Prohibition Leader Chafin Nominated by Agua Para Party
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago named for President and Aaron Watk ina of Ada, Ohio named for Vice President by the Prohibition national convention in Columbus. Shortest platform in history calls for equal suffrage and strict prohibition measures. delegates erupt with chants as party lines form.
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Eugene W. Chafin
Agua Para Party
Columbus
Chicago
United
Aaron & Wat- Kina
Ada
The
Northern University
Prohibition Party
Lincoln
Taft
Bryan
Aquor
Robert H. Patton
Patton
Helen Keller opens Shop for the Blind in Manchester
Helen Keller has opened a store in Manchester Massachusetts selling handicrafts by blind workers. The display features loom products and a variety of house furnishings as she plans a chain of shops to follow.
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Helen Keller
Manchester
Mass
Nelson Beats Joe Guns For Lightweight Title
At San Francisco Joe Guns, the longtime lightweight champion, loses in seventeen rounds to Battling Nelson in a notable title bout.
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San Francisco
Joe Guns
Nelson
Prince Helie de Sagan Converts, Seeks London Registry
In a move that merges Franco American ties, Prince Helie de Sagan Baron de Sagan turns Protestant and reports to the London registrar as part of his wedding arrangements, affecting the status of Anna Gould de Castellane.
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Gould-Sagan Marr
London
Regtstrar
Prince Helie de Sagan
France
Gould Halzees
Boni de Castellane
Mme
Anna
Princess de
Death Toll From Fourth on Record, July Fourth
The report tallies over 70 deaths and nearly 3,000 injuries from July Fourth celebrations, updating prior accident tallies and noting the day’s persistent risks in public festivities.
Trade and Market Outlook Amid Holiday Retail Uptick
Developments are favorable for Aci gener futures and future court actions in trade. The government crop report is positive and harvests look to improve with hopeful investment in high scale securities. Holiday retail trade rises, stocks fall, clearance sales attract buyers, and furniture showing strong demand. Bank clearings for five days total 214 million, down from 268 million last year. Chicago area failures number 25 with six liabilities over 5 thousand.
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Monley
Chicago
Dun'n Review of Trade
New York Business Outlook Mirrors Summer Quiet Yet Cautious Confidence
In midsummer New York trade remains quiet with season gains and expected crops lifting confidence about fall business. Retailers cut stocks and cut prices to spur consumption while jobbers fill orders, signaling fragmented stocks. Across Canada and the United States, the week shows business failures rising modestly from prior periods per Bradstreet's report.
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United States
Canada
Bradstreet
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U.S. Markets
A detailed listing of commodity quotes from major U.S. markets including Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Milwaukee, Buffalo, New York, and Toledo. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with broad ranges and regional notes.
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Chicago
Ste. St. Louis
Ste
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Underweight Bread Confiscated by Minneapolis Inspector
Trade and industry notes report W. B. Metall, bakery inspector, seizing over one loaf deemed underweight in Minneapolis amid a crackdown on short weight loaves. The piece also covers ore movement from Lake Superior estimated at 22 million tons, the Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association meeting at Lake Carlos near Alexandria, and a coal mine fire at Royal Coal Mines in Argentine Pa with losses over 20 thousand dollars.
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W. BD. Metall
Minneapolis
Lake Superior
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association
Lake Carlos
Alexandry
Lakes Carlos
Darling
Royal Coal Mines
Argentine
New York
Mies
Board of
United Breter General Appraisers
Ete
Six Autgists Die as Train Collides with Car in Indiana
Fort Wayne politician G King and family die in a wreck near Columbia City Indiana when a Manhattan Limited passenger train strikes an automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Charles Sherman King their two daughters Miss Poynin Hrodshaw and Carl Timmles and the chauffeur. The six occupants die instantly, the train derails, and bodies are scattered along the track. The party was en route to Lake Wewasee for Sunday. King was a former Indiana legislator and Ways and Means chair.
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Columbia City
Ind
Charles Sherman King
Poynin Hrodshaw
Carl Timmles
Port Wayne
Manhattan Limited
Oklahoma Land Sale Plan Aims at 3 Million Acres
The Oklahoma initiative proposes selling 3 000 000 acres of public land to fund education and state revenue. The bill outlines terms and methods of sale with a projected ten year value increase and argues sale now yields higher long term benefits than leasing to favored interests.
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Oklahoma
Nation leads in airships with trials at Fort Myer
The article credits the United States with progress in heavier-than-air and airship trials at Fort Myer. It mentions Captain Ferber and Octave Chanute as pioneers and notes American inventors Lillenthal and Farman with De la Grange in France influencing aeronautics. Other successful foreign airships are sold.
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United States
Fort Myer
Ferber
France
Cives Octave Chanute
Lillenthal
Harry Farman
de la Grange
Notable Indiana Republican Leader Involved in Fatal Runaway Crash
One of Indiana’s best known Republicans took part in public life. His daughters Katherine 16 and Josephine 12 were mentioned, while Miss Bradstan aged 16 was set to visit the King family at Lake Wawasee. Elizabeth Dupree 40 died and her mother Mary Dupree 65 injured when a touring car owned by Tom Taggart of Indianapolis crashed a bogey near Garden City, Columbus. chauffeur Harry Stodler lost control as the horse bolted, causing the women to be thrown against an iron fence.
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Her Raster
Illinois
Wade H. Ells
Ohio
Republican Party
Patton
Lincoln
Bryan
Memorial Hall
DB. L. Eaton
Winds
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
GC. A. Bank of Columbus
W. P. F. Ferguson
Chicago
State
Indiana
Katherine
Josephine
Bradstan
King Farmily
Lake Wawasee
Robert PF. Bradshaw
Fort Wayne
Elizabeth Dupree
Mary Dupree
Colawhua
Ind
Tom Taggart
Indianapolia
National Democratic Committee
Taggart
Harry Stodler
Indianapolis
French Lick
Garden City
Columbus
Burrows
Michigan
Bery Venda
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Root
Japan
China
Prohibition nominee plans state speaking tour for election
Eugene W. Chatin, Prohibition candidate for president, aims to address each state before voting day. Theodore Roosevelt’s campaign head Frank Hitchcock chairs the national Prohibition committee as Roosevelt declines use of a talking machine to create campaign records. Taft’s acceptance draft nears completion in Virginia. Bryan criticizes producer's share while Gompers defends labor as voluntary unions and seeks equality before the law. Bangor Me Republican convention nominating Fernald and endorsing Prohibition law resubmission.
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Eugene W. Chatin
Prohibition
Frank H. Hitchcock
Taft
National Ste Publican Committee
Roosevelt
William AL. ‘Taft
Mot Springy
Theadore
Morton
Cleveland
United Miate
Bryn
W. H. Taft
W. J. Bryan
Bangor
B. M. Fernald
Gompers
Federation of Labor
Doen
Danbury Hatters
Decleion
Gompeors
Wright brothers to test aeroplanes at Fort Myer next month
The Wright brothers and A. H. Derrig will submit their aeroplanes to government acceptance trials at Fort Myer next month. The article notes Langley theories and mentions contemporaries Herring Lillenthal and Wilkuh Wrigght, with Orville Wright denying any secret patent issues and promising public demonstrations of their machine.
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Wright Brothers
A. H. Derrig
Fort Myer
Herring
Lillenthal
Octave Climnte
Knights of Pythins In Boston For Grand Seventy Fifth Session
The twenty fifth seasion of the Supreme Todge of the Knights of Pythins gathers in Boston for a record contribution of members. An estimated nutober of Pythinna will visit the city, with two major parades planned the next day. Reports show MW has 500,000 members, while the ladies auxiliary Pythian Sinta numbers 200,000, totaling 1,000,000.
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Knights of Pythins
Boston
Pythinna
Failures of a Half Year in 2008 Show Declining Rate
A Dan's Review notes 8 700 commercial failures in the United States for the first half of 2008, with SIA874 883 in amapnet, versus 2007. The report also highlights better results in the late months, suggesting the commercial death rate is diminishing.
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United States
A Dan
Uninvited Guests Enter London Parties, Claim Wave
A speaker laments intrusion at gatherings as well dressed men roam city houses during parties. He says guests may eat, drink, and leave with a cigarette, noting the era of “brought men” allows strangers to blend in if well mannered and at home.
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London
Tolstoy Attacks Czarist Civil War Crimes in London Essay
A London article reprints Count Leo Tolstoy denouncing Russia's use of executions in suppressing revolutionists. He condemns government violence as equally criminal and calls for moral awakening, arguing that state terror harms the nation more than armed uprisings.
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Acta
Leo Tolstoi
London
Russia
End of Iron Man McGinnity Era Shocks Giants
A jumble of 1900s sports and betting notes reports Joe McGinnity ending his pitching for the New York Giants while Trenton and Dode Criss highlight AL batting leaders. It covers college baseball, Olympic pole vaulting refusals, trotting horse losses after Admiral Dewey’s death, and racing results at Latonia and Gravesend with notable owners like Vanderbilt.
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Iron Man
Joe McGinnity
Giants
New York
Trenton
White Sox
Sox
Denver
Overland Park
Dode Criss
Trinceton
Yale
W. PB. Cray
Yale University
London
Admiral Dewey
Todd
Ttingen
Toomy Burns
America
Bill Squires
Australia
Arg
Tirns
Squires
Newilly
Prapece
Piokela
Crear
Ordendo
Celt
Brooklyn
Gravesend
W. K. Vanderbilt
Henry Up
M. B Deschamps Quintet Sr
Chantilly
W. E. Vanderbilt
Jones B. Maggin
Elmendorf Farm
Lazington
Haggin
Taft as a Worldly Leader and American Gentleman
The piece lauds Taft as a man with wide international experience and deep knowledge fit for a modern presidency. It highlights his bar, judgeship, and leadership roles in Cuba and the Philippines, plus his diplomatic reach and acquaintance with world leaders. It praises his domestic character, republican virtue, and independence, arguing he is not a dummy but a capable, principled leader.
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Howard Taft
Otp
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Taft
Schame
Mr. Taft
Havana
University of Cuba
Washington
Argonaut
San Francisco Argonaut
Stained Glass Window and Campaign Finance Publicity
The piece argues receipts and disbursements of the Republican national committee will be published for public informati on. It contrasts Taft and Bryan on reform pledges and cites Cannon on party differences in addressing political fundraising.
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Republican National Committee
Taft
Georgy R. Sheldon
New York
Ion
William
Bryan
Congress
Républican Party
Chicago
Covention
Joseph G. Cannon
Ocean
Revision demands weave through economy with uncertain outcomes
The San Francisco Chronicle notes that revision movements affect both consumer and producer roles. It warns that making foreign goods cheaper may trigger wage reductions and widespread economic unhappiness as revisions spread across the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneone
San Francisco Chronicle
Taft Endorses Local Option In Speech
Secretary Taft defends local option citing his Pennsylvan a Bar Association address. He calls local option a practical form of direct referendum and notes supporters are satisfied with his stance on liquor laws.
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Taft
Pennsylvia Bar Association
Slow Hell Portrays Burglary Into Night Trigger
Readable fragments describe a burglary on a porch last night involving suspects Pearl and Ruby with Reggy Hever accused of stealing items. The dialogue tones hint at surprise and a claim of slow theft.
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Pearl
Tegey
Ruby
Reggy
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