Republican State Convention Call for Iowa Delegates 1900
The notice invites Republican voters to a Des Moines convention May 10 1900 at 11 am to elect four delegates and four alternates at large to the national convention in Philadelphia June 19 1900. It outlines representation by county and vote basis based on Shaw 1899 results and specifies district conventions May 10 at 9 am and Des Moines venue details.
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Iowa
Republican National Committee
Republican State Central Committee of
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
National Committee
Congressional Committee
State Central Committee
Leslie M. Shaw
Jackson
Second District Convention for Iowa Republicans May 10 1900
Delegates of the Second Congressional District of Iowa convene in Des Moines on May 10 1900 at 9:00 am to elect two delegates and two alternates to represent the district at the Republican National Convention. The gathering follows calls from the Republican National Committee and the Republican State Central Committee of Iowa and will meet at a location to be announced.
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Republican National Committee
Republican State Central Committee of
Iowa
Des Moines
Political convention dates listed for various parties
Populists in Sioux Falls S C hold May 9 meeting. Middle of Road Populists in Cincinnati pick May date. Republicans meet in Philadelphia June 19. Prohibitionists convene in Chicago June 27. Democrats set Kansas City July 4. Silver Republicans in Kansas City July 4. Iowa Republicans meet in Des Moines May 10. Iowa Democrats meet Des Moines May 2. Iowa Populists meet Des Moines April 17.
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Sioux Falls
S. C
Cincinati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
Iowa
Des Moines
Towa Democrats
Towa Populists
Trade Figures Highlight Record Imports and Exports
A New York World editorial republished in Iowa cites nine month trade data showing imports averaging 71 million dollars monthly and exports at 117 million dollars monthly, implying a potential yearly surplus of 550 million dollars. The piece disputes Republican campaign bias and praises expanding commerce.
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United States
Iowa
Mark Hanna
New York World
Castle Garden
Golden Gate
Bryan
Republican Party
Naval bill passes eight ships in new era
Press opinions note the House approval of a naval bill for eight additional warships, while editors cite political implications in the platforms of state conventions and post office funding shifts. They also discuss rural delivery growth and urban conveniences alongside a focus on the British use of American horses in South Africa.
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Cedar Rapids
House
Post Office
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Schuyler Verdon Returns from Las Vegas Trip
Schuyler Verdon came home from Las Vegas New Mexico Monday night with a tan from daily strolls in the southern sunshine. He spent one to four hours walking each day and left his cough there.
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Wapello Tribune
Schuyler Verdon
Las Vegas
N. M
A Trip Abroad from Beersheba to Damascus and Beyond
A traveler reports a March 1900 voyage from Nazareth to Damascus, describing sites along the Jordan and Sea of Galilee, visits to Caesarea Philippi and St Sophia, and hopes for mail from home. He notes encounters with Saladin’s tomb, the sultan in Constantinople, and plans to reach Athens after lingering at Damascus.
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Beersheba
Dan
Nazareth
Cana
Gallilee
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Horns of
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Sea of Galilee
Yonder
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Tiberias
Bethsaida
Jordan
Mt. Hermon
Merom
Gilead
Bashan
Sea of Gallilee
Caesarea Phillipi
Fountain of the Jordan
Hermon
Paul
Papa
Beyrout
Annanias
Judas
Naaman
Constantinople
Greece
Jesse L. Corley
St. Sophia
Alexander the Great
Athens
Traveler's letter from Constantinople recounts ancient sights
A note dated April 7 1900 from Constantinople describes a rapid journey from Beyrout to the city of the Turks. The writer visits Vathy Samos Rhodes Smyrna and Ephesus noting the temple Diana the hippodrome and ruins. He travels the Hellespont to Troy sighting the Bosphoros and observes the sultan at the Salamelek ceremony.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Beyrout
Vathy
Samos
Rhodes
Smyrna
Ephesus
Diana
Hellespont
Troy
Xerxes
Bosphoros
Black Sea
Salamelek
April Weddings Fill County Clerk Ledger
April proved a busy month with twenty three marriage licenses issued by the county clerk. About half the couples were city residents and half from nearby rural areas, listing pairs such as John W. Jones with Lena Minteer and Adolph Murer with Emma D. Schwertfeger among others.
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John W. Jones
Lena Minteer
Howard Vanatta
Hattie Hintermeister
Adolph Murer
Emma D. Schwertfeger
Joseph Feeley
Elizabeth J. Applequist
Fred. W. Lewis
Anna M
Barker Predicts Populists May Split From Bryan
The Populist national convention in Cincinnati May 0 may see a split from W J Bryan. Wharton Barker of this city foresees 500 to 1,000 delegates, mainly from the south and central west, with 1.5 million of Bryan’s 1900 votes likely to shift to the Populist nominee. Barker doubts a strong Republican threat but says Bryan could be the GOP choice if not in the race. Dewey is named as Bryan’s likely opponent in New York reporting April 30.
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Philadelphia
Bryan
Barker
People’s Party
Gold Democrats
McKinley
Dewey
New York
Washington
Cheney
Chicago
Opinion on Politics and Belief in 1900s Campaign
O P H Belmont returned from Europe and shared views on Admiral Dewey, party tickets, and issues of imperialism and trusts. He forecast Indiana Illinois Ohio New York as battlegrounds, criticized tariff history, and urged restraint on Boer war commentary. A separate report details Miss Ella Reade’s thwarted elopement to Kalamazoo, ending at Harrison Street police station.
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New York
O. P. H. Belmont
Lucania
Europe
Admiral Dewey
McKinley
Bryan
Dewey
Ueryan
Congress
Lem Vore
Porto Rico
Republican Party
Indiana
Iliness
Ohio
Belmont
Chicago
Ella Reade
Fairfield
Harrison Street
Jack
Kalamazoo
Mich
April mortuary report lists seventeen city deaths
Seventeen deaths were reported in April to the city recorder, with six due to pneumonia or lagrippe. Names include Jno B Lindle Jr 24 pneumonia Henry Oberhouse Sr 66 pneumonia Mary M Southgate 83 gastritis Abraham Ribbink 59 typhoid Martha J Foster 58 Samuel Lantz 66 cancer stomach Geo W Dillaway 72 lagrippe Nathan Smith 65 cancer stomach Roy C Young 25 la grippe Winnifred Marie Neibling 7 months whooping cough Mrs Jno W O'Brien 48 acute nephritis Elizabeth Huston 81 old age Mary E Rice 4 months Henry Witt 60 heart failure. Some deaths occurring elsewhere were brought for burial and others occurred in city hospitals.
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City Recorder
Lagrippe
Jno
B. Lindle, Jr
Jno. Graebner, Sr
Henry Oberhouse, Sr
Mary M. Southgate
Abraham Ribbink
Martha J. Foster
Samuel Lantz
Geo. W. Dillaway
Nathan Smith
Roy C. Young
Winnifred Marie Neibling
Jno. W. O’brien
Elizabeth Huston
Mary E. Rice
Henry Witt
Jno. B. Lindle
Lake Township
Iowa City
Iowa
Flower Garden Hats Bloom At Easter Sermon
Delwin Register notes a sea of Easter flower garden hats in church before Easter and recalls the gospel proclaimed amid a display of millinery art. The writer observes the hats' colorful combinations and suggests it would be cruel to hide such beauty.
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Delwin Register
Traveling man loses 1000 mile transportation book in Grundy Center
A traveling man on a weekend trip in Grundy Center misplaced his 1000 mile transportation book. His wife threatens a harsh response if she discovers his flirtations. The incident reads like a suggestive hint in the Grundy Republican.
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Grundy
Grundy Center
Death by Own Action Shocks Eckerty Village
Frederick J. Barry, a promising young lawyer from Newton Stewart, is reported dead by his own hand. A letter to relatives explains a long, tangled tragedy involving love for a friend's wife and Barry's sense of honor, leading to suicide to avoid dishonor.
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Eckerty
Ind
Newton Stewart
Frederick J. Barry
Fifteen Men Poisoned After Eating Brick Cheese
In Banfield near Essex Illinois fifteen corn planters on William Keerps farm became seriously ill from brick cheese. Dr J W Allison of Essex attended and, after strenuous effort, saved them from further harm.
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Essex
William Keerps
Banfield
Ill
J. W. Allison
Body of missing man found in abandoned well near Athens
Rob ert Carter's decomposed body was pulled from a Salzenstein farm well after a search party found it twelve feet deep. Four coal miners once seen with Carter were arrested. Sheriff Rutledge moved them to Petersburg Jail as the town reels from the grim discovery. Carter, from Mason City Missouri, had visited his sister in Athens since March 13.
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Springfield
Ills
Frank Conlee
Curran Bennett
Walter Smith
Robert Carter
Salzenstein Farm
Athens
Carter
Sheriff Rutledge
Mason County
Leslie Harvey
Richard Garretson
Jas Dixon
George Moore
Rutledge
Petersburg
Mason City
His
Tilden Hines
Primm
Suit Seeks Fortune From Broker Who Proposed Marriage
Mrs. Mary McCarthy Frazer sue s John E. King of Hubbard and King for 100000 alleging breach of promise. King, 6 years old, is described as a real estate broker with a claimed worth over 2 million. She says he pressed for marriage during a January visit to her home after a prior market inquiry.
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Detroit
John E. King
Hubbard & King
Mary McCarthy Frazer
James Frazer
Love
Farmer Ernest Meyer fined for attempted injury death of Christ Bauer
Sioux City Iowa April 30 Meyer, brother in law of Christ Bauer, was convicted of attempt to commit great bodily injury in Bauer s death. He was fined 500. Meyer claimed self defense, his father a wealthy Scott county farmer. Meyer dazed, possible insanity risk.
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Sioux City
Christ Bauer
Ernest Meyer
Meyer
Bauer
Scott County
Iowa
Finn Emigration Swells Finnish Communities in Michigan
The van gyard of 30,000 Finnish emigrants has arrived in Michigan. Five carloads entered through Sault Ste. Marie, with two headed for Calumet and two for Ironwood. Houghton county now has about 15,000 residents of Finnish birth or parentage, and Lionwood’s 6,000 residents include 6,000 Finns, with Ishpeming Negaunee and Ren Mountain among mining towns gaining Finns weekly.
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Houghton, Mich
United States
Sault Ste. Marie
Calumet
Houghton County
Lionwood
Ishpeming
Negaunee
Ren Mountain
Philosophical Temple of Reason Opens in Colfax
An April 30 report notes Colfax Indiana hosts a Philosophical Temple of Reason aimed at uplifting society through rational discussion. Opening May 15, it will offer daily summer lectures including Sundays, inviting diverse thinkers regardless of belief.
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Philosophical Temple of Reason
Colfax
Ind
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