New Naturalization Law Sets Stricter Rules and Notices
Congress approves a new naturalization statute effective September 27 requiring English for applicants and citizen witnesses. Courts must post applicant details and hearings, with 90 day filing and 30 day blackout before elections. Centralized recordkeeping at ports of entry strengthens tracking. officials may cancel certificates if ineligible. The piece also notes rising federal power and shifting states’ rights dynamics amid political trends.
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Congress
United States
Campbell
Bureau of Naturalization
Dolliver Analyzes The Railway Rate Bill And Business Ethics
Senator J P Dolliver argues the railway rate bill promotes accountability amid broad market scrutiny. He says the law could curb abuses by carriers owning mines and favors limiting railway passes, predicting Congress will refine the measure. He notes Manchester editors push a devilish proposed hospital site as a local aside.
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J. P. Dolliver
Independent On
Railway Commission
Dolliver
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs Thaw Receives Trouble From Spree Funds
Mrs Thaw who furnished her husband a yearly allowance to spree beyond the president’s salary is now facing fallout from the arrangements she funded.
Law on Board of Supervisors Terms Causes Confusion
The Iowa Senate insists on a three year term for supervisors creating a mismatch with the constitutional amendment and forcing some elections fourteen months before duties begin. Some counties face interpretive trouble and the attorney general may be needed. Judge Struble defends railroad passes against the law. The supreme court must settle many issues from the last legislature amid a critical compare of Sunday newspaper substance.
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State Senate
Board of Supervisors
Iowa State Senate
Struble
Tama County
Supreme Court
Saloonkeepers and Preachers Classified for Office
The statement argues saloonkeepers cannot hold office while preachers may if they fill an office. It asserts both groups are treated equally only in the sense of eligibility under certain rules. The note implies a distinction in prohibitions between the two roles within political office rules.
Cummins Supporters Dividing Delegation Shown in County Conventions
The Burlington Hawkeye notes that Cummins worshippers show generosity when standpatters hold county convention majorities. It states the group will not abandon the resolve to probe the legitimacy of delegates chosen by democratic or fraudulent votes.
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Burlington
Free silver stalwarts vie for governor nomination
Bryan signals he will run if accepted as he is a radical free silverist. Cato Sells declines the Democratic governor nomination, opening talk of G W Ball of Iowa City as a possible nominee.
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Bryan
Cato Sells
G. W. Ball
Iowa City
Rathbun Men Uncontested Delegates Highlight Republican View
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues Rathbun men faced no contests and all delegates were fairly elected. It claims Progressives filed contests in Wapello and Des Moines counties to overturn an adverse majority, invoking La Follette precedent, then cried fraud when countered, warning they crafted their own trap.
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Cedar Rapids
Rathbun
Mr. Rathbun
Wapello
Des Moines
Governor Cummins Faces Delegation Controversy In Polk County
The article reports a Polk County primary where Cummins won broad support for governor but is accused of seizing control of the delegation to trade for his own benefit. Critics say the county convention overstepped and the rights of other candidates, such as Mackenzie Eaton Palmer Morrow and Hites, were ignored. Legal action and court tests are anticipated to resolve the dispute.
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Cummins
Polk County
Perkins
Mackenzie
Eaton
Palmer
Morrow
Hites
Iowa
Republican Party
Clifford B Paul Considered for Anamosa Representative
The Eureka notes Clifford B. Paul of Anamosa as a potential county representative candidate. Despite no active bid, supporters view him as an available, qualified, and vote-getting choice fit for legislative duties.
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Clifford B. Paul
Anamosa
Eureka
Paul
Towa’s Bank Lead and Iowa’s Money Flows Highlighted
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Towa leads in banks and deposits by population and questions Washington’s surprise. It asserts Iowa’s wealth circulates locally, with soil productivity and funds supporting new states and Canadian provinces while Iowans invest within the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
Washington
Iowa
Canada
Railroads in Iowa Campaign Split Open in Press Conflict
The Marion Register reports progressives and Democrats claim Carroll Wright J G Davis and Iowa Central attorney repudiated standpatters. Now J W Blythe of the Q is urged to trepudiated and shift railroad advocacy into the progressive camp. The railroad racket dominates the Iowa campaign.
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Marion Register
Republican
Carroll Wright
Rock Island
J. G. Davis
Northwestern
Iowa Central
J. W. Blythe
The
Iowa
PhraseNotes on Humor From Harvard and Princeton
Fragmentary quotations from Harvard Lampoon and Princeton Tiger and a line from Atchison Globe comment on jokes and an earthquake scene. No clear event or person identified beyond sources.
Sélke Pour Into Denver Spark Legal Convention Contest
A despatch notes the Sélke are pouring into Denver while the Elks receive no mention. The Republican state convention affairs begin to shape themselves into the line of a legal contest.
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Denver
The
Elks
Marshall county clears debt and other regional notes
Debts vanish in Marshall county marking a historic zero balance as Dyersville teams with the National Guard and Olin expands its borders to one mile square. Clinton forms a cement burial vault company while Clarence marks a golden wedding.
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Marshall County
Dyersville
National Guard
Olin
Clinton
Fragmentary verse notes on a curious animal scene
A jagged, OCR damaged passage describes a dor Hop perched unnaturally upright and a creature displaying a sugar on its paw. The lines mix odd spellings and names, with expressions of sovereignty and observation of slow movements.
Hanssen Bros commence Mast Main bridge work in Monticello
Hanssen Bros of Monticello begun the Mast Main street concrete arch bridge over Fawn Creek with a contract price of 1850 dollars. A separate note recalls Mrs. J W Brickley of Olin who faced a needle injury in her hand from a wardrobe mishap and underwent X ray removal of a needle fragment.
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Hanssen Bros
Monticello
Mast Main Street
Fawn Creek
J. W. Brickley
Olin
Miss Florence Taylor to Teach Grammar in Sand Spring Area
Notes indicate Miss Florence Taylor will teach the grammar room at Sand Spring next fall, with Miss Vivian Dunlap engaged as primary teacher. Miss Wilda Taylor has joined schools in Sloan Lawn amid local staffing changes.
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Florence Taylor
Sand Spring
Vivian Dunlap
Wilda Taylor
Sloan, Lawn
Iss Taylor
Tenox College
John Stutt
Los Angeles
Cal
Hopkinton
John Edward Statt
Dubuque
Co. D
Second
U4. Infantry
Philippines
Goss
Joseph
Ne Had to Button Them From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes a patient in a sanitarium and a family doctor’s remark about a new frock, mentioning the odd phrase Thirty-nine, thirty nine and the oddity of one cent counted as buttons on a dress.
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John Ortberg
Delaware
Milwukee Road
Lynch Crossing
Delhi
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Such Is Our Bob Young from Lippincott's Magazine
The text humorously praises a baker as the happiest man with rising stock and plenty of dough. It quips on his cleverness, good breeding, and charitable icing of favors, then shifts to noting Dubuque reporting 25 bad boys in the state reform school.
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Chicago’ Daily
Tipton
la Follette
Wisconsin
Manchester
Chicago
Gace M. Beltir
Maquoketa
George M. Houstman
Olin High School
Rome
Dubuque
Standard Lumber Company
Arthur D. Rockfield
Clinton
Muskegon
Michigan
Strawberry Point
Senator Tillman
Leroy W. Kakish
van Horne
Coe College
Claude Bennett
Waterloo Times-Tribune
Pho
Candidate Announces Candidacy for County Treasurer
W Kenrson of Anamosa declares his run for county treasurer subject to the Republican county convention on June 21, 1906. He signs as the announces the political bid.
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W.kenrson
Anamosa
Richardson Seeks County Superintendent Nomination at Republican Convention
Thos G Richardson announces his candidacy for county superintendent of schools pending the action of the Republican county convention in Wyoming on June 4 1906.
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Yoming
Thos. G, Richardson
Tinlsey Announces Candidacy for County Recorder
Olin May 2 1906 IL G Tinlsey declares candidacy for county recorder pending Republican county convention action.
Matthiessen Announces Sheriff Candidacy in Jones County
A. Matthiessen declares candidacy for sheriff of Jones county subject to the Republican county convention action.
Jones County Supervisor Nomination By Republican Convention
Wyoming Iowa May 28 J Brownell announces date for the Jones county supervisor election subject to the action of the Republican county convention in Jones County Iowa with Brownell named as candidate and date set.
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Jones County
Brownell
Wyoming
Iowa
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