Carroll for Governor in tight lieutenant governor race
In a heated Republican primary across seventy nine counties Carroll leads over Garst for the gubernatorial nomination with a margin around 17,861 and likely to grow as official totals finalize. Clarke dominates the lieutenant governor contest, besting Murphy by an estimated 45,000 to 54,000 across cities and rural precincts.
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Aison
Cimaglia
Prent
Tee
Carroll
Warrelet
Geoteo
W. Chirke
Momina
Alfsot
Cuimmi
Attisan
Eset
Garst
Crarst
Hamilton
Clarke
Murphy
Ketenuna
Cockfield
Rolls Keys
Abehive
Gare
C. C. Remedy
George B
Lawson
Mark Walsa
Charles I. Pickett
Ry Charles Elliott
Hearst Gains in 1904 Vote Count Recount
In New York on June 4 the recount of ballots in the disputed 1904 mayoralty race began before Supreme Court Justice Lambert. Twenty nine boxes were opened showing Hearst gain of sixteen votes. Twenty seven boxes counted earlier, with Hearst gains reaching 128 at most. Early gains were reduced by later recounts.
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Hearst
New York
Dushie Lambert
Supreme Court
William R. Hearst
Dr Fellows Dies Pioneer Educator and Preacher
Rev S N Fellows longtime Iowa Methodist minister and educator dies at home in Iowa City at eighty years old. He served twenty years on the University of Iowa faculty, led the state teachers association, headed the Anti-Saloon League of Iowa, helped establish the Toledo Indian school, and celebrated a golden wedding in 1906 before a lingering illness.
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S. N. Fellows
Methodist Church
Anti-Saloon League of
Iowa
Toledo
State Teachers’ Association
Fellows
Mount Vernon
Iawa
Carnell College
Methodist Episcopal Church
Marshalltown
State University of Iowa
Ai. Fellows
Mr. Fellows
Diamond Joe and the 25 Mile Narrow Gauge Reward
In Arkansas, Reynolds ran a 25 mile narrow gauge line from Malvern Junction to Hot Springs. Known for a diamond shirt stud, he dangled a $100 prize and a suit of clothes for anyone who could ride his railroad without paying. A moonlit visitor claimed the feat after riding inside the boiler tank and earning the reward.
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Arkansas
Reynolds
Malvern Junction
Hot Springs
Diamond Joe
Mr. Reynolds
Willing to Chance Him and The Widow’s Bold Vows
The angular widow agrees to marry a third husband despite jokes about past unions. A minister asks if she takes him for better or worse, and she responds with humor that he is better than her first and worse than her second, yet she will proceed. The piece notes that on some steamers there are 150 firemen, working long hours with four hours rest.
Glasses stay clear in heat with morning soapsuds rub
Eye wearers report lenses dim when moving from cold air to warm rooms. Rubbing glasses with soapsuds each morning prevents fogging by leaving a thin invisible film that repels moisture, and polishing can brighten the surface afterward.
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Adriatic
Suez Canawis
Mississippi Flood Widespread Across States With Losses Seen
Mississippi River floods stretch three miles wide at points causing great damage. Police guard levees and evacuations rise as hundreds flee to higher ground. two youths drown near Sioux Falls while several towns report extensive inundation and farm losses.
Explosion Kills Mill Hand Near Yellow Springs
An explosion at the Miami powder mill three miles south of Yellow Springs Ohio killed mill hand Harry Hickman and seriously injured Gus Rinesberger. A mixer in the mill and powder in a car reportedly exploded at the same time and the cause remains unknown.
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Yellow Springs
Miami
Here
Harry Hickman
Gus Rinesberger
Sensation Against City in Fort Dodge Lawsuit
On June 4 Fort Dodge Iowa councilman J W Kime through his attorney filed suit against the city and its officials seeking an injunction to restrain the mayor and council from approving purchases of city supplies.
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Fort Dedge
J. W. Kime
Fort Dodge
Ure
Low Postage To Britain Sets Two Cent Letter Rate
Washington reports Postmaster General Meyer announced a bilateral two cent per ounce letter rate with Great Britain and Ireland, effective October 1, under a restricted union within the Universal Postal Union. The move aims to boost revenue and foster freer commercial intercourse, following similar rate reforms and Britain’s penny postage stance.
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Washington
Meyer
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Sydney Tuxton
Horse of Commons
England
Roosevelt
Universal Postal Union
Panama
Canada
United Kingdom
Sir Robert G. Reid Dead Railroad Builder and Capitalist
Sir Robert Gillespie Reid, noted railroad builder and capitalist, died in Montreal at age remembered from Scotland. He moved to Australia in 1865, then to America in 1871, shaping bridges and railways including the International bridge at Niagara near Buffalo and structures on the Montreal Quebec & Ottawa line. He later built the Colorado River bridge at Austin, Texas, and the first 250 miles of the Southern Pacific line west of San Antonio.
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Montreal
Can
Robert Gillespie Reid
Scotland
Australia
America
Niagara River
Buffalo
Quebec
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific
United States
Austin
Tex
Southern Pacific Railway
San Antonio
Beatrice Butcher Hangs Self in Store Building
In Lincoln on June 4 C. FP reports Beatrice Nebraska butcher Wil der improvised a gallows in a former store building with workmen present. He attached a rope to a ceiling hook and hanged himself after leaning from a ladder.
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Self
Lincoln
Neb
Wilder
Beatrice
President Roosevelts Narrow Escape In Rock Creek Ride
President Roosevelt escaped serious harm after his horse reared and plunged into Rock Creek during a ride. He remounted and rode for an hour and a half, with Mrs. Roosevelt present and witnesses alarmed as the young horse nearly caused a fatal fall. Neither the president nor the horse was injured.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rock Creek Park
White House
Officials Halt Gunness Probe In Laporte Case
Laporte Indiana June 4 county commissioners halted further Gunness case inquiry. They informed Sheriff Smutzer the 5000 dollar appropriation was not for investigation but to pay whoever produces Mrs Gunness alive. Council members say they understood funds would back the investigation. Sheriff says he cannot proceed without money.
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Laporte
Ind
Laporte County
Gunness
Smutzer
Derby Upset as 100-to-1 Filly Signorinetta Wins
London June 4 The Derby at Epsom Downs saw a stunning upset as Er. Ginistrelli's long shot Signorinetta, 100 to 1 outsider in a field of 18, triumphed before the largest crowd in history amid glorious weather.
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London
Epsom Downs
Great Britain
Ginistrelli
Signorinetta
Dark Outlook for Racing in Louisiana Assembly
Baton Rouge reporters say the joint judiciary committees of the Louisiana house favor a bill to prohibit bookmaking and gambling at rice tracks. If enacted it would abolish the long racing season that has marked New Orleans winters for years.
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Baton Rouge
Joint Judiciary Committees
House of Representatives
Louisiana Assembly
Rice Tracks
New Orleans
Gas Kills Whole Family In Chicago Home
Schoolmates found Gertrude Dorner and her family asphyxiated after a gas leak from a rubber hose linked to a small stove. The dead include Mrs. William Dorner and children Ethel Elsie Tathel Wigie. Gertrude survived briefly before dying. an inquest was held by the coroner.
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Chicago
Gertrude Dorter
Tell Court
William Dorner
Gertrude
Wthel
Wigie
Grace Tomey
Werimond Street
Lock and Ladder Company No. 10
W. C. Sanford
Magenie Street
John Stahl
Miss Dorner
Elsie
Ethel
South in tribute to Davis centennial in New Orleans
New Orleans marked the 100th birthday of Jefferson Davis with exercises and memorial dedications. Governors and veterans spoke while thousands of schoolchildren sang, each child wearing a rose. The Auburn Park Commission dedicated the site for a Davis memorial monument in Auburn Park, Louisiana.
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South
Jefferson Davis
Kentucky
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Texas
South Carolina
Louisiana
Virginia
Davis
Auburn Park Commission
Bank Teller Death by Own Action at New York Bank
New York on June 4 Charles T Muir a paying teller at the Forty second Street branch of the Corn Exchange Bank shot himself in the head in the basement and died an hour later at a hospital. Bank officials say there was no shortage in his accounts. Muir had 14 years service with the bank. He went to the basement after reporting to work, sent the janitor away and then killed himself. He left no known note. He was married with a family.
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New York
Charles T. Muir
Forty-second Street
Corn Exchange Bank
Muir
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