Graves Responds To Watson On Independence Party Control
John Temple Graves, running mate for the Independence party, rebukes Thomas Watson who claimed Hearst finances and directs the party. Graves argues Watson as Populist leader has been the one-man force, noting party unity and diverse delegates. The piece also notes Bryan’s upcoming Denver-notification events and attendance in Lincoln.
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New York
Associated Press
John Temple Graves
Independence Party
Thomas F. Watson
People’s Party
William R. Hearst
Watson
Hearst
Mack Names Aides for Campaign Committees
Norman F. B. Mack chairman of the Democratic National Committee appoints executive advisory labor and campaign text book committees. Members include P. O. Wall Nebraska vice chairman Roger C. Sullivan Iowa and others with Wade Iowa chairing the labor committee and Lamb Indiana chairing the campaign text book panel. Finance press and speakers committees to be announced next week.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman FB. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Mack
P. OT. Wall
Nebraska
Trey Woodson
Kentucky
Martin J. Wade
Iowa
Thomas Taegart
Indiana
IT. BR. Ryan
Wisconsin
Edwin
Wood
Roger C. Sullivan
Tiouls
Taft Autograph Letters For Three Little Tafts
In Hot Springs Virginia Taft spends a long day answering mail as his secretary and three stenographers stay busy. Three newborns named William Howard Taft in New York Indiana and Illinois will each receive an autograph letter from the presidential candidate.
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Hot Springs
Taft
William Howard
Timis Whi Hiam Howard
Lincoln Centenary Ceremonies Planned at Springfield
Preparations for the 100th birthday of Abraham Lincoln on February 12 1909 are under way in Springfield with the Lincoln Centennial association directing. Notable attendees may include ambassadors Bryce and Jusserand Taft Bryan and Cabinet members invited to a day of ceremonies, a public meeting and a banquet. A key feature calls for a national observance in every schoolhouse with students reciting Lincoln's farewell speech facing Springfield at a designated hour.
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Springfield
Til
Senate
Abralon Lincoln
Lincoln Centennial Association
Melville W. Fuller
United States
Cullom
Hopkins
Thinels
Cannon
Adiat —. Stevenson
Reneen
James A
Bryce and Jusserand
Willy J. Bryan
William TE. Taft
Lincoln
Faewell
Washington
New York Republican Leaders Press Hitchcock on Hughes Question
New York August 1 reports state leaders asked Frank Hitchcock to state views on renominating Governor Hughes. Hitchcock declined to reveal any preference and said it was not his duty to pick candidates. He also avoided indicating Roosevelt or Judge St. to be in favor of Hughes' renomination.
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New York
Frank FL. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Hughes
Haitchcock
Hitchcock
Roosevelt
Judge Att
Kern Notification Letter Delays VP Nomination Set
Indianapolis Aug 1 John W Kern Democratic candidate for vice president received a letter from Theodore A Bell California committee chair to notify Kern of his nomination The letter requests a date for the notification Kern to decide today some Indiana Democratic leaders urge delaying notification until late September when the state campaign gains momentum.
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John W. Kern
Indianapolis
John Ww. Kern
Theodore A. Bell
California
Kern
Indhina
Whetchel Stops Kelly With Perfect Finish in Final Round
In the third round Whetchel landed three rapid jaw shots. The final blow knocked Kelly to the floor and he could not rise, the counts ending the bout.
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Whetchel
Kelly
Moderate weekly trade gains noted by R G Dun & Co
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review of Trade says gains persist but irregular. Some sectors show strong improvement while others lag, with overall larger business volume versus last year. Markets like Pittsburg iron show activity upticks and primary markets for cotton goods grow hopeful, despite mixed industrial reports.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Pittsburg
Connellsville
Georgia's temperance law upholds mail order ban on whisky
In Atlanta on August 1 Trudge Richard B. Russell led the Georgia Court of Appeals in a unanimous ruling that soliciting orders by mail for whisky or other intoxicants in Georgia or by any person or corporation is a crime against the state.
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Atlanta
Richard B. Russell
Georgia Court of Appeals
Georgia
Funeral for Daniel Morgan Wells Held in Indiana
Daniel Morgan Wells assistant district superintendent of the railway mail service is dead at sixty three in Cleveland Ohio. The interment will be at LaPorte Indiana his former home where the service will be conducted.
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Cleveland, O
Daniel Morgan Wells
Railway Mail Service
LaPorte
Ind
Danger of Alcohol in Polar Regions for Heat Loss
A scientist explains alcohol’s danger in extreme cold. Moderate use deposits fat and fuels the body’s metabolism, replacing fat combustion. Alcohol acts as a pure fuel, causing excessive heat loss as if a stove is heated then doors are opened, while polar diets rely on high fat for thermogenesis.
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Tropics
Antisaloon League to skip Cannon opposition in Illinois
In Danville Illinois on Aug 1 Ernest A Scrogin acting state superintendent announced the Antisaloon League will not mount a fight against Joseph G Cannon’s re election The group plans no active opposition in the primaries though labor interests will oppose Cannon The report notes Cannon is the sole name on the primary ticket and temperance factions will abstain from contesting him
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Danville
Antisaloon League
Tlinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Springfield
Ernest A. Scrogin
League
Scrogin
Cannon
Pee
Toasm
Temperance
French labor leaders arrested in Paris unrest
Public prosecutor issues warrants after Vig Neux disorders. Three leaders Bousquet Yvetot and Herrheim arrested en route to a midnight General Labor Confederation meeting. News sparks indignation and a general strike ordered for Monday.
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Paris
Vigneux
Revolutionary Labor Party
Bousquet
Yvetot
Herrheim
General Labor Confederation
Proxy Candidate Nominated by Socialist Labor Party
In New York on August 1 the Socialist Labor party learned from the national executive committee that T W. R. Preston, jailed in Nevada for murder, refused the nomination for president. A quick council then nominated August Gillhaus of the city as a proxy candidate to stand in for Preston.
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New York
Socialist Labor Party
National Executive
Eomittee
T W. R. Preston
Nevada
August Gillhaus
Preston
Prohibition Candidate Chafin Notification Meeting Set
Chicago hosts the notification meeting for EB W Chafin the Prohibition candidate for president on the evening of August 18. The event marks a key rally in the campaign.
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Chafin
Chicago
EB. W. Chafin
Prohibition
Ketchel Knocks Out Kelly in Third Round at San Francisco
At the Coliseum in San Francisco Stanley Ketchel defeated Hugo Kelly of Chicago in the third round after Kelly held the advantage early. Ketchel landed a left shift to the jaw for the knockout as Kelly forced a rough exchange with rights to body and head through the second. Kelly opened with strong lefts and rights, staggered Ketchel in the second, and blood marked the nose before the stoppage.
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Kelly
Kezebel
Scores on the Ball Fields
Chicago August 1 standings and daily scores across major leagues. Chicago at Boston final 8 1 with Chicago 9 hits Boston 9. Philadelphia hosts Cincinnati 3 0. St Louis and New York 9 1. Brooklyn vs Pittsburg 4 2. Series cited includes players and batter notes.
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Chicago
Washington
Smith
Street
Cleveland
New York
Chesbro
Kleinow
Falkenberg
Clarke
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Errors
Phiadelphia
Bbatteries
Bender
Powers
Bailey
Sumter
Detroit
Boston
Burchell
Carrigan
Summers
Thomas
Kling
Tindaman
Graham
Cincinnati
Coakley Schlet
Ba York
Taylor
Bresnahan
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Dpittsburg
Maddox
Gibson
Foxen
Dooin
Lush
Ludwig
New
Rucker
Bergen
National
W. YT
Chicago Wee
Philadelphia ST
Jet
Brooklyn ’ Pee Bee
St. Louis Pee Estes
Aire Ee
Washington Ae
Papal Tiara and Its Three Crowns Across History
Brewer explains the pope's tiara as a symbol of purity and chastity with a gold band for supremacy. The first cap was adopted by Damascus II in 1048, a high coronet added by Boniface VIII in 1205, and Benedict XII added a second coronet in 1885 to show spiritual and temporal power. The third coronet, symbolic of the Trinity, has disputed origins among Urban V, John XXII, John XXIII, or Benedict XII.
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Brewer
Damascus II
Boniface VIII
Benedict XII
Urban V
John XXII
John XXIII
Benedict
Guilelmas and the Devila an exact computation of devils
Guilelmas and the Devila discusses Guilelinus Parisiensis and his claim of a basis of exact computation that 44,435,536 devils inhabit air regions caverns and dark earth places. The piece questions the source of his data puzzling later demonology writers about the material behind such calculations.
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Guilelmas
Guilelinus Parisiensis
Two Headaches Plague Four Year Old Helen
A judge recounts a child of four named Helen who tells her mother she has two headaches one above each eye, illustrating her simple observation of pain. The remark highlights a child’s literal take on discomfort.
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Helen
Yucca Roots Used as Soap Substitute in Mexico and Central America
The article notes yucca roots are widely used as a soap substitute in many regions of Mexico and Central America, highlighting traditional cleaning practices and the plant’s practical role in daily life.
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Mexico
Central America
Mattoon Hazing Drama Ends With Public Humiliation
Gen Beveridge of Litefield was handcuffed to the back of a wagon in a Seminole club hazing incident. He was paraded through public streets as drumbeats and fireworks accompanied the spectacle. Beveridge reportedly accepted the event with good humor, saying it was coming to him.
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Mattoon
Til
Beveridge
Litefield
Bon
Paroled convict held in charge of rape near Onakbund
In Charleston Hh Aves TL William Bassett a paroled Chester penitentiary convict is jailed on charges of raping Mrs Boynton Steeth wife of a farmer near Onak Bund. Bassett worked as a farin a hand at Sleoch howe and allegedly used threats of death to deter a report.
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Charleston
Hh. Aves
William Bassett
Chester
Boynton Steeth
Onakbund
Bassett
Sleoch Howe
State banks show growth in loans and deposits
The July 10 state auditor report for Holiness banks indicates a clear rise in loans and discounts and in deposits since May 18, 1608, the date of the last prior report, at the start of business on the morning of July 10 in Springfeld TL.
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Springfeld
Holiness
Thos
Woodmen Precedent in Charleston Widow Claim
The Modern Woodmen of America in Mattoon Aug L rules Mrs. GW Brooks of Charleston may claim 82000 for her husband’s death under a policy the order issued. The decision sets the car inspector occupation as hazardous, creating a new precedent.
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Mattoon
Aclass
Woodmen
America
GW. Brooks
Charleston
Hiapsband
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Cough Cure Against Consumption
The advertisement proclaims Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cure for coughs and colds that claims to prevent consumption, urging readers not to risk unknown remedies. It notes the genuine product is in a yellow package and lists H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz as sellers.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
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