Washington reshuffles posts as Taft names new aides
President Taft named Luther Conten deputy commissioner of corporations to succeed Herbert Knox Smith who resigned. Sherman Page Allen of Vermont named assistant secretary of the treasury to replace A Platt Andrew who resigned. Lorimer vacancy question unsettled. Sulzer labor department bill advances. Senate backs Bailey resolution on presidential influence. Campaign finance testimony from August Belmont cited. Navy to permanent wireless corps. Violent incidents and international tensions noted. Olympic results favor American athletes as program continues. Turkish grand vizier vows continuation of war in Tripoli.
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Taft
Luther Conent
Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith
Sherman Page Allen
Vermont
the Treasury
A. Platt Andrew
United States Senate
Bailey
Lorimer
Evidence of pigmy inhabitants in Colorado fields
The article reports purported evidence of a pigmy human race in Colorado from scholars at the British Museum and Tokyo Imperial University. It also covers the New Jersey Public Utility Commission summoning railroads for failing to supply drinking water on some trains, a fatal Lackawanna Express collision near Corning New York killing 40, a first aviation accident insurance lawsuit in New York, and a Denver Overland disaster near Western Springs after fog caused a rear-end crash that killed 13 and injured over 25.
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Colorado
Farnsworth
British Museum
Yakishi
Imperial University of Tokyo
New Jersey
India
Omaha
Denver Overland Limited
Western Springs
Burlington Road
Chicago
Democratic Party Reorganizes National Committee in Chicago
Woodrow Wilson led a Democratic national standard bearer session in Chicago to reorganize the Democratic National Committee. W. S. McCombs of New York was elected chairman, succeeding Norman E. Mack who retires. Joseph J. Davies of Wisconsin became secretary and chaplain Martin servant-at-arms was noted. The 1908 Taft campaign fund totaled 1,056,518 with Hitchcock testifying no corporate gifts and a $20,000 rejection from T. Coleman Dupont amid Progressive Party criticism. Senator Works was asked to resign by California Republican leaders.
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Taft
White House
Hilles
Republican Committee
Senator Root
Committee On
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic National Committee
W. S. McCombs
New York
Wilson
Norman E. Mack
Joseph J. Davies
Wisconsin
Chobn I
Martin
Frank Hitchcock
Republian National Committee
Senate
T. Coleman Dupont
Boctage
Progressive Party
Washington
United
Works
Wallace Meyer Lissner
California
Republican National Committee
Chicago girl passes tests for aeroplane pilot role
Personal Katheringe Stingon of Chicago, eighteen, weighs 100 pounds, has passed examinations for an Aeroplane pilot's Neengs and will take part in the coming Chicago meal. Her father, a city official at Jackson, Missouri, brought her to Chicago two months ago to try for a license after an initial rejection due to weight and age. She learned air navigation from Maz Lillie.
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Katheringe Stingon
Chicago
Jackson
Misa
Maz Lillie
Lorimer Quoted From Senate Seeks Vacancy Fit
Cal lom aligned with majority and joins colleague as possible candidate to fill va cancy when his own term ends. The report notes Lorimer and the Senate transcripts as context for the potential selection and timing.
Senate Ousts Lorimer Over Illinois Vote
The Lea resolution passed 65 to 28 declaring corrupt methods in Lorimer’s Illinois Senate election, making it invalid. Amid solemn voting, Lorimer left the chamber dejected as colleagues and new senators weighed future vacancies and political moves.
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Lea
William Lorimer
Senate of the
United States
Illinois
Washington
Senate of the United States
Briggs
New Jersey
Curtis
Kansas
Simmons
North Carolina
Watson
West Virginia
Jones
Lorimer
Senator Jones
Solemn Boone
Senate
Smoot
Crane and Bailey
Rodenburg
Iinois
Mr. Lorimer
Iands
Striker violence marks Brussels and Cincinnati incidents
Strikes flare across Europe and the United States as violence erupts. In Brussels seamen set fire to the Zeeland during a docked ship protest, while in Cincinnati Elmer Patricide and Joseph Weermeyer were shot in a dispute with a presumed strike breaker named Walter Fitzwater, who claims self defense.
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Brussels
Zeeland
Saamen'a Syndicata
Cincinnati
Elmer Pat'ncide
Joseph Weermeyer
Walter Witawater
Fitzwater
Parker Had Million Dollar Campaign Funds Declared
W O F Sheehan, former chairman of the Democratic national executive committee, testified before a senate committee on campaign funds from the 1904 presidential race. He recalled about one million dollars in the national fund, with portions sent to Maine, Colorado and Nebraska and a $10,000 contribution from the American Sugar Refining company that was returned before cashing. He noted August Belmont’s large role and that some donors gave more than $5,000, though exact names were not fully remembered.
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August Belmont
United States
Senate
Washington
Alton B. Parker
Democratic
W. O F. Sheehan
New York
Senate Committee
Sheehan
Democratic National Executive Committee
Maine
Colorado
Nebraska
Oliver
Bryan
Pennsylvania
Thomas F.’Ryan
National Committee
New York State
American Sugar Refining Company
Havemeyer
State Committee
Clapp
Belmont
Campaign Committee Named for Wilson Campaign
The committee to run Governor Wilson's presidential bid was chosen at a conference at his summer home. It includes national members William F. McCombs Josephus Daniels and A. Mitchell Palmer among others, plus outside figures Senator Gore Senator O Gorman Senator Reed and Wil liam G. McAdoo.
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Sea Girl
N. J
Wilson
William F. McCombs
New York
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Robert S. Hudspath
New Jersey
Willard Saulabury
Delaware
Col
Robert Ewing
Louisiana
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Joseph E. Davies
Wisconsin
Will R. King
Oregon
National Committee
Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
James A. O'Gorman
James A Reed
Missouri
Daniel J McGillicuddy
Maine
Albert Burleson
Texas
Willam G. McAdoo
Cloudburst kills many at Seven Troughs Mazuma camp
A cloudburst devastated the Seven Troughs and Mazuma mining camps near Reno Nevada. Many people are reported dead and doctors are rushing to the scene as communications are cut. Details are unavailable for hours. In Washington Granville Mooney declined to be Taft's belated secretary, preferring to stay in politics.
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Mazuma
Nevada
Reno, Ney
Taft
Washington
Granville Mooney
Ohio House of Representatives
Swartz's Body Found in New York Tenement
Nathan Swartz, accused of killing fourteen year old Julia Connors, was found dead Thursday on the fourth floor of a tenement on Chrysitle street after his father notified police of the alleged slaying.
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Swartz
New York
Nathan Swartz
Julia Connors
Chryetle Street
Rivers and Harbors Bill Passed by Senate in July
The conference report on the rivers and harbors bill was adopted in the Senate on Thursday. The measure now carries 39 million 208 thousand 370 dollars, with the House version totaling 26 million 306 thousand dollars.
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Washington
Senate
Nelson
Rouse T
The Moon's Offspring And A Moonlit Misconception
A mixed readerly fragment set describes humorous and curious ideas about a moonlit night. A girl named Marie peers at the eastern sky and tells her mother the moon has laid an egg, a fantasy sparked by the bright full moon and Jupiter nearby.
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Marle
Jupiter
Marie
Rash Almost Covered Face in Warrenville Woman Cured
Mrs Kathryn Krafft reports eighteen years of blood poisoning and persistent eruptions. After a severe spring rash with bilious sores, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with Resolvent, bathed, applied the ointment nightly for two months, and says she is cured. Cuticura products advertised worldwide with a free sample offer and Skin Book.
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Warrenville
Inet
Kathryn Krafft
Dept. L
Boston
Nobility of the Trades The Farmer excerpt
In olden days farmers cooperated to make cheese during summer. Four cattle owners sharing fourteen milch cows pooled all milk, two families with five cows each plus a two-cow pair shared yields. Over two weeks they made cheeses by each owner, some producing multiple cheeses, others fewer, yet all cheeses deemed equal in quality.
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Charles Winelow Hall
National Magazine
Unclear Dialogue Between Waiters Sparks Threats
Fragmentary OCR reveals a heated exchange where a waiter warns of violent action if a remark is not stopped. The content shows threats to the speaker’s life and mentions an individual named Watter-Did that may relate to the tip incident. Names and full context are uncertain due to text garbling.
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Watter
Arizona
Postum Helps Digestive Health and Clear Complexion
A Washington state family reports bad digestion and a sallow complexion from tea and coffee. After trying Postum, a month and a half brought clear skin, better digestion, and calmer nerves. The letter from Postum Co. promotes The Road to Wellville and notes new reader testimonials.
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Postm Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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