Longmont Hosts Massive Pumpkin Day Festival Crowd Surges Through Town
Longmont Colorado welcomed 15 000 visitors for its tenth annual Pumpkin Day with four dozen trains and hundreds of cars arriving. The city sparkled with lights and decorations as volunteers served thousands of pies coffee bread and cheese while a grand mask carnival drew crowds of 10 000 from nearby towns.
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Longmont
Colo
America
United States
Colorado
Colorado & Southern
Boulder
Thompson Park
Eagles Parade Dazzles Seattle as 12000 Attend
Twelve thousand Fraternal Order of Eagles from across North America parade through Seattle with uniforms floats bands and crack drill teams. Thousands head to Tacoma for lodge hall dedication while officers are to be elected and next meeting site chosen tomorrow.
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Seattle
Wash
Order of Eagles
North America
Tacoma
Order of Business
Taft Bids No Outside Cincinnati Speeches
Taft will not speak outside Cincinnati during the campaign. After a three hour conference with Frank H. Hitchcock and Arthur I. Vorys, Hitchcock announced the policy while Taft travels from Hot Springs to Cincinnati. A brief Ohio side trip is planned before the end of the month with no speeches on that visit.
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Hot Springs
Judge Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Arthur I. Vorys
Hitchcock
Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Philippine veterans unite with Spanish veterans group
Philippine veterans gathered in Manila endorsed merging their island organization with the United Spanish War Veterans of America. They endorsed the administration of the president and Governor Smith as reported from Manila on August 13.
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Manila
Army of the Phillippines
United Spanish War Veterans of America
Smith
Texas Senator Rallies After Operation at Hopkins
Former Texas Senator Roger Q. Mills, who had surgery at Johns Hopkins hospital, was reported in good condition this morning.
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Texas
Baltimore
Roger Q. Mills
Johns Hopkins Hospital
National Convention of Catholic Abstainers Opens With Sermon on Beer
New Haven Conn Aug 13 More reports of the work of the Diocesan unions were presented at the morning session of the Catholic Total Abstinence union convention Indisposition kept Archbishop Keane of Dubuque from attending but he sent a greeting letter Father White of Germantown urged more effort and suggested stopping the Hibernian order from serving beer at meetings and outings.
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New Haven
Conn
Catholic Total Abstinence Union
Keane
Dubuque
Father White
Germantown
Total
Record-Breaking Rain Deluges Chicago Fields
After 23 rainless days the heaviest downpour in 23 years drenched Chicago. Farmers welcomed the storm as parched crops and sunburned fields were washed, while residents dodged showers all day as clouds opened and rain fell in sheets over the city.
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Chicago
Wyoming Weather Forecast and Temperatures 1908
Forecast for Wyoming calls for showers Friday and cooler in the southeast portion Saturday with generally falling conditions. Local 24 hour weather shows a maximum of 69 degrees and a minimum of 46 with .02 inches of precipitation. Palmer, Section Director W.8.
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Wyoming
Palmer
Prohibition Question Submitted by Texas Democrats
San Antonio August 13. After the victory for submitting the prohibition issue to voters the anti prohibition side gained the state central committee chairmanship by electing A B Story of Caldwell a Bailey supporter. Submissions was keynote at the Terrell election last month and delegates celebrated for nearly half an hour.
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San Antonio
Tex
Democratic State Central Committee
A. B. Story
Caldwell
Terrell
Preparing Graves Then Slaying Family in Los Angeles
Henry J. Duffy prepared three graves in Evergreen cemetery and had headstones erected for himself, his son, and his married daughter. He then killed his two children with an ax and attempted to kill his wife. Dusty remains in receiving hospital with combat injuries and illnesses including locomotor ataxia, typhoid pneumonia, and epilepsy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Evergreen Cemetery
Henry J. Duffy
Dusty
New York Democrats Girding for Battle
Wm J Connors of Buffalo state chairman arrived for talks with party leaders as the democratic state committee plans meetings. Rochester likely as convention site with September 15 possible after the Republican event at Saratoga Springs. Connors said Bryan may tour New York to speak in several cities.
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New York
Wm. J. Connors
Buffalo
Democratic State Committee
Rochester
Saratoga Springs
Connors
Bryan
Typographical Union to Hold Next Convention at St Joseph
Boston delegates voted to relocate the International Typographical union convention to St Joseph Missouri with one change adopted abolishing sub lists in all union offices opening offices to all union men who can secure a job John Mitchell of the National Civic League attended the session. TO PERTSBURG CHURCH. Los Angeles Aug 13 Rev Dr Frank DeWitt Talmage named to pastor large Presbyterian church in Pittsburg now en route with his wife and daughter. TOWN OF TAFT BURNS UP. Missouri Mont Aug 14 The entire town of Taft except post office one grocery store and garoon destroyed by fire started from a forest blaze with losses estimated between 60000 and 75000 and little insurance.
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ST. Joseph
Boston
Mass
International Typographical Union
St. Joseph Mo
John Mitchell
National Civic League
Pertsburg Church
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank DeWitt Talmage
Pittsburg
Talmane
Ragland
Taft
Missouri
Mont
Frontier Days to Feature Troops and Races in Denver Visit
Brigadier General Morton confirms Fourth and Eighth Cavalry regiments and one battery of mountain artillery will attend the Frontier Days show August 20 to 22 in Denver. Two regimental bands fuse into a fifty piece mounted band. Miss Jane Bermoudy of Denver may race in the endurance and ladies relay events. Frontier Park nears completion with seats painted and awnings installed. The special accommodations committee calls for room listings and confirmations from those renting spaces.
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Frontier Committee
Morton
Crow Creek
War Department
Fourth
Eighth Cavalry
Vance
The
Stone
W. E. Dinne
Denver
Cheyenne
Jane Bermoudy
Miss Bermoundy
Frontier Park
Taft Will Not Reply To Bryan Address in Virginia Rally
In Hot Springs Virginia on August 14 W H Taft announced he would not comment on W J Bryan’s acceptance speech before reading it. He said he would read Bryan’s speech with care and decide on a reply later, potentially in a speech at a Virginia Republican gathering a week from Friday.
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Hot Springs
LeWie
W. J. Bryan
W. Hy Taft
Bryan
Taft
Virginia
Union Pacific Plans Routt County Branch
Denver Aug 13 Routt county is set for major coal development with a Union Pacific Routt county branch from its main line toward Craig to connect with the Moffat road. Denver Rio Grande surveys into the fields and a three way race of lines will push coal output, while UP aims to supply its own operations and distribute Routt county coal.
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Denver
Colo
Routt County
Pennsylvania
Union
Pacific
Colorado & Wyoming
Craig
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado
Union Pacific
Roosevelt Confab At Sagamore Hill Changes Little
At Sagamore Hill President Roosevelt and three Republican state executives plus Congressman W W Cooks held talks with no decision on the New York governor nomination. Roosevelt reportedly favors leaving Hughes renomination open until the state convention at Saratoga Springs convenes.
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Cester Bay
N. Y
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Republican State Executive Committee
W. W. Cooks
New York
Associated Press
Saratoga Springs
New York State
Hughes
Two Men Die In Auto Car Collision At Market Street
San Francisco August 13 two men Sergeant Major A. H. Belyea and master electrician Sergeant C. H. Taree attached to Presidio military forces were killed when a runabout was crushed between two cars at Market street and Vannese avenue. Both died within minutes and the motor men facing manslaughter charges as traffic halted for nearly an hour.
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San Francisco
Cal
A. H. Belyea
C.H. Taree
Presidio
Market Street
Vannese Avenue
Destructive Denver Thunderstorm Spreads From Foothills
A fierce cyclone like thunderstorm struck Denver at 2 15 pm as it moved from the west, blanket ing the area in semi dark ness. The storm, heavy toward the foothills from northern Colorado to New Mexico, caused hail damage and unusual electrical disturbances.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
New Mexico
Peoria Treasurer of Savings Life Dies by Poison
B J Lewis treasurer of the Savings Life Insurance Company of Peoria killed himself by poison last night in Peoria Illinois He was a 32nd degree Mason and a prominent lodge member throughout the state He leaves a widow and two children
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Féoria
B. J. Lewis
The
Savings Life Insurance Company of
Peoria
Maxon
Knights of Pythias to hold next convention in Milwaukee
The supreme lodge of the Knights of Pythias voted today that the next convention be held in Milwaukee, a city already chosen by the supreme assembly of the Uniform Rank of the order.
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Milwaukee
Knights Ofe Pythilas
Boston
Mont
Supreme Lodge of the Knighte of Pythias
Supreme Assembly
Big Benefit Game Boosts Denton Tecumseh Young in Boston
Nearly 20 000 fans attended a benefit baseball game in Boston to aid Denton Tecumseh Young of Peol Ohio. The twelve inning pitchers duel ended 3 2 in favor of the All Stars with cups bags and floral pieces presented by spectators and officials including Lt Governor Draper and Manager Fielder Jones.
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Boston
Mass
Denton Tecumseh Young
Peol
Ohio
Young
Draper
Fielder Jones
Chicago American
Mutineers Kill Officers and Plunder Village
Hong Kong dispatch reports mutiny at Konghang near Wuchow as soldiers arresting a comrade unleash violence. They murder their commander and aides, attack Onviung camp, loot the village for about 100000 dollars, and join rebels in the Talking mountains as troops search for ringleaders.
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Hong Kong
Konghang
Wuchow
Onviung
King Edward Leaves for Water Cure Visit
Ischt August 18 King Edward departed for Marianbad to seek the waters for a cure. Emperor Franz Joseph, showing notable energy during the royal visit, was on hand at the station to bid him farewell.
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Edward
Ischt
Marianbad
Francia Joseph
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A. H. Beach
Union Mercantile Block
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J. F. Stimson
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Fronder
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U. P
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