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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement asks how much time a household spends on weekly washing and proposes P. & G. Naphtha Soap as a time saver. It markets the soap at five cents per cake and argues it would pay off even at a higher price due to reduced time labor and fuel.
Utica N Y Aug 17 Elab orate decorations mark tomorrow when Congressman James B Sherman is officially ratified as the Republican nominee for vice president. A salute of nineteen guns opens celebrations at 7 am followed by a parade through the principal streets two hours later.
A detailed daylong program marks Mr Sherman’s reception with a 100 piece parade noon ceremonies on Genesee street a platform lavishly decorated. Notables Julius Burrows Elihu Root Thomas Wheeler Charlies Symonds M W Stryker address the crowd. Afternoon events at Utica park include a state league baseball game Utica vs Scranton trotting and pacing races a motorcycle and automobile race a balloon ascent and athletic exhibitions. Dinner at Yahnundasis Clubhouse follows at six with more festivities.
Captain Peter Conover Hains of the U S A fired five shots from a revolver at William Annis of New York on the Dagaidte Feehteclub landing stage. Annis died hours later in hospital. Hains and his brother Thornton Jenkins Hains surrendered to police as chaos broke out among yachtsmen and witnesses Mrs Annis fainted during the tragedy.
Chicago reports a Democratic national committee plan to rally leaders along the Pacific coast to action. Montana and Rocky Mountain states are seen as promising battlegrounds. John H. Atwood would deploy speakers to western districts. Chairman Mack intends a late September western tour. Wade leaves for Buffalo to open a national campaign in New York state tonight.
Hot Springs Va Aug 17 Taft and party will leave Virginia Hot Springs next Friday for a week’s fishing in Lake Erie then Cincinnati Sept 6 to remain until election day The Taft party will stay with the Middle Bass club on Middle Bass Island and have been invited by club president Charles T Lewis and representative J Warren Keifer The trip aims to improve fitness for front porch campaign in Cincinnati and Virginia rally plans near completion Dutton Nickerson drown at Bowers Beach Delaware Bay decr current carries bathers away Two US battleships fleet headed for Sydney passed Cape Maria Van Diemen in fine weather with light winds
In Springfield Illinois two deaths and multiple injuries followed mob clashes as guardsmen struggle to quell anti Negro violence. Looting and arson at Loper’s restaurant and a fatal hatchet like attack on an elderly Black cobbler sparked a tense race war with refugees flocking to the state arsenal for shelter.
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