Cannon's Acceptance Speech Plans Outlined
Danville Illinois August 7 details emerge on Speaker Cannon's planned acceptance speech after renomination on August 16 He will address the labor question defend Congress and the Republican party and tackle the eight hour bill the anti injunction bill and immigration education provisions He will accuse Gompers and AFL committees of blocking anti injunction efforts and note Gompers initial support for an educational test later withdrawn He will also discuss trusts prosperity wages and current politics without courting a presidential boom.
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Danville
Ill
Cannon
Congress
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Republican Party
Immigration and Naturalization
Legislation Committee
R. W. Fuller
Roosevelt
Moody
Garfield
Organized Labor
Cullom Wins Illinois Senate Nomination in Strong Primary
Illinois Republicans backed Shelby M Cullom for the U S Senate with a Cook County plurality over 12000 and wide state margins. Down state returns suggest victory over Richard Yates while Lorimer Mann Cannon also won their districts. Chicago saw heavy turnout in contests but light in noncompetitive areas.
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Chicago
Illinois
Shelby M. Cullom
United States Senate
Cullom
Cook County
Richard Yates
William Lorimer
Mann
Joseph M. Cannon
House of Representatives
Pacific States Telephone to Build Seattle Link
Within thirty days the Pacific States Telephone Company will begin a through line project to connect Walla Walla with Seattle. A few way stations will be used to keep service uninterrupted. Plans include a new Milton line, remodeling the local building, and about six miles of additional city lines.
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Walla Walla
Pacific States Telephone Company
Seattle
Milton
Baltic landowners back plan to sell crown lands
At a congress in Riga on August 6 Baltic land owners passed a resolution favoring sale of crown and church lands and gradual expropriation of estates above the set maximum. No peasant family owning more than fifty acres may obtain land under this system. The Baltic nobility has opposed expropriation to date.
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Riga
Russia
General strike in Russia shows weak support amid upheaval
Reports from St. Petersburg and Moscow describe limited strike participation with printers, streetcar workers, and gas and electric staff quitting, while many workers stay at their posts. Central committees fear failure. police disperse minor gatherings as socialists urge nationwide action for national government, land, and liberty.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Donetz
Yestersday
Westinghouse
Messenger
Social Democrats
Social Democratic and
Labor
Heart Throb selections featured in National Magazine volume
The National Magazine offers a 400 page cloth bound volume with Heart Throb selections chosen by readers and judged by Senator Allison and Admiral Dewey. Priced at $1.50 postpaid, the book covers Life, Love, Home, Duty and Patriotism and serves as a home library staple. Portland August issue notes publisher Charles Nickell, later sentenced to thirteen months on McNeill Island for conspiracy to suborn perjury in the Miller Kineart land fraud case.
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National Magazine
William B. Allison
George Dewey
Boston
Mass
Portland
Charles Nickell
United States
Medford, Or
Hunt
McNeill Island
Nickell
Miller-Kineart
Canadian Labor Move to End Chinese Tax Hits Fruit Trade
In Vancouver on August 6, BC farmers press Dominion government to abolish the Chinese entry tax amid labor shortages. The Kootenay Fruit Growers' Association backs the resolution as the season strains pickers and growers. The rest of the text provides a home canning recipe and an offhand social remark about clothing.
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Vancouver
B. C
British Columbia
Dominion
Canada
Kootenay
The Even Song and a Sunday School Miracle
A visiting woman in a factory town learns of a room where workers sing at sunset, a miracle born from a teacher guiding hesitant girls to beauty. The tale emphasizes time and faith, with reflections on trial, virtue, and growth from Phillips Brooks and A Barnes.
Mossy Ruins of a Church in Dorchester South Carolina
A Boston Globe inspired piece recalls New England’s first missionary effort beyond its borders in Dorchester South Carolina along the Ashley River. It describes the early settlers led by William Pratt, the St James Goose Creek church, and the surviving brick tower amid jungle vegetation. The article connects this to a nearby fort and the colonial era’s religious and settler history, ending with a brief unrelated anecdote about President McKinley and a child’s remark.
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South Atlantic
New England
Dorchester
South Carolina
Boston
Dee
Charleston
Boston Globe
Massachusetts
Ashley River
William Pratt
Thomas Pratt
Weymouth
Mass
Elizabeth Baker
Pratt
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Vicer Pratt
St. James
Goose Creek
Francis le Jan
England
Plaice Dorchester
The
Ashley
Professional Cards for Dr Paul Smits Eye Ear Nose Throat
The card lists Dr Paul Smits M D physician surgeon with offices at Aberdeen General Hospital and Crowther Wooding block Aberdeen Washington. Office hours vary by location from 9 to 12 am 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm with telephone numbers 614 135 1753. Practice focuses on the eye ear nose and throat with multiple offices including Kaufman Block and Eo LkK Pharmacy Aberdeen Washington.
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Crowther-Wooding Block
G and Heron Streets
Kaufman Block
Unclear Time Stages Listed
Times read 3 35 p m 4 05 p m 3 45 p m without context or events. The fragment shows three time markers likely part of a schedule or timetable with no associated date location or activity.
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Federation of Labor
Niaara
A. Barnes
Faith
Hope
Tle
God
Brotherhood
Manoo
Fle
Heaven
Throne
Golden Gate
Nathaniel Phinthorne
Bethany
Phillips Brooks
McWkinley
McKinley
Senator Dick
Mr. McWkinley
Appleby's
Cleveland Leader
Peaul Smits, M. D
DF. Watkins
McNiven
Mapes
Deen, Wash
Everett E. Lane, D. D. S
Hayes & Hayes
C. Cross
Attorney AT Law
Zelaska Block
G Street
E . H. Fox
Rrobert E. Taggart
Dabney Block
Ben Sheers
Continental Saloon Oo. C. Vammen
Heron
Aberdeen, Wash
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewett
South F Street
Andrew Blum
South Street
W. Johnston Transfer Co
S. FP Street
Roslyn Coal
Aberdeen
J. M. Lupton
Mgr
Ingebrightsen
Tacoma
Ocosta
H. B. Elder
N. P. Ry
A. C. Charlton
N. P. Ry. Co
Portland, Oregon
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
St. Pau
Duluth
Fort William
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
P. Ss. Locke
John Halstead
Pacific Ave
Central Restaurant
M. An'tich, Prop
Wishkah
Fred Redinger
Pioneer Barber Shop
Heron Street
Westport, Wash
Mary Smith
Wm. Ziegler
Boot and Shoemaker
Jeff
William Ziegler
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