Bryan Begins His Tour of Indiana
William Jennings Bryan opened a three day speaking tour of Indiana with stops at Brazil and Terre Haute. He stated he was not a candidate this year and emphasized backing reform and anti predatory wealth, rebutting Beveridge and praising Roosevelt while urging support for Claude Bowers in Indiana. He drew large crowds in Sullivan Linton Washington Vincennes and planned stops in Evansville Princeton Oakland City and Elberfeld.
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Bryan
Terre Haute
Indiana
Nomin
Mr. Bryan
Senator Beveridge
Beveridge
United States
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Claude Bowers
Congress
Bowers
Sullivan
Fred Bays
Democratic Party
Bis
Linton
Bedford
Shoals
Loogootee
Washington
Vincennes
Evansville
Princeton
Oakland City
Elberfeld
Fairbanks Heads to Oklahoma for Ten Speech Tour
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks arrived in Oklahoma City from the east on a regular train with Oklahoma committee members and over 100 politicians and reporters. He transferred to a special coach and began a tour with a stop at Newkirk where a large crowd greeted him as he spoke from the rear platform of his car.
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Arkansas City
Kan
Charles W. Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Newkirk
Fairbanks
Hanly Addresses Petersburg Crowd On Reform
Governor Hanly spoke to a large Petersburg audience recounting state efforts for honest government and reform. The talk outlined accomplishments of the administration and emphasized anti corruption measures in Indiana.
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Petersburg
Ind
Hanly
Bank Clerks Sentenced for $250000 Loot at Pittsburgh Trust
C B Wray and Hixton, clerks at Union Trust, pleaded guilty to stealing at least 250000 with a scheme using false deposits and forged checks. They received ten years in prison after detailing how easy it was to steal, noting directors including H C Frick and Senator Knox were among the bank's wealthy.
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Pittsburg
C. B. Wray
Hixton
Union Trust Company
Wray
H. C. Frick
Knox
Teller Wray
Judge Young
Bucket Shops
Randall Club
Carnegie
Well Known Evangelist Samuel Jones Dies on Train
The well known evangelist Samuel Porter Jones died suddenly on a train while journeying home. Born October 16 1847 in Chambers county Alabama he later preached across the United States opposing liquor. His career rose after becoming a clergyman in 1872 and he authored several works including Sermons and Sayings.
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Samuel Porter Jones
Chambers County
Alabama
Cartersville
Georgia
Methodist Church
North Georgia
United States
Bank Loot Trial Reveals Large-Scale Embezzlement
Wray and Hixton testified about bucket shops and poker losses funding a rapid rise in lifestyle. Investigators say Union Trust losses may reach 500000, far above the bank's stated 125000, with directors among Pittsburg's wealthiest.
Ex-bank robbers Wray and Hixton caught in Canada
Wray and Hixton, tied to a Pittsburg bank heist, fled through Chicago and Buffalo to Montreal where arrest followed. Wray carried only 75 cents. the woman companion was not prosecuted. Court disclosures spark expected crusade against local bucket shops and the Randall club remains under suspicion.
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Wray
Tenderloin
Chicago
Buffalo
Hixton
Canada
Montreal
Post Office
Pittsburg
Randall Club
Vaughn Struck Easy Money In Fort Wayne Scam
An outsider named E. N. Vaughn fleeced a Fort Wayne man and Mrs. S. W. Teeple, taking about 1100 dollars after a clairvoyant ruse. The copier of the scheme, identified only as E. % Mark, faced financial ruin and personal trouble, later swelling his debt to 1170. Bluffton council approves a gas expansion plan with a 50 000 cubic feet allocation for a proposed artificial gas company.
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Fort Wayne
Reichelderfer
E. N. Vaughn
S. W. Teeple
Ankenbruck
Mark
Vaughn
Bluffton
W. A. Kunkel
Ebrenaerdam
Settarian
Haater
Independence League Wins Name and Emblem Fight
New York, Oct 22. The board of elections sustains the Independence league claim to exclusive use of the name and emblem scales. Democratic candidates filing petitions as Independence league cannot run under the scales when the league has its own candidate. The case heads to the supreme court with appellate division possible next week. Tammany Hall leader Charles F. Murphy denies treachery toward Hearst. Hughes begins third upstate tour. Hearst campaigns in Madison Square Garden and a statewide stumping plan follows.
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New York
Board of Elections
Independence League
Supreme Court
Congress
Senate
Assembly
Tammany
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
W. R. Hearst
Charles E. Hughes
Upstate
Kingston
William R. Hearst
Democratic and Independence League
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Foley's Honey and Tar Guarantee Card
A certified notice states druggists may refund your money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal the lungs, and prevent pneumonia or consumption with no opiates. The genuine product comes in a yellow package from Dreier & Bro.
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Foley
Dreier & Bro
Taft Doing Christ's Work Sermon At Yale
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott praised Taft and Root as men doing Christ's work in a Yale Battell chapel sermon. He spoke of Cuba and South America missions, warned that the cure is not in trusts or free competition, and cited state and national political concerns while naming reformers Jones Folk Colby and Jerome as examples.
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New Haven
Conn
Taft
Root
Lyman Abbott
New York
Yale
Battell Chapel
Abbott
Cuba
South America
New York State
Jones
Minneapolis
Folk
Missouri
Colby
New Jersey
Jerome
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Warns Against Imitations
Dreier & Bro. warn that many imitators copy Foley and Co. Chicago honey and tar remedy. The genuine product comes in a yellow package and remains the best cough and cold treatment, urging customers to ask for Foley's and refuse substitutes.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley's
Foley’s
Dreier & Bro
Roof Collapse at New Power House Injures Carpenter
At about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon a roof section about twelve feet wide of the new power house fell. Andrew Deal a carpenter employed by contractor John Sueélzer was slightly injured, along with several other workmen who escaped further harm during the accident.
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Andrew .Deal
John. Sueélzer
Polish immigrant girl ends troubled flight with suicide in New York
A two month New York arrival from Polish Russia leapt from a four story tenement at 282 West Fourth Street after a night of sheltering with a chairmaker family. Sam Lieberman, Polski, and others intervened to help her but language barriers and hardship drove her to despair. She left a letter noting her starving parents and promised to send money home. Roof to pavement suicide occurred at noon after she refused food or help.
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New York
West Fourth Street
Michael Belsky
Sam Lieberman
Polski
Belsky
Russian
Poland
Annie Kafka
New Discovery Cures Lung Ailments Say Merchants
J. W. Williams of Backy reports Dr. King’s New Discovery cured his severe lung hemorrhages twenty years ago and keeps him well. The advertisement promises relief from hemorrhages chronic coughs settled colds and bronchitis with a guarantee from Dreier and Bro. Drugists. Trial bottle free.
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J. W. Williams
Backy
Dr. King
Dreier& Bro
Fires Strike Two Homes Sunday In City
Fire department responded to three blazes Sunday morning. A furnace started a blaze at 230 Brackenridge Street, owned by Mrs. Summers, causing about $50 in damage. Sparks from a chimney set a fire at 2027 Lafayette Street, costing roughly $10 to extinguish.
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C.J. Weber
Brackenridge Street
Missouri Widow Murdered in Pettis County
In Cole Camp Missouri Mrs. Alex Winemiller widow was killed when shots pierced a window as she sat with five children near Warsaw. Her 14 year old son was wounded and neighbor Felix Crawford died after being shot. Son in law J A Long is charged with the shooting as a posse led by the sheriff searches Pettis county hills.
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Pettis County
Long
Actress Dieing in Chicago May Indicate Murder
Chicago detectives probe the death of actress Mrs. Margaret Leslie found in a Palace hotel room. Initially ruled accidental, a physician after exhaustive review says she was probably strangled. No murderer identified, ongoing investigation.
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Chicago
Margaret Leslie
Palace Hotel
Wealthy Texan shoots wife then kills himself
Daniel Van Valkenburgh a wealthy Houston Heights real estate dealer shoots his wife after a two month separation and divorce suit and then fatally wounds himself after summoning their son to the gate. The tragedy occurred at his home in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Heights
Daniel van Valkenburgh
Robbers Blow Bank Safe. Bank of Vergennes Looted
In Murphysboro on October 22 robbers blew open the Bank of Vergennes safe and escaped with $100 each after fatally wounding merchant Abraham Himmel. Police search for suspects.
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Murphysboro
Bank of Vergennes
Abraham Himmel
Doctor’s warning spurs patient to try Faley’s Kidney Cure
Peter Fry of Woodruff Pennsylvania says after two years with failing doctors he was told to seek urgent treatment or not live another month. A friend recommended Faley’s Kidney Cure and after three bottles he began to improve steadily.
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Peter Fry
Woodruff
Faley
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