Populists Decline to Back Bryan at Indiana Con vention
Indiana populist leaders at their state convention in Indianapolis indicate they will not endorse William Jennings Bryan for president. The platform avoids Bryan and notes concerns over his conservatism, while nominations and further actions are to be decided later. The meeting also names party officers and records a death in the committee ranks.
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Indianapolis
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
State Committee
F. J. S. Robinson
Cloverland
New York
United States
James H. Farris
Joliet
J. C. Smith
Eleventh District
A. M. Hood
W. R. Ruminer
Mount Vernon
Theodore Zincani
Washington
D. M. Lichlyter
Huntingburg
Parker T. Brown
Whiteland
A. T. Keightley
Green Castle
Hiam Leary
Greenfield
Allen Jennings
Marion County
W. E. Hariey
Daieville
John N. George
Frankfort
Solomon Harding
Cor- Tunna
John G. Maugher
South Bend
French Lick Springs
Harley Smoot
Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management
Fibush fleeces woman in skin game scheme
Detective Charles Lenz recovers office furniture taken by John Fibush from Mrs. Georgia Casso of 134 Chicago street. Fibush promised big returns backing a bogus Louisiana lottery and Standard Oil scheme, sold photos of interiors, collected $17.50, and vanished leaving Ms. Casso nearly out $50.
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Charles Lenz
City Police Department
Bass Block
John Fibush
Fibush
Georgia Casso
Chicago Street
Brooklyn Avenue
Casso
Louisiana Lottery
Standard Oil Company
Patent medicine ad for June day cold cure
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets offer a cold cure with a money back guarantee if it fails. Druggists refund the purchase price. Each box bears E. W. Grove signature and costs 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Real Estate and Personal Loans Offered by Pfeiffer
Mrs. George W. Harley, 83, died suddenly at her South Whitley home at noon Tuesday. The notice mentions money to loan on real estate or personal security with C. E. Pfeiffer offering services in Bass Block rooms 6 and 7.
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C. E. Pfeiffer
Bass Block
George W. Harley
South Whitley
Appalling Fruits of Reign of Crime
Officials report 101 killed and 92 wounded among gendarmes and soldiers while 291 private citizens were killed or injured. 34 spirit shops looted and private and state institutions lose 265,796 dollars. Over 150 armed attempts to rob banks and houses recorded in week.
Liberal papers debate land ukase and reform path
In St Petersburg officials promise reform while papers doubt the cabinet can calm unrest. Some hail the land distribution ukase as royal concession, others warn surrender comes late. The Russia praises the gift as Emperor’s land offer amid rising prices. imperial income from the land reaches 2.843 million dollars. Also, 91-year-old James Davis and 83-year-old wife from Troy Township travel to Ohio to visit relatives unaided.
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St. Petersburg
Goremykin
Strana
Russia
James Davis
Troy Township
Whitley County
Ohio
Mr. Davis
Old Feud Tragedy Ends in Triple Death in Mississippi
In Webster county near Winona Mississippi a long running feud sparked a bloody affray. Sam Hightower confronted Walter Cooper with a shotgun and was shot twice. Hightower returned fire and Cooper then emptied his shotgun into Hightower. Jim Hightower, Sam's son, raced to aid and was killed by Cooper. The doctor says Cooper will die.
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Winona
Miss
Webster County
Sam Hightower
Walter Cooper
Hightower
Cooper
Jim Hightower
Sam
Four Greek laborers killed in Ohio train crash near Loveland
Four Greek laborers were killed and one man fatally injured when a Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern train hit them on a Symmes area track near Loveland Ohio this morning. The workers were en route to railroad construction work. Also noted are family reunions and a First Indiana Heavy Artillery reunion planned for Rome City on September 6 and 7.
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Baltimore and Southwestern
First Indiana Heavy Artillery
Rome City
Bowser’s Hired Girl Leaves and Social Duty Clash
A domestic dispute over the firing of a hired girl reveals Mr Bowser’s failure to show compassion. His wife criticizes the cook’s treatment, while Bowser defends the worker and condemns his wife. The conflict escalates until Anna returns for wages and the Bowser couple faces a community moral debate.
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Mr. Bowser
Anna
Mrs. Bowser
Local Fertilizer Offer For Swift & Co. Line
Farmers urged to inquire about fall fertilizer supplies handled by Swift & Co. partnership and place orders through the retailer.
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Swift & Co
Married life joke in the Houston Post
A brief quip on marriage and domestic roles appears in the Houston Post dialogue about a young benedict’s wife, described as a fashionable hotel wife who hopes to keep that role.
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Benedict
Houston Post
The Morning After at the Club
The club scene after the event features a nightlife mood with comments from the Gayboye party attendees. Mrs. Gayboye gauges the next morning will feel regal as the crowd awaits headlines from the New York Herald era.
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Gayboye
Dauce
New York Herald
X ray shows patient unlikely to stand operation
In this Harper's Weekly exchange Dr Skinn-Will asks about surgery feasibility and Dr Flint replies the patient likely cannot endure an operation based on the X ray image. The dialogue reflects medical caution.
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Skinn
Dr. Flint
Harper's Weekly
Woman Dies After Auto Stop Near Huntington
Mrs. Mitchell Baker aged 22, of two miles east of Huntington, died after an accident on the roadside while on her way to visit a neighbor Tuesday morning. She was removed to her home where she expired soon after.
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P. C. Eastment
Mr. Bowser
Mitchell Baker
Huntington
Burglar Fires at Pursuer During Home Invasion
A burglar broke into John H. Byrer’s home at 1240 Fairfield Avenue and fired at Byrer after being struck with a lamp. The shot hit a window frame. the thief escaped with seventeen cents as Miss Della Engle awoke to the intrusion.
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John H. Byrer
Fairfield Avenue
Della Engle
Montpelier
John
Byrer
Carriers Seek Extension to File Water Schedules
Washington Aug 29 all carriers under the new railroad rate law seek more time to file their water schedules with the interstate commerce commission. They say compliance has been practically impossible due to insufficient time to complete rate schedules and maintain the law’s requirements.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Daviess
W. E. Hurley
Delaware County
M. Walker
Rossville
Voice OF the Press
Mississippi
Pisto
Loveland, Ohio
D. G. Linville
Columbia City
Susana Winters
Hureka
Winters
Winona . Agricultural Institute
Winona Lake, Indiana
Institute Building
Winona Agricultural Institute
Farmer's Institute
J. C. Breckenridge
the Gazette
G. W
Minnesot
W. J. Spillman
Washington, D. C
Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
James Wilson
Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Bowser
Cook
Mrs. Boweer
Green’s
W. D. Henderson & CO
Columbia Streets
Avenue Home
Hurt
A. Macklin
Geneva
Auburn Junction
Picker Bros
Auburn
Columbia
J. N. Hurty
Board of Health
Lincoln Ti
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