Roosevelt to Go to Chicago if Delegates Request
Former President Theodore Roosevelt may address the Republican convention in Chicago if the delegates request it. He presses Americanism and warns Wilson, blasts German-Americans, and urges a leader to meet the world crisis with peace and preparedness.
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Enthusiasm Rules as Progressives Rally for Roosevelt Nomination
At the Chicago auditorium the Progressive national convention moved to appoint a committee to confer with Republicans. delegates chant for an immediate Roosevelt nomination while Governor Roosevelt sent a telegraphic appeal to unite against Democrats. The mood runs hot with mass cheering, banners, and calls to move swiftly despite pleas for delay.
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International News Service
Theodore Roosevelt
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Platform Committee
Roosevelt
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Hughes
Illinois
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Robbins
William Chalmers Covert
First Presbyterian Church
James R. Garfield
Wilson
Washington
Southern Delegates Appeal to Roosevelt
Roosevelt boosters from the south dispatched a telegram urging Justice Hughes to decline the presidential nomination. They say Roosevelt is the strongest man and world leader who can defeat Wilson and restore national prestige, urging the bench keep politics apart.
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Republican Platform Denounces Mexico Policy At Colosseum
At the Coliseum in Chicago on June 8 the Republican platform was unveiled with a strong pledge to protect American rights at home and abroad. It condemns Democratic Mexico policy, condemns U S intervention, and criticizes delays in acting to secure citizens and property amid Mexican turmoil.
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Pledge on Restoring Order and Mexican Border Protection
A 19th century pledge outlines aid to restore order and protect life liberty and property near and within Mexico. It asserts the Republican stance for union American ideals and a strong national defense with an efficient army and ready reserves for emergencies.
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German War Losses Admit Lutzow and Rostock Sunk
Berlin reports via Central News that the German admiralty concedes the battle cruiser Lutzow and the cruiser Rostock sank from shell damage while en route to repair harbors after engaging the British fleet off Jutland. The losses were not publicly announced at military sites.
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Inland Storekeeper Becomes Canton Printed Trade Journal
Inland Storekeeper, a national trade journal, is now published by Canton Magazine Co and printed in New York. The Inland Storekeeper Co with $60000 capital was incorporated at Columbus on Thursday. EK Kelley of the Cantor Magazine Co said Canton printing is likely. Canton Magazine Co also publishes Today's Magazine.
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Cantor Magazine Co
Canton
Scalded Babe Improves After Bucket Water Accident
Pierce Schlemmer, two, of 1112 Lippert NE, who fell into a bucket of hot water Wednesday, was reported much improved Thursday. His condition is not serious.
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Denunciations Shape Day Two Of Republican Convention
Emphatic attacks on Wilson policies dominated the second day at Coliseum as Depew Cannon and Borah urged the party to retain identity and put national honor first. Roosevelt invitation discussed but not pursued amid old guard opposition and uncertainty about harmony.
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Resolutions Committee
Chauncey M. Depew
Joseph G. Cannon
Borah
Auto Drives A Bruiser Through Lincolnavy Street
An automobile driven by an unnamed man ran amuck in Lincolnavy NW Thursday morning. It climbed the curb, struck a hitching post, knocked into August Baron’s grocery steps, then bumped his house that adjoins the store. The car was only slightly damaged, backed up, and drove away under its own power with no further property damage beyond the post.
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Baron's Grocery
Boron
Three Deaths After Traffic Accidents In Cleveland
Cleveland reports three deaths from traffic accidents last night and today. Ten people were arrested on breaches of speed and traffic laws. Victims are Mrs Ada J Keeler aged 26, Earl Cox aged 28, and an unidentified man.
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Ada J. Keeler
Earl Cox
Austrian Private Fichtner Kills Six in Barracks
In Vienna a First Austrian Landwehr company drill ended in tragedy as Private Leopold Fichtner, in a sudden frenzy, fired on fellow soldiers from a barracks window killing six and wounding five before he could be overpowered. It also notes three days of heavy rain in the city.
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Austrian Landwehr
Leopold Fichtner
Easy Terms at Canton Home Furnishing Co
Local ad promotes liberal charge accounts at Canton Home Furnishing Co with emphasis on price and quality. Includes a Red Raven Rag Special 60c and the latest 88 note Player Piano Roll from The Klein & Heffelman Co.
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Klein & Heffelman Co
Convention Sidelights at the Progressive Meeting
Chicago June 8 Visitors describe George M. Cohan as the apparent decor at the convention. A box scene features a woman singing for Teddy Roosevelt while a youth notes his marriage. Rain dampens crowds as right after a Texas delegate parades a war club with Roosevelt’s name. Rubber coats flood streets selling 700 in ten hours. Delegates receive anti Wilson Roosevelt literature by mail, hinting at a common source.
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George M. Cohan
Texas
Roosevelt
Rain Coats
J. Pluvius
Weather Log Notes for Today and Yesterday
Historical weather snippet records past and current times showing precipitation and temperature readings. The fragment lists times such as yesterday at 9 pm today at 7 am and 2 pm with related maximum and minimum values, plus a precipitation figure of 1.04 likely inches or millimeters.
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