Delegates Drift as Iowa Chooses Its Presidential Favorite
Philadelphia buzzes with Iowa’s 28 delegates and 46 alternates as they wait for an informal ballot and official balloting. Rumors swirl on Dewey Stassen and a candidate who stands for principles over votes while convening at the Broadwood Hotel amid nights of suspense and television screens.
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Philadelphia
Iowa
Texas
Oklahoma
Idaho
Illinois
Stassen
Republican Party
Ramblings on a 1895 Fourth of July in Washington
A 50 year old Washington DeMar rat column recalls the 1895 Fourth of July in Washington with perfect weather, large crowds, and bands from Letts, Winfield, and Valley martial. It notes firecrackers, stands selling lemonade, a $10,000 beauty dancing, an oration by J. W. Geiger, airship exhibitions, races, and war news from Santiago. Revenue law changes and beer taxes are mentioned as a backdrop to the era. The Rock Island railroad plans upgrades including a new freight depot and a stand pipe in yards, signaling growth and impending transportation improvements.
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Washington
Washington Demarcat
A. R. Miller
W. N. Hood
Winfield
Valley Martial
Burrell’s
J. W. Geiger
Marion
Graham Theatre
Brinton
J. R
Rock Island
If To Die Poem and town notices mix in a column
The column blends Luella M. Kerr’s funeral poem If To Die with local notes about Dave Donovan’s patriotic painting, railroads flags, Masons leaders A R Dewey and A N Alberson, jokes about rank Satan and Johann Hell, a barber scuffle episode, mail closings, star routes, and 50 year old market prices for butter eggs corn hogs cattle and grain.
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Luella M. Kerr
Colum
Miss Kerr
A. R. Dewey
Masons
Iowa
A. N. Alberson
Dublin
Grace Hill
Lexington
Poems and notices from The Washington Evening Journal
A collection of verses including Alone With God and Country Boys from Mrs Will Booth and other readers. The page lists poem fragments and a local advertisement page header from The Washington Evening Journal Washington Iowa with staff names and publication details, rates, and distribution notes.
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Will Booth
God
Freighted talk on wages and electricity costs
The passage notes workers seeking to keep wages aligned with living costs and mentions ongoing electricity supply at a low, stable price. It suggests strain as costs rise and hints at limits to providing more electricity without higher charges, reflecting a bargaining moment between labor and providers.
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Taft
Huey Long
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
William F. Morrison
Iowa City
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Charles S. Hickman
Centerville
Henry F. Grant
Des Moines
Whitney Gillilland
Glenwood
Wallace W. Huff
Sioux City
Georgianna Amsden
Webster City
Alice E. Figg
O. FE. Vanlorn, Lohrville
A. A. Alexander
Ralph Shannon
Curtiss Wood
James Murphy
Fred W. Johnston
Muscatine
Emily B. Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
Warren Rees
Anamosa
Frank Miller
Decorah
Howard Roach
Plainfield
Joe B. Tye
Marshalltown
Ross E. White
Ottumwa
Tedford W. Miles
Corydon
O. Garber
Paul Harp
Pleasantville
Walter Merryman
Ft. Dodge
Warren Wells
Council Bluffs
David W. Stewart
Don G. Mullan
Odebolt
Tressa Cuthbert
Ft. Madison
Frank Allen
North English
Harry E. Weichman
Newhall
John L. Cherny
Independence
Ida Caine
Iowa Falls
Joe B. Clay
Cedar Falls
George D. Newcomb
Creston
Norma Mathis
Fred Hartsook
Winterset
Clark McNeil
Belmond
Mary Woodward
Whittemore
John Nicholson
Shenandoah
Earl S. Holton
Anita
Helen Vanderburg
Boyden
J. A. Nye
Ida Grove
Broadwood Hotel
Bruce Cowden
Letts
Santiago
Sampson
Cuba
W. B. Bell
Congress
Tom Hedge
Burlington
Fairfield
Henry Eicher
D. J. Palmer
State Railroad Commission
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