Wall Street Funds and Tariff Votes Highlight 1904 Era Politics
Washington testimony cites Harriman raising 240000 for New York campaign after White House visit at Roosevelt's request. Taft vetoes steel tariff revision. House overrides 173 to 88 with 16 Progressive Republicans siding with Democrats. Taft seeks 400000 for fur seal convention. woolen tariff passes 174 to 260 with 21 Republicans crossing party lines. Senate approves post office bill around 160 million. parcels post created and union activity allowed. Catlin of Missouri unseated. Gill seated amid expenditure probe. Pension bureau sees hundreds of veteran appeals as congress stalls funding. Senate to consider six year presidential term amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odell
New York
Senate
Harriman
White House
Roosevelt
Taft
House
Tool theft arrest ties to brother in Trinidad
Domestic J E Park broke into a carpenter shop in Trinidad Colorado took tools and was arrested with them. One hour after jail he learned the stolen tools belonged to his brother E M Park whom he had not seen for fifteen yards. Judge H L Shattuck of Denver set aside a contempt sentence against former Mayor W Speer for articles in a newspaper he edits. Sam Schepps arrest in Hot Springs Arkansas spurs Rogenthal probe in New York as Becker case developments unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Park
Trinidad
Colo
E. M. Park
H. L. Shattuck
Denver
W. Speer
Speer
Sam Schepps
Hot Springs
Ark
Rogenthal
New York
Jack Rose
Notable New York News Highlights of 1912
Mrs Elen Milton elected school trustee in three years at Tarrytown New York. Passed Assistant Surgeon T J McChintic of the marine hospital service died in Washington of spotted fever caught in Montana. Mrs Madeline Force Astor survivor of the Titanic gave birth to a son named John Jacob Astor. William Gustavus Fischer famed hymn writer dies in Philadelphia. Diamond Jim Brady donates 220000 to Johns Hopkins Hospital. William F McCombs bedridden after a year campaigning for Wilson. National Archery Association holds four days of contests in Boston. Body of Carlos Wilcox pioneer and second Minneapolis postmaster arrives from Germany. University of Lemberg Austria grants honorary degree to Prof Henry Arctowski. Julius Rosenwald celebrates fiftieth birthday with charitable gifts totaling 687500.
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T. J. McChintic
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Montana
Madeline Force Astor
Col
John Jacob Astor
Paris Doctor Claims Cancer Microbe Found and Serum
Dr Gaston Odin of Paris declares discovery of the cancer microbe and isolation and cultivation success. He also announces the development of an anti cancer serum. Princess Frederick Charles of Helge, sister of the German emperor, reports robbery of her jewelry en route to Germany from Victoria Station. In Saskatoon, the royal mounted police force an American circus to remove Staras and Striper animals from parade wagons.
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Gaston Odin
Paris
Frederick Charles of
Helge
Victoria Station
London
Germany
Royal Mounted Police
Saskatoon
Sask
Stara and
Striper
Murder Guilty Plea In Hillsville Courthouse Case
Friel Allen pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree for involvement in the Hillsville Virginia courthouse killings last March and received an 18 year penitentiary sentence. Two others were convicted of first degree murder. In Lincoln Nebraska convict John Connell escaped after leaping from a wagon. The Equitable Life Assurance Society sold its old Broadway site to a DuPont led syndicate for a 36 story office building. Warden George W. Cowing seeks five men to aid in an execution scheduled for August 29.
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Friel Allen
Hillsville
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Gen. T. Coleman DuPont
Wilmington
Del
Broadway
New York
George W. Cowing
Nevada State Prison
Andrigi Mirkovich
Prohibitionists nominate Chafin in Waukesha
In Waukesha Wisconsin Prohibitionists hear Eugene W Chafin of Tucson Arizona named as their presidential candidate. Rev Charles H Mead of New York delivers the notification address as permanent chairman of the national convention. In Ohio Taft and Roosevelt factions split when General R B Brown of Zanesville is nominated governor and eight Republican officials resign.
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Waukesha
Wis
Eugene W. Chafin
Tucson
Ariz
United States
Charles H. Mead
New York
Taft
Roosevelt
Ohio
R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Walter P. Brown
J. N. Foster
Adventists Elect Leaders at Indiana Conference Meeting
Indiana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists elected O Montgomery as president and H I Rans as secretary and treasurer. The assembly in Indianapolis also created an executive committee and issued credentials. A key resolution invited the general conference to hold its next quadrennial session in Indianapolis. Dr. Walter A. Jessup announced his resignation from Indiana University to join Iowa State University as education director.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
O. Montgomery
H. i. Rans
A. N. Anderson
South Bend
W. A. Young
A. L. Miler
T. A. Goodwin
Inanapolis
W. P. Cunningham
Mid-getown
W. L. Avery
Fairland
J. W. Mace
Elwood
A. L. Miller
F. A. Loop
Lafayette
R. M. ‘Grey
Marian C. Bissett
R. M. Grey
Indiana Association of Seventh Day Adventists
W. A. Greenlee
J. W. Johnston
Board of
Indiana Medical Missionary and Benevolent Association
S. L. Strickler
Allen Moon
Beechwood Academy
William Applegate
HE. R. Lauda
Sulphur Springs
U. S. Anderson
Muncie
J. M. Ellis
Idaville
F. M. Roberts
Jonesboro
C. S. Hadley
Ida V. Hadley
General Conference
North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Milton C. Wilcox
Mountain View
Cal
Jessup
Walter A. Jessup
Department of Education
Indiana University
State School
William Lowe Bryan
Provemont
Mich
Iowa State University
Iowa City
Hawkeye School
Orchardists urged to pack apples in boxes for top prices
M W Richards secretary of the Indiana apple show commission tells growers of fancy apples to package their fruit in boxes. He notes fancy fruit sells more on appearance than quality and that the box becomes the standard package for the 1912 apple show to be held in Indianapolis November 18 to 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Richards
Indiana
Apple Show Commission
Indianapolia
Indiana G A I Urges Attendance at 46th Encampment in Los Angeles
Department Commander W E Gor urges Indiana veterans to attend the forty sixth national encampment in Los Angeles at September 9 to 14. Indiana veterans will depart Indianapolis September 4 at 3 PM by special train passing St Louis Kansas City Williams Ariz and a Grand Canyon side trip if desired. The order also names visiting committee members for Soldiers and Sailors' Homes in Knightstown and Lafayette and lists staff aides for the department commander.
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W.E. Gorsuch
Indiana G. A. I
Los Angeles
Cal
Indiana
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kansas City
Williams
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Knightstown
William Kinerk
Fort Wayne
Harlan P. Midler
E. M. Kinear
Bluffton
M. M. Justus
H. C. McMahen
Lafayette
Fined for Practicing Medicine Without License
The Fountain County Medical Society complaint led to Jacob Spiegel being tried in Attica mayor's court for practicing medicine without a license. He was found guilty, fined 26 dollars plus costs, and appealed. The board noted a prior arrest in Princeton with a not guilty verdict, and Spiegel traveled from Attica to Peru.
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State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Jacob Spiegel
Attica
Fountain County Medical Society
Spiegel
Princeton
Peru
Indiana railroad official resigns to join Baltimore and Ohio
J. M. Scott, chief inspector of the Indiana railroad commission, resigns to become supervisor of transportation for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Headquarters will be in Baltimore and he will report to the road's general superintendent. A successor will be named after the fiscal year ends September 30. Scott has served since January 1, 1911.
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J. M. Scott
Railroad Commission of
Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mr. Scott
Baltimore
Road
Railroad Commission
State Commission
Seventieth Indiana Holds Eighth Reunion at Martinsville
The thirty-eighth annual reunion of the Seventieth Indiana infantry was held at the Blackstone theater in Martinsville with strong veterans and family turnout. Mayor C. H. Hastings welcomed attendees, R. M. Smock of Indianapolis gave the response. Seiders quartet of Martinsville and Dungan quartet of Johnson County provided music. Christian church women served dinner.
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Seventieth Indiana Infantry
Blackstone Theater
Martinsville
C. H. Hastings
R. M. Smock
Indianapolis
Seiders Quartette
Dungan
Johnson County
Women of the Christian Church
Indiana State Fair Abandons Stake Races For Harness Meet
The Indiana state fair plans a race program focused on trotters and pacers with no stake events for September. Secretary Charles Downing says the board aims to return to fundamental harness racing principles, catering to local owners and trainers and smaller suburban patrons.
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Indiana
Harnese
Charles Downing
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Indiana Fair
Uses of a mother in law bill and a reform at home
OCR fragment mentions uses of a mother in law, values and reform ideas. It contrasts domestic relevance with reforms that don t require distant changes. It references Cross Bail Blue and asks readers to inquire with their grocer for value. The tone imitates an old newspaper advertising or editorial snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rel Cross
Cole's Carbolianive relieves itching on skin and mucous
An advertisement claims Cole's Carbolianive relieves and cures itching and the torture of the skin and mucous membranes. It markets a superior remedy with pricing and a free sample offer from J. Ws Co. at Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
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Fa J. Ws Co
Black River
Falls
The Car Dream Sparks Quiet Debate at Home
George questions the rush to an automobile after a salary raise. His wife frames the request as practical but he balks at what he calls becoming common. The exchange reveals modest aspirations and social caution in a domestic scene.
Pa a Rather Indefinite Exchange About Anachronism
A dialog features Pa and Pa a slammed line asking what an anachronism is. The response labels it as a concept clever scholars spot in Shakespeare and dismisses the topic with a prompt to go play.
Kopp's Baby's Friend Cited for Calming Infant
Mrs. L P Plum ber of Rockland Maine credits Kopp's Baby's Friend with stopping crying in her infant from day one. She reports cure during teething and inability to speak. The product sold by druggists at 10c 26c and 60c or direct from York PA. Samples by mail on request.
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Kopp
L. P. Plumber
Rockland
Drugeliats
Baby's Friend
York
Bilkins Buys A New Thought Magazine
Bilkins announces his recent subscription to a new thought magazine. The note highlights his habit of discussing weather and his friends’ reactions to his evolving reading choices.
Badly Frightened Fish Report Spooks Local Angler
Rankin Dunfre recalls crossing a bridge at night when a lantern spooked a 16 inch fish from the weeds. The Philadelphia Record notes the odd sight as the fish floundered in the dark water and leaves readers amused.
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Rankin Dunfre
Philadelphia Record
New Idea for Dressmakers Opens Bid Field in New York
A New York woman starts a novel dressmaking venture by inviting bids from multiple dressmakers for making and altering a large batch of dresses. She plans to accept the lowest bid, signaling a new market method and prompting bid-placing shrewdness among makers.
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New York
It Was the Wedding Day of Pat and Bridget
Lady Augusta Gregory recalls a charming Irish wedding tale. Pat wore patent leather shoes white vest and a flaming tie Bridget wore many colors as the couple exited to a cheering crowd. Bridget asks Pat if they could have watched themselves from the sidewalk.
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Augusta Gregory
Pat
Bridget
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Congress
Great Britain
Japan
House of Representatives
Jacob Schurman
Cornell University
Greece
Montenegro
United States Senate
Post Office
Post Office Department
Theron E. Catlin
Missouri
Patrick F. Gill
Catlin
Davenport
Pension Bureau
Elen M. Milton
John J. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N.Y
William Gustavus Fischer
Philadelphia
Wilson
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
New York City
National Archery Association
Boston
Carlos Wilcox
Minneapolis
Vienna
University of
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Soine
Lincoln
Neb
John Connell
City OF
Kokomo
Od. Montgomery
H. H. Rans
Seventieth
Bilkins
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