Prohibition convention opens with taft attack in Atlantic City
A sweeping brief notes the eleventh national Prohibition convention opening at Atlantic City New Jersey. The event features a sharp attack on Taft Roosevelt and party bosses by Clinton N Howard of Rochester NC. Charles D Hille is named Republican chair and John B Reynolds becomes secretary as taft aides steer proceedings. A Roosevelt backed call to support the National Progressive movement asks for Chicago delegates.
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Taft
Col
Theodore
Roosevelt
Atlantic City
N. J
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
N. C
Charles D. Hille
Tait
Republican National Committee
John B. Reynolds
Mangachugotts
National Committee
United States
Chicago
New York
Dixon
Theodore Roosevelt
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Doomed Beauregard Cana day reunion poisoning leaves many dead
At a Cana day family reunion near Garfield Georgia on July 4, four people died and seven were dying while eighteen more were seriously ill after eating meat believed poisoned. Other incidents noted include Albert Boden killed by a ball in Rockford Illinois and a New York seamen strike with freight handlers on the North river piers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaday
Mack Canaday
Garfield
Albert Boden
Rockford, Lil
Ranke
New York
North River
Washington House Sees Akin Resolution On Irrigation Ties
Washington Rep Akin of New York introduces a house resolution demanding Secretary Wilson clarify if he has become the tool of irrigation companies over Jasper Wilson employed on the Stanley dam project in Colorado. Also notes court and political proceedings with Bullitt nomination and flag desecration bill debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akin
New York
House of Representatives
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
House
Jasper Wilson
Stanley Dam
Colorado
Inquest Testimony on Express Wreck at Corning
Charles Klapproth testified at the coroner's inquest into the Lackawanna express wreck at Corning New York where forty lives were lost. He stated his felony friend William Schroeder the engine driver was intoxicated four hours before taking charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Klapproth
Himira
Lackawanna Road
Corning
William Schroeder
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Firemen Tour and Local Incidents
Fort Dodge merchants face sanitation inspections under a white list plan overseen by Women’s club committees to aid housekeepers. Sioux City hosts a three day Iowa Firemen’s Association tour with Des Moines, Council Bluffs, and Clinton sending teams. Other items include a cliff accident injuring Mercedes Funnell at Eagle Point park, a Humboldt collision injuring Dr. C P Christiansen, boone civic league officers, a Rockwell mags service, and multiple fire losses and court actions across the state.
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Fort Dodge
Woman's Club
Iowa Firemen’s Association
Sioux City
Towa
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Clinton
Lake City
Sac City
Manning
Holstein
Glidden
Denison
Harlan
Osceola
Perry
Boone
Evaline Peo
Rowena Stevens
BH. N. Mann
Wisle Lawrence
Joseph J. Boyle
Rockwell
Keane
Dubuque
Liscomb
Mason City
Stevenon
John Taney
Lawler
Johannes Dahlberg
Alta
Iowa
Spencer
Atlantic
Webster City
William Reinhart
Nelson Morris
Morris
Indianola
Chappel
M. N. McNaughton
Villisca
Red Oak
Business Men's Club of
Creston
Kansas City
Clear Lake
Lozier
R. W. Keeler
Public Utilities
Marshalltown
Toledo
Quarry
Legrand
Montour
Tama
Mente
Bert Elifritz
Perry, Bouton and
Woodward
Elfritz
Bouton
Jones Chautauqua
Kellogg
Kelloge
Arley Infield
Dick Sparks
John Holsworth
Sully
Infield
Sparks
Omage
Kelley
Glenn Gullliver
Orchard Bank
Roy Emery
Highland Center
Highland
Emery
R. W. Dok
Doak
Daniel Maloney
Knoxville
Webster L Bowen
A. E. Jackson
Jack Helmen
Chicago
Frank Klein
Iowa Whitehope
John R. Amidon
Cedar Rapids
Sherman
Chancelloreville
Antietam
Gettysboro
Boy Scouts
Monticello
Millington Carpenter
Springville
Charles O'Shonessy
Department of Public Safety
Riverside Park
Honey Creek
Emery Dunn
Dunn
Sixth Cavalry
Hinshaw Elected Chairman Of Prohibition Party On Fifth Ballot
Atlantic City July 13 Virgil G Hinshaw a young Oregon lawyer won the National Prohibition convention chairmanship on the fifth ballot after Jones and Calderwood withdrew Supporters saw a unified victory as the platform was adopted outlining direct senatorial election a six year presidential term women’s suffrage court review of post office decisions and a ban on child labor among other progressive planks.
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Atlantic
City
N. J
Virgil G. Hinshaw
Oregon
Charles R. Jones
W. C. Calderwood
Hinshaw
Jones
Calderwood
Roosevelt
Prohibition Party
United States
Post Office
Britain Seeks Delay on Panama Canal Bill Note
Washington reports that Great Britain asked Congress to hold the Panama canal administration bill in abeyance through British chargé d affaires Mitchell Innes. The request from the summer embassy at Kineo, Maine, acting for Ambassador Bryce in New Zealand, confronts the State Department and Congress but is not expected to significantly delay the bill.
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Washington
Great Britain
Mitchell Innes
Congress
State Department
Kineo
Innes
Bryce
New Zealand
Posse Abandons Bandit Hunt In Illinois Woods
Aurora authorities tired from a crouching sweep near Plattville give up the search for a mysterious rider who fired from a galloping pony. In Grand Rapids, Joe Patchen II, owned by R J Mackenzie and driven by Will Fleming, wins the Comstock stake.
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Aurora
Ill
Plattville
Joe Patchen II
Grand Rapids
Mich
Joe Patchen
Bessie Bonehill
R. J. Mackenzie
Winnipeg
Will Fleming
Bubonic Plague Kills Twenty-Two in Porto Rico
Washington July 12 another fatal bubonic plague case reported to the public health service in San Juan Porto Rico. To date there have been thirty four cases and twenty two deaths on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
San Juan
Porto Rico
Public Health Service
Archbald Impeachment Articles Move to Senate
Washington July 13 the house by 223 to 1 with ten present but not voting approved presenting 18 articles of impeachment against Judge Robert W. Archbald of the commerce court to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judiciary Committee
House
Washington
Ite
Henry D. Clayton
Robert W. Archbald
United States Commerce Court
Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Lottie Objects to Luncheon with Mrs Bulhon
The excerpt shows Lottie protesting a luncheon invitation to Mrs Bulhon. Hattie objects, claiming she will not attend as she will be busy with tasks, and Fletchertte worries about being overwhelmed, with plans for tea after.
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Lottie
Singing and the Lunges for Lung Health
The piece argues singing strengthens lungs like whistling, with doctors advising singing for those fearing consumption but not claiming cures. It promotes deep breathing as a primary requirement of singing and notes the physical joy helps prevent relapse into shallow breathing.
Grape-Nuts Promises Restful Sleep and Nerve Boost
A testimonial touts Grape-Nuts as a brain restorer and nerve builder aiding sleep and daytime wakefulness. A woman details years of indigestion and vomiting improved after using Grape-Nuts, noting her mother’s relief from diarrhoea and urging readers to seek the Postum Co product and its booklet The Road to Wellville.
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Adady
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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