Candidates Line Up To Make Race
Nes Moines July 7 The legislature session sparked talk of possible candidacies for state offices. W F Moore Guthrie Center announced for lieutenant governor joining James Wilson Appanoose and Arney Marshalltown in the governor race while W T Evans Parkersburg and Joe Frailey Lee County considered attorney general. Thompson Burlington announced for Congress First District. Rawson Des Moines to run for governor as Republican organizer plans campaign. Tinley Council Bluffs to stay out of race. Ainsworth Des Moines seeks secretary of state. Ramsey Belmond named to succeed Allen as secretary of state candidate. Gose Jefferson so far sole candidate for auditor.
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W. F. Moore
Guthrie Center
Moore
Guthrie County
Iowa House
State Bankers’ Association
Fort Dodge
W. T. Evans
Parkersburg
Butler County
Bremer-Butler
Joe Frailey
Lee County
Frailey
Fort Madison
Guthrie Ounty
James Wilson
Appanoose County
Arney
Marshalltown
Perry Holdeoge
Calhoun County
Clem Kimball
Pottawattamie County
W. S. Allen
First
Congress
Wate Kendall
Albia
Rawson
Charles A. Rawson
Des Moines
France
Republican State Central Committee
Cedar Rapide
James F. Deems
Burlington
Carl Kuehnle
Denison
Col. Tinley
Council Blulf
Cal. Matt. Tinley
Gal. Ainsworth
Eighty-Eighth Division
Walter Ramsey
Belmond
Harding
Gose
Jefferson
Auditor of State
Elopement Ends in Success After Auto Trouble
In July 7 notes from Trucr Ta a Tama county girl and a Marshalltown man faced two car breakdowns and engine trouble during a late night elopement. Love and patience prevailed as a justice of the peace officiated in the early hours, naming Mi Vira El Meeker of Chelsea Nauman and Marshalltown as the principals.
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Trucr
Endurath
Tama County
Marshalltown
Mi Vira EL Meeker
Chelsea
Nauman
Colored People of South See Hope in Use of Franchise
Elbert R. Hall, president of Des Moines NAACP, returns from Cleveland conference to report the South seeks a solution to the race problem and that Atlanta invites the next meeting. He says southern colored people will gain full franchise soon, with focus on suffrage and equal rights in education, juries, parks, libraries, and employment. About 400 delegates from 225 branches in 38 states attended.
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Des Moines
Elbert R. Hall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Association
Cleveland
South
Georgia
Atlanta
Hall
North
Weet Union Man Charged with Murder After Three Girls Run Over
Dale Holmes, 20, was charged July 4 with second degree murder and released on $2,000 bonds. A June 20 collision two miles south of West Union left 8-year-old Gladys Nelson dead from a skull fracture, her sister Helen injured, and Pearl Avr and another girl lightly hurt. The incident occurred as Holmes drove at high speed after a dog, striking the three girls as they attempted to ride, with the driver Roberts also injured.
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Weet Union, Jr
Dale Holmes
Justice Berkey
Holmes
West Union
Gladys Nelson
Helen
Pearl
Belgian Soldier Dies After Treatment At University Hospital
Albert Latome a Belgian soldier who came to the United States for medical care after fighting in France died at the University hospital in Iowa City. He was 35 and to be buried there until his Belgium-based brother can be reached. Sergt. Maj. Mater led the funeral in military fashion. The Haskell Klaud law extends free hospital care to state adults, while Perkins law aids children.
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Iowa City
Albert Latome
United States
France
University Hospital
Bis
Belgium
University Military Department
Tama farmer refuses 364000 for farm he paid 640
In Tama, William Philp marked his ninetieth birthday by declining to consider 400 per acre for his 16 acre Tama county farm, a price he says will never persuade him to sell. He bought 320 acres in 1864 for 3 an acre and later paid an extra dollar amid a land boom. He lost a leg and never married.
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Dinsdale
William Philp
William
Tama County
Toledo
Philp
England
Tama
Tragedy at Prescott Grade Crossing Kills Williams Family
Prescott Iowa July 7 a Burlington train struck an auto at a grade crossing killing Mrs Williams 24 instantly and her husband 44 and their 6 year old son died en route to Creston hospital. Three children injured though not seriously. The car was hit center and thrown over 100 feet. The family was returning home from Prescott.
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Prescott
Burlington
Mell Wiliams
Williame
Willams
Creston
Farmer near Traer ends life at farm home
Traer Iowa July 7 Charles Dvorak living southwest of the city shot himself in the head at his farm home yesterday forenoon. His wife found the body upstairs after hearing the gun report. Cause not known though neighbor trouble is rumored to have weighed on him.
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Traer
Charles Dvorak
Thia City
Quick Facial Rejuvenator With Flaxolite and Witch Hazel
After a strenuous day outdoors or a fretful indoors, apply a mixture of powdered flaxolite and sharel with witch hazel. Bath the face for two to three minutes then view a transformed, firmer and brighter complexion as wrinkles and fatigue fade. The remedy is claimed harmless.
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Sharel
Toward a Prosperous Future Fallowing Losses in Local Farm
A man aged about 36, described as well to do, farmed 160 acres and enjoyed a bountiful harvest this season. He left a widow and four children, ages 11, 9, and two younger siblings.
Lawsuit Filed Over $150,000 Mann Estate in Tama County
A docketed Tama county suit challenges the estate of Shuab S. Mann, a former resident and three times married, valued at about $150,000. The case proceeds in the local court with details expected in forthcoming filings.
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Traer
Tama County
Shuab S. Mann
Heirs clash over estate share in July court term
Numerous heirs of the second wife sue heirs of the first wife to recover a share of the estate. The case is expected to draw much interest and is set for hearing at the July term of court.
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