Chicago Begins a Week of Noise at Conventions
Crowds poured into Chicago for Republican and Progressive gatherings as 985 Republican delegates and nearly 1,000 alternates, plus thousands more, descended on the city. Hotels emptied lobbies, security flooded in, and preconventions bustle filled Michigan Avenue for badges, banners, and souvenirs.
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Chicago
Auditornium
Ted
Michigan Avenue
Bie
New York
Schuettler
Republican National Committee
Woman's Party Holds First Convention At Blackstone Theater
Chicago June 5 The Woman's party met in its first convention drawing about 2500 delegates from free states into the Blackstone theatre to hear Maud Younger and other leaders set the agenda for suffrage action. The overflow crowd filled main floor and balconies as Miss Alice Paul opened sessions and committee names were read for reports from state delegates. A reception was planned with speakers including Mrs Ida Finney Mackrille Mrs William Kent and others from San Francisco Sacramento Reno Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Free
Alice Paul
Rational
Presidin
Maud Younger
San Francisco
Ida. Finney Mackrille
Sacramento
William Kent
Kentfield
Representative Kent
Sara Bard Field
Elizahbeth Gerberding
Berkeley
Anne Martin
Reno
Nev
Wallace Williams
North Yakima
Washington
Alice Louise Reynolds
Provo
Utah
Francis Haire
Helena
Montana
Willam H. Sawtelle
Arizona
Lillian H. Werr
Colorado Springs
Dora Phelps Buell
Denver, Cole
Caroline Spencer
Little action in Congress during next two weeks
Congress plans minimal activity as leaders agree to let lawmakers attend the national convention. The Senate will meet Thursday only to recess, and the House will run routine business on a largely unanimous consent basis while many members head to Chicago and St. Louis.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Chicago
St. Louis
Clark
Kitchin
Mann
Ship Officers Strike for Higher Wages in China Trade
Several hundred skippers and officers of the China coast officers guild strike after wage demands are denied by most shipping firms. About 102 vessels operated by China Navigation and Indo China Steam Navigation are idle, with English officers ordered to seek port.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China Coast Officers’ Guild
China Coast Steamship Companies
China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Company
China Coast
China Navigation Company
Indo-China Steam Navigation Company
Far East
Entente
Alexander Lillington Blow Dies at 65 in Greenville
Col. Alexander Lillington Blow longtime federal court clerk for the eastern district of North Carolina died at his Greenville home Sunday at age 65. A state senator in 1902 and 1908 he was a leading figure in North Carolina public life for four decades and a law partner of the late Thomas J. Jarvis a former governor U.S. senator and minister to Brazil.
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Raleigh
Alexander Lillington Blow
Federal Court
Eastern District of
North Carolina
Greenville
State Senate
Thomas J. Jarvis
United States
Brazil
Annual Crab Cruise for Midshipmen Begins Today
Annapolis announces the annual crab cruise for midshipmen along the Atlantic coast. The squadron departs today, will stop at Culebra, Guantanamo, Provincetown, Hampton Roads, and other ports, with a final Annapolis return and a month of leave. Major stops include Culebra June 12, Guantanamo June 21, Provincetown July 13, and August 39 return.
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Atlantic Coast
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Culebrae
Culebra
Guantanamo
Provincetown
Mass
Hampton Roads
Patusent River
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Portland
Rockport
Boston
Wisconsin
Port Laral
Glouchester
Ohio
Salem
Nicholson Furniture to Finish Goods in High Point
The K Nicholson Furniture Co of Chase City Virginia plans to ship unfinished bookcases to High Point for finishing and assembly. The move aims to secure better freight rates and establish a local High Point office with staff. The arrangement shifts public business presence to High Point.
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K. Nicholson Furniture Company
Chase City
High Point
Nicholson Company
Hiynher
General Education Board Announces Appropriations
The General Education Board announced Sunday appropriations totaling 1789.9R0 for educational and research work. Grants include $50,000 to Coke College in Hartsville South Carolina, $26,000 to Hampton Institute in Virginia, $25,000 to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and $1,000 to Mayesville Industrial School in South Carolina. Allocations also set aside $4,000 for equipment of normal schools for Negroes in North Carolina, $10,000 for equipment of coastal training schools for Negroes, $0,000 for state agents for white rural schools, and $34,500 for state agents for Negro moral schools.
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New York
Jaume
General Educatio Board
Coke College
Hartsville
S. C
Hampton Institue
Hampton
Tuskegee Iestitute
Tuskegee
Ala
Mayesville
North Carolina
Captain Hirshinger Killed in Fight at Santo Domingo
Captain Herbert J. Hirshinger of the Marine Corps was shot and killed during the U S landing at Puerto Plata Santo Domingo on a Saturday. Rear Admiral Caperton said there was light firing from the shore and Hirshinger died three hours after being wounded in the head. He was 42, from Georgia, appointed in 1910 from North Carolina, and leaves a young daughter in Boston.
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Washington
Herbert J. Hirschinger
Marine Corps
United States
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
Navy Department
Caperton
Hirshigner
Hirshinger
Georgia
North Carolina
Boston
Iowa Primary Sparks Three Way Gubernatorial Fight
Des Moines voters head to polls for a wide statewide primary with a three cornered race for governor. Republicans face a tense contest among George Cosson Joseph Allen and W L Harding while Democrats back FE Meredith and socialist J W Bennett with Denison’s Carl F Kuehnle as a fourth candidate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
FE. T. Meredith
J. W. Bennett
George Cosson
Joseph H. Allen
Reliable cough remedy praised by Covington resident
Mrs. Redkamp of 2404 Herman Street Covington Kentucky recounts giving Foley's Honey and Tar to a neighbor's child with croup and noting quick relief after a couple of doses. The advertisement promotes the remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough with Mann Drug listed as seller.
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Croup
Foley
Mrs. Redkamp
Herman
Covington
Mann Drug
Weaver's Narrow Win in Tenth District Nomination
Zebulon Weaver secured a safe majority over three opponents in the congressional race. Early returns show Weaver leading in Buncombe and several western counties while Swain backed Hewitt and Rutherford backed Justice. Macon and Polk margins unclear in this partial count.
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Asheville
Ute
Graham
Transylvania
Haywood
Jackson
Macon
Swain County
Hewitt
Rutherford
Justice
Gallett
Polk
Henderson
Weaver
McDowell
Clay
Emperor William Visits Wilhelmshaven Fleet Inspection
A Berlin dispatch reports Emperor William traveled to Wilhelmshaven this evening to inspect the fleet that engaged British forces off Denmark last Wednesday, with plans to proceed via Amsterdam to London. The move follows news of the naval action and aims to assess the fleet's condition and readiness.
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Berlin
Amesterdam
London
Emperor William
Wilhelmshaven
William
Denmark
Faking a Pleasure with a Normal Appetite
A short note asserts appetite signals health and that appetite loss suggests the stomach requires cleansing and stimulation to restore normal function. The tone implies dietary guidance and digestive wellness without specific remedies or sources.
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