First Bull Moose Convention in Iowa and Oyster Bay
In Oyster Bay New York Colonel Roosevelt's supporters form the Bull Moose party with a local progressive club adopting the name. In Des Moines Iowa the first state convention of progressives names delegates for the national Chicago convention, with districts caucusing, reports, and speechmaking as preparations advance toward endorsing Theodore Roosevelt.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Progressive Club
New York
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
John L. Stevens
Bonne
Frank Randall
Cedar Rapids
Why Hold Nose When Diving Splash Girl Stays Bottom
Blanche Benham known as the Hoop La Girl at Electric Park tried a bathers’ suggestion to dive with nose free and hands raised. Cold water caused a sudden breath and she nearly drowned at the municipal beach. She was rescued, recovered by evening, but felt converted to never hold her nose again.
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Blanche Benham
Venus
Electric Park
Blanche
Aho
The
Inquirer
Miss Benham
Boston Hospital Treats The Blues
Boston officials at Heaton State hospital advise and encourage medical treatment for the blues. Those seeking help at the psychopathic department are separated for special examination and care. The Kosten State hospital reports 1,125 cases and 55 in the psychopathic unit.
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Boston
Mass
Heaton State Hospital
Psychopathic
Boston State Hospital
Kosten State Hospital
Second District caucus builds new party and delegates list
District caucuses released delegates at large and alternates for the convention. Second district drew attention for not nominating a congressional candidate, forming a new party committee to back a progressive candidate, while other districts acted differently. The Second district set up its congressional committee and state central committee members began preliminary organization with Wiley Rankin and W. Neilson serving as temporary leaders.
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State
Randall
Electom
Diazicts
Sol. Stevenson
Henry County
I. Richmond
Muscatine
Emmons Johnson
Black Hawk
Robert Thompson
Hownd
H. M. Rickel
Linn
Bixth
Cal
Manning
Wapello
Severth
W. A. Graham
Polk
T. G. Lee
Appanoos
Ww. H. Killpack
Pottawat‘amie
J. M. Blake
Hamilton
Simon Fisher
Lyon
Firet
Chas
Hampton
Henry
L. H. Palzer
Wyley Rankin
Cerro Ordo
H. J. Lamb
Eixth
W. H. Wylie
Keokuk
J. MacVicar
Poll
Jerome Smith
Adams
Wn. Neilson
Shelby
S. D. Quarton
Poweshiek
J. B. Wurtz
Clay
J. S. Baughman
Des Moines
S. C. Westcott
Lee
Loujan
L. Gormley
Washington
Lewis Allen
Clinton
Herman J. Zouch
Scott
F. B. Steen
A. J. Kegler
Jackson
H. Morey
Bremer
R. E. Leach
Buchanan
Leonard Lucas
Butler
E. B. Hess
Delaware
J. H. McKee
Cerro Gordo
W. B. Clemens
Kossuth
C. M. Enfield
Greene
H. C. Jones
Boone
W. T. Peters
Hancock
O. S. Moore
Woodbury
R. L. Cleaves
Cherokee
J. W. Reed
Ida
M. W. Ruckey
Plymouth
J. Cochran
J. M. Dower
Towa
F. D. Smith
Franklin
James A. Smith
Osage
J. Stewart
Cc. M. Brown
Ww. C. Payne
Story
J. H. Berry
Wayne
D. W. Church
Adair
J. M. Ford
E. J. Stason
J. L. Stevens
Carl Johnson
Mitchell
Carl Franke
John C. Kelley
J. P. Tyler
Iowa
H. Parstow
Page
W. J. Jones
Monroe
N. R. Orchard
Pottawattamie
J. P. Steele
Madison
Congress
Scott County
Noble Wilcox
W. EH. Henning Jons
F. Marston
Johnson
Theo
BE. Loveland
F. R. Halstead
F. Calderwood
State Central
State Central Committee
Wiley F. Rankin
Mason City
Harlan
Kenyon Works for Labor Department Bill
Senator Kenyon, on the Senate Education and Labor Committee, reported favorably the labor department bill. The measure already passed the House and he predicted Senate passage, creating a new cabinet post and easing labor capital conflicts with a pro labor administration.
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Washington
Kenyon
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Department of Labor
House
Senate
Organized Labor
Dams Fail Near Wausau Causing City Flood Damage
Two dams broke on the Wisconsin River north of Wausau flooding the area. Three bridges in the city were washed out and a fourth partly destroyed. All electric power and streetcar service were out. Damage estimated between $100,000 and $500,000.
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Wausau
Wis
Wisconsin River
Republican Convention in Lemars Chooses Congressional Candidates
In Lemars Iowa on July 24 the Eleventh District Republicans convene to nominate candidates for Congress. The contest pits Leslie E. Francis of Spirit Lake against George C. Scott of Sioux City with each side boasting long-standing party credentials.
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Lemars
Leslie E. Francis
Spirit Lake
George C. Scott
Sioux City
Treaties Voidable Says Former Minister Over Panama Canal
Hamis Taylor former minister to Spain argues in an open letter that the Hay-Pauncefote treaty is voidable due to Panama’s cession of the canal zone. He asserts U S sovereignty within the zone and cites Hall on voidable treaties when fundamental conditions change.
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Washington
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Taylor
Hall
Lawyer Fettretch and Clerk Fatally Shot in Office
New York veteran lawyer Joseph Fettretch and his clerk Norman Bergh were shot by former client Conway in Fettretchs office after a dispute over a case. Fettretch died at the hospital. Bergh died from his wound. Conway was arrested and found wounded, police suspect personal safety motive.
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New York
Joseph Fettreetch
Norman Bergh
Conway
Fettretch
Bergh Jn
Bergh
Expedition Fails At Mt McKinley Summit Attempts
Fairbanks Alaska July 24 Professor Herachell Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne of Tacoma arrived on the Tanana river last night and report they failed to reach the summit of Mt McKinley Two attempts were made one on the north peak and one on the south peak An altitude of 20200 feet was reached on the south peak and 18000 on the north peak
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Herachell Parker
Columbia University
Belmore Browne
Tacoma
Toiving
Tanana River
Mt. McKinley
Recall fight filed against Rock Island officials
Rock Island Illinois July 24. Mayor H M Schriver and Commissioner Archie M Hart retain counsel to challenge the recall petition connected to last spring's riot in which two people were killed. Schriver alleges backers include operators of disreputable saloons and dive bars.
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Rock Island, IH
H. M. Schriver
Archie M. Hart
iSchriver
Hart
Schriver
Telephone numbers for Courier reach during building alterations
Special notice states that due to alterations at the Courier building, readers must use the listed telephone numbers to reach the Courier. The message emphasizes updated contact lines for all inquiries and service access during the renovation period.
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Courier
Woman Describes Mass Beating by Prominent Men in Dublin
Miss Essie Carter, grievously beaten and bound, alleges in Macon that W. S. Dozier and his son Vogt Dozier led a gang of about eighteen to attack her at her Dublin home. She accuses several local businessmen and professionals of complicity, recounting dragged from bed, flogging with a buggy whip, and attempted silencing with her gown stuffed in her mouth. She states she aided Vogt financially and faces legal action.
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V. Dozier
Sweatheart
Miss Carter
Macon
Dowier
Superior Court
Terrell County
Vogt Dozier
W. 8. Dozier
Carter
Mr. Dozier
Jim Dowvler
Iewin McRae
iMacon
Gardner
Crumbley
Man Goes Insane After Primary Defeat
Perry Ta daly 235 year old Roy King a former farm resident near Sioux City and rancher near Mitchell South Dakota is violently insane after a primary loss. He fled after jumping through a train window near Sioux City and was later captured. His father brought him back to the county for treatment.
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Perry, Ta
Daly
Roy King
King
Mitchell
S. C
Sioux City
Train Derailments Injure Dozens Near Lebanon Missouri
A wave of derailments near Lebanon Missouri injure eleven passengers and two crew members while a related derailment near St Louis reports injuries among passengers and crew. Officials said no deaths occurred and trains from Kansas City St Louis and Oklahoma points were affected with cars derailed and engine tanks leaving the track.
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Springfield
St. Louis and
San Francisceo
Lebanon
St. Louis
San Francisco
Cuiahenin Points
Oklahoma Points
War game era mimic campaign leaves Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy at Sparta Wisconsin sent four thousand United States troops including eighteen hundred infantry and two thousand two hundred cavalry field artillery posts and hospital corps on a war basis with top tents and large rations for what the War Department calls one of the most extensive mimic campaigns ever held in the United States.
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McCoy
Sparta
Wis
United States
War Department
Mondell Defends Convention Contests as Bluff in House
Rep Mondell of Wyoming, on the credentials committee, rejected Roosevelt managers claims of improper delegate deprival at Chicago. He called the contest a mere bluff with no substantiation. Senate approves sundry civil appropriations bill totaling 116 million dollars, 5 million more than the House, with conference to reconcile differences.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Chicago
National
Credentials Committee
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Senate
Waters Rush Into Mine Drownings Reported Near Evans Station
Vilontown July 24 Forty miners were overwhelmed by floodwater at the Muperhd coal mine near Evans Station three miles from the city. Water poured in from two points as a mountain flood believed to have cracked the Cool spring reservoir upstream surged into the mine. Rail lines on the Pennsylvania B and I and West Pennsylvania routes were washed away. Rescue parties formed by two o clock but could not reach any miners, while families fearful for the missing.
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Vilontown
Pay
Evans Station
Faytte County
Pennsylvania
West Pennsylvania
Ofelock
Vessel Collision Hurts Passenger On Idler Yacht
The Old Colony liner Idler collision with the Idle yacht near Boston bound to New York left 14 aboard idle. Mrs Julia M Skidmore of Brooklyn sustained serious injuries and was rescued from the water by a lifeboat crew. Others received shock and were treated by physicians. The Old Colony continued to dock afterward.
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New York
OW Colony
Metropolitan Steamship Line
Boston
Idler
Julia M. Skidmore
Brooklyn
Skidmore
Fire destroys Union Petroleum wharf and damages Trinidadian
Fire at Marcushook, Pennsylvania, wiped out the Union Petroleum Oil company freight wharf and spread to the British steamer Trinidadian docked beside it. Total loss estimated at $200,000, including fire damage to the vessel. The blaze was reported in Philadelphia on July 24.
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Philadelphia
Union Petroleum Oil Company
Marcushook
Early Day School Teacher Dies in Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa July 24 Mrs A J Mader aged 77 died after a long teaching career begun in 1852 before the civil war Seven children survive Mrs G Andrews Cedar Rapids Mrs B E Giles Mason City Mrs J H Sullivan Waterloo Mrs J K Dougherty Ottumwa John A N H and C W Mader were present at death In Corning New York warrants charge Engineer Wm Schroeder and Flagman Edward Lane with second degree manslaughter for a Delaware Lackawana and Western wreck near here on July 4.
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Ottumwa
A. J. Mader
G. §. Andrews
Cedar Rapids
E. Giles
Mason City
J. H. Sullivan
Waterloo
J. K. Dougherty
John A
N. H
Corning
N.Y
Wm. Schroeder
Edward Lane
Delaware, Lackawana and Western Railway
Here
Smith
Stricken man crawled home from field in Iowa
In Jesup Iowa on July 24 John Bailey, farming on George W. Young land, suffered an acute appendicitis attack. He crawled home unable to walk as doctors from Jesup and Independence arranged an afternoon operation. Despite high fever he is expected to recover. Also noted: carpenter George W Hubbard fell at Mayor Bordner’s residence, landing safely in sand.
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John Bailey
Jesup
George W. Young
Independence
Bailey
Tig
Will Benson
Evert
George W. Trubbard
R. J. Bordner
Mr. Hubbard
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