Eleventh district zoning for railroad post sparks crowded race
Des Moines March 19 The Eleventh district fights over a vacant railroad commissioner seat to be filled by Governor Shaw. Early candidates include Jonas M Cleland J A Sammis O J Clark J A Brown and possibly J K P Thompson with other officials and supporters rallying as the funeral of the late commissioner nears. The process and future of the board of control bill hinge on party unity and whether members are elected or appointed.
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Des Moines
Eleventh
Tts
Shaw
C. L. Davidson
Hull
Iowa
Eleventh District
John W. Luke
Dawson
Waverly
Jackson
Ben McCoy
Oskaloosa
Luke
McCoy
Jonas M. Cleland
Sioux City
J. A. Sammis
LeMars
O. J. Clark
Sibley
J. A. Brown
Sheldon
J. K.P. Thompson
Rock Rapids
Thompson
Cleland
Craig J. Wright
J. P. Meizer
Sammis
C. D. Smiley
B. J. Palmer
Washington County
A. F. Collman
Corning
Jack Morrison
Keokuk
Welcome Mowry
Toledo
Leventh
House
Board of Control
Senate
General Assembly
Iowa Items of Interest From Various Iowa Localities
The report notes 650 books purchased for the free library at Hawk Eye. Davenport passes a proposition to erect a new school building. A fire starting in a barn at Osceola causes about 5000 dollars in damage. George B. Clark of Algona declines a Republican bid for congress against Dolliver.
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Iowa
Hawkeye
Davenport
Osceola
George
EB. Clark
Algona
Congress
Dolliver
McGeary Believed Guilty in Lavake Killing Case
Dubuque reports strong evidence against horse buyer John McGeary for the assassination of Captain Lavake in his office Tuesday evening. Attorney Francis Jess testifies from across the street, with witnesses placing McGeary near Lavake's office and at his boarding house where the revolver matches bullets in Lavake. A chemist confirms arterial blood on McGeary’s coat sleeve.
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Dubuque
John McGeary
Captain Lavake
Francis Jess
McGeary
Lavake
Distressing death from wagon accident near Correctionville
Arthur Streets, 19, died after a farm accident five miles north of Correctionville on March 19. While a wagon was being loaded, a frightened team struck a post, breaking ribs and injuring his lungs. Despite aid, he died Tuesday morning after suffering severe pain. His father died in a railroad crash years earlier near Kansas City.
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Correctionville
Cherokee
Arthur Streets
A. Moon
Streets
Young Streets
Kansas City
Denison municipal politics face voter apathy in candidacy notes
A Denison report says little interest in local government leaves offices unsettled. W Frazier, a Hamburg policeman, discarded his badge and attempted to beat the town but was jailed. Madrid school voters rejected a $5,000 bond for adding to the schoolhouse by a small margin.
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Denison
W. Frazier
Hamburg
Madrid
Primghar Voters to Decide License Question in Hot Town Contest
Primghar faces a pivotal election March 28 with two tickets battling over license or no license for saloons. No license slate backs C H Slocum for mayor. license slate supports George R Whitmer. A crowded field of merchants and bankers shapes the race amid local tensions. Separately, Dr E W Dawley of Anamosa died by poison in his office, with others in Des Moines and Cedar Rapids reporting suicides and accidents across Iowa.
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C H. Slocum
First National Bank of Primghar
W. A. Rosencrans
Joseph Metcalft
George R. Whitmer
Farmers’ Bank of Primghar
Joseph Reynold Son
Cedar Rapids
E. W. Dawley
Anamosa
Flo
Des Moines
Charles Hughes
Chicago Grill Room
Fourth Street
St. Patrick's Day
Locust Street
Daily
Grand Avenue Bridge
Hughes
Farm Acreage Sells At 75 Dollars In Franklin County
A Franklin county farm sold for 75 dollars an acre last week. A large beet sugar meeting occurred in Mason City Friday evening.
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Franklin County
Mason City
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Testimonial From Cumberland Woman
Mrs R H Anderson of Cumberland Maine relates how Hood’s Sarsaparilla helped her son after paralysis-like weakness followed by diphtheria. The boy improved over months, regained appetite, and by three months could attend school part time becoming strong and well.
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Hood
America
Hlood
R. H. Anderson
Cumberland
Maine
Ralph
The Plight of Peterkin
A playful tale of Peterkin with a bicycle that astonishes crowds yet ends in tragedy. The verse moves through pride, mishap, and a final fatal twist, ending with a curious, ironic moral.
Slaughter of the innocents and stomach bitters urged
A rural Georgia county sign warns of child mortality from climate and touts Flostetter's Stomach Bitters for stomach trouble. The sign portrays children in peril and claims adults suffer stomach complaints leading to invalidism. It also references a local sign about New Bright Scholards learning writ in spelling and finger dexterity.
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Flostetter
Georgia
Lern Writin
Spailin
Figerin
Roth
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Allen's Ioot Hase Powder for Foot Ailments
Advertisement claims Allen's Ioot Hase powder shakes into shoes to cure corns bunions chilblains swelling nervous damp sweating smarting hot and callous feet. Sold at druggists and shoe stores for 20 cents. Sample free by sending name and address to Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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ASIK
Allen 8
Olmsted
LeRoy
N. Y
Death Telegram Ends Health Blessing in Farmington Notice
A Farmington Maine household read a daughter's health notice from California when a telegram arrived announcing her death, signaling a sudden family tragedy amid a moment of good news.
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Farmington, Me
California
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