Democratic and political notes from across the nation
Objections filed in Lincoln claim no populist party in Nebraska. Governor Hughes of New York waives personal reasons to run again. William J. Bryan visits Omaha and speaks to Democrats. Wisconsin delegates circulate a state ticket led by A. J. Schmitz. Gompers Morrison and Mitchell cited in Washington for contempt. Irish sentiment rises in the north. Turkey's new constitution yields mixed enthusiasm. Roosevelt approves West Point hazing dismissals. Oklahoma, Kansas guards in maneuvers. Taft discusses policy with Roosevelt. Taft accepts limited changes. Nebraska to skip sending troops. national committee reshuffles headquarters to Chicago. Several storms and other political notes fill the rest.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Hughes
New York
Wiliam J. Bryan
Omara
Burlington
Wisconsin
A. J. Schmitz
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Democratic Committee
Colonel Guffey
Taft
Representative Farsons
Oyster Bay
Ohio
Youngstown
Democratic State Committee
George M. Dimeling
Clearfield
Ryan
Kern
Denver
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Samuel Gompers
Frank Morrison
John Mitchell
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Ireland
Turkey
Constantinople
Roosevelt
Military Academy
West Point
House of Commons
Iowa
SF. Prouty
Congress
J. A.T. Hull
Charles E. Hughes
Republican Party
Judge Taft
Root
Kansas National Guard
Republican National
Hitchcock
Chicago
Owl Gettysburg
United States
Tur key unrest and global events dominate turbulent era
Reports describe the Young Turkey movement seizing army influence in Macedonia and sultanate turmoil, night riders terrorize Kentucky Illinois line, and a massive $5 million fire in Antioch California. Other items note Oklahoma settlement growth, Nebraska building trade optimism, and Canada’s century celebrations.
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Turkey
Macedonia
Ita
Kentucky
Illinois
Antioche
Cal
Anna Lynch
David Lynch
State Road
McKeesport
India
Africa
Oklahoma
Cincinnati Shippers’ and Receivers Association
Global tensions flare as nations reshuffle forces
Reported moves include Britain pressing the meat industry campaign, Hawaiians recruited for a naval reserve, Prince of Wales inspecting 20 000 troops, and Sultan granting a constitution in Turkey. Turmoil spreads with mines in European Russia, the Young Turks gaining power in Monastir, and Persian shah’s cause seen as failing in Tabriz dispatches.
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Prince of Wales
Plains of Abraham
Turkey
Aleksieysky
Russia
Young Turkey
Neve Freie Presse
Monastir
Third Army Corps
Second Army Corps
Revolutionary Committee
Novoc Vremya
Tabriz
Commer Post
Jaifa
Shah
Persia
Proclamations carve narrow public land borders
Washington reports a series of extremely narrow reservations along the U S Canada boundary. Each strip is about 80 feet wide and stretches as far as unappropriated land allows. A Marietta gunboat dispatch says Ceiba Honduras remains quiet with government in control. A Sackett Harbor commandant widow reports four sunken wrecks near the station. Roosevelt orders Standard Oil prosecution, Loeb states justice must not be sacrificed to technicalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Canada
Marietta
Ceiba
Honduras
Sackett’s Harbor
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Loeb
Democratic headquarters set for Chicago Auditorium Annex
Personal note reports Norman Mack plans to open a Democratic headquarters in the Auditorium Annex in Chicago. The item blends political moves with a series of brief, varied statements including royal acknowledgments and historical references.
No Waiting for Protests Over Rate Increases
The Interstate Commerce Commission plans to study the reasonableness of proposed rate increases after notice and before they go into effect. President Roosevelt is believed to have influenced the push for this action following Cincinnati shippers appealing to the president. Chairman Knapp noted the law allows investigation after rates become effective, but the commission may rule on reasonableness after notice. The commission can investigate extensively and may act on its own motion if tariffs show broad increases to swiftly address complaints. The stance aims to promptly handle objections to freight rate hikes.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Roosevelt
Knapp
Commission
Mack Opens Branch Quarters in Denver for Campaign
Chicago Democratic leaders announce branch headquarters in Denver for the western campaign with Osborn of Wyoming in charge. Mack plans to name a national chairman soon and Bryan will meet the executive committee in Chicago within two weeks to finalize the chairmanship.
Aborigines Outwit Speculators in Open Lands
In Muskogee Oklahoma the five civilized tribes resisted selling eastern Oklahoma lands opened to white settlement at midnight Sunday. Tribal members refused to sell below near double their initial offers, foiling white speculators who hoped to acquire land cheaply.
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Muskogee
Okla
Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahomaa
Potter Palmer and Pauline Kohlsaat Wed in Simple Chicago Ceremony
Potter Palmer and Miss Pauline Kohlsaat were married at the Kohlsaat home with only relatives present. Pauline Kohlsaat is the daughter of H. H. Kohlsaat and Potter Palmer is the son of Mrs. Potter Palmer. The ceremony was plain and intimate.
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Potter Palmer
Benedict
Chicago
Pauline Kohlsaat
H. H. Kohlsaat
Hazel Drew Murder Case Inquest Reaches Verdict
In Averill Park a New York inquest into Hazel Drew's death practically established murder, disproving earlier claims it was self-inflicted. Witnesses' testimony led to abandonment of the suicide theory and pointed to foul play behind the Teal's Wood disposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Drew
Troy
Teal
Averill Park
Moré Returns From Texas in Democratic Renomination
Dallas reports additional returns from Texas push totals to about half of last Saturday's vote in the Democratic primary. Governor Campbell appears renominated by a margin around 75,000 votes, solidifying his lead as results come in.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Campbell
Prepared to Hold Cotton in Mississippi and Louisiana
A Jackson Mississippi report states that the Farner union has decided to hold cotton off the market. Meetings are secret and members disclose only censored facts. The union is well prepared for a practical test and claims broad farmer membership across the state. Warehouses are established in nearly every community.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Tax revision talks in Des Moines focus on mortgage recording tax
At a Des Moines meeting of the Iowa Tax Revision association the group plans to propose state tax changes for next January. They discuss assessing stocks bonds credits and mortgages and consider creating a permanent tax commission. A 50 cent recording tax on mortgages would target loans held by out of state corporations and in-state lenders, aiming for broader, more equitable revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Tax Revision Association
Iowa
Iowa Man to Philadelphia
Council Bluffs announces a school leadership shift as WN Clifford resigns after seven years as superintendent to take the assistant superintendent role in Philadelphia with a higher pay. If tradition holds, S L Thomas, three years high school principal, is expected to be promoted to superintendent.
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Iowa
Philadelphia
Council Bluffs
W. WN. Clifford
S. L. Thomas
Widow Sues for 20000 Over Death of Husband Painter
Mrs. Carrick Lees sues Andrew Douglass of Swunmit township in Adams county district court for 20000 claiming her husband Jackson Lees died from injuries after being thrown from Douglass’s vehicle as he accompanied the painter to the Douglass farm to paint a barn.
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Creston
Adams County
Carrick Lees
Andrew Douglass
Swunmit Township
Jackson Lees
Douglass
Jackson
State board member urges Iowa sanitary reform and septic tanks
F. E. Francis, civil engineer on the state board of health, calls for immediate Iowa action to educate and drive a comprehensive sanitary inspection program. He argues sewage from cities must be treated with septic tanks and that an authority should enforce state sanitary laws to curb unsanitary conditions.
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F. E. Francis
State Board of Health
Iowa
Babe Climbs 60 Foot Tower Near Story City
A 20 year old child named Babe, son of Mr and Mrs C B Weirson, climbed to a narrow shelf on a sixty foot windmill tower near Story City in Nevada. His mother found him and the father climbed to the top to rescue him, bringing the child down unharmed.
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Nevada
Story City
Tal
Weirson
Della Bainton Dies on Burlington Train
Della Bainton, daughter of a wealthy New York merchant, died aboard a Burlington train pulling into Creston station. She had been traveling from the east seeking health in the west, accompanied only by a nurse.
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Dersly
Creston
Della Bainton
New York
Burlington
Iowa Summer Session Ends at Iowa City
The regular summer session of the State University of Iowa at Iowa City will close on July 31 with twelve degrees to be awarded to candidates. These candidates are mostly from Iowa City.
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Iowa
Towa City
State University of Iowa At
Towa
Record price paid for clay land in Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Superior clay works will pay Henry Engholm fifteen acres of clay land a record $16 000 within days. The Webster county sale marks an unprecedented price for the county, with land underlaid to seventy five feet of fine clay shale.
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Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Superior
Henry Engholm
Webster County
Midwest News Wrapup With Iowa Local Happenings
A compiled Iowa items section reports state events from several counties. Topics include road and postal service concerns, a high profile legal action over saloons in Grundy county, railroad car orders, a mosquito bite case in Creston, a postal card obscenity case in Mondamin, a Mason City holdup, Elks convention plans in Waterloo, a Nome Alaska death, a Lehigh girl’s accident, Malvern fair dates, a congress recount suit near Dallas county, a Soldiers’ Home death in Marshalltown, a Burlington police chief’s father injured, and mosquito control efforts in Council Bluffs plus hospital news and local shopmen requests in Cres ton.
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Iowa Falls
Illinois
William Wood
Mason City
Boone County
Red Oak Canning Company
Canning Seasott
Waterloo
Corn Belt Editorial Association
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Grundy County
Supreme Court of the State
AntiSaloon League of
Iowa Central Railroad
A. Miller
Creston
Mondamin
Alva Alexander
Modale
United States
N. A. Crawford
Alexander
Grand Jury
Judd Cox
Convention of Elks
Josephine Ashford
Nevada
John
Nome
Alaska
Gladys
Ed. Wroodle
Malvern
J. A. T. Hull
Dallas County
Iowa
Judge Prouly
Sandy Rescue
Marshalltown
Michael Hiltz
District Court
Hiltz
Burlington
Rock Island
C. H. Bower
Father O'Donnell
McGregor Parish
Mercy Hospital
Dubugns
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advertises Cure
A promotional piece touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles. It cites letters from women who allegedly avoided operations and recovered, framing the product as a standard treatment for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities and backache. It invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
Lydia E Pinkham
Free shave tale from a barber college mishap
A humorous quip recalls Rambling Rupert describing his worst scrape as getting shaved in a barber college. The speaker teases a kindly gentleman about past misadventures and the infamous shaving mishap.
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Rupert
Cuticura Cures Skin Sore Tale From Chatanoogas
A reader reports that Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a neck sore and facial tetter after other treatments failed. The letter credits two years of itching on hands and wrists to a return of symptoms and notes a family example, dated February 16, 1907, from Mrs. Lillia Wildher of Chattanooga Tenn.
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Lillia Wildher
Eleventh St
Chattanoogs
Tenn
Druggist Claims Marine Eye Remedy Cures Eyes
An advertisement extols Marine Eye Remedy as a cure for eye ailments and a maker of weak eyes stronger, praising its effects and suggesting social benefits. The note includes marketing lines about cigars, tobacco, and dealer references. It ends with a stray remark about women and automobiles and sparkers.
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Marine
Southes
Soc
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Prince of Wiles
Quebec
Fairbanks
Great Britain
Fred Banner
South Omaha
Frank Banner
Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
Kolissant
London
Norman Mack
Auditorium Annex
Peeple
Randolph Hearst
Europe
Henry 8. Carrington
Phil Kearney
Manderson
Wyoming
Henry C. Potter
Colorado Springs
Mack
Babe
Iowa News
Cuticura
Lewis’ Factors
Peoria
Dodds
Guis
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