Conventions Costly Habit Across United States
The piece notes conventions across the nation consume millions yearly, from political gatherings to church and secret-order meetings. It estimates national political conventions cost around four million each for the two party leaders, with total campaign outlays near ten million, plus substantial rail and hotel expenditures for church, social, and fraternal events.
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America
United States
Prohibition
Independence League
International Christian Endeavor
Christian Endeavor
Knights of Columbus
Body of Masons Or
Odd Fellows
Dutch Seek aid in controversy with Venezuela
Holland seeks powers to join in punishing Venezuela prompting surprise in The Hague Paris dispatches note France may cooperate but await Clemenceau cabinet meeting France faced with Venezuela issues after recent court ruling against the French Cable Company and Brazil’s role in representing France. The United States is criticized for inaction while America is deemed to hold greater right to lead any Venezuela action.
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Hague
Holland
Venezuela
Netherlands
Paris
France
Venézuéla
Clemenceau
Castro
Brazil
Caracas
United States
America
Britain Hesitates Over Aid to Holland in Venezuela Dispute
A Foreign Office official in London says Britain cannot rule out aid to Holland but cautions against acting alone. Rome reports European powers discussing Venezuela as tensions rise with President Castro. Britain, like the United States, faces grievances but avoids provoking a larger power.
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London
Great Britain
Holland
Castro
Venezuela
Foreign Office
Rome
Europe
United States
Castro Expects No Trouble Amid Venezuela Leave
President Castro plans a month away from Caracas staying at Barquisiméto as Venezuela’s capital lacks a formal head of government. His absence signals confidence that Britain’s action against him has no basis and the British minister’s decision not to accompany him to the provinces draws local attention.
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M. de Reus
Venezuela
Castro
Netherlands
Republic of
Caracas
Barquisiméto
Holland
Cholera Reaches Lodz As Frontier Health Watch Grows
Cholera has reached Lodz Poland as Asiatic cholera advances westward through Russia. German health officers have increased frontier surveillance with hundreds of medical inspectors stationed along the border.
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Berlin
Russia
Lodz
Poland
Suspicion shifts in Roberts case tied to Baltimore intrigue
Baltimore police pursue a second man linked to Mrs. Williams amid the Atlantic City shooting of Charles B. Roberts. Williams cites alibi in Europe and at Long Green Valley. detectives press for Williams movements Wednesday and Thursday while Atlantic City investigators examine possible motives.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Charles B. Roberts
Atlantic City
Williams
Roberts
Hammerslea
Berney
Harry Wilson
Old Maryland Club
Uptown
Mr. Williams
Fidelity
Europe
Mr. Roberts
Long Green Valley
W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Humphrey
H. Cavendish Darrell
Long Green
Baltimore society man linked to Atlantic City boardwalk shooting
Police theorize Charles B. Roberts was the target of a planned act rather than a random highway robbery. Investigators pursue a tale of two Baltimore men and a woman staying at a beach front hotel under assumed names the night of the shooting. Families of both Roberts and Mrs. Williams remain cautious, echoing earlier statements that Roberts faced a highwayman on the boardwalk.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Charles B. Roberts
W. S. G. Williams
Baltimore
Baltimore Society
Williams and Roberts
Roberts
Williams
Brighton
Fight for a Girl on Furnace Top
Chicago August 29 Through the death today of Nicholas Vidoviom a dramatic hand to hand struggle on top of a blast furnace at the Iroquois Iron Company is revealed The vieing men fought for the possession of a Polish girl Vidoviom crept up on Ivan Mealitch and tried to hurl him into the furnace They both fell to a narrow platform but recovered and continued the struggle Mealitch then struck Vidoviom with a crowbar and fled the scene Afterward Mealitch surrendered saying Vidoviom had long sought to push him in and he owed his life to being on guard
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Chicago
Nicholas Vidoviom
Iroquois Iron Company
Vidoviom
George Detlick
Ivan Mealitch
Mealitth
Mealith
Five Masked Men Dynamite Bank Safe Near Montreal
Five masked men dynamited the Provincial Bank in St Eustache ten miles from Montreal and obtained 12 000 dollars after holding the caretaker at gunpoint. They eluded a pursuing posse and escaped to Montreal. Two arrests are reported on suspicion.
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Montreal
St. Eustache
Thieves Blow Two Safe Fortunes In Wilmore Heist
In Wilmore Kentucky thieves blew the safe at O C Garveys drug store stealing 21 dollars then blew the post office safe stealing 15 dollars in stamps. They also stole Norman Bishops horse and buggy valued at 350 dollars before escaping.
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Lexington
Wilmore
O. C. Garvey
Norman Bishop
Robbery at Fillmore Safe Yields Over $1000
Rochester Aug 29 The Post Office at Fillmore Alleghany County was robbed during the night with the safe blown open and valuables valued above $1000 taken. Initial reports misidentified the target as the Fillmore Bank.
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Rochester
N. Y
Brown
Fillmore
Alleghany County
Explosion kills three at Burton Powder works Quaker Falls
Three men die and two are severely burned in an explosion at the Burton Powder Company plant at Quaker Falls near Youngstown. The dead are manager Mike Revara and workers Mike Rabos and Josef Snyder. Injured include Joe Angelio Victor Rusi, all badly burned but expected to recover. Explosion likely from friction.
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Youngstown
Burton Powder Company
Quaker Falls
Here
Mike Revara
Mike Rabos
Josef Snyder
Joe
Angelio
Victor Rusi
Saloon closings loom in Atlantic City in push by Royal Arch Society
In Atlantic City on August 29 the Royal Arch Society, representing about 180 of the 240 licensed liquor dealers, voted to close their saloons tomorrow. A committee was formed to urge Mayor Stoy to ensure all remaining liquor sellers also close, following talks with city officials.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Royal Arch Society
Atlantic’City
Stoy
The
Bryan Prepares On Another Trip
In Fairview Nebraska on August 29 William J. Bryan the Democratic presidential candidate labors over campaign affairs one day before a Minnesota North Dakota and Iowa swing. He rises early with his secretary Rose to sort correspondence edit speeches and organize travel while visitors crowd the home.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Rose
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Earle Divorce Suit For Affinity
Mrs Julia Kuttner Earle, held in seclusion at Semmering New York, seeks legal separation from Ferdinand P Earle on cruelty charges. Alfred Kuttner says the plan aims to end the notoriety. she will remain secluded until separation is granted and will not see Earle.
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New York
Julia Kuttner Earle
Semmering
Monroe County
N. Y
Ferdinand Pinney Earle
Alfred Kuttner
Kuttner
Ferdinand P. Earle
Berry
Earle
Mrs. Earle
Mr. Harle
Church 10 Open Parlor Socials At Centennary Church
Rev F W Andrews of Centennary Methodist Episcopal Church South announced that next Friday evening the church parlors will reopen for the fall season to host young men and their sweethearts. The program will include music recitations and refreshments with chaperones provided. He said many young women lack suitable entertaining spaces and the church offers supervised gatherings, funded by general church revenues.
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ST. Louis
F. W. Andrews
Centennary Methodist Episcopal Church South
Rev. Andrews
Saloon Keeper Fatally Shoots Wife in Back of Store
In St Louis on August 28 F W Schultz a 70 year old Greenland saloon keeper drew a revolver and shot his wife in the rear of the store. He was captured after a recent burglary incident and was severely beaten with a baseball bat. Authorities believe the blows affected his mind.
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ST. Louis
F. W. Schultz
Greenland
Schultz
Taft Camps Ohio Tour Promotes Prosperity Message
Republican nominee William Howard Taft and his party toured Ohio delivering vigorous speeches from Athens to Columbus. Taft defended labor decisions, attacked Democratic planks, and praised Roosevelt while pressing a campaign across towns, with stops at Middle Bass Island and a Taft Club event in Athens.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Taft
Cincinnati
Middle Bass Island
S. O. Richardson
Jessamine
Charles
H. ¢. Corbin
Fred W. Carpenter
Judge Taft
Corbin
Middle Bass
Edwardford Cottage
Middle Bass Club
Ohio
Virginia Hot Springs
Middle Bass Fishing Club
Athens
Taft Club
Arthur I. Vorys
National Committee
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