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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
5
Nomination papers for fall elections are filed across the county with Republican Democratic Prohibition and Socialist tickets present. Township rolls list officers for Goshen Wilton Pike Seventy Six Muscatine and Muscatine townships with clerks assessors trustees and constables named for each area.
A list of elected positions for multiple townships including Fruitland, Bloomington, Fulton, Moscow, Goshen, Orono, Lake, and Montpelier. Names and roles include assessors, clerks, trustees, justices of the peace, and constables with respective candidates such as R. F. Parmalee, Theo Drake, J. W. Newkirk, Addison Hop, J. A. Eaton, W. B. Rhone, C. O. Rockefellow, J. C. Stuart, Ed. Barnard, H. H. Bloomer, C. E. Covell, Geo. Shoemaker, J. H. Vancamp, G. S. Rosborough, Chas. H. Carstensen, Geo. D. Plitt, Otto Rolff, Frank Gaylock, I. L. Fowler, Duke Ormsby, D. E. Jenkings, John Vogt, Ben F. Greiner, J. E. Parker, C. E. Chase, Will Fryberg er, Paulus Hahn, Dan Smith, Matt McKillup, W. B. Barkalow, Chas. H. Lamb, R. F. Stucker, Wm. Coxen, Jacob Vauble, Wm. Arnold, Wm. Speers, J. D. Buser, Geo. Brown, Chas. Halliman, S. S. Buser, T. J. Hooper, Arthur Latornette, D. H. Heezen, John A. Hoopes, W. H. Simpson, Milt Addleman, Harry Boyler, William Wagner.
A roster lists the Democratic township officers including assessors clerks trustees and justices of the peace across several names and positions such as R M Morris T E Nichols and A Reynolds Henry Dowling J W Gideon and others with numerous constables and additional clerks and trustees named throughout the roll. The long list names multiple individuals filling roles from assessor to constable reflecting local government staffing.
A bold claim outlines new compounds shown to cure Brights disease and diabetes with reported recovery rates up to 87 percent. The notice notes conclusive investigation and demonstration and urges readers to request a report and treatment details for urgent cases.
A long roster of county officials lists numerous assessors clerks trustees and justices of the peace from multiple locations. Names include Joseph Bowser Morgan Houser Wm Schmitt Newton Purcell Allen Reed Geo W Klein D F Dwyer D G Agnew R J McSwiggin Peter Rininsland George Sherberger T H Kelley Lemuel G Coder Joseph Gibbs John S Hitchcock Theodore Noll William Cullip John Harper Peter Lawler Henry Drumm Thos Agus Jr A F Drumm J P Cooper D L Brunson Frank Pazderski James Irwin Jr Byron Drury Edward Holling John McEvoy J P Fanning Michael Byrne John Barkman Horace Brown Bert Dewitte Austin Conklin Henry Wilton Charles A Ehrecke C A F Koeppe Henry G Nitz E A Allbee Henry Dietz Otto C Koeppe William Schueter W Jarboe Charles Guthrie William Diercks H J Smith Philip F Dale Henry Heinz Wm H Matthews.
Governor Albert B. Cummins proclaims the general election to be held on November 4 1902. Offices include Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Clerk of the Supreme Court Supreme Court Reporter and a Supreme Court Judge to succeed Scott M. Ladd. Also railroad commissioner and delegates from multiple congress and state senate districts.
The proclamation sets vacancies and new appointments across Iowa districts. It lists district judges for the First to Twenty-Second Judicial Districts and fills vacancies in the Second Ninth Eleventh Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth Fifteenth Sixteenth Seventeenth Eighteenth Nineteenth and Twentieth Districts. Electors and sheriffs are instructed to note and enforce the proclamation.
Miss Roxy Seigel traveled to Rock Island yesterday afternoon to attend a friend's wedding set for the coming days.
Mrs. M. B. Brackett returned to her home in Columbus Junction following a short visit with relatives in Davenport.
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