Roosevelt Calls for Independent Party to Oppose Taft
Oyster Bay July 16 ex president Roosevelt outlined a plan to form a distinct independent party and avoid entangling alliances with either major party. He rejected proposals to consolidate with Taft supporters or concede electoral votes, insisting on a pure anti-Taft, anti-corruption campaign and courting both Democrats and Republicans.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Taft
Pasylvania
Maryland
William Flynn
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Staft
E Republican Party
Tome
New Party
Colonel Sevelt
Republcan Party
Wage Advance for Iron Workers in Youngstown
July wage settlement between the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and Republic Iron and Steel raised puddling rate to 5.85 dollars a ton for July and August with a 1 percent lift for finishers. About fifty thousand skilled workers are affected. Also reported is the closure of eleven New Bedford cotton mills employing 13,000 operatives, halted “for an indefinite period” due to a strike by weavers and loom fixers, with loomers, twist ers, and mothers joining in sympathy.
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Youngstown
Algamated Association of Iron, Eel and Tin Workers
Reublic Iron and Steel Company
New Bedford
Mass
Train collision claims 14 year old in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio a Lake Shore freight train struck an automobile killing 14 year old Miss Cora Newstein and injuring her family while crossing the tracks. The girl's father W F Newstein, president of the National Ion and Wire company, had died earlier. In Indiana Oaxaca Mexican authorities report about six hundred citizens stormed and executed forty three prisoners after a band of mountain Indians dispersed them.
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Cleveland
Cora Newstein
W. F.ee
National Ion and Wire Company
Lake Shore
Indiana
Oaxaca
Mexico
Three Murderers Executed at Sing Sing
Osstuping New York July 9 three men Giuseppe Ciroli George Williams Negro and Santa Zalza were executed in the electric chair as ordered yesterday at Sing Sing Penitentiary in a rapid sequence. authorities report the prisoners met death without incident.
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Osstuping
N. Y
Juseppe Ciroli
George Willams
Negro
Santa Zalza
Sing Sing
Battie With Big Snake in Tense Taming Scene
Tamequa Pa July 11 William tham faced an 11 foot blacksnake in a dire struggle. He could not free himself until the reptile bit him four times on the right forearm before finally subduing the creature.
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Battie
Tamequa
William Tham
13 Dead 26 Hurt in Rail Wreck Near Chicago
A Denver to Chicago flyer crashed into a halted sleeper near Western Springs in heavy fog. Thirteen people were killed and more than twenty-five injured, many asleep in berths or in washrooms. Names include E A Bunch and P A Barclay. investigators blame the engineer for running past a stop signal.
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Chicago
Omaha Fast Mail
Denver Overland Limited
Western Springs
Burlington Road
C. M. Hurt
Canton
O. Lillian Kelly
Boise
Idaho
M. E. Stern
George Bronson
Egineer
G. W. Tudor
Oskatooga
E. G. Pohlmann
San Francisco
Eustis
Hinsdale
Denver
la Grange
Fernwood
Wilson names his aids for national committee
Woodrow Wilson selects officers for the Democratic national committee announced in Chicago. William F. McCoombs named national chairman and presiding officer for campaign committees, with William G. McAdoo as vice chairman and Joseph E. Davies as national secretary. The campaign slate includes Senators O Gorman Gore and Saulsbury, Judge Hudspeth, Josephus Daniels, Mitchell Palmer, and Albert Burleson. McCoombs McAdoo Davies also serve on the committee.
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National Committee
Ben Girt
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
William F. McCoombs
William G. McAdoo
New York
Joseph E. Davies
Milwaukee
James O’gorman
Robert S. Hudspeth
Wisconsin Democrats Finish Primary List
Milwaukee July 15 Democrats finished naming candidates for the five top state offices subject to September primaries and adjourned sine die after a stormy session. Ticket includes Schmitz and Karel for governor, Mollepah and Bolens for lieutenant governor, Fealy for secretary of state, Schmidt and Leonard for state treasurer, Kad ing and Docherty for attorney general. income tax plank debated, amendment passed, platform endorses Baltimore platform, supports Bryan, municipal home rule and constitutional initiative referendum and recall.
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Milwaukee
Democratic State Convention
Hhe
Overnor
A. J. Schmitz
J. C. Karel
Henry Mollenpah
Clinton
Harry W. Bolens
Port Washington
Andrew P. Fealy
Hudzon
Nicholas Schmidt
Marathon City
Jacob Leonard
Marshfield
Charles A. Kading
Watertown
John F. Docherty
la Crease
Schmitz
Baltimore
W. J. Bryan
Storm kills four in Alton as cloudburst floods city
Four people drown in a Sunday cloudburst that flooded Alton Illinois and nearby areas. A nine foot wall of water swept Belle and Piasa streets, destroying the Alton gas works and causing about a quarter million dollars in property damage. Victims include Mrs Frances Maguire and her three year old daughter Goldie, plus Mrs Hester Moss and Arthur Boyce.
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St. Louis
Alton
Piasa Valley
Belle and
Piasa
Frances Maguire
Goldie
Ninth
Belle
Hester Moss
Arthur Boyce
Maguire
Roosevelt party shut out from Wisconsin ballot as regular ticket
Madison July 15 The Roosevelt party cannot appear on the general election ballot in Wisconsin as a regular ticket. It may qualify under individual or nonpartisan nomination per statute after petitioning 1000 electors. The law allows five words to express its principle.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Roosevelt Party
Stork to Visit Decies Heiress in Weeks
New York dispatch reports an heir is expected soon to brighten the house of Lord and Lady Decies. Mr and Mrs George J Gould, parents of Lady Decies, sailed for Europe to be with their daughter. Miss Vivian Gould wed the English peer February 7, 1911.
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New York
Lord
Lady Decies
George J. Gould
Decies
Europe
Vivian Gould
Striking Seamen Fire Ship in Antwerp Docked Zeeland
Brussels July 16 A seamen strike crisis broadened at Antwerp when seamen set fire to the Zeeland as she lay at her dock. Managers of the Seamen’s Syndicate were arrested immediately after the act amid suspicions they bore responsibility.
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Seamen's Union
Brussels
Antwerp
Zeeland
Seamen's Syndicate
Criols
Gauman
Prairie Oil and Gas seeks injunction against rate ruling
In Washington on July 16 Prairie Oil and Gas, an oil pipeline named as a common carrier by the commerce commission, filed for an injunction in the commerce court to halt the rate filing order.
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Washington
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Commerce Commilsaton
Commerce Court
Bishop Warren in Critical Condition at University Park
Bishop H. W. Warren, recently retired by the Methodist Episcopal Church, is critically ill at his residence in University Park. He has been bedridden with inflammatory rheumatics for weeks.
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Warren
Denver
H. W. Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
University Park
Gen Duffield Dies in Detroit at 84
Gen Henry M. Duffield adjutant general of the Twenty third brigade Army of the Cumberland Civil War commander of the Second Army Corps in Cuba during the Spanish American War died at his Detroit home on Sunday of age-related illness. He was born May fourteen eighteen forty in Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry M. Duffield
Twenty-third Brigade
Army of the Cumberland
Second Army
Cuba
Racer Saves Two Girls from Drowning at Jones Inlet
In New York on July 16, H Weller of Freeport drove a racing hydroplane to rescue Miss Amy Bray and Miss Ivy Yeaton, Hempstead society girls, from drowning as lightning flashed over Jones Inlet. James Bray, Amy’s father, was drowned while trying to reach them.
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New York
H. Weller
Freeport
Amy Bray
Ivy Yeaton
Hempstead
L. I
Jones’ Inlet
James Bray
Amy
Claude Allen Jury Disagrees With Allen Gang Case
Wytheville Va July 16 The jury in the Claude Allen case member of the Allen gang charged with the Hillsville court officers assassination reported Saturday that an agreement was impossible.
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Claude Allen
Wytheville
Allen
Hillsville
Seamen Strike Sparks Fire On Zeeland at Antwerp
In Antwerp a seamen’s strike turned violent when crews set fire to the steamer Zeeland while she docked. Seamen’s Syndicate leaders were arrested as authorities move to quell disturbances.
Prohibition Convention Nominates Chafin and Watkins
Atlantic City July 14 The national Prohibition convention chose Eugene W. Chafin of Arizona for president and Aaron S. Watkins of Ohio for vice president after a three day session marked by factional strife. The rally ended in an unusual harmony as delegates viewed the presidency as honorary. Chafin won on the first ballot with 594 votes. Watkins secured the VP nomination by acclamation after two ballots. Contention over electing national committee members led to a referral to the old committee, then adjournment amid protest.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ehiugene W. Chafin
Arizona
Aaron S. Watkins
Ohio
Twain
F. J. Shibley
Mr. Shibley
Eugene W. Chafin
Chafin
F. W. Emerson
Virgil C. Hinshaw
Watkins
National Committee
Clinton N. Howard
Rochester
First Prizefight On Liner Cymric Wins for Meffin
The first prizefight on an American liner was held aboard the Cymric in Boston. Irishman John McLaughlin fought Edward Meffin of Mobile, Alabama, for a $50 purse raised by passengers. McLaughlin appeared to win in the eighth round but continued punching after the bell and the referee ruled for Meffin.
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Boston
Mase
White Star
Hiner Cymric
Liverpool
John McLaughlin
Mclaughlin
Edward Meffin
Mobile
Ala
Poisoned Reunion: Canaday Family Tragedy in Garfield
In Garfield Georgia a Canaday family reunion meal sickened forty attendees. Three died, thirteen are dying, and twenty four remain seriously ill from a vegetable poison found in the food. A discharged maid who threatened revenge is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Canaday
Garfield
Striking Shoeworkers Kill Two in Cincinnati Confrontation
Cincinnati reports a Sunday clash during a long shoe strike left strikers Elmer Pathcide and Joseph Weermeyer dead. Walter Fitzwater, a so called strike breaker, fired and was arrested after claiming self defense after being attacked with a blackjack.
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Cincinnati
Elmer Pathcide
Joseph Weermeyer
Walter Fitzwater
Firewater
State Senator Huffman jailed for bribery in Ohio
Columbus July 15 State Senator K E Huffman of Oxford was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge Frank Rathmell for receiving bribe money to influence his vote in the legislature. Absinthes Garred From U S Washington July 14 The importation of absinthe into the United States and its sale in interstate commerce was prohibited after October 1 next by a pure food decision aligned by Secretary Wilson.
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Columbus
K E. Huffman
Oxford
Frank Rath- Mell
U. S. Washington
United States
Wilson
South African Wins Marathon at Olympic finale
Stockholm reports South Africa dominates the marathon with K K McArthur winning, C W Gishaw second, and Gaston Strobino of the United States taking third in 2 hours 38 minutes 42 seconds. The U S team secures several top finishes including hammer, relay, and high jump by James Thorpe, with McGrath and Childs also placing in hammer.
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Stockholm
South Africa
K.K. McArthur
Transvaal
C. W. Gishaw
Gaston Strobino
South Paterson
N. J
United States
Matthew J. McGrath
C. C. Childs
McGrath
James Thorpe
Thaw Lunacy Hearing Ends Testimony By Two Relatives
Mrs Mary Copley Thaw and Mrs George Lauder Carnegie testified to corroborate a plan to send Harry K Thaw to Matteawan state hospital for the insane. The session closed on testimony with Shearn to sum up next Tuesday and briefs due July 19. Justice Keogh will likely decide by July 26.
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White Plains
N. Y
Clarence J. Shearn
Harry K. Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
George Lauder Carnegie
Margaret Thaw
Harry
Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Mr. Shearn
Jerome
Justice Keogh
Senate Votes Panama Canal Bill to Unfinished Business
Washington July 16 The Senate voted 40 to 34 to make the Panama canal bill unfinished business. The move rejects Great Britain's request to hold up the measure pending talks. An attempt to advance Democratic tariff legislation failed. Officials warned the Hague tribunal would face extreme strain if the dispute over canal use were referred to it.
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Senate
Washington
Great Britain
Hague
America
Governor as bribe-taker claims against South Carolina chief
Augusta Ga July 16 Testifying before a legislative investigative committee Thomas H Felder an Atlanta attorney accused Governor Cole L Blease of taking bribes from whisky houses supplying liquor to South Carolina dispensaries bribes for his influence over bills to the legislature protection to bind tigers and a 2000 bribe for pardoning Rudolph Ruben a noted fence operator
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South Carolina
Augusta
Court House
Thomas H. Felder
Atlanta
Cole L. Blease
Billa
Rudolph Ruben
LAWYERS VOTE FOR REFORM IN OHIO
Ohio attorneys vote to back judicial reform in the new constitution. The proposal endorses three fourths verdicts in civil cases and other radical changes, following a Cedar Point meeting where Frank B Kellogg spoke against judge recall.
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Ohio
Sandusky
Frank B. Kellogg
Ohio State Har Association
Cedar Point
Oscar Straus Chosen Chairman of Railroad Engineers Arbitration Board
Oscar S Straus formerly secretary of commerce and labor was named chairman of the arbitration board to hear demands of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers. In Washington the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered sweeping reductions in express rates and reforms against the thirteen large U S express companies.
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Oscar &. Straus
New York
Oscar 8. Straus
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Arbitration Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Garfield Tea and Castoria Advertisements in 1900s Paper
A collage of vintage ads tout Garfield Tea as good for digestion and laxative relief, plus a Red Cross Ball promotion and humor satire. Mentions Hewitt Jewett altitude joke, Castoria infant remedy with its long signature line and children’s usage.
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Fletcher
Doctor Endorses Children's Remedy In Teething Troubles
Dr D R Rothrock of New Berlin Pa says Kopp's Baby's Friend is the best remedy for teething troubles wind colic and diarrhea. Available in 10 25 and 60 cent sizes at druggists or by mail sample offered on request from Kapp n Baby's Friend Co York Pa.
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D. R. Rothrock
New Berlin
Kopp
Kapp’n Baby’s Friend Co
York
Heirloom Drummer Inherits Local Eatery in Pitt sburg
A Pittsburg drummer visits a familiar looking restaurant in a small town. He chats with the proprietor, who reveals he inherited the business from his father. The drummer recognizes the old cheese sandwich on the counter.
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Pittsburg
George Presents Silver Thimble To Lady In Surprise
A young man offers a small box with a gift to a woman, uncertain if it will fit her finger. He reveals a silver thimble and the moment grows suddenly cooler as she reacts with astonishment.
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George
Ladies' Home Journal
No Social Tact At Club Dance Gaffe
An awkward club dance moment ends with a spirited member urging a dull weaver to approach Miga Fryte alone. When asked what to say, he is advised to remark on her beauty, but she’s not pretty, so the alternative is to insult the other girls. The exchange highlights a lack of social tact.
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Miga Fryte
Child's hair study provokes cautionary tale
A four year old, Dick, discovers hair pulls out under force and tests the effect on his forelock while his seven year old sister watches in horror. Dick asks why, and replies that the Bible says all hair is numbered, so pulling hair would create extra bookkeeping for the angels.
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Dickie
Postum Affects Complexion, Digestive Health, Letter Claims
A Washington state family reports stomach trouble and skin issues from tea and coffee, claiming a ten day Postum trial cleared their digestion and improved complexion. They say after swapping to Postum for a month and a half, all family members recovered, with clearer skin and steadier nerves, and now use Postum exclusively.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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National Prohibition Convention
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McArthur
Gushaw
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