Progressives name Roosevelt for president at Chicago convention
The Chicago Progressive convention adjourned after nominating Theodore Roosevelt for president and Hiram Johnson for vice president. A platform pressed political, industrial, agrarian, and tariff reforms as a contract with the people written largely by Roosevelt. The event barred black delegates, and Albert Beveridge delivered the keynote.
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Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
Roosevelt
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
National Progressive Party
Florida
Mississippi
National Committee
Death of Judge Verron Prompts White House Mourning
The death of Judge Verron in Cincinnati will cause mourning at the White House. Mrs. Taft plans to abandon her social season this year due to the loss. The Senate adopted the conference report on the La Follette Underwood wool tariff bill by a 35 to 28 vote with six progressive Republicans crossing party lines. The bill moves to President Taft for signature.
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Verron
Mrs. Taft
Cincinnati
White House
Senate
Taft
Bankers Gather for Second Annual State Conference at St Paul
Prominent bankers from thirty one states attend the second annual conference of the committee on agricultural development and education of state bankers associations in St Paul. Jop hra Haworth, hailed as the grand father of Illinois Republicans and ally of Lincoln, dies in a Kansas City hospital as a charity patient. Theodore P. Shonts resigns as president of the Toledo Saint Louis and Western to focus on New York trade. Mrs. O H P Belmont shocks Newport society by announcing a public sale of her land and mansion. The tract will be divided into lots.
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Adlai Ei. Stevenson
Wilson
Marshall
Lewis
New York
Ilinois
St. Paul
Committee On Agricultural Development and Education of
State Bankers’ Associations
Jop
Hra Haworth
Illinois
Lincoln
Kansas City
Theodore P. Shonts
Toledo, St. Louie, & Western Railroad
New York Trad Ee
O. H. P. Belmont
Newport
Battle near Juarez as Huertas forces clash with rebels
Federal troops under General Huertas meet an equal rebel force at Villa Ahammada near Juarez in a desperate engagement. Separately the Danish American National Park at Rebild, Denmark, is inaugurated with ceremonies. The article notes a gift to Denmark by Danish Americans.
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Huertas
Juarez
Mexico
Villa Ahammada
Rebiid
Denmark
United States
Train backs off trestle injuring six near Bedford
Passenger train No. 1 on the Chicago Terre Haute and Southern railway backed off a trestle at Heltonville ten miles south of Bedford injuring six people. Conductor James O Day and Engineer James Brough were on board with minor injuries. several passengers faced serious harm and one likely fatally injured.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Terre Haute _& Southern railroad
Terre'Haute
Heltonville
Bedford
James O'Day
James Brough
A. A. Baker
Indianapolis News
Marion
Monon
Simson
H. H. Hancock
Seymour
George Cavin
Linton
Hedford
William Simminger
Cleveland
Ohio
William George
Pumper
Trestle
Youth in Grant County Faces Forgery and Theft Mania
Hartford City reports Orville Hodson, a Grant County youth, confessed to a spree of forged checks and thefts after a father spent 1000 dollars trying to curb him. Hodson blamed religion and family pressure while his father and bond partner secured his bail. In Vincennes, Mrs. Ona McCoy died and son George with daughters Pearl Culbertson and Rosa Alton pursued funeral plans for different dates amid a family search for another son James Dorris nearby Cleveland.
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Hartford City
Orville Hodson
Grant County
Townsend
Indianapolis
Hodson
Hodgson
Ross Templeton
Vincennes
Ang
Ona McCoy
George
Hounsville
Pearl Culbertson
In- Manapolis
Rosa Alton
Alton
James Dorris
Dorris
Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Boys Die in Corn Bin in Wabash Elevator
Two youths age 11 and 12 died in a corn bin at the Morrow Grain company elevator in Wabash Indiana. Max Morrow is identified as the son of former Deputy County Treasurer Garland Morrow and Frank Jackson. The incident occurred on August 9. Authorities reported the accidental death and began an inquiry.
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Wabash
Ang
Max Morrow
Garland Morrow
Frank Jackson
Morrow Grain Company
Woman Attacked by Large Dog Near Zanesville
Sedona Clapp narrowly escaped death or serious injury when a large dog tackled her in Zanesville on August 9, tearing her left cheek. Local authorities are investigating the incident.
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Zanesville
Sedona
Cat Attack on Boy Near Princeton Likely Hydrophobia
A ten year old boy, son of Charles Wiley of Mt. Carmel, was bitten on the hand by a cat believed to be rabid near Princeton on August 9. Veternary tests pending.
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Princeton
Charles Wiley
Mt. Carmel
Sembower Succeeds Johnstone to Represent Indiana University
Professor Charles J. Sembower was chosen to represent Indiana University in the Western Conference. He succeeds Professor W. H. Johnstone as the university’s representative.
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Sembower
Johnstone
Loomington
Ind
Charles J. Sembower
Indiana University
W. H. Johnstone
Liveryman Takes Strychnine After Domestic Troubles
Sherman Majors, longtime Decatur livery stable operator, was found dead in his home bath room after taking strychnine. Police say domestic troubles drove the man to the rash act, with distress noted among family.
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Decatur
Sherman Majors
Burglars Steal Goods From Gibson Farm Home
Burglars entered the home of farmer Robert Gibson at Municee Aug 54 and took a watch and chain valued over 200 dollars along with cash. They carried off Gibson's packet knife and pocket handkerchief and left a hickory club on Gibson's bed.
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Munceie
Gibson
Woman Dies After Gasoline Stove Blast
Mrs. Jacob Ecker of 2215 Wells street Fort Wayne died four hours after a gasoline stove explosion at Hope hospital. The victim suffered burns covering two thirds of her body from the accident reported yesterday.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Jacob Ecker
Wells Street
Hope Hospital
Indiana News in Brief Summary of Quick Local Incidents
Tipton Cunningham of Jefferson Township was seriously injured after falling from a wagon, dislocating a shoulder and breaking a nose. Four year old Vincennes resident Willie Pinkstaff burned to death in a barn fire started by himself. Gary murder suspect Joseph Bavido arrested after shooting wife and wounding sister in Chicago. Newcastle chief of police Bousley recovering from a mild stroke. Shelbyville resident Ona Campbell died suddenly while preparing nephew’s funeral arrangements. Greencastle man Calvin Little sues Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Western Traction Co. for 1000 dollars over a car ejection in 1911. South Bend man Roy Havens dies from accidental gunshot by nephew Lyman Rittenhouse. Brazil hosts a large gardening contest by the Woman's Reading Club with multiple prize categories. Delphi group Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias plans a four day outing to Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Laporte annual Pine Lake assembly elects new directors. Jeffersonville reformatory publicity bureau cites a stabbing during a day school incident.
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Daniel Cunningham
Jefferson Township
Vincennes
Willie Pinkstaff
John R. Pinkstaff
Pinkstaff
Gary
Joseph Bavido
Mary Thompson
West Oak Street
Chicago
Newcastle
Bousley
Shelbyville
Sugar Creek Township
Ona Campbell
Greencastle
Calvin H. Little
Clayton
Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Western Traction Company
South Bend
Roy Havens
Mishawaka
Lyman Rittenhouse
Brazil
Woman's Reading Club
Delphi
Uniform Bank Knights of Pythias
Delphi Lodge
No. §0
Eighth Regiment
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Laporte
Pine Lake
8. C. Fulmer
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Hale
Starione Malgaret Egan
Child Brides and Ghosts in a Witty Exchange
A compact exchange satirizes family match making and skepticism. A daughter consents to an aged suitor, while her parents quarrel gently about age. The dialogue weaves playful lines on belief and marriage expectations.
Red Cross Seals Printed for 1912 Holiday Sale
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the American Red Cross announce seventy five million Red Cross seals printed for the 1912 aliday sale. The three color seal features a Santa Claus head, holly wreaths, and red crosses with the greeting Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, American Red Cross 1912.
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Red Cross
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Santa Claus
American Red Cross
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