Taft Aide Rejects Compromise over Louisiana Delegation
Harmony movement reports show Taft faction ready to resist concessions as Washington pressures loom. The battle centers on Louisiana contests involving four delegates at large and 16 district seats, with race as a key factor. Hitchcock insists on full seating contests and warns against opening a door to future demands.
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Chicago
Lacitana
Taft
National Committee
Washington
Louisiana
Frank H. Hitchcock
Patt
Ehitchcock
Missiselppi
Missouri
North Carolina
Okdihoone
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
South
Foraker
Hitchcock
Aft
Contested Kentucky Delegates Face Candid Rooms and Tensions
A Republican national committee session recounts bitter exchanges over seating Murhanks and Fifth Kentucky delegates. Taft gains 16 contests, including from Florida and Georgia, while Bradley presses for Kentucky divisions and McCulloch seeks resolution on seating. ALB Fisher named assistant secretary amid Hitchcock’s absence.
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Bradley
Kentucky
Taft
Titchcock
Bret
Tradhey
Murhanks
Lorida
Georgia
Kentucksy
Llec Bradley
Ite
Tucky
Hs Midibanks
Louisville Distriet
Pidrhanks
Charles H. Scott
Aastiningi
Thes
Diwe Alb
Fisher
Ohio
Republican National Committee
Thesie Ests
Fb Hitchcock
Cannon Boom Heard as McNinny Arrives to Lead Taft Forces
Representative McNinney arrives to take charge of Cannon forces amid a chaotic scene. He issues a brief statement criticizing the Teft people and their national community actions as evidence against their stated positions.
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McKinley
Taft
McNinney
Joseph A. Cannon
Teft
Comunitass Osvisoly
Ysir
Brewers Converge in Milwaukee For Local Option Debate
Brewers from across the country gathering in Milwaukee for the forty eighth annual United States Brewers association meeting. Delegates, led by President Julius Liebmann, focus on local option laws and saloon reform while a public meeting aims to discuss prohibition openly. An allied trades group forms plans for a new organization to unite brewery supply firms.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukey
Julius Liebmann
New York
Liebman
United States Brewers’ Association
Hugh J. Pax
Association
Dawes Hints at National Committee Leadership Shakeup
In a Chicago dinner scene amid Taft faction clashes, Dawes leads talks that a Crane New ticket may head the national committee with Dawes as treasurer and Dover as secretary, while rumor floats of no first ballot nomination for Tate without southern delegates.Separately a cathedral bell event in Cologne injures few as it crashes during Whitsun tolling.
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Tate
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Massachusetts
National Committee
Harry 8. New
Indiana
Illinois
C. N. Buss
New York
Elmer Dover
Ohio
Agsn
Taft
Chicago
Cologne
Ore Handling Season Opens on Local Railroad
Greenville Pa June 9 ore handling season on the Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad opens later than usual due to dull trade conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Renewing Fenceposts From Old Rotting Ends
Do not discard fenceposts whose ends in the ground have rotted. Cut two feet from an ordinary post, smooth one end to fit, then attach a patched piece with six spikes. Nail the patch to the post, place the patched end at the top, and reuse the post.
Dream of Moon and Sun Awakening a Late Morning
A Chicago Record-Herald verse recalls a dream where the moon slips from the western sky and the sun rises red in the east. The narrator fears waking late and missing an eight o’clock obligation, only to awaken and lament the entire episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Chicago Record-Herald
It Was Tough A Delphic Response
A sentimental landlady at the dinner table and a smart boarder discuss the harsh idea of destroying a young lamb to feed appetites. The exchange, attributed to a Congregationalist, frames the moral tension in simple dialogue.
Labor Leader Gompers Ready to Fight in Chicago
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor denies attacks on courts and says the federation will wage a fight in Chicago over a proposed Republican plank praising court integrity and independence. The AFL executive council plans a Chicago meeting during the convention, and Gompers notes many signers of the protest resolution are attorneys or corporate representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gompers
Federation
Chicago
Republican Party
Barrel spray pump setup aids efficient field spraying
For areas under an acre a small compressed air sprayer works well. When spraying fruits and potatoes the barrel spray pump out fit proves most economical, mounted on a two wheeled cart with a 3/4 inch pipe and nozzles to cover four rows, allowing one man to spray unassisted.
A Lesson in Health and Kidney Cure Claim
An advertisement extolling Foley’s Kidney Cure as a remedy to filter impurities, promote sound kidneys, and cure kidney and bladder diseases. It claims overall system strengthening and cites H. J. Moogh and Wm. F. Jungkunz as endorsers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Old Flame Hint Sparks Talk Between Stella Maude Jack
In a brief note from the St. Paul Pioneer Press a reader recalls Stella meeting Jack and his wife today. Jack introduces Stella as an old flame, prompting Maude to remark on past visits when Stella was thought to be about thirty years old.
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Stella
Jack
Maude
St. Paul
The Lawyer's Recipe in a Poem Exchange
A verse exchange features a maiden asking for a balm for a broken heart and a lawyer replying that a cement of gold dissolved in a woman's tears can fix it. The light verse credits Houston Poat as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Paris finery seized by customs sparks paper name fame
In a quip from Puck style dialogue, Mrs Gramercy laments customs action seizing Paris finery while Mrs Park jokes the loss is avoided because she earned recognition in the papers.
The Annual Symptoms in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
The wife grows pensive and distant as housecleaning time nears, signaling a change in the home. The poem notes concern for a pattern of thoughts and a sensed anticipation without explicit action or outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
South Dakota Primary Today Passes First Statewide Test
Sioux Falls reports keen public interest as South Dakota voters head to the polls in the June 9 primary. The statewide election marks the first test of the new primary law with both stalwart and insurgent Republicans predicting victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
S. CD
Charges Dismissed Against Tithe Trust Officials
Portland, June 0. All charges against George H. Hill vice president of the defunct Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company and indicted with J Thornburn Ross T Burkhart and John S Aitcheson were dismissed on motion of the deputy district attorney. Lack of evidence against Hill led to the filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
George H. Hill
Tithe Guarantee and Trust Company
J. Thornburn Ross
T., T. Burkhart
John S. Aitcheson
Engineer Falls From Moving Train Near Hentons
Engineer I. Starling of a Burlington passenger train fell from his car while the engine operated at forty miles per hour, several miles south of Hentons, In twelve miles from Corneilshutts. The train returned and found him unconscious beside the track.
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Falla
Omaha
I. Starling
Pssenger
Burlington
Hentons, In
Corneilshutts
Water Floods a Smelter in Great Falls
A long distance telephone report from Helens Mont states the Boston and Montana smelter at Great Falls is flooded. The flooding will damage machinery and halt operations for at least a month. The plant employs more than 1,000 workers.
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Helens
Mont
Boston
Montana
Great Falls
Beef Prices Jump in Boston Market After Scarcity
In Boston the beef market shows scarcity with wholesale prices near the highest level since the beef strike years ago. Whole cattle move at 124 cents per pound as dealers attribute the rise to basic supply and demand dynamics.
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Boston
Famous Bell Clapper Fails in Cologne
A fragment from Cologne dated June 9 reports the clapper of a famous bell failing. Details are incomplete but indicate a mechanical fault or structural issue affecting the bell’s operation. Further particulars are unavailable in the surviving text.
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Cologne
rThe
The back is the key to a woman's health warning
The passage notes that back pain signals feminine health trouble and other symptoms like nervousness headaches and pelvic pains indicate a need for immediate care. It claims a single remedy rapidly removes the cause and restores the feminine organism to health, implying a medical treatment.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonies
Mrs Will Young of Rockland Maine reports backache and side pain eased after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and says she feels healthier. Mrs Augustus Lyon of East Earl Pennsylvania suffers backaches and insomnia but says the remedy cured her and made her feel like a new woman. The ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a 30 year standard treatment for female ills including displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities periodic pains backache bearing down fullness indigestion dizziness and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Belle May Peechis Becomes Philadelphia Sensation
A spirited exchange between Mr Travers and Miss Chellus notes May Peechis as a belle, claiming she is prettier now than ever before. The Philadelphia Press captures the lively chatter surrounding her changing charm.
Crow Courtship Sparks Between Young Detroit Pairs
In a playful exchange from the Detroit Tribune, Miss Crow coyly avoids declaring a favored suitor as Mr Crow asks why he cannot be the beau. The lighthearted quip plays on bird names and romance in a humorous social note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Crow
Miss Crow
Detroit Tribune
Local option towns teased in casual town talk
In a brief exchange a resident named Sonny asks if the town is one of the local option towns and confirms it. The reply notes fitness options available at the drug store or the grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny
Puck
Darkness in the Flat Spurs Housekeeping Blues
A lighthearted note from Harper's Weekly portrays a young wife weeping not from weariness but from a dim home. The cartoonish line suggests she lacks sufficient light for proper housekeeping, reflecting domestic concerns of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Those Dear Friends. Nan This Is Jack’s Latest Picture
A Chicago Tribune caption notes that Nan comments on Jack’s new pro file photo, saying it flatters him more than the front view and joking about his bald spot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Jack
Chicago Tribune
Miserable Minnow: Homesick Angler Pleads in Verse
A Mich. wish expresses a homesick youth angling by a stream. He laments not catching in a Michigan brook and wonders how the cook or barren diet would serve as a judge.
Domestic Philosophy Quip Sparks Laundry Line Swap
A humorous exchange from the Baltimore American features a playful line about not wearing another man’s collar and an amusing remark about laundry savings. The fragment captures a lighthearted domestic moment and evokes a vintage newspaper tone.
The Awakening of Love Inspires Fence Graffiti
A Philadelphia Press item notes a spring mood awakening a poet's heart and a small boy scribbling his "gol l's" name on a fence as expressions of tender feeling.
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Goll
Philadelphia
Sparse rural living in Sweden Norway and Denmark
In Sweden and Norway only some 15 or 20 per cent of the people live in towns, the rest scattered across farms owned by themselves. In Denmark the land is widely diffused though not quite so broadly as in the other mentioned countries.
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Sweden
Norway
Denmark
USA selects seventy six for London Olympic track team
New York reports theClear committee selects sixty six men as the United States team for the London Games. Standouts include Dearborn McGrath Race Sheridan Cocaque Sheppard Hiltmain Maney and others in heavyweight discus and distance events. The committee also aims to include promising younger athletes to round out the entry list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hkeld
London
United States
Smeetion
Dearborn
McGrath
Sheridan
Mewenwburg Hstoof
North Topeka Deserted as Flood Reaches Streets
June 9 report from Topeka Kansas describes North Topeka nearly deserted with boat patrols evacuating residents. Homes emptied and belongings moved as floodwaters rise above street levels, the deepest since the great cloud of 1908.
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Topeka
Kan
Popeka
Eighty Natives Missing After Hong Kong Steamer Wreck
June 6 Hong Kong reports the Britica Passenger steamer Pow An, sailing between Hong Kong, Canton and Mae Cao, struck a rock off Lautao and sank. European passengers and crew were rescued. about eighty local natives are missing in the disaster with the rest saved.
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Hong Kong
Britica
Hlone Kong
Canton
Maecao
Lautao
Diabolical Incendiary Fire Thrills Moabit Church
An apparent arson attempt endangered St. Paulus Roman Catholic Church in Moabit during a service attended by about eighteen hundred people including many women and children. Fire was set with petroleum on the roof, but the congregation escaped unharmed as priests and assistants urged evacuation while fire crews battled the blaze.
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Tevlin
St. Paulus
Moabit
Bonaventuri
Father Bonaventuri
National conservation commission formed at White House
Washington June 9 The president has appointed a national conservation commission to advise on preserving natural resources and cooperate with state bodies A chairmen list includes Waters Burton Smoot Nelson Dalzell and executive committee Offord Linehot with members Alison Beveridge Clark Irwine Williams Liss BOM Carnegie and John Mitchell
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Waters
Theodore FE
Burton
Ohio
Reed Smoot
Utah Lands
Seaator Knute Nelson
Minnesotas Minerals
John Dalzell
Waterville dealer pays maximum fine in postal fraud case
Yortland Maine June 0 George E Terry Waterville mail order house proprietor paid 16600 the maximum penalty in US district court for conspiracy to defraud government of postage of second class mail. Judge Hale imposed the sentence in a case that marked the government s first victory against malorter houses in the post office department crackdown. District Attorney Robert T White led the prosecution with a telegram from Attorney General Bonaparte asking for aid in a related St Louis case.
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Yortland
United States District Court
George E. Terry
Waterville
Hale
Post Office Department
Attoccey
Bonaparte
St. Louis
Bermuda Chief Justice Gollan Engaged to Mary Louise Morris
Taunton Bermuda June 9 The engagement is announced of Elou Teenry Cowper Gollan chief justice of Bermuda and Mary Louise the only daughter of James Nelson Morris of St Louis Missouri The wedding will occur at London or Paris probably in August.
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Taunton
Bermuda
Elou
Teenry Cowper Gollan
Chtef
Mary Louise
James Nelson Morris
St. Louis
London
Paris
Delegates Arrive for AOUW Ten Day Session in Des Moines
Delegations from Maine and California to Florida and Washington have gathered in Des Moines for the Ancient Order of United Workmen storeme count opening a ten day session.
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Des Moines
Maine
California
Florida
Washington
Ancient
Order of United Workmen
Record Is Broken Again London Jane At Brooklands Track
Pellee Nazzaro, the station driver, did not set a world automobile record at Brooklands over two and three quarter miles. He traveled at 120 duties an hour, with no official record achieved.
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London
Jane
Brooklands
Pellee Nazzaro
College Town Goes Dry Election Shocks Cameron Town
The college town of Cameron reports a decisive vote after a dramatic election in which a small community of about 4,000 residents weighed a dry outcome amid disputed totals. The tally reflects a clear preference for prohibition guiding local policy.
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Cameron
Medine
Dey
Tau
Twenty sixth blenttab convention opens at Poledo
The twenty sixth blenntab convention of knights of the Modern Maccabees opens at Poledo Q and is noted as the first outside Michigan. Over a hundred automobiles carry representatives from European nations beginning a race for Loi heiles. Mining in Ohio's Hocking Valley resumes to fall capacity as union miners return. The Spanish warship Nautilus visits Player. The annual petition of the United Confederate Veterans begins today in Infogham, Ahi.
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Knights of the Modern Maccabees
Poledo
Michdesan
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Bropkins
Webster
Uoe Fon
Crittenden
Toba
Nautilus
Player
Elavanga Urs
Man in perfect health thanks Foley's Kidney Cure
A Branchton Pennsylvania man who once could not bend to tie his shoes credits Foley's Kidney Cure with restoring his ability to work. He declares he is now a new man and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure. Signed H. J. Moogk and Wm. F. Jungkunz.
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L. C. Rodgers
Branchton
Foley
H. J. Moogk
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Freeport Plans Big July 4th Celebration
Freeport officials announce a major Independence Day celebration on July 4 featuring community events, a parade, and fireworks. The schedule highlights local teams and civic groups coordinating activities for a festive, family friendly day.
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Freeport
Ladtt
For Sale Bee Hives and Foundations at Factory Prices
Bee hives sections and foundation offered at factory prices. J H BawBEBGRH advertises the sale. The Daily Journal is delivered to a portion of the city for 10 cents a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H
The
Daily Journal
Guy
Eccentric Doctor and the Devil's Visit Prank
A London Tit-Bits excerpt recounts Dr John W Budden’s bizarre cures via bold deception. He tricks a miserly patient into visiting a rich neighbor and foretells the devil's fortnight visit, leading to the man’s death days later. The piece also jokes about a man mocked as Professor Z preparing to sing a song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devonshire
John W. Budden
Dr. Budd
Professor Z
London
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed for Lung Trouble
Will Cure Consumption, A. A. Heeren of Finch Arkansas praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and lung remedy. He claims it cured consumption in early stages. He notes H J Moogh and Wm F Jungkunz also praised the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Heeren
Finch
Ark
Foley
H. J. Moogh
Wm. F. Jungkunz
Paint stores to close evenings beginning June 8
Notice states all paint stores will close evenings except Saturdays starting Monday June 8. The change affects store hours statewide with standard closing times 6 p.m. as applicable.
Burdett Piano Tuner Accepts Orders at Brown & Dollmeyer
F. J. Burdett, a piano tuner, announces he will take orders at Brown & Dollmeyer’s store or via phone S00 obAee- noted in local business notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Burdett
Brown & Dollmeyer
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Menator
Sasa
Zuzu
National Biscuit Company
Skewers
Milwaukea
Publc
Calimi
Baltimore American
Ayer
Cauthiren
Conservation Commission
Conference of Governors
Mail Order House
Schlott
Galena Avenue
Resh Brothers
Stephenson St
Sherwin-Williams
Ron
Demeter & Seliz
Cath . Stephenson Hee
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