Bryan Receives Pleasant News on Presidential Bid
William J. Bryan reports upbeat signals from callers and letters about his presidential prospects. Attendees include Rep. Henry Clayton, Dr. J. W. McClure, Henry George Jr., a Christian Scientists delegation, and 300 Epworth Guild members. He hails General Henry D. Douglas of New York for organizing a Bryan and Kern club of Southern residents. He praises Stevenson as a strong running mate and predicts strong support for Democrats in New York and the South.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
United States
Henry Clayton
Alabama
J. W. McClure
Sedalia
Henry George
Douglas
New York
Adlai BE. Stevenson
Bryan
Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago suspect shows no emotion at morgue scene
Hassin Nemmer, held as a suspect in the Tuffa Shashem murder, stared unmoved at the mutilated body of a Syrian boy in the morgue. Police hoped the sight would trigger an admission, but he rejected the question and remained silent as Deputy Coroner Davis questioned him. He was returned to his cell.
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Chicago
Hassin Nemmer
Nemmer
Davis
Slain Woman and Child Die as Suspect Passes
Ernest Letty shot and killed Mrs. Bertha Hood in Brooklyn and fatally wounded her year old daughter. Letty died in a Brooklyn hospital from injuries after the double shooting. Seitz, the revolver holder, made no statement and remained unconscious.
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New York
Ernest Letty
Bertha Hood
Brooklyn
Mrs Dresser Granted Absolute Divorce in Sioux Falls
Mrs Daniel Leroy Dresser, who moved to Sioux Falls in February, was granted an absolute divorce from Daniel Dresser of New York City. Desertion cited as the ground. Alimony not involved according to court records.
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Sioux Falls
Daniel Leroy Dresser
Daniel Dresser
New York City
Dresser
Fatal wreck in Montana derails North Coast Limited
North Coast Limited No 2 en route from Glendive to the east crashed after hitting a burned bridge two miles east of Allard. Fireman B Matthews and an unknown tramp were killed. about a dozen trainmen and passengers injured. Express messenger J P Wilson and others sustained burn and head injuries as the wrecked cars plunged into the ditch. A relief train left Glendive with doctors and wrecking crews. westbound service delayed 10 to 15 hours.
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Lmited No. 2
Northern Pacific
Glendive
Allard
B. Matthews
Dickinson
C. D. Litch
H. Oliver Mandan
J. P. Wilson
St. Paul
Express
H. P Frah
Wilton
Minn
William Newman
Great Falls
Oliver Orson
Hauto
Geverally
B. W. Bean
Brookfield
Ammund Taften
Amherst
Wis
James Charles
St. Louis
James A. Boyer
Marion
Junie
New Ulm
Wilson
Taft Visits Hot Springs After Greenbrier Show
William H. Taft arrived in Hot Springs Virginia with Mrs Taft and General Clarence A Edwards from the Green Brier county horse show. He spent hours sorting mail and played golf in the afternoon. A I Vorys, his Ohio chief of staff, will visit for a conference this week along with Frank H Hitchcock to form the advisory committee led by Elmer Dover.
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Lot Springs
William H. Taft
Mrs. Taft
Clarence A. Edwards
Insular Bureau
War Department
Green Brier
W. V
Taft
A. I. Vorys
Frank H. Hitchcock
Elmer Dover
Taft Campaign Steering Plans Teased At Conference
A conference will decide on a secretary choice and outline the general campaign. Final decisions on Mr Taft personal arrangements and travel are expected soon. Mr Chock is to define his committee's West Virginia course and whether aid goes to Swisher or Scherr.
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Eace
Taft
Chcock
West Virginia
Swisher
Mr. Scherr
Bolter
Mountain climbers save injured man on Mount Stephens
John Anderson of Little Falls Oregon, with a broken leg in two places, was found on Mount Stephens. A climber party carried him to the summit and then slid him 4000 feet down the north side on an improvised stretcher to their camp where medical help was given. He was tied to his rescuers with ropes, a precaution physicians say saved his life.
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Anderson
Severe Storm Ravages Evansville Indiana
Evansville was hit by an historic storm with hail rain and high winds. Four hours of disruption tied up street car lines paralyzed electric lighting and telephones while streets flooded and water stood a foot deep at the Evansville and Terre Haute passenger station.
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Evansville
Ind
Terre Haute
Printers Honored as Typographical Union Delegates Arrive
Boston hosts delegates for the fifty fourth annual International Typographical union and related unions. State officials Secretary William Olin and Speaker John N. Cole and Mayor George A. Hibbard welcome the visitors. James M. Lynch of Syracuse heads the international body and receives a gold loving cup. Eight hour committee work and related reports form the day’s main business.
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Boston
International Typographical Union
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union
Mailers’ Trade District Union
LT. U
William Olin
John N. Cole
Massachusetts House of Representatives
George A. Hibbard
John H. Fahey
Boston Newspaper Publishers’ Association
James M. Lynch
Syracuse
N. Y
Lynch
On a New Footing
Mr Absalom Foote, tired of city life, buys Foote's Shoe Store in a village and moves to the countryside. He keeps the sign but adds a punny twist reading This place has changed feet.
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Absalom Foote
Thomas R. Foote
Foote
Poste
Psychic Sketch Turns Out to Be Real Portrait Match
An uncanny incident surrounds Professor von Herkomer's painting The Last Master. A stranger writes claiming her deceased mother sat for the portrait, and her oil likeness matches the canvas without the artist having seen the mother. The event astonishes the artist.
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London
Complimentary to Him in Civilized Talk
Quote exchanges reveal Miss Rood calling Cholly Sappey a crank. Miss Cutting deems the remark flattering. The Catholic Standard and Times records the banter as light social commentary on perception and wit.
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Cholly Sappey
Sour milk dispute sparks heated exchange in Cleveland
In a brief Cleveland Leader item a woman rejects sour milk and a dealer retorts that he offered it when fresh two days earlier. The exchange highlights delays and tension over a disputed dairy purchase.
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Cleveland
A Happy Medium in a Small Family Moment
A brief comic exchange shows Uncle asking Bobby if he was good. Bobby replies he has not, joking that he is only “comfortable,” illustrating a light domestic humor note from the Delaware County Democrat.
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Bobby
Delaware County
Barrel On Sidewalk Carried To Upper Floor
A laborer struggles to move a barrel up stairs as onlookers offer methods. He finally lifts the empty barrel to the second floor, carrying it on his shoulder with a quick, simple solution.
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Milwaukee Free Press
Explicit Language Leads to Final Payment Joke
A tradesman repeatedly requests payment from a client in a humorous exchange. After months of formal refusals and polite acknowledgments, the client finally pays the bill, concluding the running joke about explicit requests and unissued checks.
Oratory as a Political Drawback Across History
A Boston Globe reflection notes that great orators like Webster and Clay drew followers but failed for presidents, while others such as Greeley and Tilden used speechcraft or writing to win support. Grant, initially speechless, later delivered effective public oratory.
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Webster
Clay
Douglas
Blaine
Horace Greeley
Tilden
Grant
Garfield
Boston Globe
For Sale A Good Modern House at a Sacrifice
For sale a good modern house at a sacrifice until August, listing loans up to £500 on wood, city property, and employment offerings for men and women. Also mentions trade options for houses or farms and a cheap cement curb and sidewalk near a public school house.
Browning and Mill Clash Over Early Poems Notice
In an 1840s anecdote Browning awaited a praise filled by J S Mill but found Mill blocked by a Westminster Review piece titled a volume of poems by Browning balderdash. The episode shows critics' sharp wit and editorial bravado in old literary circles.
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Browning
J. S. Mill
Westminster Review
Why He Refused Soup Helpings
A guest declines a second helping, quipping that the worry isn’t etiquette but the soup itself. The exchange highlights a humorous misgiving about food quality rather than manners.
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