Delegates Hear Invocations and Parade Support for Taft and Cannon
Dr. Walters led a prayer invoking divine guidance for the presidential candidate and duties. A noon report from Malloy noted a Marion Club of Indianapolis parade entering via Wabash Avenue and exiting at Michigan Avenue. The Blaine Club of Cincinnati with 350 members and Uncle Joe's Neighbors from Danville joined in shouting for Taft and Cannon, energizing the convention as credentials awaited.
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Walters
Dr. Walters
Burrows
Com- Malloy
Marion Club
Indianapolis
Wabash Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Blaine Club
Cincinnati
Taft
Danville Club
Danville
Uncle Joe
Cincinnati Club
Cannon
Mlinois
Chicago
Credentials Committee
Democratic attorney nominees eyed for prosecutor
Democratic circles name Bedford lawyers Albert Fields and Charles R. Johnson as possible prosecutor nominees. Bloomington attorney T. J. Sare also may be offered. Senator Edwin Corr of Bloomington is not pursuing a judge bid, while Judge Wilson faces no opposition and is likely to win.
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Bedford
Albert Fields
Charles R. Johnson
T. J. Sare
Bloomington
Edwin Corr
Corr
Wilson
Pretty Home Wedding Of Popular Young People
Wednesday night at 8 30 the marriage of Harry M Accam to Miss Iola Hoopingarner occurred in a quiet home ceremony. The couple received friends after the vows and started their new life together.
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Harry M. Accam
Iola Hoopingarner
Bedford Couple Weds in Private Nuptials at Parents’ Home
The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Melvin Putnam at the bride’s parents’ home 1581 West Sixteenth Street. Only immediate relatives attended. Mr and Mrs Accam will begin housekeeping at Thirteenth and M Streets. The bride is a popular Bedford schoolteacher and the groom works with his father in the harned business on West 16th Street.
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Melvin Putnam
John W. Hoppingarner
Sixteenth Street
Accam
Thirteenth
Bedford
John W. Accam
Harned
West 16Th Street
Ford Jury Disagrees After 48 Hours in Bloomington Trial
The jury in the Edward Ford murder trial failed to reach a verdict after nearly 48 hours of deliberation in Bloomington. Foreman Mathers announced no agreement, as jurors had debated self defense law. Ford likely expects acquittal upon retrial.
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Edward Ford
Bloomington
Foreman Mathers
Wilson
R. L. Morgan
Ford
Taft Nominated on First Ballot Crowds Roar at Convention
Chicago dispatch reports William Howard Taft receiving a sweeping ovation on first ballot at the Republican National Convention. Delegates from Ohio Indiana and New York erupted in cheers as Taft’s name was proclaimed and a large parade followed. Illinois and Indiana figures, including Judge Marion Bundy and Governor Hanly, addressed the floor amid noisy demonstrations and banners.
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Taft
Chairman Lodge
Ohio
Cannon
Illinois
Indiana
Hanly
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Hoosier
Gov
Woodford
New York
Charles E. Hughes
Empire State
Burton
William Howard Taft
Lodge
Roosevelt
B. M. McCoy
James Benson Foraker
Burrows
Marion Bundy
Newcastle
Bundy
Chicago
Ill
Beveridge and
Hemenway
Durbin
James E. Watson
Chas. A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Taft Nominated on First Ballot at Republican Convention
Chicago June 18 Taft named the Republican candidate for President on the first ballot as delegates crowd the Coliseum. The day brings heat and humidity with labor plank battles and a late vote tally as Lafollette and Cannon are named for nominations and credentials progress into the afternoon.
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Chicago
Ill
William H. Taft
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Committee On
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Lodge Speech Highlights GOP Platform and Roosevelt Rift
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, as Permanent Chairman, outlines Republican aims citing past record over future promises. He defends the gold standard, law and order, equal rights, and protection for American industry against free trade while criticizing the Democratic stance and Roosevelt connections.
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Democratic Party
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Henry Cabot Lodge
McCracken Deputy Recorder Arrested for Assault
Oliver M. McCracken deputy county recorder was arrested on charges of assault and battery against his wife Mary A. McCracken. He had filed for divorce earlier in the week. Mary and their daughter visited the city. McCracken allegedly refused entry and shoved her into a ditch. Affidavit filed in Squire Kellam's court. Case set for 9 am Monday.
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Oliver M. McCracken
Mary A. McCracken
McCracken
Squire Kellam
Washington Democrat
Physician W N Culmer to Wed Miss Mary Beck of Bloomington
Semi official notice announces the approaching marriage of Dr. W N Culmer and Miss Mary Beck of Bloomington. The ceremony is planned for next month with a likely wedding tour to Europe. Miss Beck is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J K Beck, leading Bloomington citizens.
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W. N. Culmer
Mary Beck
Bloomington
Europe
Miss Beck
J. K. Beck
Temporary officers named for Republican National Convention
A list of temporary officers includes Chairman J C Burrows from Michigan and General Secretary John R Malloy of Columbus with numerous assistants, clerks, messengers, and chaplains from cities such as Baltimore Chicago Washington D C New York Greenfield and Des Moines Read by role and city of origin for the convention's temporary administration.
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J. C. Burrows
Michigan
John R. Malloy
Columbus
Lafayette B. Gleason
New York
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Sargeant-At-Arms
P. Thayer
Greenfield
Ind
Asher C. Hinds
Washington
D. C
Ernest Walker Smith
Hartford
Conn
Philip H. Hepfele
St. Louis
M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Iowa
Charles H. Harger
Abilene
Kansas
Allen Hollis
Concord
N. H
Reading
Thomas W. Williamson
Edwardsville
Ills
Albert Berg
Beaudette
Minn
George A. Wilson
Des Moines
Silverville Baseball Clash Ends In Ninth Inning Throw
The First and Second Base Ball Teams from Silverville played a full game with a ninth inning wild throw handing victory to the First. Final score shows the First team 2 and the Second 1 with Gardner and Craig noted as players.
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Silverville
Gardner
Craig
Armstrong
Greenville man freed from lung bullet after coughing fit
Thomas Dodge of Greenville suffered a long dormant bullet in his lung from a gunshot years ago. An abscess formed and nearly killed him, but a severe coughing spell expelled the bullet, removing the immediate danger and likely making surgery unnecessary. In Huntingburg, Robison's Circus left card tricksters with about $1,000 from unsuspecting bettors, including a single $205 loss.
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Thomas Dodge
Greenville
Dodge
John Robison
Huntingburg
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