Republican National Committee Adjourns Contests Hearings
The Republican National Committee ended hearings on 254 contested seats for the national convention. Taft won 285 delegates with 62 from Texas and 16 from Virginia. Roosevelt secured 6 delegates in Washington and 4 in North Carolina. The closing session showed sharp partisan divisions and Colo n el Lyon’s defeats in most Texas cases.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Tate
Roosevelt
Taft
Texas
Virginia
Col
Washington
Poindexter
Cecil A. Lyon
District of Columbia
Sidney Bicher
Hear Ines
Colonel Lyon
Pastor Dr Harman Missed by Harrisburg Church
Dr H C Harman pastor of Woodlawn Methodist Church in Chicago arrived this morning for a short visit with his sister Mrs C R Rohde while on a western trip. Grace M E church had sought Harman for pastor but Harrisburg Pa church would not release him.
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H. C. Harman
Woodlawn Methodist Church
Chicago
C. R. Rohde
Grace M. EB. Church
Dr. Harman
Harrisburg
Iowa Delegation Sees Support for Cummins at Chicago
Iowa supporters of Senator Cummins report strong backing for a third man beyond Taft and Roosevelt. Howard J. Clark says delegates favor Cummins, while Kenyon argues a Cummins nominating chance on first ballot. A later Iowa meeting will pit Adams against Ernest Moore for national committeeman.
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Chicago
Iowa
Albert
Cumming
Howard J. Clark
Taft
Roosevelt
Mr. Clark
Republican Party
Kenyon
Cummins
John F. Adams
Ernest Moore
Taft and
Villisca murder case linked to same killer as other city deaths
Detectives in Council Bluffs Iowa tie Villisca murders to Colorado Springs Ellsworth and Monmouth cases. They believe the killer is religiously obsessed and on a divine mission. Insurance paid out complicates who inherits if Moore and wife die. The scene shows burned bedding and blood soaked pillows.
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Council Bluffs
Villisca
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ellsworth
Kan
Mon- Mouth
Moore Carred
Moore
Iowa Patents Granted Week Ending June 11 1912
Patents issued to Towars for the week ending June 11 1912 reported from Des Moines Iowa list Burglar alarm Otis L Davis Towar City Speech governor Alfred Kindberg Rockwell City assignor of one half to G M Anderson Waterloo Door hanger Albert H Neller and R B Louden Fairfield Wire fastener William C C Post Ithaville Waste plug lifter Hermenegild Bottler Raymond Measuring wheel for baling presses Herbert B Sperry assignor to Dain Manufacturing Co Ottumwa Hydrocarbon burner Alvin R Swaine Des Moines Hydrocarbon lamp Alvin R.
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Iowa
Towars
Clarence J. Woftus
Crocker Building
Des Moines
Otis L. Davis
Towar City
Alfred Kindberg
Rockwell City
G. M. Anderson
Waterloo
Albert H. Neller
R. B. Louden
Fairfield
William CC
Nine year old horse thief nabbed for double theft
Police arrest Hurshel Cook, 9, on two counts of stealing horse and buggy rigs from the Zook Bentz shop on Lafayette street and the Van Pelt dairy farm. He confessed after being faced with the evidence, mirroring a prior theft that same night. The boy’s father pled to supervise him, while another boy, Teddy Connett, was allowed to return home.
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Eyides
Hurshel Cook
F. J. Haddeman
Dewar
Zook & Bentz Plumbing
Lafayette Street
Hurley
van Pelt
Galloway-Van Pelt
Teddy Connett
Tenth Street West
City Plans Jiotato Daya Sept 3 6 7
In W De Wolf's office the annual Jiotato Daya dates were announced for September 3 6 and 7 with events slated for the city next week.
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W. de Wolf
Reading the Great History of a Fratricidal Conflict
The speaker urges a saner patriotism and courage that spares bloodshed. He calls for men to live for national glory by constructive deeds that build up the nation instead of sacrificing lives in vain, and he asks readers to study the history of brother against brother to learn its lessons.
Local visitors and residents listed for Reinbeck area
Miss Margaret Rait Cedar Falls visits Reinbeck since last Saturday. F L Gordon conducts business in Emmet county. Frank Welk Walker rests with Welk family. Miss Marguerite Emmett Waterloo visits. Sheriff Black Grundy Center in town Friday. Mrs Carston Plahen and Mrs J C Cook in Des Moines Saturday. Miss Jeona Bosserear Marshalltown visits this week. Henry Mumm does business at Tracr Tuesday. Ralph Terrall home from Cornell College Mt Vernon. Dr L B Greene Kansas City visits his father in Reinbeck. Mrs A R Bowlsby and children also noted.
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Des Moines
Walter Frei
Wagner
J. R. Frei
Peenan
Waterloo
Jasper Cooper
Ams
Jiawarden
Frank Gane
Guy Watson
Mary Davis
E. D. Roberts
Board of Supervisors
Grundy Center
Theo
Toinette Swan
Grinnell
Clint Cameron
Henning Brant
Stanford
Mont
Glen Clark
Bedford
Ro Bennett
Lo Homer
D.C. Coffin
Carroll
Opstad
Decorah
John Methfessel
KO Benek
Hedena
Ark
John Wilson
Okobol
P. Eb.o
F.C. Erickson
Pythias
Memoriil Ayercisea
Sunnday
Wooley
M. EB
Thos. Smith
Ames
State Agricultural College
Madson
Alamni
T. WH. Mellville
Traer
OU. Po
Reinbeck
Margaret Rait
Cedar Falls
F. L. Gordon
Emmet
Frank Welk
Walker
Welk
Marguerite Emmett
Sheriff Black
Carston Plaehn
J. C. Cook
Nes Moines
Jeona Bosserear
Marshalltown
Henry Mumm
Tracr
Ralph Terrall
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
L. BR. Greene
Kansas City
K. ¥.Greene
A. RK. Bowlsby
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South Dakota
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James Porter
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Battle Creek, Mich
Lad
Owhiz
Igit of
Pierce
Gen. McClellan
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Antietam
Elson
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Daguerre
Sumter
Hrady
Army of Virginia
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Cedar Mountain
Stonewall’ Jackson
Winder
Samuel W. Crawford
Slaughter
Culpeper Court House
New Orleans
Manassas Junction
Orange and
Alexandria
Samuel P. Heintsslman
R. S. Ewell
James Longstreet
Second Bull Run
Manassas
Rencaa Fe
North
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C. J. Miller
Fourth Street
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Paul Davis Bry Goods Co
Black Hal Coffee
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