City Clerk Office Reforms urged following Ellis report
Ellis recommends abolishing certain duties and appointing a trusted hand to handle division of funds and metre readings. He notes errors in meter readings minor but caused by nontechnical work. Proposals include abolishing the end of month payments rule and transferring duties to the city treasurer or clerk. He urges safeguards on perpetual funds and reassignments to ensure accountability. The Capital endorses Alberti B Cummins for president and affirms a progressive public stance.
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Ellis
Muni
Aptis Perpetual Fund
Con
Sexton
Ars
Iowa Republicans back Cummins for president in editorial
An Iowa Capital editorial endorses A Cummins for president and urges Taft delegates to support Cummins. It portrays Iowa as progressive with two progressive U S senators and a governor candidate. The piece argues Taft nomination is unlikely and references broad voter progressivism.
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Lafayette Young
Senar
Init
Cummins
Taft
Boon
Young
United States
Iowa
Two to Penitentiary and Local Notices Headline
Judge Wright visited Fort Dodge to hear Grover Surville who pleaded guilty to sodomy and received an inde terminate sentence. Sheriff Brown and Leslie Beall escorted him to the penitentiary. Also reports of Woods majority in Humboldt county and notices of a June wedding and partnership dissolution.
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Wright
Fort Dodge
Grover Surville
Brown
Leslie Beall
Webster City Chautauqua Opens June 30 with Strong Lineup
The Chautauqua in Webster City opens June 30 and runs to July 7. It features high class musical organizations and prominent speakers such as Dr. Harris R. Cooley Henry Augustus Adrain J Alden Loring Madam Mountford Mohamed Ali and L B Wickersham plus operatic selections and DeKoven male quartet James Thatcher and his orchestra.
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Cooley
Adrain
Loring
Webster City
Webster
Harris R. Cooley
Cobley’ Farms
Cleveland
Ohio
Tom L. Johnson
Department of Charities and Correction
Henry. Augustus .Adrain
Burbank
J. Alden Loring
Mountford
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Mohamed Ali
India
L. B. Wickersham
Iowa
Henry Clay’ Risner
City Beautiful
Lanham
Will
DeKoven
James Thatcher
City Council Grants Sewer Connection Fee Request
The city council met Wednesday night in city hall and granted Samuel Arnold permission to connect his First Street property to the sanitary sewer for the usual $25 charge. An agent for Fidel was present during the session.
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Samuel Arnold
First Street
Fidel
Troops Pass Through City And Local Notices
Several companies of U S regulars from Fort Crook Nebraska passed through this city en route to Dubuque and Sparta Wisconsin for maneuvers. A second train carried passenger coaches. Ellsworth residents Gustave O Hittreim and Anna E Olson received a marriage license. Hamilton county voters split on governor in Tuesday primary with Republican Clarke Holden Proudfoot and Democrat Dunn Hamilton totals listed. A new sanitary bubble fountain was installed at Metcalf Department Store praised for city water supply and convenience. The Iowa Homestead newspaper is lauded and farmer agents are invited with generous terms via James M Pierce Des Moines.
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U.S
Fort Crook
Neb
Dubuque
Dubudk
Sparta
Wis
Ellsworth
Sterling
Gustave O. Hittreim
Anna E. Olson
Hittrell
Miss Olson
State Bank
Ellisworth
Hamilton County
Geo
W. Clarke
P. G. Holden
A. V. Proudfoot
G. Dunn
Cece Ee
J. T. Hamilton
Metcalf’s
Metcalf
L. V. Mills
Webster City
Iowa Homestead
James M. Pierce
Des Moines
Iowa
Delegates Named for County Convention June 29
The republican county convention to be held in this city on June 29 will nominate a sheriff candidate and select state convention delegates for judges' nominations and other business. Returns show delegates from Blairsburg through Webster City wards, including numerous townships and villages, with lists of names for each locale.
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Republican County Convention
Agnin Townships
Blairsburg
F. H. Burcham
W. L. Merryman
Geo. Berogan
I. Lasher
Kenyon Praised by Burns at Bankers Meeting in Cedar Rapids
Detective William J. Burns lauds W S Kenyon as the senate’s most honest and capable man, citing his Lorimer investigation work. The Iowa Bankers association event also featured Hugh L. Cooper’s illustrated power dam at Keokuk and a talking point on a dentist’s miniature electric lamp invention.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
United States
Senate
William J. Burns
Iowa Bankers’ Association
W. S. Kenyon
Kenyon
Lorimer
Burns
Keokuk
Hugh L. Cooper
Local inventor crafts lamp from spare parts
A man assembled a lamp using a fountain pen-barrel ten feet of insulated wire brass sheet and more. The device worked well and he cancelled the order for a second lamp. Doc’s new lamp cost 80 cents while the ordered device sells for 3 dollars. Prof F C Runkle leads Ellsworth schools advertising the local Chautauqua again this year. Meade Hughes bought a 160 acre farm near Mallard Iowa through W Vance. J P Rasmussen purchased a new Overland car from Hanson Tyler.
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Doc
F. C. Runkle
Ellsworth
Chautauqua
Mallard
Meade Hughes
W. Vance
Iowa
German Lutheran Conference Ends After Three-Day Session
The German Lutheran ministers closed their three day conference in Webster City with a public preaching service and a brief business session. Rev Melcher of Waverly preached a strong sermon and Rev Beer of Latimer gave an appreciated address. Rev Winter of Mankato spoke on Bethany Ladies Seminary needs. After twenty five years, three old chums met again: policeman B F Nickerson city clerk R P Smock, and artist A L Browning. They rekindled memories of Heyworth Illinois days and planned another gathering before Browning departs.
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Melcher
Waverly
Beer of
Latimer
Winter
Mankato
Minn
Bethany Ladies Seminary
Webster City
B. F. Nickerson
R. P. Smock
A. L. Browning
Nickerson
Second Street
Nick
Browning
Heyworth
Illinois
Mr. Nickerson
Mr. Smock
Mr. Browning
Frank
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Houck-Clifton
L. F. Houck
Louise
William H. Clifton
Schrader &Bateman
Stratford
Esther Fallein
Des _Moines
Fallein
Miss Fallein
Conservatory of Music
Morningside ‘College
Sioux City
Jonas Fallein
Treeman-Tribune
H. B. Schultz
Hugo
Colorado
Schultz
Fife
Clinton McCarthy
Lane-Moore Lumber Co
Webster City Assembly
Dr.jr. W. Homan
Dr. Drake
George Ely
Ft. Crook
Nebraska
City
P. M. Phillips
P. M. Thompson
O. Rembloom
RF. A. Lecksell
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R. T. Johnson
G. Fleming
W. H. Minard
John McCarley
Chas, Wiese
H. Baxter
Co. Wedding
J. Cheney
R.E. Jones
J. Zeigler
W. C. Pyle
W. A. Dawson
J. W. Olmstead
C. H. Brown
J. M. Blake
J. A. Berggren
C. D. Doolittle
Rube McFerren
J. P. Rasmussen
G. F. Tucker
J. K. Pear
L. BE. Vauble
E. S. Boudinot
W. Lyon
H. Arnold
H. S. Bourne
Lauds
Bankers’ Meeting
Pete
Prof. Runkle
Hanson & Tyler
German Lutheran Conference
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