Platform of Principles in Republican Convocation
The Iowa Republican platform commends McKinley's administration and re election benefits, cites national prosperity, lower interest rates, and wage demand. It endorses Fifty sixth Congress tax cuts, monetary stability against monopolies, andアン interstate commerce reform. It praises Iowa's Congressional delegation led by Henderson, Allison, and Dolliver.
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Iowa
McKinley
Fifty-sixth Congres
Congressional
Congress
House of Representatives
David B. Henderson
William B. Allison
Jonathan P. Dolliver
Republican Program Emphasizes Insular Policy and Iowa Leadership
The speech lauds U S policy in Porto Rico and the Philippines and opposes racial disfranchisement. It champions tariff progress, reciprocity, corporate sovereignty limits, and applauds Governor Shaw's 40 years of Republican rule in Iowa as practical and influential.
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Porto Rico
Philippines
Cuba
Republican Party
Iowa
Shaw
Herriott Nominee for Lieutenant Governor With War Record
John Herriott of Stuart Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. Civil War veteran who served in the First Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry and with Union generals Meade and Sherman. Postwar he settled in Iowa, built a drug and book business, and served as state treasurer with reforms and railroad property tax advocacy.
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Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry
Fremont
Shenandoah
Pope
Rapidan
Second Bull Run
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Cedar Mountain
Wilderness
Richmond
Sheridan
Meade
Iowa
Herriott
Scott County
Stuart
Guthrie County
Executive Council
Weaver Named as Supreme Judge Nominee
S M Weaver of Iowa Falls is presented as the Republican nominee for supreme judge. Born on a New York farm, he trained as a lawyer, served in the Iowa House, chaired judiciary matters, overseen court reorganization, and held district court judgeship from 1886 with re-elections through 1898.
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S. M. Weaver
Iowa Falls
Chautauqua County
N. Y
Fredonia Academy
Fredonia
New York
Buffalo
Iowa Falls Sentinel
Hardin County Citizen
Iowa
House of Representatives
Eral
Judiciary
Board of Managers
John L. Brown
Eleventh
Supreme Bench
Barrett Seen As Sure Nominee For Superintendent
Richard C. Barrett is portrayed as the unanimously favored candidate for state superintendent. He has held the office with high regard, earning broad teacher support, and was the sole presumption for nomination before the Cedar Rapids convention. The piece predicts a likely reelection by a large margin.
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Richard C. Barrett
Tion
Cedar Rapids
Ed C Brown for Railroad Commissioner
Ed C Brown of Sheldon, Civil War veteran and banker, seeks the Railroad Commissioner post. He enlisted young, born 1846, homesteaded in O'Brien county in 1870, worked as a bank clerk in Primghar 1876, then acquired a controlling interest in Sheldon bank in 1877 and has remained connected since. He has avoided public office but is highly esteemed and considered capable for the position.
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Ed. C. Brown
Sheldon
O’brien
Primghar
Sheldon Bank
Costly Fourth of July Acknowledged As Nuisance
A western statistician tallies 1838 casualties from Fourth of July celebrations this year, including 25 killed and 1813 injured, with fire losses of 128000 dollars. The piece condemns the noise, nuisance, and waste, calling Independence Day observance barbaric and ceremonial excess.
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Leslie
Summer Resorts Along Lake Country Route Listed
The lake country of Northern Ili nois Wisconsin Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan offers hundreds of charming summer resorts on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway line. Notable spots include Fox Lake Clavan Lake Lake Geneva Lauderdale Lakes Waukesha Oconomowoc Palmyra Kilbourn Dells Elkhart Lake Madison Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka Marquette Spirit Lake Okoboji and Big Stone Lake.
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Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Peminsula
Michigan
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Fox Lake
Clavan Lake
Lake Geneva
Lauderdale Lakes
Waukesha
Oconomowoc
Palmyra
Dells
Kilbourn
Elkhart Lake
Madison
Minocqua
Star Lake
Frontenac
White Bear
Minnetonka
Marquette
Spirit
Buttoning a Coat The Right Way
The article argues nine of ten people button coats from the top, but the correct method is to begin at the bottom. It notes the collar and lapels are the frailest part for shape retention and warns that pulling at the top can distort the coat’s symmetry and cause a hang-dog look over time.
What Makes the Best Selling Book
An analysis of why a book becomes the years top seller in terms of momentum. The piece argues success rests on mechanical momentum rather than literary quality, likening it to a train rolling downhill and water finding its level.
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Everybody's Magazine
Reduced Rates to Colfax Iowa for Epworth League Assembly
Great Rock Island Route offers one fare round trip from Iowa points excluding Council Bluffs for the Epworth League Assembly. Sale dates August 7 to 18 return by August 19, 1901. Assembly promises health and pleasure value. for details contact Rock Island agents or John Sebastian G P A Chicago TU 723817 Fe.
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Colorado
Utah
Rock Istead
Great Rock Island
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Assembly
Rock Island
John Sebastian
Chicago
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Democratic Party
United States
General Assembly
James H. Trewin
W. F. Harriman
John Herriott
The
Repub
Lican
Herriottsville
Pitts
Pittsburg
Jennie Locke
Arnetd
Wign
Mother's Remedies CO
Ill
Osteopath
M.A. Barr
Second Stree
Third Street
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Manitou
Colfax
Epworth
Journal
Wants
Muscatine
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