Robert Udy Builds Lead in Telegraph Pony and Trap Contest
Robert Udy leads the Daily Telegraph pony and trap vote race with 70,101 votes at five o clock yesterday. Other top contenders include Ellalia Little, Bramwell H. C. Calloway Jr, Cabelt Blackstock, and Lyndon Cecil as the field hustles toward the June exhibition.
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Daily Telegraph
Robert Udy
Welch
C.csessseee
Eulalia Little
Bramwell
H. C. Calloway, Jr. Graham
Cabelt Blackstock
Lyndon Cecil
Bertha Landon
Pocahontas
Charles W. White
Margaret Pankey
Charlie Ballengee
Dewey Woods
Stuart Booker
Michael Banks
Keystone
Michael Jesse
Maxie Magrill
Edward Deilrich
Pillow Cases and Mohawk Sheets Special Ad
Special for today items include Pillow Cases in Triump 45 by 36 and Mohawk sheets in 42 by 86 and 45 by 86 sizes. Prices shown as daily specials with note Watch this space from Pedigo Co.
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Triump
E. 8
Pedigo CO
Local Notices and Names Fragment
Fragmentary local listing includes George Hylton Bramwell William Johnson Welch Teame Slifkin Harry Greenspon and Sa Naan with scattered numbers. Details unclear due to damaged OCR.
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George Hylton
Bramwell
William Johnson
Welch
Teame Slifkin 2
Harry Greenspon
Relation of Working Man to the Church
John Mitchell former UMWA president spoke at Yale Divinity School on the relation of the working man to the church. He praised trade unions for aiding workers and offered the golden rule as a solution to modern industrial life. He said unions replace individualized bargains between employer and single workers.
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New Haven, Conn
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Yale Divinity School
Mitchell
Bear raid rocks Chicago wheat market
Bulls were leaderless as a bear raid unsettled the Chicago wheat pit. July futures closed down 35 8 to 1.125 8, with a 3 4 cent loss. The raid squeezed out small margin traders and prompted profit-taking while long positions were reinstated at higher levels. The bears blamed Secretary Wilson for crop concerns.
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Chicago
Shorts
Patten
Wilson
Bears
Prince of Samos Andre Kopassis Effendi Murder Report
A Smyrna telegram says Andre Kopassis Effendi the prince of Samos has been murdered. Samos island off Asia Minor pays tribute to Turkey and hosts a Turkish garrison. The prince, nominated by the sultan, was appointed in 1897 and has been under protection by France England and Russia since 1832.
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Vienna
Smyrna
Turkey
Andre Kopassis Effendi
Prince of
Samos
Asia Minor
France
England
Russia
Missionaries in Mersina Reported Safe by Cable
A Latakia Syria cable dispatch to W T Miller treasurer of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian church states Mersina is safe. The message read merely Mersina safe but is deemed satisfactory by Miller.
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New York
Mersina
W. T. Miller
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Latakia
Syria
Choosing Extracts For Finest Flavor
The guide urges selecting a well known and reliable brand such as Blue Ribbon lemon and vanilla to ensure top quality flavor extracts.
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Blue Ribbon
Kinzer's Saturday Sale Advertises Monitor Pulverized Flour
You pay a bit more for Monitor Pulverized Flour but receive quality. Watch Kinzer's Saturday Sale for details and deals.
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Kinzer
Northcott to Colombia Post as Ritz Becomes U S Attorney
Washington reports Harold A. Ritz of Bluefield is nominated United States attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia and Knott Northcott of Huntington is named envoy to Colombia. Northcott accepted after the offer to West Virginia officials and Ritz is widely known in the region.
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West Virginia
Washington
Senate
United States
Harold A. Ritz
Bluefield
Colombia
Knott Northcott
Huntington
Judge Ritz
Columbia Post
Judge Sanders
Edward Cooper
Northcott
Binefield
Kidnapping of James Cabanne Sparks City Search
No trace found of 34 year old James Shepard Cabanne kidnapped from his grandmother's home on Thursday. Authorities believe Broughton Brandenburg, magazine writer and alleged husband of the boy's mother, is in St Louis and both may be holding the boy.
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St. Louis
James Shepard Cabanne
Cabanne
Broughton Brandenburg
Fire Threatens St. Louis Compress Plant in Arkansas Blaze
Five hundred bales of cotton worth about 250000 burned in a fire at Little Rock Arkansas. The blaze raged for hours and threatened to destroy the St. Louis Compress Company plant valued with its contents at 1000000.
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Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis Compress Company
California’s Walker-Otis anti-betting law takes effect
San Francisco reports the Walker-Otis anti-betting law went into effect on April 20, with authorities believing it will halt all horse racing in California. The measure targets betting activity and is expected to reshape the state's racing scene and wagering practices.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Railroad injunction blocks C and O railway rate hike
In Richmond Virginia today the United States court of appeals granted an injunction preventing the Chesapeake and Ohio railway from raising freight rates on coal shipments to Great Lakes ports. The move is viewed as forestalling a monopoly by Pennsylvania and Ohio operators.
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Richmond
United States Court of Appeals
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania and
Ohio
Emperor William Nearly Chokes on Fishbone in Vienna Outing
A stock exchange telegram from Sorfa reports Emperor William, while in Vienna on an outing, swallowed a fishbone almost causing fatal strangulation. He was briefly in danger, but later recovered and the dinner was abandoned.
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Vienna
A _ stock exchange
Sorfa
William
San Antonio Spring Carnival Opens With Floral Alamo Pageant
San Antonio Texas April 20 the annual spring carnival celebrating the Alamo defense opened today with a magnificent floral pageant featuring bright displays and local participation from residents and organizers.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alamo
Rain Delays Halt Most MLB Games. Detroit Falls 2 12
Almost all games in the National and American Leagues and the American Association were postponed due to rain and cold weather. The lone exceptions were Detroit beating Cleveland 12 to 2 in the American League and Milwaukee defeating Minneapolis 8 to 4 in the American Association.
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American Association
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Waiting in Palace as Constantinople Faces Crisis
Constantinople April 20 Sultan Abdul Hamid awaits fate in the palace with his family. Tewfik Pasha and Edhiram Pasha resignations withdrawn. Nazim Pasha commands the garrison with limited resistance feared as constitutionalist lines encircle the city. Proclamations assure protection of lives and property as constitutional troops seize forts.
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Constantinople
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Tewfik Pasha
Edhiram Pasha
Nazim Pasha
Musni Pasha
Hademkoi
Committee of Union and Progress
Hosni Pasha
Army of Investment
Massacres in Adana Claim 5000 Lives
Constantinople reports no less than 5,000 deaths in eight days of Moslem fanatical massacres in the vilayet of Adana. Of the total 2,006 were killed in the city of Adana, with the figure communicated through consular channels.
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Adana
Constantinople
Vilayet
Adana Massacres Kill 1200. British Ships Land 800 Men
A Beirut dispatch reports 1200 killed in the Adana massacres including some Europeans. British warships reached Mersina and 800 sailors were sent ashore.
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Berlin
Beirut
Adana
Mersina
Broadcloth Beats Jeans in Monitor Pulverized Quality Claim
An ad asserts Broadcloth is worth more than jeans and Monitor Pulverized commands higher value than other brands due to quality. No dates beyond a small line 4-13-10.
Tillman Visits White House in Social Call
Senator Tillman of South Carolina visits the White House for the first time in Taft's presidency, meeting Booker T. Washington and declaring the call social with no favors sought. He comments on Roosevelt's legacy and expresses interest in discussing race with Washington.
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Senator Tillman
South Carolina
White House
Taft
Beveridge
Indiana
Capitol
Booker T. Washington
President Taft
Tillman
Mr. Tillman
Roosevelt
Booker Washington
Tillman Repliet
Cruiser Squadron to Be Sent to Turkey for Protection
Washington reports the cabinet decided to dispatch a special cruiser squadron to Turkey to safeguard American citizens and interests. The force includes the armored cruisers North Carolina and Montana under Captains Marshal and Reynolds, heading for Alexandretta near Taras and Adana.
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Washington
Turkey
North Carolina
Montana
Guantanamo
Cuba
Marshal and Reynolds
Alexandretta
Mediterranean
Taras
Adana
Navy League Meeting Hears Beresford Strike Panic Claim
A London navy league meeting heard Admiral Lord Charles Beresford say that if the country knew the truth about the present condition of the navy there would be a panic. The remark was reported from London on April 20.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
Navy League
Lord Charles warns of grave danger from wartime unpreparedness
Lord Charles adds a call to the public to recognize the grave danger of national unpreparedness for war and to strive to awaken the people to the imminent threat.
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Lord Charles
There Is No Fury Like a Woman Scorned in Jacksonville
In Jacksonville on April 20 actor Earl P. Adams, soon to wed Elizabeth Bagley, was shot and killed by former fiancée Jessie Brown who is jailed. Brown is sister of May Brown, killed in 1905 by her lover who also shot her mother, Mrs. Freeman, and Detective Cahoon.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Earl P. Adams
Elizabeth Bagley
Jessie Brown
Adams
Miss Hagley
Miss Brown
May Brown
Freeman
Cahoon
Census Bill Back to Conference Amid Civil Service Play
The senate census bill was sent back to conference to refine civil service provisions and a building for census work in the city. Conferees struck the domicile requirement but were instructed to press for it. Senator Stone argued for free trade with the Philippines and independence on a set timeline.
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Senate
Stone
Philippine Islands
King Charles Celebrates Seventieth Birthday Amid Health Struggles
Dispatches from Bucharest report King Charles’s seventieth birthday celebrated widely in Bucharest and across Romania. The ailing monarch was unable to attend public fetes or receive diplomats due to weak strength, sparking universal regret and foreshadowing possible internal turmoil after his death.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Charles
Europe
Prince Charles of
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