Taft Allies Fight On Delegates At Chicago Convention
Chicago June 12 The Republican national committee narrows contests for temporary roll call delegates. Taft’s aides claim fifty delegates secured, Allies place 539 to 554. South Carolina and Texas contests sway seats. delegation splits arise amid tense party factions. McClung quote contrasts Bryan and Taft with Johnson as a left-field candidate.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Texas
L'Art
Highth
Tennessee
Oliver
Taft
Alliles
South Carolina
Platform Custodian On Hand At Republican Convention
Wade F. Hiney Ohio attorney general arrived with a draft platform and praised it as the best in years. Labor leaders clash with manufacturers reps over platform provisions amid anticipated hard fights at committee meetings. Knox supporters surge as Pennsylvania delegates report strong backing. Metvinley and Ekauna Garry, sons of a Mississippi college president, named pages for the convention.
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Wade 'F Ihi
Ohio
Jim
American Federation of Labor
The
Nations Association of Manufacturers
James W. van Clerve
St. Louis
National Assocation of Manufacturers
Republican Party
Samuel Gompers
Democratic Party
Chicago
Denver
McKinley
Cannon Cars
Paten
National Committee
Fred W. Upham
Hans
Linois
Frank O. Lowden
Commiltee
Pennsylvania
Knox
E H. Stevenson
Paraker
Shnoilar
Metvinley and
Ekauna Garry
We. Garry
Pir
Alcorn
Miss
Senator HinEs Sails for Europe From New York
New York June 12 David B Hin es United States senator and longtime Democratic leader sailed for Europe aboard a liner. He is returning from diplomatic or political duties after years in the party sphere.
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New York
David B. Hines
United States
Europe
Confidence in the Judiciary Urged by Union League Club
New York June 12 A meeting of the Union League club adopted a resolution urging the Republican national convention to include in its platform an expression of confidence in the integrity of the federal and state judiciary. Copies were ordered sent to the convention chairman and resolutions committee, as well as to the New York delegation chairman.
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New York
Unidn League Club
Republican National Convention
Utah to Support Hammond at Republican Convention
Salt Lake City announces Utah will back John Hays Hammond for the vice presidential nomination at the Republican national convention. Delegation members state Hammond has their support and will campaign to secure the spot.
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Utah
Hammond
Salt Lake City
John Hays Hammond
Taft Heads to Cincinnati and Columbus for Convention News
Taft plans to visit Cincinnati on Monday and receive news of the national convention in Chicago while in the Ohio cities of Cincinnati and Columbus during June.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Columbus
Chicago
Bryan Gets Six More Delegates in Utah Convention
Salt Lake City June 12 Utah added six delegates to the Bryan column today by state convention action. No other names mentioned.
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Bryan
Salt Lake City
Utah
Harmony and Bryan Delegates Instructed for Denver Vote
Harmony described the Democratic state convention in Lexington Kentucky where delegates were instructed to vote for Ryan for president in Denver.
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Harmony and Bryan
Kentucky
Lexington
T Harmony
Denver
Ryan
Reduced Rate Rulings On Lumber and Paper Transport
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that the reduced 6.95 cent rate on pulp wood from Duluth Minnesota to Rhinelander Wisconsin is not excessive and that an adjustment charging Rhinelander 2 cents more than the Fox River district for paper to points east of the Mississippi is lawful.
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Washington
Duluth
Minn
Rhinelander
Wis
Mississippi River
Fox River District
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senator Bailey Undergoes Throat Operation in New York
United States Senator Bailey of Texas, hospitalized in New York for throat trouble, underwent a surgical operation on his throat and is now recovering. Conditions reported favorable.
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Senator Bailey
New York
United States
Bailey
Texas
Robbers Murder Customs Official as They Loot Office
Ten heavily armed robbers stormed the customs office at Tietis on June 12 killing the official in charge and his four assistants and taking $12,000. Police pursued and killed three. two assailants escaped.
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Tietis
Wealthy Creek Woman Patsy McIntosh Dead
Muskogee Oklahoma June 12 Patsy McIntosh the wealthiest Creek freed woman in Oklahoma is dead at age sixty seven. Her estate valued at two hundred thousand dollars. She belonged to a slave family.
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Muskogee
Okla
Patsy McIntosh
Oklahoma
Regular Paper Delivery Reminder
Patrons are urged to notify the office if they are not receiving their newspaper regularly.
Humphreys A A Cures Bundle Claims Wide Range
An 19th century advertisement for Humphreys medicine lists cures for various ailments including lameness sore throat quinsy epizootic distemper coughs colic diarrhea dysentery miscarriages kidney and bladder disorders skin diseases and more. It pitches a “Ten Specifics” book and offers a mailed free book from the Humphreys Medicine Co New York with address at Col William and John Streets.
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Bumphreys' Medicine Co
Col
William and John
Moot efforts to save Billick’s life spark voter debate
Springfield dispatch notes that if the appellate court sustains the People vs Orin J McCord former Vermilion County treasurer, state counties stand to gain millions from reducing fees and allowances. The case centers on alleged personal use of public funds and disputed items from inheritance tax commissions to mileage and clerk hire.
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Springfield
The
People
Orin J. McCord
Vernison County
McCord
Vermilion County
Wall
Champion in Two Classes
In Judge Kersten's court in Chicago on June 12, John Byron Riley stands trial for bigamy with two wives present. He married Gerace Starr in Philadelphia on June 3, 1800, deserting her after their son was born two years later, then wed Laura Gould on July 4, 1900 at 8810 Commercial avenue. The two women sat together, sharing their marital experiences.
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Chicago
John Byron Riley
Kersten
Riley
Gerace Starr
Philadelphia
LaPorte
Laura Gould
Commercial Avenue
Grand Old Man Retires From Modern Maccabees
Nathan Boynton, longtime leader and “grand old man of fraternalian,” retires from active management of the Modern Maccabees after twenty seven years. He announces John B. Mellwain as successor, praising a strong, experienced, well educated officer to carry on the work. Mellwain’s name is met with cheers.
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Toledo
Maccabees
Nathan & Boynton
Fraternalian
John B. Mellwain
Mellwain
Veterans in gray parade marks Confederate reunion in Birmingham
Birmingham on June 12. Thousands of veterans lined the streets for the United Confederate Veterans annual reunion main event. General Clement A. Evans led the parade with Generals Cabell Gordon and Walker. Sixty thousand spectators cheered as Sons of Veterans and Woman's Relief Corps escorted the men in gray. Governor Comer and staff watched from a prominent position.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Conederate Veterans
Clement A. Evans
Cabell
Gordon
Walker
Sons of Veterans
Woman's Relief Corps
Gray
Comer
Alabama
Justice to a Dead Man
San Francisco June 12 All records in the case against the late Judson C Brusie clubman and playwright charged with embezzlement of funds of the Metropolitan Surety Company have been ordered stricken from the books of the court and bondsmen released. Police Judge Weller said he had issued the complaint and the warrant for the arrest of Brusie upon statements he afterward learned were false. He spoke feeling of the dead man and his friendship for him.
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San Francisco
Judson
C. Brusie
Metropolitan Surety Company
Weller
Britishe
Tragic double act ends in father’s suicide in St Louis
In St Louis on June 12 John Tendrickson kissed his two young daughters then killed himself with a revolver after months of unemployment seeking carpenter work. No further details were provided.
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St. Louis
John Tendrickson
Parricide in Pittsburg: 18-year-old kills father after alleged assault
In Pittsburg Kansas on June 12, Ben Bird aged eighteen shot and killed his father Z A Bird a prosperous farmer. He testified he acted to save his mother from a beating by the intoxicated man as he returned home and confronted her in a field near the house.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Ben Bird
Z. A. Bird
Bird
Final Effort for Billick Springfield Mass Meeting
A delegation from Chicago arrived after a mass meeting at the Great Northern theater bearing a petition of 10 000 signers urging Governor Deneen to grant life to Herman Tilek to spare his hanging today in Chicago for the murder of Mary Vraal. The condemned man’s legal resources are nearly exhausted.
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Springfield
Chicago
Great Northern Theater
Deneen
Herman Tilek
Mary Vraal
Lusitania Sets Record Time From Sandy Hook
The Lusitania arrived off Sandy Hook at 4 08 p m marking a passage of 4 days 20 hours 8 minutes. The voyage beat the Mauretania's previous record by seven minutes on her last trip.
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New York
Sandy Hook
T:os A
Mauretania
Rev. C. L. Vandeventer Aged 83 Dead After Sixty-Four Years
In St. Joseph Missouri Rev. C L Vandeventer aged eighty three years longtime Methodist minister in Missouri is dead after sixty four years in the ministry. He served in the state and was a respected church figure. The obituary notes his lengthy service and local impact.
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St. Joseph
Vandeventer
Missouri
Wrestling Match Set for July 4 in Danville
Gripman John Rooney and Chief War Eagle are scheduled to wrestle in Danville on July 4 after weeks of promoter efforts. The event, announced by local wrestling promoters, has all arrangements completed for the mat clash.
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Tanville
Gripman
John Rooney
Chief War Eagle
Aan
Varied World News Roundup With Passaic Widow Case
Mrs Anna Kiselota a Passaic NLT widow says God told her she must die Sunday and is arranging her funeral Joe Dillingham found dead in Manning stockyards his brother Frank charged with fratricide Marquis di Rudin ex premier of Italy seriously ill Cancer of the eye noted Minnesota encampment enters ex Governor Van Sant into race for governor William Davis Ely aged 93 dead at Providence R I Yale alumnus class of 1850 dies in Providence AR Armengaud Paris offers 400 for first aviator to remain airborne 30 minutes Cincinnati Volksfreund German daily suspends publication after 56 years Gompers Morrison leave Washington for Chicago Marshall shoots wife and kills himself at Utlington Ontario
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Anna Kiselota
Joe Dillingham
Manning
Tan
Frank
Marquis di Rudin
Italy
Gompers
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Chicago
Charles S. Marshill
Eurlton, Ont
Auto Line Incorporated Plans Waterloo to Bixby Route
Auto Line Incorporated of Waterloo HL filed articles of incorporation to operate an automobile passenger and freight line from the Mississippi River at East Carondalet to Bixby, then to Columbia and Waterloo, about twenty five miles.
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Waterloo
Tune 12
Carondelet
Waterloo and
Columbia Auto Ran- Sit Company
Mississippi River
East Carondelet
Bixby
Columbia
Knox College grants honorary degrees at June graduation
A class of fifty four graduates from Knox College, Quulesburg TL, received the honorary LL D degree for Colonel Clarke Carr and a Doctor of Divinity for Rev Henry Witchcock of Chicago during the June commencement ceremonies.
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Quulesburg
Knox College
Clarke Carr
Henry Witchcock
Chicago
Illinois bankers group 2 convention address by Por gin
James B. Por gin of Chicago delivered the principal address at the annual convention of Group 2 of the IHEnois bankers in Poeoria HL. dene 12.
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Poeoria
Pineules for the Kidneys Trial Offer
A 30 days trial of Pineules costs $1.00 with a guarantee. The pills claim to act directly on the kidneys, relieve backache and rheumatic pains, purify the blood, and invigorate the system. Sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
F. J. Burdett Orders at Brown & Dollmeyer
F J Burdett, noted piano tuner, placed orders at Brown and Dollmeyer according to the published merchant notices, with contact by phone number 50 for service and instruments.
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F. J. Burdett
Piano Guner
Brown & Dollmeyer
Freeport Plans Big Celebration in July Town Event
Freeport announces a major celebration set for July with civic leaders inviting residents to participate. Officials promise festivities, local vendors, and community entertainment to mark the occasion.
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Freeport
Greek Wind Vanes and Early Weather Observation
The Greeks pioneered regular meteocolucial observations in the fifth century BC and proposed meteorological theories. They used wind vanes and built the tower of Wind at Athens in the first century BC. Quantitative rain measurements began in the first century AD in Palestine, with results preserved in the Mishnah.
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Athens
Palestine
Panama Vote Crisis Warns of U S Intervention
Washington reports reveal a War department release detailing Taft and Roosevelt urging Panama elections be fair. Threat of U S force looms if fraud occurs, as Amador faces allegations of vote suppression and shifts in provincial electoral votes prompting possible maritime intervention.
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Washington
War Department
Taft
Panama
Republic
United States
Amador
Panama Republic
Canal Tover
Roosevelt
Baseball Scores and Standings Across Major Leagues
Fragmented standings and scores from National and American leagues with game results, innings, and errors. Teams include Chicago, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Boston, St. Louis, New York, Pittsboro, and Detroit, with notes on hits, errors, and batters.
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Chienga
Cinelmnath Oo
Ee Eee
Pittsboro Oo
Philad'phia
Eotl
New York
al Pib Coe
St. Lewis No
Brooklyn
Chicago
Tamndgren
Kling
Wilhelm
Bergen
Bresnahan
Wet
Hymae
HS St. Lows
Cleveland
Vickers
Pittsboro
Cilergo
Chesbro
Blair
Willetts
Schmidt
St. Louis
Philadelphia
St. Lewis
Fromme
Hostetter
Corrdon
Death
Hls
Wpittsburg
Dpittsburg
Willis
Gibson
Mathewson
Detroit
Washington
Johnson
Falkenberg
Warner
Powell
Waddell
Stephens
Beaudry children found in trunk after search
In Fall River on June 12 authorities recovered the bodies of Joseph and Andre Beaudry aged eight and five years. They were found inside a trunk with a spring lid, the interior and clothing showing signs of a struggle as they tried to escape before death overtook them.
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Fall River
Mass
Joseph
Andre Beaudry
Schect
Directors authorize Norris to promote newsprint action
Newsmen press fight as the American Newspaper Publishers' Association meets in New York to define stops in the print paper dispute. They authorize the president to engage John Norris for two years to promote the association's aims in the matter of newsprint paper.
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New York
American
Hearst Vote Count Inch by Inch in New York
New York report on the statewide inquiry shows 662 precincts counted of 1984 in the city. Hearst leads by a margin described as 215 votes as the court adjourns with ongoing tally on who will be mayor or editor.
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New York
W. J Hearst
McClerar
Dinyer
Liearst
Gein
Sedalia Votes Against Local Option After Bitter Campaign
In Sedalia the electorate rejected the local option by a substantial margin after a deeply bitter campaign. The vote tally cited a majority of 45 points against the proposal, reflecting strong opposition from residents to the measure.
Pincures for the kidneys advertised with trial offer
Advertisement promotes pins for kidney relief claiming to target kidney and bladder derangements. It states a 30 days trial for $1.00 with guarantee or money back and lists H. J. Moog and C. P. Guenther as sellers.
For Sale Bee Hives and Foundations at Factory Prices
For sale Bee hives sections and foundation offered at factory prices. Contact J. H. Bawberger for details and delivery terms.
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J. H. Bawberger
TRE MARKETS Chicago June 21 Receipts and Quotations
Historical market report from Chicago shows receipts near 2,000 for heavy shippping items and prime fat steers quoted around 7.85 with heavy cattle and calves listed at 203.7 for high quality meat. Wool, sheep, and yearlings prices noted with mixed heavy ewe values and turkeys and poultry figures included. Feed and prairie prices across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin given for hay and feed commodities.
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Chicago
Fao
Crttle
Colerita
Iudiana
Wisconsin
Uincis
Indiana
ManZan Pile Remedy Offered For Piles Soothe
One application of ManZan Pile Remedy soothes all forms of piles reducing inflammation soreness and itching. Price 60c. Guaranteed. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guerner.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guener
So let that settle a word to the wise suffices
In a witty exchange from the Philadelphia Press a wife tells her husband that a word to the wise is sufficient and the husband retorts that to the average married man a word in edgewise is sufficient. The quip highlights marital humor and gendered communication.
Little Clarence Calls Bath Cold Weather A Chicken
A humorous Harper's Weekly vignette recalls Little Clarence reacting to an unusually cold bath. His mother steps out briefly as he gazes at goose flesh and exclaims, in playful fear, that he is turning into a chicken.
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Clarence
Harper’s Weekly
Albert Ware Paine Key Maine Law Author Dies at 95
Albert Ware Paine died in Bangor Maine at ninety five. He drafted a law granting the accused the right to testify in his own behalf. After years of rebuffs it was enacted by the Maine legislature in 1864. It became the first such law and influenced many jurisdictions worldwide.
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Albert Ware Paine
Bangor
Maine
Piles Operation Not Needed With ManZan Remedy
An advertisement claims piles surgery can be avoided by using ManZan Pile Remedy priced at 50e sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Quen ter.
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H. J. Moogk
C. P. Quenther
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