Government to Accelerate Spending and Push Contracting
Washington figures outline a plan to disburse about 750 million dollars quickly to boost trade. Departments race to open bids for supply contracts as President Roosevelt urges prompt annual agency buys. The Treasury chief’s office leads building plans with over two hundred new structures authorized and about one hundred sites acquired.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Treasury
Congress
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Executive
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Mishap in midair Zeppelin lands safely in Frederichshafen
The Zeppelin airship experienced a mishap in midair but made a controlled landing with fifteen passengers unharmed at Frederichshafen on July 14. Aerial crew reported minor engine trouble while maintaining course over the town.
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Frederichshafen
Airship makes 24 hour Lake Constance trial flight
A famed airship left its shed on Lake Constance with the king and queen aboard for a 24 hour aerial voyage. The journey began amid cheering boats, but a broken side steering gear forced a two hour return. Repairs allowed a temporary mid air fix, then the craft returned to her moorings with all fifteen aboard disembarking. Another start is planned for tomorrow.
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Lake Constance
Constance
Prohibition Convention Opens as Georgia's Seaborn Wright Prominent
Columbus Ohio July 14 Ohio Prohibitionists wrap up state convention and prepare to open the national convention in Memorial Halls tomorrow. Seaborn Wright of Georgia emerges as leading presidential nominee prospect with Frederick Wheeler of Los Angeles a strong western rival amid an open race with multiple candidates. State delegations meet to organize while the Intercollegiate Prohibition Association hosts an evening oratorical contest drawing crowds.
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Columbus
Ohio
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Americans Dominate First Day of Olympic Events
London reports the United States and Great Britain sharing two golds each on opening day. John Flannagan of the Irish American Athletic Club set an Olympic hammer throw record to win gold, with McGrath of the New York Athletic Club taking silver. Washington and Talbot led hammer sections. Flannagan, Washington, and McGrath advanced to the final where Flannagan won.
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Flannagan
New York
London
America
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
Canada
Australia
Belgium
John J. Flanneran
New York Athletic Club
Washington
Talbot
Nicholson
England
Harr
McGrath
Bert Barber Sees Kidney Pills Work In Elton Wisconsin
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin reports relief after four doses of De Witt s Kidney and Bladder Pills. He says the medicine has done more for him than any other remedy. Sold by all druggists.
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Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
Save
de Witt
Mound Day Set to Save West Virginia’s Historic Relic
The Daughters of the Revolution drop their bid to purchase the Moundsville mound built by a vanished race. R J McFadden may move the relic unless the state buys it, with October 8 proclaimed Mound Day for statewide fund raising and observances. Superintendent Miller notes the mound’s preservation is urgent and widely discussed in school networks.
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Daughters of the Revolution
R. J. McFadden
Moundsville
McFadden
West Virginia
Elizabeth
Thos. C. Miller
Institute Annu
Marshall County
Ohio
West Virginia Confeds to Hold Reunion and Mound Day
Confederate veterans from across West Virginia and hundreds from the South will gather in Beverly Randolph County on September 80 for a reunion and the unveiling of a Confederate dead monument funded by the Daughters of the Confederacy. A statewide Mound Day is planned for October 8 1908 to support preservation efforts.
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Beverly
Veterans of the Gray
West Virginia
Randolph County
Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert White
Confederate Veterans of
South
White
Fundraising Effort Aims to Buy Special Object of Interest
An effort will be made to raise funds to purchase this special object of interest. The notice implies community support and a formal drive to secure the item through donations and contributions.
Convicts Attack Guard During Road Crew Breach Near Orange
In Orange Virginia July 14 a road building squad of convicts led by C. W Browning was assaulted by five inmates. Browning was overpowered and his weapons seized, five convicts escaped, two were recaptured near Menson, and authorities with armed men pursue the remaining three who fled to the mountains.
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Orange
C. W Browning
Menson
Mills
Great Mexican dinner feeds thirty five thousand Elks visitors
Dallas July 14. The Elks grand lodge session featured a massive Mexican dinner and barbecue at the fairgrounds. Aiming to serve about 35 000 people, two 700 foot dining tubes were set up in large exhibition halls. Chef Professor Wiley George of Ennis headed the feast with seven tons of beef and two tons of mutton, roasted over a pit of 40 cords of hackberry ash and oak.
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Dallas
Texas
the Elks Grand Lodge
Fair Grounds
America
Order of Ellis
Wiley George
Ennis
Blue Ribbon Vanilla Sparks Colt Preference
A note highlights enduring demand for Blue Ribbon Vanilla as many top colts have preferred it for a decade. The passage frames the product as a trusted choice among elite horses and enthusiasts.
Dinner Service Sets Fast Roast in Local Fair
A 24 hour roast operation fed crowds with beef and mutton and 25 000 loaves of bread plus 12 barrels of pickles. Condensed chili 1500 pounds and 1600 pounds of beans accompanied the chili side dish. 300 waiters served the diners as a minstrel and vaudeville program entertained guests.
Tribute to Jake Schaefer Billiard Wizard Becomes Benefit Event
In Chicago on July 14 a tribute was held for Jake Schaefer the famed billiard champion now ill and unlikely to play again. The event featured two baseball games between actors and billiard players and between Chicago’s top semi pro teams at the American League Park drawing a large crowd. Schaefer aged fifty three for thirty five years stood as a peerless figure in the sport before his illness last year.
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Chicago
Ill
Jake Schaefer
Schaefer
Fourteen Outlaws Killed in Mindanao Clash
Manila July 14 Lieutenants Burr and Britney leading a constabulary detachment stormed a cota on Mindanao held by outlaws. Fourteen outlaws were killed two guns captured. Burr was slightly wounded and one private seriously wounded. DeWitts Witch Hamel Salve advertised but unrelated to the battle.
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Manila
Burr
Britney
Cota
Mindanao
Republicans Meet in Tazewell Choose Delegates to Norton Convention
The Tazewell county Republican meeting in the court house elected delegates to the Norton congressional convention set for the 30th. County chair John T. Barnes led proceedings with A F Gillegpie presiding. Delegates were named from districts and endorsed Chicago platform and Co Slemps administration. H C Calaway of Graham praised Republican policies and urged continuing county organization for another year.
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Tazewell County
Court House
Woach
Evy Neck
Ion
John T. Barnes
Amd
Ifon
A.F. Gillegpie
W. B. Spratt
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