Prohibition Party Opens National Convention in Columbus
The Prohibition national convention met in Memorial Hall Columbus with 1200 delegates present. Robert H. Patten of Springfield Ill delivered the keynote attacking old parties and urging the Prohibition movement forward. A temporary organization was set, with David B. McCalmont named temporary secretary, and welcome speeches given by Mayor Bond and Professor Watkins.
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Patton
Prohibition Party
David B. McCalmont
Franklin
Mayor Bond
Watkins
Platform draft from International Reform Bureau officials
Wilbur L Crafts drafts a platform urging national prohibition and constitutional reforms. The text attacks both major parties for inaction on liquor control and endorses a constitutional amendment for national prohibition and federal oversight of marriage, divorce, and polygamy, plus a ban on interstate liquor sales.
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International Reform Bureau
Washington
Republican Congress
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National Democratic Chairman Chooses Subcommittee
National Chairman Bryan and Kern at Fairview oversee a subcommittee of eleven to name a campaign chairman in Chicago on July 25, with a push for public campaign contributions. The plan favors Atwood as campaign manager, while Bryan emphasizes no candidate should lead the committee. The August 12 date and Kern’s vice presidential notification are noted, with publication rules for contributions and a list to be released within thirty days after the election.
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Towa
Edwin C. Wood
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Independence Convention Opens as Aspirants Rise
New York July 15 local leaders gather for independence convention as two days left for four aspirants to president. The event signals rising contest and shifting support among factions.
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New York
Taft to deliver long acceptance speech in Virginia
Taft works daily on a 3500 word acceptance speech and a 14000 word letter. Since appointing George R. Sneldon as national committee treasurer, he favors publicity of campaigned funds under New York law. He plans to give this topic prominence in the speech and expand it in the letter over several weeks.
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Taft
George R. Sneldon
New York
Kern Homecoming Reception in Indianapolis Planned
John W. Kern Democratic nominee for vice president arrives by train for a public reception on the courthouse lawn. General reception committee will meet him, then a 5 p.m. call at the Kern residence by Vice President Fairbanks before riding to the courthouse for addresses by Mayor Bookwalter and Fairbanks. Kern to respond.
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League delegates present the Necro Anti-eraft League aims
Linen Nob and Thomas of Kansas W I Scott of Tiinots and George E Taylor of down colored ten representing the executive committee of the Necro Anti eraft League of the United States called on Bryan to explain the Purpose of their organization. They pledged the support of league members from thirty seven states.
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Union
Indorsement Effort Fails at OperaTive Potters Meet
An attempt to endorse the No-Glalist party platform at the annual convention of the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters in Atlanta failed by a vote of 76 to 23.
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Ohio Prohibition Convention Nominates Full Ticket
Columbus July 15 Ohio Prohibition convention adopts platform and full ticket. Woman suffrage, once a party tenet, is sidetracked by an overwhelming vote.
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Ohio
Senator Collier Platt Celebrates 75th Birthday Life at Woodmere
New York July 15 Senator Thom as Collier Platt marks his seventy fifth anniversary today. He celebrates at a cottage in Woodmere Long Island with Mr and Mrs Gustav Abel. Platt leads a simple life rising about 630 to 700 am breakfast by 730 am then reads papers until lunch.
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Thomas Collier Platt
Woodmere
Long Island
Gustav Abel
Senator Plate
Senator's Birthday Contentment Cares for Simple Living
After a luncheon he enjoys a drive or wheelchair time, then sits on the porch. Mrs Abel reads to him when possible. The Senator says he feels very well and content, offering a message of happiness and simple living to friends and the public. He urges surrounding oneself with congenial people and cheerful outlooks.
Big Financiers Sail to Europe on Adriatic
The Adriatic carries a vast group of American financiers headed by James Speyer and Victor Marowetz. Also aboard are George P. Baker and Fischer A. Baker of First National Bank NY, L. C. Weir of Adams Express, Rudolph Illis of Fidelity Trust Philadelphia, John S. Waterbury of Manhattan Trust, Charles Steele of J P Morgan & Co, Cornelius Cuyler of Cuyler Morgan & Co, and A B Spreckels, among others.
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Atlantic
James Speyer
Speyer Co
Victor Marowetz
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
George P. Baker
Fischer A. Baker
Jealous man kills self after driving wife from home
In Punxsutawney on July 15 a foreign store proprietor from Wissham near here named Stephen Joshua drove his wife from their house. He sent the couple’s two children with $1500 and the deed to his property to the wife. He saturated his bed with kerosene, set it afire, crawled under it and fired three billets into his head, dying almost instantly. He was jealous.
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Stephen Joshua
Wissham
Eden location debate spans continents in biblical lore
The Genesis garden of Eden as a scholarly dispute has wandered across Asia. The Biblical account places Eden in ancient Mesopotamia near the great rivers Euphrates and Tigris, a theory examined by theologians and students alike.
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United States and Britain dominate Olympic day events
On July 15 London hosted the first full Olympic day in which the United States and Great Britain captured two golds each with hammer throw and 1500 metres triumphs. John J Flanagan set a hammer record while W Sheppard led a U S finish in the 1500 metres, and George YW. Galdvik earned top diving honors as crowds surged amid a largely sparse attendance.
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Sam
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Like a Three Ring Circus Hard to Track Games
A chaotic scene unfolded as cyclists dazzled spectators with a dozen riders wheeling in close quarters. The event resembled a three ring circus with constant movement and confusion throughout the competition.
Palmer says he will not seek re election as Northwestern Mutual head
Milwaukee July 11 Henry L Palmer president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance company with headquarters in Milwaukee says after about fifty years with the firm he will not be a candidate to succeed himself at todays annual election of the company.
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Henry L. Palmer
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bar Out the Asiatics Headline
Erie with July 14 report on the International Longshoremen Marine and Transport Workers association session the group adopted a resolution recommending barring of all Japanese and other Asiatics from these shores.
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Tennyson Tells Of Royal Marriage Rumor Fear
In a anecdote from Pas sages From the Past Duke of Argyll recalls Tennyson recounting the queen’s approval of his volume. The poet laureate fears royal marriage news and jokes about hearing from the queen’s family. He speaks in a solemn sly wink.
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Hitting the Pipe Panic at Home
Jones returns home to a flooded house after a burst water pipe. He scolds his wife for not going to the cellar to inspect the damage. The incident depicts a domestic emergency with immediate peril to the home.
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Man Hammers Supply Place To Stop Water In Leak
A man frantically hammers a supply place to stem water flow while his wife calmly notes that after his final blow there is no change in the leak and fears he may have hammered up the gas pipe when the girl left the room.
Casual Philosopher Reflections on Debt and Friendship
The text muses on debt as luxury, excuses hindering productivity, and the tension between friendship and business. It urges ignoring hostile critics when supported by a trusted wife, notes the cost of healing wounds versus praying for souls, and questions self weakness and faith. It ends with a critique of blindly admiring popular virtues.
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Supreme Court
History of slave term roots in race names
The word slave traces to the Russian slava meaning glorious and once named a race. Germans converting Slavs to servitude turned the term into a generic insult. As Gibbon notes, the word lost its racial origin and now bears no trace of its original meaning.
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Delaware nickname origins and Gamecocks history
Delaware, called the Diamond State for its historic political role, also bears the Blue Hen State nickname. The moniker stems from Caldwell, who made the state notable in sporting annals by breeding gamecocks from blue hen eggs, believing the blue hen best suited the mother.
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Not Really Necessary Weeping Relative
A Chicago News quip notes a doctor's grim prognosis and a pleading relative urging pause. The piece underlines the tension between medical expectations and a long, uncertain wait for life. The tone is dry and sardonic.
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Poor Food and Worries Grip a Youth
A brusque old physician chides a young patient over indulgent eating as the mother speaks frankly about her daughter's ailing appetite. The doctor wonders when the young will learn prudence while dismissing four medicines.
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Piles Remedy Promoted by Moogk and Guener
An advertisement claims piles surgery will be unnecessary if using ManZan Pile Remedy. The product is priced at 50 cents and promoted by H J Moogk and C P Guener.
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C. P. Guener
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