Indiana
Ohio
Bryan
Port Chester
N. C
Sherman
Democratic Committee
Democratic
World and Society News Roundup in 1909 Condenses Events
Foreign telegrams report Rif tribes rising in Morocco while Tokyo hosts a grand welcome for American visitors. European royalty links, naval guest appearances, floods in Lauzon, and a new Harrison monument mark a wide array of global notes. Taft, Gompers clash over labor decisions in Richmond Indiana.
Milwaukee Exposition Fares Cut for Corn Show
The National Corn Exposition in Omaha opens December 9 with round trip fares of one and one third for the return journey, a concession announced by the Western Passenger Association. Milwaukee leading the move, with General Passenger Agent Miller in Chicago confirming the rate. Omaha managers Rosewater Jones and Buckingham had pressed for favorable terms after talks in Chicago, aiming to boost attendance across the corn belt.
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Omaha
Western Passenger Association
Milwaukee Read
Miller
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kaiser May Balk On Balkan Conference Doubts Persist
Berlin reports that Germany backs a Balkan conference in principle but demands a prior complex agreement among all signatories of the Berlin treaty. Austria-Hungary objections will stall proposals, while Germany and Russia seek a peaceful, just solution and ongoing negotiations on Turkey related points.
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Germany
Balkine
Berlin
M. Iswolsky
Prince von Buelow
Herr von Schoen
Balkan
Herlin
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Roosevelt 50th Birthday Passes Quietly at Work
President Roosevelt reaches his 50th birthday without fanfare as Tuesday marks the anniversary. He will not schedule any public celebration, remaining in his Washington office. Mrs. Roosevelt may arrange a private surprise, though no family observance is planned.
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President Roosevelt
Washington
Roosevelt
Keeley Cure Formula Case Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday holds that the Keeley cure formula for inebriates was Dr Keeley s discovery. It affirms the Livingston county circuit court decree and keeps the injunction against defendants including Frederick B G Hargraves restraining them from disclosing information about the formula.
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Springfield
Supreme Court
Keeley
Circuit Court
Livingston County
Keeley Institute
Wright
Frederick BG
Hargraves
Lands Opened to Homestead Entry in Wyoming and Washington
In northern Wyoming seventy-five miles east of Yellowstone Park about 300 farms ranging from forty to sixty acres are opened for entry under the reclamation act. This 13 000 acre tract forms the first part of the Shoshone Irrigation project and is available under the homestead law.
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Wyoming
Washington
Yellowstone National Park
Health officers discuss curb on contagion at Des Moines meet
Delegates from Iowa health officers mayors and township clerks and the State Board of Health gathered in Des Moines to urge public sentiment in preventing contagious diseases. Dr A N Linn predicted future need for quarantine will fade as cures and methods improve. Debate covered mandatory school medical inspection improvements to slaughterhouse cleanliness and government meat inspection. M C Terry Brighton was elected president with Swazey Decorah as VP and Henry Albert Iowa City as secretary treasurer.
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Conference of Health
Des Moines A
Iowa
State Board of Health
A. N. Linn
George Decker
Des Moines
Board of Education
Iowa Association of Health Officers
M.C. Terry
Brighton
Swazey
Decorah
Henry Albert
Iowa City
Better Salaries to Teachers The New Iowa Law
The Iowa law on teachers certificates boosts wages for common school teachers. State reports show year ending July 1 1907 aggregate salaries rose by 398 396 69 and two year total by 780 316 85. The law ends county superintendents granting second and third grade certificates and introduces state level exams and a board of examiners issuing certificates.
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State Department of Education
Iowa
State Department
Iowa Herd Wins Seven Championships At Royal Show
The Rosengift herd of Angut cattle owned by Professor Kennedy Mr. Siverly and Mr. Rosengift will return to the Rosengift farm at Kolby after the American Royal show and stay until the international in Chicago. The herd secured seven championships nine firsts twenty three seconds ten thirds nine fourths five fifths and two sixths.
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Iowa
Ames
Professor Kennedy
Siverly
Rosengift
Kolby
Chicago
Tve
Promoters Raise Funds for Atlantic Northern and Southern Line
Atlantic promoters Ross and Rattenberg push the Villisca extension of the Atlantic Northern and Southern rail line aiming to raise 200000 dollars. They report about 10000 dollars raised on sixteen miles between Atlantic and Villisca, with soliciting work centered in Montgomery county.
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Atlantic
Villisca
Atlantic, Northern & Southern
Ross
Rattenberg
Montgomery County
Menlo Woman Dies After Poisoning Suicide Attempt
Mrs. Len Rain of Menlo walked to neighbor Mrs. D N Main before dawn and confessed taking poison. The woman was admitted to medical care but died shortly after in severe agony.
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Menlo Womar
Guthrie
Len Rain
Menlo
D. N. Main
State farms study yields top corn in southern Iowa
The Board of Control conducted experiments in corn raising at state farms in southern Iowa. This year at Clarinda and Glenwood the crops include some of the finest corn ever grown in the state.
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Iowa
Board of Control
Clarinda
Glenwood
Vacation for Student Voters in Ames
The First Voters club persuades college authorities to grant a vacation on Monday and Tuesday of election week so students may go home to vote. The move aims to boost student participation in local elections and turnout.
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Ames
First Voters Club
His Wife as Hired Man at Mount Ayr Divorce Case
J P Price a Mount Ayr farmer faces a divorce action as his wife claims he forced her to clean stables crosscut, shovel grain and perform hired man duties around the farm. She seeks relief from the marriage amid a wage dispute and alleged coercive labor.
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Mount Ayr
J. P. Price
Ann
Reform in Prison Methods Bill for sentencing start time
A bill will be presented to the next legislature to count penitentiary sentences from the hour of sentencing or incarceration rather than the actual committal to prison. The proposal aims to address controversy, as many prisoners seek to apply the sentence time from sentencing to the prison arrival.
Iowa items of crime and community news roundup
Reports include Paul Rachef sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison for arson. Bank affairs note full depositor payment at Carroll National Bank and Kent State Savings Bank name change. Obituary flags honor for Algona’s Jessie Jones and Jamaica mission move of Julia Bentley. A child’s rescue, a lakeside lottery twist, and a Mason City man injured by a blast. Also notes on a tree blossoming oddly, a Dallas county cemetery desecration, and medical updates from Iowa City and Seaside Jamaica missions.
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Paul Rachef
Fort Madison
J. M. Parker
Marshalltown
National Bank of Carroll
R. E. Coburn
Union County Savings Bank
Kent
Kent State Savings ‘Bank
Algona
Jessamine
Jones
Buffalo
N.Y
Hogan
Galva Tribune
Dick Varnumi
Jewell
Lake City
Nokes
Lake Cuy
J. B. Jones
Joe Ciouza
Mason Guy
Fairview Cemetery
Dallas County
Julia Bentley
N. J. Bentley
Oskaloosa
Jamaica
Mission Board of the Friends’ Church
J. G. van Ness
Iowa City
Eeat
The
State University
Hosta
Tadpoles prompt kid to ponder parents
A four year old Clyde Was observes tadpoles in a pond and asks about bringing them home. His father explains it’s impossible to transplant an entire family. Clyde then ponders aloud comparing himself to his father and asks if there is much difference between them.
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Oold
Clyde
Avery
Expert exclaims coughs and patient’s late-night practice
Expert notes the difficulty of coughing this morning while the patient claims to have practiced all night, highlighting a tension between perceived performance and symptoms. The exchange suggests a medical consultation scene focused on airway or respiratory effort.
Woman Chosen Magee Alderman After Notable Campaign
Mrs H J Gates has been elected one of Magee Tennessee six aldermen after an aggressive campaign noted as possibly the strongest in the state. Town residents expect she will be a first class alderman, and her long service to local educational work motivated the run. Also an advertisement extols Defiance Starch for giving stiffness with thinner application, improving fabric appearance and wear.
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H. J. Gates
Magee
Tenn
Tennessee
Up-to-Date Tea Party Etiquette and Starch Fashion
A six year old hosts an afternoon tea wishing to imitate her mother’s gatherings using pink tie sue paper and cambric tea. Uncle Tom endorses the fashion while a Defiance Starch advert touts home starching for shirt waists with proper stiffness and less wear.
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Tom
All the Difference in Journal Amusant Quip
A fragment from Journal Amusant quotes Nini Geree claiming a lover says my beauty intoxicates him and Elsie recalls a remark that I am enough to drive a man to drink. The item reflects salon chatter and social flirtations from a vintage periodical.
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Nini—Gecree
Elsie
Journal Amusant
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