Nationwide election summary signals party shifts and fraud contests
New York reelected Mayor McClellan by 3000 to 4000 votes with Hearst contesting. Jerome reelected district attorney. Weaver party wins Philadelphia by 75000. Ohio governor race uncertain but Pattison leads. Republicans gain in Chicago Indianapolis Massachusetts. Democrats sweep Ohio and Virginia while Republicans win New Jersey Rhode Island Nebraska Maryland. Defeated suffrage amendment in Maryland. Hearst expands election fraud bid as missing ballots found. Gov Herrick links defeat to prejudice and national peril.
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New York
McClellan
Jerome
Hearst
Weaver
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pattison
Chicago
Indianapolis
Massachusetts
Virginia
Louisville
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Nebraska
Maryland
John M. Pattison
W. R. Hearst
North River
Herrick
Mixed World News Descends on Cities and Courts
A sprawling digest reports royal welcomes in New York for Prince Louis of Battenberg, a restraining order against New York Life in Missouri, political moves in Cleveland, and a Supreme Court ruling upholding eight hour mine work. It notes deaths from war, crime, and illness, railroad accidents, fires, and political turmoil across the United States and Europe.
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Prince Louis of Battenberg
New York
New York Life Insurance
United States Court
St. Louis
W. D. Vandiver
Missouri
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
George Williams
Young Men's Christian Association
London
Ira Caler
Los Angeles
Cal
Williams
Germany
Bete Emperor
Japan
Outbreak Horrors Spread Across Russia Reports
Details of a wave of anti Jewish violence and state terror across Russia describe towns looted and murdered. In Tomsk 600 burned in a theater and Moscow police with loyalists killed schoolchildren. Ismail massacre in Bessarabia and Cronstadt mutiny with heavy casualties.
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Russia
Tomsk
Siberia
Moscow
Odessa
Kishinev
Ismail
Bessarabia
Schlosselburg
Count de Witte
Roosevelt
New York
Cronstadt
Trepoff
St. Petersburg
Tragedy in Beaver Creek Sparks Triple Killing
A drunken election night feud on Beaver Creek Kentucky side leads to three dead and three wounded. Con Estep fires five shots after being challenged by C Prater. Bentley kills Prater, Morgana wounds Tom and John Bowling before dying. Sadler is badly hurt. further clashes loom.
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Naugatuck
W. Va
Jeff Davis
Beaver Creek
Kentucky
Con Estep
C. Prater
Estep
Enoch Bentley
Bentley
Morgan
John Sadler
Prater
Indictments Plotted Over Election Violations In New York
The grand jury drew ten indictments for election law violations and two for assaults tied to last Tuesday's election. Indictments may target prominent politicians as fraud evidence is prepared by State Attorney General Mayer and Hearst contest aides. Ballots found in alleyways in districts of two Tammany leaders suggest further investigations and possible indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Attory
Julius M. Mayer
William R. Hearst
Eiections Morgan
Indictment Returned Against Senator Burton in Rialto Case
A federal grand jury in St Louis indicted United States Senator Burton of Kansas again on charges he took money from Rialto Grain & Securities for services before the post office department. The new filing mirrors the prior quashed indictment with only legal wording changes to avoid past errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Burton
Kansas
Rialto Grain & Securities Company
Post Office Department
Rialto Company
Marriage Certificate Proves George IV Married to Mrs Fitzherbert
A 70 year sealed bundle entrusted to Court Bank by Mrs Fitzherbert has been opened revealing the marriage certificate and evidence that George IV was lawfully married to Maria Anne Smythe in 1785. The union was church sanctioned but not valid under English law.
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London
Edward
The
Daily Chronicle
Court’s Bank
Fitzherbert
Maria Anne Smythe
George IV
Fright Caused Death in New Jersey Burglar Case
Mrs. George Bowne aged 60 died after confronting a burglar in her Washington New Jersey home on Friday. She and her daughter attempted to fend off the intruder as he beat them and stole silver from the sideboard. Mrs Bowne died before aid arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. J
George Bowne
Supreme Court Judge Challenged Over Lake Camping
A New York state Supreme Court judge, who owns a lakeside country residence, is approached by a camping and fishing club president requesting to camp on the opposite shore for a brief period to fish. The judge jokes about researching whether the lake contains any fish before ordering briefs for both sides.
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Supreme Court of
New York State
Constipation Cure Promoted By Mull's Grape Tonic
A Daily News interview with J Janssen promotes Mull's Grape Tonic as a cure for constipation and related illnesses. The seller claims the tonic clears decaying stomach contents, strengthens digestion, builds flesh, and fastens recovery, advertising a free bottle for readers.
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Mr. J. Janssen
Mull
Trnce
Mull’s
Meuu’s Grape Tose Co
Third Ave
Rocksland
Lacked Regular Symptoms In a Straw Story Exchange
Maude questions love as Mamie replies uncertain. She notes daily letters from the man but finds his words oddly sane and sensible, raising doubt about his intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Mamie
Women urged to use Pink Pills for Pale People for health
A Mississippi teacher Mrs B B Ford promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People as a cure for uterine dullness and related suffering. She claims rapid relief within weeks and urges women to request the free booklet Plain Talks to Women from the Dr Williams Medicine Co of Schenectady New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Ford
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Ladies of All Lands in Global Beauty Practices
The article surveys women worldwide and their adornment traditions. Greenlanders paint faces blue and yellow, Indian castes dye teeth black, Barnes women color hair in pink and green, New Holland patterns with shells, South American tribes carve the front teeth, and New Guinea women wear nose rings.
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Greenland
India
Barnes
New Holland
New Guinea
Proposals and Rejections Highlighted in Cleveland Leader
A humorous exchange in the Cleveland Leader contrasts a man fearing a rejection with a woman advising against proposing. The dialogue frames proposals as risky social moves and underscores gendered perspectives on courtship.
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Francis T. Sherman
Waukegan
Ill
Ridgely
Johnson
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Moody
Chicago Packers
Shonts
Panama Canal Commission
Root
State Department
Vatican
Francis Bourne
Westminster
Lanningham
Great Britain
Logan County Court House
Lincoln
Santa Cruz
Rio Janeiro
Thomas Frederick Davies
Episcopal Diocese of
Michigan
Detroit
Bishop Davies
Frank Lucas
Menominee
Marinette
Wis
Virginia Packing Company
Richmond
Brazil
Todd
Phelladelphia
Trinity College
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Cardinal Gibbons
Missouri Superintendent of Insurance
New York Life Insurance Company
Illinois
Joseph Hughes
Hamilton
Birmingham
England
Felix M. Warburg
Frank Frantz
Thomas B. Ferguson
Oklahoma
Clarence Mason
Cambridge City
Ind
First National Bank
Hagerstown
William Ladewig
Muscatine
Garfield Hines
Cairo
William J. le Moyne
Inwood-on-the-Hudson
Bright
le Moyne
Columbia University
Anie Swadowski
Knowton
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Wilkesbarre
Ski
Susanna A. Geary
Boston Harbor
Horace Austin
Ginesota
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Moore & Handley Hardware Company
Ala
Lucien Eckhardt
Kate Burns
Mabel
Abbie Simpson
Lowell
George W. Léderer
Sylvester Hilligoss
Rush County
Florence Dime
Scotland
James A. Wright
M. W. Lloyd
Wausau
Col
J. A. McKay
Minocqua
McKay
Lloyd
Wright
Reeves
Hallock
Minn
Swanson
Milton F. Andrews
Bessie Renton
Colorado
San Francisco
Palfour
David R. Francis
Ferdinand Diehl
Thomas Gallagher
Elizabeth
Gallagher
Omaha
Neb
Grand Trunk
Chicago Electric Traction Company
Blue Island
N. Dickinson
Wisconsin
Superior
Ada Rehan
West Virginia
Federal
J. S. Janssen
Milwaukee Retail Druggists’ Association
Ladies OF All Lands
Carters
Buckeye Poultry
Buckeye Company
Lorain
Price
Earls. Sloan
Albany Street
Bostom
Mass
Moline
4Th Aver
Tth
J. Peterson & CO
Diemer
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