Ohio Republicans set February 11 primary for presidential choice
The Republican State Central Committee adopted a plan allowing direct-vote primaries on February 11 to select presidential delegates and nominees. Taft supporters controlled the vote 14 to 7 over Foraker and Garfield allies, with Taft favored in the convention call and statewide delegate decisions limited to party leadership.
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Richard McCloud
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Gov Hughes Annual Message Reforms Race Track Gambling
Albany notes Gov Hughes urges Legislature to tighten penalties for race track betting, bans on lotteries and pool selling, and civil action recovery of wagering funds. He says current laws create injustice, demoralize society, and invite contempt for enforcement.
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Albany
Hughes
Paris Papers See Alarm Over U S Japan War Moves
Paris newspapers especially Matin raise fresh alarm over U S and Japan. Reported cabinet refusal by Japan on immigration and Navy plan to keep torpedo boats and battleships together on cruise to the Pacific are seen as signs Japan will push for a diplomatic settlement before the fleet reaches the west coast.
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California Man for President Opens Prohibition Bid
Friends of Frederick F. Wheeler of Los Angeles have begun a correspondence campaign to secure Wheeler as the Prohibition party nominee for President at the Columbus convention in July. Wheeler, a passive candidate, would lead the ticket if asked. He sits on the Prohibition National Committee and has run for Congress and other offices before.
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Frederick F. Wheeler
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Prohibition
Columbus
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Prohibition National Committee
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Declared Dead, Man Seeks Heir Cash in Lancaster
George M. Gable reappears in Lancaster court to claim 12 000 from his uncle Jacob Gable estate. He had been declared dead seventeen years after vanishing, his widow remarried, and executors fought for years to pay the widow. The missing man was found in Sacramento exposing the prior court ruling. The woman’s second husband seeks divorce.
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Lancaster
George M. Gable
Jacob Gable
Gable
Sacramento
Cal
JAGGER WILL FILED FOR PROBATE IN COUNTY COURT
The will of the late Thomas F Jaggers has been filed for probate in the County Court. All property both real and personal left to his wife during her lifetime. At her death 250 to be paid to W T Jaggers and the remainder of the estate equally divided between four children Lena Lulu Bill and Zees.
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Lule
Bile
Zees
Receivers Appointed for Seaboard Air Line Railway
Judge Pritchard in Richmond placed Seaboard Air Line under receivers, naming R Lancaster Williams of Baltimore and R Davis Warfield of Baltimore as receivers with bonds set at 50000 each. The decree grants immediate possession of the 2382 mile system from Portsmouth to Tampa, including branches to coast points and key western hubs.
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Night Rider raid rocks Russellville. town quiets after damage
In Russellville Kentucky on January 3, residents report an orderly, quiet town as repairs proceed after a night raid. Three men were shot but not seriously injured. the attackers, familiar with the town, left no one identifiable. Losses include Wade’s warehouse, American Snuff Co factory, Roberts & Browns mill, Underwood’s grocery, King & Proctor’s stable, Joshua Knowles cottage, totaling about 75,000 dollars with tobacco losses near 150,000 pounds. Fire marshal Ayers arrived from Hopkinsville but released no statement. The telegraph office noted guards treated with courtesy but refused to touch the switchboard.
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Ayers
Hopkinsville
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American Snuff Company
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Underwood's
King & Proctor
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Second Meeting of Conferences Dates Announced
The Columbia District sets dates for the second quarterly conferences led by Rev. T. A. Kerley. Listings include Prospect and Pleasant Hill January 19 20 Delrose Shiloh January Hilton and Bee Springs January 2 4 and many more through March 30 with district and circuit meetings at numerous churches and centers. Gene Robinson Allooes Pa notes final line.
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Pleasant Hill
Delrose
Shiloh
Culleoka
Borkes
Mooresville
Bryant's
Bryar's
Columbia
Bigbyville
Taylor's Chapel
South Columbia
Mount Pleasant
No Expense In Last Primary Nayside Gubernatorial Debate
In Nashville Tennessee on January 3 Senator K W Carmack contends the last primary cost little. He notes the 1908 Taylor and Mynell primary cost only printing and minor incidentals split between candidates. He argues direct primaries would cost less than delegated ones, which require county conventions and a state convention.
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Tann
K. W. Carmack
Tulane
Taylor
Synell
Mynell
Woman in Red Identified in Swamp Victim Case
The drowning victim in the swamp is identified as Mrs Lena Whitmore of Brooklyn New York. Authorities released the name confirming her identity and stating cardiac distress was suspected as the cause.
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Lena Whitmore
Brooklyn, New York
No Verdict in Powers Case Brings Unclear Closure
New York report notes authorities identified Mrs Lona Whitmore of Brooklyn and arrested her husband Theodore S Whitmore in Harrison New Jersey as the case sits in renewed mystery A telegram and letter signed in her name suggesting she lived after all complicate the investigation. two insurance policies on her life have vanished and a court-ordered exam looms. In Georgetown the Powers jurors fail to reach a verdict and plan to reconvene with possible ball, or speedy trial requests.
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Lampblack Swamp
Mra
Lona Whitmore
Adame Street
Brooklyn
Theodore S. Whitmore
Harrison
Whitmore
Tin
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Iwo
Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Morris
Potside
Carefhl
J. T. Price
Williamstown
Foreman Price
Dean's Ointment Cures Skin Itching Piles Ecxema
An old style ad claims any skin itching is a temper tester. The product promises cure for piles and ecxema and states availability at all drug stores.
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