Colored Elks Bribe Claim Taints Convention
In St. Paul Minnesota August 25 reports claim the colored Elks national convention planned for the St Paul auditorium was funded by the Hotel and Restaurant-Keepers Association in exchange for the reception committee directing visitors away from placarded venues. The arrangement, revealed by lodge headquarters, suggests a paid use of the venue in return for restricted public access.
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St. Paul, Minn
Colored Elks
St. Paul
Morrow
H. and R. Association
Sporting Notes Highlight Boxing And Baseball Happenings
Reports from the world of sport cover upcoming box bouts in Rochester and Colma, league pennants hot in the Eastern and New England circuits, pitchers like Larry Pape drawing attention, and rumors of managerial changes. Gossipy notes include Joe Gans’ condition, Curly Maloney slated to pilot Austin, and Ketchel versus Burns fans clamoring for a match.
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Yommy Murphy
Young Loughtex
Rochester
Abe Attell
Owen Mobande
Colma
Brandon
Winnipeg
Penlath
Barge
Lawrence
Mass
Larry Pape
Milwaukee
Pape
Hert Conn
Providence
Johnstown
Philadelphia
Bill Papke
Stanley Ketchel
Thunderbolt
Silton Boys
Vedder
Nashville
Phil
Augusta
Buffalo
Newark
Baltimore
Curly Maloney
Dallas
Austin
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dunellen
N. J
Pitz
Pacific Coast
Joe Gans
Sir Joseph
Ferrer
National Association of Baseball Leagues
Wilkes-Barre
Robert Chambers
Montgomery Baseball Club
Southern League
Judge Kavanaugh
New Haven
Springfield
Judge Overton
Plum Island
New York
United States
Sam
Ketchel
Tommy Burns
Stanley
Burns
Tommy
Grand Rapids
Arnica Salve touted for sore feet and burns
In a testimonial from W. Stone of Hust Poland Maine Bucklen's Arnica Salve is recommended for sore feet and for healing burns sores cuts and all abrasions It is also suggested for piles The product is sold with guarantee at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons Drug stores price 26c
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Bucklen
W. Stone
Hust
Poland
Maine
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons Drug Stores
Birmingham Strike Situation Reveals Impending Developments
In Birmingham Alabama tonight a strike situation is unsettled with rumors that the strike may be called off within days. Talks between United Mine Workers officials in Cincinnati and Alabama operators continue as authorities consider potential peace moves. A separate report notes violence in the strike zone and a call for martial law to disarm citizens. In Americus Georgia, Alonzo Walters, cashier of the Bank of Ellaville, is found dead in the Windsor hotel with a handgun nearby amid suspected bank shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
T. L. Lewis
National Organization
Alabama
G. B. McCormack
Alabama Coal Operators’ Association
White
Lewis
Aiabama
McCormack
J. W. Bush
Fourth Bigade
United Confederate Veterans
Confederde
Slayton
Sayreton
Mary Lee
Clayton
Americus
Alonzo Walters
Bank of Ellaville
Ellaville
Windsor Hotel
Walters
Walter
Ellavilles
Chafin Calls for Extra Session to End Liquor Trade
Eugene W. Chafin the prohibition candidate in Minneapolis declares he would call a special session of Congress the day after inauguration to legislate the liquor traffic out of existence. He says any election winner will show the same abuses in business and urges voters to back prohibition.
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Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Congress of the United States
Eugene W. Chafin
Bryan
Taft
William
Bill
Union
Electric Car Hits An Engine At Gainesville Crossing
An electric car from the Gainesville Electric Company struck a switch engine near the Southern depot in Gainesville at about 9 40 this morning. Motormen Evans and H B Grove suffered bruises and shocks alongside passengers Chief Harbison a negro hotel porter and Miss Eula Chandler who were bruised. Both crews failed to clear the crossing in time and were treated on site.
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Gainesville
Gainesville ‘Electric Company
Gainesville Midland Railway
Southern
Evans
H. B. Grove
Harbison
Eula Chandler
Tautog in Dutch Yacht Races Begin on Zuyder Zee
The international dory races for the Amsterdam Yacht Club cup started on the Zuyder Zee with entries led by the champion dory Tautog owned by George Gardiner Fry of New York.
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Amsterdam
Frank Hitchcock explores journey with a roadward reply
In Harpers Magazine, Hitchcock, a Republican campaign manager, is described as taking long country walks. During a South visit he traveled from Nashville toward Parker and asked a farmer if he was on the Parker road. The farmer quizzically notes that the halfway point depends on the starting place.
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Frank Hitchcock
Harper’s Magazine
South
Nashville
Parker
Hitchcock
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets Endorsement
Mr A Robinson of Drumain Ontario endorses Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best medicine for indigestion. The ad claims they are easy to take, pleasant, and beneficial, priced at 25 cents, with Sambciee A. Palmer & Sons as sellers.
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A. Robinson
Drumain
Ontario
Chamberlain
Sambieee
A.r. Palmer & Sons
On Co
Georgia Team Snubbed At Camp Perry Club House
Georgian national guard soldiers report being denied clubhouse privileges in the basement bar at Camp Perry Ohio. Enlisted men without shoulder straps faced exclusion while officers were allowed access. The incident sparked a boycott by Georgia team members though competition proceeds with the national match underway.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
National Guard
Georgia
State of
Ohio Rifle Association
Georgia National Guard
Pennsylvania
Georgia Street
National Rifle Association
Georgia State Rifle Association
Mother and daughter confess to hiding Rosenbloom body in trunk
Baltimore detectives say Bonnie Rosenbloom and her daughter Eva admitted the corpse in a trunk near Camden New Jersey belonged to Samuel J. Rosenbloom of Windber Pennsylvania husband and father. They claim he was killed by son Alexander after years of abuse.
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Baltimore
Bonnie Rosenbloom
Eva
Camden
N. J
Samuel J. Rosenbloom
Windber
Alexander Rosenbloom
Bell Mawr
Alexander
Eva Rosenbloom
Insurance Experts Confer at National Commissioners Meet
Detroit hosts the annual convention of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners at the Hotel Pontchartrain. Hundreds of life fire and accident company officials and state commissioners attend as discussions cover investment security amortization tax provisions and a uniform health and accident policy law with simplified fire insurance policy form.
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Detroit
Mich
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Pontchartrain
Public Health Men at Winnipeg
The American Public Health Association opens its 36th annual meeting in Winnipeg with delegates from Canada and the United States. Topics include typhoid, rat extermination, vaccination methods, school health, pure food laws, hookworm, malaria, and health issues in the Canadian Provinces. Next year’s meeting location is Milwaukee.
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Winnipeg
Man
American Public Health Association
Canada
United States
Middle West
Milwaukee
Hill Confessed to Burglary as Curtis Arrested in New York
Police report Harry Hill brother of ex congressman George J. Hill confessed to burglary after his Patterson New Jersey arrest. Minnie Curtis and her 20 year old daughter were jailed in New York and jewelry identified as Mrs. Scott’s stolen items. Hill released on $10,000 bail with grandfather as surety and Curtis facing Jefferson Market Court arraignment.
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New York
Patterson
N. J
Harry Hill
George J. Hill
Henry King
Minnie Curtis
Schwartz Jewelry Store
Curtis
Children’s Society
Hill
College Football and Schedule Fragments Across Northeastern Camps
A dense OCR fragment lists upcoming football games by campus: Yale at New Haven with teams like Wesleyan Syracuse Holy Cross Army Washington and Jefferson, Brown Princeton Harvard Dartmouth and others. Also Cambridge Franklin Field Princeton York Ithaca and Philadelphia venues noted for various matchups.
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Yale University
Wesleyan
New Haven
Syracuse
Holy Cross
Army
West Point
Washington and Jefferson
Massachusetts Aggies
Brown
Princeton
Harvard
University
Lowdown
Cambridge
University of Maine
Deam
Pt —Bates
Springfield Training School
Annapolis
Carlisle
Campridge
Dartmouth
Yale
New Haven University
of Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Franklin Field
Bucknell
Franklin and Marshall
Lafayette
Villa Nova
Swarthmore
Fordham
New York
Cornell University
Hamilton
Ithaca
Oberlin
Colgate
Vermont
Pennsylvania State
Amherst
Chicago
Trinity
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Meeting of Fire Chiefs in Columbus Opens Annual Convention
The first session of the International Association of Fire Chiefs opens in Columbus at the Board of Trade auditorium with hundreds of firefighters from the United States and Canada. Notable chiefs include Lauer Columbus Reynolds Augusta Tyson Louisville Caterbury Minneapolis Archibald Cincinnati Quigley Syracuse Huggins Albany McFall Roanoke Mahoney Erie and daily demonstrations of new firefighting apparatus.
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Columbus
International Association of Fire Chief
Board of Trade
United States
Canada
Lauer
Reynolds
Augusta
Tyson
Louisville
Caterbury
Minneapolis
Archibald
Cincinnati
Quigley
Syracuse
Huggins
Albany
McFall
Roanoke
Mahoney
Erie
National Astronomical meeting opens at Put-In-Bay
The national convention of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America opens at Hotel Victory with Prof. C. S. Howe of Cleveland presiding. Over three days, representatives from leading universities in America and Europe will present papers and addresses on scientific topics.
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Put-n-Bay
The
Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
Hotel Victory
C. S. Howe
Cleveland
America
Europe
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Himdele
Bank of Fitaville
Chafin
Congress
Georgi
Sather
Virginia Hibernians
Portsmouth
Virginia Division of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Big Northern
Western Colleges
Meeting OF Fire Chiefs
Put-In-Bay
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