Bryan Accepts Nomination in Nonpartisan Lincoln Ceremony
In Lincoln Nebraska August 18 the Bryan notification event drew officials from both parties as flags lined the capitol grounds. Bryan Kern and Alabama Congressman H D Clayton spoke while Bryan pledged a Democratic reform agenda and urged the people to rule over a government protecting rights and welfare.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Nebraska
Idon
Hall
Brown
Capitol Grounds
Government Square
Kern
Lincoln Hotel
Fiest
W. J. Bryan
John W. Kern
H. D. Clayton
Alabama
State Capitol
Denver
Democratic Party
Jwitty
Taft
Poem Discusses Hair Metaphor And Silence In Dialogue
A writer in St James' Budget cites a poet praising a friendly soul. The exchange analyzes hair color imagery and originality in verse. The poet defends a nearly golden shade and the idea that silence is golden as a whispered contrast.
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St James
Sherman Accepts Vice Presidential Nomination in Utica
Representative James S. Sherman accepts the Republican vice presidential nomination in Utica after a Chicago convention inkling. Senator J. C. Burrows delivers the notification speech. Taft’s letter of acceptance is praised, with Elihu Root and others speaking. A large, bannered crowd attends despite rain, and the event remains nonpartisan locally.
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Taft
L.rca
Utica
N. Y
Chicago
James S. Sherman
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Thomas Wheeler
Charles S. Symonds
M. W
Sherman
Banker Gets Five Years In Federal Penitentiary
Sioux Falls August 18 five years imprisonment in Leavenworth Kan has been imposed by Judge Garland in the George D Harras case former cashier of the Hot Springs National Bank which closed last fall Harras pleaded guilty to making false reports embezzling 25000 and other irregularities.
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Sioux Falls
Leavenworth
Kan
Garland
United States Court
George D. Harras
Hot Springs National Bank
Harras
East Buffalo and Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed Across Markets
The report lists cattle hog and sheep quotes by city including East Buffalo Chicago Pittsburg Cleveland and Boston with assorted classes such as steers cows heifers bulls calves and lambs. Prices vary from cattle and hogs to wool and grain futures across markets.
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East Buffalo
Chicago
Holke Ineawoy
Iight
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Indiana
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Five Killed In Wreck Near Piqua Ohio
Five people died and five fatally injured when two Western Ohio Traction cars collided between Piqua and Sidney on August 18. A late southbound train ran past orders, crashing into the northbound limited, amid a high speed impact that left most aboard with serious injuries and many with broken bones and lacerations from splinters.
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Piqua, O
Western Ohio Traction Company
Sidney
Score
Western Ohio Traction Road
Here
Flood of News in One Fragmented Column
A long list of brief calamities and incidents reads like a compressed urban chronicle. Births, deaths, fires, accidents, crimes, strikes, and political notes span Ohio to New York and beyond with multiple named individuals and places.
Fayette Primary Results and Ticket Nominations
Washington D. H. Aug. 18 14 hours counted for county Republican primary. McFadden slate won with L. M. McFadden defeating Herbert Brownell by several hundred. Nominated ticket includes McFadden for Representative and several county officers. Batavia mystery solved as George Vail Jr confesses to murdering his father George Vail Sr and burning the body.
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Fayette
Washington D. H
McFadden
L. M. McFadden
Herbert Brownell
Samuel Nelson
Phillip Rothrock
George Hitchcock
A. B E. Henkle
A. C. Patton
Pope Gregg
Tom Grove
L. P Howell
John M. Jones
Addison Hays
S. C. Phillips
L. P. Sexton
Hugh Rogers
R. C. Andrews
Young Vail
Batavia
George Vail, Jr
George Vail
Vail
Joke May Prove Fatal In Ohio Lane
Iva Weaver 16, stepdaughter of Walton McMahon of Taylor township, may die after a joke by McMahon. Returning home with her siblings from a picnic, he hid behind a stump and growled to frighten them. Iva became unconscious, suffering sensory paralysis and inability to move or speak, and she cries out in distress.
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Marysville
Iva Weaver
Walton McMahon
Taylor Township
Mr. McMahon
Ike
Iva
Merchant and Wife Murdered in Columbus Store
A 19 year old woman Mrs Arthur Neidlander was found dead with a bullet wound and a knife thrust in her heart in front of her husband’s grocery on the city’s west edge. Her husband was later found dead on a bed above the store with a gunshot wound and two knife wounds in his heart. Police have no crews.
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Pittsburg
New Harmony
Ind
Ohio River
Fittsburg
Gallipolis
William Krauz
Richmond
Aguinaldo
Manila
Mary Cassidy
Chicago
Leo Hirsch
Columbus
Crooksville
Otto H. Armbruster
New York
Mamaroneck
A. D. Spence
Lebanon
Fireburg
Harris
Medora
N. C
Erie
Daniel Tinner
Norman Forgel
Wilkesbarre
First National Bank
Pittsburg Coal Company
Darr
Tony Pastor
New York City
Harry Jarrell
Rochester
N. Y
Wilbur Wright
Lemans
France
John W. Riddle
St. Petersburg
Cuba
Sullivan
McCamma
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Parkersburg Ice Company
Levi Fannan
Loveland
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
London
Eve
Robert Kinney
Coleman B Kenney
Lupus
Michael T. Maroney
Meriden
Conn
Portland
Mandan
Clara
Margaret Gavin
Wheeling
J. S. Gavin
Anna Klemme
San Francisco
Harry
Jonesville
S. C
Badajos
Spain
Chellas
Merchant
Arthur Neidlander
West Corporation
Rifle Matches Postponed at National Rifle Tournament
Camp Perry O Aug 18 three major events of the National Rifle Association tournament were delayed by rain and scheduling issues. The championship regimental skirmish was postponed, the regimental team match was only partly finished, and the Wimbledon cup shoot was put over.
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Camp Perry
National Rifle Associations
Railroads Extend National Encampment Ticket Sale
Toledo reports the Hocking Valley and Ohio Central railroads push back the deadline for national encampment tickets from August 31 to September with a wire vote approving the extension issued by the Central Passenger Association in Chicago.
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Toledo
Hocking Valley
Ohio Central
Grand Army
Central Passenger Association
Chicago
Belpre Merchant Confesses to Arson Fire
Isaac Taylor, a noted Belpre merchant, was arrested by the state fire marshal for burning his Marietta store months ago. He confessed claiming slow collections forced the act to obtain insurance proceeds.
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Marietta
Isaac Taylor
Belpre
Burglar shoots policeman during break-in
Columbus on August 18 Patrolman H P Wright was wounded in the side by a shot fired by a negro suspect who returned fire after Wright caught him entering a house. The intruder escaped.
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Columbus
H P Wright
Mine Superintendent Drowns at Fire Creek
Hile Atkinson, superintendent of Fire Creek Coal company at Fire Creek West Virginia, drowned while bathing. He was a brother of H. V. Atkinson, clerk of courts, and was raised at Zaleski.
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McArthur O
Hile Atkinson
Fire Creek Coal Company
Fire Creek
W. V
H. V. Atkinson
Zaleski
Real estate bargains in Trumbull and Portage counties
J A Smith offers weekly updated lists of farms for sale in Warren Ohio with prices from 15 to 125 dollars and up. Properties include a 40 acre parcel with no buildings 23 miles from town for 2500 a small South Street house and lot for 400 acres with barn and fruit trees and a 51 acre farm with house outbuildings near U B church on South Street.
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Trumbull and Portage Co
Warren
Byers
South St
J. A. Smith
U. B. Chaisn
South Street
Trumbull County
Indian Burial Customs On Cross Sticks In Woods
The account describes how Native American burial methods fasten a corpse to cross sticks set on ground or in treetop limbs. Over a year air and elements erode the grave, leaving only broken sticks, heads, or bones. The scene is bleak and pitiful, as winds shake platforms and bones whiten in leafless trees.
Mayan Pyramids Compared With Ancient Egypt
Among ancient builders the Maya of Yucatan rival Egypt in pyramid construction. The assertion highlights Maya achievements as among the world’s greatest stone structures, noting their scale and architectural skill.
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Yucatan
Railroad work question in Gotham Yonkers exchange
Dialog snippet shows a question about railroad employment and a reply about attempting to open car windows in a Gotham Yonkers Statesman context.
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Gotham
Yonkers Statesman
Men who buy gifts for wives quoted by the Atchison Globe
A remark from the Atchison Globe notes that some men insist they are bringing a gift to their wives when purchasing a beefsteak.
Tigers Whiskers Used as Poison In India
In parts of India natives grind tiger whiskers into poison often with serious effects. The practice is noted as a traditional remedy or harmful concoction affecting local communities.
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Parts
India
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