World Happenings Involving Taft Lorimer and Labor Bill
Sherman Allen of Vermont retires as assistant secretary to the president and is sworn in as assistant secretary of the treasury. Taft to speak at the International Chamber of Commerce banquet in Boston on September 26. House panels seat Theron Catlin and condemn fraud in Missouri election. Senate bill bans interstate transport of prize fight pictures awaiting presidential signature. Lindbergh proposes a new industrial relations committee. Riddell elected as sergeant at arms to replace Stokes Jackson. Lorimer vacancy issue unsettled with governor’s appointment power debated. Sulzer bill creates a department of labor with a cabinet secretary. River and harbor bill reaches agreement at $33 million, including $6 million for levee work along the Mississippi.
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Taft
Weeks
Massachusetts
International Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Sulzer
Department of Labor
Atta Head
House of Representatives
Tee
Prcant
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Commerce
Notable figures suffer and die in 19th century incidents
Personal William Lorimer, recently ousted from the U S senate, was slightly injured in a Pittsburg area automobile accident while en route from Washington to Chicago to avoid colliding with a buggy and striking a telegraph pole. Gen Walter Newberry, famed Civil War figure, dies in Chicago at seventy seven from arteriosclerosis.
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William Lorimer
United States Senate
Pittsburg
Washington
Chicago
Rng
Walter Casa Newberry
Lincoln Steffens testifies in Darrow case in Los Angeles
Domestic Lincoln Steffens testified that before Bert Franklin’s arrest Darrow agreed to let J. J. and J. B. McNamara plead guilty if needed to settle the McNamara cases. A claim about Captain Emich of the Titanic being seen in Baltimore surfaced. A Milwaukee area crash near Cambridge killed three teens and injured one. About 600 delegates attended the Duluth Vasa convention with a banquet served by a local lodge auxiliary.
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Lincoln Steffens
Darrow
Los Angeles
Bert Franklin
McNamara
J. J. McNamara
J. B. McNamara
Minne
Age
Wisconsin
Vasa Orheld
Duluth
Mire
Mophia Lodge
Adies
Notable Inquests and Disciplinary Actions Across Corrections
In San Quentin a former hospital inmate Julia A. Wilcox admitted she misread a telephone order causing two B and Q trains to stop and trigger the wreck at Western Springs. J B McNamara, one of the Los Angeles Times bombing defendants, defies prison rules and faces indefinite dungeon confinement. Chicago social leader Rena Bacon Morrow is acquitted of shooting her husband. Colorado district court proceedings target the lumber trust, seeking to bar price fixing and profit margins.
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Julia A. Wilcox
Tower
Western Springs
Lil
San Quentin
J. B. McNamara
Los Angeles Times
Hoyle
McNamara
Rena Bacon Morrow
Chicago
Charles Fr. Morrow
Lumber Trust
George A. Carlson
Greeley
Colo
Michigan progressives divorce from party at Jackson convention
The Michigan progressive Republicans dissolved ties with the GOP at the state convention in Jackson, voting to back an entire ticket both for state and national offices. A campaign committee to run Governor Wilson’s presidential bid was formed at Seabright New Jersey.
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Michigan
Jackson
Tato
Wilson
Seagirt
N. J
Decaure
Progressive Party
Washington
United States
Works
Wallace
Meyer Lissner
California
Republican National Committee
Zapatista Attack Kills Dozens on Mexican Train
More than sixty people were killed and many wounded when Zapatista rebels blew a mine under a railroad track between Mexico City and Cuernavaca. The train overturned as rebels opened fire and attackers fled after the wreck. Nearby, Matsuhito, emperor of Japan, is gravely ill with nephritis and possible uremic poisoning, per court physicians. An eight-ship Italian fleet attempted to storm Turkish forts at the Dardanelles but was repelled with heavy losses. The German battleship Tieseen rammed a torpedo boat off Kiel, killing three crew. Germany discusses Crown Prince Frederick William visiting German African colonies in 1914 to open the Tanganyika railway.
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Zapatista
Mexico City
Cuernavaca
Morelos
Zapatistas
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmorm
Turkish War Office
Tleseen
Kiel
Germany
T Oo
Aerio
Frederick William
Emperor William
Lake Tanganyika
President Taft May Visit Indiana State Fair
Taft may attend the Indiana state fair opening Labor Day in Indianapolis on September 2 with an invitation from the state board of agriculture. The plan includes a possible speech at the Coliseum to promote Republican interests and a citywide business delegation may accompany the president.
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Indianapolis
Taft
Indiana State Board of Agriculture
Manapolia
Terre Haute
Ind
White House
Indiana
Washington
Indiana Fair
L. ©. Boyd
State Board of Agriculture
Hoyd
State health board April report lists inspections and actions
The state board of health reported one prosecution in June for violating food and drug laws. The Indiana Ice and Duty Co. of Anderson was acquitted on a dirty milk charge. Inspectors reviewed 1 453 places across 64 cities, with 22 excellent, 804 good, 529 fair, 138 poor, 32 bad. Eleven hundred sixty six condemnations issued, mostly for insanitary construction. groceries and restaurants saw many condemnations. Laboratory tests covered 89 food samples with 20 adulterated. 12 drug samples were tested, three adulterated opioids found. Five new Indiana business incorporations noted and Henderson Motor Car Co. capital increase.
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State Board of Health
Hl. E. Barnard
Indiana Ice & Duty Company of
Anderson
New Party Considers Votes for Women Sway
Progressive leaders in Indiana discuss a proposed suffrage plank at a subcommittee meeting in Indianapolis. Plank adoption depends on the resolutions committee and the state convention. Many progressives favor women’s suffrage and expect it to be pushed to the resolutions committee.
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Progressive Party
Indianapolis
Resolution Committee
Fr Im
State free employment bureau reports June quarter figures
The eleventh quarterly report shows for the quarter ending June that 1 611 persons found employment and 1 844 applied for work. Two thousand three hundred sixty positions were reported to the board. Sixty eight of the job seekers were women. The bureau notes cement and factory workers and farm laborers as common male applicants and housework as the leading female demand. Over thirty three months 16 26 persons filed. 9 293 or 60 5 percent were employed. There were 12 228 positions reported by those seeking help.
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State Free Employment Bureau
Atiatician
Marshall Visits Fort Harrison Maneuver Camp
Governor Marshall accompanied by George W. McCoy visited the Fort Harrison maneuver camp and met with Col. Edwin F. Glenn and Brigadier General Will J. McKee and Indiana National Guard officers. A reception was arranged in place of a formal troop review. Births in June show a count of 4 114 with a slightly lower rate than last year and Dubois county leading in rate. Pulmonary tuberculosis remained the chief death cause with a rate of 10.6 per 1 000.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Governor Marshall
George W. McCoy
Indiana National Guard
Edwin F. Glenn
Twenty-third Regiment
Fort Harrison
Glenn
Will J. McKee
Im Mans
State Board of Health
Dubois County
Nightfall wisdom for effort and purpose
A reflective note urges that any person can endure workload and perform duties for a day, regardless of heaviness. It emphasizes steady effort, patience, kindness, and purity until night ends. The piece frames daily labor as a shared, redeeming human task.
Economical Meat Cooking and Budget Friendly Dishes
Practical guide to affordable meat preparations and inexpensive desserts. Advice covers browning beef cuts, making rich stock, casseroles, flank steak with lemon, and using junket and bonny clabber as cheap dairy options. Cautions against waste and pricey produce.
Enduring Troubles Weigh On People Across Time
A reflective line noting continual trouble endured by people, stressing burdens carried now and in the past, with expectation of more to come. The terse statement emphasizes collective strain and resilience in facing ongoing challenges.
Home Health Hints From An Old Ledger Of Remedies
A reader’s column offers practical tips on garden pest control with soap and kerosene spray. It also lists a cholera remedy, cucumber whey lotion for tanning, egg yolk hair treatment, blue water for white hair, fruit selection by weight, campfire cooking with asbestos sheets, travel comfort, and using a paper bag and coat hanger for packing.
Immense Jewfish Captured Near Santa Monica
Crew of the launch Leone at Santa Monica California captured a jewfish weighing 526 pounds. The massive fish measured over feet in length and was taken about three miles off shore.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Prince Henry of Reuss Relates Humorous Sermon Gaffe
Prince Henry of Reuss told at a New York dinner how a German fleet chaplain preached in English at a Lutheran chapel. He read a text that sounded like and he tore his abbt prompting a snicker. The pastor then corrected with and the door be shut.
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Prince Henry of
Reuss
New York
Stranger and Dowager Debate Husband Identity
A tense exchange finds Dowager revealing the stout man is her husband, the judge. The scene centers on accusations of misconduct and a sharp question of reputation within a courtroomly setting.
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Stranger
Clara rejects plumber amid caution from informant
In a terse social note a woman named Clara ends an encounter with a plumber after being warned to beware of his advances. The warning came from an unidentified informant.
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Publiehen
Sinand
Sherman P. Ailen
Vermont
the Treasury
A. Platt Andrew
National House Election Committees
Theron Catlin
Missouri
Patrick Gill
Catlin
National
Senate
Lindbergh
Minnesota
Committee On Industrial Relations
Charles M. Riddell
Stokes Jackson
Luther Co Rant
Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith
Sherman Page Allen
Lorimer
Deheen
Ilinois
Stead
Missiasippi
E. J. Emich
Baltimore
Peter Prya
Majestic
White Star Line
Smith
Iowa Maywood
Erma Ferguson
Helen Johnson
Herman Maywald
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cambridge
Iowa
Alton T. Parker
W. F. Sheehan
Sheehan
Democratic National Executive Committee
Maine
Colorado
Nebraska
Frank Hitchcock
T. Coleman Dupont
Matsuhito
Japan
L. C. Boyd
Board of Agriculture
W. T. Gott
Crawfordsville
State Board of Medical Examiners and Registration
Statehouse
Gott
Ott
Florists
J. D. Connors, Jr
Wabash
Northern
Bacon &O
Bacon
HH. G. Bacon
FE. M. Bacon
The
Helt Social Club
Dana
McRoberts
J. White
C. Richardson
Peoples’ State Bank
C. E. Dennis
H. W. Brown
J. N. Hoban
Henderson Motor Car Company
Stece
Employment Bureau
Marshall
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Uty
Libby, MsNeill
Libby Chicaso
Whittemores
ALBO
Cakra
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany St
Mas
Carter
Willleas
R. C. Kellogg
Becket
Mass
WF. Young
P.B.F
Temple St
Sustatlaht Mane
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