Old German Baptist Church Dunkard Convention Opens in Des Moines
The annual Dunkards convention near Des Moines opens with over 10 000 delegates and visitors expected from across the United States. The program includes sermons by Dunkard ministers, a grand song service, a public foot washing, and routine business. The standing committee will handle a complaint against James M Wyatt filed by Nettle Creek Indiana.
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Des Moines
Old German Baptist Church of America
Dunkards
United States
Nettle Creek
Hagerstown
Ind
James M Wyatt
Church members sue banker Wyatt over losses in California case
Former Hagerstown banker Wyatt is accused by church members who attended in California of deceiving them in business. They seek restitution for losses, claiming he was wealthy. The church settles disputes internally and does not take cases to court, adjudicating claims among members by church officials.
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California
Hagerstown
Wyatt
Dunkard
Racing to Bermuda Starts from Marblehead in Yacht Race
A fleet of white winged yachts including top coast craft began the annual Marblehead to Bermuda race from Marblehead at 11 AM. The 675 nautical mile go as you please contest features no crew or sail size restrictions and includes the fast schooner Dervish, last year’s winner from New York to Bermuda in 3 days 18 hours 25 minutes.
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Boston
Mass
Bermuda
Marblehead
Dervish
New York
Portland Printers Back Home Trade Campaign
The Pacific coast’s leading printers meet in Portland to launch a systematic campaign to prove local printing can match eastern firms on price. Firms from Seattle San Francisco Vancouver Los Angeles Sacramento Portland Tacoma Spokane Walla Walla and Oakland join the effort.
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Portland
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Vancouver
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Tacoma
Spokane
Walla Walla
Oakland
Georgia Primary Looms With Governor Fight and Prohibition Debate
Georgia voters head to a general primary with no gubernatorial candidate, pitting Governor Hoke Smith against Joseph M. Brown. The contest centers on prohibition policy, disfranchisement, railway regulation, and a constitutional education requirement for suffrage as Brown campaigns from his railroad legacy and Smith touts a strict prohibition platform.
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Atlanta
Georgia
United States Senate
Clay
Wich
A. H. Stephens
Hoke Smith
Joseph M. Brown
Joseph Brown
United States
University of Georgia
Harvard
Western and Atlantic Road
Brown
State Railway Commission
Smith
Mr. Smith
Prohibition Key Issue in Race Platform
A candidate focuses on prohibition against race and railway questions. Governor Smith vows to veto any repeal or modification of the prohibition statute. Brown opposes the saloon and supports strict enforcement but says the will of the people should prevail and may accept a legislature passed amendment.
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Smith
Brown
Century birthday marked for Wellsville resident Alexander Wells
The Wellsville, Ohio resident Alexander Wells observed his 100th birthday today. A former general store keeper, he served 61 years in business, married Esther Kneble in 1886, and has shifted from Whig to Republican to Prohibition sympathies. He helped found the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad board and remains active in church life as the oldest resident of Eastern Ohio and the Upper Ohio Valley.
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Wellsville
Alexander Wells
Wells
Esther Kneble
Tha Party
Cleveland & Pittsburg Reilroad Company
Pennsylvania
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ohio
Upper
Ohio Valley
Memorial Honors Jefferson Davis Centennial Observances
Across the South public commemorations mark the 100th anniversary of Jefferson Davis's birth. In New Orleans the centennial included ground breaking for a Davis monument and a state memorial day event in Louisiana. Richmond and other states held schools and veteran society ceremonies honoring his life.
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Richmond
Jefferson Davis
South
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Carolinas
Kentucky
Mr. Davis
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
Wes
United Daughters of the Confederacy
New Orleans
Davis
Maryland
Texas
Missouri
Louisiana
Misessippi
Tennessee
South Carolina
Confederate Memorial Day Observed in Tazewell
Confederate Memorial Day was observed in Tazewell Virginia with rain forcing ceremonies to the courthouse. Wytheville's RF Lee Trinkle delivered the oration to a large crowd of veterans and visitors. fourteen veterans received Crosses of Honor as dinner and good cheer followed.
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Tazewell
Jeffersonville
Court House
RF. Lee Trinkle
Wytheville
100 to 1 shot wins at Epsom Downs Denby Stakes
Signorinetta owned by KE Ginistrelis defies odds of 100 to 1 to win the Denby Stakes at Epsom Downs, worth 6,500 sovereigns. The Italian runner cantered home two lengths ahead of Primer owned by the Duke of Portland, with Llangyn in third as American jockey Maker rode the runner-up.
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London
Signorinetta
KE. Ginistrelis
Duke of Portland
Primer
Barclay Walker
Bryan on Railroads in North Platte Speech
W J Bryan in North Platte on June 3 denounced railroad managers for threatening wage cuts to force petition circulation against railroad legislation. He said he was surprised no instance showed managers cutting their own salaries.
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North Platte, Neb
W. J. Bryan
Four Thousand Miners to Resume Work in Cambridge District
Cambridge Ohio June 3 Coal operators and the United Mine Workers signed the wage scale effective until April 1 1910 for the Cambridge district including Guernsey and part of Noble counties affecting more than four thousand miners.
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Cambridge
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Guernsey
Noble County
National Wholesale Grocers Open Annual Convention At Resort
Members of the National Wholesale Grocers Association 1000 strong invaded the resort today for their annual convention. The gathering convened at the Blenheim Hotel this morning and was called to order.
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Athamite
Memnbers
National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Blenheine Hotel
Grand Rapids Meeting Focuses on Pure Food and Trade Issues
President William Judson presides as Grand Rapids group reviews past benefits for wholesalers and outlines three day convention plans. Topics include enforcement of pure food laws tobacco trade uniform bills of lading reciprocal demurrage and profitable advertising.
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William Judson
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sesshy
Maryland Chooses Sixteen Delegates to Democratic National Convention
At the Maryland state convention in Baltimore delegates to the Denver national convention were elected and a platform adopted. The vote produced four sure Bryan supporters among the sixteen delegates, with Bryan’s candidacy not explicitly endorsed in the platform amid notable convention confusion.
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Maryland
Baltimore
Denver
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Roosevelt Accepts Resignation of Isthmian Canal Official
President Roosevelt accepted Jackson Smith resignation from the Isthmian canal commission and manager of labor water and subsistence at Culebra Canal Zone. Smith served three years and will relinquish duties July 15 with resignation effective September 15 after sixty days leave.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jackson Smith
Isthmian Canal Commission
Department of Labor, Water and Subsistence
Culebra
Canal Zone
Smith
Germano steamer Europea Lost At Sea After Berlin to Norfolk Voyage
All hope is abandoned for the Germano steamer Europea which sailed from Hamburg forty five days ago bound for Norfolk with a fertilizer cargo. The voyage should have lasted twenty one days and no word has been heard for forty days. The ship carried a crew of twenty seven men.
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Norfolk
Hamburg
Hearst Gains Ground in 1905 New York Mayoral Recount
In the disputed 1905 mayoralty recount, 29 ballot boxes were opened today with Hearst gaining 16 votes. After 77 boxes, Hearst total gains reach 123 votes as the recount continues.
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New York
Hearst
Allison 3 Majority At Least 10 000
The article notes Allison achieves a majority of at least ten thousand votes. It records Carroll winning the governorship over Garst by about twenty thousand and Clark roughly matching that margin for lieutenant governor, defeating Murphy.
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Garst
Clark
Murphy
Congressional Fight in Seventh District Close
Des Moines Iowa June 3 practically complete returns show Senator Allison defeated Gov A St Cummins for the Republican U S senatorship by at least 10000. In governor race B F Carroll beat Warren Garst by about 20000 and Geo W Clerk won for lieutenant governor by a similar margin over J Murphy. In Seventh District congressional race J A T Hull and Judge S F Prouty each claim nomination.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Allison
A. St. Cummins
United States
B. F. Carroll
Warren Garst
Geo. W. Clerk
J. Murphy
J. A
Bryan Ends Nebraska Speaking Tour in Columbus
W J Bryan concluded a weeklong tour through northern and western Nebraska with a rear platform speech in Columbus and arrived in Omaha. He delivered about forty one set speeches and similar number in formal responses since departing last Thursday, stressing national politics and opposing the current financial system.
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Omaha
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Columbus
Congress
Elmira Records Cast Doubt on Gunness Case Confession
Whaira reformatories records recheck in Elmira cast doubt on Julius Truelson confession about Mrs. Gunness murders at Laporte Indiana. Discrepancies suggest his claim of going to Laporte on December 23 1906 burying Jennie Olsen then Joe Moe, and later taking his wife to Laporte in May 1907 to be killed by Mrs. Gunness cannot be true.
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Elmira
N. Y
Whaira Reformatory
Julius Truelson
Blue Ribbon Venilla and Lamon Tracts Promoted
The note urges choosing Blue Ribbon Venilla and Lamon tracts, asserting consistent quality and reliability. It emphasizes specifying Blue Ribbon x tracts to avoid disappointments.
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Lamon
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