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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
1
A simple math trick shows how to determine any even number chosen. The process triple the number, halve the result, triple again, then ask how many times 9 fits into the last number. Multiply that count by 2 to recover the original even number.
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Republican leaders in Congress press a concerted plan to prevent a convention split at Chicago by nominating Secretary Taft on the first ballot. Key figures include Aldrich Hale Allison Crane Payne Sherman Tawney Jenkins Smith Hemenway Penrose Culham Hopkins Depew Parsons Vreeland Boutell Mann Burke Dalzell Watson Landis and others backing Taft or supporting allied aims. The move aims to outpace Roosevelt sentiment and avert a multi ballot fight while preserving party unity and electoral gains.
In Washington on May 12 under fine weather, a cornerstone ceremony established the proposed home for the International Bureau of American Republics. About 3000 attendees witnessed patriotic decorations including flags of twenty one republics. The event featured formal speakers and shared symbols of regional friendship.
The Atlantic fleet officers and men spent the day sightseeing near the bay with over 1,000 enlisted personnel touring by observation cars and 300 officers in a motor parade led by Rear Admiral Swinehourne. Rear Admiral Thomas stayed aboard the Connecticut due to a cold. A second reception and ball at the Fairmount hotel honored Secretary of the Navy Metcalf and fleet commanders, with Mrs. Edward Robeson Taylor and eighteen society women as hostesses.
The Louisiana Republican state convention voted to back Taft and Roosevelt administration, selecting four delegates at large and alternates. Named delegates include Pearl Wight of New Orleans, H. C. Warmoth of Lawrence, Henry McCall of Donaldaville, and A. B. Kennedy of New Orleans. Pearl Wight was reelected national committeeman for four years.
Baltimore May 12 The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church finished a busy session at the Lyric inviting consolidation with the Methodist Protestant church urging a total abstainer for the presidency denouncing race track gambling and calling on New Yorkers to back Governor Hughes in his crusade May 20 for discussing bishops elections and assignments.
In Nicollet county New Ulm on May 12 Emily Uble three-year-old daughter of John Able died after a neighbor set fire to slough grass near where she and others played. The flames reached the group, ignited her dress, and caused fatal burns.
City officials report revenue loss of more than $91,000 annually since the Sunday lid law and 1 am saloon closing took effect, reflecting a sharp curtailment of business.
Laporte officials say Ray Lamphere started the Gunness house fire causing the deaths of Bell Gunness and her three children. They allege ten other victims were poisoned and dismembered. autopsy findings and witnesses are to be presented to the grand jury next week.
El Paso May 12 engineer Kellogg, just back from New York, says a woman matching Bella Gunness in every detail and traveling with another woman rode the Santa Fe through Kansas and left the train at Rincon New Mexico for Deming or Silver City. The rest notes federal forest funding and other Senate business.
In Washington on May 12 the Republican members of the House voted 138 to 16 to approve an emergency currency bill drafted by a special conference committee. The measure allows up to 500 million dollars in emergency currency via the national clearing house system, with the conference controlling House procedure and governing rules for passage.
The Senate passed the agricultural appropriation measure on May 12, carrying a large funding package for farm programs. The action follows earlier House approval and sets allocations for livestock, grain, and rural development. The bill now heads to conference negotiations for final language.
The House approved senate amendments on a local anti gambling rider prohibiting betting on horse races at Bennines. It passed a bill adding fifty captains to command the Philippine scouts and approved amendments to homestead and swamp drainage laws while defeating a land reclamation expansion for Idaho and Wyoming.
Rome May 12 Madame Anna Gould and her children with Prince Helie de Sagan left for Monte Carlo. Reports say the prince will wed Madame Gould once he embraces the Protestant faith, which he again declared he was ready to do.
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