Bryan Denounces Monopolies at Indiana State Fair
William J. Bryan spoke to a packed Coliseum crowd at the Indiana state fairgrounds denouncing private monopoly and urging stronger anti-trust enforcement if the Democratic party returns to power. He contrasted Democratic calls for stricter enforcement with what he branded weak Republican remedies and criticized Taft’s campaign stance as lifeless and insufficient.
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William J. Bryan
State Fair Grounds
Bryan
John W. Kern
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Steel Trust
Congress
Taft
Bryan Kern nomination event at Indiana state fair Colosseum
John Worth Kern accepted the Democratic vice presidential nomination at the Colosseum on the Indiana state fair grounds in Indianapolis. Thousands attended as William Jennings Bryan and national leaders arrived. Kern challenged concentrated power in Congress and pressed tariff reforms in his acceptance remarks.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Worth Kern
Colosseum
State Fair Grounds
Fair Grounds
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Norman E. Mack
Bryan
Mack
Kern
Dennison Hotel
Bell
Thomas Taggart
Teeman
Indiana
Theodore E. Bell
California
Democratic Party
Fort Wayne to Welcome Indiana’s Finest New Furniture Store
Henry Hockemeyer secures the contract for a six story stone and brick furniture building on East Main street in Fort Wayne. The $63 000 structure will be the largest in the city and the first fire proof furniture house in Indiana. Completion is targeted for February 1 with a total property value near $98 000.
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William F. Graeter
John V. Real
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Indiana Furniture Company
Henry Hockemeyer
East Main Street
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Henry W. Meyer
Fort
Meyer
Opening Sessions of the Allen County Teachers Institute
The Allen County Teachers Institute opened at Fort Wayne High School with strong attendance. Dr N C Schaeffer of Pennsylvania and Dr S D Fess of Antioch College gave principal talks praised by teachers. Dr Fess discussed political economy and financial crises traced to speculative causes, while Dr Schaeffer urged a core geography based curriculum and the value of happy, active classrooms.
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Teachers’ Institute
Ft. Wayne High School
N. C.schaeffer
W. O Miessner
Connorsville
Ind
Fess
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Evernment
United States
Ican
N. C. Schaeffer
Institute
Schaeffer
Tarvel
Jack
Luther
Germany
Bismarck
Government officer links note to sub-treasury theft
Captain Thomas AL Porter of the government secret service identified handwriting on a $10,000 bank note as matching an entry "17$,.M" sent to the sub-treasury by the Commercial National Bank. The note’s handwriting is tied to the suspected theft, with the discovery announced in Chicago.
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Thomas AL Porter
Government
George” Ww. Fitzgerald
Commercial National J
Lone highwayman robs Yellowstone coach line
In Yellowstone Park a lone bandit held up sixteen coaches near Jackson Hole, stealing about 10000 dollars in cash and equal value in watches and jewelry. Major Allen and soldiers pursued the suspect all night, but no clue emerged. A $1000 reward was posted as hunts continued.
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Livingston
Mont
Yellowstone Park
Allen
Jackson Hole
Fort Yellowstone
Young
Park
Stagecoach robbery reported between Cody and Meteetse Wyoming
Helena reports a Cody Wyoming dispatch stating the stage between Cody and Meteetse was held up today by a robber. Passengers lost about 1500 dollars. police note the Yellowstone Park hold up yesterday involved a different highwayman nearby.
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Helena
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Cody
Wyo
Meteetse
Wyoming
Highayman
Hearst Delivers Contents Of Letter To Late Brothers
In San Francisco on August 25 William Randolph Hearst publicly released the contents of a letter he had addressed to his late brothers. The disclosure followed days of mounting speculation about internal family and business matters within the Hearst enterprise.
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San Francisco
William Randolph Hearst
Fort Wayne Pioneer Louis Griebel Sr Dies at 92
Louis Griebel Sr. longtime Fort Wayne resident, aged 92, died Tuesday at his daughter’s home after a long life marked by strength and activity. Born August 7, 1816 in Koenigsburg Germany, he arrived in America in 1834 and reached Fort Wayne by foot in 1838, when the city was a small railroadless village. He was father to A. L. Griebel, publisher of the Staatz Zeitung, and lived a life of cabinet making and westward movement before settling in Fort Wayne. He had suffered from gangrene in recent weeks and death resulted from age.
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Louis Griebel
Fort Wayne
Charles Regedanz
Hanna Street
Griebel
A. L. Griebel
Staatz- Zeitung
Koenigsburg
Hessen
Taft Appeals On Foreign Missions In Speech
Hot Springs Virginia August 25 Judge Taft describes a phonograph recording of his remarks on foreign missions. He says many oppose missions but argues civilization requires Christian outreach and global sacrifice. He links Christianity to democracy and equality before God and law as essential to advancement.
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Foreign Missionary Work Appeals
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