Michigan Independents Name Miss Lucia Harrison for Wright Job
The Independence League State convention met in Grand Rapids with six delegates nominating a full State ticket and electors. Resolutions backed the national platform. Ticket includes A. W. Nichols for Governor and Lucia Harrison for Superintendent of Public Instruction among others. electoral slate listed by districts and counties.
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Michigan
Lucia Harrison
Wright
Independence League
Grand Rapids
A. W. Nichols
Montcalm
Douglas
Branch
A. H. Lowe
Calvin
W. A. Clauser
Berrien
William W. Rowley
Jackson
Thomas D. Adams
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Miss Lucia Harrison
Ottawa
T. E. Wiles
Antrim
Board of Education
W. 8
Lanehart
Muskegon
C. TP. Stearns
Kent
Edward Doyen
Clinton
E. Haywood
Cushway
Wayne
George Whitmore
George Gerould
Kalamazoo
John J. Beams
R. L. Horton
Charles Lamb
Genesee
John E. Long
Tuscola
William J. Ilall
Mason
F. F. French
Losco
Thad King
Kalkaska
IT. Lowry
Delta
Prohi Ticket Named at Michigan Convention in Lansing
Prohibitionists of Michigan convened in Lansing to nominate a state ticket for Justice of the Supreme Court W. H. D. Fox Mt. Clemens for Secretary of State George Parmen ter Petoskey for Treasurer George B. Wadham Detroit for Auditor General Henry W. Wal lacy for Commissioner of the Land Office W C Richards Carrolton for Attorney General Myron H Walker Grand Rapids Prof J T Ward Hillsdale for Member State Board of Education Elmer Houser Detroit Two hundred delegates attended the convention State Chairman William A Taylor criticized Gov Warner for scoffing at Detroit petitioners to restrict unlawful traffic Rev C Cook Mason temporary secretary Webb D Doane Detroit and A S Watkins vice presidential candidate addressed the gathering with remarks by Taylor and John W Gras gubernatorial candidate.
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Lansing
Assail Warner
Prohibitionists of
Michigan
A.S. Watkins
W. A Taylor
John W Gras
Ward Given Forty Years For Murder Of Wife
John M. Ward was convicted of second degree murder for killing his wife after 22 years apart. He stabbed her when she refused to live with him, fled to a swamp, and was captured after a week, then sentenced by Judge Palmer of Newaygo to 40 years at Jackson penitentiary.
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John M. Ward
L’almer
Newaygo
Jackson
Ward
Bitely
Rural Rum Man Sent Up For Farm Saloon
John Talman of Kalkaska was found guilty of selling liquor without a license in a farm house bar. Judge Clyde C. Chittenden sentenced him to 90 days in the Detroit house of correction and a $200 fine after a September term trial. The case followed a change of venue from Kalkaska. Carl Lansin, the rural bar keeper, was previously found guilty.
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John Talman
Clyde C. Chittenden
Cadillac
Kalkaska
Detroit House of Correction
Talman
Carl Lansin
Benton Harbor Carpenter Ends His Life by Drowning
Charles Zimmerman a 55 year old carpenter in Benton Harbor ended his life by jumping into the canal. Afflicted with an incurable ailment he had spoken of his plight to friends and said he guessed it would soon be over. Two hours before his body was recovered he spoke with acquaintances but did not mention his plans.
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Benton Harbor
Charles Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Enrollment Gain at Ann Arbor as Michigan Reports Increase
University of Michigan enrollment shows a net rise of 283 from last year, bringing total to 4415 this term versus 4132 previously. Gains spread across departments with 159 in literary, 37 in engineering, 13 in medical, 15 in law, 21 in pharmacy, while Detroit and Kalamazoo residents faced a fatal auto streetcar collision. John Gooselean of Muskegon robbed residents with a large knife, prompting capture and confinement at the city hall.
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University of Michigan
Deaths in Morgan family set record in Phoenix county
Six members of the Morgan family in Phoenix Keweenaw county have died in nine months with two more deaths earlier and a mining accident in Montana and a drowning in New York harbor. The sequence began Jan 1 with John Morgan killed by a gun accident during rabbit hunting followed by Mabel Morgan’s burns from a kerosene lamp. Mrs. Morgan Sr. died within a week of Mabel, then her mother Mrs. Uren died Sep 7, and the wife of Thomas Morgan Jr. died of tuberculosis a day earlier. The year-old son of Thomas Morgan Jr. is also reported dead.
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Grim Reaper
Morgan
Phoenix
Keweenaw County
Montana
William Morgan
New York Harbor
John Morgan
Thomas Morgan
Mabel Morgan
John
Thomas Morgan, Sr
Uren
Thomas Morgan, Jr
Kalamazoo police in gunfight chase Hungarian suspect Morinic
Police fire on Mark Morinic a Hungarian wanted for stabbing a man and flee through Kalamazoo as officers surround a Hungarian home. In a scuffle Morinic escapes again, later found in his underwear at the C K and S roundhouse. He allegedly vows to kill three people before leaving the city.
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Kalamazoo
Mark Morinic
Morinic
George Billets
McElroy
Morinie
Coeds to Play Baseball at Michigan Campus
Michigan plans coed baseball on the new athletic field for women students, with every first-year girl not excused required to participate. Outdoor basketball and cross country walks will supplement study and gym activities as the women’s athletics program expands.
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Michigan
University of Michigan
Barbour Gymnasium
Farmer seeks a wife in Elmira letter to Warsaw postmaster
Elmira man W Cantrell writes Robert Nelson postmaster at Warsaw Indiana asking for suitable women including widows with children, ages thirty to forty, who want a husband. He asks for referrals and promises reward if a match is made, and the postmaster forwards the inquiry to a local widow.
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Elmira
W. Cantrell
Robert Nelson
Warsaw
Ind
Neson
Coal Prospecting in Midland County Near Bay City
Midland County sees coal activity as Black Diamond Coal Company of Bay City completes a new shaft west of the city and leases 1,000 acres one mile north of Midland for prospecting. No mines exist yet in the county though coal presence is known. mining viability remains unproven.
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Midland County
Black Diamond Coal Company
Bay City
Midland
Albion cigarmaker Otto Hahn goes missing two weeks
Brief state happenings report Otto Hahn a married Albion cigarmaker missing from home for about two weeks with no known whereabouts. Other items note Miss Fannie Hazeltine of Grand Rapids engaged to Count Adolph Montgelas of Munich. a Grand Haven Saginaw canal plan. Hiram Lewis decapitated after stepping in front of a moving train near New Baltimore. and a new brick block and opera house project on North Main Street in Mlain.
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Otto Hahn
Albion
Fannie Dickinson Hazeltine
Grand Rapids
C. S. Hazeltine
Milan
Adolph Montgelas
Munich
Germany
Count Montgelas
Tokio
Hazeltine
O’brien
Lakes Michigan
Grand Haven
Saginaw
Saginaw Valley Deep Water Association
National Deep Water Ways Association
Chicago
Grand
New Baltimore
Hiram Lewis
F. C. Adams
North Main Street
Mlainwell
Europe’s War Cloud Rises From Balkan Tensions
Europe watches a Balkans flare as Ferdinand’s independence push unsettles Turkey and Austria seeks Bosnia and Herzegovina. Russia and Italy clash with Vienna while Bulgaria eyes expansion, risking a wider conference and possible diplomacy over force. The piece notes a fragile balance and a possible peaceful outcome despite mounting tensions.
Progress in the South and Carnegie Hero Fund
The Manufactures' Record of Baltimore reports ongoing stone roadmaking and constant contracting across the South with large investments in coal oil cotton and other industries. In Edinburgh Andrew Carnegie announced a 1 250 000 hero fund foundation in his homeland.
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South
Manufacturers’ Record of
Baltimore
Edinburgh
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Praise for railroads at Trans-Mississippi Congress
J C Stubbs of Harriman railroads led praise for railways in developing the West at the Trans-Mississippi Congress in San Francisco. Other speakers included Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler on the West of the Mississippi, Col Fred W Fleming on Western Insurance, Gov Cutler on conservation, and Attorney General Dickson on irrigation and public lands.
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West
Trans-Mississippi Congress
San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman
E. T H. Harrman
trans-Mississippi
Congress
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Mississippi River
Trans- Mississippi
California
Fred W. Fleming
Kansas City
Western Insurance
Cutler
Utah
Pardee
Gov. Cutler
Roosevelt
Dickson
Colorado
James J. Callbreath
American Mining Congress
Frank Short
Fresno
Cal
Labor unrest and political labor events across regions
The shipbuilding trades on the Mer sey and Tyne employ 20 000 fewer men than last year. In Davenport Iowa on Labor Day Editor Hearst and Candidate Hisgen addressed labor unions. Gov Johnson of Minnesota commissioned 1 200 farmers as delegates to the Farmers' Congress at Madison Wisconsin. In Illinois State campaign opening Speaker Cannon replied to attacks from Bryan and Gompers.
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Mersey
Tyne
Davenport
Iowa
Hearst
Hisgen
Gov
Johnson
Minnesota
Farmers’ Congress
Madison
Wis
Illinois
Cannon
Bryan
Gompers
Michigan Democrats Meet in Saginaw Nominate Ticket
The Democratic State convention in Saginaw named fourteen presidential electors and a full ticket below the governor. Lawton T. Hemans of Mason was named for Governor. lieutenant governor nominees failed to reach 40 percent. Other nominees include Stephen D Williams for Lt Gov, Francis T. McDonald for Secretary of State, Robert J. Whaley for State Treasurer, William F. Montague for Auditor General, James G. Tucker for Attorney General, W Sherman for Superintendent, Justin R. Whiting for State Board of Education, W J Tierney for State Land Commissioner, and Mark Norris for Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. The platform endorsed the national Democratic ticket, direct nominations, initiative and referendum, direct vote for railroad and tax commissioners, home rule, and denounced the current state primary law.
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Saginaw
Lawton T. Hemans
Mason
Stephen Douglas Williams
Detroit
Francis T. McDonald
Sault Ste. Marie
Robert J. Whaley
Flint
William F. Montague
Kalamazoo
James G Tucker
Mt. Clemens
Prof. W. Sherman
Lyster
Tonia
State Board
Night Riders First Defeat in Kentucky Trials
In the June term at Hopkinsville and nearby Benton, initial trials of Night-Riders faced acquittals as indictments spread through Christian and Marshall counties. Despite threats to jurors and nightly intimidation, the Benton grand jury returned indictments, amid strong public disbelief and cautious officials.
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Frankfort
Ntepkinsville
Matt Gholson
Christian County
Hopkinsville
Marshall
Benton
Success Magazine
At Last Mrs Silas Bennett a Philosopher
Neighboring women offered condolences to Mrs Silas Bennett a philosopher. A New York Times writer notes her cheerful reply about raising four girls and three boys while hoping for twins, a smallpox family, and surviving a bout of melancholy in July to September. She recounts breaking her leg in two places after slipping on rotten meeting house steps.
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Silas Bennett
New York Times
Bennett
The Feminine Way Dialogue About Shoes
In a brief exchange a wife complains her shoes fit poorly and must be returned. Her husband argues they seem comfortable, insisting they are simply too big because she has worn them for nearly an hour without pain. The light dialogue turns on fit versus comfort.
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John
Elevator Taffy and a Playful Elevator Boy
In a witty scene a charming stenographer enters the tenth floor elevator. The boy Billy jokes that he feels like he is on a hunting trip and plans to bring down a dear, eliciting a blush as she calls him the nicest boy in town.
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Billy
Trade and bank activity rise as season brings demand and finance
Dun's Review of Trade notes brisk business across agriculture manufacturing and distributive sectors as seasonable weather eases drought effects. Bank clearings fall slightly from 1907, grain movement remains robust though down from last year, and failures stay near prior counts with larger liabilities few.
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Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
New York Retail and Trade Mix Shows Moderate Improvement
Cooler weather boosts retail and job trade in many cities this week. Fairs and festivals expand local distribution. Crop movement is liberal, prices down from last year. lumber, building, and iron steel demand show mixed signals amid election uncertainty. Wool sales reach high for year. textile and footwear trades quieter. US weekly business failures total 255, vs 267 prior week. Canada 36, vs 82 prior week.
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New York
United States
Commodity price snapshot across major markets
The report aggregates futures style bids for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with varying grades and measures. Grain and feed items include wheat corn oats rye and clover seed with No 2 and mixed grade nomenclature and price ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Clover Seed
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