Political ticket list from 1909 election
A long desultory ballot listing candidates across many offices. Names include William H Ta of Ohio for president and Tamegs Suranan for vice president, with numerous state and local offices such as governor attorney general auditor treasurer and sheriff. Also listed are district representatives and county officials with term dates starting 1909 and 1910.
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William H TA
Ohio
Tamegs
Suranan
New Yorks
U. 3
Sena
B. Allibor
Jh. Ff Carroll
Ge Feo
W. Clark
Jhwor
W. O
Hayward
John E.bleakly
Ohn
K. Riggs
Lerk
Supreme Court
L.bosyquet
Ni B. Ketchum
G. BK. Pickett
Win. Weldon
RSA
Vigors
J. B. Starr, Jr
FS A
Burlingame
Matt Kennedy
Gog
W. Ward
Thomas Walsh
Julia Scurry
RB. Gardner
Board of Supervisors
J. C. Jackson
K. R. Swallume
Iowa Republicans Split Over Special Session Fallout
The Sioux City Journal notes a divided Iowa Republican party after a special legislative session. Key figures like Carroll and Murphy draw criticism for candor and ambition, while calls grow for quick adjournment to mend party rifts. The looming question is how the party will unite to nominate a successor and stabilize before the long term.
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Iowa
I and White
Land Carroll
Herald
Frank P. Sargent Dies as Labor Advocate and Counselor
An obituary notes Frank P. Sargent, commissioner general of immigration, as a key friend and counselor of organized labor. He balanced employer and employee interests, exemplifying a labor leader who could protect rights on both sides. The piece also urges Iowa lawmakers to adjourn the session to halt costly expenses, urging support for Republican nominees.
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Organized Labor
Frank P. Sargent
Immigration
Sargent
Iowa
General Assembly
New Fall Styles Report From Des Moines Capital
The advance notices reveal menswear trends with a Directoire slit pant, outer seam cut to the knee and lacing from there. A pillowsham like white ruffle is suggested as an enhancement. Green becomes the dominant color in suits ties cuffs and hats, with a playful warning about potential overtness.
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Des Moines
Paris Green
Parsifal to Run One Sitting in Wisner on Sept 18
Wagner’s Parsifal arrives at the Wisner on September 18 with a single 7:45 p.m. fret act to avoid late hours. In Baireuth and New York, audiences enjoyed an interval with dining and grounds promenades before the second half. The curtain rises at 7:45 to conclude in one sitting.
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Baireuth
Bavaria
Festival
New York City
Metropolitan Theatre
Wisner
Old Settlers Picnic in Hardin County Grove
The Hardin County Pioneer Association holds its annual meeting at H W Millers grove north of Lawn Hill on Sept 19 and 20 with basket dinners on both days. Activities include music addresses by Rev C T Gifford and Rev I N Rich, relics display, recitations by Katie Kennedy and Clem Brightwell, and church songs.
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Hardin County Pioneer Association
H.W
May Lynn
Bessie Boody
Clem Brightwell
T. Y. McClure
Pleasant Chapel
Worlds Biggest Clock in Jersey City Sets World Record
Jersey City mayor H Otto Wittpenn pressed a button to start the world’s largest clock atop a city factory. Dials measure 38 feet across with a 1134 square foot face, the minute band weighs 20 feet and nearly a third of a ton, and the entire mechanism weighs about six tons. The dial is lit from behind with incandescent lights and red numerals.
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Jersey City
H. Otto Wittpenn
Parliament
London
United States
Philadelphia City Hall
Aerial Trips for Health in Medical Journal Views
The Maryland Medical Journal editor envisions aerial voyages aiding medicine. He predicts a future era of aerial therapeutics with airships aiding treatment and access to distant places, describing a world where homes sit near the coast and upper air is clean and germ free.
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Maryland Medical Journal
Discharge in the Trenches Ailing Irish Soldier’s Wit
A touching wartime anecdote describes an Irish soldier in trenches signaling for a furlough with his hands until a bullet wounds his arm. He quips that it is a discharge. The piece from London Answers contrasts this with Broad Street brokers signaling Quotations in deaf and dumb code, noting brokers’ evolving signals and rival secret signs.
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Lbumor
Pat
London
Broad Street
New York
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Safest Way Duel Dialogue in Old Kansas City Paper
In a dramatic Kansas City Newsbook excerpt two duelists plead they have never fired a pistol. They warn the match may be accidental and insist any shot would be stray, while seconds prepare the deadly weapons and urge careful aim.
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Kaaiven
Jet
Kansas City
Selwyn's Curious Taste and Lords Final Visit
George Selwyn indulged in a rare appetite for viewing corpses, even those of friends. Lord Wollong lay ill at Thorland Howse before his death and sent word asking how he fared. Lord Holland replied that if alive tomorrow he would welcome Selwyn, and if dead Selwyn would still be glad to see him.
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Selwyn
George Selwyn
Lord Wollong
Thorland Howse
Bke
Lord Holland
George
Costly Jar of the Subway Fire in London House
A London mansion with a subterranean railway beneath its foundations featured a blower in the bedroom grate. A servant raised it to hasten burn, causing the draft to soar as the blower dropped, igniting the chimney and roof fire that spread soot and water-tank blaze. Newspaper: Pittsburg Post.
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London
Spittsburg
Country outing ends with serpent melee and fright
A narrator recalls a country visit where a 17 year old hostess’s daughter clubs a black snake with her skirts and boots. The action turns frightening to the observer yet is described as supreme entertainment for the girl. The tale Amuses the young companion who later recalls Ingard's kangaroo scene.
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Menadow
Iris
Inggard
Jess’ Eght
Brooklyn Eagle
Hare in the Moon Tale Touched by Sacred Sacrifice
Garret BP Serviss recounts a Buddhist legend from Astronomy With the Naked Eye where the god Sakkrin disguised as a Brahmin seeks aid from animals. The hare sacrifices itself by leaping into a fire, allowing the god to escape but becoming the Moon’s enduring symbol of self sacrifice.
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Garrett BP
Serviss Jn Lis
Sakkrin
Cerebral Embolism Described By Medical Note
A New York Herald summary explains cerebral embolism as sudden brain artery blockage by an embolus from heart vegetation. It details path of lodging, resulting unconsciousness and death, with the middle cerebral artery often affected and symptoms likened to apoplexy.
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Jess
New York Herald
A Quaint English Ceremony Described in October Custom
The London city solicitor and assistant attend the royal regent brancer on the last day of October. Proclamations compel tenants and occupiers of moors in Salop to render service under peril. The solicitor halves two fag ots, one with a hatchet and one with a bibook, then Almmons to tenants of a forge in the Strand. Six horse shoes and sixty-one nails are paid, though the forge is long gone and the same shoes and nails recur annually, at least two centuries old.
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London
Brancer
Salop
Strand
Byth
Farmers Co operative Elevator Co Incorporation in Iowa
Articles of Incorporation reveal the Farmers Co operative Elevator Co formed in Owasa Hardin county Iowa. Capital stock set at 2450 dollars with shares of 25 dollars. maximum 10 shares per member. board of seven directors plus officers to be elected on the second Saturday in July. The charter limits indebtedness to two thirds of paid shares and allows borrowing up to five thousand dollars with collateral. Notarized signatures of organizers and county notary public.
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Farmers' Co-operative Elevator Co
Owasalowa
Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Co
Owasa
Hardin County
Iowa
Lewits
Hardin County Savings Bank Charter Granted
The Iowa State Auditor confirms Hardin County Savings Bank at Bidora is authorized to transact savings bank business. Bonded directors named include Thomas Newcomer and others. Certificate issued September 1908, with first publication notices in September.
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Bank No
Iowa
Uardin County Savings Bank
Bidora
Iowe
Ints
Aghhor Vty
Thomas Mme Jo
Newcomer
Meisean Duren
Greet
Avis
Gk Gita
Thomas Lirson
Dok Molies
Hardin County National Bank Charter Granted
The Treasury Department confirms Hardin County National Bank of Eldora Iowa is authorized to commence banking under charter No 9253. Certification cites compliance with federal statutes and Section 51 469 Revised Statutes, with official witness and date details recorded.
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Treasury Department Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Washnarron
2. C
Warertas
Thas
Hardin County National Bank of
Rigora
Midora
Tardin
Towns
United States
Lawrence O. Mureau
Dora
Eldora
Kardin
Powna
Unitad
Hardin County
Etiate
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Anther Carroll
Bernard Murphy
Murphy
Sioux City Journal
Condi Ga
S. J Stac
Lewid Erkraut
Ackley
Miffi
Allans
Melbourne
Bishop
W. D. Evans
Hampton
Bro. Cole
Cedar Rapids
Pacific Coast
Great Northwest
re“Splican Party
Ogee
Parsifal
OLD Settlers
C.T. Gifford
I. N. Rich
Hubbard
N. P. Quartette
Maryland
Humphreys
GO. Luau
Carl King
Hina
KW. Woten
Wadteecof
Ule
Lae Simpson
Meuman Ukcudel
Otl
Sia
Vas
Say
Minne
State of
Lowa
Miavdin
C. PL Leslie
Cart Ling
Rod, Heath
Wolfe
Walter Potter
AL. Lipson
Ferny Itusehet
I. Obanian
Shanes
Vaan Orsdel
Miller
Tome
Tino PO
Jackson
Lseal
Hardin County Savings Bank Charter
Hardin County National Bank Charter
Iane
Lovesey Kirst
George TW. Wilson
Abie Wilson
A_d. Butyolph
Jardin
Towit
Bopinbes
A. J
J.D. Newcomer
Int Pub
Wad
Gao
A. Starr
Natug
Geo. A. Starr
Notley
Dald
Eldorown
Betoqubor
A, Mcieen Duren
J. D. Newcomer
Ells D. Robb, Cashiar
Jas. Nuckella
Uashior
Directora
Thomas Megan
Mcleen Duren
C. E. Greef
Davis
Geo
B. Gilman
Thomas Larson
Albrook & Lundy
Hardin County Stat Bank
Widora
Lown
U. S. Patent Office
Washington, D
Swift&g
N.C. Morse
Winzick Nigeon
Towa Central
Wisner Opera House
Harry Scott Co
David Edwin Music
Geo. Fletcher
Kingsford
Oswego
Alice Cary Waterman
Janet M. Hill
T. Kingsford & Son
Osweco
H.Y. Wational Starch Company
Succeacors
Cail
Anyang
Mare
CPSP
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