Cummins machine dominance fuels Iowa political war
In Des Moines June 19 a sharply critical account outlines the Cummins machine sprawling across Iowa. Governors aides, labor officials, and state inspectors allegedly shape caucuses, delegate credentials, and railroad votes while boosting salaries and creating numerous governor appointed boards to sustain a third term bid.
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Des Moines
Cummins
Iowa
State House
Brigham
Keltz and
Russell
Martin
Charlie Phillips
Pharmacy Commission
Adit
Gen's Thrift
B. B. Chassell
B. Cummings
Marshal
Organized Later
Commins
eMimnlsaton
Cemmins
Wright Io
Cumming
Bart Wnu
Wright
Paul O. Kato
Thou Tan
Ald
Cimmins
Garst
Mattes
Hayward
Nowell
Temiple
Kendall
Tama Has 455000 Fire in Tama Mills and Stores
A Sunday night fire damaged Mrs Norris millinery on the ground floor and spread to W H Appel shoe store and a billiard hall. Firemen controlled the blaze in about 30 minutes but Mrs Norris stock and much of Appel’s stock were destroyed. Total damage estimated at 5000 dollars, insured.
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Tama
Appel
Berald
Dansar
Edutver Wonse
Ice prices fall in Waverly amid large decrease
Waverly cuts ice price to fifteen cents per hundred delivered to households, down from twenty five cents. The measure boosts consumption as four wagons run daily, reversing years of higher rates and expanding refrigerator deliveries. The move marks a historic price drop in the city.
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Waverly
Jowa Lowlands Inundated By Missouri River Flood
Council Bluffs reports the lowlands along the Missouri River south of town inundated yesterday due to Shan stream overflow. A sizable amount of growing grain crops has been submerged as the river rises into Lake Maonawa, which has lifted several feet in twenty four hours. Miss Clare Diney has recovered enough to resume social activities.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri Hiver Narti Amt
Westminster’s New Edifice to Rise on West Fourth Street
Westminster Presbyterian plans a 90 by 48 foot brick and Bedford stone church with a large basement and four hundred-seat auditorium. A lot between Randolph and Wellington on West Fourth Street near Mrs Browe is chosen, with bids expected and occupancy aimed for January 1. The cost is about 20 000 dollars, and the building will feature classic Gothic pillars and wider front steps, with a potential east wing if needed. The congregation formed the Westminster church to serve West Side residents, with early meetings at the M C A and then the Carnegie library.
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Westmingter Presbyterian Church
West Fourth Street
Randolph and
Wellington
Browe
Editiee
Church
Westminster
Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
M. C
Rev. Sandford
Rireau
Carnegie Library
Drowned Fisherman Near Dumont in Mayno Creek
George Craigin, a German farmer, drowned Saturday afternoon while fishing with friends four miles southwest of Dumont Iowa in Mayno s creek. His brother and another man nearly suffocated while attempting to assist. Craigin leaves a wife and one heir. Funeral at Shecter church nine miles southwest of Dumont, burial beside the church. Also new students registered at the business college include Mary J Risenschmide Gus Scherling Minnie Slattery and Mae A Bryant.
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Dumont
Iowa
George Craigin
D. Ludeman
Mayno's
Ruiher
Mr. Brags
Crassil
Jt W
Jone Heird
Shecter
The
Business College
Mary J. Risenschmide
Gus Scherling
Parkersburg
Minnie Slattery
Clarksville
Mae A. Bryant
Farley
Barn Raising Accident Paralyzes Woman in Iowa
In June at Summer Iowa a beam fell during a dam raising injuring Ernest Stabler, knocking him unconscious with a deep head wound. Mrs Koch fainted from fright, and Mrs Sherman suffered a sudden paralysis after a wagon scare. A doctor treated both on site and later returned the injured to their home.
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Iowa
Spectal
Ernest Stabler
Town
Fred Towne
Fred
Tim Sherman
Chautauqua Programs Urge Community Support And Mail List
Chautauqua program drives solicit participation and mailed lists. Waterloo Leanana Trust and local officials call residents to prepare envelopes and spread word to attendees. Midnight raid leads to arrests for disorderly house. Gardners charged as keeper. trials set for Wednesday. Centerville Methodists report $21 500 debt paid toward $50 000 church, with a jubilee attracting visitors from across town.
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Waterloo
Livhie Gardner
Bertha Wood
Fv.sutton
FB. Dalby
West Side
Courh
Gardner
Idis Orderly Hose
Gardner War
Centerville
Joseph Powell Ton
Loop at Sans Souci to Bring Rapid Transit Loop
Rapid Transit crews near completion of a loop track behind Sans Souci hotel to turn cars that run to the park. Ground was low requiring dirt work. a thousand yards remain to prepare the road and track laying starts next week under Engineer Newton. The loop should be ready by the Chautauqua opening in early July and will replace the old method of turning cars at the park end.
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Sans Souci
Newton
Wedding Guests Entertained at Stearns-Busby Union
B C Busby repaired and furnished his farm home north of the city and hosted Marion guests after the Stearns-Busby wedding at Waterloo. Out of town attendees included Mr and Mrs C G Stearns of Waterloo. A drowning occurred in the Coon River at Des Moines when James Webster, 17, vanished while swimming with Rodney Webster and William Haley near the eld sand pumping state. Minnie Long, visiting sister Mrs Dunham, has returned to Hampton.
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Marion Register
B.C. Busby
Ainner
Marion
Stearns-Busby
Waterloo
Bert
C. G. Stearns
James Webster
Mrs. Dunham
Hampton
Waterloo Health Officer Reports Low Death Rate in City
Dr G H Sumner releases a sixteen page annual health report for Waterloo showing a death rate of 9.26 per 1000, 383 births and 176 deaths in the year ending March 31. The average death age was 35 years 8 months and 3 days, with 18 stillbirths and 27 early infant deaths.
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G. H. Sumner
City of
Waterloo
Mit
Causes of Deaths List From Early 1900s Registry
A lengthy catalog of death causes appears, listing numerous medical terms and conditions such as appendicitis, tuberculosis, kidney disease, pneumonia, cancer, whooping cough, typhoid fever, meningitis, and accidental drowning, among others, alongside a note about a court docket schedule for the Supreme Court and continued cases. The document blends disparate medical causes with a procedural legal notice from Clerk of Court S. BM Bentley regarding docketing timelines and hearing dates set for October 16 and prior cases for February 1906.
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S. BM
Bentley
Supreme Court
Tenth District
Fatality after baseball injury shocks Mount Ayr area
A 16-year-old, Ray Am berson Anderson of Caledonia, died in St Joseph Missouri soon after abdominal surgery to treat a ball injury suffered at school two weeks earlier. Surgeons removed a gallon of pus causing pain. he died almost at the end of the operation. Another local case reports J O Johnson’s young son hurt by a falling timber on the ankles. the child, age about two, later lost use of his limbs and remains baffling physicians.
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Mount Ayr
Tong
Ray Amberson
E. R. Anderson
Caledonia
St. Joseph
Anderson
J. O. Johnson
Baffies
Groom Met Bride In Local Hotel Dining Room
A Waterloo native, Miss Mabel Chambers, married to Si Ashworth, who then fled with a $200 hotel safe deposit. Ashworth, lately night clerk at Windsor Hotel in Marshalltown, linked to carnival acts, vanished with the money after marrying the dining room girl. The tale spans Waterloo, Marshalltown, and Des Moines papers with praise for the bride’s trustworthiness.
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Waterloo
Marshalltown
Si” Ashworth
Windsor Hotel
Ashworth
Toop
Chase-Lister Company
Brown's Opera House
Longagemane
Maxon- Lights Show
Mabel Chambers
West Third Street
Commercial
Cedar Streets
Des Moines
Ployer
Knights and Ladies of Golden Precept Hold Meeting
The Knights and Ladies of Golden Precept held a meeting at the G A R hall Monday evening with nearly all members present. Miss Marbeam resigned as secretary and Miss Jennie Parker was elected to the post. Cedar Falls lodge joined in initiating several candidates. Mrs Joseph Sandberg was honored with an engraved silver berry spoon before leaving for Far g o, N D to join her husband. Remarks from Cedar Falls member moved many to tears. Tea cream and cake were served.
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Knights and Ladies of Golden Precept
G. A. R. Hall
Marbeam
Jennie Parker
Cedar Falls
Joseph Sandberg
N.D
Cedar Malls
Judge rules garnishment split of Cedar Falls church fund
Judge Platt issued an opinion on garnishment of funds held by the Presbyterian church in Cedar Falls. The fund totaled $62.15, with C. A. Wise & Son and B. W. DuBois mounting the suit. The court awarded Olbrich $31,383 and Wise & Son $30.77. Costs taxed up to Fries.
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Platt
Presbyterian Church
Cedar Falls
C. A. Wise
Waverly Big Business Deal Shocks Town
Schaefer Brothers take over Winnard Bros. and G O D stores in Waverly. Stocks valued over 30,000 dollars to be consolidated in the G O D building as the new department store plans the largest single Glock in the city. George Schaefer and F L Schaefer, former Clermont merchants, return to run the venture.
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Waverly
Schaefer Brothers
Winnard Bros
Mr. Newman
Schaeffer Bros
George Schaefer
Clermont
Stad
Schaelers
Weather and farm notes mix from Gatesville area
June heat continues with no rain, bay and oats crops projected light while corn looks good. N B Hersch in Chicago with cattle, hog market active. Wallace show draws crowds. republican convention viewed as standoff. Gatesville beat Jesup 16 6 in baseball. Barn frame set for A Nesfeld. locals buy buggies and care for Mabel Ross. Distemper affects many horses. social visits noted.
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N. B. Hersch
Chicago
A. Nesfeld
Baldwin
C. R. Smith
Mabel Ross
Harry
Roy Hauser
Earl
Ned Oliver
Waterloo
A. B. Whitney
Barclay Friends
Feo
Weather Crop Bulletin Highlights Dry, Cool Week
Week ending June 13 reports show abnormally cool, extremely dry weather across nearly all stations. Two inches of rain fell Sunday evening in Missouri valley areas including Sioux City and Omaha. Corn benefits from dry conditions. hay crops damaged by drought. oats, spring wheat and barley somewhat harmed. pastures show drought effects but not severe damage. A general rain would bring relief.
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Missouri Valley
Sioux City
Omaha
Lineman Shocked by Electrical Work at Local Line
W. Brayton, an electrical worker for Carn Belt Telephone, was severely shocked Monday while repairing near Reher Avenue. The spark could have ended his life if it had lasted longer. He fell from the pole, lay on the ground for a half hour, and only slowly recovered his strength.
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W. Ft. Brayton
Carn Belt Telephone Company
Wrayton
Hig Cluthes
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Binder Chassell
Hn Ageful
Ie Moers
Afr
Chasselt
Waenger
East Waterloo
Norris Millinery
Jowa
Missouri
Clare Diney
West Fourth
Ment
WIM
George Cruasin
Ing
Creek
Fred. Timmerman
Rapid Transit
Park Hotel
Vital Statistics
W. Boy
Si" Ashworth
WATER
Ando Newman
Schaefers
Argest
George Crossin
Barclay
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