Jerome Talks 10 State Democrats in Albany Conference
District Attorney William Travers Jerome led a statewide Democratic gathering in Albany to assess New York’s party health. He avoided naming individuals while criticizing “muckraker” sensationalism and calling for open conventions, independent thought, and leaders of character over radical shifts.
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Albany
N. Y
William Travers Jerome
New York
Jerome
Buffalo
Folk
Missouri
Democratic Party
DeKalb G A R Reunion Scheduled at Auburn
DeKalb county battalion of the Grand Army of the Republic plans a reunion at Auburn on September 12 and 18. Messrs. Gilliams and Morr, nominees for congress, will deliver addresses.
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DeKalb County
Grand Army of the Republic
Auburn
Messrs. Gilliams and
Morr
Congress
Wisconsin primary yields Davidson landslide over Lenroot
Governor James O. Davidson wins the Wisconsin GOP nomination by about 40 000 votes over Irvine L. Lenroot. Senator La Follette suffers a defeat as John A. Aylward secures the Democratic nomination for governor. In Congress, Cary defeats Otten in the fourth district while Stafford is renominated in the fifth. Close races persist in the third and ninth districts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
James O. Davidson
Irvine L. Lenroot
Senator LaFollette
John A. Aylward
Madison
Ernest Morton
Proctor Wins Vermont Governor Race in 1916 Election
Complete returns show Fletcher D. Proctor Republican of Proctor elected governor by 15 676 over Percival W Clement Independent Democrat of Rutland. Proctor 42150 Clement 26474 scattering 1000. Republicans also win U S House seats David J Foster and Kittridge Haskins. Legislature remains solidly Republican. Pierceton Record sold to Charles W Cook former Warsaw Union editor.
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Rutland
Fletcher D. Proctor
Proctor
Percival W. Clement
Clement
Scattering
David J. Foster
Burlington
Kittridge Haskins
Brattleboro
Senate
Charles W. Cook
The
Warsaw Union
Pierceton Record
A. M. Steyer
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Warsaw
Woman victim of strange outrage in Covington
Mrs. Pearl Grant was bound gagged and robbed of 70 dollars. Her home burned in a vacant lot as she lay revived at the hospital. She alleges a man a woman and a boy carried out the crime and the woman planned to abandon her in the fire but the boy saved her. The robbers fled. Her husband is away in the Philippines.
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Cincinnati
Pearl Grant
Covington
Triple Wreck of Freight Trains in Cumberland
A collision between east and west bound Baltimore and Ohio freight trains at Sir John’s Run, fifty miles from Cumberland, blocks tracks. A third freight train crashed into the wreckage. brakeman W L C Woods of Brunswick was killed and engineer J J Snider and fireman F McKeever, both Brunswick, were severely scalded and may not recover. A boy riding the train reportedly was caught under debris.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Sir John’s Run
W.L. C. Woods
Brunswick
J. J. Snider
F. McKeever
Interurban Service Hit By Power Break Near Auburn
A power break on the Toledo and Chicago interurban left Auburn Garrett and Fort Wayne service without electricity for hours on Wednesday. No cars ran until nearly 11 o clock, and the regular schedule was to resume before day’s end. Kendallville buys a new fire engine.
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Auburn
Toledo
Chicago
Garrett
Fort Wayne
Fall term opens September 12th
Catalogue available from J. C. Breckenridge, principal, for school enrollment details and programs.
Agriculture hires more skilled men for farm work delays
Note Professor Spillman of the United States Department of Agriculture faces shortages of trained assistants for his Agrostology and farm management programs. Secretary James Wilson notes the ongoing difficulty in securing educated agricultural workers, prompting repeated advertisements from Breeder's Gazette seeking qualified applicants to relocate to Washington.
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Winona Agricultural Institute
Department of Agriculture
Office of Farm Management
Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
James Wilson
Washington
United States’ Civil Service ‘Commission
Washington,d. C
County Council Hears Speeches on Bridge Plans and Budgets
The county council finished next year’s expense estimates and debated two bridge projects over the Maumee, one near Schlink's schoolhouse Milan township and another north of Woodburn. They eyed cutting the Schlink project to 18000 and keeping Woodburn at 20000, with levies near last year’s level.
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Schlink
School House
Milan Township
Woodburn
Maumee River
Superior Court
Circuit Court
Jackson Township
Scipio
Pest House
Board of Children’s Guardians
Bluffton Schools Open With 914 Enrollees
Northern Indiana news notes Bluffton public schools opened Tuesday with 914 students. Other items report two miles of steel needed on the T and C interurban line between Garrett and Kendallville, local resignations, a boy burned by shotgun powder, Indian village remains found in a gravel pit, and J R Devor planning admission to Longcliffe asylum citing mental strain.
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Bluffton
Garrett
Kendallville
C. A. Lemon
Baptist Church
Warsaw
Peoria
Ilk
Ray Walser
Fort Wayne and Wabash Valley Traction Company
Roanoke
Allen County
J. R. Devor
Elkhart
Longccliffe Asylum
Mr. Devor
Ancient Order of United Workmen Abolishes Local Lodges
The Indiana grand lodge of the ancient order abolishes local lodge structure and directs subordinate officers to report to the supreme lodge officers. Notices to this effect are being sent to individual members. The fragment notes three judges of the...
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Indiana
Grand Lodge
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Bank's Loss May Reach 10 Million in Real Estate Trust Collapse
Philadelphia sept 5 Adolph Segal promoter William F North and Marshall S Collingwood were arrested on charges of defrauding Real Estate Trust depositors. Bail set at 25000 and 10000 each. The failure is estimated to exceed 10 million as investigators probe Hipple and others who benefited. The trio posted bonds and await hearings.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Jerome
Philadelphia
Adolph Segal
William F. North
Marshall S. Collingwood
Bell
Segal
Trust Company
North
Collingwood
Walter C. Browning
Real Estate Trust Company
Frank K. Hipple
Commissioner of Banking of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Earle
Hipple
Greene-Gold Silver Company
South Altoona Land Company
Knickerbocker Construction Company
Champion Iron and Separator Company
Empire Sugar Refining Company
Metropolitan Sugar Refining Company
United States Lead Corporation
Standard Iron Mining Company
American Swedish Crucible Steel Company
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining Company
Majestic
Hip
Ple
John M. Converse
Wreck on Pere Marquette Kills Tramp and Injures Several
Grand Rapids Mich Sept 5 A Pere Marquette flyer train No 5 ran into train No 10 at Wallin last night. Two tramps were fatally hurt Otto Wilford of New York died after removal from wreck. Conductor Wilson injured as were Mrs C E Vivian Engineer McRoberts Edward Cairns and others. The flyer was said to have been running ahead of time.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Traverse City
Wallin
Wilson
Otto Wilford
New York
C. E. Vivian
Chicago
McRoberts
Edward Cairns
Ann Arbor
Plan Turnover in Central America to Start November
New Orleans dispatch reports an alleged junta collecting funds for a simultaneous revolution across Costa Rica Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua and Guatemala set to begin about November 1. Don Angel Ugartel claims his cousin Policarpo Bonilla will lead Honduran insurgents amid widespread dissatisfaction with rulers.
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New Orleans
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Don Angel Ugartel
Policarpo Bonilla
Central America
Ugartel
Mobile
Tobias Zuniga
Bluefields
Women Die of Fright in Dreams
In Columbus Ohio Miss Annie Morgan died within minutes after a frightful dream of a negro killing her. The 37 year old woman cried out and ran from her room before collapsing, a physician pronouncing death from heart trouble. In Princeton Indiana Mrs Mary Die beck, wife of D L Dilbeck, brick mason, Fort Branch, died at home after a nightmare and screams from her children.
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Columbus, O
Annie Morgan
Princeton
Ind
Mary
Diebeck
D. L. Dilbeck
Fort Branch
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Governor Folk
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Grant
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Winona Lake, Indiana
Institute Building
Farmer's Institute
J. C. Breckenridge
Winona Lake, Ind
the Gazette
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Minn
Morris
J. Spillman
Washington, D. Wa
County Council
Looters
Segel
Pere Marquette
FLYER
Michigan
Junta
Eously
Miss Morgan
Princeton, Ind
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