Aldrich and Cummins Heard in Chicago Politic Speech
In Chicago at the Congress Hotel Senator Aldrich and Senator Cummins addressed Commercial Club members. They discussed monetary reform, a national bank, and a planned concrete framework after detailed study of the banking system. Senator Cummins defended his stance against Cannon and Payne, urging Republican fidelity to 1898 platform principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Aldrien
St. Tanks
New Orleans
Uhua
Aus
Pratnefu
Pohylayur
Ila
Qumming
Bovtiter Aldrich
Uioss Principlua
Congress of the United States
Robber Steals $19,000 From Burlington Home
A masked bandit dynamited a Burlington residence, robbing Gehgylor Ranler, 72, and locking the housekeeper in her room. Nearly $19,000 in bonds and cash were taken. Mrs. Tana Nickson, the sole occupant, is in critical condition after a desperate struggle.
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Gehgylor Ranler
Burlington
N. J
Pged
Belmonts 1000 Dollar Champagne Stakes Victory Noted
Fauntleroy dominates Belmont Park NY in the $1,000 Champagne Stakes for two year olds, defeating Grasmere who faded late. The race featured a long stretch run with My Turk backing 12 to 1 and Ty Gottul in a close finish. Ongoing events at Jamaica NY and mentions of university athletic clubs and broader racing context appear in fragmented text from the era.
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Rotter Sureno
PilnfAphin Cocentry
Fauntleroy
Belmont Pari
New York
Uiree Lengiha
Grasmere
Renonof
My Turk
Jamaica
N. Y
Oberryola
Pie
Ty Gottul
Q& Michizan
Rhodes Vcholay
Oxford Univerelty
A & Epulatee
Qunrtar
Aifjoy, Braattont
Etib
Fallin
Four Plunged Into River From East Jackson Bridge
At about 10 10 Sunday night an automobile with four occupants plunged into the river near the east approach to the Jackson boulevard bridge in Chicago as the draw was open for a passing steamer. Rescuers on bridges, aided by police and firemen, searched amid darkness and swift current, but bodies were not recovered and efforts shifted to identifying the victims.
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Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Voo Buren Street
Vaiu
Lmne
Inols
Slayer implicates a woman in Kansas murder case
Kauene Olatae, confessing to murder of Mrs. Mary Short in Toppen, Kansas, implicated Mrs. Minnis English to gain possession of the estate. English was arrested on a complaint. Fanning, who earlier said he poisoned Mrs. Short, now claims Mrs. Boellab advised the amount and that he gave $1,400 of the victim’s money. He planned to join the restaurant business with Mrs. Boglish.
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Kauene Olatae
Tim Wow
Mary Short
Proud Fannaing
Toppien
Kan
Minnis English
Fanning
Woodmere L T town buy seals 806 homes deal worth 2 million
Woolmere L T famed promoter Urinice 5 090 000 sells 400 acre town site with 208 houses to a real estate firm for 2 000 000. Wealthy occupants include James McCrea Long Island Railroad VP, Henry Zeigler Steinway & Sons, and George L Stebbins bank president. The agreement is tied to a Sargent recorded New York suburban realty.
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Woolmere
L. T
Woodmere
James McCrea
Long Inlaid Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
Henry Zeigler
Steinway & Bons
George L. Stebbins
Sargent
New York
Theater Fire Kills Man and Destroys Colizoum Theater
A devastating blaze at the Colizoum Theater in Terre Haute Indiana severely injures three and vanishes a man believed burned to death. The conflagration also razed June Harlan’s livery stable with Arthur Butlinger Joby Bayles and Fred Osborn among those harmed as a wall collapsed and horses trampled. Estimated losses reach $85 000. A nearby event in Hyuan Town Taft saw a presidential parade interrupted minutes before.
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Terre Nante Teade
Iujury
June Harlan
Terre Hauts
Ind
Arthur Butlinger
Joby Bayles
Fred Osborn
Osborn
Lowe
Poisoned New York Horses Attract Police Probe
Over 250 valuable New York horses from Alda stables reportedly died from poisoning in recent months. Detectives say owners paid up to 19000 to blackmailers who then threatened more deaths. Police Chief Inspector Stark notes 260 plus horses poisoned and 2000 treated. the scheme involved threatening payment via letters and arsenic given to survivors.
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New York
Fust Alda
Br. A. Stark
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Nine Die In Brooklyn Comb Factory Fire Explosion
A massive blast followed by a fire at the comb factory of Robert Morrison & Co in Columbia Wheat Brooklyn NC killed nine people and injured about twenty in a basement blast. Workers fled to fire escapes and roofs as flames spread quickly others jumped to the ground. Proprietor Robert Morrison was found badly burned and unconscious in the hallway.
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Robert Morrison & Gon
Columbia Wheat
Brooklyn
N. C
Aome
Robert Morrison
Fragmentary political item from uncontested OCR text
Readable fragments mention a budget address and party dynamics with names and places obscured. The garbled OCR limits clear entities. The piece hints at opposition, budget discussion, and political figures without coherent detail or context.
New Governor General of the Philippines Named
W. Cameron Forbes of Massachusetts is named by President Taft to succeed James Smith as governor general of the Philippines. Smith resigns to resume private law practice, effective November 11 after leave. Forbes, grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was appointed to the Philippine Commission and as secretary of commerce and police in 1904.
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W. Cameron Forbes
Massachusetts
Philippines
Taft
James Smith
Bas Baux
Smith
Forbes
Ralph Waldo-Hmereon
Roosevelt
Palippine Commission
Commerce and Polices
Eleven Die in SRA Collision Off Block Island
Belated news from the sea reports a disaster with eleven feared dead. Six victims were crew aboard the barkentine John S. Bennett sailing from New York to Halifax with coal. The vessel sank after a collision with a schooner off Block Island early Monday. the schooner Merrill from Thomaston, Me., crew of five, is also believed lost.
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Tero
New York
Craw
Barkentine
John. S. Bennett
Bownd
Halifax
Block Island
Merrill ’. Her
Thomaston
Bean
Gimlet Burglar Killed During Robbery Attempt
A burglar described as the Gimlet thief was shot and killed while attempting to break into a home. The assailant died in the yard during the confrontation, with authorities identifying William aiehmap as a person of interest. The incident occurred at a residence in what local officials described as a tense confrontation.
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Watchnina
William Aiehmap
Thort'a
Butelat
Cairo Murder Feared as Woman Strangled in Alley
The body of Misa Anni Pelly, 24, was found strangled in a Cairo alley Tuesday. A bag muffled her mouth, wrists torn, and robes torn. Police deployed a dog trail from the scene to 2015 Poplar Street, detaining several suspects including Green, Arthur Alexander, Will Jamies and Will Thames.
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Misa Anni Pelly
Cairo
Bilas Petty
Pupkin Dry Goods Columny
Sinra
Ella Dole
Miss Dolan
14Th Street
Commercial Avenue
Washington Avenue
Egan
Kentucky
Poplar Street
Charleston
Negresa Ognied Green
Arthur Alexander
JWill_Jamies
4Will Thames
Wreckers Derail a Nickel Plate Train Near Cleveland
East bound passenger train No. 2 from Chicago on Nickel Plate road wrecked by wreckers west of Willoughby station near Cleveland. Two killed and about a dozen seriously injured. A crow bar and monkey wrench were found near the track. Three coaches and the engine derailed and overturned. Engineer fatally hurt, fireman seriously injured. Baggage car demolished some fires reported. Willoughby fire department responded.
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Chicago
Nickel Plate Road
Willoughby Station
Cleveland
Ona Mac
Willoughby
Mail robber Howell identified in 1908 Great Northern heist
Charles D Howell, accused in 1908 Seattle Great Northern mail car robbery, impersonating a postal inspector, stole about $12,000. Identifications came from J H Hoagland and J W Nystain after a Bonners Ferry Idaho to Spokane ride aboard the Oriental Limited. He rifled registered mail, tied a clerk, and looted mail along the route. investigators traced the man to the Great Northern express office.
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Mau
Charles
D. Howell
Great Northern Eepress
Seattle
Wash
Great Northern
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
J. H. Hoagland
J. W. Nystain
Howell
Widow Frees In Murder Case Jury Acquits Husband
In St Paul a jury acquits Mire Ming Arbogast a wealthy butcher on a murder charge of her husband. The trial began two weeks earlier in the district court with Arbogast accused of killing his spouse in what was described as a fatal assault. The acquittal ends the contentious case that had drawn local attention to the courthouse proceedings.
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St. Paul
Taft Gains Wisdom and Weight From Nationwide Tour
President Taft completed a 12 753 mile journey in fifty seven days visiting thirty one states and territories, seventy six cities, and numerous towns. He delivered 261 speeches and attended over fifty banquets, meeting leaders from Mexico and traveling through varied landscapes including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite. He spoke in Richmond where enthusiastic crowds cheered, and he plans to consult congressmen guiding district ties to refine impressions formed on the trip.
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Floorrigsl
Weastdington
Boston
Pacific Coast
Washington
Mantion
United States Territory
Diz
Mexico
Mississippi
Yosemite Valley
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Seattle
New Mexican
San Francisco
Taft
Richmond
Steel Plant to Go Up at Indiana Harbor Site
Announced sale of fifty acres at Indiana Harbor to McClintick Marshall Construction Company of Pittsburgh to build a giant structural steel plant with dock and railroad facilities. The project, with a Western name, will occupy the full site at a cost around half a million dollars plus land price, marking a major development for Gary area.
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McClintic-Marshall Concern
Indiana Harbor
Gary
Indiana
Honore
Potter Palmer, Jr
Heve
Indians Harbor
McQuntick- Marshall Construction Company
Pittsburg
TRE
Hasterm
Ug Chase Prioa
Train Collision Kills Several Railroad Workers
A Pensylvanla Railroad freight and an elevated Jersey City engine collided near Brunswick. Many railroad employees died or were seriously injured as cars left the rails and engines overturned. An investigation is underway to determine probable cause.
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Jared
Pensyanla
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Brungwick
Gino Ruanlog
Trank
Ballroa
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