Bryan Speakers In Demand Across the Country
Chicago Aug 14 The Democratic National Committee organized speakers bureaus sending nearly thirty volunteers nation wide. John H Atwood head of the bureau announced more speakers will be dispatched where needed with twelve U S senators offering to join the stump. Judge Alton B Parker expected to play a major role in the campaign. Mack and Hudson discussed the Alabama club drive as Tomlinson pushed eastward to organize clubs.
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Chicago
Democratic National Committee
John H. Atwood
Atwood
United States
National Committee
Alton B. Parker
New York
Mack
Hudson
Minnesota
John Tomlinson
Alabama
Cincinnati
East
Bryan Jis Congratulated On Speech Acceptance
Fairview Nebraska August 14 telegrams and letters of congratulation pour in after Bryan's acceptance speech. Messages arrive from party leaders and ordinary citizens, including a dispatch from an Omaha newsboy. The note highlights broad support across social ranks for the presidential candidate.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
J. ‘Bryan
Uber
Omaha
Bryan
Patoual
Speaking program to be announced by chairman Mack
The text notes that before touring Illinois, Indiana and New York a speaking program will be announced by Chairman Mack. It implies upcoming itinerary details and an official rollout of the event schedule.
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Illinois
Indiana
New York
Mack
Democratic State Convention Called for Rochester in September
New York Aug 14 The Democratic State Committee met for ten minutes and voted to call a state convention in Rochester on Sept 15. It endorsed W J Bryan and J W Kern and approved the Denver convention platform.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Rochester
W. J. Bryan
J. W. Kern
Denver
Craze of jealousy ends in tragedy at bride’s death
In Cleveland on August 14 Stephen Petrik 22 shot his bride Marie Petrik 18 at their home. After repeated threats and quarrels he returned and fired three times before killing himself. The couple had been married seven weeks.
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Cleveland, O
Stephen Petrik
Marie Petrik
Petrik
Former Fort Wayne resident dies in Ashland at 71
Fred Kruse, once a Fort Wayne resident, died Thursday at his Ashland Wisconsin home at age 71. He was a brother of Henry Kruse of Montgomery Street. The brothers came to Fort Wayne in 1847, and Fred had lived in Wisconsin since 1880.
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Fred Kruse
Fort Wayne
Ashland
Wiz
Henry Kruse
Montgomery Street
Wisconsin
Mrs George Biemer suffers hip dislocation in fall at home
Mrs George Biemer was painfully injured in a fall at her Wead nesday evening home. She suffered a dislocation of the hip while the family recently moved into a residence owned by Hon J M Robinson on Hastings Main Street.
Airship Explodes Killing Two at London Exhibit
London, Aug 14 Two people died and six were injured when an airship exploded at the Franco British exhibition grounds during preparations for an ascent. The enclosure owner Captain Lovelace of the New York Aero club saw his crew affected. Miss Hill, 18, secretary to Lovelace, was among the dead, burned to ashes.
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London
Lovelace
New York Aero Club
Miss Hill
Death recalls unique campaign for the mayoralty
Elza T. Stringer, longtime Fort Wayne resident famed for his 1894 Democratic mayoral bid, dies at 69 in Monroe North Carolina from acute Brights disease. He lived at 425 West Wayne Street and had been traveling south for a coffee business when a rainstorm triggered the fatal illness. His son Samuel T. Stringer was summoned but arrived after death. Stringer was born in Ashland in 1839 and later settled in Fort Wayne.
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Elza T. Stringer
Fort Wayne
Monroe
N. C
Bright
Mr. Stringer
West Wayne Street
Samuel T. Stringer
South
Calhoun Street
Ashland
Fort
Stringer Seeks Fort Wayne Mayoral Nomination
Stringer ran for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Fort Wayne against Dr. Henry A. Read and W. H. Shambayigh. Known as the businessman's candidate, he publicized his views in Fort Wayne papers but did not secure the nomination. He was a Westminster Presbyterian, Mason, and highly respected. his wife had died eleven years earlier. Surviving children: Frederick Stringer of Indianapolis, Stella Stringer, Helen Glenn, and Samuel T. Stringer. He had three sisters, and the remains were brought to Fort Wayne at noon.
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Stringer
Fort Wayne
Henry A. Read
W. H. Shambayigh
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Boyer Sentenced for Deserting His Children
Merald Boyer received six months in county jail and a $100 fine for deserting his two children. He was jailed after the city court trial, with likely appeal planned. He had not married but acknowledged paternity amid an ongoing dispute over his relationship with another woman. In other notes, John McCarthy and John Daneher were arrested for attempting to dispose of jewelry on the streets, cases set for next Wednesday, and a police roundup led to the arrest of eighteen men for vagrancy with most ordered to leave town.
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Merald Boyer
Boyer
John McCarthy
John Daneher
Paul
Taylor 10 Returns to Kentucky for His Trial
The Evening Post reports former Governor W. S. Taylor will return from Indianapolis to Kentucky for trial on the Goebel murder charge after the November election. Change of venue to Louisville likely, with Governor Willson delaying action until after the campaign. Taylor seeks a fair trial with pardon offered if possible, while officials defer until election ends.
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Louisville
The
Evening Post
W. S. Taylor
Taylor
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Goebel
A. B E. Willison
Frankfort
Willson
Canada pushing along work on its big canals
Frank B. Taylor, of this city, returned home after several weeks of geological survey work for the Canadian government. He plans a brief stay at Mackinac Island before resuming assignments in the north. His last trip extended as far north as the Canadian 800, oMr, Taylor says he was able to obtain something.
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Frank B. Taylor
Mackinac Island
Taylor
Woman injured after fall from home sun porch scaffold
Chicago report says Mrs. Nancy Balleon of Oak Park, obsessed with health trends, fell from a third floor improvised sun bed scaffold while napping after a morning walk and exercise. She sustained three broken ribs and a concussion, near death.
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Chicago
Nancy Balleon
Oak Park
Man's hand badly cut at Eckart Packing plant
Nick Scherer, a meat cutter at Eckart Packing, suffered a severe knife cut to his left hand in a Wednesday afternoon accident at the plant.
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Nick Scherer
Packing House
Eckart- Packing Company
Taft Eyes Scales and Golf For Campaign Fitness
Hot Springs Va Aug 14 Taft says he would like to weigh but will not risk it fearing weight loss from his daily golf. He believes exercise has kept him fit for Cincinnati campaign tasks though he fears muscle hardening. He declines a gifted horse due to cost and attachment plus no need for another horse. Taft’s mail runs about 100 letters daily reflecting varied political appeals and requests.
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Hot Springs
Taft
Cincinnati
Mr. Taft
Boston
Boston Post
Frank H. Hitchcock
Mrs. Taft
National League of Republican Clubs
Mr. Vorys
John Hays Hammond
Massachusetts
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NEW York Evening Telegram
NEW York’ Herald
Bryan Jis
Cleveland
George Biemer
Monroe, N. C
Skelton
Mr. Taylor
Canada
F. B. Taylor
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