Death of Duc de Chaulnes Linked to Opium Club Visit
Paris May 6 A secretive chain of events surrounds the death of the Duc de Chaulnes after a visit to a fashionable opium club near the Hotel Langham. An official aided the transfer to the hotel where he died. the duchess learned of the fatal condition only after his death.
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Paris
Duc de Chaulines
Langham
Chaulnes
Thesstory
Duc de Chaulnes
Duchess d'Uzes
Rue Bouchardon
Navy
Par
Night Riders in Ohio Trigger National Guard Call
Governor Harris orders Company G Seventh Infantry to Adams County after sheriffs report night riders destroying tobacco beds. Troops move to Augusta and Higginsport as crowds gather for Equity Rally amid river-border tensions.
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Harris
Columbus
Adams County
Critchfield
Seventh Infantry
Kautzman
Brown County
Augusta
Becken County
Equity
American Society of Equity
Ripley
Higginspoyst
Higginsport
Taft men control Kentucky GOP convention
Louisville May 6. With Taft men in control the Kentucky Republicans adjourned the state convention to 10 oclock for a credentials report amid protests from nearly half of the 119 counties. The session opened with two men capturing the temporary organization. A false report that Governor Wilson pardoned Gale Powers and Jas Howard caused brief excitement.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Wilson
Gale Powers
Jas Howard
Harmon Nominated for Governor by Ohio Democrats in May
In Columbus on May 26 the Ohio Democratic convention backed Judge Harmon of Cincinnati for governor and directed national delegates to vote for Bryan. A full state ticket was named with former Governor James E. Campbell endorsed for U S Senate and delegates selected at large for the national convention.
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Columbus
Democrats of
Ohio
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
United States
William Jennings Bryan
Tcket
James E. Campbell
Additional bodies found as search continues in Norway
County officials pledge full use of resources to solve the enigma and offer a $1000 reward. A report suggests Mrs. Tunness is alive and in Norway, while the decapitated body now is believed to belong to someone else.
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Tunness
Norway
Assassination Attempt Hits Passing Woman in Moscow
An unsuccessful bid to kill Governor Voronesh was carried out in Moscow as a bomb was hurled at his carriage. It missed the vehicle but killed a woman passing by. The governor and his wife were unharmed.
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Moscow
Voronesh
Lisbon Proclaims Boy King of Portugal
Lisbon on May 6 proclaimed the boy king ruler after he took the oath of allegiance. The ceremony was conducted with traditional courtly observance as the nation welcomed its new monarch.
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Lisbon
Portugal
A Hand At Whist Bridge Yarn Told At Uptown Party
A bridge whist anecdote circulates from an uptown gathering where a member recounted a hand in which a player held thirteen cards in one suit. The tale ends with a playful jab at fish stories and a postal note criticizing such tales as amateur mince.
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Dr. Blank
New York Tribune
Spanish Throne Room Described in Historic Display
The throne room of Spain, famed for its crystal chandeliers, marble inlays, plate glass mirrors, and painted ceiling of royal costumes, serves as a state reception and burial site with velvet throne and four guarding silver lions. It housed vast coronation gems and chamber racks of rock crystal long envied by Europe.
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Spain
Europe
Reserke Pearson's
Sidelights on Local Advertisements and Remedies
An ad snippet highlights Cincinnati tailoring offerings with prices and a Californian’s luck tale praising Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles. It also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, Kode digestive remedy, and drugstore guarantees, with multiple druggist sellers noted.
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DeWitt
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Gilded Health Value
Cedar View Mississippi merchant G Stewart touts Dr Kings New Life Pills promising value equal to weight in gold for relief of constipation malaria or bilious issues sold at 25 cents with a Daily Telegraph subscription.
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KB. G. Stewart
Cedar View
Miss
108 Year Old Woman Walks Unassisted at Ohio Infirmary
Dispatch from Parkersburg recounts Christina Grimma a 108 year old resident of Washington county Ohio infirmary who has lived through the 19th and into the 20th century. Once a feared rag gatherer she now sits by the window ill tempered yet healthy and independent walking unassisted into a century.
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Parkersburg
Washington County
Ohio
Christina
Christina Grimma
America
Tais
Christine
Untitled Woman Described as Kind Despite Hard Treatment
A fragment notes a unnamed woman facing harshness yet consistently treated with kindness. No dates or places are given, but the line suggests empathy toward a woman amid difficult circumstances.
Will Virginian pay
A Coal Trade Journal article by W E D discusses Virginian Railway plans and market prospects for West Virginia coal. It argues demand is at a low point, railroads may meet needs without excluding others, and Virginian aims to cooperate with producers to grow all operators.
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H. H. Rogers
Coal Trade Journal of
New York
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
New River
Pocahontas
Virginian Railway
Pocahontas D'Strect
Norfolk’ and Western
New River District
Fifteen Years of Agony Ends with Hyomei Cure
Captain Willner reports long catarrhal troubles forcing sea withdrawal. After two hospitals and months of discomfort he credits Hyomei with full recovery after using two bottles. The dry antiseptic inhaler from Australia’s eucalyptus kraves relieves by breathing germ killing air and promises a money back offer if no cure.
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Capt
Willner
Australia
Mass Convention Called by Mercer County Republicans 1908
A mass meeting of Republican voters in Mercer County to meet May 16 1908 at Bluefield to choose 24 delegates for the state convention at Charleston WV July 8 1908 and to nominate county officers for the November 3 1908 election. The districts will allocate votes by Roosevelt 1904 results and select a county executive committee chairman and secretary. Bramwell WV April 4 1908.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Said
Mercer
Charleston
West Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt
Lerk
Couss
Theodore, Roosevelt
Rock
Beaver Pond
Kastiver
Plymouth
Jumping Branch
Isaac *T. Mann
KE. L. Bowman
Bramwell
W. Va
Mercer County Democrats Call Mass Meeting Date
At a meeting in Princeton on April 18 1908 the county executive committee ordered a mass meeting to elect delegates to the state delegate convention in Wheeling on May 12 1908 and to select delegates for the district. By order of the committee. Coal and Supply Co. KL Manager ran an unrelated ad.
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J. Elis
C. J. Ellis
Princeton
W. Va
A. M. Sutton
Democratic County Executive Committee
Court House
Mercer County
Wheeling
Wirta
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W. EB
EL Shufflebarger
Thomas B. Podry
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Night Riders
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Koy
Gitice
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