Republican State Convention Call for Iowa Delegates 1900
The Muscatine Journal notes publication details and subscriptions. It announces a Republican delegate convention in Des Moines on May 10, 1900 at 11 a.m. to elect four delegates and four alternates to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. It outlines representation, district conventions, and voting basis based on county votes for Governor Leslie M. Shaw in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee
Congressional Committee
Des Moines
Iowa
State Central Committee
Leslie M. Shaw
Pennsylvania
Jackson
Second District Convention of Iowa Republicans May 10 1900 Des Moines
Delegates from Iowa's Second District will meet in Des Moines on May 10 1900 at 9:00 a.m. to elect two delegates and two alternates to represent the district at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Additional meeting site to be announced.
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Republican National Committee
Republican State Central Committee of
Iowa
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Political convention dates listed by party and city
Populist Sioux Falls May 9 Middle of Road pop Cincinnati May Republicans Philadelphia June 19 Prohibitionists Chicago June 27 Democrats Kansas City July 4 Silver Republicans Kansas City May 4 Iowa Republicans Des Moines May 10
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Adair
Jefferson
Adams Johnson
Allamakee
Jones
Appanoose
Keokuk
E Wees
Audubon
Kossuth
Benton
Blackhawk
Linn
Eae
Boone
Louisa Eee
Butler
Mahaska
Calhoun
Marion
Carroll
Hancock
Hardin Owcke
Warren
Washington
Harrison
Wayne
Henry Tee Twee
Webster
Howard
Winnebago
Humboldt
Winneshiek
Ida
Woodbury
Iowa
al Wright
Jackson
Worths
Jaspere
Sioux Falls
S. D
Cincinati
Philadelphia
Chicago
Kansas City
Des Moines
Muscatine urged to prevent strikes through cooperation
An editorial warns Muscatine to avoid strikes by aligning labor and capital in amicable wage and hour settlements. It cites Chicago’s strikes as costly lessons and urges unity to prevent future disruptions for the city’s manufacturing base and overall welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Chicago
Lakes
Milwaukee Judge Rules Passengers May Refuse Move Up Front
A Milwaukee judge ruled that street car passengers may refuse to move forward when ordered by conductors. The ruling arose from a damage suit by a man removed from a car after he ignored a command to push further into a crowded aisle.
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Milwaukee
Jayhawker backs Champ Clark on Bryan ticket in liberty praise
The Clearwater Kansas Jayhawker urges Champ Clark as vice president on the Bryan ticket calling him the diamond pin in the shirt front of freedom and describing Bryan as the brightest jewel in the crown of liberty.
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Clearwater
Kan
Jayhawker
Champ Clark
Bryan
Freedom
Liberty
Train straw vote rules bar grass widows this season
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports arrangements for straw votes on trains this season should include a provision to prevent grass widows from exercising the ballot privilege.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Bryan Reacts to Dewey Run as Democrat
Chicago Times-Herald reports Bryan declined to speak at first but then spoke for three hours after learning Dewey would run as a Democrat. The exchange reflects party dynamics and political theater of the era.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Bryan
Dewey
Depew Practices Vocabulary Ahead of Philadelphia Convention
The source notes Mr. Depew is studying vocabulary nightly in curl papers in preparation for the upcoming Philadelphia convention.
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Washington Post
Donnelly Named as Likely Vice Presidential Pick
Worcester Spy notes Ignatius Donnelly as the sole man pointed to as a presidential campaign certainty for vice president guiding the discussion around future ticket plans.
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Worcester
Ignatius Donnelly
Baltimore Wallpaper Trust Fails Traditions of the Trade
The wall paper trust has failed yet fulfilled the traditions of the trade by going to the wall. The statement echoes in a Baltimore Republican piece reflecting on the industry and its enduring standards.
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Baltimore Republican
Wall Paper Trust
Wall
Town Democracy Faces Editor Murphy's Grip Says Cedar Rapids Republican
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that local democracy remains controlled by Editor Murphy of Dubuque, commenting on editorial influence and power dynamics in the town.
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Cedar Rapids
Murphy
Dubuque
Locomotives Shift to Oil Fuel on Pacific Coast
A major Pacific Coast railroad considers replacing coal with oil to power locomotives claiming cleaner operation and possible efficiency gains. The article contrasts this test with Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, praising its fifty years of digestive health cures and urging readers to use the remedy for dyspepsia and related ailments.
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Pacific Coast
Decision for Labor Corporation Responsibility in 1897 Rail Case
Judge W F Brannan rules in Muscatine county that laborers owed wages on a railway project have a lien under code 1897 for work performed amid contractor insolvency. The plaintiff, who bought time checks assigned by workers, seeks recovery from Muscatine North and South Railroad Co. The decision discusses lien transfer on assigned claims and the hardship faced by laborers when sub-contractors abscond with wages.
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W. F. Brannan
W. H. Seevers
Iowa Central Road
Arthur Huffman
Muscatine County District
Muscatine North & South R. R. Co. Et al
Tennis Construction Company
John S. Wolf & Co
Balch, Peppard & Johnson
John S. Wolf
Wolf
Navy
Balch
Peppard & Johnson
Laborers lien on railroad taxes upheld over transfers
A Kansas court rules time checks proving labor performed on railroad construction establish the lien for wages and that assignment to a plaintiff transfers the lien rights. The railway is found negligent for not paying laborers and cannot defeat their statutory lien by transfer. Judgment for plaintiff. commandery event noted.
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Wolf
Defendaant Railway Company
Cannibals of North Australia Lecture Quote by Lumholtz
Dr Carl Lumholtz in a lecture at Mrs Henry Drapers home called North Australia the land of contrasts where the women lack beauty the birds have no songs the flowers have no fragrance and even the dogs do not bark.
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North Australia
Carl Lumholtz
Henry Draper
Conventions Fusion Opens In South Dakota Meet
Sioux Falls May 7 The national Populist convention gathering in South Dakota draws Edgerton Mills Gray and other leaders. Delegates from Nebraska Kansas Texas Minnesota Iowa New York Illinois and more attend as Bryan is conceded for president. The vice presidency battle dominates with a committee likely to decide. The convention starts its real work tomorrow.
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Sioux Falls
Edgerton
Denver
National Committee
D. A. Mills
A. B. Gray
Colorado State Committee
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Weaver
Iowa
Minnesota
Charles A. Towne
New York
Sulzer
Illinois
H. 8. Taylor
Chicago
Bryan
Kansas City
Middle of the Road Populists Gather in Cincinnati
Advance workers for the national convention of the middle-of-the-road Populists arrive in Cincinnati to oppose fusion with Republicans and Democrats. They claim to represent a large majority of the People's party and criticize the Sioux Falls delegates as a minority. The convention is set for Robinson's Opera House with decor featuring quotes and anti fusion inscriptions.
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Cincinnati
Jo A. Parker
National Committee of the
the Dennison
People’s Party
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Butler
Allen and Dettigrew
Robinson’s Opera House
Senator Allen
Lincoln
New Jerusalem
Engineer Thompson Acquitted in Detroit Journal Boiler Explosion
Detroit May 7 engineer Thomas M Thompson was acquitted of manslaughter by willful neglect in the November 5 1895 Detroit Journal building boiler explosion that killed thirty seven people.
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Detroit
Thomas M. Thompson
Detroit Journal
Democratic convention called for Neenah meeting
Captain J N Stone editor of The Daily Times and chair of the Sixth Wisconsin district Democratic congressional committee issues a call for the convention to meet in Neenah Wisconsin on June at 1 pm.
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Neenah, Wis
J. N. Stone
The
Daily Times
Wisconsin District
Democratic Congressional Committee
Train carries thirty six threshers toward Texas wheat fields
A gayly decorated special train on the Omaha line attracted crowds at Sibley on May 7. The train carried thirty six new threshing machines with the last unit in operation. The procession is billed for Texas and its wheat fields.
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Sibley
Omaha
Texas
Jeffries Corbett Heavyweight Bout Set for Coney Island
New York reports the heavyweight bout between Jim Jeffries and James J. Corbett will be decided at the Seaside Sporting club in Coney Island next Friday night.
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New York
May
Jim Jeffries
James J. Corbett
Seaside
Coney Island
Masonic Society Cards For Local Lodges
Masonic bodies list meeting days before or on full moon. J Przowrortsa and A W Morean serve as W M and Secretary for Mason lodge No 2. Hawkeye No 3% meets Tue before full moon with Sumyer G Sharnit and PF W Eversmeyer. Washington Chapter No 4 R A M convocation Friday before full moon led by G A Breemcke and GEO C Winn Secy. J E Molay Commandry No ? holds conclave Wednesday led by M L Mikesell. Miriam Lodge No 27 D of R meets second and fourth Friday at 1 30. Prairie Encampment No - meets first and third Fridays at 7 30. Muscatine Lodge No 5 meets Mondays at 7 8 in Speer’s building corner Second and Cedar streets Cedar street entrance.
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J. Przowrortsa
Miriam Lodge
D. of R
Prairie Encampment
Muscatine Lodge
Speer
Second
Cedar Streets
Cedar Street
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the Muscatine Journal
John Mchin and
Journal
Snemer i
Journal Printing Co
State of
Republicans of
H. O. Weaver
Republican State Con. Com. Co
W. Phillips
Eas Hws Johnson
Total
Cc. W. Phillips
Cen
Dist
Second District
Brannan
Argu
K. T. Commandry
Wichita
Knights of Templar
Fusion
South Dakota
Fagtineer
Ice
Society
OWA Lodge
M. W. OF
Muscatine Camp
Woodmen of America
Olds’ Block
Frank Gevald
V. C. Clay Knexse
Woodman Hall
S. E. Fox
R. C. Schenck
Send City
Modern Brotherhood of America
H. CosGrove
G. W. Coverston
Knights OF Pythias
Wyoming Lodge
K. of P
K. of P. Hall
Iowa Avenue
J. C. Coster
C. C. H. S. Howe
K. of R
Eagle Lodge
A. O. U. W. Hall
Second Street
S. R. Amlong
M. W
Redman Hall
Shammo Hall
Maccabee Hall
Fisch
Henry H. Fack
J. W. Hallg
Ladies OF the Maccabees
Muscatine Hive
No. 13
Macabee Hall
Fisch’s
W. D. Hine
Mary E. Peck
Sloomington
Q. T. Howard
Pres
E. Fay
Sankers’ Union OF the World
Woodmenhall
First National Bank
O. L. Peyeaut
N. W. Mivers
A.O U. W. Hall
Atv. P.m
Mollie E. Wiles
Gossik Mull
L E. Giester
W. M
Emma Manlove
Sec'y
Thos. Brown
Clymer A. Coldren
East Second Street
Mate
John M. Kemble
J. W. McKee
Bramworth’s Drug Store
B Thompson
Sue Browning
W. B. Thompson & CO
Uipe Insurance
Old’s Bidg
Iowa Ave
Carskaddan
W. D. Burk
Burk
LAW
Muscatine, Iowa
West Second Street
T. R. Fitzgerald
Iver Hershey State Bank
Lowa Avenue
Titus
D. Vv
Jackson Titus 4
A. Jayne, Jayne & Hoffman
Richman
E. F. Richman
Richman& Richman
H. M. Dean
H. J. Dean
Cook, Musser & Co.'s Bank
West Third Street
J. Dean
DR. J
Kulp, Jentist
Wok, Musser & Co.'s Bank
Igwa Avenue
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