Massachusetts Democratic Convention Ends In Harmony
At Tremont Temple Boston on September 17 the Massachusetts Democratic convention settled a fierce fight between Colonel Gaston and George Fred Williams. The party adopted a platform repudiating the Kansas City platform while endorsing reforms against trusts and monopolies, arbitration in labor disputes, and tariff reform. Williams, once a Silver Democrat leader, was decisively outmaneuvered as Gaston secured the nomination and a unanimous nomination pledge amid cheers.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
William A. Gaston
John ©. Crosby
Pittsfield
Willmore B. Stone
Thomas C. Thacher
Yarmouth
J. L. Chaufoux
Lowell
John J. Flaherty
Gloucester
Coloanel Gaston
Kansas City
Colonel Gaston
George Fred Williams
Silver Democrats
Williams
Gaston
Josiah Quincy
Lancere Quincy
Charles
Hamlin
Quincy
Iams
Committee On
Cuba
Canada
J. W Babcock
Tomar
Republican Congressional Committee
New York
Congress
Hepburn
Stull
Republican Party
Tard
Hales
Atte
Hubleis
Henderson
Action
Washington
George E. Roberts
Des Moines Register and Leader
Desa
Cummins
Ion
Dubuque
Towa
Colonel Henders
Boles
Boies
Ceptance
Fotification
Waterloo
Des Moines
Republ
Spe
Een
Tttee
Iowa
Spean
Sucelian
Repti d
Hoffman
Lacey
Horace Boles
Bolesson
Henders
Littlefield
Brace
Mass
Maine
The
Globe
House
Pittsburg
Third
Hope, Ark
James J. Jones
RIGHT IN LINE FOR ROOSEVELT
The Republican convention nominates Abram Chamberlain of Meriden for governor to succeed ill health limited Gov McLean. Platform backs Roosevelt administration, opposes tariff revision, and calls for trust control with a corrective by a Republican congress. New Hampshire convention endorses Roosevelt and supports forest conservation and anti cannibal legal blends.
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Hartford
Conn
Abram Chamberlain
Meriden
Connecticu Republican Convention
George FP. McLean
Roosevelt
Republican Congress
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Vermont
N. J. Batchelor
Andover
Ilegal
Honest John the Burglar Falls From Window
In Washington Georgia a burglar known as Honest John fell from an upstairs window of Major A L King’s King building on Main street around midnight. He struck the pavement headfirst, skull badly fractured, but a physician says death is not certain. The fall ended a notorious thief who earned his nickname by stealing anything.
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Washington
Washington, Ga
King
Main Street
Harry O'Neill
Latimer & Co
A. L. King
John
Harvey Logan Indicted on Nineteen Counts in Knoxville
Knoxville grand jury indicted Harvey Logan, the alleged Montana train robber, on nineteen federal counts. Trial set for November 17. judge denied a 42 day continuance. Previous indictment for four counts quashed on a technicality. new charges include forging, counterfeiting, procuring and passing forged notes. Logan remains in Knox County Jail.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Logan
Montana
Clark
Logan
Pankc
Knox County
Soufriere Volcano Activity Reports Emergence of Flames
In St Vincent locals Cummings and Adams reached the Soufriere summit amid clear skies. The crater now holds water filled with sand and a funnel shaped crater center. Flames were seen rising from three spots as predictions of further eruptions were noted with anxiety in Kingston. No outbreak alarming indications by 5 PM.
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Teland
St. Vincent
Kingston
Cummings
Adams
Thable
le Soufriere
Jersey City Husband Shoots Wife in Street
William Grady, a Jersey City post office clerk, shot his wife Rose Agnes Grady on a city street. The woman was likely fatally wounded, and Grady narrowly escaped lynching before police locked him up at headquarters. The couple had been living apart for three years.
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William Grady
Jersey City
New York
Wilam D. Grady
Jerseyity Post Office
Rosé Agnes Grady
Greay
Grady
Disfiguring Sin Wasted Muscles and Debility
Fragmentary OCR fragment describes scrofula and wasting muscles with references to neck lumps eye inflammations pepsia and catarrh amid a claim that it is radically and permanently cured by an unspecified method. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details or context.
Henderson Withdrawal Dominates Iowa Political News
Reports from Des Moines and Dubuque show Republican hesitation as Speaker Henderson declines Iowa’s third district nomination. Debates center on party unity, with Boies and Boles prospects discussed amid looming fall elections and implications for House leadership.
Strikers Hold Narrow Hope for Settlement in Labor War
Reports from September describe AFL President William Gompers urging aid for striking miners, predicting settlement by agreement with better conditions and union preservation. Exodus of workers continues to Wise County Virginia and Westmoreland County. Militia guards power infrastructure in Glens Falls as nonunion workers face closures and clashes arise amid ongoing railroad and mine disputes.
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Preal
American Federation of Labor
Anthracite Railroads
Paotteville
Wise County
Virginia
Westmoreland County
Saratoga
Glens Falls
Hudson Valley Filectric Railway
Pottsville
Pennsylvania and Reading
Mahanoy
Iran
Mahanoy City Water Company
Wilkesbarre
Dent Gompers
Coal strike to end as major mine yields to miners
Word from Henry E Weaver in Buffalo reports that a leading anthracite coal mine in Pennsylvania will surrender to the strikers and that other mines will follow. The settlement is said to be overdue as the strike has reached a crisis with widespread effects.
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Chicago
Henry E Weaver
Weaver Coal Company
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
E. Perguson
Weaver
Ferguson
Grand Chancellor's Jewel Presented in Chattanooga
A past grand chancellor's jewel was presented to Past Grand Chancellor John C. Twinam in Chattanooga on behalf of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of Tennessee. The event featured a joint lodge session and speeches by Jeptha Bright, Covington, L. G. Walker, and others, with remarks from Grand Keeper EB Wilson.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John C. Twinam
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of Tennesse
EB. B. Wilson
Pythian Lodges
Jeptha Bright
South Pittsburg
Covington
Kentucky
Edens
Illinois
L. G. Walker
Fire destroys Tay lor Coal washery in Scranton
In North Scranton the Taylor Coal Company's washery was totally burned this morning. The fire is alleged incendiary in origin. A watchman says he chased four prowlers from the premises just before the blaze was found. The washery had operated for about a month.
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Scranton
Taylor Coal Company
North
National Committeeman Comments on Iowa District Race
A Republican national committee member who returned from Minneapolis voiced surprise at Speaker Henderson's withdrawal from the third Iowa district race. He argued the move signals strong western support for tariff revision on trust-made goods and warned that inaction could shrink Republican votes and boost Democratic support.
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Cratic National Comittee
Minneapolis
Henderson
Iowa
Germanys Crop of Sugar Could Soar in Record Proportion
An official report from Washington outlines how Germany's cold wet summer may boost sugar output to one of the largest on record relative to cultivated area. Austria lags Germany with higher reliance on exports and weak markets, while last year's surplus remains troubling.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Mason
Berlin
Austria
Haee
Judge Russell Is Named for Third District Seat
Dallas Sept 17 Judge J G Russell was nominated by the democrats of the third congressional district at Mineola on the first ballot to fill the unexpired term of the late Congressman DeGraaffenreid Resolutions deploring his death were adopted.
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Judge Russell
Dallas
Tex
J. G Russell
Third
Mineola
DeGraaffenreid
Higher Salaries Demanded by Railway Postal Clerks
Buffalo N Y September 17 The National Association of Railway Postal Clerks adopted a resolution to back bills in Congress for salary increases for all railway mail clerks. Two of five classes have already gained raises and the group aims to secure raises for the remaining three. The Order of Railway Mail Clerks of America set its next annual convention for Houston Texas. Amendments to the order’s constitution were made and a benevolent feature added.
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Congress
Buffalo
N. Y
Postaltional Association
Order of Railway Mail Clerks of America
Fiouston
Tex
British Navy Phantom Fleet Sparks House Debate
London September 17 Allan, newly knigh ted, called the British navy a phantom fleet. He claimed the service is short 14 900 firemen, 2.0% engine room artificers and 900 engineers. He urged the Admiralty to build more ships with money now spent and warned of risks to national defense.
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Allan
London
William Allan
House of Commons
Gateshead
William
Garber Leads in Alabama Democratic Primary for Attorney General
Birmingham September 17 Garber appears to carry 18 of 42 counties in the second Democratic primary for attorney general. His estimated total majority in these counties is 8260 while Wilson leads 20 counties with a 5067 edge, leaving Garber a net 1199 majority to date. Garber’s supporters predict about 200 on the final tally.
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Ma Wilson
Birmingham
Ala
Garber
Bibb
Blount
Barbour
Calhoun
Hilton
Clay
Cosa
Hale
Jefferson
Macon
Madison
Morgan
Sumter
Talladega Jackson
Bardolph
Perry
Walker
Piaced
Wilson
Balvwir
Clarke
Coltert
Conecuh
Crenshaw
Cullman
Dale
Elmore
Escambia
Franklin
Green
Henry
Lawrence, Lee
Lowndes
Marengo
Marion
Mobile
Pike
St. Clair
Fuscaloosa
Dallas
Washington
Meaning of large crowds greeted Roosevelt cited
In Clarksonville Georgia an inquiry asks what draws large crowds to Roosevelt. The Constitution responds that the crowds are for the same reason as “the boys around the monkey's cage” or the elephant, implying curiosity and spectacle drive public interest.
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Clarksonville
Inquirer of the Constitution
Roosevelt
Constitution
DUMMY TAYLOR MARRIES DEAF BRIDE IN CHARLOTTE
Luther H. Taylor famed New York pitcher wed Miss Della Ramsey at Huntersville New Associate Reform Presbyterian Church in a ceremony interpreted for the deaf by Prof Goodwin. The bride, also deaf, is described as beautiful and accomplished, with Charles Ramsey of Philadelphia as best man.
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Charlotte
N. C
Luther H. Taylor
Associate Reform Presbyterian Church
Huntersville
Della Ramsey
School For
Morganton
Charley Ramsey
Philadelphia
Teufor
Coastal Cities Named From The Carolinas To Texas
A partial list of Gulf and Atlantic coastal cities appears including Norfolk Charleston Savannah Jacksonville Pensacola Mobile New Orleans Galveston and others referenced in the Newark column. The fragment suggests a regional focus on port locales and travel routes.
California's radiant habitat inspires fabled fields of poppies
A fragment notes California's famed landscape where yellow poppies bloom in abundant fields. The vivid scene, described in impressionistic terms, conjures visions of horses responding to the blaze of color and sunlight. The text ends abruptly with a stray phrase.
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California
Dak Ja Das
King Kalakana’s Jag and the cyclone punch tale
The New York Press recounts King Kalakaua’s Philadelphia bout with cyclone punch at Dooner’s on South Tenth Street. After three glasses he tangled with a crowd at Twelfth and Chestnut, climbed a telegraph pole, sang the Hawaiian anthem, toppled a streetcar, and later lay on his face atop his car before friends helped curb the episode. He was nicknamed Dave by local revelers and never forgot the incident ten years later.
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New York
King Kalakaua
Europe
Philadelphia
Dooner's
South Tenth Street
United States
Kalakaua
Twelfth
Chestnut Streets
Dave
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