Roosevelt Defeated as Temporary Chairman at Saratoga
New York Republicans reject Col Theodore Roosevelt for temporary chairman of the state convention by a 20 to 15 vote. Vice-President Sherman is chosen unanimously to preside. The state committee adjourns to meet September 26 at Saratoga amid debate and political tension within the Old Guard faction.
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Sherman
Saratoga
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican State Committee
Woodruff
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Old Guard
Roosevelt
Lloyd C. Griscom
Griscom
Henry Mack
United States
New York State
Troops Aid Fire Fight Across Northwest Forests
Washington reports intensified fire suppression with United States soldiers dispatched to the Coeur d Alene Lewis and Clark Wallows Colville Flathead Glacier areas and the Montana reservation to meet the emergency as fires threaten lives and property. Rain begins in Idaho as Elk City district endures its worst blaze.
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Washington
Northwest
Interior Department
Forest Service
United States
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Lewis and Clark
Mont
Wallows
Colville
Waah
Flathead Indian Reservation
Montana
Glacier National Park
Leonard Wood
Army
Spokane
Wash
Wallace
Stiles
Elk City
Iaat
One Dies 35 Hurt In Wreck North Of Nevada Missouri
A Missouri Pacific passenger train No. 209 derailed eleven miles north of Nevada Missouri injuring 45 people and killing one man identified as Black. Rescue crews responded and transported victims to area hospitals as investigators examined the cause.
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Nevada
Missouri Pacific
Hurley Dead at Carlsbad Kansas Railroad Chief
A Carlsbad cablegram reports the death of James E. Hurley, general manager of the Santa Fe railroad, due to heart disease. The notice names Topeka as the Kansas location and notes the Austrian link in the transmission.
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Hurley
Carlsbad
Topeks
Kan
Austria
James E. Hurley
Santa Fe Railroad
Rioting in Columbus Leaves One Dead Five Injured
Rioting resumed Sunday night in Columbus as a crowd of about 5 000 attacked streetcar crews. Motorman L S Duvall was struck and collapsed, Conductor W P Miller and Motorman L P Evans were bruised, Emmet Hoover was shot in the leg, and a conductor John J Gallagher with his wife Anna Gallagher opened fire after being called a scab. Police dispersed the mob. three rioters were arrested and troops were not summoned by Mayor Marshall.
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Columbus
Marshall
Shiller Park
Mohawk Avenue
L. S. Duvall
W. P. Miller
L. P. Evans
John J. Gallagher
Saint Clair Avenue
Jack
Gallagher
Anna Gallagher
Emmet Hoover
Fire Cuts Belgian Exposition. Two Dead and Many Hurt
A massive fire at Brussels Belgian exposition Saturday night killed two people and injured about forty as panic surged through some 100000 visitors. Firemen and troops fought the blaze, destroying the Belgian and British sections while saving many national pavilions including American and Japanese displays.
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Brussels
Coney Island
Avenue Des Nations
Four Killed in Oakland Collision Between Train Types
In Oakland on Friday night a Western Pacific passenger train collided with a work train, killing four people and injuring twenty. The incident drew immediate investigations as emergency crews responded to the wreck and surrounding damage.
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Western Pacific
Oakland
Cal
Jon Francisco
Eleven Hurt In Head On Crash Near Niagara Falls
At least eleven people were injured in a two car head on collision on the gorge railroad road three quarters of a mile north of Niagara Falls New York. Several victims suffered serious injuries and were taken to area hospitals for treatment.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Gorge
Tragedy in Saujon trains wreck kills 34
An excursion train carrying about 1 200 passengers including many schoolgirls derailed at an open switch near Saujon. Thirty four dead, many fatally injured, while a relief train rushed doctors to the scene and emergency hospitals were set up. An inquiry seeks fault for the open switch and lack of signals.
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Paris
Saujon
Trie
Bordeaux
Pauperism in Indian peril sale feared by Gore inquiry
Cecil Lyon tells the Gore congressional Indian land investigating committee of his ties to the McMurray contracts. Witnesses, mostly Indians, warn that selling Oklahoma lands and distributing $30 million would flood the state with paupers in ten years. Lyon notes his political ties and business role, while Chickasaw witnesses say they’d accept up to 26 percent attorney fees to sell the land within a year.
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Sulphur
Okla
Gore Congressional Indian Land Investigating Committee
Oklahoma
McMurray
J. F. McMurray
Cecil A. Lyon
Republican National
Texas
Lyon
Roosevelt
Browne Trial Halted Over Juror Influence Claims
Judge Kersten halted the Browne trial after veniremen admitted attempts to influence them. He excused the entire venire and ordered an investigation following reports that nearly two thirds of the last panel had been approached to favor Browne.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Kersten
Browne
Koraten
Seek for Gallagher's Aid in Mayor Gaynor Case
New York police pursue a theory that James J. Gallagher had an accomplice in the attempted assassination of Mayor Gaynor. Gallagher denies it. Gaynor will be moved to the Adirondacks when fit, with possible bullet removal operation undecided. Secretary Adamson says the mayor is stronger as nourishment and sleep improve.
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New York
Gaynor
James J. Gallagher
Gallagher
Adirondacks
Robert Adamson
Attorney General Objects to Mileage Rules at State Fair
Thompson complains to the railway commission that a Union Pacific conductor refused mileage from a book sold over a year ago. The Knowles law fines railroads for shortfalls, while other lines push a one year limit. Also outlines competitive drill rules for fraternal societies at the Nebraska State Fair with entry deadlines, team composition, judge selection, and handicaps for previous prize winners.
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Thompson
Railway Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
George Ayers
Ayers
Nebraska
Board of Managers
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Agriculture
Guardsmen Granted Leave For Fort Riley Travel
W B Throop head of Burlington writes Adjutant General Hartigan that railroad employees in the Nebraska National Guard may be allowed to visit Fort Riley unless such leaves would cripple service. He cites Wymore office short handed and says loss of either man would be serious.
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Nebraska National Guard
W. B. Throop
Burlington
Hartigan
Fort Riley
Wymore
Throop
Steamer Crash Off Tarifa Points to Gibraltar Tragedy
The Spanish steamer Martoy with 32 passengers and seven crew drowned after colliding with the German steamer Elna in dense fog at Tarifa point near the Strait of Gibraltar. The ship foundered minutes after impact. nine flot-cabin passengers survived, and 23 steerage victims died.
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Gibraltar
Mrs. Gunness Found Again Reported in Indiana
A Galeon woman informs Chief Meinke by letter that Mrs. Helle Gun ness is in Laporte Indiana. The note claims a positive sighting, maintaining the ongoing inquiry into the missing woman.
Elect New Monon President
New York Fairfax Plarkson, vice president of the Southern Railroad, was elected president of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville railway to succeed the late Ira G. Bown, who was shot in his Chicago home under mysterious circumstances weeks ago.
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New Monon
New York
Phairfax Plarkson
Southern Stailroad Company
Chicago, Indianapolis and Loulaville Railway
Ira G. Bown
Chicago
President Montt of Chillhead Dies on Way to Bad Nauheim
Flerlin-President Montt of Chill died here Tuesday while en route to Bad Nauheim after a period of heart disease. The passing ends a lengthy tenure and marks a notable event in Chillhead affairs.
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Chillhead
Flerlin
Montt
Chill
Bad Nauheim
Committees Active as Nebraska Conservation Talks Continue
The article notes that Nebraska conservation committees, appointed earlier, are at work though no details have surfaced. It hints that reports may emerge at the next legislative session when committee findings are presented to lawmakers.
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Nebraska
Governor Shattenberger to guest Roosevelt visit Omaha
Governor Shattenberger has been invited by the committee in charge to attend Colonel Roosevelt's visit to Omaha on September 2. He has written to Victor Rosewater, committee chairman, saying he will accept.
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Shattenberger
Roosevelt
Omaha
Victor Rosewater
Motorcycle crash claims life in Columbus
Ralph and Stuttw, both riding a tandem motorcycle, collided with an Ohio Electric Car on Tuesday. The 21 year old rider died within hours. his companion suffered severe injuries. Local authorities investigated the crash.
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Columbus
Stock Increase Boosts Missouri Terminal to 10 Million
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Terminal Railroad of St. Louis filed with the secretary of state for a capital stock increase from 100 thousand to 10 million dollars, elevating the company’s financial scale and scope in Jefferson City Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Terminal Railroad Company
St. Louis
Johnson Granted More Time To Contest Medical Certificate
The state board of health grants Dr. W. H. Johnson of Lincoln a thirty day continuance in the complaint seeking to revoke his medical certificate.
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Johnson
State Board of Health
W. H. Johnson
Lincoln
Dogs Increase in Number and Value in State
The article notes rising dog numbers and values with last year’s total assessed dog value at $59,350. This year the assessed value is $1,061,?10, using $1.06 as the average value. last year’s total dogs assessed were 111,630.
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Willie
Nebraska State Assessment Shows Big Increase In Property Values
The 1910 state assessment totals 411 million dollars, up 12 million from last year. The five mill levy for state and university funds totals 2.07 million in taxes, down slightly from 2.19 million prior year. The board ordered restoration of bank deductions, raising Douglas county by about 1.2 million and affecting several counties, with a table listing one fifth of actual value by county for 1900 and 1910.
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Nebraska
Douglas County
Adame
Seeeenaue
Butler
Dna Loaty i
Dawes
Louie Math
Franklin Fillmore
Shamilton Rere
Harlan Weee
Haye Eens If
Seeorson
Wockotls
Hichardeon
Balle
Bary Siders
Ea Scotta Wi
Io Bherman
Stanton Haase
Thayer Hee
State Board of Equalisation
Beer signs linger after saloon era ends
Lincoln remains dry as numerous beer signs still hang over side doors of former liquor outlets. Despite the city being without saloons for about a year and a half, a handful of signs stay mounted high, testifying to the bygone era.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Poultry Wealth Rises in County Assessments
Nebraska poultry value reaches 2,260,806 with a rise from 1,899,485 in 1909 per county assessors. The report notes stronger poultry wealth across counties and highlights growing agricultural productivity.
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Nebraska
Machinery Exhibit at Nebraska State Fair Expands Capacity
In prior years the machinery exhibit at the Nebraska State Fair drew huge crowds and demand for space rose each year. Ex exhibitors show the display as the best way to present their stock in trade, and requests for space continue to grow beyond all former years.
Attorney for Union Stock Yards cites switching rate increase
Frank Rancom attorney for the Union Stock Yards company filed a brief with the state railway commission defending the proposed rise in switching rates. Updike Milling had objected, claiming the rate was voluntarily set and presumed satisfactory, while Rancom argues the presumption is improper.
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Frank Rancom
Union Stock Yards Company
State Railway Commiission
Stock Yards Company
Updike Milling Company
Ransom
Merchants of Kansas Ban Publicity on Poles and Cows
Kansas merchants decide to advertise only through newspapers in Manhattan and Abilene. They reject yard signs on trees and fences and barbed wire, preferring print ads to reach readers at home. The movement expands as shops join the plan to use local papers for announcements.
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Manhattan
Kan
OCAL
Avery Stable Directory
Abilene
Kansas
Iman
Your Home Merchant And The Community Benefit
A reflective call to consider who supports churches unions and kin when paying for entertainment tickets charity drives or sick benefits. The piece urges readers to notice who provides credit and relief during hard times and questions the role of mall order house circulars.
A Feather In His Cap
The piece notes the origin of the saying a feather in his cap, tracing it to a Lansdowne manuscript describing Hungary in 1599. It says Hungarians wore feathers only after killing a Turk to display their slain enemies by the number of tassels on their caps.
Think This Over Mail Order Costs and Delays
The Perrysville Ohio Enterprise argues that mail order buyers overlook postage expressage freight and other costs and delays. It contrasts this with local merchants where customers know what they are getting and do not wait for delivery.
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Perrysville
Loyalty to Home Merchant Encourages Local Support
A Bellevue Gazette piece urges shoppers to favor local merchants before buying from out of town firms. It advises comparing prices with hometown dealers and supporting local working capital by keeping money in the community.
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Bellevue
Grapevine Near Paulina Reported Sixty Years Old
The Sussex Register notes a grapevine near Paulina tended by Jason Lanterman that stands about ninety feet long and is claimed to be sixty years old. It continues to bear fruit, a feat the writer doubts nurserymen could surpass.
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Jason Lanterman
Paulina
Marke Yoro Nowa
Sussex Register
The Only Road to Success Advertsirising Message
Advertisement slogan from Perrysville Ohio publication urges consistent weekly advertising to gain wide recognition from center to circumference.
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Perrysville
O.) Enterprise
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Columbus Traction Company
Denison
Tex
D. L. Jackson
Minnie Black
Preston Bend
Alfonso
France
Cecil Lyon
Gore Inquiry Committee
Attorney General
State Fair Plows
Merchante of
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