Gedar County Man Victim in Swing By Incident
A Gedar County man was a victim in a swing by incident involving local children. Police investigated the random attack and the suspect youths were questioned. No further details available.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
1
Sullivan Bryan boom leads Iowa ticket in Denver dispatch
Denver reports Bryan and Sullivan as the Democratic national ticket with Jeremiah V. Sullivan as leading booster. Iowa figures to carry the convention with an oration by Sullivan and Wade’s endorsement. Cummins rumored to consider resignation as Iowa governor amid political chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Bryan and Sullivan
Iowa
Jeremiah V. Sullivan
Bryan
Martin J. Wade
Sullivan
Sulllivan
Mr. Bryan
Wade
Jeremiah V
Cummins
Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Suicide Believed After Cedar Valley Boy Hangs Self
Special from Springdale and Davenport Iowa report 12 year old Alpheus Meyers son of Mr and Mrs F Meyers Cedar Valley hanged himself with a swing rope in their yard. Initial belief of accident gave way to suicide after investigation showing the rope looped from a limb around his neck. No motive or reason given. Coroner awaits word as reports from Tipton vary from accident to self infliction and a denial from the boy’s grandmother that it was suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springdale
Alpheus Meyers
F. Meyers
Cedar Valley
Meyers
Davenport
Tipton
Cedar County
Young Meyers
Panama City Municipal Ballot Sees Narrow Victory
In Colon Panama on June 29 Gen Obaldia’s candidates won the municipal elections by 94 votes as 582 ballots were cast. The day was orderly with government supporters disappointed by the result as Isthmus wide balloting ended by 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colon
Panama
Obaldia
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Weather brief notes Iowa fair tonight and Tuesday with cooler air in the southeast. Illinois also fair today and Tuesday with cooler tonight. Sunrise at 4 17 a.m. and sunset 7 31 p.m. Moon set at 4 34 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Illinois
Injunction plank controversy surrounds Democratic convention
Denver reports opposition to the anti injunction plank as Bryan leaders dismiss critics as fighting shadows. They say the plank draft is not ready and will be debated with party leaders nationwide. Theodore A Bell named temporary chairman amid no major dissent. Illinois delegation visits Bryan at Fairview before Denver trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Bryan
Bell
Theodore A. Bell
California
Mr. Bell
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Mr. Bryan
Pedagogues Gather for National Education Association Meet
Cleveland hosts the Forty-ninth annual National Education association convention with more than fifty thousand teachers in attendance. President Charles F. Thwing of Western Reserve University delivers the annual progress report as Irwin Shepard calls the gathering vital to the nation’s civilization and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
National Education Association
Irwin Shepard
Charles F. Thwing
The
Western Reserve University of Cleveland
Three Killed as California Limited Wrecks in Arizona
Winslow Arizona June 29 The west bound California Limited on the Santa Fe wrecked last night after striking a burned bridge over a sixty foot ravine. Two trainmen and one passenger were killed and about twenty people injured. The engine mail and accommodation cars and diner were badly wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow
Ariz
California Limited
Santa Fe
N&ht
Floods Follow in Cloudburst's Wake
Four people are known to have drowned and others are missing after a cloudburst caused the Hargis Creek flood east of Wellington Kansas. Houses were swept away and trains on the Union Pacific between Beatrice and Manhattan were halted by washouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Kan
Hargis
Here
Shirley Sherman
Edward West
Hurst
Beatrice
Neb
Union Pacific
Manhattan
Blue River
Ohio Politicians Protest Vorys Elimination for RNC Chair
Ohio politicians arrived in Washington to protest the removal of Arthur L. Vorys from consideration for the Republican National Committee chair. Frank H. Hitchcock also reached Washington on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Taft
Arthur L. Vorys
Republican National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Merge of Corn Products and Refining Companies Approved
Stockholders of the Corn Products company voted to merge with the Corn Products Refining company at a New York meeting held today. The decision affects corporate structure and future operations pending formal completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, N. Y
Corn Products Company
Corn Products Refining Company
No Jury Trial Debates for Thaw in White Plains Session
Harry K. Thaw arrived from Poughkeepsie in custody of Sheriff Townsend and Deputy Havens. At Judge Mills hearing his lawyers urged a jury trial on his mental condition. Mills adjourned for two weeks to hear affidavits and arguments on trial by jury. Thaw remained in good spirits and praised the better diet at Poughkeepsie jail. Dowling denied Thaw removal from Matteawan to another institution, leaving the Matteawan custody in place for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Poughkeepsie
Townsend
Havens
Mills
Charles Morschauser
Franklin Bartlett
Thaw
Hudson
Jerome
New York
Justice Dowling
Matteawan State Asylum
Trial of Prince Zu Eulenburg Opens in Berlin
The Berlin trial of Prince Zu Eulenburg, charged with perjury and inducing another to commit perjury in connection with the Round Table revelation from last summer, began today with public newspaper correspondents excluded from the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zu Eulenburg
Berlin
Prince Zu Eulenburg
Round Table
Hill denies interview quote about Democratic party
Albany June 29 Albert E Hoyt editor of the Argus reports former Governor Davida B Hill sent a categram authorizing a public denial of a widely published interview dated his departure for Europe In that interview Hill was quoted calling Governor Johnson a Poorhouse candidate criticizing Bryan and claiming there is no democratic party
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Albert E. Hoyt
The
Argus
Today
Davida B. Hill
Hill
Europe
Johnson
Bryan
Iowan Seeks One Year Registry Before Marriage
Miss Harriett Lake of Independence IA asks the federation of club women to urge a law requiring marriage license applicants to register their intent one year prior. Iowa is not represented on the federation's nominating committee report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Harriett Lake
Independence
Iowa
Federation
Carmack to contest Tennessee primary results
Former U S Senator Edward W Carmack plans to challenge the Democratic primary outcome in Tennessee claiming fraud in two interior counties. Patterson leads with 734 delegates to Carmacks 584 as the race for the governorship shows a about 9000 vote margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
United States
Edward W. Carmack
M. R. Patterson
Carmack
Interior
Patterson
Iowa Man Killed in Quarrel Over Horse
Marshalltown Iowa June 29 During an altercation over a horse Fred Seik a young farmer stabbed Cyrenus Chamberlain in the neck at Tama Saturday night Chamberlain bled to death before doctors could arrive Seik is in jail
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Marshalltown
Fred Seik
Cyrenus Chamberlain
Tama
Chamberlain
Seik
Drowning of Carl Schultz in Burlington River
Carl Schultz aged 26 fell from a sewer coping into the river while asleep in Burlington on June 29 and drowned. His body was recovered later, marking the sixth drowning victim of the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Carl Schultz
Schultz
Well Known Divine Seriously Ill in Cooperstown
Cooperstown reports Bishop Henry Codman Potter of New York is here and seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
New York
Mexico 15 in Throes of War
The article reports Mexico facing uprisings in its north east region as Diaz's government battles unrest. It notes displeased factions seeking refuge in the United States and suggests Washington may be asked to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico Faces Northern Mexican Revolt With Border Tensions
June 29 dispatches report false capture rumors of Jiminez by bandits dismissed as quiet returns to attacked towns. Troops move to Torreon and Juarez area, 1,500 federal soldiers to Torreon and 200 to Juarez amid insurrectionist activity. Ambassador Creel may seek U.S. help. Texas officials pledge neutrality enforcement and border guard actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Jiminez
City of
Mexico
Republic
Torreon
Jaral
Juarez
Chipuapua
United States
Creel
Washington
One Man Dead After Barton Camp Attack
Bridgeport Ohio June 29 One man is dead another dying and two men badly injured after Mike Kartik armed with a gun and knife attacked a mining camp at Barton. He demanded entry to a house occupied by Hungarians. when refused a fight ensued.
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Bridgeport
Mike Kartik
Barton
Burlington Woman Jane English Smith Dies Daughter of Revolutionary Hero
Mrs Jane English Smith daughter of Captain Andrew English a Revolutionary War hero died after a lingering illness The Burlington resident was recognized as the daughter of a Revolutionary figure and funeral arrangements were to be announced.
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Burlington
Jane English Smith
Andrew English
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LAD
Wif Fedice Creel
Judge Wade
Didacy
Wang
Bey
Fred Cooley
East Tenth Stree
Muscatine
Rochester
Panama City
MENT
Lincoln
Illinois Feleistion
William” Bryan
Fairview
W. R. U. Speaks
Vorys
Matteawan
Dowling
Diaz
Enrique Creel
IOWAN
Peo
Prohibition
Tennessee
Beaton
Quarrel
Prya
Bishop Potter
U. S
America
Bulletin
Uncle Sam
el Paso
Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Saltillo
Mex
Cervantes
Viesca
Thomas Zertuche
Senor Zertuche
Porfino Diaz
Anette
Las Vacas
Gov
Campbell
Texas
State Department
Mike Goers
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