New York Democratic Campaign Plan Outlined by Mack and Murphy
Norman E. Mack and Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy held a morning conference in New York to outline a campaign plan for the state. The national committee will direct the state effort, with Bryan set to speak in New York and Buffalo after the state convention. Mack and Murphy discussed timelines and potential involvement of national figures as party leaders coordinate events.
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New York
New York State
Norman E. Mack
Democratic Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
National Committee
Mack
Chicago
Alleghenies
Murphy
State Committee
Mr. Bryan
Greater
Buffalo
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Henry Watterson
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Daniel
Europe
Monetary Commission
Watterson
Bryan
Urey Woodson
Indiana Democratic editors hear Kern and Marshall at Fairview Park
Indianapolis August 1 The Indiana Democratic Editorial association held a mid summer meeting at Fairview park. John W. Kern and Thomas R. Marshall spoke along with other state candidates. A catered basket dining mood was replaced by a large group lunch at the dining hall with Kern Marshall Taggart and Jackson present.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Democratic ‘Editorial Association
Fairview Park
John W. Kern
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
N. A. Hyde
Fairview Dining Hall
Hyde
Sagor
Thomas SR. Marshall
Thomas Taggart
National Democratic
Thittee
WU. S. Jackson
Indiana State Democratic Committee
Taggart
iGhairman Jackson
John W
Keérn
Democratic State Committee
Aiiiageas
Editors and Morrison Pressing for Democratic Hope in Ninth District
Martin Morrison of Frankfort, Democratic candidate for congress, urged restoring public confidence in the press through independent editors who uphold right. He aims to defeat C B Landis as he spoke at Fairview Park and the editors were later entertained at Wonderland.
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Kern
Martin Morrison
Frankfort
Congress
Ninth
Morrison
C. B. Landis
Fairview Park
Wonderland
Non Partisan Notify Program for Mr Bryan Nomination
Fairview Nebraska July 31 The notifying ceremonies for W J Bryan will be strictly non partisan. Lincoln leaders and citizens agreed no parade of marching clubs. Invitations extend to Nebraska state and city officers and neighbors to attend. The day includes gun salutes band concerts a luncheon and formal notification at the capitol grounds followed by an informal reception and a Bryan dinner. Bryan works on his acceptance speech and laughs at the mule joke from Minnesota.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Brown
Hall
Sheldon
Nebraska
Malone
Capitol Grounds
Government Square
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Kern
Lincoln Hotel
Bryan
Kern
Platogon
Nebraska State Band
State Capitol
Minnesota
Bryan's speech to be third length of Taft
In Fairview Nebraska on August 3 W J Bryan said his acceptance speech would be shorter than Tafts at about five thousand three hundred words He planned to touch on campaign issues but not in depth reserving fuller treatment for later talks No important visitors were expected yet Bryan read mail and noted growing campaign contributions from Democratic newspapers and supporters
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Purcell Heads New Toledo Parcel Delivery Firm
Fort Wayne man F. E. Purcell organized the Toledo Central Delivery company with $10,000 capital. Purcell serves as president and Frank Varga of Toledo is secretary. About ten other stockholders are involved, with offices at 226 Erie Street in Toledo. Purcell will oversee operations while remaining in Fort Wayne.
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Fort: Wayne
Toledo
F. E. Purcell
Toledo Central Delivery Company
Purcell
Frank Varga
Erie Street
Fort Werra
Taft Praises Health After Virginia Bar Visit
Taft tells Hot Springs lawyer group he is in the pink of health, noting good air and golf exercise as reasons. He plans to address the Virginia Bar Association’s 20th annual meeting, with a banquet speech expected Thursday. He spent the morning receiving felicitations and handling correspondence before a four mile golf outing.
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Hot Springs
Virginia Bar Association
Taft
Homestead Hotel
Hitchcock and Bliss Confer At Bliss Seabright Home
Republican national committee chairman Hitchcock spent the day in conference with Cornelius Bliss at Bliss’s Seabright New Jersey summer home. Bliss is expected to advise on financial matters for the campaign. Richard V. Dullahan formed a local staff to run the new republican literary bureau in New York.
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New York
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Cornelius N. Bliss
National Committee
Bliss
Seabright
N. J
Richard V. Dullahan
Republican Literary Bureau
Gompers Denies Labor Vote to Any Party
Washington July 31 Samuel Gompers denounced reports he would deliver organized labor votes to a party. He said labor should support the party best representing its interests, and warned attempts to undermine him would fail. He stressed no political office and upheld his role as AFL president as a sacred trust and honest conscience.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Gompers Campaign Denial Sparked By Republican Chairman
Frank H. Hitchpeck, Republican national chairman, rejects claims of a private campaign against Mr. Gompers. He states that those who oppose him have misrepresented the facts and insists no such plan has been arranged.
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Frank H. Hitchpeck
Gompers
Monday Court Disposes Drunks and Offenders
In city court Judge Skelton disposed of a long list of petty offenders on Monday. Nellie Hines fined 40 dollars for keeping a house of ill fame. Two women and several men fined or jailed, with various sentences and suspensions. Several defendants left the city or paid fines, including vagrancy and drunkenness cases.
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Skelton
Nellie Hines
Neal
Brown
Alex Vartillo
Chicago
Ed Carroll
Jake Shoup
Charles Brown
Ross Madden
Charles Beuret
Beuretl
Charles Faust
Henry Cass
Steve George
Vern Sheen
Robert Mowatt
Wags
Henry Sages
Pat Folwer
Bert Foley
Lad Dies Twice In Day In Water Tragedy At Indiana Creek
Noblesville Indiana August 1 Nelson Pfaff aged 15 son of Jacob Pfaff a well to do farmer died yesterday under remarkable circumstances. He and companions swam at Cool creek and he sank soon after entering the water. After twenty minutes under water his father reached the scene and revived him after an hour of effort. He was carried home and pronounced out of danger then died an hour after the physician left.
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Noblesville
Ind
Nelson Pfaff
Jacob Pfaff
Cool Creek
Pfaff
Democrats Predict Victory in Indiana Contest
U. S. Jackson, Democratic state chairman, predicts Indiana will go for the Democrats this year after touring the state. He cites strong Marshall candidacy and broad enthusiasm, noting southern Indiana as solid for Marshall. Jackson and Hoffman attended the Steuben county convention where 354 Democrats voted to nominate the county ticket.
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Indianapolis
U. S. Jackson
Indiana
Marshall
Jackson
Hoffman
Steurben
Democratic plan details roll out for eastern campaign center
New York August 1 Norman E Mack arrives to organize eastern headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. He will spend most of the campaign in the west while a sub committee handles the east. Mack and Conners pledge harmony and no interference with New York state ticket. Conferences at the Hoffman House in coming days to finalize a fifteen member eastern sub committee.
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New York
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mack
National Committee
Chicago
Conners
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
Urey Woodson
Roger &. Sullivan
Congressional
National Republican Committee
Taft Plans Rest Day at Hot Springs
Taft descansar day in Hot Springs Virginia with no political leaders expected for days. He reports riding sixteen miles yesterday and favors rest for his horse and himself. Senator Jonathan Bourne of Oregon again joined Taft for the morning golf game.
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Hot Springs
W. H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Jonathan Bourne
Oregon
Fire destroys Burlington warehouse and cargo in Chicago blast
An explosion from a barrel of chemicals at the Burlington dock transfer warehouse on Canal Street triggers a blaze that destroys the warehouse, 100 box cars and elevators E and F. Armour and Co grain is stored in the elevators. Loss estimated at 1 500 000. About 150 workers fled the scene as flames spread. Fire under control by 2 10.
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Chicago
Burlington Dock
Canal and
Sixteenth Streets
Burlington Company
Armour & Co
Union
May Manufacture Auto Supplies In Fort Wayne
Dr A H Macbeth intends to erect a building for automobile supplies on the George Biermer property at Clay Street near Old Fort Square. The blacksmith shop on the site will be torn down and the owners will relocate their business elsewhere. Macbeth has not stated final plans but hints at dispositions involving certain parties.
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A. H. MacBeth
George Biemer
Old Fort Square
Residence on East Main Street to be Occupied by Bremers
Ex congressman James M. Robinson and his wife formerly lived at East Main Street. the Bremers will occupy the residence.
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Bremers
East Main Street
James M. Robinson
Chum of Grover Blake to Be Given His Freedom
Ozra Reynolds, jailed for receiving stolen money and jewelry linked to Grover Blake's mother’s murder, is to be released after Judge McClure grants a new trial motion. Prosecutors moved to dismiss the affidavit, noting Reynolds could not be retried on the grime charge.
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Blake
Reynolds
Fort Wayne
Monroeville man returns from western tour with mining ties
J. J. Peters of Monroeville traveled through western states and reached home Monday. He rode the cog railway to Pikes Peak and descended Cripple Creek Mining Co. shaft with Allen Z. Buss, president of the company. Fort Wayne backers including J. B. McKim back the mine, and Peters attended every Denver convention session praising the ticket and predicting its November success.
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J. J. Peters
Monroeville
Peters
Pikes Peak
Cog Railway
Cripple Creek Mining Company
Allen Z. Burris
Fort Wayne
J. B. McKim
Denver
Fort Wayne Friends Attend Chicago Mass for Sister Veronica
Mr and Mrs E J Gruber and Mrs J J Luley and Mrs J F Winbaugh traveled to Chicago on Monday and attended a mass Tuesday marking Sister M Veronica Grubers twenty five years in the Poor Handmaids of Christ. Sister Veronica, daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Gruber, was born in Fort Wayne and taught at St Augustine's in Chicago. In youth she was known as Miss Elizabeth Gruber.
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E. J. Gruber
J. J. Luley
J. F. Winbaugh
Chicago
M. Veronica
St. Augustine’s School
Fort Wayne
Elizabeth Gruber
Clover Field Burned Near Huntertown Fire Threatens Farm
Fire started by sparks from a passing Lake Shore engine destroyed a twenty acre clover field on F. C. West farm two miles northwest of Huntertown in Perry township. The blaze spread into the oats field before volunteers extinguished it after hours of hard labor. Estimated loss about $300.
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Lake Shore
F. C. West
Huntertown
Perry Township
West
Strange Cases at Warsaw
Violeta Marie Bowen sixteen daughter of Joseph L Bowen and Mrs Thessie Walden died after a five minute illness. Post mortem showed a minute sharp instrument pierced the heart following arteries to reach the heart.
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Warsaw
Ind
Violeta Marie Bowen
Joseph L. Bowen
Gerlaw
Inl
Thessie Walden
Denver
Col
Bridge Carpenter Hurt in Thirty Foot Fall
H S Dean a Pennsylvania railroad bridge carpenter fell from a scaffold on the St Marys River bridge during repairs on Monday. He plunged about thirty feet and is believed to have fractured his right hip. He was taken to St Josephs hospital.
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H. S. Dean
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Marys River
Dean
St. Josephs Hospital
Conductor 18 Scalded in South Chicago Accident
Conductor C. G. Plybon of Boutagrycclia district suffered painful burns when water splashed on him while cooling a hot box at South Chicago. He was taken to Joseph's Hospital after being brought to the city this afternoon.
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Plybon
South Chicago
Meher Atreet
Joagph's
Drunk Farmhand Kills Couple Then Ends Own Life
In Aurora Illinois on August 1 J A Morrell a wealthy farmer at Blackberry Center is shot by John Anderson his farm worker killing Morrell and his housekeeper Mia Mary Balcom. Anderson then dies by suicide. Morrell aided by a voice asking forgiveness, while Mrs Morrell collapses from shock.
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Aurora
J. A. Morrell
Blackberry Center
Mia
Mary Balcom
John Anderson
Morrell
Anderson
Lucinda Morrell
Enthusiastic Grand Army of the Republic Meeting
Members of Lawton-Wayne post and families gathered in Vorder mark hall for a lively G A R meeting. Judge S M Hench and Capt A W Kelsey spoke, recitations by Lukens Major, Mrs Major, Capt Smith, and Miss Seely were well received, music and war songs followed refreshments.
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Lawton-Wayne Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Vordermark Hall
S. M. Hench
A. W. Kelsey
Boyle Withdraws Saloons License Renewal Bid
Ed Boyle withdrew his renewal application for the Hoagland saloon after a county board vote split by two. He cited business opposition and said he would quit. The board granted several licenses and Cedar Creek township filed a remonstrance though there are no saloons there.
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Ed Boyle
Hoagland
Board of County Commissioners
Madison Township
Cedar Creek
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MR. Brya
Nomines — Bliss
Sompers
Tale
Lad
Ae Lewis
Croton
A.H. Macbeth
Clay Street
Chum
Grover Blake
Gambler
Mairicide
Clover Field
F. C
BOYLE
W. Wayne
E.F
D. D.S
Calhoun Street
Fruit House
Knox Ten
E. R. Burket
Klaehn & Melching
Waar
Orica
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