Deneen Leads In Illinois Republican Race For Governor
Chicago August returns show Governor Deneen leading Yates in the Republican governor race with a 11 264 plurality across 62 counties. Hopkins leads the GOP senatorial indorsement with 117 822 to Foss 99 709 while late counts hint at a possible legislative contest between Fosss wing and Hopkins.
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Chicago
Deneen
Yates
Hopkins
Charles S. Deneen
Albert J. Hopkins
United States
I 4
Unites
Woss
Cook County
Yoas
Mason
Friends
Foss
Tawrence B. Stringer
Adlai E. Stevenson
Supreme Court
Tosa
Wrights Flight Astounds In Le Mans Demonstration
Wilbur Wright's successful aircraft flight near Le Mans France on a Saturday ends months of speculation in Europe. The aeroplane rose to about sixty feet, circled the field thrice, and landed smoothly after a six mile estimate. Spectators cheered as the machine returned to the improvised grand stand.
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le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
America
Europe
United States
Imurn
Lincoln to spend not more than five hundred dollars
The Lincoln committee plans to spend no more than 500 for the August 12 nothballor ceremonies. Mayor F W Brown, chairing the committee, has raised the limit and expenses will stay within it. The parade will include two bands a platoon of palses and a mounted escort for W J Bryan and J W Kery.
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Lincoln
Neb
F. W. Brown
W. J. Bryan
J. W. Kery
Thera
Senator W B Allison dead in Dubuque Iowa
Senator William Boyd Allison died at his Locust street home in Dubuque Iowa aged 79 after a period of illness. Heart failure was cited by physicians. News of his death shocked neighbors as he had shown little sign of worsening. Iowa candidate Guy Albert S Cumming announced his bid to succeed Allison in Congress and said someone would be appointed to finish the term.
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Dubuque
William Boyd Allison
Locust Street
Dru. Hancock
Lewis
Senator Allison
Washington
Chicago
Lake Forest
Guy
Albert
Cumming
Iowa
Allison
Congress
Cummins
Tt Ig
Des Moines
Whitecap Outrage In Indiana Targets Farmer Tribbey
In Rushville Indiana a well to do farmer named John Tribbey was found bound to a tree Thursday. He said he had been abducted from his home by 18 masked men who tortured him with nails and tar and feather.
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Indiana
Rushville
John Tribbey
Tribbey
Iowa Woman Found Dead At Home In Suspected Suicide
Mrs. R. McWhirier, a Cafra, Iowa resident, was found Friday with her head under a pillow and nostrils filled with cotton. Authorities believe she took her own life due to grief over her son's penitentiary sentence in Ja-Wapella.
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Iowa
Wapella
Mra. R. OR. McWhirier
Cafra
Eight Die In Burning Boat at Warren's Landing
The steamer Premier captained by Stevens was set ablaze to the water’s edge at Warren's Landing the northern terminus of Lake Winnipeg. Six passengers and two crew members perished in the blaze.
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Winnipeg
Premier
Stevens
Warren's Landing
Lake Winnipeg
Taft Attends Greenbriar County Horse Show
Yandidale Tall Friday drove forty miles over the Virginia and West Virginia mountains to be the chief feature of Greenbriar county's first horse show and, in the evening, led the German at the Greenbriar hotel.
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Taft
White Sulphur Springs
W. Ya
Yandidale
Virginia
West Virginia
Greenbriar County
Greenbriar Hotel
Wilkie Tackles Stage Money Law Test
Chief Wilkie of the secret service aims to test the law on the right to make stage money openly paid in $100 bills. The move centers on how such payments are treated and regulated under existing statutes.
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Wilkie
Manly
Washington
Secret Service
Relief for Elk River Victims in Canadian Fires
Fernie British Columbia reports relief flowing from the United States and Canada after forest fires devastated the Dic river district. About 200 to 250 may have died, with losses near 7.5 million dollars and 1.5 million insured. More than 6,000 homeless as Michela and Hosmer still battled fires. many bodies recovered as towns plan rebuilding. Trains ferried evacuees, families returning, communities resolving to rebuild.
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Fernie
B. C
Dic River
United States
Canada
Michela
Hosmer
Patharlties
Danish explorer Mylius Erichsen dies in Arctic snowstorm
Copenhagen reports that explorer Mylius Erichsen and two companions, who sailed from Copenhagen on June 24 1906 for the northeast coast of Greenland, perished in a snowstorm while on ice floes. The drift carried them to sea, they weakened, and they could not return to land. An Eskimo who brought the news died after reporting the disaster.
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Copenhagen
Mylius Erichsen
Denmark-Greenland
Erichsen
Greenland
Parla s Dark for Two Hours Paris
Paris experienced two hours of darkness on Thursday night as an abortive general strike attempt aimed to avenge a March 1907 action. The revolt was linked to closures of labor exchange by the Seine department prefect.
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Parla
Paris
Abarties
The
Batna
Tnlona
Department of the Seine
Hawaiian Riflemen Sailing for National Rifle Championship
Honoluu White crack rifle team of the National Guard of Hawaii sailed Wednesday on the Alameda to compete in the national rifle contest against teams from the regular army and National Guard at Camp Ferry.
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Honoluu
National Guard of Hawaii
Alameda
Regular Army
National Guard
Camp Ferry
No Amalgamation of Teamsters in Detroit Standstill
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters rejected the overtures of the United Teamsters of Aneden to amalgamate the two organisations in Detroit Michigan on Wednesday.
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Teamsters
Detroit
Mich
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
United Teamsters of Aneden
Governor Cummins Proclaims Death of Senator Allison
Iowa officials at Allison funeral in Dubuque after Governor Cummins issued a proclamation announcing the death of Senator William R. Allison on the 4th of August. A special car carried state officers and Des Moines leaders to Dubuque for the funeral, with a floral blanket offering and a large floral design bearing Iowa and the dates 1863 1908.
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Iowa
Allison
Des Moines
Cummins
William R. Allison
Dubuque
Senate
State of
A. D
Albert B. Cummins
Cal
D. J. Palmer
Bousquet
N. S. Ketchum
N. T. Guernsey
G. B. Pray
Chas. Finkhine
J. G. Verryhill
Edward H. Hunter
W. Johnston
Col
Lafe Young
D. Hellen
Harvey Ingham
John Cownie, Sr
John G. Hamilton
Robinson
Mcclleary
Miller
Gardner Cowles
Carl I. Franke
Republican State Central Committee
Enemies After Hamery Recall Drive Grows in Des Moines
More than 5500 signatures have been secured for a recall petition against Councilman John L Hamery led by O K Kirkpatrick with hundreds more clamoring to sign. The Scratchers club plans to act if support rises while Des Moines officials deny backing, calling the effort nonsense.
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Hamery
John L. Hamery
K. Kirkpatrick
Antihamery
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Scratchers
Alair
Mgr
Charles Delaan
Max. Hamery
Des Moines
Mamery
Tymery
the Delala
Des Moines City Railway
Censure Execut ive Council Sparks Statewide Critique
State newspapers attack the executive council after it trimmed the primary election expense, saving roughly 25 000 from the treasury while total costs exceed 80 000. The debate centers on lawfully auditing and approving county expenses and warrants. A Senate vacancy and governor’s future plans also dominate political chatter in Des Moines. The Chicago and Northwestern announces a new minimum round trip rate of 25 cents, extending reduced fares to more rural areas, altering prior agreements.
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Executive Council
Coumelil
Board of Supervisors
Legal Department
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Western Pussenger Association
Des Moines
State Convention To Name Justice And Delegates Plan
Republican state convention to name justice set for Nes Molies on September 9. County conventions will select delegates to the state convention to be held August 29. Delegates come from primary election selections and members who served at county conventions naming delegates to the Waterloo convention in June.
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Justice
Nes Molies
Republican State Central Committee
Waterloo
William Evans enraged by art forgery sting
A Chicago art dealer recounts William T. Evans, a New York collector plagued by bogus paintings. Evans roars at the frauds, likening his fury to a waiter’s reaction over a dead fly, vowing to smoke out deceptive dealers.
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Chicago
William T. Evans
New York
St Ile
Cure for stubborn eczema praised by Arkansas woman
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas reports years of eczema resisted by two doctors and many remedies. After three uses of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills her ankles healed quickly and she has had no flare ups for over a year, with restful nights and no need for opiates.
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David Brown
Locke, Ark
Astonished Great Pianist Anecdote from Leipsic
A new collection on musical celebrities includes a Rubinstein anecdote from his US tour. While on a train he was spat at by a man who then explained, I know my distance, with a friendly smile. The story highlights Rubinstein's calm reaction to the vulgar remark.
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Leipsic
Anton Rubinstein
United States
Ruhinstein
New York Named Third Largest German City by Berlin Paper
A Berlin newspaper reports New York hosts about 680000 Germans, ranking it as the third largest German city after Berlin and Hamburg. It notes Berlin at around 2 million and Hamburg at 720000, with Munich about 520000 and Dresden near 500000.
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New York
Berlin
Ita
Hamburg
Munich
Painted Town Advice From A Water Color Clerk
A red eyed clerk jokes about coming in late from painting the town and his employer scolds him to use water colors only next time. The exchange mixes humor with a blithe caution about overindulgence.
No title found in dialogue about games and marriage
In a terse exchange Miss Cayenne remarks that a couple is in a hopeless situation over racing and bridge. The man claims expertise in horse racing while the woman asserts knowledge of bridge. The dialogue centers on disputes between genders about games.
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Mrs. Splasher
Miss Cayenne
Grape-Nuts helps a sick woman regain strength
A Yorkstate woman credits Grape-Nuts and Postum with restoring her health after ten years of stomach and liver trouble. She gained twenty pounds, feels like a new person, and can work daily without fatigue. She stopped coffee and now eats a simple breakfast of Grape-Nuts with cream and Postum.
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Hays
Lita
Postum Co
Cottle Creek
Mich
Wellsville
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