State Ticket Officials Named in Election Slate
State ticket listing CHARLES A. DICKSON of Sioux City as Secretary of State and EDGAR F. MEDARY as Auditor, HENRY REIGELMAN of Des Moines as Treasurer, MAURICE OCONNOR of Fort Dodge as Attorney General, J. P. MANATREY of Fairfield as Railway Commissioner, and J. W. SULLIVAN of Kossuth County as Supreme Judge.
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Charles A. Dickson
Sioux City
Edgar F. Medary
Waukon
Henry Reigelman
Des Moines
Maurice O'Connor
Fort Dodge
J. P. Manatrey
Fairfield
J. W. Sullivan
Kossuth County
Pella School Year Opens as Nation Values Education
A local editorial urges readers to recognize the opening of the new school year and the national significance of public schooling. It praises uniform education and Puritan moral foundations while lamenting neglect of the town’s historic college, calling for investment in better buildings, equipment, and endowment to strengthen the community’s future.
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Pella
Prominent Men in Pella's Rise and College Impact
A terse reflection on how local men shape Pella's material prosperity and what the college has created for them. The brief urges consideration of these ties between town success and institutional influence.
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Pella
Sixth District Democrats Meet in Oska loosa for Convention
The Sixth district Democratic convention in Oska loosa organized with O P Myers as temporary chairman and R A Mortland as secretary. It nominated S A Brewster of Ottumwa for congress under a rules suspension and adjourned after authorizing the congressional committee to fill vacancies.
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Oskaloosa
Fred Townsend
O. P. Myers
Newton
R. A. Mortland
Montezeuma
R. G. Hardy
Bloomfield
Myers
J. Bo Weaver
Congress
A. Brewster
Ottumwa
If. Rinehart
Brewster
Congressional Committee
G. FV. Rinehart
George EB. Rinehart
Jasper County
Charles D. Fullen
Wappello County
Davis County
W. C. Anderson
Mahaska County
Monroe County
Mortland
Poweshiek County
Towa
St Louis
United States
J. B. Weaver
Redman
Out for Parker The Baltimore Herald shifts to Democracy
The Baltimore Herald abandons the Republican party and pledges editorial support for Parker and Davis. It proclaims the paper will back the Democratic cause, argues the nation needs this course, and notes Maryland public opinion leans Democratic. The Herald vows to act as an independent paper within a Democratic aligned landscape.
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Baltimore Herald
Republican Party
The
Democracy
Herald
Parker
Davis
Maryland
Georgia Legislature Approves 82 Million for Education
The Georgia Legislature closed its regular session and appropriated over 82 million dollars for educational use in the coming year. The move is praised as a strong investment in the rising generation, with teachers expected to benefit.
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Georgia
Better paid teachers would boost efficiency and repay costs
The article argues that low wages force teachers to seek other jobs, reducing school efficiency. It calls for higher pay to attract stable, skilled instructors, asserting that improved compensation would compensate for the extra expense through better educational outcomes.
Divorced Rev. M. L. Everett Wins Decree by Default
The divorce suit brought by Mrs. Everett was heard at Keosauqua last week. Adultery was not sustained and the decree grants all property to the former wife, including a Baldwin Kansas home. Everett offered no defense to other charges and allowed a default divorce. Evidence suggested Mrs. Everett was unhappy and jealous, while Everett’s defense against adultery appeared strong.
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Everett
Keosauqua
Baldwin
Kansas
Chicago beef strike ends as packers regain normal operations
Packers announce the labor dispute is resolved and production returns to usual. Donnelly sought talks with the packers after the strike failed, but the union members are returning to work. Packers say the first agreement was not kept and declined mediation. The workforce is being stabilized with permanent positions for workers.
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Chicago
Donnelly
U S Assures Panama on Canal Tariff Policy
The United States Minister to Panama, with State Department approval, pledged no permanent tariff policy at canal ports without full Panama consultation and in a manner matching national honor. The aim is to allow uninterrupted nonduty passage of international commerce through the canal and to enable Panama to levy duties on goods for use outside canal interests.
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United States
Panama
State Department
Washington
Philadelphia unions threaten Roosevelt over state house labor
Several important Philadelphia labor unions protest non union labor on the new state house at Harrisburg. Unable to gain satisfaction from state authorities they threaten to hold President Roosevelt and his party responsible claiming they can sway enough votes to aid the Democrats in the election.
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Philadelphia
Sartisburg
Roosevelt
Age figures rebound on Mr Davis campaign jab
The remark by Mr Root about Mr Davis’s age backfires as a string of famous longevity claims surface. Old Admiral Dondolo allegedly captured Constantinople at ninety nine, Senator Work is said to be 101 in Canada, Voltaire wrote a tragedy at eighty six, Thomas Parr lived to 140, and Mrs Parr divorced him for a statuary reason when he was 120.
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Mr. Root
Mr. Davis
Dondolo
Constantinople
Senator Work
Voltaire
Thomas Parr
London
Question on tariffs and admiration in a theft context
A provocative query contrasts paying 45 for a sewing machine with a bill of 25 for a similar item, then asks how much one admires a tariff regime linked to a robbery. It blends pricing with political ideology in a hypothetical critique.
Paris Walking Matches Draw French Attention
The September Twentieth Century Woman issue details the Paris midinettes walking event. More than three thousand shop girls compete in a seven and a half mile challenge. The piece notes Parisian society and various workers embracing walking after the success of the original experiment.
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France
Paris
Roosevelt Rooters and the Campaign Hard Talk
The Gazette describes supporters and officeholders tied to Roosevelt who defend his administration while attacking Parker. It portrays a broad base of rooters, including imitators of Morgan and Rockefeller, with jobs and prosperity tied to Roosevelt's fate. The piece emphasizes loyalty, fear of change, and class tensions in the election climate.
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Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Esopus
Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Gazette
Fear of Railroading and Workplace Accidents Highlight Risks
A fragment discussing fear of railroading as a vocation and dangers of work. It cites a boy at Olivet injured driving a horse, suggesting accidents reflect carelessness across towns, railroads, and other jobs. An ad block promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming clear skin benefits.
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Olivet
The Picnic Girl And The War Correspondent
A vintage humor piece contrasts picnic season follies with a satirical look at war reporting. It ventures humorous sketches of girls at leisure and shifts to a poke at war correspondents who chase truth for pay, noting their reliance on convenient facts when truth evades them.
A Quiet Event at Sea Watch
A doctor advises rest with no excitement while a weekly outing invites a yacht race watch. The exchange frames a restrained social moment as a patient seeks calm recreation and a safe hobby on calm waters.
Rides and Riddles of a Granger Life in Verse
A quirky piece blends rustic imagery of grangers riding three horse sulkies across fields with cheeky witticisms about love and social norms. It contrasts rural labor tools and domestic quips with satirical lines about relationships and gender roles.
Neglected consumption warned and cured by Scott’s Emulsion
An advertisement urges early use of Scott's Emulsion for suspected consumption. It claims neglected consumption is curable and that prompt dosing often turns the tide, offering free samples and listing Scott & Bowne at Pearl Street New York.
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