Progressive party first national convention in Chicago
In Chicago the Progressive party held its first national convention with Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson nominated for president and vice president. The event featured a religious tone, strong women delegates led by Jane Addams, and a call to “Pass Prosperity Around” while the venue showcased a festive yet resolute mood.
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Hiram W. Johnson
Chicago
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Jane Addams
America
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O. K. Davis
Wilson Brooks
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Wiliam R. Nelson
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Kansas City Star
Illinois
Mrs. Roosevelt
W. Frank Knox
Michigan
Medill McCormick
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Progressive platform tightens after all night session
The Progressive party platform was trimmed from a 9000 word draft to a concise program covering woman suffrage national primaries popular election of senators public referendums recall and judicial reform. It pushes living wages wage standards and safety rules while outlining anti trust and tariff reform and farm support.
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Dixie
Progressive Party
Gifford Pinchot
Chicago
United States
National Industrial Commission
Roosevelt Heads National Ticket of Progressives
Roosevelt leads the Progressive party national ticket at a three day convention. The platform pledges to improve living conditions for all people and includes woman suffrage. Enthusiastic religious fervor marks the gathering with spirited acceptance speeches from the candidates.
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Horse in Serious Trouble at Tweed Dock
A horse yoked to a cart backing toward Tweed Dock Berwick Scotland fell into a ship alongside but the hold proved too small for the cart. Ropes were tied around the animal’s feet and it was drawn back to the dock side amid efforts to rescue it.
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Kaiser Bans Marseillaise at Court Plays
The Kaiser refuses to let the Marseillaise be played at his court since ascending the throne. He replaces it with the Bourbon hymn Marche de St Denis during state entertainments and dinner with the French ambassador.
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Senate Bills Move To Free Passage for U S Ships
In Washington Aug 10 the canal administration bill passed the Senate 47 to 15. It grants free tolls to American ships and bans railroad owned vessels from using the canal. Two amendments target trust or railroad control of steamships, prohibiting industry owned ships and forcing railroads to relinquish water routes that threaten competition.
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Wiley Targets Taft Roosevelt In Des Moines Visit
Dr. HW Wiley former U S pure food chief visits Des Moines denouncing Taft and Roosevelt as political tricksters. He backs Wilson and Marshall and plans to campaign in Indiana for Democratic nominees predicting east votes for Taft and west votes for Roosevelt with Roosevelt carrying five electors to Taft's one.
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Iowa Veterans Meet in Nevada for 32nd Infantry Reunion
The Thirty second Iowa infantry plans a regimental reunion in Nevada on August 29 and 30. Company K drew many members from Story county with some survivors remaining. Mustered at Dubuque on October 6 1862 the unit moved by boat to St Louis arriving November 22 and took part in the Red River campaign during the war.
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St. Louis
Former Iowan in Jail for Highway Robbery in Los Angeles
Knoxvilles Cornelius Haansakker, a Holland American and former Pella resident now jailed in Los Angeles, faces charges of shooting a train dispatcher and being the lone highwayman who attacked mobile parties around the city. He is 24, uneducated, claiming he endured long hours of labor for little pay to see jewels and soft-handed riders pass by.
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Cornelius Haansakker
Los Angeles
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Big Oats Yield at Cedar Falls Farms
The Cedar Falls district reports record oat yields with Charles Virden’s farm producing forty acres at seventy nine bushels per acre. Fred Hugh’s six miles west harvested 2,700 bushels from thirty seven acres, and In W Muir gathered 1,098 bushels from twenty acres.
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Charles Virden
Mr. Virden
Fred Hugh
W. Muir
Fifteen Horses Perish in Missouri Valley Barn Fire
Fire destroyed the Robinson Avery barn in Missouri Valley killing fifteen horses. Fire department arrived quickly and saved adjacent structures from the blaze.
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Missouri Valley
Robinson Avery
Falling Crane Kills Man at Hart-Parr Factory
Wick Tapolovich a Servian was instantly killed and another man had his leg broken when a crane fell on them while working in the Hart-Parr factory in Charles City.
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Charles City
Wick Tapolovich
Hart-Parr
Liston McMillen Enters Race In Sixth District
Oskaloosa reports Liston McMillen announced his candidacy for the Kendall seat in Congress. The move intensifies a crowded sixth district race as he throws his hat into the ring.
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Liston McMillen
Kendall
Congress
Peru Postoffice Safe-Domain Bandits Cause Train Alert
Des Moines detectives watch all incoming trains as two men dynamited two safes in the Peru post office stole a team of horses and a buggy and fled rapidly north.
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Peru
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