Des Moines Prohibition Platform Dominates State Convention
Des Moines delegates clashed over John J. Hamilton's platform as the prohibitionist ticket failed to gain proper recognition. The platform demanded a constitutional prohibition, tax reform, direct presidential and senator votes, labor arbitration, and recall powers, while opposing social tolerance and endorsing railroad property audits. C. D. Ellen and K. W. Brown were chosen as national committeemen and delegates to the Columbus convention.
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Des Moines
Friends
John J. Hamilton
Board of Trade
Interstate Commercce Commission
C. D. Ellen
Marshalltown
K W. Brown
Ames
Iowa
Columbus O
Democratic State Convention Nominees Tally at Sioux City
The Iowa Democratic State Convention met in Sioux City to nominate Supreme Court candidates and adopt a platform. Key figures included W. Higbie Creston and Theo Sraeford Marsh, with J. Dalton elected secretary and a new state central committee listed by district.
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Executive Council
Pelk
Dallas
Claude R. Porter
John E. Craig
Oliver P. Meyers
C C. Loomis
Fred E. White
D. A. Ray
Julius Ruge
C. E. Monroe
James S. Cunningham
Charles HE. Rogers
C. E. Miller
John M. Stoke
Supreme Court
George Whittemore
Groves
C. C. Loomis
John
Stoke
ioner—Mack J
Davenport
Iowa Christian Church Convention
Capitol Hill Church of Christ
Des Moines
General Assembly
Disciples of Christ
Wiliams
Des Moin
Sioux Ci
Democrate Convention
Phittorm House
Macqoemcla
W. Highie
Creston Price
Indienola
Democr State Committee
John Dalionson
J. Maquokeia
D. W. Higbie
Crea
Wlhl Jacques
Ottumwa
Theo. Sraeford
Marsh
Cummins
Iowa
Fred. E. White
Prestess
Towa
Ords
United States
Congress
Boards of Health
State Board of Health
Senate
Democratic Party
W. J. Bryan
Glorious Fourth Celebration Bizarre Scribbles Report
A fragmentary, playful account recalls a July Fourth observance with a wandering Billy among a marching band, a great oak, and a scene of fireworks. The garbled text hints at revelry, cheers, and moments of carefree mischief shared by youths and crowds.
Fourth of July and the claim of discovery in 1432
A folk explanation questions how July Fourth became a holiday and doubts that Christopher Columbus or George Washington discovered it in 1432. The text challenges the idea of a school holiday tied to that date and suggests alternate origins.
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Christopher Columbus
George Washington
Glorious Fourth Celebration Promises Big Show
A fragmentary notice urges families to attend a major Fourth of July spectacle described as a yearly event. Promises a midnight appearance and a dramatic display of firecrackers. Children are encouraged to come with their boys for the loud affair.
Grand Capitol City Dining Scene Recall
Little Elsie recounts a Washington visit and a supper at a grand hotel dining room filled with senators and representatives and their wives. She praises the refined manners of the Great Persons and notably complimenting the deportment of the colored waiters who served the wine.
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Elsie
Washington
Capitol
Rep
Eczema Healed After Cuticura Treatment
Mrs Algy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio shares that her son Clyde suffered severe eczema for a year with head and body scabs and blood discharge before Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent brought a dramatic improvement. Within six weeks he was perfectly well.
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Clyde
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Time‑A amendments and a brutal remark at marriage
A clipped exchange follows a year after a couple faced a parson. The wife asks if heaven sent the husband to her, and he replies that it was sent as a punishment, revealing the harsher dynamic of their marriage and the strained aftermath of their union.
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Heaven
Combine
Foot ease and lottery ads in a 19th century page
A compact ad page features Allen's Foot-Ease praised as a cure all for tired feet with testimonials, plus lottery dividends in Mexico City and Murine Eye Remedy claims for red eyes. It ends with a quip about a boy starting to smoke and a girl flirting, reflecting period life topics.
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Allen
Murine
Marme Ere Remedy Co
Chicago
Peruna Suggested To Halt Stomach Fermentation And Thinness
Medical advice from an old period piece discusses thinness due to stomach catarrh and fat maldigestion. It links hyperacidity and pancreatic inactivation to fat lack, recommending Peruna before meals to speed digestion and prevent fermentation, then urging higher intake of fist-forming foods to restore fullness and health.
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Fiftyith Infantry
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Fiftybird Infantry
James L. Carlson
Cominfanter
Sixth Infantry
Small Arms Department
The
National Guard Organization
Brennan
Pferty
Supreme Courts
Seer Vexpeosa
Claude BR. Porter
Cnly
Guthrie
Polk
Fred White
Ahisoz
Gathrie
Allison
Polk Country
Board of Isers
Republican Party
dAilison
Anderson
Anundson
Packard
Carroll
Garst
Hamilton
Clark
Murphy
Wilson
Auditor
Bleakly
Hopkins
McManus
Riggs
Cockfield
Ketchum
Keys
Copeland
Hamery
Ir. Hamery
NM. C. SehHiz
Polk County ‘Medical Association
Schlitz
Sioux City
Rame
Higbie
Party
Alexington
J. G. Vanlent
Muscatine
Thomas Duffy
Dubuque
T. M. Bonovan
New Hampton
S. R. Moore
Anamosa
I. Reed
Otcumwa
Clint. Price
Indianola
J. R. Reynolds
Crestener
Wash
K—J. I. Hughes
Council Bluffs
John F. Dalton
Manson
Elevinth
W. H. Beck
Avkitin
Ataise
Weill
Ialy
Eyn
Shox
R Maud Walker
Trencam
Lizz
Cutiura
Itexico City
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