Forty Nine for Taft Start of Next Tuesday May Be 54
The Republican national committee reports Taft’s allies claim 54 delegates on the temporary roll call with 49 definite. Tennessee and Texas contests are pending decisions as the convention fights unfold. Commentary mentions patronage and Bryan’s role as a social force within the party. The Union League club in New York urges platform support for judiciary integrity.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Texas
Tennessee
Oliver
Taft
South Carolina
Brownlow
New York
Union League Club
Boy Bridegroom seeks divorce from wife in Indiana
Earl Colvin once called Indiana's boy bridegroom due to marrying at age not fifteen has filed for divorce in Grant superior court alleging cruel treatment. He and Julian B. Clark lived in Marion most of their married life and are parents to a two and a half year old child.
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Marion
Ind
Earl Colvin
Julian B. Clark
Sullivan
Indiana
Grant Superior Court
Colvin
Worthyies Across Regions Show Traveling News
A dense list of personal visits and business trips appears from Bristol to Logansport, with numerous residents and visitors like Mrs. John Inbody in Bristol, P. L. Turner in Logansport, and R. J. Yoring from Buffalo on various business and social travels.
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Mrs
John Inbody
Bristol
P. L. Turner
Logansport
Platform Custodian On Hand In Chicago Convention
Wade St Ellis Ohio attorney general arrives with a platform draft and optimism that it is the best in years. Delegates clash over lines with labor and manufacturers representatives while McKinley calls for reapportionment to curb southern influence. Knox's Pennsylvania support grows as McKinley and Hanna Garry appoint pages for the national convention.
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Wade St. Ellis
Ohio
Lin
American Federation of Labor
National Association of Manufacturers
James W. van Cleave
St. Louis
Republican Party
Samuel Gompers
Democratic Party
Denver
Chicago
McKinley
Cannon Camp
Aign
National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Next Nations Committee
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Pennsylvania
Knox
R. H. Stevenson
Foraker
Hanna Garry
D. W. Garry
Alcorn,Miss
National Campaign Begins to Get Hot
National political tensions rise as campaigns move into high gear with key figures, including David B. Hill, signaling intensified efforts by June 12.
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Kew
David B. Hill
Hammond to Receive Utah Delegation Support for VP Nominee
Utah's delegation will back John Hays Hammond for the Republican vice presidential nomination at the national convention. The pledge was announced in Salt Lake City on June 12.
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Utah
Hammond
Salt Lake City
John Hays Hammond
Taft to Visit Cincinnati for Chicago Convention News
Secretary Taft plans to travel to Cincinnati next Monday to receive updates on the national convention in Chicago, according to information received in Columbus Ohio on June 12.
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Columbus
Taft
Cincinnati
Chicago
Utah Adds Six Delegates To Bryan Column
Salt Lake City June 12 Utah added six delegates to the Bryan column today as the result of the state convention. No other name was mentioned.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Harmony and Bryan in Kentucky Convention Delegates Vote Bryan
Harmony described the Democratic state convention in Lexington Kentucky as delegates were instructed to vote for Bryan for president at Denver. The report notes the June date and the Democratic focus on Bryan's candidacy.
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Harmony and
Bryan
Kentucky
Lexington
Harmony
Denover
Interstate Commerce Commission rulings on rail rate adjustments
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the reduced 6.95 cent rate on pulp from Duluth Minnesota to Rhinelander Wisconsin is not excessive and that the 2 cent higher paper rate from Rhinelander to points east of the Mississippi is lawful.
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Washington
Duluth
Minn
Rhinelander
Wis
Mississippi River
Fox River
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Bailey undergoes throat operation in New York
United States Senator Bailey of Texas has had a throat operation in New York after several days of illness and is recovering well. His condition is reported as favorable.
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Senator Bailey
New York
United States
Bailey
Texas
Robbers invade customs office. official and four aides slain
Ten heavily armed robbers raided the Tiefis customs office on June 12 killing the official in charge and four assistants. They seized $12,000 before fleeing. Police pursued the attackers, killing three. two escaped.
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Tiefis
Wealthy Creek Woman Patsy Melotosh Dies in Muskogee
Patsy Melotosh the wealthiest Creek freed woman in Oklahoma died in Muskogee at age seventy seven. Her estate valued at $200000. She belonged to a slave family.
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Muskogee, Okla
Patsy Melotosh
Oklahoma
Downing Street: The World’s Center in a Dark London Alley
The passage describes 10 Downing Street as the true center of the British empire and the prime minister’s official residence. It notes Downing’s creator Sir George Downing’s American ancestry, his mother from the Winthrop family, and his Harvard education before serving as Cromwell’s ambassador.
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Downing Street
London
Robert Walpole
George Downing
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Harvard College
England
Oliver Cromwell
Hague—Exchange
Railway worker dies after freight train incident in Osborn
Frank D Cheyney twenty two from London England on first railway job from Fort Wayne mangled at Osborn Indiana by freight train. He dragged free and died en route to St Margaret hospital Ate Too Much and Died.
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Hawmond
Ind
Frank D. Cheyney
London
England
Fort Wayne
Osborn
St Margaret's Hospital
Catfish finned man dies after Cicero creek incident
Noblesville Indiana June 12 Eliott Cheeseman who had been ill from blood poisoning after a catfish finned him while he removed the fish from the hook in Cicero creek has died.
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Noblesville
Tnud
Eliott Cheeseman
Cicero Creek
Evansville Woolen Mills to Run Full Time
Evansville woolen mills, among the city's largest concerns, announce they will revert from half time to full time after several months of reduced hours. The report notes Hoyle and Hoyle’s role in whist history, detailing Hoyle’s life as a barrister and publisher’s payment for his whist treatise, plus lessons at a guinea each and an emphasis on probability calculations in rubber.
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Withl
Evansville
Ind
Hoyle
Ireland
Cavendish Square
Toyle
Glasgow Times
Crossing the Ocean
A Princeton Tiger fragment recalls steerage passengers, voyage chatter, curious shipboard rumors, and assorted casual exchanges about land clouds icebergs and meeting the captain during a long sea crossing. The tone captures a youthful, humorous slice of life aboard a transatlantic voyage with scattered remarks on whales porpoises and postcards.
Mary Keeps Juvenile Ovisaires As Herd Companion
Miss Mary, holder of a small immature Ovisaires, shows a wool bearing quadruped with a pristine outer coat like crystal vapor. The young animal matches her wandering duties and travels with her with remarkable fidelity across locales both near and far.
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Mary
Ovis Aires
Chicago Tribune
Free Berth on Soash Special Train to Plainview Texas
Advertisement invites readers to ride the Soash Pullman from Chicago to Plainview Texas on June 16 with free berths. Promotes Elkhart party travel, harvest season housing deals, and urges contacting Schafer & Son or A. N. Kelsey for arrangements.
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Chicago
Plainview
Texas
Land of
Sunshine
Elkhart
Schafer & Son
A. N. Kelsey
Sick list and local obituaries from Clark Hospital
A Topeka man and a Ligonier woman were operated on at Clark Hospital on Thursday. Mrs Sophia Stage and Mrs Charles M Taylor show mixed progress. Charles Schuler remains in critical condition from apoplexy. Also notes Himer Post resolutions for Eugene Moriarty. Includes sale notice of Henry Wall farm near Elkhart set for June 23 1908 and W O W meeting call for Sunday.
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David Guagy
Topeka
Clark Hospital
Sohpia Stage
Ligonier
Henry Wall
Elkhart
Oliver F. Brusman
Skinner & Wider
Monger
Kane Lodge F and A M Meeting Tonight
Announcements note Kane Lodge F and A M will meet this evening. Spanish War Veterans plan a meeting at Otto E Deal's office tonight. The ladies of the W R C will hold a market all day Saturday June 13 at the former Hoffman's grocery store 943.
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Otto E. Deal
Bargain Seekers Ten Dollar Money Order
A Cincinnati boy visits an express office and asks for a ten dollar money order. After confirming the 8 cent fee for ten dollars the child offers a nickel and three coins, intending to buy a drum roller skates straw hat and candy with exactly 10.08 dollars. The clerk explains the needed amount.
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Cincinnati
Siga
The
Express Company
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Didn't Give Him a Chance in St. Paul Pioneer Press
A mother and son debate a minister’s talk and a man named Mr. Meeker whose interruptions and repeated I dare say phrases frustrate Johnny. The child questions his mother’s tolerance and whether she should have let Meeker finish his points.
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Johnny
Meeker
St. Paul Pioneer Press
A Chapel on a Bridge at St Ives
The old bridge chapel in St Ives, Huntingdonshire, famed for its 500 year history, once served as a beacon light house and later a hostel before becoming a dwelling. Some rooms lie below the river level in the Ouse.
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St. Ives
Huntingdonshire
Oliver Cromwell
Modern North Second Ave Home For Sale
For sale a thoroughly modern home listed by Andrew Lamb at 123 W Lexington Ave. An up to date property offered as a strong home proposition worth investigating.
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North Second At
Andrew
Lamb
Lexington Ave
Hyomei for Catarrh Promises Quick Cure and Savings
Reader testimony from G. J. Stevers of Crown City Ohio credits Hyomei with curing chronic catarrh after two bottles. The ad notes a money back guarantee from Houseworth Bros for catarrh asthma bronchitis hay fever coughs and colds. An inhaler is included in a $1 outfit with 50 cents for extra bottles. Auction and hat sale notices appear in the same snippet.
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G. J. Stevers
Crown City
Ohio
Houseworth Bros
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Ohio) College
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H. W. Brissenden
H. L. Zellar
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Douglass, Ariz
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Kelsey
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Nellie
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Frank Slaybaugh
Adamsville
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Princeton Tiger
Warren Hill Company
Jess
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Charles Schuler
Lake Shore
Middlebury Street
Eimer
Himer
Alr
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James D. Braden
Anthony Coley
John H. Lerve
Presbyterian Church
Kane Lodge
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Main
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J. Gorsuch
Deftler’s
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