1916 Campaign Opens Next Week
Washington dispatch reports the 1916 presidential race opening with Democratic and Republican national committee meetings in the capital to choose convention time and place Chicago, St Louis and Dallas vie for the Democratic gathering while New York interest looms as a potential site Delegates and money matters are settled as contenders prepare for primaries with Indiana’s near term vote and a wide field of possible Republican candidates named including Root Sherman Burton Cummins Gardner Borah Mann Fairbanks Smith Whitman Weeks Thompson Herrick Taft Penrose Brumbaugh etc.
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Pennvania
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Arabian visitors at Maryland Theatre promise cultural encounter
From the Garden of Allah Company appears at the Maryland Theatre Wednesday and Thursday. They will wear native costumes and chat with visitors via an interpreter. An edition of Hitchens’s desert tale is available for 50c and autographs may be given by Sheik Hammed on Wednesday.
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Republicans to Choose House Minority Leaders in Caucus
Washington December 1 The Republican representatives have been summoned to a caucus tomorrow night to select minority officers and set other business before Congress begins. Jas R Mann of Illinois is expected to be re elected Republican leader with broad support.
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Birthday of Queen Alexandria Cited in Royal Lineage
Our Daily Birthday Party notes Queen Alexandria born in Copenhagen 71 years ago today. The snippet continues with Samuel M. Ralston as governor of Indiana.
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Copenhagen
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Lines Worth Remembering Excerpt Refers to Virtue and Vice
A brief quotation praises Flutarch and reflects on how glorious deeds do not always reveal virtue or vice in people. The note frames lines as memorable, prompting contemplation of character.
Notable births span states and stations in 19th century report
A list marks 6 to 7 birthday anniversaries of notable figures born in Ohio Iowa Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Diana of Tuscarawas county is 58 today. William H. Truesdale born near Youngstown 64. Elmer J. Burkett ex senator from Nebraska 48. Ambrose Kennedy congressman from Rhode Island 40. William Mitchell Cleveland pitcher 27. Edward M. Reulbach Newark pitcher 33.
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William Mitchell
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Sardis
Edward M. Reulbach
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Milwaukee to adopt activated sludge sewage system
Milwaukee plans to implement the activated sludge method in the next days making it the first city to use the process. Air is forced through the tank bottom turning sewage into organic particles that settle and are sold as fertilizer at a plant handling 2,000,000 gallons daily.
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Toy stocks keep holiday supply despite war reports
New York reports no danger of toy shortages for Christmas. Dealers say Germany shipped two years of war surplus before hostilities and allied nations refused many toys, but American merchants hold large stocks that can cover 1915 and 1916 seasons. American-made mechanical toys are gaining popularity, fueling expected big holiday sales.
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Queen Alexandra Observes 71st Birthday in London
Queen Alexandra marked her seventy first birthday in London with the traditional salutes. Messages of congratulations flowed to Sandringham where she hosted tea for the wives and children of the estates. Born in Copenhagen on December 1, 1844, she is the eldest daughter of King Christian IX of Denmark and was married in 1868 to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, who died in 1910.
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