County politics and suffrage debate reach a standstill
The article reviews county political debates over relocation of the county seat and a suffrage bill vote in the Iowa House, noting widespread apathy among representatives. It discusses potential candidates like Col. AJ Chantry, Perkins, and Governor Cummins, plus regional tax concerns in Malvern and Glenwood with comparisons to county figures and school funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Tribune
Town
Glenwood
Malvarn
Penviemon
Malvern
Sur Coonville
Malvevn
Rossuth
Senate
Iowa
Congress
Annual School Election Sets March Date for Two Directors and Treasurer
The regular annual school election takes place Monday March 12 with two directors and a treasurer to be elected. D. Ey Whittela and WP Wortman retire. The text notes Whittela is a candidate and Wortman not clearly seeking re election, praising Whittela as an efficient officer.
Primary Election Bill Advances in State Senate Debate
Des Moines Feb 20 Senator Crossleys statewide primary election bill will be debated in the state senate after weeks in committee. The measure, remodeled from its original draft, would require voters to declare party affiliation at the primary rather than at the general election, with a lengthy two to three day session and a likely Friday or Saturday vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Crossley
State Senate
Elections Committee
Assembly
Senate
Hfe
Whipple
Mossberry
Hughes
New York
Warren
Marion County
House
Board of Pardons
Board of Pardon Commissioners
Iowa
Trinoigs
Cummings
Marshall County
A.C. Rankdn
Nine Iowa players quit. Iowa City amateur baseball ends
Nine of Iowa University's top baseball players agreed not to play this year, stating they are professionals and that no amateur player with any skill remains. In Ames a carriage returning from church was struck by a fast Northwestern train, killing Sadie White and gravely injuring her mother Mrs. J. T. White.
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Iowa City
Iowa University
Ames
Sadie White
J. T. White
Northwestern
Traction Merger In Davenport to Buy Interurban Lines
Papers were signed by eastern capitalists to buy out traction, electric light, power and gas franchises in Davenport Iowa Rock Island and Moline Illinois and the Interurban line from these three cities to Watertown Illinois. The purchase price is approximately six million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Eastern
Traction
Rock Island
Moline
Til
Watertown
Willard Killed in Iowa Central Freight Collision
Iowa Central freights near Eldora kill engineer Willard of Mason City and injure brakeman Frank Sheehan of Oskaloosa and fireman Rogers in a head on crash. Willard was trapped beneath burning cars as both trains burned.
Iowa Senate approves bill tightening liquor petition rules
In Des Moines on February 18, the senate passed a bill aimed at liquor interests, threatening to void petitions of consent after five years and require new petitions to operate. The measure, approved after two hours of debate, faces house action and would apply statewide to all cities. Personal charges and insinuations during the session colored the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Iowa House Passes OMI Bill Limiting Firecracker Sales
In Des Moines on February 17 the Iowa legislature moved to ban age restrictions and sales of toy pistols caps and firecrackers containing any explosive beyond black powder or exceeding three feet in length and diameter. The measure advances toward a potential law governing firecrackers and related devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Acquittal in Alblia fire case cited in Feb report
Feb 16 report from Albia states Lula Austin a Black woman was acquitted of murder after a domestic incident. Her husband confronted her with a pocketknife. during the struggle she grabbed it and struck him with a sharp object more than twenty times fatally wounding him.
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Murda
Albia
Lula Austin
Former Speaker David Henderson Suffering Stroke
Former Speaker David B Henderson has suffered another paralytic stroke and is reportedly losing sight. His wife is the only person he recognizes as his condition worsens and observers fear the end may be near.
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David
Henderson
Dubuque
Web
David B. Hendérson
Women File Charges Against Des Moines Detective Chief
Three women Mrs. Charles Forrester Mrs. Minnie McGill and Mrs. Charles Billings filed formal charges with the police commission alleging Chief of Detective Hii Hardin hugged and kissed them in his private office during business visits. The women named their complainant and described improper conduct. Officials said the case would be reviewed under internal procedures and public safety standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deg Moines
Police Commission
Hii Hardin
Charles Forrester
Minnie McGill
Charles Billings
Cummins Cannot Serve Over Proxy Vote Commission
Des Moines February 15 Governor A B Cummins notified Thomas W Lawson of Boston that he could not serve on the commission proposed to vote proxies and to take other steps to effect such action regarding proxies held in the New York Life and Mutual Life companies.
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Cummins
Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
New York Life and Mutual Life Companies
Hobbs Named VP and GM of San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Des Moines reports the appointment of William Hobbs of Chicago as vice president and general manager of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway with headquarters in San Antonio. He is currently assistant to the president of the Rock Island road in Chicago. Also noted are upcoming coal wage conference plans for March 12 in Des Moines, with no strike expected, and a legislative pardon request in Des Moines for murderer George Weems based on his age and his parents’ hardship.
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Glenwood Paper
Hobbs
Aransas Pass
Des Moines
William Hobbs
Chicago
Rock Island
Iowa
San Antonio and
San Antonio
Touts Redpath
George Weems
Weems
B. H. French
Cummins Defends Third-Term Bid On Corporate Regulation
Iowa Governor Albert B. Cummins issues a statement to Republicans outlining reasons for seeking a third term. He centers on regulation of corporate control and rails against railroads for opposing anti-pass and state primary bills. He argues key issue is whether corporations or the people should master regulation, and accuses rail interests of using money and organization to defeat the primary election measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Sowgs
General Assembly
Jossen
Hartzell Returns From Africa to Aid Mission Drive
Rev Joseph C Hartzell Methodist Episcopal missionary bishop to Africa returns to New York after two years abroad aboard the America He plans months of fundraising to promote industrial mission schools in Africa and to recruit new missionaries He notes progress in east west central and south Africa and hopes Liberia will grow as a main Black republic governed by native and American descendants now about 18000 strong plus several thousand natives
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Republllc
Likaria
New, York
Methodist Episcopal
Attica
Joseph C. Hartzell
America
Africa
Hartzéli
South Africa
Republic of
Liberia
Actress Killed by Fall on Stair in New York
New York reports actress Gussie Hart, fifty, died from a fractured skull after falling twenty steps at an uptown cafe. She died in a cab en route home as companions summoned a doctor and police investigated possible foul play. Several arrests were made before the coroner discharged all involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gussie Hart
New York
State Senator Green on Trial in Washington
After delays caused by New York and Washington proceedings, former State Senator George F. Green of Binghamton New York faced trial before Justice Gould on indictments charging conspiracy related to furnishing postal supplies. He was indicted jointly with George Beavers, prisoner at Moundsville penitentiary.
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Green
Washington
New York
George F. Green
Binghamton
N. Y
Gould
George ‘W. Beavers
Moundsville Penitentiary
Shot Dead by His Wife in Kansas City
Edward Drogmund, leader of a theater orchestra in Kansas City Kansas, was shot and killed by his wife after a quarrel during a visit to a friend. Drogmund died before help arrived. the wife was later arrested.
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Kansas City
Edward Drogmund
Kan
Drogmund
Iowa Engineer Killed in Head-On Freight Collision
Eldora February 21Engineers Wil lard of Mason City dies after a head on crash between two Iowa Central freights near Eldora. Brakeman Frank Sheehan of Oska Joosa and Fireman Rogers hurt. Willard trapped under burning car, crew misinterpreted orders.
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Iowa
Eldora
Willard
Mason
Iowa Central
Frank Sheehan
Oskaloosa
Rogers
City
Iowa “Central
Here
Cara
Oska
Joosa
Tragic Ocean Incident Involving Waters Family
In Fall River Massachusetts on February 21 Mrs John W Waters formerly of Chicago threw her three children overboard from the steamer Plymouth and then killed herself by jumping overboard. The children included an eight year old girl and two younger others. Washington February 21 The House of Representatives adjourned in memory of Pennsylvania Representative George A Castor after passing resolutions and naming a funeral committee.
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Fall River
Mass
John W.waters
New York
Chicago
Plymouth
House
Gaston
Washington
House ‘of Representatives
George A. Castor
Pennsylvania
Five British officers and troops killed near Sokoto
Fragmentary telegrams report that five British officers and a company of native troops were killed by fanatics near Sokoto in northern Nigeria. Other notes mention William J. Buchanan leading an American delegation, a Patrona event, and yacht racing plans in Massachusetts.
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Sokoto
Nigeria
William J. Buchanan
Anakeein
Willlneab
Patropa
Wey Brand
Hina ‘Dickerson
Alfred Johnson
Milne, Apolis
Simon
Kruse
Chicago
Thomas Lipton
Boston Yacht Club
Mascarchusetts
Plan Creek
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W. P. Wortman
Cppe
Mills County
Board of Supervisors
Col
Chantry
Goyer O‘o
Weill
Mit
Perkins
Govenor
Larabée
Shaw
George D. Parkins
Sioux City
Maye Pearly
Bill Next
Moléberry Scoring
Secretary of the Treasury
Leslie M. Shaw
Columbus Junction
Nho
Virginia
Blythe
Hishcange
Htaying
J. L. Warren
Anti-Saloon League
State
Heb. 16
Cohen-Magoun
Fourth
Douglas
Nellie Sauter
S. Shindela
Crowe
Council Bluffs
Pat Crowe
Atreet
Omaha
Ritchie
Wadsworth
Guthrie Center
Herman Reese
Reese
Page County
Shenandoah
F. Crose
Elliott
Avawad
Patter
Surely Gilliland
Governor Cummins
Wartzell
Tl Paso
Tex
Robert
Hannigan
Deming
N. M.y
Silver City
N. M
Bre
Mogollon Mountain
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