Des Moines Republican State Committee Elects Woods Chairman
Frank P. Woods of Estherville was chosen as Republican State Central Committee chairman at the Savery hotel on the 13th. W. L. Converse elected to head the Fourth district and in charge of the Speakers bureau. The meeting set plans to open headquarters and arrange campaign plans for the coming months.
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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
Army of the Phillippines
Society of the Army of the Philippines
Kansas City
McArthur
Arthur McArthur
Cant
New Naturalization Laws Take Effect Federal Over Naturalization
The federal government after September 27 will have exclusive control over naturalization of aliens. Governor Cummins is informed at the capitol by the department of commerce and labor of the president's cabinet. Local officials will cease issuing naturalization papers and a system will govern the process, previously handled in a haphazard manner.
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Cummins
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bids Opened for Ames Agricultural Hall Project
Trustees opened bids for the new Agricultural Hall at the State college in Ames. Total state appropriation stood at 250000 and all bids stayed within that amount. The contract was not let. bids were sent to a committee for investigation. The lowest bid came from H H Schieuter of Chicago at 225000, followed by Charles Weitz & Son of Des Moines with 3226621.
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Agricultural Hall
State College
Ames
HH. Ww. Schieuter
Chicago
Charles Weitz & Son
Des Moines
Old Painter Advocates Patient Autumn House Painting
An elderly painter urges homeowners to choose autumn for painting, arguing longer between coats and higher quality white lead and linseed oil yield longer-lasting results. He warns against cheap mixtures and praises Notre Dame and Indiana University for their enduring traditions and growth without endowment.
Deaf Womer Farm Club forms in Berlin society
One of the most curious clubs on record has recently been formed by society women in Berlin. The principal condition of membership is that the applicant must be deaf. The club has over a hundred members who meet weekly in rooms on Wilhelmstrasse where they converse by ear trumpets and sign language and drink tea.
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Deaf Womer Farm Club
Berlin
Wilhelmstrasse
He Hit the Bookmaker at the Race Track
Patrick Murphy bets on a 50 to 1 gray horse in the final race, wins by a neck, and collects his winnings in silver dollars. The bookmaker jokes as Pat tests the coins, saying he is checking for a bad one.
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Patrick Murphy
Pat
Winning Start From Postum Grape-Nuts Breakfast Testimony
A teacher credits a simple breakfast of hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with improving digestion and energy. She describes past indigestion from a plain meal and notes a ten pound weight gain after switching to the cereal and drink. She urges readers to try the combination and references a promotional booklet.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Welivilie
Lynching of Bob Davis in Greenwood after Brooks attack
A mob in Greenwood, South Carolina, lynched Bob Davis after capturing him near Ninety-Six, following an assault on Miss Jenine Brooks in her father’s store and a subsequent rape of a 14-year-old girl. Gov. Heyward had urged restraint but was ignored as hundreds joined the pursuit. Local militia encamped at Chickamauga.
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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 chosen. Minneapolis encampment parade deadly
The Grand Army of the Republic elected RB. Brown of Zanesville as Commander-in-Chief and named William H. Armstrong and E. B. Fenton as senior and junior vice commanders in Minneapolis. A parade through downtown Minneapolis honored war veterans, ending with Col. Charles T. Keeting of New Orleans, Thomas A. Martin, and George A. Penny among the injured and deceased.
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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 Danville Rally
Speaker Cannon won renomination for Congress by acclamation at the Republican district convention in Danville. He praised the party record and national prosperity while signaling the campaign agenda. Labor leaders have condemned his stance on labor bills. Cannon rebutted AFL leader Gompers on the antiinjunction bill and related measures.
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Danville
Cannon
Congress
Republican Party
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
King Edward and Emperor William Meet in Kronberg Kiss
King Edward arrived by special train from Frankfort to a cordial reception in Kronberg Hesse Nassau. Emperor William and Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse-Nassau greeted him at the station and the two rulers kissed on both cheeks. The king wore a black Prince Albert coat and silk hat, the emperor a Posen Jaeger regiment uniform with 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 Riots
Acting authorities report a coordinated campaign of bomb and revolver attacks by terrorists and revolutionists across several Polish cities and beyond. In Warsaw the violence was most extreme, with over twenty killed and many wounded as police and troops faced the onslaught. An acting police chief, Corpinchenko, was killed at his doorstep in Chitra as part of the rising conflict.
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St. Petersburg
Poland
Samara
Ufa
Yalta
Kiev
Chitra
Corpinchenko
Alma
Warsaw
Buffalo Treasurer Set Free After Larceny Trial
Buffalo New York Fred O Murray a Colts lector of customs and former deputy county treasurer was acquitted on grand larceny charges tied to a graveyard scandal that deprived the county of thousands. The jury received a directed verdict of not guilty after the state rested. In New York policyholders secretary Nicholas Lonworth of Cincinnati was elected secretary of the International Policyholders committee succeeding 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 on Duluth Run
SuperiorWis Steamer F. A. Meyer broke all lumber carrying records by departing Duluth with 1,500000 feet of sixty day lumber surpassing the former Jesse Spalding record of 1,460,000 feet.
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Superior
Wis
F. A. Meyer
Duluth
Jesse Spalding
Four Lives Lost In River Tragedy At Davenport
Davenport Washington mourns as five social figures fatedly drown during a river outing on the Spokane River twelve miles northeast. Among the dead are Winnie Jones A L Bergett Mrs A L Gergett Roy Moward and A L Imlan. Four of the victims died heroically while attempting to save others as they entered the river one by one and were pulled under by whirlpools and currents.
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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 Honor Of Exposition Leaders
Berlin. Dr Theodore Lewald German commissioner general to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St Louis hosted a dinner Thursday night for David Francis president of the exposition and a fair committee deputation Breckinridge Jones L D Dozier and S M Felton all prominent figures in Chicago and the railway line. train goes over embankment South Bend Indiana A Big Four freight engine and 13 cars plunged after a weakened culvert engineers and crews escaped injury Riverside area near Eau Claire Mich
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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 Pardon for Prisoners in Empire
Constantinople reports the sultan ordered release of all prisoners who have completed two thirds of their sentences as a market gratification for his health recovery. The move covers the empire's inmates and reflects the sovereign's humanitarian gesture.
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Constantinople
Empire
City Employee Pleads Guilty in Street Work 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.
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Milwaukee
John Broziek
Eighteenth Ward
Green Bay Reformatory
Yeomen Funds total in excess of half a million
The Brotherhood of American Yeomen headquartered in Des Moines reports total funds of 563,017.43 with 562,017.48 in aggregates and 60,000 from a 48 Tote Membership. A rigid audit found no irregularities and praised the officers’ conscientious leadership as Iowa shows Yeomen as the leading and richest Iowa insurance company with 21,106 Yeomen policyholders among 76,718 in the state. William Koch serves as Grand Foreman and W. E. Davy as Chief Correspondent. the board comprises five directors 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 thrills Des Moines fair crowd
Sensational feature at the Iowa State Fair promises a 500 foot airship flight by Knabenshue aboard the famous air ship from the Strate Fair grounds to the capitol dome and back. The program includes top vaudeville acts, a 300 foot garden backdrop, and renowned bands.
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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
French dentist grabs gun and extracts all teeth
A French legislator sought dental care when a dentist pulled a revolver and forced removal of every tooth. The dentist was described as crazy and the patient reportedly bit the gun in response. In Erie Rangas a woman frets over her husband dying first to join his first wife in heaven.
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Erie
Rangas
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F. H. True
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W. P. Fitch
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Harry Gross
W. E. True
Sioux City
F. HS Siinger
Waverly
Frank Norton
Burlington
General Assembly
Taft
Ft. Des Alames
J. Franklin Bell
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Fort Des Moines
Hull
Samantha West
Polk County
Highland Park
United States
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Lester W. Lewis
Thomas D. Healy
Jerry B. Sullivan
Walter Dewey
Chariton
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Pliny the Younger
University of Notre Dame
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