Hughes Boom Gains Steam as Roosevelts Backup Sought
Chicago reports the Hughes movement blooming with delegations showing support and Old Guard leaders ready to pivot votes after the first ballot. Roosevelt’s strength is seen as limited and unlikely to stampede, with 200 delegates at most, while Hughes prepares a national questions statement if nominated.
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Wee
Supreme Court
Weather Report Highlights Mixed Temperatures and Winds
Weather bulletin notes varied temperatures across regions with moderate winds. Forecasts indicate cooler mornings in the west and warmer spots inland, with river levels near flood watch in affected areas.
Methodists plan October Harrisburg meeting amid audit costs
A Pennsylvania statewide Methodist Men convention is set for Harrisburg in late October with a rally at Grace Methodist Church led by local pastors. Three bishops including Bishop Hamilton are expected, drawing several thousand attendees while officials review a $427 audit bill amid questions on rising costs.
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Joseph H. Berry
Philadelphia
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Washington
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Hershey to Build Cuban Sugar Mill and Railroad
Hershey, Pa, reports Hershey plans a large sugar mill in Matanzas Province Cuba and a 30 mile Hershey-Cuban Railway from Casa Planca near Havana to Matanzas to secure sugar for the Hershey chocolate business. Final surveys completed. construction soon at both ends. The line will connect Hershey mills and the factory with a freight ferry for Florida crossings. and unload at the Hershey plant in Hershey. The project includes purchasing 106000 acres of plantations and will load sugar on Hershey cars at plantations and unload at the Hershey factory.
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Key West
Veterans prepare for 50th Grand Army encampment in Harrisburg
Harrisburg hosts the fiftieth annual encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania Grand Army of the Republic. An estimated three to five thousand Civil War veterans will travel from across Pennsylvania for the gathering with headquarters opened today and business sessions set to begin Thursday morning.
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Grand Army of the Republic
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Five Arrested Over Snoring in Harrisburg Park
Five men Warren Witmer Charles Yeager Charles Wells Frank Moyer and Charles Corkle were arrested in South Harrisburg park for sleeping off a celebration. They were held for a hearing after police charged them this morning.
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Warren Witmer
Charles Yeager
Charles Wells
Frank Moyer
Charles Corkle
Conserva tion of Health Talk at Harrisburg Luncheon
Dr Franklin D Wells medical director of Equitable Life Assurance Society will deliver a noon luncheon talk on Conserva tion of Health tomorrow for the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. Luncheon tickets must be presented at admission.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
New York City
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
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Chamber of Commerce
Bayles III At Desk Stricken By Sudden Heart Attack
William J. Bayles chief clerk to the Poor Board and former Seventh ward alderman collapsed at his desk in the Poor Directors office. Friends summoned a taxi and a doctor who rushed him home. By late afternoon he was resting fairly comfortably.
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Poor Board
Seventh Ward
Alderman Deshong Appointed to Twelfth Ward Seat
Dr James B Deshong a noted uptown druggist and leading Republican ward leader was appointed alderman of the Twelfth ward to replace George V Bolton who resigned to run the Frank F Siess wholesale liquor business Bolton former barber shop proprietor and his brother John T Bolton had bought the Siess liquor business The Scranton Republican also announced a price increase from one to two cents per copy starting with todays issue
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George V. Bolton
James B. Deshong
Frank F. Siess
Market Street
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John T. Bolton
Siess Liquor Establishment
Associated Press
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No Letup in German Push on Verdun Front
German Crown Prince troops renew assault toward Fort Vaux and Damloup, but French defenses hold and Fort Vaux area remains under French control. Turkish war office reports further wins against Russians west of Erzerum with Moscow saying 25 miles of retreat after losing Mamakhatum.
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Nivelle
Saloniki Placed Under Martial Law by Allies
Allied troops occupy telegraph offices port and customs house in Saloniki and proclaim martial law. Gendarmes and police relieved. safeguards set to prevent opposition. Proclamation by General Sarrail follows occupation of Fort Rupel by Bulgarian and German troops.
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Reuter
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