Truth About Delegates in Republican Convention
Washington July 29 The facts show Taft won 661 votes on the first ballot with 540 needed. 238 Roosevelt contests were dropped to 74, leaving 64 frivolous challenges. The statement, signed by Rosewater Devine and Filles, argues frivo lous contests undermine Roosevelt's claims and asserts Taft's majority was clear. The article recaps Arizona Indiana Kentucky Michigan Texas and Washington delegations and notes a Marion county primary dispute and contested returns.
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Washington
Victor Rosewater
J. H. Devine
Colorado
Charles D. Filles
Republican National Committee
Taft
Roosevelt
Munkey
Arizona
Kentucky
Indiana
Michigan
Texas
Alabama
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
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Sttas
National Committee
Marion County
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Hi Ie
ent-Taft
Lee Sells Hardware and Stores Unite in Ames
Sconbarg and Kilgore buy Hans Lee stock and merge the hardware with their grocery. George Rugtiv hired to run hardware. Ames, July special. Also noted is Iowa State College bulletin praising winter wheat as Iowa’s best money crop with higher returns than corn in recent years.
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Sconbarg
Kilgore
Hans Lee
Geo. Rugtiv
Lee
Ames
Iowa State College
Iowa
L. C. Burnett
Towa
Bulletin 183
Bulletin
Formal Opening Grand Theatre Delmar troupe cheers town
The Grand Theatre in Estherville opened Thursday night with the Delmar Poster Girls nine comedians and three reels of moving pictures. Henry Graaf funded the $20,000 stone brick and marble house, praised by Attorney J W Morse for public spirit and courage. The crowd stayed for Friday and Saturday shows in a building with electric lighting and a banquet hall on the second floor.
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Henry Graaf
the Grand
Delmar
Delmar Poster
Estherville
Arnolds Park Auction Sale Notice
Private sale of disposed property at Arnolds Park in Iowa. Address for information equals A L Peck owner at Arnolds Park Low n.
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A. L. Peck
Arnolds Park
Lown
Mrs Gillett Stricken With Paralysis at Daughter’s Home
Mrs Gillett mother of Mrs Emma G Allan was stricken with paralysis Monday evening at her daughter's home. The stroke was not a severe one and she is not seriously afflicted.
Sugar beet culture boosts Iowa crops and profits
The department of agriculture reports sugar beet culture in Iowa can raise yields of wheat by 49 percent, corn 27 percent, eats 48 percent, barley 52 percent, and potatoes 46 percent when rotated intelligently. It could add four billion dollars in value beyond direct revenue. The note also references a 1913 speech by Senator Heyburn and a tariff document distributed by the American Protective Tariff League.
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Department of* Agriculture
Towa
Itas
Des Moines
W. B. Heyburn
Idaho
W.¥. Wakeman
Seo
Broadway
New York
Temperance Address Urges Dispassion and Open Thinking
The Rev Francis Southworth a Maine clergyman calls for temperate speech among activists. He urges avoiding extremes, confessing unwisdom, and pursuing calm bright thinking. He cites Willigay Ellery Channing warning that overreliance on statute endangers institutions and national progress.
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Francis Southworth
Maine
Southworth
New England
Willigay Ellery Channing
Railways Report May Revenue Drop Per Mile in 1912
The Bureau of Railway Economics summarizes that May 1912 saw a per mile revenue decline of five and five tenths percent from May 1911, with total operating revenues at 226,109,272 dollars and net operating revenue down by 17.23 dollars per mile. Eastern railways bore the heaviest decrease, while Southern and Western groups showed minimal changes. For the year to date, per mile figures also show declines versus the prior year.
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Bureau of Railway Economica
Interstate Commerce Commission
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