Democrats honor women in Gandidages on tour
Chicago date outlines a Hughes Alliance speech tour funded by Wall Street women. The piece highlights Democratic women nominees at local and state levels including Washington state Congress candidate Mrs. Francis C. Axtell, Montana legislator nominee Mrs. Maggie Hathaway, Kansas nominees Mrs. Margaret Crandall and Dr. Eva Harding, and Evanston’s Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCulloch as presidential elector. It notes several suffrage supporters boosting the party. Also mentions German submarine sinkings in the North Sea between Sept 20 and 29.
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Francis C. Axtell
Congress
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Woman’s
Colorado Springs
Montana
Maggie Smith Hathaway
Hathaway
Kansas
Margaret Crandall
Egies
Eva Harding
Wilson
Catherine Waugh McCulloch
Evanstown
Engineers Were Overworked in Baker’s Speech
Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, told a mass meeting of women at the Biltmore Hotel under the Women’s Bureau. He cited the Eight Hour law for railway workers and warned of wrecks caused by exhausted engineers. He urged vigor and full senses for dangerous daily work and praised Woodrow Wilson’s domestic achievements and wartime leadership.
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Newton D. Bayker
Women’s Bureau
Democratic National Committee
Biltmore Hotel
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Marne
Verdun
Woodrow Wilson
America
Odds on Hughes Cut by Wall Street Betting Scene
Wall Street has lowered Hughes odds to 9 to 5 with light Hughes money. Edward McQuade sought large bets on Wilson, while L. J. Stokes had funds for Hughes. Wilson money dominated the district as the campaign opened. A mob lynched Congresswoman Sarah Connolly in Leary Georgia after she was charged in a murder case.
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Clash Between Japanese and Chinese Soldiers Over Fish Price
At Chengchiatun on August 13 a price dispute over fish led to a battle between Japanese and Chinese troops. Eleven soldiers died and many were wounded. four Chinese soldiers were killed and a warfiber injured. The Japanese evacuated to barracks and freed the magistrate after extracting his hostage son. Peace returned on August 16 after Chinese troops withdrew five miles.
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New Danbury Game Preserve Aims To Protect Pheasants
State game commission sets aside a one mile square Danbury tract leased for two years to propagate pheasants. Landowners barred from hunting the birds, fines range from one to fifty dollars and informer rewards possible. Other items include Portnov in Stamford hospital after Noroton accident and local notices on suicides, fires, and taxes.
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Qvertura
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Sanrel Portnov
New Haven
Stamford
Noroton
Portnov
Freidenberg
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Portnoy
Dewitt
Superior Court Opens Trials In Litchfield District
In Litchfield Superior Court on Wednesday Eugene Prince of Torrington faces trial on assault charges. The defendant, described as a red haired negro, is part of the session that includes other cases filed in the same docket.
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Eugene Prince
Torrington
Assaults and deaths reported in Campville and Ottawa
An intent to kill William Bradshaw in Campville was followed by an ax assault. Prince fled to Amenia, N Y where he was captured. James Hogah faces theft charges, James Whalen of Cornwall jailed for breaking and entering. Albini Giocelli of Torrington pleads guilty to aggravated assaults with a one to three year prison term. A boy named Peter Gatto, 1 ½ years old, drowns in a tub at home. Lieut C E Oaks of the 156th Brockville Battalion is killed at Ottawa during firing practice with dummy ammunition.
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Oscar Anderson
Norwalk
Marion Arnold
Rowaytoh
Anderson
Wilton
William Bradshaw
Campville
Prince
Amenia
N.Y
James Hogah
James Whalen
Cornwall
Albini Giocelli
Torrington
Peter Gatto
Alphonse Gatto
C. E. Oaks
156Th
Brockville Battalion
Ottawa
Sam Patch’s Niagara Falls Leap Marks Early Daredevil Feat
The famed daredevil Sam Patch born in Rhode Island first leaped from a ten foot rock at Niagara Falls on October 6 1829 eighty seven years ago today. He had become known after leaping from the Passaic River bridge in Paterson New Jersey and later set up a 100 foot ladder from which he jumped. Patch then went to Rochester to dive from a Genesee River bridge about 125 feet above water ending his notable stunts.
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Canada
Biddle
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Sam Patch Compared to Modern Movie Daredevils
The passage contrasts celebrated early jumper Sam Patch with today’s sensational stuntmakers calling them movie dare-devils. It frames Patch as an ancestral figure whose feats once astonished, now seen as rudimentary beside contemporary risk taking.
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Live Stock Market Prices Reported for Beef and Hogs
New York trading shows beef cattle ranged from six fifty to nine forty per hundred pounds with bulls five to six fifty and cows three to six fifty. Calves price from nine to fourteen per hundred pounds, veals and country dressed offerings listed, sheep and lambs cited with varying grades, hogs mid to heavy at about ten per hundred pounds.
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