Why They Were Chosen Des Moines City Officials Story
Des Moines launched the Des Moines plan on April 1 1908 with a mayor and four councilmen A J Mathis Wesley Ash John MacVicar John L Hamery and Charles W Schramm elected from over forty candidates The article highlights Ash the labor leader and Hamery the milkman student who exposed graft and fought public service abuses Schramm the assessor is noted for raising corporate assessments while facing entrenched opposition
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Des Moines
A. J. Mathis
Wesley Ash
John MacVicar
John L. Hamery
Charles W. Schramm
Businessen
Des Moines Voters Elect Mayor Despite Machine Push
In a strong showing the people chose Schaum over 43 candidates, while MacVicar faced organized opposition from Republican papers and corporate interests. MacVicar, twice mayor, drew about 10,000 of 14,000 votes amid a fierce campaign opposing the old guard. The public elected city officials through broad, party-spanning support, resisting the influence of liquor interests and corporations.
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Schaum
News
John MacVicar
MacVicar
Des Moines
Parade Restrictions on Sunday Baseball Stir Controversy
A Star reader rebuts the park board ban on Sunday baseball at the Parade field. He recalls historic kid games on the site and argues the current restrictions are humorously overcautious given the Parade’s layout and distance to nearby houses. He jokes about “slab artists” and batsmen capable of wild pitches.
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Park Board
Fifteenth Street
Paseo
Woodland Avenue
America
West Grounds
Judge Paroles Jointists In Kansas Liquor Case
In Hiawatha Kansas Judge W I Stuart reviewed six druggists convicted for violating the prohibitory law. He previously fined each 100 dollars and sixty days in jail, but paroled them for two years. If law breaking occurs again, they will be jailed and a permanent injunction bars future liquor sales. The approach has curbed arrests and warned others.
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Hiawatha
Kas
May
W. IL Stuart
Stuart
Ottawa Promoters Seek Interurban Franchises
Ottawa Kansas May 8 The city council has three franchise applications for interurban electric lines. R C Rawlins of Chanute seeks a through Main street line Coffeyville to Kansas City via Baldwin. Kansas City and Southwestern Railroad arrives with survey party for trunk line to Southern Kansas. Kansas Traction of Coffeyville has completed surveys through Ottawa and moves to Lawrence. All claim capital in sight to build into Kansas City.
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Ottawa
Kas
R. C. Rawlins
Chanute
Main Street
Coffeyville
Kansas City
Baldwin
Kansas City & Southwestern Railroad Company
Kansas
Kansas Traction Company
Lawrence
Judge Chrisman Is Better After Illness
The condition of Judge G. L. Chrisman who has been very ill at his home in Independence is much improved today.
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Chrisman
G. L. Chrisman
Independence
Ouster suits move to state supreme court in Kansas
Assistant Attorney General C W Trickett announced that ouster suits against Kansas City Kansas police officers and detectives will be dismissed in Wyandotte county courts and filed in the Kansas state Supreme Court. He said the police view the suits as a joke and that he seeks quicker action plus possible fines up to 500 dollars. The aim is to compel police to gather evidence for county prosecutions and to show they have been earnest in liquor raids.
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Kansas City, Kas
Wyandotte
Kansas State Supreme Court
C. W. Trickett
Mr. Trickett
Supreme Court
Kansas City
Kas
Rifle Team to England For Olympic Matches
The National Rifle Association announces a U S team of eight shooters six principals and two alternates to represent the United States at Bisley England July 9 10 and 11 selections by open competition at a later date. The team will use U S magazine rifle model 1993 at ranges 200 to 1000 yards with specified firing requirements. Candidates should forward names to NRA officers in Washington. The assembled team departs around June 20 and returns about July 20 with expenses paid from selection to return.
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Washington
National Rifle Association
United States
Bisley
England
War Department
Navy Department
Marine Corps
Adjutants General
Aed
State Rifle Association
Rifle Ubs
Paper Mill Visit Highlights Paper Price Rise Inquiry
Washington May 8 Victor E Bender publisher of the Daily Nonpareil Council Bluffs Ia testified before a House special committee investigating wood pulp and print paper costs He cited prices rising from 1 70 per hundred pounds ten years ago to 2 50 now attributing the increase to water scarcity and higher production costs The panel will tour Corinth N Y to probe the Hudson paper mill and will seek labor union cooperation in the inquiry.
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Washington
Victor E. Bender
Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Ia
House
Council Bluffs
Mann
Mr. Bender
Corinth
N. Y
Hudson
Collision Off English Coast Involving Matiana Near Portland
The British steamer Matiana en route from London to Calcutta collided with a Hamburg-American liner about twenty miles south of Portland England. Matiana returned with a broken stern and other damage. A tug searches for the unidentified Hamburg ship as it had planned to enter Portland. Other brief items note Horton Kansas shop closures planned for May 15 and discussions on shop policy and piece-work rates.
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Portland
England
London
Calcutta
Here
Hamburg
Horton
Kas
Hiawarna
Rock Island
French Balloon Teams Selected for Berlin Cup
Count Henri de la Vaulx Jacques Faure and Alfred le Blanc aecronauts named French representatives in the international balloon contest for the James Gordon Bennett cup in Berlin on October 11.
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Paris
Henri de la Vaulx
Jacques Faure
Alfred le Blanc
Aecronauts
Berlin
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Public Service Corporation
Ash
John Hamery
Hamery
Drake University
College Hill
Street Railway Company
Tiomery
Homery
Iowa
Eve Neecae
Polce
Fire Departments
Department of Parks and Public Buildings
Cr. Schaum
Schanm
PHP
CG. W. Trigkett
Markemen
New York
Cannon
East Shopping
12Th & Main Sts
Kayser
Unte
Copenhagen
S. 8S. Fretz & Co
Philadelphia
Aries
Royal Worcester
Batiste
Bernheimers
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