Fearful Phonograph Duel In Spokane Ends In Draw
In Spokane on Oct 14 a daylight political clash unfolded as Frank L. Graham and George W. Leonard sparred with cans of campaign records and songs. The crowd pressed in as Taft Bryan Debs themes collided, and the staged exchange ended without a clear winner, amid heated partisan reaction.
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Spokane
Wash
William Howard Tait
William Jennings Bryan
Frank L. Graham
Missouri
Kansas
George W. Leonard
Upper
New York
Logan
Thelp
J. G Phelps Stoke
New
Papes Diapepsin Promise Relief For Indigestion
An article extols Papes Diapepsin as a cure for indigestion sour stomach heartburn and belching claiming it digests any meal in minutes. It describes the product with dramatic claims and lists various stomach issues supposedly cured and notes a large lumber cut and employment plans in Idaho.
Musical duel in the street over tariff talk ends in crowd anthem
A street crowd fans a phonograph duel between Graham and Leonard with songs on tariffs imperialism and education. Reflections on Bryan Taft and Morality mix with political jests as supporters sing Oh Glory and You're a Grand Old Flag until the melee subsides.
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Graham
Leonard
Sage of
Lincoln
Bryan
Denver
Taft
Murray K. Hill
Graham Horn
Republican Party
Innocent Bystander Describes Streetcar Torpedo Outrage
An anxious bystander reports a surge of streetcar torpedo explosions on Central Avenue, claiming about four thousand torpedoes have detonated across two weeks. He urges police to investigate suspected thieves from the Las Vegas wing responsible for the dynamite supply.
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Las Vegas
Central Avenue
Civic improvement plans plant gardens over vacant lots
The speaker praises replacing unsightly lots with flowers and warns against billboard proliferation. He cites civic improvement efforts in other cities and urges Albuquerque to join, banning billboards in the business district despite some lost rents.
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Civic Improvement Society
Eight Million For Washington Schools and Indian Festival Near Spokane
Eight million dollars will be spent on Washington public schools this school year, about 52 per capita with 152,000 attendance, the highest state allotment in the nation. The piece notes Spokane leads in school property investments, with rising enrollments and regional funding under the bare-foot boy law. Separately, representatives of ten tribes plan a Yakima valley Topponish festival running ten days to October 20 with dances, races, barbecues, and a track purse, featuring tribes including the Yalinni, Umatillas, Klamaths, Warm Springs, Pendleton, and New Perce, plus national apple show judging coordinated by officials in Book One December.
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O Morning Journal
Spokane
Washington
United States
Wee Inn
Topponish
Wash
Yakima Valley
CC. W Grant
Yalinny
Umatillas
Klamaths
Warm Springs
Pendleton
Melville
Moses Crowler
Tumwater
Pas Llups
New Perce
James Mt. Garfield
Harry J. Neely
Wim Tee
Agricultural Department of the
Camada
Neely
Ieceu Fur
Gotham
Mysterious Libby Heights Family Sets Continental Record
In Lib by Montana east of here tall residents outsize peers across the continent. Ten related family members sum to about seventy five feet in height with the father at six two and a half, weight 16 pounds and the mother at five six and 225 pounds. Children heights range from five feet to six four with ages from 16 to 21.
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Libby
Mont
Here
Nevada to prosecute mine dividends over bullion tax debt
Governor Dickerson orders Attorney General Stoddard to notify district attorneys to indict dividend paying mines that fail to report bullion taxes. Prosecutions may target perjury in falsified reports as mining output exceeds taxes. Gambling revenue cited at over 500000 annually. Oceanic resumes New Zealand service with Wellington as destination and Tahiti listed as a port of call.
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Thule Lion
Haley
Dickerson
San Fpriuictice
New Zealand
Wellington
Auckland
Union Steamship Company of
Tahiti
New York Society Faces Empty Town Houses and Rising Tensions
Distressed by high costs and social campaign demands, New York's Fifth Avenue mansions stand vacant as owners skip winter rents. Amid labor strife and trolley cuts, the city braces for a social season shift while sailors congress and a new institute highlight its status as a global port.
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Terre Haute
Leonard Pose
Taft Records
Bryan Records
Jrathom
Mather Leonard
Doclariere
Sor Boxly
Vaca Leonard
W. Central
South Fourth St
Mark
Kcommee Ad
Carthage
van Ssouri
Leggett & Platt
Leggett and
Platt
Futrelle Furniture Co
Palouse
Potlatch Lumber Company
Potlatch
Idaho
T. P. Jones
Northwest
Puget Sound
Weet Central
LL. M
Irrigation Congress
Albuquerque
Montana
Nevada
Oceano
S&s
Pers Bo Pietre
Morning
Wall Street
Aswell Society
Ashley
Atiout Iuve
Jackashore
Institute For Seamen
Workers’ Congress
American Seamen's Frient Society
America
Strength of Stokes
Mr. Stokes
Assembly
Mast Side
Stokes
Por Dutoy
Albany
Rose Pax
Ghout
Tranefers
Asia
Morning Journal
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