Hughes Named Again On First Ballot In New York
Charles Evans Hughes secured the Republican nomination for New York governor on the first ballot at the state convention. He received 827 votes of 1,009, with 151 for James W. Wadsworth Jr and 31 for John K. Stewart. Nassau provided 9 votes to push Hughes over the 65 needed. The platform endorsed Roosevelt and Taft and praised the Hughes administration. Horace White named for lieutenant governor as the convention adjourned.
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Arnteen
N. Y
Charles Evans Hughes
New York
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
Livingston County
John K. Stewart
Montgomery
Wiliam Barnes, Jr
Albany
New York County
Nassau County
Hughes
Iherbert Parsons
Roosevelt
Taft
Allany
Kings County
Chicago
Horace White
Onondaga
Democrats Secure Harmony at New York State Convention
Rochester Sept 16 Democrat state convention held a brief session and secured harmony among factions after contests in four counties. State Chairman Connors temporary chair Judge O Brien delivered the keynote. Charles F Murphy and Mack brokered a compromise, prompting withdrawals from anti McCarren delegates. It looked like Chanler for governor though no candidate had been chosen.
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Rochester
N. Y
McCarren
Connors
O Brien
Conmers
Charles J. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Mack
Charles F. Murphy
Mcrren
Weket
Ike Chanler
Taft Congratulates Hughes on Nomination in Cincinnati
Taft telegrammed Governor Hughes congratulating him on the renomination and urging campaign work in the west. On his fifty first birthday he spoke to the Ohio conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church about race issues. Resolutions endorsing the Republican platform and tickets were adopted as Taft met a Greenfield Indiana delegation during the day.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Hughes
Tilt
Ohio
The
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Crreenfield
Ind
Bryan replies to tape on Sept 16 in Philadelphia
William Jennings Bryan defends his nomination and urges Hart to explain his platform to the public. He rejects Hart as a poor defender of public questions and accuses him of lack of knowledge about Bryan’s record and positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Tart
William Jennings Bryan
Hart
Sr. Tutt
Taft and Bryan Clash Over Fees and Independence
Cinelovati, Sept. 16. Candidate Taft declined to extend his newspaper clash with Bryan. He said Bryan's speech requires no immediate answer and that he would respond if needed in future addresses. Taft offered Bryan the last word on President Roosevelt's taft letter.
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Brean
Taft
Tfe
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Washington
Cinelovati
Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft Leter
BRYS N STILL ON HIS HIKE
William J. Bryan continued a strenuous New Jersey campaign tour after Philadelphia remarks. He addressed about 20,000 at Washington Park and spoke in Camden and Burlington, with a crowded Parlor Opera House in Trenton. The reception remained cordial as he attacked the Taft Republican organization and reiterated national political themes.
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Trenton
N. J
Taft
William J. Bryan
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Repubican
Washington Park
Camden
Burlington
Dome
Utah Republicans nominate full state ticket at convention
East Lake City reports the Republican state convention nominated a complete state ticket and adopted a Republican platform. It sent telegraphic congratulations to Governor Hughes of New York. Willian E L Spry of Salt Lake is named governor nominee. resolutions denounce the American party as anti Mormon. In the Solar System anecdote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake City
Tfughes
New York
Utah Republicans
Willian EL Spry
Salt Lake
American Party
From Crying Infant to Syndicate Leader in Detroit
An evolving figure, once a child who cried for the moon, now a powerful head of a syndicate in Detroit. The June-like rise marks a striking ascent from infancy to influence, reflecting dramatic social mobility and ambition within the city.
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Detroit Tribune
Maud Muller Teased by Ragweed Pollen
The poem line notes Maud Muller sneezing on a sunny day as ragweed pollen fills the air in a meadow near Cleveland. The Plain Dealer recounts a brief rural vignette with seasonal imagery and a touch of comic misfortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudie
Maud Muller
Maud
Cleveland Plain Dealer
At the Church Fair
Comic dialogue vignette features Miss Gushing-Oh and Baldhead at a church fair. Baldhead nonchalantly notes he has been married twice, while the playful exchange hints at courting mishaps and social humor from a past era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Baldhead
Baldhead
Lown Taples
Pro and Con on Women Voting Rights Debate
Fragmentary lines reflect mixed views on women's suffrage with scattered dialogue and garbled OCR text. The piece references opinions for and against voting and includes stray, unclear speaker phrases and misread names, offering no cohesive report.
Mountains of Flame Strikes North Shore Settlers Rescue Fame
News from Grand Marais Minnesota on September 16 reports a massive fire driving a group including one man named Monker and six Indians toward Nester. The expedition to save homesteaders failed as flames closed in behind them, with fears of many lives lost and surrounding settlements at risk.
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North Shore
Nuluth
Minn
Grand ‘Fa
Monker
Nester
Wood
Minnesota
Grand Marais
Lutsen
Grand Mauss
General Wood
Gry A. Maton
Benjamin FP. Soward
Colville
Grand Miamise
Shepard
Iver Johnson
Ed Midenia
Chicago Bay
Eaton
Tutzen
Marais
Gopher
MEANS DEATH TO ELEVEN IN WINDSOR EXPLOSION
Six people killed and thirty injured in Windsor Missouri when a black powder keg exploded. Conductor Hershberger threw a lit match into spilled powder to frighten local workers causing a deadly blast. Names include Prank Vale, Frank Metuhe, Henry Greinstone, and several Sedalia and Windsor residents.
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Sedalia
Windsor
Herghberger
Teorshberger
Ares
Vale
Ames A. Metuhe
Brakemiuin
Henry Greinstone
Trea
Lther Neech
Walter Baxhoy
Howard Hertus Negro Twiner
Chis Davis
Wero
Sedachien
Hershberger
J. G. Holdray- Marte
RA Martone
Walker
Missouri Kansas
Pito
Utah labor federation fails to endorse state group
The Utah Federation of Labor, in session here, through a special committee, failed to endorse the federation officer from the executive committee of the American Federation of Labor. It advised that local unions be allowed to act without instructions from the state organization and noted no further endorsement.
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Gompers’ Circuhu
Orion
Ubi Sepi
Utah
Lauhor
Federation Oireuhiur
Aierigin Federacion of
Darbar
Aygue
Vice President and Mrs Piukhanks Attend Local Wedding
Marysville O Sept 1 Vice President and Mrs Piukhanks arrived from Indianapolis and attended the wedding of Miss Cornelia Cole Sele Jers, niece of Mrs Mairks, and Waller AL Signer of this city.
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Marysville, O
Piukhanks, Brave
Didianapolis
Cornelia Cole Sele Jers
Mairks
Waller AL Signer
Soldier Dies of Cholera in the Philippines
Washington dispatch reports Bertie Christhin of Company I Twenty sixth Infantry died of Asiatic cholera in the Philippines. Adjutant general's office confirms the death and notes the line of duty in the Far East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adjutant General's Office
Philippines
Bertie Christhin
Manhattan Island Boundaries and Area Noted
The article describes Manhattan Island as bounded on the north by the Harlem River and the ship canal, on the east by the East River, on the south by New York Upper Bay, and on the west by the Hudson River. It states the area as twenty two square miles.
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Manhattan Island
Unrlen Ship Canal
Harlem
East Rivers
New York Upper Bay
Hudson River
Paynter Nominated for Delaware Governor by Democrats
Dr. Rowland G. Paynter of Sussex is named as the Democratic governor candidate by the Delaware state convention. The Central States Water Works Association holds its twelfth manual convention in Pittsburg with 150 delegates. Cholera cases rise to 240 with sixty deaths in St. Petersburg. Whiskey labeling debated by U S Judge Trumorey in Springfield. Forest fires sweep south of Rainy River, Minnesota as smoke thickens. Frazer, Pa reports a mad dog scare with about 50 dogs killed. 100 veterinarians attend the Interstate Livestock Sanitary Boards meeting in Washington. Irinece and Spain note a joint morocco peace gesture easing tensions.
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Rowland G. Paynter
Sussex
Delaware
Central States Water Works
Pittsburg
St. Petersburg
United States
Trnmorhey
Springfield
Hargis Daughter Sues Mother Over Estate
Lexington Ky Sept 1 Suit filed at Jackson by Evelyn Hoge daughter of the late Judge Hargis a leading figure in the Hargis estate against her mother Lewellyn Hargis and brother Reach Twaress seeking appointment of a receiver for the department store and all Hargis estate properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargis
Lexington
Jackson
Evelyn Hoge
Lewellyn Ffargis
Twaress
Sharpshooters Clash With Bandits on Sangke River
Dispatch from the governor general of Indo China reports that Sept 6 near the Sangke river a group of Chinese bandits was surprised by sharpshooters. Many bandits were killed and the survivors drowned while attempting to swim to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Indo-China
Sangke
Complete Returns in Maine Governor Race Fernald Leads
Portland Sept 14 practically complete returns show Bert M Fernald Republican ahead of Oladiak Gardner Democratic rival by 7 799 votes in the Maine governor race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland
Bert M. Fernald
Oladiak Gardner
Doctor recommended Cuticura remedies in severe infant skin disease
A Virginia father recounts his infant daughter suffering a near total skin loss with oozing blood. After two doctors and failed remedies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment along with Resolv ent and recovered fully. The ad promotes the Cuticura line and offers a free book on skin diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. B
J. Smith
Buena Vista
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Sule Props
Boston
Mass
Anarchist Threats Target Spring Valley Priest
A mass of letters from National Society of Anarchists leader Joe Grazdinskas to Father Frank Vatalits in Spring Valley, issued threats and warned of violence if targets did not heed their demands. Similar threats echoed in Springfield Illinois after a murder case involving James. officials note agitation from extremist groups and announce expected further arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gragdinskas
National Society of Anarchists
Hyves
Spring Valley
Frank Vatalits
Grazdinskas
Postoffice
N. Moore
United States
Marshall SS. O. Tripp
Aisprosentis
Valaitis
Ambrosentis
Hose
Springfield
Springfeld
Warner
Toe James
James
Blanche Ballard
Defied Havoc and Death on a Rock Island Train
Peoria Illinois September 16 One hundred passengers on a Rock Island train bound for Peoria narrowly escaped a plunge from a humming bridge into the sixty foot drop below as the train sped down a grade at nearly forty miles an hour. Engineer Dalzell, seeing stopping was impossible, sped across and saved all aboard. An inspection showed seventeen cross-ties and some stringers burned nearly through.
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Peoria
Toulon
Wyoming
Eneineer Dalzell
Bank of Schutte Transfers to Trustees After Insolvency
Hopedale Sept 1 The private bank of WOT Schutte with 700 cash and liabilities of 2000 including 50,000 deposits was turned over to trustees chosen by depositors at an opera house meeting. Assets include 7500 cash and securities on farm lands loaned to Fulton county. Curran of Pekin says the banker is owed 75,000.
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Diuwer
W.ot. Schutte
Fiere
Hinds
Pacn
Alpally
Futcon Conty
Dudeo Curran
Pekin
Left Husband's Letters Alleged Prerogative Exercise
In Whoomington UK on September 16 a woman is alleged to have exercised her prerogative by opening her husband’s letters, a practice claimed by some as within a wife’s rights but contested as inappropriate conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whoomington
Art
Bronte Letter Surfaces in South Bend Case Recount
In South Bend Indiana a letter written in a feminine hand and signed Your Dear White Martha appears in connection with Bronte. Broadhurst faced the accusation but offered no clear explanation and then remained silent afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronte
South Bend
Ind
White
Martha
Broadhurst
Alton School Color Line Sparks Admission Battle
Minnie Bibb, eighteen, ends eleven year fight by forcing entry of a Black student into Alton public schools for whites after filing a writ of the supreme court. She resisted attending the Negro public school and is placed in Washington school's third grade with white students aged eight to ten. she is described as larger than her teacher.
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Alton
Tinois Supreme Court
Minnie Bibb
Washington
Wheat and livestock prices from Chicago and East Buffalo today
Chicago market notes include Wheat with mixed Sept to May futures and cash prices, Corn and Oats quotes, Livestock and Hay prices with receipts and ranges for hogs, cattle, and sheep. East Buffalo report lists cattle, hogs, and lamb quotations, with market steadiness and specific lot prices.
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Chicago
Hoys
East Buffalo
Mast Tuffalo
N.Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Atlanta Considers Uncle Remus Park for Joel Harris Memorial
A public park in Atlanta is proposed as a memorial to Joel Chandler Harris. The plan enjoys strong support across the South with the name Uncle Remus Park already selected for the playground. Public subscriptions back the project and the idea gains momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Chandler Harris
Atlanta
South
Uncle Remus
The
Atlanta Constitution
Stim
Penny savings banks in Berlin schools and other notes
Adromitic savings banks on the Principle of the penny for the stot ma chines have been installed in all the Berlin schools. The children receive numbered counters for coins dropped in, and ten counters earn savings bank books with entries. Bernard Shaw's wife is a suffragist who marched in London. Shaw joked about a bath chair and a baby with a poodle in the procession. King Edward approves a merit badge for cricketers representing England abroad, to be worn on a blue cap. Frances E. Willard is honored with a statue in Washington National Hall of Fame, the only woman with such a statue, drawing daily attention from visitors.
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Berlin
Bernard Shaw
London
Edward
England
Alinois
National Hall of Fame
Frances E. Willard
Capitol
Washington
Wood's Liver Medicine Promises Quick Malaria Relief
An old printed advertisement touts Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form for malaria chills and fever. It claims regulation of liver kidneys and bladder with relief from pilousness sick headache and constipation. The 650c size bottle costs $1 and the first dose brings relief, sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Modern Romance Riffs on Speed and Privilege
A playful exchange contrasts old and new notions of romance and progress. The older narrator notes faster courting, while the younger speaker mocks bygone means, likening courtship to a rented horse and buggy versus a mortgaged forty horsepower touring car in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Pineules for the Kidneys advertised relief claims
An advertisement promises relief for kidney and bladder trouble backache and rheumatism from Pineules for the Kidneys. It claims hundreds testify to healing and tonic effects with a 30 days trial priced at $1.00 and states the product purifies the blood. Sold by H. J. Moogh and C. P. Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Old Acquaintance Gentle Reversal Over Fashion
A brief exchange recalls a man who once led in style but now jokes his marriage changed his status. He says his wife is the best dressed woman in town, explaining the shift in his wardrobe.
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Offers Quick Relief
A vintage remedy advertises Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as providing fast relief from coughs colds hoarseness and bronchial throat troubles. Mothers especially recommend it for children. Pleasant to take and gently laxative. Sold by H J Moogh and C P Guenther.
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H. J. Moogh
C. P. Guenther
Sweden’s torpares: farm laborers tied to estate land
A peculiar Swedish practice grants laborers fixed acres of land for their personal use in exchange for a set number of workdays per year. These torpares serve as fixtures on the estate, a system not reported in other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Olter
Pile Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement claims Man Zan Pile Remedy will bring relief with the first application. It guarantees results. Price is 60 cents. Sold by H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
Nervous exchange over a possible intruder in the house
Mrs Tipping fears a man is in the house after hearing movements in the dark. Mr Tippins confirms, saying the shock was real and he thought someone had entered. The moment captures a tense, nighttime domestic scare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Mr. Tippins
Ring's Little Liver Pills Advertise Bile Trouble Relief
An old advertisement promotes Ring's Little Liver Pills for biliary issues and sick headaches, claiming they keep you well. The ad lists vendors H. J. Moogk and C. P. Guenther as sellers and price at 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Moogk
C. P. Guenther
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