Des Moines GOP selects Woods as chairman at Savery hotel
Frank P. Woods of Estherville elected chairman of Iowa Republican State Central Committee at a Savery hotel meeting on the 13th. W. L. Converse named head of the Speakers bureau, with Taft and Bell to inspect forts Des Moines and Fort Des Moines likely to gain brigade status debated. Aged ex-slave Mrs Samantha West dies near Highland Park at 112. Conference postpones U S senate direct election meet to December 5. Army of Philippines elects Arthur MacArthur as commander in chief. Higher fraternal rates recommended by insurance commission based on mortality tables.
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Woods
Des Moines
Frank P. Woods
Estherville
Republican State Central Committee
Savery Hotel
D. Rimker
Rock Rapids
C. 3. Franke
Parkersburg
Parame
W. L. Converse
Fourth
Burau
Observatoryuilding
Spence
Iowa
Ft. Dodge
Cummis
Emmet
W. J. McCoy
Clinton
Br. Woods
Mr. Woods
Messrs
McCoy
Franke
Converee
Estabrook
McColl
Riniker
Mr. McCoy
Messrs. Woods
Cowles
Epps
Copeland
Wright
R. H. Spence
Taft
Ft. Des Alames
J. Franklin Bell
Staf
Tnp
West
Bell
Congress
Fort Des Moines
Hull
Samantha West
Polk County
Highland Park
United States
Iown
Larrabee
Lester W. Lewis
Thomas D. Healy
Fort Dodge
Jerry B. Sullivan
Walter Dewey
Chariton
Army of the Phillippines
Society of the Army of the Philippines
Kansas City
McArthur
Arthur McArthur
Cant
Insurance Commission
Legislative Commission
New Naturalization Laws Shift Citizenship Powers
The federal government will have exclusive jurisdiction over naturalization after Sept 27, communicated to Governor Cum mins. Local officials will secure forms and oversee the process under the new system, ending state superior courts issuing naturalization papers.
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Cummins
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bids Opened for Agricultural Hall at State College Ames
Bids for the new Agricultural Hall at Iowa State College Ames were opened by the trustees. The $250,000 appropriation was not exceeded as all bids fell within the sum. The contract was not let and the bids were sent to a committee for investigation. The lowest bid was $225,000 from HH W Schieuter of Chicago, followed by $326,621 from Charles Weitz & Son of Des Moines.
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Agricultural Hall
State College
Ames
HH. Ww. Schieuter
Chicago
Charles Weitz & Son
Des Moines
Old Painter Advises Long Drying Between Coats
An elderly painter urges house owners to extend drying times between coats to two or more weeks to boost paint life. He cautions against cheap mixes and adulterated oils, urging use of pure white lead and linseed oil and on-site mixing for best results. The piece also notes Notre Dame and Indiana University as examples of long-standing institutions with strong traditions.
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University of Notre Dame
Ita
Indiana University
Notre Dame
Deaf Womer Farm Club forms in Berlin
A new club in Berlin gathers society women who are deaf as the main requirement for membership. The group, over a hundred members strong, meets weekly in elegant rooms on Wilhelmstrasse and communicates via ear trumpets and sign language while enjoying tea.
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Deaf Womer Farm Club
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
He Hit the Bookmaker at the Race Track
Patrick Murphy bets on a gray horse at last race after hearing of fortunes. He wins by a neck and cashed in a dollar, receiving silver coins. The bookmaker jokes, Irishman tests coins to spot a bad one among them, delaying Pat’s payout.
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Patrick Murphy
Pat
A Winning Start With Postum and Grape-Nuts
A bright teacher reports indigestion from a simple breakfast of fruit toast and egg. Switching to a cup of hot Postum with Grape-Nuts and cream improved digestion, nervous energy, and even enabled a ten pound weight gain. The claim to fame is that Grape-Nuts holds first rank at any table, per Postum Co. marketing.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welivilie
Lynching of Davis in Greenwood after Brooks assault
A mob killed Bob Davis in Greenwood after Gov. Heyward failed to stop the lynching. Davis had attacked Miss Jenine Brooks in her father’s store, slashing her throat and injuring her fingers, then assaulted a 14 year old girl before capture near Ninety-Six.
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Columbia
S.C
Jenine Brooks
Strey Fine
Herward
Bob” Davis
Heyward
Davis
Chickamauga
Richland
Miss Brooks
Brooks
Hnally
Ninety-Six
Greenwood
Grand Army Chief elected at encampment parade in Minneapolis
The Grand Army of the Republic elected RB. Brown of Zanesville Ohio as Commander in Chief at its annual meeting. New officers include William H. Armstrong of Indianapolis and E. B. Fenton of Detroit. In Minneapolis three veterans died during the fortieth parade since the war’s end, Col Charles Keeting of New Orleans died after heat and exhaustion, Thomas A. Martin collapsed and died en route to hospital, and George A. Penny of Logan, Indiana, was injured by an automobile.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
RB. Brown
Zanesville
William H. Armstrong
Indianapoli
E. B. Fenton
Detroit
Archbishop John Ireland
St. Paul
W. H. Johnson Lincoln
Ohio
Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
Fourteenth Army Corps
Grand Army
Brown
Nesville Courier
Charles T. Keeting
New Orleans
Thomas A. Martin
George A. Penny
Logan
Boom Cannon for Presidency In Eighteenth District
Danville reports Speaker Cannon received renomin ation for Congress by acclamation at the Republican convention in the Eighteenth district. He warned the party’s campaign, praising Republican records and national prosperity. Labor leaders criticized his labor policy stance and anti injunction bill remarks.
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Danville
Cannon
Congress
Republican Party
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
King and Kaiser Kiss in cordial meeting at Kronberg
King Edward arrived by special train from Frankfort to Kronberg Hesse Nassau where Emperor William and Prince Frederick Charles met him at the station. They kissed on both cheeks in a very cordial exchange. The king wore a black coat and silk hat while the emperor wore Posen Jaeger regimental dress with a steel helmet.
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Kronberg
Hesse Nassau
Prussia
Edward
Frankfort
William
Frederick Charles
Hesse-Nassau
Prince Albert
Posen Jaeger
Charles Hardinge
Foreign Office
Stanley Clarke
Frederick FE. G. Ponsonbr
Yeazesty
Frank Lascalles
Germany
Francis Oppenheimer
Friederichshot
Concerted Plan to Murder in Polish Cities
Acting with a definite plan, terrorists and revolutionists launched a carnage of bombs and revolvers against police and troops across Poland. Echoes reached Samara, Ufa, Yalta, Kiev, and Chitra where Acting Chief of Police Corpinchenko was slain on his doorstep. In Warsaw the campaign produced over twenty deaths and many injuries.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
Samara
Ufa
Yalta
Kiev
Chitra
Corpinchenko
Alma
Warsaw
Buffalo Treasurer Free After Grand Larceny Charge
Fred O. Murray, formerly deputy county treasurer and customs collector, was acquitted of grand larceny tied to the graveyard scandal that cost the county thousands. The court directed a not guilty verdict after the state rested. In New York, Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati was elected secretary of the International Policyholders committee of New York and Mutual Life Insurance to replace Seymour Eaton who resigned.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Fred O. Murray
Murray
Policyholders
New York
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
International Policyholders’ Committee
The
Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Serymour Eaton
Breaks Lumber Carrying Record by Steamer Mey er
The Superior Wis Steamer F A Mey er broke all previous lumber carrying records by departing Duluth with 1 500000 feet of sixtyday lumber, surpassing the Jesse Spalding which held 1 460000 feet.
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Superior
Wis
F. A. Meyer
Duluth
Jesse Spalding
Four Lives Lost In Davenport Outing Tragedy
Davenport Wash residents Miss Winnie Jones A L Bergett Mrs A L Gergett Roy Moward and A L Imlan drowned while picnicking on the Snokane river banks about 12 miles northeast. Four of the victims sacrificed themselves trying to save others as they battled whirlpools and undercurrents.
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Davenport
Wash
Snokane
Winnie Jones
A.L. Bergett
A. L. Gergett
Roy Moward
A. L. Imlan
Dinner to Fair Officers in Berlin Honor Table Officials
German commissioner general Dr Theodore Lewald hosted a dinner in Berlin on Thursday night honoring David R Francis president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition and a deputation of the fair committee Breckinridge Jones L D Dozier and S M Felton of the Chicago Afton railway. Train Goes Over Embankment in South Bend Ind A Big Four freight engine and 13 cars plunged from an embankment near Eau Claire caused by a weakened culvert. Crews escaped unharmed.
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Berlin
Theodore Lewald
St. Louis
David BR. Francis
Breckinridge Jones
L. D. Dozier
S. M. Felton
Chicago & Afton Railway
South Bend
Ind
Eau Claire
Mich
Sultan Grants Mass Prisoner Release in Pardon
In Constantinople the sultan ordered the release of all prisoners who have completed two thirds of their sentences as a market gratification for the recovery of his health.
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Constantinople
Empire
City Employe Pleads Guilty in Milwaukee Ward Case
Milwaukee sidewalk inspector John Broziek of the Eighteenth ward pleaded guilty to obtaining city orders by false pretenses and was committed to the Green Bay reformatory, signaling a misconduct case in local municipal oversight.
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Milwaukee
John Broziek
Eighteenth Ward
Green Bay Reformatory
Yeomen Funds Total Reach $563,017.43
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen, headquartered in Des Moines Yeomen Building, reports total association funds at $563,017.43 with $79,813.58 increase since January 1. An auditing committee from three states found no irregularities and strong financial health. The Iowa Insurance Commissioner confirms Yeomen as a leading and wealthy Iowa fraternal insurer with 21,106 of 76,718 policy holders in the state. William Koch serves as Grand Foreman and W E Davy as Chief Correspondent. five directors hail from four states.
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Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Yeomen
Des Moines
Iowa State Insurance Commissioner
Aud Tor Carrell
Yeomen Society
Iowa Insurance Company
Towa
Iowa
Wiliam Koch
W. E. Davy
Flight of an airship at Iowa State Fair spectacle
Sensational feature at Des Moines on Monday August 27 showcases Knabenshue air ship flying over 500 feet from Strate Fair grounds to the capitol dome and return. It promises the era’s finest vaudeville and music, with acts like Castellano and Volo and the Pekin zouaves, plus Liberati band and Fort Dodge’s Fifty-sixth Regiment.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Capitol
Portland
St Lous
National Capitol
Washington Monument
Allison
Europe
Castellano
Volo
Four Pickards
Buckeye
Martinette
Sylvester
Liberati
Fifty-sixth Regiment
Fort Dodge
Frenzy Dentist Forces Tooth Extraction in Paris Body
A French legislator visits a dentist who draws a revolver and compels the patient to extract every tooth. The dentist is described as crazy, and the patient bites the weapon in defiance. In Erie Rangas a woman frets that her husband may die first and join his first wife in heaven, leaving her alone.
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Erie
Rangas
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State Accounting Commission
State Commission
Carroll
F. H. True
Council Bluffs
W. P. Fitch
Mason City
Louis Fessler
Harry Gross
W. E. True
Sioux City
F. HS Siinger
Waverly
Frank Norton
Burlington
General Assembly
Pliny the Younger
B. Brown
Uncle Joe
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