Muscatine Seeks Next G A R Encampment Victory
Muscatine aims to secure the next annual G A R encampment as state leaders gather in Des Moines. A large parade marked by Iowa veterans, Sixth Cavalry, National Guard infantry, and Spanish War Veterans showcased pageantry under threatening skies with thousands watching. Officers for United Spanish War Veterans were elected, naming E C Johnson Cedar Rapids as department commander and other officers from Des Moines and Fort Dodge. A Women’s Relief Corps resolution proposed a chair of patriotism at Mason City College.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sixth United States Cavalry
Iowa National Guard
van Sant
McDonald
G. M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
United Spanish War Veterans
E. C. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Pray
C. F. Romer
Eugene Watebury
John Hamilton
S. M. Magowan
Fort Dodge
Council of Administration
Charles Orman
Dubuque
E. FE
State of Panic Is Result of the War
Official despatch from Managua Nicaragua says the war is rapidly reducing Western Nicaragua to panic. Fruit exports are prohibited and currency exchange rates are rising quickly.
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Washington, D. C
Managua
Nicaragua
Falls from box car injure Iowa youth in accident
Davenport Iowa June 9 William Payton aged 18 of Norway Iowa fell from a Milwaukee box car at Nahant near here this morning and fractured his skull He is in St Luke s hospital in a critical condition
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Davenport
William Payton
Norway
Iowa
Nahant
Here
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bucket Shop Men Beaten in Court
Philadelphia June 9 Judge McPherson of the United States district court ruled that the alleged bucket shop men arrested here weeks ago must be sent to Washington for trial after resisting removal from this jurisdiction.
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Philadelphia
McPherson
United States District Court
Washington
Germany affront claim shapes church dispute in diet
Berlin June 9 Chancellor Hollweg said in the Prussian diet that the government has made representations to the Vatican over the recent papal encyclical seen as offensive to religious national and moral feelings in Germany. No reply yet. Some have urged withdrawing the Prussian legation to the Vatican.
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Berlin
Hollweg
Germany
Vatican
Stalwarts for Taft and tariff platform endorsed by Wisconsin
Milwaukee June 9 The Republican state convention resumed and unanimously adopted a platform pledging adherence to the 1908 national platform approves the Taft administration and endorses Governor Davidson. It calls for a real progressive tariff measure publicity of campaign expenditures and a party reorganization committee. A campaign committee was chosen with two members per congressional district and W M D Connor of Marshfield named state chairman as the convention adjourned sine die.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Taft
Davidson
W. M. D. Connor
Marshfield
Primary Results in Muscatine County Sheriff Nomination
Unofficial returns show Duncan missing the Republican sheriff nomination by a razor thin margin of 0.15 votes at the county convention. Results cover all offices on three tickets and county tickets with totals for Muscatine County.
Nominations in doubt as Iowa primary results emerge
The Muscatine county primary yields Republicans and Democrats with Duncan's sheriff bid in doubt for missing 0.15 vote of 35 percent threshold. County canvass may adjust totals. if not, nomination goes to county convention on July 2. Complete county vote tallies list governor, auditor, treasurer, secretary, and other offices with plurality margins.
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Lawrence
R. E. Johnson
W. S. McKee
J. M. Duncan
H.S. Howe
C. P. Hanley
J. C. Hazlett
E. H. King
Boarh
George J. Lang
J. Scott Blackwell
George A. Moore
D. A. Cole
William Dut
Charles Ehrecke
John Frater
H. B. Phillips
Muscatine County
John M. Duncan
A. S. Lawrence
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Duncan
Warren Garst
B. F. Carroll
Garst
Claude R. Porter
Stephen Basher
Moon
Porter
George W. Clarke
Parley Sheldon
W. C. Haywood
A. J. Anders
John L. Bleakly
John W. Blake
W. W. Morrow
James Curran
Wm. Chantland
George Cosson
Guy A. Feely
Chantland
C. E. Walters
Chas. H. Amos
Walters
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. M. Deyoe
A. L. Heminger
F. E. Lark
Adam Pickett
John F. Riggs
I. C Welty
D. FE. Brainard
Riggs
H. A. Mitchell
Supreme Court
H. L. Bousquet
Burgess Garrett
T. H. Grubb
Grubb
Robert van Boskirk
Merton Ferson
W. Cornwall
Ferson
George Harnage
Ed. Litz
Clifford Thorne
James H. Wilson
Earl Ferguson
Christopher Ottosen
David J. Palmer
Palmer
Thorne
Wilson
Nixon
Wal
Train Crash Wrecks Iron Mountain Train in St Louis
Three men killed two fatally injured six others seriously hurt when the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern fast mail jumped the track and crashed through the Miller Manufacturing walls near the city limits. The dead include engineer Walter A Douglas fireman Robert D Shepard and mail clerk Jasper L Laster with two others fatally or seriously harmed. A second report notes four killed and one seriously injured when a locomotive struck a funeral coach in Haverstraw New York.
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St. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern
Miller Manufacturing Company
Walter A Douglas
Robert D. Shepard
Jasper L. Laster
Thomas A. Coughan
E. J. Wiggins
Funeral for Hardy Family Held After Iowa Murder
The James Hardy family funeral was held at Van Cleve. Bodies were transported in three hearses to Colfax for burial today. Raymond Hardy attended the service with the sheriff and was later returned to the jail in Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Marshalltown
James Hardy
Here
van Cleve
Colfax
Raymond Hardy
Brewers Offer Aid to Regulate Retail Liquor Traffic
Washington June 9 The United Brewers Association endorsed a plan for organized breweries to assist government authorities in regulating the retail liquor traffic. The association adjourned its convention and instructed trustees to study the most effective form of support.
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Washington, D. C
United Brewers Association
Family of fever sufferers narrowly escape blaze in Illinois
In Minoak Illinois a fever stricken family faced a deadly fire when a 19 year old son, delirious from typhus fever, set his bed alight. The mother, two children and two trained nurses were carried to safety from upstairs windows as flames enveloped the home.
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Minoak
Ill
Harry Hobler
Senate rejects provision for supervision of stock issuance
Washington June 9. Senate leaders tell the president there is little to no chance the house railroad bill provision for I C C supervision of stock and bond issuance will pass. Democrats oppose state-right concerns, Republicans accused of a pact to drop the provision. Also, vote on the postal savings bank bill expected at 6 p m with the GOP measure likely adopted. River and harbor conference report approved 45 to 12. Pulp and paper from Crown Lands Quebec wood faces 25 cent per cord duty under new tariff law per treasury decision.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Postal Savings Bank
Washington
D. C
Quebec
Treasury Department
Election tallies show party results across county races
Vote totals list ter H. Dewey and Chas Grill leading different congressional seats with Dem and Rep party tallies. Also reported are state senator and representative results, county offices including auditor treasurer clerk sheriff and others with vote counts and pluralities, ending with continued note for Page 3.
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Ter H. Dewey
Chas Grill
I. S. Pepper
J. A. de Armand
Pepper
George C. Cook
A. F. Dawson
M. J. Wade
R. S. Johnston
Frank Coleman
A.M. Garrett
Dem
J. M. Kemble
Ren. H. Black
Oliver C. Wilson
Judge Grosscup at Rock Island commencement
Judge Grosscup of the U S circuit court of appeals in Chicago led the Augustana college commencement in Rock Island as part of the fiftieth jubilee. A class of forty eight was graduated and Rev G Peters of Rockford received the doctor of divinity degree, noting him as one of the four surviving organizers of the synod.
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Rock Island
Ill
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals of Chicago
Augustana College
College and Synod
G. Peters
Rockford
Synod
Egan's Success in Doubt After Tuesday Primary
Sioux Falls June 9 The result of Tuesday's primary is still in doubt as Geo W Eagan the independent candidate trails in the race. News updates show polling delays and uncertain margins leaving Eagan's campaign status unresolved.
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Egan
Sioux Falls
S. Cak
Geo. W. Eagan
Davenport Man Still Hopeful Pepper's Majority Shown
Complete unofficial returns from the Second district indicate I. S. Pepper of Muscatine was nominated by Democrats over Dr. J. A. DeArmand for congress by 208 votes. DeArmand will await official counts before commenting. Counties show majorities per today's returns.
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Davenport
I. S. Pepper
Muscatine
J. A. DeArmand
DeArmand
Republican nominee claims edge. Vessey aides contest margins
A political update notes a dependent Republican still asserts the nomination lead by 3000 votes while Governor Vessey's team claims the state margin stands at 1600. It highlights ongoing dispute over final tally and control of the nomination outcome.
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Vessey
Man Killed by Train Near Fairport Iowa
Remains of an unidentified man, likely from Muscatine, found on Rock Island right of way near Fairport. Believed struck by freight No 983, body mangled with a severed leg and injured face. Identification not made despite viewing by many. coroner's inquest held with witnesses from Fairport.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Fairport
W.S. Underdonk
Rock Island Road
E. H. King
Des Moines
H. S. Howe
Jerry Carl
City
Ad. Hopson
Fruitland
I. S. Pepper
Sam Steffy
William Hunn
Frank Sissel
George Daut
William Pantel
Allie Schreurs
Steffy
Will Coulter
Des Moines Iowa Nomination Totals Carroll Garst June 9
Des Moines reports early returns show Governor Carroll leading Garst with a majority around 4,000 to 8,000 as two counties remain. Cosson leads for attorney general from 67 counties, Chantland second, Feely third. Palmer named for railroad commissioner. Wapello County tally shows Carroll 1821 Garst 547, Carroll county majority 1274.
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Carroll
Des Moines
Garst
George Cosson
Chantland
Feely
Garrett
Supreme Court
Bousquet
Palmer
Thorne
Wilson
Ottosen
Porter
Wapello County
Ottumwa
Unrequited Love Tragedy in Chicago Factory
In Chicago on June 9 the bodies of Frank L. Campbell and Lena Hansen were found in the city’s southwestern area. Campbell, married and father to a daughter, is believed to have killed Hansen over unrequited love before shooting himself. Campbell was foreman at a local starch factory where Hansen also worked.
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Chicago
Ill
Frank L. Campbell
Lena Hansen
Campbell
Miss Hansen
Woman Run Over by Train and Killed in Ar rion
Dennison Iowa June 9 The wife of Frank B Sherwood of Cottingwood South Dakota was run over and instantly killed by a west bound Illinois Central passenger train at Arrion Iowa The bride formerly Miss Mary Broderick a school teacher had been living in Cottingwood They had wed Wednesday and were en route to Sioux City to visit the bride’s parents
French Aviators Make Big Flight To Paris
Two French Army aviation officers flew from Chalons Sur Marne to the Gates of Paris covering 105.6 miles in two hours and fifty minutes without a stop.
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Paris
Army Aviation Corps
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Sixth Room Wins Sixth Grade Baseball at Weed Park
The Franklin school sixth grade team defeated the fifth grade 26 to 18 at Weed park. Home runs were hit by Elmer Rebelsky three times Will Bierman twice and by Will Benninger Henry Greisenbach Louis Gremmel and Louis Houtz. Batteries were E Rebelsky and H Griesenbach for the sixth grade and C Rebelsky and F Barbaudh for the fifth grade. Umpires were George Hopewell and Ralph Bloom.
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Franklin School
Weed Park
Elmer Rebelsky
Will Bierman
Will Benninger
Henry Greisenbach
Louis Gremmel
Louis Houtz
E. Rebelsky
H. Griesenbach
C. Rebelsky
F. Barbaudh
George Hopewell
Ralph Bloom
Firefly for Davenport Shows Opinion on Death on Return Home
A fragment notes a Firefly for Davenport and states the view that the man died while returning home, reflecting an opinion rather than a definitive verdict.
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Davenport
The Weather Record for Iowa and Illinois Brief Update
Partly cloudy with showers in eastern Iowa tonight or Friday. Cooler in western Iowa. Illinois unsettled with showers tonight or Friday. Sunrise at 4 14 a m sunset 7 12 45 p m moonset 10 04 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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