Voters See Two Galleries of Candidates in Temperance Pamphlet
Black Hawk county treasurer W R Jameson releases a pamphlet labeling Iowa political aspirants as “Wicked” or “Righteous” on liquor issues. Governor Clarke and others are listed, with some candidates marked favorable, hostile, or unclear, as campaigns intensify across the state.
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Towa
W. R. Jameson
Buasiness Men's Temperance Association
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Down
John Barleycorn
Drys
George W. Clarke
C. G. Lee
Ames
J. T. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
George C. White
Nevada
O. K
Temperance Workers
W. J. Rowley
Keosauqua
van R. McGinnis
Leon
L. Harding
Sioux City
W. C. Barber
Des Moines
Gall
O. P. Meyers
Newton
H. B. Betty
Davenport
Roth Galleries
H. W. Grout
R. M. Cowin
H. J. Hess
Sherman DeWolf
Reinbeck
Arch W. McFarland
Upton B. Kepford
Herman Miller
Rock Island Railroad faces 65 million needs over five years
E W McKenna vice president of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul reports the Rock Island Railroad requires 65 million dollars in five years for additions and betterments and deferred maintenance. He breaks down 65 million into track work, new equipment and other capital needs plus a plan to retire cars and upgrade to 15 thousand new cars to boost efficiency and earnings.
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Railway Age Gazette
E. W. McKenna
Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul
McKenna
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Kansas City
Peoria
Kil
Keokuk
Riis Author and Social Worker Jacob Riis Dies
Barre Massachusetts May 28 Jacob A Riis famed author and social worker dies at his summer home after a long illness. Riis who immigrated penniless to New York transformed public view of slum life through works including How the Other Half Lives and The Battle with the Slum. Roosevelt called him one of the metropolis's most useful citizens born 1849 and later chronicled his life in The Making of an American.
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Jacob August Riis
New York
Metropolis
Theodore Roosevelt
Riis
Elizabeth Nielson
Old Town
Slugs Destroy Strawberry Plants Warned By Gardeners
Complaints from new strawberry bed growers report green leaf chewing slugs damaging plants this spring. The pests are found on the undersides of leaves and can be controlled by spraying arsenate of lead or a white hellezu mixture with water.
Strawberry Worm Control and Purchase Advice
Gardeners can buy the treatment at any hardware store. One application is usually enough though a second dose may be needed. If the worm ravages are not checked the strawberry bed is often destroyed. The worm is the larva of a brownish black fly that lays eggs on plants in April or early May.
Rumors Persist New Haven Inquiry Delayed
The Interstate Commerce Commission postponed further testimony on New Haven railroad financial affairs to Wednesday June 3 to allow special examiners to review books at J Pierpont Morgan & Co and Morgan papers. Four key witnesses remain ill, with doctors’ certificates delaying their appearance.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission On Financial Affairs
New Haven Railroad
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
J. Pierpont Morgan
Samuel (. Morehouse
Geo. MacCulloch Miller
de Vere Turner
Morton F. Plant
Town Talk in Waterloo City Dashes of News
A crowded local page lists visits and travels of residents including Joseph Siecht and F B Minor from Charles City, Bess Shoemaker and others in Waterloo, with Chicago trips by D E Osborne and local moves. A 15 member Pythian delegation, a birth at Lafayette Street, and a mysterious nonmechanical clock at Model laundry are noted.
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Joseph Siecht
Charles City
F. B. Minor
Waterloo
Miss Bess Shoemaker
Sumner
D. E. Osborne
Chicago
IR. Sage
NAVAL RECRUITING RESUMED AND MARKET NOTES
May 26 Pittsburgh reports naval recruiting resumed after orders received today. Potatoes and produce prices mixed with dairy and poultry values noted. Louisiana new potatoes listed at 1.30 per unit and Michigan Wisconsin markets show small changes with several grades steady or higher.
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Pittsburgh
Arting
Michigan
Naval Station
Wisconsin
TAGLO
Louisiana
Recruitment Halted May 14. Draftees to Norfolk and Philadelphia
Recruiting was stopped on May 14 and the unit will be assembled and sent to Norfolk and Philadelphia tomorrow. Officers handled many enlistment applications today.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia
Open Street in Waterloo West links major buildings
A new street in Waterloo West will connect Commercial Street with the Cedar River bank. Leavitt & Jormean Building Co. at KOGN and Tease under A W Taggart will open the street, with the Taggart store frontage of twenty feet marking the new road. The Leavitt & Johnson barn gains two corner fronts and two rival sites face opposite sides as construction proceeds. Frankfort, Kentucky reports the funeral of Senator William O Connor Bradley of Kentucky. The body arrived by special train with Senate and House members. Funeral plans close local businesses during the services.
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Cedar River
Leavitt & Jormean Building Company
Kogn
A W. Taggart
Taudtin
Taggart
Leavitt & Johnson Barn
Frankfort
Win. O'Connel Bradley
Kenturks
Senate
House of Representatives
Harris
Government pledges protection over Panama Canal steel
Washington reports Major C Roges asserts no danger to Panama Canal locks from alleged Carban Steel Company fraud. Inspectors retested suspected castings before use. dishonest acts will be punished to deter federal fraud. Unitarian Association hears bequests of 158000 and critiques the term Unitarian as inadequate. A note on river swimming and a joke about a mandolin in Want ads.
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Washington
PF. C. Roges
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama Canal
Major Boges
Bates
United States
Major Hoyes
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Ncog A. Ring
NEW Haven
James van Deyn
California
A. W. Meier
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Oelwein
Fannie A. Rickert Lyon
Walter M. Blowers
First National Bank
Linden
F. F. Yapp
Fifth Street
Des ‘Moines
Co. F. Fowler
FE. H. Cutler
D.C. Crittenden
John Limbert
Bertha Burton
Eloise
Independence
A. H. Kepple
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Watering
Parkershore
Philip Shaffner
Allen Street
Paul Gillispie
Leland Stanford University
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Minn
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Regal
Alwave
Peverill Motor Sales CO
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