Iowa oil probes stir Des Moines as Kansas independents visit
Des Moines townsfolk discuss Kansas Independent Oil Producers as Clifford Thorne, Iowa legislator, seeks Governor Cummins support for three measures. The proposals include an anti discrimination law, joint freight rates, and lower oil freight charges, aiming to curb Standard Oil practices and align Iowa with other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kansas
Clifford Thorne
Kansas Oi Producers Asst
Cummins
List Assembly
Iowa
Register
Thorne
Capital
Standard Oil Company
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Oil Producers Association of
Bunco
Standard Oil Co
Oil Producers Association of Kansas
Union
Indepeducers
Junior league program to be held at Methodist church Sunday
Miss Teresa Swift nurse is announced as part of local news. The Junior league plans a 3:30 program at the Methodist church with invitations extended to all friends. The item also notes sales, rentals and personal updates across Ames including travel and marriage records in early 1906.
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Teresa Swift
Methodist Church
Weather forecast for Iowa issued from Washington
Special forecast for Iowa notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday with colder readings in the west and central portions tonight. The report covers today and tomorrow and originates from Washington with a Weather Bureau style bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
PD. C
the Evening Journal
Iowa
No sinister motive in Des Moines trip to see Gov Cummins
The statement argues the Iowa laws will cheaper the public good and disputes a Des Moines newspaper portrayal. It contends Mr Thorne did not travel to Des Moines to victimize Gov Cummins and sees no sinister intent in the visit.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Thorne
Cummins
Funeral for John Dittmar Silent man ends life in Waterville
The Big Bend Empire notes John Dittmar died by self-inflicted gunshot last Friday. He was a bachelor with a farm and a small bank balance, and loneliness appears to have led to the act. Attorney J L Brookhart of Iowa rushed to Waterville to settle his affairs. Dittmar leaves two brothers and two sisters in Iowa Illinois and Germany.
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John Dittmar
Big Bend Empire
Waterville
Washington
Dittmar
Iowa
J. L. Brookhart
Anna Witthoft
Washington County
Carolina Ott
Illinois
Henry Dittmar
Germany
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C. S. Lemmon
Jewelery and Optician
J. A. Harwood
South Side
Journa
Journalettes
Independents
Marbourg & H
Hawkeye Pump Co
Nicola
Harmon’s
Groendycke’s
Opera House
Leland Clapper
Ames
City
Nena Wilson
Lucy
Muscatine
Lucy Wilson
Auburndale
Mass
Washington House
Cohn & Share
Lloyd Purvis
Colburn
Idaho
Lloyd
Q County
Demling
Andrew Anderson
Flora
Pierce
Lawkeye
Anderson
John Powell
Wallace Street
Rock Island Company
Muscatine Journal
Weather Forecast
New York
STECK
H. F. Steck’s
East Side Jeweler
Washington Nationals Bank
Foss’s
Boston
Olates
Lyon
Chicago
Hobson & Gove
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