NAPPERINGS OF A WEEK
A roundup of notable events from midweek: President Roosevelt nearly injured in a riding accident. Hammond seeks Republican vice presidency. Philip acquitted in Washington murder case. Other items include civic awards, bank failures, arrests, deaths, trials, and political shifts across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
John Ways Hammond
Gaston P. Philip
Chlairman
New York
Washington
Frank Macabo
Robert A. Smith
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., Was Presented With $11,000 By Business Men, Co
C. Hanson
Gulf Compress Company
McCall
United States Court
Memphis
Lakewood
N. J
Princeton
A. S. Crowninshield
National Cemetery
Arlington
Obituary notices of notable figures from across the era
Daniel Ritchey a 90 year old veteran of the Black Hawk war died in Corning Iowa General Sir Robert Gillespie Reid prominent railroad builder died in Montreal General Sir Redvers Buller famed Boer war figure died in London Prince David Kalanianaole of Hawaii died in San Francisco reflecting a string of notable deaths across decades in old newspapers
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Daniel Ritchey
Corning
Robert Gillespie Reid
Montreal
Redvers Buller
London
Prince David Kalanianaole
Hawaii
San Francisco
Iowa World News Roundup Bloodied by Tragic and Legal Feuds
A Marshalltown arrest targets a suspect known as Tracky in a Valley City murder case. Injuries erode a Iowa City priest's dome fall, while train speed violations prompt court actions. Des Moines booster cases, Sioux City franchise votes, and a fatal runaway in Parrfield follow. Multiple Iowa incidents reflect crime, weathered lives, and local legal skirmishes.
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Tracky
Valley City
N. D
Marshalltown
Godfrey Gentz
St. Mary's Church
Iowa City
T. C. Clegg
Iowa Central
Northwestern Fast Mail
Union Station
Greater
David Roth
Ethel
Parrfield
Beecoming
Kansas City & Omaha
Warl Rainey
Henrice Allen
J. Allen
Winterset
Allen
St. Charles
James Wilson
Waterloo
David Wilson
New Zealand
Honolulu
Hiawaiian Islands
Scotland
James
David
Hyedana Farm
Grundy County
Federal Grand Jury
W. (. Smith
Sioux City
Globe Realty Company
Iowa
Iowa and Iowa district returns show Allison lead and races tighten
Latest returns from Allison headquarters peg the senator's majority at 12 100 with Des Moines reports differing from Dubuque tallies. Semi official counts by The Register and Leader place Allison over Cummins at 10 628, while Carroll dominates with 23 680 for governor. Governor contenders Garst Carroll and Hamilton lead, and race details cover lieutenant governor and railroad commissioner winners, plus congressional results across ten districts and a New Hampton Democratic win for Fourth district congress by 108.
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East Side
New York
Idaho
Maryland
Louisiana
Emile Zola
Pantheon
Paris
Charles T. Muir
Allison
Gov
Cummins
Iowa
Burlington
Springfield
A. PP
Camden
Chicago
Minneapolis
Federal Grand Jury
St. Paul
James L. Lovering
South
Jefferson Davis
Willian Dorner
Meyers
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Roy H. Chamberlain
Koscinsko County
Warsaw
Ind
C.F. Wilber
Beatrice, Neb
Bimself
Theodore TP
Shonts
Duke de Chaulnes
American Medical Association
Allentown
Adolph Steinheft
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baltimore
F. J
Wood
Passaic
N. J
Peter H. Jetberg
Amherst
Wis
Neenah
Dubuque
Des Moines
Register and Leader
Carroll
Scott
Garst
Hamilton
Clarke
Murphy
Wilson
Ketchum
Cockfield
Keys
Blenkley
Hopkins
John F. Riges
C. C. Kennedy
George S. Tracy
IF. Dawson
Mark Walsh
Charles E. Fickett
Charles Eliott
G. N. Haugen
Geiser
James W. Good
K. Tracy
N. I Kendall
Rw Od
OW. Hamilton
Holly
D. Mighth
W. P. Hepburn
W. D. Jamieson
W. J. Smith
R. C. Spencer
Frank P. Woods
H. Hubbard
R. Woods
Conner
Good
Trewin
Nfth
Kendall
Rominger
Hepburn
Smith
Hubbard
Tered
Walsh
Vmand
Jamie
McGinnis
Hull
Prouty
M. E. Gelser
New Hampton
A. J. Andres
Oelwein
Primary results reshape Iowa legislature nominations
In Des Moines a flurry of Republican primary results altered senate and house nominations. Notable shifts include Robert Hunter defeating John J. Jackson in Woodbury County for senator on a platform backing state primary adherence, and G. K. Ward beating W. W. McElrath. Other races saw W. L. Harding re elected unopposed, and Charles E. DeWitt winning in Montgomery County as a progressive. Different counties showed varying margins, with notable multi-candidate races in Taylor and Hancock counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Allison
G. KE. Ward
W. W. McElrath
W. L. Harding
Montgomery County
Charles E. DeWitt
House
J. E. Taylor
Mr. DeWitt
Taylor County
M. N. Burt
W. D. Blackmore
William Larrabee
Thirty-third
General Assembly
Frederick Larrabee
Fort Dodge
Wester County
Cummins
Willian Larrabee, Jr
Fayette County
George W. Tilton
A. M. Raney
Town County
Raney
Robert Scendenheim
Tilton
Ags
Mr. Tilton
Hancock County
A. C. Ripley
Dave Trant
Iowa-Johnson
Women Spy on Lodges in Wabash District Meeting
At a district Odd Fellows meeting near Brown's Corner east of Wabash, Indiana, married women climbed trees and ladders to view lodge ceremonies through windows but fled when spotted. The lodge voted to prosecute, and evidence has been supplied to the prosecutor. The article also notes the Mormon Temple choir of Salt Lake City at 360 voices and Germany’s smokeless powder surveillance idea viewed through pale-red glasses.
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Congress
Sebastian Guyla
Wilkesbarre
Anna Kares
Guyla
George Finne
George Priebe
Laporte
Ind
New York
Marie Beletraine
East Aurora
N. Y
Maryville
Tenn
Kansas City
Kan
Lacombe
W. B. Leeds
France
Grant Poole
KH. HL
Orvis
Oakfield
Wis
Ladoga
Central America
Panama
United States
Herman E. Schnabel
John W. Gates
Isaac Ellwood
Chicago
Mauretania
Queenstown
Uramiah
Russia
Persia
Bert. McMilin
la Belle
State Bank of
Cuba
Red Star Line
Bleamer Vaderland
James Brimmingstahl
Dowagiac
Mich
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court For
Missouri
H. Clay Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Texas
Fifth
Third” National Bank
Cincinnati
Currency Commission
Fairbanks
Cannon
Aldrich-Vreeland
Department of Agriculture
James S. Young
United States Circuit Court
Pittsburg
Garrett, Pa
Wabash
Odd Fellows Hell
Brown's Corner
Salt Lake City
Germany
Pearling fleet destroyed in typhoon near West Australia
Victoria B C June 5 The Canadian Australian liner Menuka arrived with news of a typhoon off West Australia that wrecked the pearling fleet near Thursday Island. Forty lug ers and 270 boats were lost including about twenty Australian pearlers. Survivors endured harrowing scenes as masts were cut away and sharks circled wrecks while rescue steamer Parro ferried survivors from Broome. Bodies and wreckage littered the beach at Broome.
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Victoria
B. C
Menuka
West Australia
Thursday Island
Parro
Broome
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NEWS
Town Central
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Glen H. Huffom
Rock Island
Will Howell
Clinton
Grundy
Missouri River
Sidney
Brightside
Charles Woodcock
Davenport
Jenks Flat
Woodcock
Clinton Hospital
Perry Creek
Center Street
Eighteenth Street
Grinnell
Ames
Drake
Morningside
Coe
Normal
Simpson
Cornell
Paul Wolf
Richard Wolfe
Iowa Falls
H. E. Martin
William Dunn
Villisea
Creston
Connellman J. W. Kime
City of
Oan
Kime
Clarence Pierce
Cascade
T.L. Anthony
Blair
Neb
Red Light District
Anthony
Jon Dailey
Hall
W. B. Allison
Pri
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