Prohibition Convention Opens as Ohio Delegation Gathers
Columbus reports the Ohio Prohibition state convention closed its business with tomorrow’s national convention to open at Memorial Hall. Delegates arrive in force and a large visitor crowd fills the city as Seaborn Wright of Georgia and Frederick Wheeler of Los Angeles draw early mention for the national ticket in an open race. Evening plans include state delegation organization and an Intercollegiate Prohibition Association oratorical contest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Memorial Hall
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Frederick Wheeler
Los Angeles
Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Working plans ordered for engineer building at college
College Station Texas July 13 at a building committee meeting the preliminary design by Supervising Architect Geisecke for an engineering building was accepted. Working drawings and specs will be prepared to allow bids after September 1. The $65 000 project, three stories plus basement, houses electrical civil and architectural engineering departments.
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College Station
Tex
Board of Directors
McInnis
Peteet
Green
Geisecke
Harrington
Nagle
Brown
Prairie View Normal
J. C. Nagle
Pro. Geisecke
Galveston News
National and State Political Moves Across States
The piece surveys party activity across states including North Carolina Tennessee Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Indiana and Oklahoma. It notes nominations withdrawals new primary plans direct senatorial elections and potential shifts on liquor laws amid upcoming state and national contests. It highlights Taft Gaines Tillman Guffey and Transon among figures and parties shaping the season.
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North Carolina
J. A. Transon
Washington
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
James H. Whitecotton
Missouri
William H. Taft
Hell
Charlotte
N. Tillman
Tillman
Farmers’ Union of
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
United States
Illinois
James M. Guffey
William J. Bryan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Mystic Shrine Imperial Council Opens in St Paul
The twenty fourth annual session of the Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine opened in St Paul Minnesota with Imperial Potentate Frank C Roundy leading delegates from Ryan hotel to the Auditorium. Governor John A Johnson and Mayor Daniel W Lawler welcomed the convention before the council went into secret session. Officers to be elected tomorrow.
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Mystic Shriners
St. Paul, Minn
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
Frank C. Roundy
Chicago
Ryan Hotel
John A. Johnson
Daniel W. Lawler
Meaning of It and the Thirtieth Legislature
The piece defends the Thirtieth Legislature as enacting reforms to curb monopolies and corporate greed. It lists five key laws including banning bucket shops, limiting lobbyists, stopping free passes for politicians, compelling insurers to invest in Texas, and taxing corporate burdens to ease farm and home budgets. It warns against opposition by monopoly organs.
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Jericho
Texas
J. S. Hogg
Friends of the People
Trial trip for the Mississippi battleship underway
The navy orders the battleship Mississippi to depart Newport for official trials off the New England coast. Built at Philadelphia by Cramps, she costs about six million dollars, weighs 13 000 tons, with an 875 foot waterline and 27 foot draft, and is designed for 17 knots. She is a sister ship of the Idaho.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Newport
New England
Philadelphia
Mississippi
Idaho
Cramps
Philadelpha
French Celebrate National Holiday in New Orleans
The French colony in New Orleans held its July 14 celebration with an outdoor festival. The program featured parade of people in traditional French dress, a balloon ascension, athletic contests, fireworks, and dancing, in what was described as one of the city’s largest events of its kind.
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New Orleans
South Dakota Republicans Convene in Mitchell
Nearly 50 delegates sat as Chairman W. C. Cook opened the State Republican Convention in Mitchell South Dakota. The routine agenda includes ratifying the primary slate and formulating a platform to guide the forthcoming campaign.
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South Dakota
Mitchell
S. D
Chatman W. C. Cook
State Committee
Hudspeth Barbecue Postponed
Roy Hudspeth asked The Masse office to announce a barbecue in the Hudspeth pasture postponed from the 18th to the 380th of this month.
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Roy Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Wanted Bids on Wood for City Schools
Sealed bids will be received up to 12 o'clock noon Saturday, July 18, 1908, for 100 cards of good merchantable wood to be delivered at the city schools by September 1, 1908. H. R. Rhodes, Mo. M. Lawrence, Committee.
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H. R. Rhodes
MO. M. Lawrence
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