Roosevelt and Taft Contests Dominate Republican National Committee Nominations
The 1912 Republican National Committee faces 222 contests in Chicago on June 6, with 181 from the Roosevelt faction and 41 from Taft adherents. Georgia delegates may shift the balance as 28 contests are classified for decision, including large-at-large and district awards across Alabama Texas Missouri and Minnesota.
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Louisiana
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Kentucky
Minnesota
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Georgia
Roosevelt Convention Ticket Controversy Escalates
May 30 1912 Washington Sen Dixon blasts Harry New over denial of 150 convention tickets for Col Roosevelt and family. Dixon accuses New of personal favoring Roosevelt supporters while refusing official allotments, sending a sharp telegram from Washington to Chicago outlining the dispute and urging national committee accountability.
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Republican Hose Record
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Triple Bodied Newborn Shocks Early Medical Race
A newborn with one head and three bodies was born to Mrs. md. Surgeons severed the connection between two male bodies and the female, removing part of the tongue to save the normal infant. The three extra bodies, alive at birth, died after the operation. The kitchen table procedure was led by Dr. C. J. Mechambetage. The Tiv ig child may have three brains, doctors speculate, and the two abnormal bodies were sent to Johns Hopkins University.
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Muckenhaupt
C. J. Mec-hambetage
Gemen Uy
Johns Hopkins University
Grieving husband kills children then self in Alabama tragedy
Anniston area tale details Whitt Scarbrough a prominent merchant and planter who lured his children Evelyn six and Knox four to a secluded spot and gave them carbolic acid before taking a large dose himself. He left a note blaming his wife’s death eight months earlier and mentioning heaven.
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Anniaton
Whitt Scarbrough
Evelyn
Knox
Scarbrough
Taft Delegates Pick Ting Wobbly Taft Delegates
Ambiguous OCR reads like Taft delegates and Ting Wobbly with Ty May and Beasley involved in a selection process. Readable parts point to a political convention or party selection but text is garbled. Strong entities include Taft and Beasley, with uncertain details about the event and participants.
Wild Aeroplane Kills: Mais Wild Air Crash Details
An unclear OCR fragment describes an aeroplane fatal incident at Meadowe on a May day. It mentions names Wasi Mey and Avin or V, with timing around afternoon. The readable text is damaged and no full persons or location context is confirmed.
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Avinor
Teddy Roasted by Gov Hanly in Indiana Debate
Former Governor Frank Hanly of Indiana argued that President Roosevelt’s potential control of the seas would risk war and threaten diplomacy. He spoke during a debate with Richmond Pearson Hobson on American naval policy and warned that military power could invite foreign conflict and domestic upheaval.
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Richmond Pearson Hobson
United States
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House of Representatives
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Bungler
Daley Defers School Building Responsibility to City Council
W R Daley president of the board of education says the city council should unite with the board and assume overall responsibility for new school buildings while contractors are directly liable for defects. He objects to the current nominal role of the board, notes unfiled contracts, and calls a joint meeting with the bond commission and architects to inspect and plan repairs.
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Georgia Protest Conference On Rail Freight Rate Increases
Georgia moves to contest wholesale freight rate hikes effective June 17 as 690 common articles face new charges. C M Candler chairs a meeting with Georgia and Southern states railroad commissions and trade groups at the state capitol to plan concerted action and protest.
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