Prohibition Plank Poised in Democratic Platform Fight
Denver June 20 The Democratic platform battles widen as a prohibition plank gains traction led by General James B Weaver with support from southern dry delegations. The anti injunction clause remains under debate with a firm, specific stance favored though no radical measures like jury trials are expected. Bryan seeks broad consultation before final wording is set.
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Denver
Committee On Resolutions
Convention
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Weaver
Bryan Guy
Bryan
New Man For Second Place In Democratic Ticket
The vice presidential picture remains largely unchanged with Chanler of New York still prominent though weakened. Governor George C. Chamberlain of Oregon emerges as a new likel candidate. He would be acceptable to Bryan if he is nominated and party leaders favor expanding running mate options beyond New York.
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New York
George C. Chamberlain
Oregon
Bryan
National Committee
District of Columbia
Pennsyylvania
Chicago
Brooklyn
Chfeace
McCarren-Murphy
Committee On
Teddy
Wilesol
Lnoger C. Sullivan
Vilinois
Wilson
Salliwau
Alestet
Foo
Governor Johnson Declines Denver Visit For Presidential Chase
Iowa Governor Johnson states he is not going to Denver or Des Moines as speculation swirls about a presidential nomination. He clarifies he is not running for any other office and notes his friends understand his position.
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Johnson
Denver
Pes Moines
Joneson
Taft in a Mcombine Shine War Dept and Politics
Secretary Taft is reported to have merged major official duties with political activity while coordinating defense and administration. The June 30 dispatch notes his effort to balance governance with partisan considerations amid wartime demands.
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Washington
Taft holds talks on war plans and Ohio group backs Vorys
Secretary Taft met with officials and party advisers to discuss war department issues and the looming political campaign. A delegation from Ohio urged Arthur I. Vorys as national committee chairman and Taft invited him to Washington for tomorrow. A Hot Springs meeting with the sub-committee was said to follow. A mammoth postal card featuring Taft arrived at Taft's office, bearing a cartoon stamp and images of Taft and Sherman, with a 46 cent postage.
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Republican Party
Ohio
Arthur I. Vorys
Taft
Vorys
Washington
National Committee
Hot Spring
Fatt
United States Post Ecard
Sherman
United States
Washington Post Office
Coler Pushes Anti-Injunction Plank for Platform
New York June 30 Bird S Coler president of the borough of Brooklyn left for the Democratic convention in Denver and said he favors a plank opposing injunctions in labor disputes. He referred to the Gompers plank as the model for this stance.
Deluge in Wellington Wrecks Homes and Claims Five Lives
A rain torrent late June 30 in Wellington Wan killed five people including Mrs Shirley Shermain and Mrs Ed West and carried away twenty houses from their foundations. A six foot wall of water swept down a ravine in the bottoms, destroying property valued at about $75000. Survivors fled to rooftops as water carried houses two to four blocks away, likely from a shower near Cleora six miles distant.
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Wan
Shirley Shermain
Ed West
Albert Hughes
George Jackson
Vene Brothers
Cleera
Lipton to Challenge Again for America’s Cup
London June 30 The Field reports Sir Photius Lipton will challenge again under strict conditions for the America's Cup. A cutter rigged yacht built under current rules must be sized to suit the vessel, with design approved by the New York Yacht Club. Lipton expressed hope American friends will support his sporting aims.
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London
Photius Lipton
New York
Sig Vhotnis
Cat Dune
Seothuad
Tos
Roosevelt discusses Africa hunting plans at Oyster Bay
President Roosevelt spoke with Cispur Whitney during a Oyster Bay visit about his planned hunting trip to Africa. He shared efforts to gather information on British and German possessions he may hunt in Africa but noted no definite arrangements had been made.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Cispur Whitney
Africa
Bishop Power Is Very Hi Cooperstown News Note
Cooperstown N Y reports Bishop Henry Potter of New York is mentioned in a brief note with unclear context and fragmented wording.
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Cooperstown, N. Y
Jamnes C
Henry €. Potter
New Yok
What Does This Sign Mean Lydia Pinkham Adfront
A historical sign at the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts invites public inspection of laboratory methods and advertising claims. It questions Lydia E Pinkham as a purely vegetable compound and asks readers to verify statements, letters, and cures while assuring open, above board practices and confidentiality for genuine correspondents.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
America
Lydia EK. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhai
Bishop Grieves: Phe Bishop Ill at Seventy Two
Regarded by four phrysidians and others as in a dangerous health state. The bishop has suffered stomach and liver trouble for some time. He is seventy two years old and relatives have been summoned to be at his bedside.
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Ves
Bes
Pepys and Evelyn Compared in Fire Sketches
The excerpt contrasts Pepys and Evelyn as dramatic narrator and reflective moralist. Pepys narrates a scene with immediacy and humor, while Evelyn offers eloquent classical allusion. The fire imagery shows Pepys’s vivid scene setting versus Evelyn’s elegiac commentary, noting Pepys’s enduring rival status.
Notable Quote Exchange in Washington Star Dialogue
Mrs Barnes Cache is described as having a placid contented mind while Miss Cayenne notes her gown suits her. The Washington Star captures a light social exchange reflecting wit and fashion concern in a cultivated tone.
Scores On The Ball Fields At Cities And Cities
Baseball scores and details from multiple games across Cincinnati Chicago Boston Philadelphia Washington Brooklyn New York and other leagues. Highlights include hits errors and batteries for various teams with incomplete line data and weather notes on some venues.
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Chicago
Kling
Cincinnati Doescher
McLean
Boston
Philadelphia
Sparks
Doomn
Goultes
Young
Graham
St. Louis
Brooklyn
New York
Crandall
McGinnity
Bresnahan
McIintyre
Holmes
Bergen
Washington
Johnson
Falkenberg
Street
Vickers
Powers
Cleveland
Priors
Huston
Luston
Winter
Cryer
Orth
Vietnaw
Detroit
Napio
Ww. Pc
Pittsburg
Ewes
American
L. P.C
Roston Ey
Woman Faces Operation Theorizes Schedule May Block Help
A Subetha woman told her physician she might not be able to have an operation due to her busy weekly duties. She listed washing day Monday and other tasks from Tuesday through Sunday, and suggested a time after Sunday dinner before evening services if possible.
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Missionary Society
Kansas City Journal
Unnamed Sardinia in the Mid Century described as Wild
A traveler portrays Sardinia as a wild land with Queenly figures clothed in goat skins and scant attire for both sexes. Peasants carry arms, interior travel demands escorts, and shore waterings require armed guards, likening the Sardinians to Malays of the Mediterranean.
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Mediterrane
Fragmentary Report From Cleveland Pine Dealer Scene
An obscured reminiscence describes a man aged about 90 who sat idly with his paper and finally alighted, then took fifteen minutes to walk back to a nearby location. The passage hints at a car scene and local dialogue amid unclear names and context.
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Srappen
Madan
Cleveland Pynin
Enjoined Railroads Change Coal Car Distribution
The Interstate Commerce Commission is enjoined by the U S circuit court from enforcing an order against the Chicago and Alton railroads to alter coal car distribution methods to mine owners. In Chicago a white man was shot and killed by a black policeman after a fault over arrest procedures and a mob assault on the officer. Birch F Rhodus Edward F Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus were arrested for using the mails in a defraud scheme involving Central Life Securities and subsidiaries. bail set at 15000 with appeal by their attorney Joseph W Moses.
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Chierco
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Theliners Central
Chicago
Altoh
Edward Smith
Mirhell Parker
West Madison
Aberdeen
Parker
Thos. Quigley
Birch F. Rhodus
Edward F. Rhodus
Thomas Rhiodus
Central Life Securities Company
William M. Ketchem
United States Post Office
Quarreled Over a Hen Egg in Carmi Murder Trial
Loren Dale's murder case, stemming from a March 13 shooting in Carmi, continues into the October term after a requested continuance for missing witnesses. Dale, a married horseman, remains jailed. John W. Fulford, also a racehorseman, died in the city’s main street.
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Loren Dale
Dale
John W. Fulford
Ao Henepee
Pulford
Aso
Fatal rail crash claims Big Four brakeman
Lawrence Friend, 23, a brakeman on the Big Four, was instantly killed near Mat took when the Knickerbocker special passed his freight train. He stepped from his train too close to the main track and was struck by the passing engine’s pilot beam in Paris, TL.
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Paris
Lawrence Friend
Mattook
Friend
Mystery at Camp Lincoln After Three Gunshots Hit Third Regiment
Springfield Alabama report describes three shots fired at a Third regiment squad on the Camp Lincoln range. The incident creates a mystery for the regiment’s atHeials as they fail to solve the events. The Third regiment had broken camp and was then followed by another unit.
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Springfield
Camp Lincoln
Othe Pitth
Regiment and Platoon of Gathiug Gun Section Faced
A regiment and a platoon of the Gathiug gun section were involved in a military deployment. The unit movements and operational status remained officially described as routine within the assigned sector.
Fainting Berthas talent escapes Bartonville asylum
Bertha Lel becke known as Fainting Bertha repeatedly tries to escape from Bartonville asylum Peoria Illinois. She vanished from bed Sunday night and was recaptured by guards after an improvised pursuit.
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Bertha
Peoria
Lelbecke
Bartonville Asylum
Jealous Farmer Kuthius Turner Kills Wife in IL
Shilor Springs, June 30. Jealous of his young wife and mistaking his son for another man, Kuthius Turner a 68 year old Civil War veteran and wealthy farmer of Clay City IL shot his wife from ambush killing her and seriously wounding his 15 year old son and attempted suicide near here.
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Shilor Springs
Kuthius Turner
Clay City
Anbush
Ancient Bells and their Sacred Echoes Across Time
The article traces bells from ancient Egypt to early Christian use. It notes bells on Aaron's robe, bells for driving away demons, curfews to repel evil, church doors signaling devils, Pope John X’s thunder protection, and historical bell symbolism in Porsena’s monument and Clothaire’s siege.
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Aaron
Europe
John X
Porsena
Clothaire
Sens
St. Stephen's Church
Ambition and growth in life and work
Frederick W. Robertson reflects on long effort and unseen growth in agriculture and personal development. He notes progress comes with time, discipline, and accumulated experience, even when visible results are scarce.
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Frederick W. Robertson
Chicago Board of Trade prices and market quotes
Quotations on Wheat Corn Oats Pork and Live Stock at Chicago today with open high low and close figures for July September and December futures. Cash sales prices and receipts for Hogs Cattle Sheep and hay along with feed and milling values across Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin are listed.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Bird
Coon May
Abus Ad
Sapple
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Uno
Irish Speech Echoes Slow Talk and Stammer Quirk
A writer notes that Irish speech often slows and stammers yet displays care in word choice. He cites Martin's manner as an example where he seems to pull words from his mouth and look at them before presenting them to listeners.
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Martin
Pat
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