Insurgent Poindexter Leads New Jersey Senator Primary
Insurgent momentum sweeps the GOP with Miles Poindexter of Spokane favored to win the New Jersey United States senate race by a large plurality. Early returns show Poindexter carrying many counties as insurgent candidates dominate state politics.
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Poindexter
Lote
Warbureton
Seeaned
McCredible
Portland
Maine
United States
Eugene Hale
Asher C. Hinds
William H. Pennell
Roosevelt Faces Battle for New York Delegates at State Convention
New York primaries reveal Roosevelt poised to command most of the 190 New York County delegates while enemies of the old guard gain 109 of 142 in Kings County 24 in Queens and eight in Richmond. King County districts resisted separate old guard efforts as Roosevelt forces aim to consolidate control of the coming Republican state convention.
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New York
New York City
Theodore Roosevelt
Old Guard
New York County
Kinga
Queens
Richmond County
Kings
Col
Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Telegraphers Wage Rise Across Missouri Kansas Texas Lines
The Missouri Kansas Texas railway system completed an automatic wage increase for telegraph operators. Wages rose by amounts ranging from seven dollars and sixty cents to fifteen dollars per month.
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Telegraphera
Houston
Tex
Missouri
Englishman Champion of Moet at Harvard Boston Aero Meet
Claude Graham-White of England won the Boston Globe prize and harbor light to Boston Light and return at the first Harvard Boston Aero meet. He piloted a Farman biplane and a Derlot monoplane, earned four float places and three seconds, taking home a total of $22,100 in prize money. No injuries occurred and machine damage stayed under $500.
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Boston
Claude Graham-White
England
Harbor Light
Boston Light
Wyoming Contracts Awarded for Fannie Canal and Lateral
The government awarded contracts for construction and completion of the Fannie canal and lateral as part of the Rhoshone irrigation project in Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Washington
Fannie Canal
Rhoshone Irrigation
Berlin Boxing Bout Promises First Pro Fight in City
Berlin gears for the first professional boxing match ever held there a twenty round contest scheduled for Sunday.
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Berlin
Washed by Weather El Paso Enacts Duty on Tubercular Vagrants
Officials warn that El Paso will apply the vagrancy law to any indigent consumptive seeking shelter, citing past influxes of migratory tuberculosis patients and the need for fiscal readiness to handle future cases.
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el Paso
Turbulent World Notes From 1915 Chronicle
A scan of diverse notices reports Ray Roberts killed trying to board a moving train in Miller Nebraska and Verne Reynolds fatally injured while alighting. It mentions orchid cultivation in San Mateo California drawing royal attention, a Roosevelt statue planned for Tulsa court house, and a proposed 1000 mile barbed wire US Mexico fence.
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Miller
Neb
Verne Reynolds
San Mateo County
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Great Britain
Hag
Sandringham Conservatories
Court House
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
Aince
el Poro
Pacific Coast
United States
Mexico
Washington gossip ties Nagel to Supreme Court vacancies
The Washington rumor mill swaps Charlies Nagel for the late Solicitor General Bowers as potential choices for current and future Supreme Court openings. Public health efforts warn against cholera importation while interior and postoffice actions advance conservation and savings stamp programs.
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Commerce and Labor
General Bowers
Washington
Supreme Court
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Fusela
Germany
France
Ofscera
Prerca
Interior Department
Inez
Congress
United States
DePalma Mile Record Falls in Dirt Track Tests
Ralph DePalma broke the world's mile record on a circular dirt track in St Paul, with Barney Oldfield posting the best time of 49.25 seconds in a India Lightning Benz. Johnstone set air duration 3 hours 4 minutes 44.25 seconds at Harvard-Boston meeting and a 97 mile 4 066 foot distance. He also established a new accuracy landing record with his car nearly over the flag.
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Fiat
St. Paul
DePalma
Barney Oldfield
Oldfield
DePala
Johnstone
Clifford B. Harman
New York
Harman
Sulu sultan and party arrive in London en route to US
Hadji Mohammed Jamalul Kiram sultan of Sulu arrives in London with his brother and council members for a US visit. He has arranged a sale of a large pearl collection after selling $100,000 worth of gems in Singapore. A Russian couple near Winnipeg welcomes twins but a trade of a twin for a pig sparks political backlash and possible deportation, amid wider cholera and stamp news.
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Sulu
London
United States
Singapore
Winnipeg
Man
Young Glenwood driver claims national auto title
Morgan Gavin a 12 year old of Glenwood Springs asserts he is the champion boy distance auto driver after a 1026 mile run from his home to Cincinnati. Theodore Roosevelt’s return intensifies the battle between old guard and progressives for the New York Republican state convention. Senator Joseph J. Bristow travels to Colorado to back insurgent Republican nominees including the governor candidate.
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United States
New York
Bradstreet
Centennial
Colorado
National Conservation Congress
I. N. Stevene
Bhafroth
Everhard
Minnesota
A. D. van Bickle
Warren
Omaha
Stevens
Col
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Panama
Taft
Impec
Isthmian Canal
Morgan Gavin
Glenwood Springs
Cincinnati
Theodore Roosevelt
Coming Events In Wyoming Sept Events And Fairs
LATE WYOMING notes upcoming fairs and conventions across counties. September includes Laramie county fair in Wheatland September 14 to 16 and Johnson county fair in Bept 14 to 16. Republican state convention in Rawlins September 20 to 22. Carbon county fair in Sar- Bept 6e to 23 and Fremont county fair in arnid er. Albany county fair in arnimie September 27 to 10. Wyoming State fair in Joulam September 20. Democratic state convention in Sheridan September 20. State Sunday school convention in Wheatland September 24.
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Laramie
Wheatland
Bept
Johnson County
Rawlins
Bent
Carbon County
Fremont
Anideer
Bents
Albany
Arnimie
Joulam
Sheridan
New Round House Planned At Laramie By Union Pacific
New Castle report describes serious injuries after a runaway bogey incident. Mr and Mrs C F Carr of Clifton were thrown from the bogey. Mrs Carr unconscious and her husband suffered a broken leg.
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Hround
Laramie
C. E. Fuller
Union Pacific System
New Castle
Clifton
C. F. Carr
Hidden Night Rock Thrower Plagues Cheyenne
Police search for a lone nighttime assailant who hides in darkness and hurls rocks at pedestrians. Several victims required head dressings by Police Surgeon Henneberry after attacks. Months ago a similar fiend led to the capture of an insane negro who nearly killed an officer.
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Cheyenne
Henneberry
First Auto for Jackson Hole Country
An Eastern motorist brings a horseless carriage to Jackson Hole, a secluded valley hidden by mountains. He attempts the impossible by driving over the Teton Pass, creating excitement among locals.
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Jackson Hole Country
Jackson
Jackson Hole
Teton Pass
Elk Preservation Talk Draws National Lodge Aid
Frederick Knegebehn of Hoboken arrives in Jackson Hole to study Wyoming elk conservation. His report to B P U E leaders could determine whether the lodge offers state assistance in solving the elk threat and habitat issues.
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Jackson
Wyoming Hills
Frederick Knegebehn
Hoboken
N. J
Jackson Hole
Wyoming
Supposed Poison Case Ends in Young Death
Casper Mildred Kitts aged 12 died after a trip to the hospital on Douglas. She drank water at the river after watching the range fire in the CY pas t ure. Doctors are puzzled by the cause while her family seeks answers.
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Casper
Mildred Kitts
Cap Kitts
Douglas
Mildred
Hobo Hero Sought For Rescue Of Conductor Arthur
Officials of the Union Pacific Railroad seek an 18 year old hobo who saved Conductor Arthur at the Hillside wreck. He led a Greek crew to free the trainman, was severely burned, then vanished after the blaze. He reportedly took a berth on an outgoing baggage car.
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Rawlles
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Hobo
Arthur
Post Office Star Route To Gleneyre Laramie Area
Senator Warren receives notice that star route service begins September 12 from Laramie via term to Gleneyre and return three times weekly. Contract awarded to William W. Bummers Glendevy Colorado at 1900 dollars annually. Also authorized between No Wood and Lost Cabin three times weekly starting September 18. Contract awarded to I A Cobb at 63000 dollars annually.
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Post Office Department
Star Route
Laramie
Gleneyre
William W. Bummers
Glendevy
Colo
Hoe
I. A. Cobb
Few Marriages In London
A fragment reports that London marriages last year showed the lowest rate on record. Other items include a note on enterprise and tourism and a quip about an erupting volcano not having erupted in a millennium.
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London
Meggendorfer Blaetter
Worth Remembering Delegates in New York League
A remark notes a Negro Business Men's league delegate in New York possessed four million dollars. A pointer to the colored brother follows with a bold claim that the delegate did not acquire his wealth from gambling.
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Negro Business Men's League
New York
Thrift in Vermont Noted by Boston Editor
Robert Lincoln O’Brien, editor of the Boston Transcript, admired Vermonters thrift but recalled a dinner anecdote. A Vermonter’s hostess told her maid to bring down two large potatoes and up three small ones for dinner, illustrating economical hospitality.
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Robert Lincoln O'Brien
The
Boston Transcript
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O'Brien
Vermont
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