Roosevelt rejects Missouri GOP offer to back national ticket
Keokuk Iowa September 4 Col Roosevelt refused a Missouri Republicans offer to back a full state ticket in exchange for GOP support He announced the decision publicly at the St Louis convention and said he preferred a complete progressive ticket He praised Senator Cummins and planned five Iowa speeches in Mt Zion Eldon Ottumwa Oskaloosa and Des Moines while noting Vermont results boosted progressive hopes
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Keokuk
Missouri
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Republican Organization
C Ol. Roosevelt
Col
Cummins
Iowa
Mt. Zion
Eldon
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Deal Moines
Des Moines
St. Paul
Cumuains
Senator Cummins
Lincoln
Mr. Zion
Chicago
Ima
Barnes and Penrozer
New England
Vermont
Roosevelt Igald
Progressive Party
Thief Arrested in Cedar Rapids Burglary Case
Cedar Rapids Iowa Sept 4 W E Brown of Fairview Kansas was arrested this morning on burglary charges. He robbed the People's Clothing Store last night and dropped a memorandum book with his name and boarding house location. Police found him in bed this morning. He confessed and returned the stolen items.
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Cedar Rapids
W. E. Brown
Fairview
Kan
Brown
People’s Clothing
Girl Imprisons Burglar
Mary Turner a 16 year old girl discovered a burglar in a bedroom on Sunday night and locked the door then rang the police. The burglar Anthony Dorlof claimed to be a printer and appeared in Desplaines street court where burglary was dismissed and he paid a $10 fine for disorderly conduct. Miss Turner is the daughter of James Turner.
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Chicago
Mary Turner
Anthony Dorlof
Desplaines Street
Miss Turner
James Turner
Dorlof
Hyatt Chosen Colonel of Fifty-Sixth Regiment
Des Moines Sept 4 Norman P Hyatt of Webster City has been unanimously chosen colonel of the Fifty-sixth regiment National Guard The vote was counted by E E Lucas assistant adjutant general Each company voted and sent its report sealed to the adjutant general Hyatt now is lieutenant colonel and will be promoted to colonel when his commission expires
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Des Moines
Norman P. ‘Hyatt
Webster City
N. G
E. E. Lucas
Hyatt
Roosevelt to Testify on Campaign Contributions
Col Theodore Roosevelt is expected to appear October 2 or 3 before the Senate committee probing campaign contributions. The inquiry centers on allegations that Standard Oil gave 100000 to the Republican National Committee in 1904 with his approval. Chairman Clapp was informally told Roosevelt would travel east for the hearings.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate F
John D. Archbold
Penrose
Standard’ ‘Oil Company
Republican National Committee
Clapp
Pearls Found Along Cedar River Attract Attention
The Cedar river yields valuable pearls this year with a 16 grain white pearl worth over 800 discovered near Chautanguia park. H C Egbert, who found the pearl while boating near the park, lives at Wingates cottage and reports the find near Nashua and Waterloo.
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Cedar River
Nashua
Waterloo
H. C. Egbert
Wingates Cottage
Chautanguia Park
California Progressives Win Assembly Control
California progressives defeated Taft Republicans for control of the state legislature and the right to the Republican designation in November. Early counts show old Vine Republicans defeated at least four to two, with Taft leaders conceding losses in the state.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
John ©. Karel
A. J. Schmitz
William J. Bryan
Karel
California
Los Angeles
Cal
Taft
Columbus
Nquor
Ohio
suf _frage
Convict Makes Futile Escape Attempt at Joliet Prison
Frank Taurkalski, a life term murder convict from Chicago, broke from a quarry gang escort and fled toward the street. Guards returned fire as a half mile chase ensued, leaving him wounded and captured amid a tense urban pursuit.
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JoHet
Frank Tzurkalski
Chicago
Taurkalski
Taft Resting After Lame Ankle Ahead of Beverly Trip
President Taft took to his bed for a few hours on Sept. 4 upon the advice of Major T. Rhoads and his physician as he rests with a lame ankle. Officials said he was not ill and expected to resume travel to Beverly the next day. In Denver, Leta Tippy and George M. Seltzer wed at 2:20 PM in Justice J He Kuhns office, with the bride the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Tippy formerly of Barclay Street.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Beverly
Tippy-Seltzer
Leta Tippy
George M. Seltzer
Denver
J. He Kuhns
Jim Tippy
Barclay Street
Bremer County
Dr W J McGea Dies in Washington At 69
Dr W J McGea noted anthropologist geologist hydrologist and author died in Washington today from cancerous growths. He was born in Dubuque County Iowa sixty nine years ago after several weeks of illness.
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Agere
Washington
W. J. McGea
McGea
Dubuque County
Lawyer chef helps Meech divorce case end in peace
In Chicago on September 4 attorney Sidney B. Meyer refused two retainers and cooked a meal to soothe estranged spouses Mr. Meech and Mrs. Meech. The pair decide divorce remains the outcome but share a comic supper cooked by the lawyer. Meyer recalls burning his thumb but calls it a worth while deed.
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Chicago
Sidney B. Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Meech
Meyer
Mr. Meech
Oregon Senator Bourne backs Roosevelt in 1904 race
Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon announced he would support Col Roosevelt for president. He noted Oregon and other Republican states selected Roosevelt in their presidential primaries and pledged to back Roosevelt in November. The statement frames Roosevelt as the choice of the Republican party in Oregon and nationwide.
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Washington
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Col. Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Mr. Bourne
Cal. Rongevelt
Thenes
New Yorker To Walk 1076 Miles Chicago To New York
Sergeant Jack Kiernan, acting district superintendent of street cleaning, plans a 22 day walk from Chicago to New York after weighing in at just over 200 pounds. He will take his vacation and inform his wife and eleven children before starting Saturday from New York, visiting Mayor Harrison in Chicago first, then heading east.
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New Yorker
Chicago
Gotham
New York
Jack
Kiernan
Harrison
New Party Feeling Grows as Leagh Named to Oppose Pigrett
White River Junction Vermont reports revised returns from Vermont governor race showing Fletcher as Republican, Howe as Democrat, Metzger as Progressive leading with a near-tie due to incomplete town totals. The legislature must elect the governor.
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NEW Party
Leagh
Rep. Pigrett
White River Junction
Allen M. Fletcher
Harlin
Howe
Fraser Metzger
Clement F. Smith
Prohibition
Fred W. Sutter
Mead
Watacn
Towle
Ordmay
Vermont
Fletcher
Metager
Yarlan B. Howe
Stev. Frazer Metzger
Progressive
Second District Nominates in Iowa Progressive Caucuses
Des Moines dispatch reports the first Iowa progressive state convention adjourned for 2 pm after speeches attacking Taft and the Republican party. Herman Zach and R. E. Leach were nominated for Congress in the Second and Third districts, with Roosevelt invoked to energize delegates.
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Des Moines
Convention
F. B. Miller
Cedar Falls
Howland Hanson
Col. Roosevelt
Medill McCormick
Progressive National Committee
McCormick
Taft
Wm. Howard Taft
Middle West
Cummins
Roosevelt
Steamer Retaken From Insurgents Near Corinto
American sailors from the cruiser Glacier under Ensign Robert C. Coman recaptured a small steamer seized by Nicaraguan revolutionists near Corinto and taken to Fonseca Bay to move insurgent troops. Cable report says no fight is indicated.
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Washington
Glacier
Robert C. Coman
Corinto
Bay of Fonseca
Sutherland
Tax Association Hints Changes in Iowa Tax System
Dox Maines reports at the National Tax association session that several changes to taxation in Iowa and other states were suggested and will be acted upon. The next general assembly may be asked to implement multiple changes to the present system.
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Dox Maines
National Tax Association
Iowa
General Assembly
Tilly Gets Yob Boss Ban Tank She Know Yust 0
A Chicago story from September details Tilly Oleson of Evanston who, freshly arrived from Sweden, becomes an ideal housemaid for C. Br. Swain after an unusual ad. She knows nothing about housework, is untrained, and is described as unspoiled enough to be polished into the real article. She is 19, weighs 132 pounds, measures 24 inches at the waist, and stands 6 feet 6 inches tall.
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Tilly
Chicago
Sweden
Tilly Oleson
C. BR. Swain
Hvanston
Bwain
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