Gaynor Nominated for New York City Mayor by Democrats
Prominent figure William J. Gaynor, a justice of the supreme court, is nominated by the Democrats to run for mayor of New York City. He faces Otto Barnard, Republican nominee backed by President Taft, in a campaign framed as a test of Tammany influence and reform.
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William J. Gaynor
Supreme Court
New York City
Otto Barnard
Taft
Tammany
Justice Gaynor
Gaynor
Hugh Mcaughlin
Brooklyn
Trusts
Rose Croker
William
Whitestone Academy
Boston
Utica
Ward Hunt
Supreme Court of the United States
Flatbush
L. L
McLaughlin
New Lots
Long Island Water Supply Company
Cgaynor
McLaughlin Ring
Morse Lets Debts Slide Toward Millionaire Status
Former financier Charlies W. Morse neared multi million dollar wealth again after wiping out most debts. He faced $4.5 million in creditors when released from Tombs on June 17, 1908, with securities three to four times the remaining debt. Panic in October 1907 cut his fortune from $22 million as securities fell and banks liquidated loans, turning paper losses into real ones.
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Charlies
W. Morse
Mr. Morse
Morse
New York City
New England
Diplomatic rebuke over Moroccan sultan Mulai Abd el Hafid
France issues a diplomatic protest as Mulai Abd el Hafid suppresses the rival El Raghi. El Raghi was captured with kaids, placed in an iron cage on a camel to Fez, while French pressure seeks restraint amid reports of further brutal actions against the pretender.
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Mulal-Abd-El-Hafid
Morocco
France
el Raghi
Kaids
el Roghi
Fez
Mulai
Hamo Hocko
Abd-el-Aziz
Mulal
Sea hero joins Michigan Law as freshman captain sealsby
Capt Inman Sealby of the White Star liner Republic enrolled as a freshman in the University of Michigan Law Department. The Republic sank after collision with the Italian ship Florida off Nantucket last winter. Sealby helped fight the disaster from the bridge until the ship vanished, while C Q D messages aided rescue for 1,650 aboard.
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Inman Sealby
White Star
Republic
Nantucket Island
Jack” Binns
Law Department
University of Michigan At
Ann Arbor
Sealby
Florida
Baltic
Mining notes show wide range of western ore activity
High officials of United States Smelting Refining Mining tour Utah California and Mexico properties. New samplings planned at Manhattan Nevada and Mustang hill excavation. Ray Copper expands to 4 000 acres with mill and smelter plans. New strikes and leases push Ely Central Bay projects amid a gold rush in Bruneau and Park Record notes.
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United States
Manhattan
Nevada
Frank Peterson
Peterson
Sullivan
Mustang Hill
Henry Bogan
Louis Colvin
Joe Bowers
Silver City
Ray Consolidated Copper Company
Prince Consolidated Company
Ploce
Cole-Ryan
Bay
Ely Consolidated
Ely
Provo Mining Company
Timtec
Prévo Company
Silver Island
Salt Lake
Ray Company
Yerington
Mason Valley
Bruneau
Idaho
Rolse
Hance Johnson
Jones Bonanza
Bonanza Flat
Daly Judge Holdings
Park Record
Deep Creek
Swagenheim
Woodman Mining Company
Nevada United Mining Company
Coppereld
Northwest Notes and Nevada Fires and Trials
Robert Craig dies of heart trouble near Gardnerville Nevada. Two million feet of lumber burned at Verdi, losses $50 000. Odd Fellows Montana encampment ends in Butte with Helena chosen for next year. Ida Strobridge wins Seattle exposition book binding gold medal. Rhoolite townsite decision favors townsite company. Denver hotel fire in Guloma Washington causes Edwin Bureh death and multiple burns. Vinton Cal burglar killed by posse. Cudahy and Smith drown near Irondale Washington. Numerous legal and crime items follow, including Nevada judges, Basin Wyoming trials, and Dry Farming exposition opening in Billings Montana.
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Robert Craig
Gardnerville
Nevada
California White Pine Lumber Company
Verdi
Odd Fellows of
Montana
Butte
Helena
Ida Strobridge
Humbold County
Seattle
Art Department
Carson
Denver
Gulora
Wash
Edwin Bureh
Alaska
Charley Williams
Keno
Vinton
Cal
Posse
L. Cudahy
James Smith
Irondale
Vinton Hotel
Reno
Western Pacific
Clarence B. Hunt
Edward Grove
San Diego
Ramona
Congress
9Th Circuit
California
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
George Sabin
Thomas Diaz
Ed Paton
B. Brink
M.A. Alexander
Chanies Ferris
William Keyes
Big Horn County
Basin
Wyo
Joe Alemanda
Joe Emee
Joe Lagier
Rocky Boy
Bird's Eye
Mont
Indian Office
L Gutierrez de Lara
Los Angeles
de Lara
Francis Schlatter
Hastings
Neb
Manhattan
Norris
Dry Farming Congress
Billings
James J. Hill
Oregon Penitentiary
Salem
Good morning exchanges with farmers at apple harvest
A lively exchange shows politeness friction as a visitor greets women in a rural setting while they eat apples. The dialogue hints at community norms and casual humor amid daily farm life.
Delicate childhood tale shared in Arkansas hills
A woman recounts a fragile birth weighing four pounds and being placed in a cigar box as a cradle. Friends listen with interest as she describes her early, delicate years in the Arkansas hills.
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Arkansas Hills
Kansas City Times
Pettit's Eye Salve Restores
An old advertisement extols Pettit's Eye Salve and Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as cures for eye ailments and constipation. The fragment points to physicians in Buffalo and emphasizes practical remedies over grand claims. The wording reflects period advertising diction and moral proverbs.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Allegedly Cures Women
Milwaukee woman claims relief from back pain and tumors after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Letter to Pinkham Medicine Company notes personal recovery and urges others to try the remedy before surgery.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wis
Mrs
Expa Iuse
First St
Pinkham Medicine Company
Lydia I. Pinkham
Phnkham
Lynn
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U.S
Rata
Panama Canal Zone
Pierce
Mary T. Goldman
Osman
Paul
Minn
Nll
Cascarets
Hilffon Boxal
Toma
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