Ge Insurgent Wing to Be Met in Conciliatory Tone
A brief communication states that Bi ge and Will will act in a conciliatory manner toward the insurgent wing. The wording suggests a measured approach to resolving internal divisions without escalation. The source provides limited context on the parties or timeframe.
Taft Plans Policy Shakeup to Please Roosevelt
Beverly Massachusetts reports President Taft aims to back Ballinger’s resignation by September 16 to mend rifts with insurgent Republicans in the Senate and House. Senator W Murray Crane would advise the president, Hitchcock to be replaced, and Speaker Cannon to be dropped to win Col Roosevelt’s approval. Taft seeks legislation by aligning with Congress in the next session.
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Taft to Cut Ties with Aldrich Ballinger and Cannon
From Washington sources on August 13 it is believed the president will sever connections with Aldrich Ballinger and Cannon. The new policy is attributed to Secretary Norton as the capital reels with party realignments.
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Aldrich
Ballinger
Cannon
Norton
Washington
Taft
Alrich
Divorce actions swirl around Cudahy family in Kansas City
Kansas City reports Jack Cudahy plans to sue for divorce and seek custody of four children while his wife Mrs Cudahy prepares counter charges and maintains she would rather lose her life than her children. Jerry Lillis confirms no plans to marry Mrs Cudahy if she is divorced.
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New York
Lillis
Kansas City
Jack Cudahy
Cudahy
Thirty-sixth Street
State Game Warden Seeks National Preserve for Sioux Reserves
Pierre August 18 State Game Warden Bancroft reports a request from the national game warden in charge of Montana to unite Slim Butte Cave Hills and Short Pine Forest reserves in Harding county into a single national game preserve. The warden notes a few deer remain in the area and supports the move.
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Pierre
Bancroft
Montana
Slim Butte
Cave Hills
Short Pine
Sioux Reserve
Harding County
Forest reserves eyed for national game protection plan
State warden discusses establishing forest reserves as national game preserves under ranger control to protect game. County wardens report confusion as hunters learn last year licenses expired July first and no longer provide protection.
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Forest Rangers
Bancroft
Shipbuilding in Germany at a standstill as strikes spread
Hamburg August 13 shipbuilding is halted and thousands more workers have joined the strike. The total on strike reaches thirty five thousand men across the industry.
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Hamburg
Germany
Severe earthquake detected by Georgetown seismograph
Washington August 13 seismograph at Georgetown University recorded shocks from 8:00 to 8:17 this morning indicating a severe quake.
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Washington, D. C
Georgetown University
Lyons Denies Involvement In Indian Land Contracts
Bulphus Springs Oklahoma August 13 Col Cecil A Lyons Republican national committeeman from Sherman Texas testified before the congressional Investigating committee and denied any interest in the Indian land contracts held by McMurray.
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Bulphus Springs
Okla
Cecil A. Lyons
Sherman
Texas
Congressional Investigating Committee
McMurray
Washout Delays Burlington Passenger Train
The Burlington passenger due at 1:00 pm was delayed ten to twelve hours due to a washout at Ravena. Rain and heavy showers have plagued the region for days, with cloudburst reports. The train is expected to arrive after nightfall.
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Burlington
Ravenna
Starving Tide Follows Japan Floods in Tokyo
Tokyo August 13. Hundreds drowned and score entombed as flood devastates the city. Two million face starvation with one third submerged. Rain continues as river dikes threaten collapse and Yokohama also reports flooding.
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Japan
Tokio S
Yokohama
Reduced fares draw crowds to Denver exposition
Denver Aug 19 Railroad men predict record attendance for the Interstate fair and exposition Sept 3 to 17 as low round trip rates from the south and west encourage widespread travel. Directors plan 6 PM gate closings after airship flights to boost business links.
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Denver
Nadociation
Brady named as gunman in Columbus streetcar strike
In Columbus on August 13 police suspended 32 officers who refused to help clear streetcar lines during a strike. Two women and a child were shot by strike-breakers last night while a man in a car fired at them and fled. John F. Brady, identified as a leader of the imported car men, is sought after for shooting the women and child.
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Marshall
Carter
John F. Brady
Brady
Mayor Gaynor Shows Sign of Improvement
Hoboken N J August 13 Mayor Gaynor is reported very much improved he slept eight hours and ate a hearty breakfast he is cheerful and there seems little danger of infection he discussed business with his secretary this morning
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Hoboken
N. J
Gaynor
Crawford Secures Pension for Respected County Teacher
Spirit Lake Iowa beacon reports Henry Able, longtime county resident and former Allamak school teacher, received a letter from Senator Crawford of South Dakota announcing the president will sign a private bill granting him a $30 per month pension. Locals express pleasure at the merited recognition.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Henry Able
Crawford
South Dakota
Allamak
Fined for Selling Adulterated Linseed Oil in Elk Point
Food and Drug Commissioner Cook reports F M Slagle Co lumber dealers in South Dakota were fined 50 dollars and costs in Elk Point justice court for selling adulterated linseed oil manufactured by Central Linseed Oil Omaha. Oil contained one third kerosene. This marks the fourth summer prosecution for adulterated linseed oil and signals more actions under the food and drug law. A local butcher in Alcester was fined 50 dollars and costs for slaughtering and exposing for sale an unfit animal.
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Cook
F. M. Slagle & Co
South Dakota
Justice Court
Elk Point
Chas. Stickney
Alcester
Mrs Ross Leaves South Dakota for New Life Ins Co Post
Mrs Maggie Ross of the Crutle will depart South Dakota on October 1 for Seattle to take charge of the woman’s department of the New York Life Insurance Co for the state of Washington. The move ends Aioux Fails’ previous line and resumes a steady course.
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Maggie Ross
Crutle
South Dakota
Seattle
Woman's Department
New York Life Insurance Co
Washington
Hgan
Mra. Ross
Aioux
Misdirected Road Promoter Under Scrutiny
An impostor calling himself Captain Myra, later identified as Charles I. Merry, swindled Webster and nearby businessmen by arranging a right of way and selling stock in a proposed road. He spread blueprints and gained interviews, but fled before arrest as Dickinson investigators seek him. railroad stock has fallen.
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View Road
Martin
Dickinson
N. D
Captain Myra
Charles I. Merry
Dr Crippen and Affinity to Return
Inspector Dew expects the steamer Manitoba to arrive tonight with Detective Mitchell and two wardresses to escort Dr Crippen and Miss Le Neve back to England.
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DR. Crippen
England
Manitoba
Father Point
Oldest homesteader in SD proves up in Meade county
White Lake August 13. Dad Richards, aged about 7 years, is the oldest homesteader in South Dakota and adjoining states. He proved up a Meade county homestead after five years on the land in White Owl region. He plans to move to Montana for a fresh 160 acres and eventual title. His Meade farm is worth nearly 2500, showing profit in the claim life.
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White Lake
Dad” Richards
South Dakota
White Owl
Meade County
W. J. Richards
Montana
Senator Cummins For President
Des Moines Iowa August 13 That Senator A B Cummins is the logical presidential candidate for the western insurgency to support for the campaign of 1912 in the settled conviction of his constituents and to that end all energies resources and enthusiasm of followers will be devoted Lieutenants were closeted last week deliberating a program for profitable action when the hour had struck for the movement to be started.
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Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
Cummins
Chicago Police Solve Mysterious Burglaries
Chicago police arrested a number of youthful bandits today, solving a string of burglaries. The incident occurred in Chicago, August 18, with authorities reporting multiple arrests as they close a rash of break ins.
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Chicago
Rumors of Dakota Rail Line Spur Reach Day County
In Watertown and Day county reports spread that a railroad may run north into North Dakota as a Dakota Central extension to Rock Island. A mysterious figure named Captain Fred Myra appeared claiming to be associated with the project amid the chatter.
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North Dakota
Webster, & C
Watertown
Day County
Dakota Central
Rock Island
Fred Myra
Five Die When Auto Is Struck by Train at Mill Lane Crossing
Five people from Baltimore died when an express Pennsylvania Railroad train collided with a car at Mill Lane Crossing on the West Jersey and Sea Shore line. The driver failed to see the train hidden by a cornfield. Mrs. McNeill nearby signaled danger but could not avert the tragedy.
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Mill Lane Crossing
West Jersey & Sea Shore Railroad
Frederick W. Feldner
Fritz Mergenthaler
M. ©. Jones
Baltimore
Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Inotype
Thomas McNeill
Train Hits Car as Express Strikes Automobil
An express train struck a car directly between its wheels, throwing the vehicle and all occupants clear of the tracks as it passed. Police and emergency crews arrived to assess injuries and secure the scene.
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Automobil
Oil King Regrets Not Becoming a Mason
Chicago August 12 One of the keenest regrets in John D Rockefeller life is that he never became a Mason and cannot be greeted as a Sir Knight Templar. He confided to barber Thomas Hayes that wealth kept him from secret societies saying riches brought notoriety making entry difficult.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Thomas Hayes
Rockefeller
Mr. Hayes
Joe Gans Dies After Tuberculosis Battle
Baltimore reports former lightweight champion Joe Gans died at 8 08 this morning from tuberculosis. He had not been entirely well since his fight with Battling Nelson in San Francisco and came east to die.
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Baltimore
Joe Gans
Gans
Battlling Nelson
San Francisco
Discarded Lover Shoots Woman Who Spurned Him
Mrs. Mary Manutini keeper of a Delaware mines boarding house was shot four times by Charles Rickey a discarded lover who followed her from France to Des Moines Iowa He wounded her mortally after she fled with another man and fled from pursuing officers
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France
Des Moines
Mary Manutini
Delaware Mines
Here
Charles Rickey
State seeks national deer preserve for Sioux reserve
Pierre August 13. The state warden asks for support to turn Slim Butte Cave Hill and Shore Pine forest reserves in Harding county into a national deer preserve. Deer are scarce and likely to vanish without protection. forest rangers could safeguard and help numbers recover. Bancroft has not decided but leans to act along proposed lines.
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Pierre
Bancroft
Montana
Slim Butte
Cave Hille
Shore Pine
Sioux Reserve
Harding County
Likley
Forest Rangers
Faith May Still Hope Rail Line Progress From Mobridge
E D Sewell, VP of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railway, denies Pierre reports that the Mobridge Faith branch will halt 70 miles short. He states harvest field reductions touched track crews but track laying continues and aims to reach Faith on or before November 1.
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Aberdeen
E. D. Sewell
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pierre
Mobridge
Faith
Teacher’s Salt Lake Lesson Sparks Student Question
A teacher explains the Great Salt Lake’s water is not extremely salty. Wille Parker challenges this, asking if mackerel can live there, prompting a wary moment in class.
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Great Salt Lake
Utah
Fsb
Wille Parker
Larper
Wallace Surrounded by Flames Shocks Spokane Evacuation
A fire engulfed Wallace prompting evacuation of women and children to Spokane Washington as flames closed in. Local officials ordered rapid sheltering and transport to safety amid ongoing blaze.
Wallace Surrounded by Fire Threatens Nearby Towns
The Idaho city of Wallace is encircled by flames with women and children from Sue City sent to Spokane for safety. Aid has been requested from Spokane and Ft George Wright as Taft Mullan and Murray face danger.
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Wallace
Idaho
Sue City
Spokane
Ft. George Wright
Taft
Mullan and
Murray
Inquest Held After Mrs. Andre Dies in Dakota Home
Dr Chassell was called to a country shack near Newell to hold an inquest into the death of 22 year old Mrs Carl Andre found dead in bed Sunday morning from heart disease. The husband was at work and two young children survived. The family came from Michigan and county funds paid funeral expenses. A dray with a broom in the corner drew comment on the burial arrangements. Rev Perrin led a brief grave service.
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Belle Fourche
Chassell
Newell
Carl Andre
D. J. Perrin
Michigan
Why Some Are Standpatters
Larry Ho argues that standpatters sleep late and prefer city life with easy routines. He contrasts Iowa and Kansas as early rising rural states where Conservatism thrives, while urban life fosters contentment and snooze-like attitudes.
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Larry Ho
St. Paul
Iowa
Kansas
Bodwin shows relentless optimism even in sleep
The New York Journal quotes a witty exchange about Bodwin, praising his unflagging cheer and noting a comical description of his wife claiming he grilles in sleep. The dialogue highlights exaggerated humor and a playful jab at his expression.
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New York Journal
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