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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Herald
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1908
Page
3
The report notes calls for party unity in Iowa after a heated state convention. Gov. Cummins endorses harmony and urges support for Republican nominees including W. B. Allison for U S senator. Excerpts discuss factionalism, press criticism, and local party leadership in Waterloo and surrounding areas.
The state convention favored progressives by a slim margin yet renominated Supreme Court judges Weaver and Ladd without opposition. The Herald advocates a united Republican party in Iowa and pledges full support for the national, state, and county ticket.
A historical list shows Republican and Democratic presidential ticket pairings over the last fifty years. It lists nominees by year, noting Fremont Dayton 1836, Lincoln Hamlin 1860, Grant Wilson 1872, McKinley Roosevelt 1900, Bryan Stevenson 1900s and Breckenridge Lane among southern Democrats, with various combinations across periods.
A garbled column mocks political maneuvers and public figures. It notes Peary near the pole, Russia pursuing naval reform, Arkansas and Denver politics, lobster shipments, Bryan support, and divergences in 1912 campaigns. It ends with a quip about the bandwagon and pie counter in Washington.
Census figures show New York remained the largest U S city over three years 1904 1908 with 16 percent and 1008 increases. The report projects New York will remain ahead of London until 2071 and notes faster urban growth in New York versus the rest of the United States.
Walter Scott Meriwether reports in Snipers Weekly the official fighting strength of the Pacific battleship fleet. Ships listed include Connecticut Kansas Louisiana Vermont Virginia Georgia New Jersey Rhode Island Alabama Texas Kearsarge Kentucky Ohio Maine Minnesota Missouri with tonnage and crew figures. total battleship tonnage estimated at 228,986.
A Edmonton dispatch reports growing wolf ferocity along the Athabasca and Lesser Slave rivers endangering livestock. Traders note increased losses of colts calves and sheep, with bears found on trails. Credit tightening and late spring hurt northern settlers as fur seasons falter and winter departs. The seventh-year hardship looms for trappers, but appetite for survival remains.
Architect A W Yost of Los Angeles predicts future height records may reach one hundred stories with reinforced concrete and fire protection advances. He cites elevator system limits as a current hurdle and notes progress to fifty and seventy five story goals as concrete use expands in major cities.
Original notice from the State of Sona in Thardin County district court September term A D 10s. George B P Cobb and Lucien A Cobb plaintiff s versus parties named unknown in this damaged text. The record lacks complete names and action details.
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