Wilson Renominated by Acclamation at Democratic Convention
In St Louis a crowd of 12,000 filled the Coliseum as Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Riley Marshall were renominated by acclamation for president and vice president. One delegate objected to Wilson, and the chair announced a 1192 to 1 tally with 1093 delegates present. John W. Wescott of New Jersey nominated Wilson, praising him as schoolmaster and moral leader. Senator Kern named Marshall, with all other candidates having withdrawn. A harmony love feast followed, and Senator Thompson moved to let William Jennings Bryan speak, who then lauded the administration.
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Union News Service
St. Louis
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Thomas Riley Marshall
Wilson
Ter
Kern
Indiana
Marshall
Thompson
Kansas
William Ennings Bryan
Bryn Mawr
Bryan Mawr
Savannah
Wilson Louise Axson
White Hiouse
Washington
Edith Bolling Galt
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Frances Bowes Sayre
William Gibbs McAdoo
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Conn
Princeton
Woodtick Bite Paralyzes Boy Recovers After Ten Days
Orville Clifford three years old son of Frank Clifford Ninot was paralysed for ten days after a woodtick bite. He regained use of his legs showing recovery in Boulder in a notable illness and treatment.
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Boulder
Orville Clifford
Frank Clifford
Ninot
Austrians Leave Czernowitz Captives Swell
London June 16 The Austrians evacuated Czernowitz capital of Bukowina as dispatches report continued Russian offensives from Volhynia to Bukowina. Russians claim fresh gains thousands of prisoners and many guns across the front, raising total prisoners to over 160000 as the drive westward proceeds.
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London
Czernowitz
Bukowina
Petrograd
Bukowita
Bucharest
Volhynia
Re Verdun
James Praises Wilson As Democratic Leader At Convention
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Senator Ollie M. James of Kentucky, permanent chairman, lauding Wilson's administration for epoch making reform and peace efforts. He credits tariff reform, anti monopoly measures, and foreign policy that protected American rights without provoking war, elevating Wilson among historic leaders.
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Union News Service
St. Louis
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
James
Democratic Party
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Republic
Bear Wreck Toll Narrows To Survivors Count
Eureka California June 16 A committee of the Chamber of Commerce reports 204 of 210 aboard the steamship Dear have been accounted for after the Bear wreck off Mendocino coast. Bear carried 172 passengers from Eureka with 27 in Ferndale and 5 elsewhere. Fourteen lifeboats escaped in good order. eleven reached Blunt's Reef lightship, four landed near Bear river mouth. one capsized and was lost. Fog and current blamed by officers for the tragedy.
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Eureka
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Chamber of Commerce
Ferndale
Coon Town
Mendgerio Coast
California
Blunt's Reef
Bear River
Woodrow Wilson Birth and Rise to Power in Modern Era
A concise account traces Woodrow Wilson from Staunton Virginia born December 28 1856 to governor of New Jersey in 1910 and winner of the 1912 presidential election. It notes Scotch Irish ancestry and family ties including father Joseph Ruggles Wilson a Presbyterian minister and grandfather James Wilson a Philadelphia editor and judge.
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New Jersey
United States
Virginia
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Joseph R. Wilson
James Wilson
County Down
Philadelphia
Aurora
Presbyterian Church
Augusta
South
Wilson
Woodrow
Steubenville
Ohio
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Jefferson College
Western Theological Seminary
Princeton Seminary
Janet Woodrow
Thomas Woodrow
William K. McCombs
Princeton
Baltimore
Taft
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bruain
President Wilson
Joseph KR
Jessie Woodrow Wilson
Wilsons
Georgia
South Carolina
Palmetto
Tre Frat
Davidson College
Davidson
Princeton University
I’rinceton
Democrats
Municipal Commission
America
Scotland
Joseph BR. Wilson
Pioneer Country
Quip Sparks Uneasy Exchange At Office
A terse exchange ends with one man leaving after the other hints at tidying up work to stay busy. The remark about stringing out tasks suggests a guarded mood and unease in the room as the colleague departs.
How to Treat Dandruff Advertisement
How to treat dandruff by applying Cuticura Ointment to itchy spots and flakes. Next morning wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water for a clean scalp and reduced dandruff. Free sample by mail with Book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
A Mind Reader Says The Quiet Part Loud
A Browning’s Magazine excerpt features a scene where one character asserts telepathic insight, claiming to know another’s thoughts and demanding apology for imagined indiscretion. The exchange shows wit and social power plays in terse dialogue.
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Browning
Too Much for Him. She Can You Manage a Typewriter
A short quip from the Boston Transcript notes a domestic frustration where a wife questions her husband’s suit to handle a typewriter and the man retorts about not being the one she married.
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Boston Transcript
Graft Plot in Crimson Gulch Mayor Race Parodied
Broncho Bob asks which eastern city has the most graft while noting Crimson Gulch recently elected a popular mayor. The plan shifts toward sending a commission to study high-class graft to devise a proper, comfortable fix for him with the Boys.
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Broncho
Crimson Gulch
Sanitary Living Tips Emphasize Air, Sunlight
The article advises maintaining sanitary homes by letting air and sun into all areas, preventing decaying matter buildup in cellars, washing and drying cleaning items promptly, and regularly washing brooms and brushes to avoid hidden dust and dampness. It stresses not just visible dust but unseen decay in dark spaces as a major health concern.
Average man spends on experience then gives it away free
A reflection notes that men invest heavily in experiences and later share the benefits with others at no cost, highlighting the paradox of personal spending yielding communal gain.
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