Douglas and Crosby Head Democratic Ticket in Baston Convention
William L. Douglas of Brookline and John G. Crosby of Pittsfield were nominated by acclamation for governor and lieutenant governor. The rest of the ticket was chosen by committee, with Henry T. Schaeffer as secretary of state, Edmund D. Codman treasurer, John P. Leahy attorney general, and Francis Tetrault auditor. The platform urged tariff reform reciprocity with Canada law enforcement against monopolies and government separation of powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baston
William L. Douglas
Brookon
John G. Crosby
Pittsfield
Henry T. Schaeffer
Winchester
Edmund D. Codman
Boston
John P. Leahy
Franceis Tetrault
Southbridge
Nathan Matthews
New Bngland Ia
Commonwealth
Canada
Parker
Charles S. Hamlin
Matthews
Committee On
Bates Renominated in Massachusetts Republican Nominating
Governor John I Bates won renomination by acclamation at a Massachusetts Republican convention held in Boston on October 7 with the slate for state officers also approved. The platform endorsed expanded reciprocity treaties with Canada and Newfoundland to boost foreign trade while protecting American labor and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John I. Bates
Massachusetts
Thetate
Plate
Curtis Guild, Jr
Henry B. Turner
Malden
Herbert Parker
A. B. Chapin
Holyoke
Williamh. Mooty
Parker
Canada
Newfoundland
Roosevelt
Parker and Herrick Confer In New York Race
New York October 7 Judge Herrick Democratic candidate for governor and Judge Parker held a first conference today at Herrick’s apartment according to early reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judge Herrick
Parker
Conference At Hotel Seville Over New York State Issues
Daniel Lamont Chairman Taggart and Judge Herrick conferred at length on state issues in New York and their relation to the national campaign. Judge Parker's callers departed without discussing the talks, with Parker set to leave for Esopus at 2 45 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seville
Daniel 9. Lamont
Taggart
Judge Herrick
New York
Judge Parker
Esopus
Schofield Ratified for Wisconsin Republican Ticket
Milwaukee Wis July 7 The Republican state central committee ratified former Governor Edward Schofield to fill the vacancy from Samuel A Cook of Neenah. They outlined an aggressive statewide campaign and debated potential litigation over the National Republican ballot name, with Lafollette faction attorneys weighing infringement claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Ogt
Rpublican
Sternart
State Central Committee
Edward Schofield
Samuel A. Cook
Neenah
Lafellette
Republicen
Democratic leaders meet in Indianapolis conference
Indianapolis October 7 J M Barrett of Fort Wayne and E B Smith Allen county Democratic chairman were in the city last night in conference with W H O'Brien state chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
J. M. Barrett
Fort Wayne
E. B. Smith
Allen County
Democratic Committee
W. H. O’brien
Hope 10 Forging Peace On All The World
The first subject at the international peace congress proposed organizing nations into a peace making union based on resolutions from the Danish Peace Society and the Universal Peace Union. Mrs Belva A Lockwood read the memorial urging a new convention among Hague signatories to prevent war. The congress also voted to hold the 1905 gathering in Ticorne Switzerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
International Peace Congress
Danish Peace Society
Universal Peace Union of the
United States
Belva A. Lockwood
Washington
Japan
Tucorne
Switzerland
Governor Offers Reward in Dynamite Threat at Steel Plant
Montgomery Oct 7 The governor offered a $250 reward for the arrest of unknowns who placed a dynamite charge with a burning fuse on the perch of J C Mayben president of Ure Sloss Sheffield Iron on September 21. Mayben opposed the strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
J.C. Mayben
Ure Sloss-Sheffield Iron Company
Mayben
Troops Die in Accident at Fort Sainte Marie
An explosion at Fort Sainte Marie in Callao killed fifteen soldiers and injured many as shells were being placed in a magazine. Earlier reports said eleven men died outright after a shell blast and the magazine was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Belgium
Fort Sainte Marie
Callao
Two sisters fatally burned in Ohio house fire
Lavina Telfair and Martha Telfair, sisters of Hon. W. B. Telfair, were fatally burned today near Bloomington after their clothing caught fire from a grate. Lavina died almost immediately while Martha lingered as death followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Ohio
Lavina
Martha Telfair
Bloomington
W. B. Telfair
Lavina Telfair
Miracle Cure Ad Claims for Burdock Blood Bitters and Doan’s Ointment
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters curing a body rash and Doan’s Ointment stopping itchiness anywhere. It also promotes Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil and Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry for various ailments including seasickness and dysentery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdock
Julia Filbridge
West Cornwell, Conn
Four Lives Lost In Auto Accident In New York
A touring car carrying nine people veered off Jerome avenue at a railway embankment and fell onto the southbound New York Central tracks. A fast southbound train struck the car, killing chauffeur Allen Noyes and three passengers Madge Corcoran Bells Peres and another, with four more injured. The group had been returning from Riverside Casino to Mount Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome Avenue
New York Central Railroad
Allen Noyes
Kite
Madge Corcoran
Bells Peres
Bitty Wadsworth
Moses Spless
Jeanette Diavla
Charles Doran
Emma Perez
Bella Peres
Thomas Murphy
Riverside Casino
Mount Vernon
McCombs Dant Dridge
Manhattan
61St Street
Foley's Honey and Tar touted as life saver in ad claim
A Plainview Nev man writes his wife, plagued by lung trouble for fifteen years, spent over $1,000 on doctors with no relief, then Foley's Honey and Tar saved her life, improving her health after years of decline. Sold by Dreler and Bra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Baker
Plainview, Nev
Foley
Dreler & Bra
Dreler & Bro
President in Conference with Woodruff and Berry
Former New York Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff and William Berry of the Brooklyn Standard Union dined with President Roosevelt in Washington. The luncheon concerned New York politics and was not connected to the Postmaster General vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lisut
Timothy L. Woodruff
New York
William Berry
Brooklyn Standard Union
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Payne
New Yorl
Poleys Kidney Care Cures Benton Ferry Man’s Nighttime Urges
Mr. Owen Dunn of Benton Ferry West Virginia reports years of kidney and bladder trouble causing a dozen nightly trips. After trying Poleys Kidney care he claims a cure after using two bottles. Sold by Drejer and Bro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen Dunn
Benton Ferry
W. Va
Poley
Drejer & Bro
Woman Entangled by Animal Suffers Severe Fall
An elderly woman named Mrs James McHullen was thrown to the ground and dragged a considerable distance after becoming entangled in a rope while leading a cow. Local authorities and witnesses reported the incident as it was occurring in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Id MchMullen
Eusteining
Four Die in Tracey Hotel Fire at Joseph Missouri
Four lives were lost when the Tracey hotel burned in South St Joseph Missouri on October 7. The dead include Lafayette Frew 60 a livestock speculator CG Norton 36 a Stock Yard Company employee Joseph Dilinghsen 60 a stock speculator and Mrs Anna Weston BMO of Gentry County. Gilbert Weston 12 the son of the dead woman died in the fire. William Simmons a cattle buyer was seriously hurt after leaping from a third story window. The fire began in the hotel kitchen and guests and boarders were awakened with difficulty. All three deceased men were boarders and unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Simmons
Embarki Lumber Venture Forms in Lilbourne Region
Port Wayne capital organizes Lilbourne Manufacturing Company to manufacture lumber in Lilbourne Missouri. The venture purchases 640 acres of timber land with $6,000 capital stock. Directors include W. Brackenridge Samuel D. Minnie Hina. Office and sales agency to be in Fort Wayne with western plant managed by David Thraikil. Machinery already shipped by Hanna Brackenridge company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilbourne Manufacturing Company
Port Wayne Capital
Lilbourne
W. . Brackenridge
Samuel D
Minnie Hina
Hanna
oMce
Fort Wayne
David Thraikil
Prominen Missouri
Hanna- Brackenridge Company
In Defense of White Woman Memph is Shown
Memphis Tenn Oct 7 Rowland C Hil an Insurance agent was fatally struck by Ben Gillam a Black man who surrendered to police. Hil allegedly pressed his unwanted advances on Emma Leonard a grocer. Leonard fled to Giliman's yard where Hil followed and was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Rowland C. Hil
Ben Gillam
Hill
Emma Leonard
Hall
Giliman
Struck by Car Injures Woman and Log Camp Quarrel Turns Violent
Mrs. Joe Mommer of West Main street was struck by a westbound car near Fulton street while returning from a visit to her son. Her age makes her condition serious. In a separate incident, 47 year old John Stelzer was struck with an ax during a lodging camp quarrel near Bryant, Wil Chapman alleged to be the assailant.
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Joe Mommer
West Main Street
Fulton Street
Bryant
John Stelzer
Stelzer
Wil Chapman
Fort Wayne Fair Finishes With Surplus of 4500
Officials with Fort Wayne’s annual fair report a surplus near 4500 in the treasury after expenses. Directors will review officers’ reports at the meeting next Tuesday evening at the Fort Wayne Trust Company offices. The 1906 exposition ends on a brighter note, contrasting last year's deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Beveridge to Speak in Fort Wayne Campaign
Announcement corrected that Speaker Cannon would appear in Fort Wayne. Senator Beveridge will deliver the principal Republican address in Fort Wayne on November 1. Other GOP speakers include Frank P. Sargent slated for Fort Wayne speaks this month. Democratic events at Maysville and Arcola featured Zollars Fruechtenicht O Rourke Shambaugh Thomas Gandy in forceful campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Port Wayne
National Committee
Fort Wayne
Senator Beveridge
Von
Frank P. Sargent
Fremet
Immigration
Fort Weynelota
Maysville
Fred E. Zollars
Tarlff
Wm. Fruechtenicht
Edward O'Rourke
W. H. Shambaugh
A. D B. Thomas
C. M. Gan
Robbed the Grave and Rescued by Electric Bitters
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a miraculous recovery from near death after three physicians gave up. He credits Electric Bitters with a dramatic improvement after three weeks, claiming they “robbed the grave” of another victim. Gardiner resurfaces after disappearing from Bluffton, saying he was vacationing in Fort Warns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oliver
Philadelphia
Pat Dreier & Bro
John Gardiner
Bluffton
Fort Warns
Matrimonial fiasco as Fort Wayne man seeks wedding
John Mathie leaves Fort Wayne to wed Miss Bittyyou in Huntington but the ceremony collapses amid a scramble over wardrobe, a missing bride, and a suit for board charges. A priest agrees to perform on credit as Mathie confronts insolvency and a mystery about paternity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mathie
Fort Wayne
Huntington
Blancha Wittilyou
Khan
Ben Johnson
Mathie
Justice Skelton
Misa Bittiyou
Nogue
Lo Fort Wayne
Coton House
Jyusilee Skellon
Mabie
Hon
Ing House
Wrecked on a Reef near Tigi bar in September
London dispatch reports the steamer Mineola bound from Petropavlovsk struck a reef off Tigi bar and was total wreck. Officers and crew were rescued and taken to Holodate, Japan, aboard the British warship Algerine. In a separate incident Mr and Mrs Irving A Sibley Jr of South Bend were in a car collision injuring the groom and losing a diamond from the bride’s ring.
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San Francsco
Merchants’ Exchange
London
Mineola
Canthin Kirkwood
Petropainovsk
Siberia
Tigi Bar
Holodate
Japan
Algerine
Irving A. Sibley, Jr
Simple service for postmaster general Henry Payne
Washington holds a solemn official funeral for Henry C. Payne postmaster general at St Johns Church. President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt attend in mourning as Army Navy and Marine corps officers stand in for the national tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
St. John’s Church
Henry C. Payne
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Payne
Roosevelt
Penns
Uniform
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Mn Payne
postoMco Department
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
General Staff
Expre
District of Columbia
Congress
Dre. Roosevelt
Fall dangers and remedies note. local crime report mix
An item warns of fall illness risks and praises Fo leys Honey and Tar for quick relief. A separate blurb reports Mrs King of Portland accused of robbing a railway station and injured by detectives, seeking 5000 dollars in damages, with no theft found. Also mentions a Logansport child nearly dying from a biscuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessa N. King
Portland
Grand Rapids and Indian
Tacok
Bary
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Douglas
Bay State
Bates
Republicans
Gov
Parker and Herrick
Schofield
O'Brien
Peace Congress
Monarch
Thomas
Doan
Port Arthur
Istruck
St. Joseph, Mo
Embarki Lumber
West
Fort Wayne Capital Incorporates
Enterprise
Missouri
Beveridge
Indiana
Mateless Mathie
Fiancee Flanks
Trousseau JS
Ron Smith
Iirs
Mia Hoosevelt
Roseevelt
Charles McCawley
Manine Corps
Episcopal Church
Hey
Hitchcork
Wilson
Charles S. Jamie
Lovie Tones
Gay Nices
Fred Navilly
Logansport
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