Taft Clinches Nomination At Republican National Convention
Taft wins on first ballot with 702 votes at the 1908 Republican National Convention in Chicago. Ohio nominee Theo Burton delivers the nomination speech as delegates erupt in wild demonstrations and supporters celebrate amid eight hours of tense proceedings.
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United States
William H. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Chicago
Knox
la Follette
Buckeye
Theodore E. Burton
Assails sheath gowns in letter on women’s dress
The Rev G M Dickinson pastor of Second Baptist Hoeoken N J objects to sheath gowns and recent fashion trends. He condemns necklines and waists as immodest, argues dresses expose wearers and erode morality. He calls for restraint in the name of purity and morality.
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G. M. Dickinson
Second Baptist Church
Hoeboken
N. J
Hudson County
Faushion
Black Hand Men Reach Chihuahua City Demanding Money
Prominent figures in Chihuahua state report letters from Black Hand style extortionists. Threats target Gen Creel and family members, including Gov Creel’s mother and father in law, demanding cash at designated spots or face harm.
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Republic
Adiness
Groom in Quarantine Delays Astoria Wedding
Captain Henry Dickmann formerly of Chicago is held in quarantine at Astoria Oregon due to smallpox aboard a ship from the Philippines. He was en route to San Antonio Texas to marry. the ceremony has been postponed.
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Henry Dickmann
Dickmann
Chicago
Astoria
Ore
Smallnox
Philippines
San Antonio
Tex
Sioux City Live Stock Market and Headlines
Sioux City live stock quotes list Top Deeves at 7.50 and Top hogs at 5.60. A Pottsville man undergoes heart surgery removing rib bones to relieve heart trouble. A Jackson County woman, Mrs A I Stairs, temporarily insane, killed herself after injuring her two children.
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Sioux City
Lve
Grees Fandy Crevk
Jackson County
Mra A. I. Stairs
Mighty Assembly Opens Republican National Convention 1906
The Republican National Convention of 1906 opened at noon Tuesday with about 14 600 in attendance. Delegates and alternates filled the arena as supporters shouted for Roosevelt and Taft while Ohio New York Pennsylvania and Wisconsin led in seating. The opening session lasted under two hours as credentials platform and organization committees prepared for substantive work ahead.
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Gy. C. PR
Roosevelt
Taft
Michigan
Julius Caesar
Burrows
United States
Esor
Vartese
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Aluka
Everett House to Make Way for 20 Story Office Block
New York’s Everett house at Fourth and Seventeenth streets closes as owners begin razing the building to erect a twenty story office tower. The hotel opened in 1853 and was named for Edward Everett. King Edward VII once stayed in the famed third floor suite.
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New York
Everett
Fourth
Seventeenth Streets
Edward Everett
Edward VII
Prince of Wales
Auto Plunges Into River Hotel Party Tragedy
A runaway auto plunged from a West Fifty sixth street dock into the North river during a pleasure party, killing four occupants Adeline Perdon 10 Mrs Those Coleman 23 John Coleman wede and Virginian Knight 8. John Dauer escaped while Jehu Nelenov leapt to safety and Tiauer was arrested after the incident during a party vigil.
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Fifty-sixth Street
Iet
Faust
Adeline Perdon
Those Coleman
John Coleman
Virginian Knight
John Dauer
Jehu Nelenov
Tiauer
Tuer
Millions are Tied Up as Court Recess Delays Tariff Appeals
With federal courts closed in New York for the summer, about 45,000 appeals by importers remain pending on the suspended files of the board of United States general appraisers. No customs cases will be heard until October.
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New York
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Spectacular Police Raid on Gambling House Draws Crowds
Three thousand people lined Week Thirty-third Street near Broadway New York to watch police raid a gambling house rumored to be patronized by guests of uptown hotels. The scene drew a large crowd as officers closed the establishment amid arrests and tension.
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Broadway
New York
Helen Taft wins Bryn Mawr entrance scholarship
Secretary Taft learns his daughter Helen Heron Taft graduated early from the Baldwin school at Bryn Mawr and earned a Pennsylvania scholarship for the best entrance examination to Bryn Mawr.
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Helen Taft
Taft
Helen Heron Taft
Baldwin School
Tiryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr
Fishermen Drown as Japanese Fleet Sinks Off Kagoshima
Dispatches report hundreds of fishermen dead after 50 Japanese boats wreck off Kagoshima coast. Governor requests help from navy yard at Sasebo. Seoul dispatch notes royal property transferred to the state under a new arrangement.
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Kagoshima
Sasebo
Imperial Household
Seoul
Japan
Riberto
Traps Black Hand Gang In Shootings At New Orleans
In the Italian quarter of New Orleans three Italians were shot to death in an extortion attempt on Pietro Giacon a wealthy wine merchant. Giacon a and his son fired from a rifle killing one assailant and wounding another who died after reaching a stairway. A third attacker was killed nearby. A wounded Italian who attended Giacona s feast survived, condition critical. The shooting occurred in a home once occupied by General Beauresard in the old French quarter.
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Richies
New Orleans
Pietro
Giucona
Guccona
Giacona
Coll
Baracea
Gicona
Gen. Beauresard
Medals for Heroes to Be Awarded by Insurance Groups
The International Association of Accident Underwriters plans new hero medals at its Atlantic City convention starting July 7. Last year three George B. McNeil medals were given in the United States and Canada for life saving acts in fires. The medals feature a portrait on the obverse and a commemorative inscription on the reverse. The awards will be presented at the convention by a prominent official. nominees are under final review by the organizing committee.
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International Association of Accident Underwriters
Atlantic City
George B. McNeil
United States
George Bo
Editors Gather for Upper Des Moines in Humboldt
The Upper Des Moines Editorial association plans a two day summer meeting in Humboldt on July 16 and 17. A banquet is traditional. the program is to be arranged by the program committee meeting in Jefferson. The event aims to entertain Humboldt residents and focus on public interest.
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Upper Des Moines Editorial Association
Humboldt
Jefferson
Webster City
Marshall County Farmer Shows Profit From Land Use
W N Dickerson president of St Anthony Savings Bank and Melbourne area farmer reports corn sold at 63 cents per bushel with half of the crop valued at 89 80 per acre. He notes rental value equal to about 8 50 per acre and a land valuation around 126 per acre, illustrating profitable farming and land management possibilities.
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Marshall County
Iowa
W. N Dickerson
St. Anthony
Dickerson
Attempt at Dat Delivery Prison Break Foiled
Sheriff C Hutson of Marshalltown stopped a planned jail escape after noise from prisoners drew attention. A heavy screen padlock was loosened and a window casing damaged revealing improvised saws made from steel strips. Prisoners T A Gerbrick from Michigan City Indiana and Fred W Tupper from Hartland Wisconsin were placed in solitary.
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Marshalltown
C. Hutson
T. A. Gerbrick
Michigan City
Ind
Fred W. Tupper
Hartland
Wis
Killed in Far West Ed Maytag Dies in Unknown Circumstances
Ed Maytag of Newton dies under unclear conditions while in the west using an assumed name. Telegrams to the Newton Masonic lodge confirm his death. His body will be brought to Laurel for interment.
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Ed Maytag
Newton
New
Bad Maytag
FL l L. Mawtui
Maytag
West
Masonic Lodge
Ti. Jacobs
Seven Million Dollar Uptown Site for Retail Store
A group of prominent New York real estate owners has consolidated control of nineteen lots on the east side of Fifth Avenue between Thirty seventh and Thirty eighth streets. The block, at the crest of Murray Hill, is valued at about seven hundred thousand dollars and is largely residential with two Fifth Avenue stores. The move reflects retailers migrating from Broadway and Sixth Avenue as fashionable residences shift eastward for the first time in 192.
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New Uptondehopgine
New York
Fifth Avenue
Murry Hill
Thera Vient
Ino Cuse
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Co operative Reports Profit At Manson Farmers’ Grain Co
The Farmers' Co operative Drain and Elevator company of Manson held its annual meeting and set officers for the year. Harvey Allen presided as president with A Clarke secretary and Charles Hale treasurer. directors include T Ceriflin T Arnold Mike Brennan and others. The firm moved 32a 0d worth of grain and 57 worth of coal, posting a net profit of 1700. Since its organization in 1906 the cooperative has paid property taxes and dividends as outlined to pay for the entire property owned by the cooperative.
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Manson Farmers’ Grain’ Company
Farmers’ Co-operative Drain and Elevator Company
Manson
Harvey Allen
A. Clarke
Charles Hale
Thomas Ceriflin
T. A. Arnold
Mike Brennan
Rohin Colligan
Tr Vroetes
Ch Swisher
Gov
Lydia
Thi O Pay
Ames Wife Files Divorce Against F C Glidden
Ruth A Glidden of Ames charges F C Glidden with cruelty during over two years of marriage. She alleges strikes threats and eviction with child in arms and asks temporary alimony of 100 and permanent alimony of 551 along with custody of the child. She is the daughter of George Roll of Ames and previously a rape case complainant.
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Ruth Glidden
Ruth A. Glidden
Ames
F.C. Glic Ton
Chili
Elma
George Roll
Marriag
Deaf mute killed by train near Haverhill
A 45 year old deaf mute from Haverhill, Clement Hi Kona, was killed instantly while walking on the track west of town. He was struck by a fast Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train and later identified after the body was moved to Melbourne. The accident occurred as he walked along the line from his brother’s farm toward home.
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Haverhill
Clement Hi Kona
Sorman
Jul Knoll
Haverhil
Wiebound
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Kool
Von
Melbourne
Big Canning Works Opens At Marshalltown Plant
The Western Grocery Company in Marshalltown begins operations with the canning department packing kidney beans first followed by navy beans with pork then lima beans and hominy. A large contracted acreage for corn and tomatoes supports the season. The new facility is expected to supply many houses in Iowa Minnesota and Missouri.
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Marshalltown
Wall Start
Joon Heans
Western Grocer Company
Priday
da Towa
Minnesota
Missouri
Sioux City Man Shoots Partner Then Self After Refusal
Orvill Whitford shot at his sweetheart Edith Mathews on Craig L. Wright's porch in Sioux City and then killed himself after she refused marriage. The pair had met in Fremont Nebraska and planned to answer Monday. Frank A. Mudegett, longtime Mason City hotel figure and Iowa Central conductor, died after months with cancer aged 66.
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Sioux City
Edith Mathews
Orvill Whitford
Craig L. Wright
Whitford
Fremont
Silverside Park
Mason City
Frank A. Mudegett
Iowa Central
Masonic Order
Lake Erie and Western Omits Preferred Dividend
Directors of Lake Erie and Western pass the semi annual dividend on preferred stock. The decision was announced Wednesday and affects holders of the company’s preferred shares.
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Lake Erie and Western Raffreg
Kane Lumber Plant Destroyed by Fire in Hollins
The Kane Lumber company plant at Hollins Alabama was wiped out by a broad blaze. Estimated damage runs to about half a million dollars with total loss of the facility and its timber stock.
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Kane Lumber Company
Hollins Ala
Swedish Government Loan Prospectus Issued in London
The Swedish government issued a prospectus for a loan of 15,006,060 dollars in London on Wednesday. Interest starts at 4d per cent until 191k and then 2 percent. The issue price stands at 98.
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London
Six Hundred Get Diplomas At Pennarivania Commencement
More than 664 men and women received diplomas at the 162nd annual commencement of the University of Pennarivania.
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University of Pennarivania
Maple Valley Tourney Postponed to July 22
The Maple Valley Piremen's tournament is postponed until Wednesday July 22. This week precedes the Clinton meeting and gives teams a chance to reach first class condition. Several Onawa entrants will also compete at Clinton.
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Onawa
Maple Valley Piremen
Clinton
Tornado Fatality in Nora Springs Followed by Tax Plan
A 25 year old woman Miss Louth Mass died after fright from a recent Nora Springs tornado. The item also notes quick sentiment for a 3 percent tax to fund a Spirit lake Emmetsburg Fort Dodge interurban, promising $75,000 plus $26,000 in stock for Fort Dodge.
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Nora Springs
Friends of
Spirit Lake
Emmetsburg
Fort Dodge
Storm Damage at Sloan Town
About 11 o clock Wednesday night a heavy wind struck Moan causing considerable damage. the storm described as cyclone like swept through the town and neighborin areas with reports of structural damage and downed trees.
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Sloan
Moan
State Firemen's Tourney Opens in Canton July
The Iowa State Firemen's association tournament runs July 28 to 31 in Canton. Officials expect it to be the greatest event in association history.
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Iowa State Firemen’s Association
Canton
Allustre
Washingtons four year term praised in party address
A fragmentary account recalls a Republican tribute to four years of national leadership. It emphasizes unity, the president’s restraint, and calls for continued policies like antitrust oversight, tariff reform, and strong defense while praising Lincolnian patriotism and wartime leadership.
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BIG Canning Works
Sweetheart
Quita Coe College
W. Stockey
Coe College
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Tuersday
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