Taft Widely Nominated for Presidency at Chicago Convention
The Republican convention in Chicago nominated Secretary of War William H. Taft on the first ballot with 702 votes and named James S. Sherman for vice president on the first ballot. Roosevelt received a loud reception as delegates debated platform language and contested delegate seats. Gov. Cummins emerged as leading rival for the vice presidency amid talks of Fairbanks.
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William H. Taft
Chicago
Platform Committee
Sherman
New York
James S. Sherman
National Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Roosevelt
Coliseum
Senator Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Gov. Cummins
Iowa
Fairbanks
Notable U S Figures In Roosevelts Summer Visit And Political Shifts
President Roosevelt and family spend summer at Sagamore Hill while Indiana Governor Hanley collapses from heat addressing a Chautauqua in Ottawa Kansas. Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams resigns minority leadership effective December 1 for the party's good. Illinois Supreme Court sides with stepmother against Vespasian Warner in a pensions dispute leaving Mrs. Warner to receive about 500000. Prosecutor Bethel in Korea gets three weeks for sedition. Toledo banker George G Metzger indicted for embezzlement and misapplication of funds.
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Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Gov
Hanley
Indiana
Ottawa
Kan
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Ilinois Supreme Court
Warner
E. T. Bethel
Korea
George G. Metzger
Toledo
Broadway Bank
Grand
Train Taft narrowly escapes wreck at Yale event
A train carrying Secretary Taft to Yale commencement narrowly avoided wreck after a broken piston rod. Storms caused damage across Wisconsin Minnesota and southern Michigan with heavy rain hail and wind. A string of deaths and notable events follow, including suicides city incidents and aviation milestones.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Yale
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Cleveland
John Kelly
Margaret
America
Hammondsburg
N. Y
Philadelphia
Arcadia
New Orleans
New York
Fadnworth
Hamilton
W. F. King
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
James Harlan
Joseph Fangele
Gallitsia
Varied 1900s Headlines Include Suits and Disasters
Miss Helen Gould sues for 20000 damages over slander. Forest fires wipe out three Michigan villages and burn thousands of acres of timber. Mme Anna Gould and Prince Helie de Sagan marriage banns posted in Paris. Hyde Park hosts London’s largest suffragette mass meeting. Ora Havill wounded after editorials spark attack.
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Helen Gould
Michigan
Mme
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Hyde Park
London
Ora Havill
Mount Carmel
Norman Debell
Havill
James Cantillion
Wis
Hellevue Hospital
New York
R. M. Sallier
Edward Ones
St. Vrail
N. M
James Comstock
Sunbury
3Zadger Brass Manufacturing Company
Kenosha
Earl McDonoughes
Chicago
American Bridge Company
Two Harbors
Minn
George E. Foss
United States
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Taft
Luke E. Wright
Tennessee
Mr. Wright
Philippines
Japan
Monongahela
Garl Fischer-Hansen
Joseph E. O'Brien
Philadelphia
Capital City Savings Bank
Little Rock
Ark
Iron & Steel Trades Journal of London
National
Fort Wadsworth
Mary Farmer
Watertown
N. Y
Sarah Brennan
Frank Stirn
Cudahy
Milwaukee
Antony Kriz
Summit
Mount Washington
Khoroshkin
Cossacks
Vorknnskan
Uralsk
New York National Guard
Shelby Steel Tube Company
Shelby
Sioux City
Domingo Schiappa Pietra
Leopold Pietra
Los Angeles
Frederico Pietra
Lazarus Levy
L. Levy & Co
Susie A. Merril
Obituary notices for historic business and fraternal figures
Capt Lorenzo Dow Baker founder of United Fruit Co dies suddenly of heart failure at Parker House Boston. Harry Collins supreme treasurer of the Independent Order of Foresters and noted Myatic Shriner dies in Toronto. Benjamin H. Richardson known as Harvard Square bookseller and former Roosevelt Sanatorn during a college term dies.
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Lorenzo Dow Baker
United Fruit Company
Parker House
Boston
Harry Collins
Independent Order of Foresters
America
Toronto
Benjamin H. Richardson
Harvard
Harvard Square
Roosevelt
Afternoon Dresses in Grey Crepoline and Silk Styles
The page describes three dress designs with details on fabrics, trims, and construction. The first features gray crepoline with lace yoke and Aubergine silk scarf. The second showcases Saxe blue cashmere with a jeweled silk vest and telescope sleeves. The third uses orchid mauve face cloth with lace and passementerie, plus a deep lace collar and chiffon vest.
Collarette and Ball Fringe Highlight Fashion Trends
The article describes collarettes or ruffs as new back fastened neckpieces with long ribbon ends, matching hats for dressy effects on outfits. It notes ball fringe trimming on linen and cotton garments, with fringe used on collars revers sleeves and on coats and frocks for decorative touch.
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Iinen
Coats Display a Range from Hip Jackets to Full Length
A discussion on coats notes a wide variety of styles from short hip jackets to seven eighths length garments. The trend favors slopes below the belt line with longer backs and fronts. Materials range from plain wash linen to broadcloth and silk with hats and feathers in matching tones.
Changing Fashions A Worry
A reflection on the pressures of modern fashion for women and the shift from stable garments to frequent alterations and new purchases. The piece argues thrift should favor buying quality over chasing exact patterns and encourages personal style over conformity.
Bridge Frocks Become Popular Informal Style Indicator
The term bridge frocks denotes versatile gowns worn to weddings, teas, informal dinners, or parties without low necklines. The label, once tied to bridge players, now marks fashionable but non formal dresses popular among women who rarely attend balls or dine out.
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R's
King
Ace Apeak
Longer Skirts for Little Girls Fashion Trend
The article notes a vogue shift toward longer frocks for young girls. It describes skirts reaching around the knee or longer, with blouses tunics and pinafore styles, promising modesty and ease for active play on a modest budget.
Opening Gun Fired in Indiana Governor Race
New Albany hosts Thos R Marshall Democrat campaign kickoff at Ulanwood Park. More than 2000 attend as Marshall, described as a plain honest lawyer, defines Democrats versus aristocrats and avoids critical remarks, aiming to unite voters.
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New Albany
Ind
Thos. R. Marshall
Columbia City
Indiana
Ulanwood Park
F. P. Leyden
Marshall
Alexandria
Beulah Park
Monroe
van Buren
Boone
Pipecreek
Orestes
Summitville
Thos. W. Marshall
Boortown Builds Earth Floor Church with Log Seats
In Boortown Indiana villagers hold protracted meetings in a self constructed church house with no floor and split log seats. Logs are cut from nearby woods and nailed to complete the rustic house aimed to serve as a place of worship.
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Jasonville
Ind
Boortown
Prisoner Confesses in Bridge Death Case
Evansville Indiana Clint Rodman a colored prisoner in Louisville is said to have confessed to pushing Mrs Eva Reichlein wife of a saloonkeeper from the Pigeon Creek bridge near here. The coroner believes the death was by suicide despite missing jewelry.
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Evansville
Ind
Clint Rodman
Louisville
Eva Reichlein
Pigeon Creek Bridge
Shelbyville selects Samuel Farrell as new superintendent
Shelbyville school board appointed Samuel C. Farrell of Valparaiso as superintendent to fill the vacancy created by Prof. J. H. Tomlin who resigned to take the Terre Haute schools post.
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Tomlin
Shelbyville
Ind
Samuel ¢. Farrell
Valparaiso
J. H. Tomlin
Terre Haute
Alexander Receveur Found Dead in New Albany Yard
Alexander Receveur, 59, longtime county treasurer from 1839 to 1895, was found dead in his yard at his New Albany home. He recently failed in a Democratic bid for treasurer and reportedly suffered a nervous breakdown from mounting debts.
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Alexander Receveur
New Albany
Ind
Farmer Drops Dead in Hayfield
Gwen McCann, a well known farmer, bowed over a forkful of hay and wagon in Spencer Indiana when he suddenly collapsed and died. Ray Hight, aboard the wagon, rushed to his side but could not revive him.
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Spencer
Ind
Gwen McCann
Ray Hight
Polk Patch Mines Suspend Work For Two Weeks
The Polk Patch mines suspend activity for two weeks to remodel and reconstruct the switch reading. A new switch will allow on site enough empty flats to run the mines one day.
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Boonville
Polk Patch
Planning a New Town in Petersburg Indiana
Petersburg Indiana reports the Inter-State Holliness Society of Southern Indiana has purchased 8 675 acres of land four tiles west of Georgetown for 384 800 dollars. A town will be established on the site.
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Petersburg
Ind
Indiana
Southern
Tlnois
The
Inter-State Holliness Society
Georgetown
Bennett Dies in Evansville Former City Official and Postmaster
H Stokes Bennett a longtime Evansville figure and former city custodian and postmaster under President Herrison died after a yearlong illness. He was a prominent Republican in the First congressional District.
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H. Stokes Bennett
Evansville
Ind
Benjamin Herrison
Harvest field death in Petersburg area
Adam Gessler died from heat while working in a harvest field about 18 miles north of Petersburg Indiana. He collapsed and could not be moved or aided before rescue personnel arrived.
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Petersburg
Ind
Here
Adam Gessler
Rowboat Carried Over Dam. Sailors Drown on River
A rowboat on the Miasisalnnewa river at Eaton carried over a dam with Lawrence Norton Miles Dawson and John Myers aboard. Norton drowned while Dawson and Myers were rescued. The incident occurred near Muncie Indiana and details indicate the boat capsized after the dam surge.
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Muncie
Ind
Eaton
Lawrence Norton
Miles Dawson
John Myers
Norton
Porter Guilty of Murder in Indiana Case
In Portland Indiana Ira Porter from New Pittsburg was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting his wife with a shotgun on January 11 at their home. The verdict came after two or three ballots with one juror blocking first degree murder. A new trial motion will follow, with appeal possible to the supreme court. The trial featured two sons testifying for and against Porter and the defense claimed an accidental discharge during a chicken hawk hunting incident.
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Portland
Ind
Ira Porter
New Pittsburg
Randolph County
Porter
Grand Jury Probes Republican Primary Vote Anomalies
Indianapolis reporters say a grand jury investigates election returns from wards two through twelve after tampering claims. An eight candidate bloc in the Twelfth ward received all 308 votes in a single precinct, with foreign voters noted among the totals. Epworth League names officers at the Petersburg convention with Rev. W. B. Palmer as president and Ethel Curdis as state secretary.
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Grand Jury
Indianapolis
Ind
Anmong
Epworth League
Petersburg
Lnd
Epworth League of First
W. B. Palmer
Paseyville
Anna Huebner
New Harmony
Manning Taylor
Laura Saunders
Evansville
Ethel Koeptey
Ithis City
Lucile Mayhall
Oakland City
R. L. Craig
Ethel [Curdis
Boon Ivalle
Long Illness Ends Governor Aide William Roberts Dies
William G Stoberts of Sullivan Indiana private secretary to Governors Porter Hovey and Chase and to Senator Beveridge died after a lingering illness He was 51 native of Indianapolis Body to be shipped to Sullivan for burial Kosciuska Detective Association held annual meeting in Warsaw electing Gawthrop Anglin Wilcott Black Plummer to lead efforts against crime
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Evansville
Ind
William G. Stoberts
Sullivan
Albert G. Porter
A. P. Hovey
Ira J. Chase
United States
A. J. Beveridge
C. A. Roberts
Indianapolis
Detective Association
Warsaw
Kosciuska County Detective Association
Egbert Gawthrop
Milford
S. D. Anglin
G. W. Wilcott
Salem Black
John F. Plummer
Leesburg
Bankrupt Ft Wayne Gas Plant Sold at Auction
James N. Wallace representing New Yorkers who held the Ft Wayne Gas Co keys acted as sole bidder. He offered 750 dollars for the bankrupt plant that cost about 3 000 000 dollars.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
James N. Wallace
Ft. Wayne Gas Co
Magnificent Bloom From Greenfield Rose Bush Stuns With Length
Mrs. Lydia Carter of Greenfield Indiana reports an American Beauty rose bush 38 inches tall producing a rose whose stem would not fit inside a quart measure. The unusually long stem marks an exceptional bloom for the variety.
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Greenfield
Ind
Lydia Carter
Bartholomew County Superintendent First to Cut Wheat
Supt. Alonzo B Ceons of the Bartholomew county poor farm in Columbus Illinois plans to harvest wheat first in the county. He predicts a unusually large yield and good quality from the crop.
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Columbus
Ind
Alonzo B Ceons
Bartholomew County Poor Farm
Fairbanker to Speak in Anderson Fourth of July program
Vice President Fair banks accepted an invitation to deliver an address in Anderson Indiana on the city’s July celebration. Charity organizations participate in the receipts derived from the celebration.
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Fairbanker
Anderson
Ind
Fairbanks
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