Bryan Says There Will Be No Big Stick
In Lincoln on August 13 a crowd of Otoe county farmers presented Democrat nominee Bryan with a large gourd symbolizing the big stick and a $50 campaign contribution. Bryan accepted, arguing the gourd mocks Republican rhetoric and pledging a people-led government if elected. He thanked donors and contrasted Democratic fund sources with GOP corporate support, stressing reform and farmer prosperity. He also addressed dignity versus honesty and celebrated Colorado labor support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Otoe County
Nebraska
H. H. Hanks
Nebraska City
Whey
Bryan
Hfe
Bors
Republican Party
Oklahoma
Colorado Labor Organizations
Igorrotes Coming Again to Fort Wayne Fair
Dr W F Myers secretary of the Great Fort Wayne fair has closed a contract with a village of Igorrotes now showing at Buffalo New York. The savages will again be shown at the Fort Wayne fair starting September 16. Last season the attraction was very popular and patrons who missed it requested its return. Difficulty in obtaining the act was expected due to high demand but last year’s success under unfavorable conditions prompted the rebooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Myers
Fort Wayne
Buffalo
N.Y
Fort Wayne Fair
Democratic national campaign fund plan announced
Chicago on August 13 reports a plan to raise funds for the 1908 Democratic national campaign through state by state appeals. National Committeeman Mack and VP candidate Kern visit as the drive targets $590,000 to $1,006,000 for campaign expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mack
National Committee
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Kern
Indianapolis
Moses C. Wetmore
St. Louis
Baskell
Oklahoma
Wetmore
Thomas Wardeford
Salisbury
N. C
Speakers
Cish
National
John W. Tomlinson
Hare
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tomlinson
New York
Ryan
Wisconsin
East
West
Middle West
John H. Atwood
Speakers Bureau
Kansas City
Ninth Ward Democrats Form New Club In Bloomingdale
At a large meeting in Bloomingdale, the Ninth Ward Democratic club organized with 52 active members. County Chairman W A Johnson opened proceedings as W A Bayer was elected president with Joseph A Haley as vice president Theodore Dodane secretary and Louis Uplegger treasurer. A finance committee will be announced soon. Committees included speakers Ben Rishter and Lonnie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Ward
Democratic Club
Bloomingdale
W. A. ‘Johnson
W. A. Bayer
Joseph A.' ‘Haley
Théodore
Dodane
Louis Uplegger
Ben. Rishter
Lonle
Ward Clubs Convene Amid Storm Delays
The Ninth ward touts its finest democratic ward club in the current campaign. The Eighth ward postponed its first organization meeting twice due to a storm and now plans to meet next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Ward
Eighth Ward
Catholics adopt report supporting Sunday laws
Boston, Aug 13 The General Federation of Catholic Societies voted final adjournment after resolutions electing Edward Feeney as president and designating Pittsburgh as next meeting place. The report urged Catholics and all citizens to oppose relaxing Sunday laws, uphold observance, and resist modernism per Pope Pius X encyclical. It condemned socialism and warned against affiliating with what it called materialistic atheistic leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Edward Feeney
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
General Federation of Catholic Societies
Pius X
Christ
New Affidavit in the Fight With Leikauf Packing
City health official Dr. H O Bruggeman plans a new affidavit charging Leikauf Packing with slaughtering livestock without a license. State Inspector F W Tucker will base the filing on his evidence, returning to Fort Wayne soon to resume factory and dairy inspections. Other cases include small fines for drunkenness and vagrancy, plus a suspended sentence for failing to provide for a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Bruggeman
City Health Board
Leikauf Packing Company
F. W. Tucker
Fort Wayne
Adam Kramer
Dick Brennan
Albert Ewing
Frank Sheehan
Loring
Cole
John
Irwin
Dick Carroll
Frank Stewart
Thomas Steen
Man accused of passing two forged checks in city
Police hunt a Negro who passed a $5 check at Lichtsinn Peters on East Wayne and handed another to a girl at Haller's butcher shop on East Lewis. Both forgeries bore Isaac d'Isay signatures and the payee John Smith. The suspect, who signed D Isay, has left town and other small forgeries are suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lichtsinn & Peters
East Wayne Street
Haller
East Lewis Street
Isaac d’Isay
D’isay
John Smith
Editors in route discuss national newspaper matters
Chicago August 15 editors from over a hundred newspapers across the United States gather in Chicago. The delegation plans to exchange views on press standards and coverage priorities while outlining common challenges facing modern journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Clark Fairbank Dies at 74 in Rome City Summer Home
Clark Fairbank a noted life insurance man and former Fort Wayne newspaper publisher died after months of illness at his summer home on Sylvan Lake Rome City He was 74 and served on the Wayne township advisory board A funeral is planned Monday at 10 from his East Berry Street residence The Northern Indiana Life Underwriters Association adopted resolutions praising his integrity and service and announcing attendance at his funeral by the group
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Fairbank
Fort Wayne
Sylvan Lake
Rome City
Fairbank
Death of Fort Wayne publisher Fairbank recalled
The obituary notes Joseph Fairbank died of heart paralysis after a lengthy illness. He moved to Fort Wayne in 1869, led the Journal, then built a large Penn Mutual Life Insurance practice. Born in New Hampshire to English stock, he married Carolyn Randall in 1880, leaving daughter Agnes and sister Mrs John Godown. He was a civic figure, ex member of Fort Wayne Light Guards, and first president of the Northern Indiana Life chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
J. C. Peltier
East Berry Street
Fairbank
Rome City
Mr. Fairbank
Jonathan Fairbank
New England
Deadham
Mass
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Antrim
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Lowell
Boston
8. S. Ludlum
Journal
C. Fairbank & Co
Clinton Street
Fort Wayne Gas Company
T. J. Foster
Berry and
Lafayette Streets
Randall Homestead
John Godown
Indianapolis
Anthony. Wayne
Indiana
Solicitor Gone As Ladies Seek Answers In Fort Wayne Case
The Ladies of the Lion S Bass Womens Relief corps report Mrs Minnie Mac Donald a souvenir book project organizer is missing for weeks. She left printers with books and unpaid ad funds despite prior honesty with the Fort Wayne unit. Now active in Elkhart, she has not settled affairs in Fort Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the
Lion S. Bass Womens’ Relief Corps
Minnie MacDonald
Relief Corps
Fort Wayne
MacDonald
Committee of Relief Corps
Fort Wayne man tests new fire escape at capital
Indianapolis Aug 15 Fort Wayne resident Frank Albrecht and city fireman William Grady tested the Fort Wayne automatic fire escape from No 1 engine house on Indiana avenue. Grady descent was safe and steady while Albrecht delayed a cat nap of danger. The device uses a waist belt, a steel cable, a reel and a governor to regulate speed, with automatic braking to control the descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Frank Albrecht
Fort Wayne
William M. Grady
Indiana Avenue
Grady
Albrecht
Test of machines at engine house for inspector Blakely
The test describes machines of steel and aluminum with wire omitted. Aluminum units weigh about ten to twelve pounds for easy travel. A test was conducted yesterday morning at the engine house for W. E. Blakely, the state factory inspector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Blakely
Taft Praises Campaign Plan Under Hitchcock Aide
Taft expresses satisfaction with the campaign's organization after yesterday's three hour meeting with national chairman Frank H. Hitchcock. He notes harmony in Ohio arrangements and coordination between national and state committees, praising Hitchcock's methods and foresight.
Hitchcock Coming West Opens Western Republican HQ
Washington August 13 Chairman Frank J Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee and his secretary James T Williams Jr arrived in Washington from Hot Springs Virginia. He will depart at 3 40 p m for Chicago to join eastern and western officials meeting Saturday to open the western headquarters. He has no engagements today and is surrendering the last Taft pre convention rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank J. Hitchcock
Republican Naional Committee
James T. Williams, Jr
Hot Springs
Taft
Hitchcock
Chicago
Naional Committee
Mr. Taft
La Follette Praises Bryan and Denies Democrat ties
Lincoln Nebraska August thirteenth scene at Epworth Assembly Senator Robert M La Follette lauded W J Bryan and asserted his Republican stance He highlighted years long battles against railroads seeking lower rates and no discrimination He denounced the Aldrich Vreeland bill and answered a heckler by stressing reader must decide the facts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Epworth Assembly
Robert M. la Follette
W. J. Bryan
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Bryan
Roosevelt
la Follette
Aldrich-Vreeland
Senator Burkett
Brown
Burkett
Doctor McOscar Posts Hopeful New York Return
Dr. J B McOscar arrived in New York after months in Europe and wired his mother Mrs Mary McOscar that he would reach Fort Wayne tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. McOscar
New York
Europe
Elks defeat Decatur in charity baseball game
The Fort Wayne lodge baseball team bested the Decatur Elks 9 to 5 in a tightly contested charity game at Adams County capital Friday afternoon. A parade preceded the event, and strong public enthusiasm followed. Senator Fleming appeared in a baseball uniform for the Gratz noted in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Decatur Elke
Adams
County
Fleming
Relentless religious mania ends in triple murder suicide
In Los Angeles on August 13, H J Duffy 60 attacked his son Fred with an axe severing his head, then killed his daughter Ida Lacomb, and finally slashed his own throat with a razor. He fled the home after the first killings and pursued his wife, who escaped with a severe elbow wound. The man had shown weeks of increasing religious frenzy and bought a cemetery lot and a coffin recently, signaling intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
H. J. Duffy
Dufty
Fred Dufty
Dusty
Ida Lacomb
Evergreen
Wrights plane breaks wing after fine flight in Lemas
Wilbur Wright staged two long flights at Lemas France eclipsing earlier efforts. He attempted a new descent from 75 feet, but the left wing struck ground tearing the frame. Wright uninjured and said the accident was a routine experimental setback amid mastery efforts.
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Lemas
France
Wright Aeroplane
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Mr. Wright
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Great Fort Wayne Fair
Biester
Ward
Federation of Catholic
Leikauf Company
Capital
Pike
Frank H. Hitchcock
Vorys
Oscar Lands
ELKS
Decatur
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