Methodist Crusade Pushes House Speaker Election
Baltimore August 12 The Methodist Episcopal church launches an active campaign to elect a speaker of the house who will allow Congress to vote on an interstate liquor shipment bill. The church with 3,000,000 communicants forms a temperance society with a 15 member bishop appointed board. C W Johnson notes a report from Professor and Mrs Bauffman stating their sister in Santa Rosa is alive but not improving.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
House of Representatives
Congress
General Conference
C. W. Johnson
Pinchot Addresses Forest Preservation in Boston
Gifford Pinchot, United States chief forester, spoke to a typographical convention on forest preservation in Boston. He condemned waste, warned the timber supply could end in 25 to 30 years, and urged use of coal and rivers wisely while protecting soil and resources for future generations.
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Boston
Mass
Gifford Pinchot
United States
America
Famous French aviator’s craft proves success on two continents
The famed French aviator demonstrated his flying machine in New York City drawing scientists from across the country as tests on two continents showed promising results.
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New York City
Roosevelt’s Square Deal and Nation’s Resource Future
The passage argues for bold national care in resource use and emphasizes three Roosevelt era ideas. The square deal fair play policy questions whether railroads serve or dominate the people, conservation to protect future welfare, and a farm life policy urging equal opportunities for producers and consumers in society and culture. It warns that our generation’s choices determine the country’s prosperity and long-term reward.
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Roosevelt
Railroads
California Hop Loss From Local Storm Report
A telegram from Conrad Krebs via W F Lovedale reports severe windstorm damage to California hop fields. About ten hundred acres trellised and thousands of vines blown down, with uncertain impact on hop prices. The storm seems local and unlikely to broadly affect California hop prices.
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Conrad Krebs
W. EF. Lovedale
California
Krebs
Salem Statesman
Fire in Buffalo railroad yards damages stock and property
A blaze swept the New York Central stock yards sheep beds in East Buffalo on August 15 causing destruction of property valued at 149000 dollars. No injuries were reported and investigators began examining the scene.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Eas Buffalo
Narrow escape as buggy plunges into river near Cottage Grove
Dr Katherine Schleef, baby, and Mrs Weaver survived a buggy accident beside the Coast Fork near Rounie's mill when a shied horse toppled the rig into five to six feet of water. They awoke on the bank after entangling in the cover and were cared for before returning home.
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Rouse’s Mill
Kozy Korner
Cottage Grove
W. B. Cooper
Fourth Street
Upataira
Frank Chapman
Chapman
Divide
Schleef
William Higgins
Klondike
Fpeedy Creek
Kime
Mary BE. McCuloch
Anlauf
Frank Antauf
Brumbaugh Creek
L. N. Roney
Bil
Nellie Williams
Eugene
Bohemia
Oregon
National rifle camp attracts 1000 shooters at Camp Perry
Marksmanship event opens at Camp Perry Port Clinton Ohio August 14 with the sixth annual National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice match and twentealti ng matches of the National Rifle Association. Teams from Army Navy Marine Corps National Guard and Regulars compete for cash prizes and prestigious trophies including a $599 regimental team trophy won previously by the Siath Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Militia.
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Eet
National Board For
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UN Nationnal Itiffe Association
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Siath Regiment
Massachusette
Prox Leader Injured Defending Negro in Springfield Riot
August 14 report states Eugene W Chafin Prohibition candidate for president was struck by a rock while protecting a Black man from a mob. He warned against touching the man as he reached for his pistol. The mob lynched Charles Hunter, a Black man, after burning many houses in the Black quarter. Troops were sent as whites and farmers flood the city. later quiet returned by noon.
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Springfield
Eugene W Chafin
Prohibition
Chafin
Chasin
Chas. Hunter
Twelfth
Madison Streets
Negro criminals at Bloomington
Froomington Aug. 15. Richard son and James colored men brought here from Springfield last night to escape lynching, are still in jail here.
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Froomington
Springfield
John Caldwell
Announcement of sightings kept from public view
It was announced last night that they had been kept from public view and that separate cells would not allow anyone to see them. The wording suggests restricted access and an internal decision to conceal information about individuals.
Ruse Sends Officers Toward Peoria in Effort to Ward Violence
Officers claim to be headed to Peoria to forestall possible violence, asserting their presence here is part of a planned security measure. The action aims to deter unrest while appearing to move operations elsewhere.
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Peoria
County Treasurer Victim of Robbery by Black Mob
Peoria, Aug. 16 A Springfield dispatch says Assistant County Treasurer W H Bowe was struck by an infuriated Black mob and robbed of several dollars a watch and diamonds He will probably die five bullets entered his body and he is in critical condition
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Peoria
Springfiel
W. H. Bowe
Bowe
First Regiment Ordered Out Chicacs
The First Regiment of Infantry Illinois National Guard has been ordered to proceed to Springfield to guard and support state operations. Orders come as the nation braces for potential civil unrest and the unit readies for transport from Chicago avenues and armories.
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Ave
Ilinois
Thaw Case May Be Transferred to Pittsbarg Courts
Thaw declared bankrupt today as protracted moves seek to remove him from New York courts. Attorneys argue creditors may appeal to the United States court to overturn Referee Blair's adjudication. The dispute centers on insanity hearings and potential transfer to local county courts in Pittsburgh, with possible creditor meetings to challenge Thaw's sanity.
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Harry EK Thay
Frere
Thaw
Hie Aoeres
New York
Pittaharg
United States
Biair
Eantir
United States District Court
Focal County
Cuticura Remedies Help Calmed Daughter’s Eczema
A letter from England 1907 details severe eczema affecting Adelaide age fifteen, with intense suffering, hair loss, and insomnia. After two doctors offered little relief, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills were used, and within three quarters of the ointment, the eruption faded and hair began regrowing. The testimonial praises miraculous seeming results and urges purchase of Cuticura products.
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Herlih
T. W. Hyde
England
Ted Pike
Potion & Clem
Corp Bole
Koston
Mase
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