State Ticket and County slate list for election
State Ticket includes W B Martin for Secretary of State B F Carroll Gilbert S Gilbertson for Auditor Charles W Mullan for Attorney General Supreme Court judges Scott M Ladd Charles A Bishop Clerk of the Supreme Court John Crockett Supreme Court Reporter W W Cornwall Railroad Commissioner E A Dawson Congressional ticket names Robert G Cousins for Fifth District Clerk of the Courts Jasper H Ramsey Auditor W J Mills Recorder W B Derr County Attorney Ervin E Reed Supervisors Robt A Scroggte WM A Cunningham
Speaking dates for Hon. R. G. Cousins announced this week
Hon. R. G. Cousins is listed as arranger with speaking dates this week starting Oct. 13 in Cedar Falls and ending Oct. 18 in Keokuk. The piece discusses tightening financial circles to curb speculation and urges careful resource management amid a coal strike backdrop. Archbishop Ryan calls for arbitration between capital and labor amid rising tensions in coal regions. Public sentiment favors arbitration, contrasting with coal barons and railway executives. The piece ends noting that the public may intervene.
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R. G. Cousins
Cedar Falls
Perry
Greenfield
Creston
Oskaloosa
Keokuk
Archbishop Ryan
New York
Vanderbilt
Republican Leaders Split Over Shelter Plank
In campaign addresses Senator Allison and Governor Cummins back the state republican platform featuring the shelter plank. Allison’s views carry weight while Cummins echoes radical lines from his Minneapolis talk and lags behind current party thinking on the issue.
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Allison
Cummins
Minneapolis
Coal Trust Criticized as Tariff Protected Monopol y
The Chicago Tribune argues that the coal trust is odious and protected by a tariff on bituminous coal. It accuses the coal roads of unlawful conspiracy, driving independent operators out of business and seeks firm government action to curb the monopoly.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Coal Trust
the Tribune
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Revise Through Reciprocity from Cousins Muscatine Speech
Congressman Cousins argues for conservative modifications to tariff and trusts laws. He cites Lincoln Blaine Harrison and Dingley as proven Republican principles and calls for reciprocity as a prudent path to protect American prosperity and avoid risky reforms.
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Cousins
Muscatine
Abraham Lincoln
National Bank
Lincoln
Blaine
Harrison
Dingley
McKinley
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
James G. Blaine
Bryan Tells a Joke on Bryan in Washington
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes William Jennings Bryan visiting Washington in upbeat mood and sharing self deprecating humor. He recounts a western barber who shaved him after a presidential candidacy and received a silver dollar, later facing barber union trouble over supposedly lower charges for shaving a dead man.
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Bryan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
A Whack at the Carnival Shows
A Des Moines Register editorial warns against immoral amusement at fairs carnivals and races urging Iowans to reject corrupt displays funded by business interests. It cautions that moral cowardice risks community decay and calls for leaders to resist indecent entertainment and remember Rome.
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Des Moines Register
Rome
Iowa
Miss Alice Hess Heads to Columbia for Advaced Domestic Economy
Miss Alice Hess leaves Ames College to enter Columbia University's Domestic Economy department for a two year post graduate course in New York City. A letter to her mother confirms safe arrival and comfortable, permanent placement. She previously worked in the Ames College Domestic Economy department since graduation.
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Olin Recorder
Alice Hess
New York City
Columbia University
Miss Heas
Ames College
Reminiscences note local enlistments and lodge officers
In Anamosa Eureka reminiscences Wayne township supervisor L Schoonover joined Col Heaths cavalry and others from Wayne joined. Monticello Lodge No 117 officers listed by A P Carter. Jones county youths join nearby counties cavalry with scenes in Bowen Prairie and Scotch Grove including a notable horse gift and a clergyman offer.
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Anamosa Eureka
L. Schoonover
Wayne Township
Col. Heath
Dubuque
Wayne
Monticello Lodge
A. P. Carter
Anamos
Leffingwell
Bowen’s Prairie
Howard Smith
Orrin Crane
Theodore Hopkins
Isaac White
Isaac Willard
Mesars Bates
Searle
Johnson
O. Whittemore
Willard
Briggs
Hopkins
Mr. Searle
Mr. White
Curtis Stone
White
Scotch Grove
Jones County
Auctioneer Kean Tops Big Drummy Farm Sale
A large Prairie Creek township crowd witnessed William Drummy’s farm disposal. Auctioneer Robert Kean sold horses cattle hogs produce and machinery at strong prices. Herman Menson of Petersburg Delaware county bought the 70 dollar acre farm totaling about $8 000 in receipts.
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Leroy Clark
Monticello
John Beatty Sr
Frank Cooley
Dickson Beatty
Washington Township
Jones County
Prairie Creek Township
William Drummy
Robert Kean
Herman Menson
Petersburg
Delaware County
Kean
Drummy
Ram’s Horn Wisdom and Farmer Seed Corn Hard Times
A collection of maxims on personal piety and morality contrasts with reports from Dubuque county noting farmers expect poor seed corn this year due to wet weather and early frost. Many farmers plan to snap corn for feed as crop prospects worsen.
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Dubuque
Foraker to Headline Cedar Rapids Rally on the 25th
Senator Foraker of Ohio will be the principal speaker at a large rally in Cedar Rapids on the 25th lnst. Congressman Cousins will speak in Youngstown, Ohio, the same evening to secure the address for the senator.
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Senator Foraker
Ohio
Cedar Rapids
Cousins
Youngstown
Monticello: Democracy Nominates Justice and Constable Candidates
In Monticello the town hall meeting nominated two candidates for justice Ky Little and Nicholas Kehoe and two candidates for constables Henry Chadwell and George Tousley.
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Jones County Times
Monticello
Anamosa Land Transfers and Illness of Ex-Governor Drake
A string of land transfer notices lists multiple deeds in Anamosa and surrounding areas including parcels in sections 9 and 17 and additions in Anamosa. Ex-Governor Drake is reported extremely ill after a fall from a tub, with broken ribs and risk of pleurisy.
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Drake
Neighborhood News and Local Happenings Across Iowa
Marriage licenses granted in Marion last week include C B Atwood of Cass with Malinda Thompson of Anamosa and Walter McCormick of Olin with Grace I Vernon of Olin. Cedar Rapids debates a library site with donor Carnosgio threatening withdrawal. A man named Joseph Tibhon of Dubuque announced plans to kill the mayor and was arrested with a revolver found on him. Dot Wells of North McGregor struck John Gleason over a meal bill, leaving Gleason dead. Gleason was one-armed and from Mason City. Wyoming dispatches say Will Green of Olin died after a gasoline engine belt accident that crushed his skull. Green belonged to M W A and left a $3,000 policy. LeGrande H Jamison of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Olin and Anamosa, died in Chicago of acute pneumonia. funeral held at Olin. Frank Osborn, brother of E F Osborn of Anamosa, died near Center Point after escaping the Independence asylum. his body was later identified and interred in Anamosa after a dissection at the State University medical college.
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Jones County
Stone City
Clara Ericksen
Kate Walsh
Effie Glick
Olin
Margaret Copeland
Fredericksburg
Antioch
Lenox College
Richland Township
Anamosa
Fremont
Castle Grove Township
John Chester Tourtellout
McCormack Theological Seminary
Thomas Crain
James B. Skahill
J. A. Griswold
C. P. Lorenzen
Cyrus Lamb
Emerson Shotwell
Edith Archer
Cornell College
West Corner
Buckley
McCracken
Monticello
Prin
Fred Sturtevant
Onslow
Chas. Bratton
Board of Supervisors
C. R. Scroggie
Ames
Prin. C
D. Walrod
Law Department
State University of Iowa
Walrod
Nellie Doolittle
Cornell
Gladys Shoop
Iowa State Normal
Mary Paul
Coe College
Irma Babcock
Monmouth College
Seine Birkel
State University of
Owa
National Educational Association
Mayme Rigby
Stella Beam
Josephine Foley
Julia Gavin
Ruth Darling
Wyoming
McCraken
Minneapolis
J. J. Billingsley
Sanborn
Josehine Nowacheck
Maude Everhart
Adam. Hann
Harriet A. Brainard
Herman Teck
William Telmer
Harry Carleton
M. M. Garrison
Oscar Gillilan
Colorado
Gillian
Central City
Iowa
Tie
Center Junction
C. B. Atwood
Cass
Malinda Thompson
Walter McCormick
Grace I. Vernon
District Court
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Carnos Gio
Waterloo
Joseph Tibhon
Dubuque
Dot Wells
North McGregor
John Gleason
Gleason
Mason City
Will Green
Mwe
Lecgrande H. Jamison
J. W. Jamison
Chicago
Center Point
Frank Osborn
FE. A. Osborn
Independence
Medical College of the State University
Scott's Emulsion Promoted for Soft Bones in Childhood
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as the correct daily food for growing children to treat and prevent rickets. It claims small daily doses straighten bow legs strengthen joints and firm the head, asserting success in thousands of cases and offering a free sample from Scott & Bowne in New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Secretary of State
W. B. Martin
Auditor of State
B. F. Carroll
Gilbert S. Gilbertson
Charles W. Mullan
Supreme Court
Scott M. Ladd
Charles A. Bishop
John Crockett
W. W. Cornwall
E. A. Dawson
Congressional
Robert G. Cousins
Jasper H. Ramsey
W. J. Mills
Recorder
W. B. Derr
Ervin E
REED
Robt. A, Scroggte, Wm, A, Cunningham
Mary Eine
Matt Noyes
M. Chaplin
D. N. Perkins
Perkins
H. H. Donde
Westphal
AF Jenks
Sarah Ann Marshall
John W Hutton
T’ Marshall
John Yousse
Jackson Youssge
Harriet Proctor Taupert & Husband
Bateman
Jacob C Deitz
Neighborhood News
Mias Alice Hurst
Rex-Senator Hurst
Maquoketa
Bradford
Hunter
Star Clothing House
Isaac Maxwell
Erricksen & Zimmerman
Fifth Ave
Wabash Ave
Ayer
Buckingham
Drugpiste
R. P. Hall & Co
Nashua
N.H
W. A. Mirick
D. Ynysician
Co Agregastional A
Haat
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Paul
Davenport
Farley Do
Kansas City
West
Calmar—Freight
Davenport—Freigh
Oxford Freight
Sbatr Wines
Reed Yguu
Aim
J. E. Bateman
First St
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