Cummins Denies Opposing Senator Allison in 1906
Letters and statements from Albert B. Cummins clarify his political stance toward Senator Allison. He denies planning to oppose Allison and affirms his gubernatorial candidacy. A Cummins convention resolution praises Allison’s leadership and health, while Cummins later reiterates he never promised not to run against Allison. The material references dates in 1906 and 1907 and Iowa politics.
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Senator Allison
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Allison
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Torbert
Iowa
William B. Allison
Dubuque
Nestor
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Union
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Another Candidate in the Field for Senate
Durant Star notes Durant is contributing candidates for the district. It recalls Dr. H. R. Chapman as a candidate and announces Hon. D. H. Snake entering the race. Snake, longtime Republican, former state representative, Durant mayor six years, banker and attorney, aims to represent the district in the upcoming June primaries.
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Durant Star
Durant
The
Star
H. R. Chapman
D. H. Snake
China and Japan Seek Quiet Talks in Oriental Laundry Meeting
Nations China and Japan sit for a quiet discussion that yields no dramatic outcomes, described as a routine confab in an oriental laundry setting.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
China
Japan
Boys Use of Barometers in English Schools
A lively English schoolboy hides a barometer under his bed or in his trunk since barometers are banned in schools. He uses fine weather predictions to skip two hours of study and enjoy two hours of football. change means no game. The Philadelphia Bulletin notes boys sometimes sell weather forecasts for a penny.
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Einglish
Philadelphia Bulletin
Giants Longevity and Early American Print Facts
The article notes that only eighteen of about one hundred giants’ ages could be verified, averaging twenty eight years. It cites names such as Lewis Wilkins and Patrick Cotter and references giants like the Norfolk Giant and the Peruvian Giant. It also surveys early American printing with notes on The Spiritual Ladder, Mercurio Volante, and the first Indian schools.
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Woods Autchinson
American Magazine
Lewis Wilkins
Constantin
Charles Byrne
Cornelius
Peter Tuchan
Siete Antonius
Syria
America
Mexico
Juan Fables
Europe
Julan de Zumarraga
Mercurio Volante
Flying Mercury
Rokitansky Sons: Healers and Howlers in Medicine and Opera
The Vienna professor of pathology Rokitansky had four sons two famous operatic singers and two notable doctors. Asked about their progress he quipped that the healers earn a quarter of the howl-ers but the howl-ers make four times as much as the healers.
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Rokitansky
Vienna University
Tlondon
The Philosophical Father and Other Comic Vignettes
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quips about a father's remark on blessings from daughters after a double wedding. A Success Magazine anecdote follows an inland graduate who declines a shipping clerk offer due to seasickness, illustrating a saying about reason governing fortune.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
New York
Success Magazine
The Des Moines Register and Leader Ad Offers Subscriptions
The Des Moines Register and Leader announces impartial political news coverage for Iowans. Readers can obtain daily and Sunday editions from now to July 4, 1908 by sending one dollar, with a $1.50 rate for the combined daily and Sunday editions.
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Des Moines Register
Meader
Iowa
Register and Jeader Co
Des Moines
CLAIMS and expenses allowed by January 1908 board session
The record lists claims approved by the Board of Supervisors at the January 1908 session, including payments to jurors, witnesses, clerks, and constables, plus various expenses for the poor farm, treasury, and public buildings. Names like Ben Chamberlain, W A Hogan, Dr Gorman, and others appear among the approved items with amounts and line items for services and goods.
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Board of Supervisors
Ben H Chamberlan
Cor Inquest
Itale
W A Hogan
Earl Miner
TO Gorman
Edis
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G Gorman
J Is Wing
Dy AG Hijonian
Fred Richmond
Kerr
J B Niles
Roy McMickle
Ben Chamberlain
Tracha
EA Grimwood
Aml't Hanson
John Rees
Dane Wi Hankon
Krank Alten
An WG Wherry
Austin Pirst
Uisbog
Wo Mills
Shady Homsen
Rob Lawrence Miller
Hanling Wood
James Abel
How Sigworth
Gea
CG Lawrence
Lee
Peter Wunbrunen
H W Sigworth
Pop
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Bagley
Maurice
Kate Maurice
Fred Rohn
WA Hogan
Bat
Welch Co
Anamosa Lee LP Co
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F McCarty
Indse
Culdner Bros
Foot
Sarah Easterly
Rent Poor
Tesahsse
Henry Kruse
John Inglis
KE Kirkpatrick
Republican Printing Co
M Welth
WA Howan
FE Warren
Treas Allice
Cave & Ballou
Trezona Lumber Co
Nickolas
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Pew
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Win Altman
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EM Bagrley
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Poet Lumber Co
Durgenson & Son
Garrett Schoon
CY Monroe
Rimmel
AK Hansen
Moore
Hammond Stephens Co
Hubbard & Lanken
Hicks & Ciuyan Oi
Helen dJobngon
Alma Johnson
Alm Johnson
Lilly Robinson
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Ceees Tyler & Downing
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Ie Scott
Pu Hines
Dob Bailey
Cee Lep Minehart
Wolchirk
Miss Johnson
Helen Jonson
Anminosa Lumber Cou
JSP Scott
Kyler& Downing
Phos Dawson
Cree
Standard Oil Co
Minehart
Scott, Peet Tamber Co
McCarty
Leech
Local Political Announcements Across Jones County
A series of Republican primary declarations from Jones County Iowa candidates include J Leech running for state senator Cedar and Jones counties, J I Peteina for county auditor, James J Remley for county attorney, Louis Gardner and B E Rhinehart each announcing for county attorney, Kd M Corbit and N M Babcock declaring for county attorney and representative respectively. Also health tonic ads and endorsements from local editors reference Dr King s New Discovery and Rocky Mountain Tea with local retailer Soetje’s drug store.
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Jones County
Iowa
James J. Remley
Soetje’s
New Theory Sold In Indianapolis By Young Healer
A young practitioner, L. Cooper, promotes a new stomach revitalization theory and medicine that he claims cures chronic digestive ailments. An Indianapolis Star report notes crowds awaiting treatment and cites a testimonial from B. F. Campbell praising immediate relief and renewed appetite after using Cooper’s New Discovery medicine.
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Indianapolis Star
L. T. Cooper
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Chicago, Illinois
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