Bryan to Outline National Policy for 1908 Run
WASHINGTON September 20 William Jennings Bryan plans a public statement outlining his likely positions on tariff trusts railroads federal and state power and other issues for the 1908 campaign He may lead the party again if most Democrats deem him available and will seek unity against conservative elements in the South with a conference set for October in Omaha or Chicago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
New York
Chanler
South
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Omaha
Chicago
Washington
W. J. Abbott
Mr. Abbott
D. Foster
Illinois
Hopkins-Sullivan
Foster
James T. Lloyd
Missouri
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Miner Discovers Subterranean River in Utah Irrigation Zone
Dan Christopherson, a southern Utah miner, drilled into a tunnel wall two miles from Granite in Salt Lake County and found a steady subterranean water stream. The dampening tunnel prompted the discovery during work in the irrigation region.
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Salt Lake
Dan Christopherson
Utah
Granite
Salt Lake County
Christopherson
Bonaparte Urges Severe Punishment and Limited Pardons
Chicago reports Attorney General Bonaparte addressing the National Prison Congress at the university. He defends discipline as a force to curb crime and urges that punishment must reduce crime, while warning against clemency driven by sympathy or bribery.
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Chicago
National Prison Congress
Chicago University
Bonaparte
Mr. Bonaparte
One Tree Grows Seventy Three Kinds of Apples
Luther Burbank has presented to Stanford University a box of apples containing seventy three varieties all grown on the same tree. The varieties range in size and color with some excellent for eating and others small and not remarkable as fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Luther Burbank
Stanford University
American Newspaper Publishers Action on Paper Trust
The American Newspaper Publishers' Association held a special meeting to urge the president and justice department to study an alleged unlawful paper manufacturers' combination that supposedly raises prices. It backs immediate repeal of the Canada printing paper and wood pulp tariff and proposes member assessments to cover enforcement costs.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Committee On Paper
Department of Justice
Canada
Oil Blood Jailed A Standard Oil Magnate Son
Livingston Roe Jr. son of the Standard Oil magnate was jailed after his wife Louise Roe accused him of following her and threatening her life in New York. Police took Roe to East Fifty-first Street station after the couple argued over separation and alleged desertion. Roe offered to pay $200 a month, which his wife rejected as impractical.
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Standard Oil
New York
Livingston Roe Jr
Standard Ob
Louise Roe
Flatiron
Roe
Planting Fruit and School Trees Studied for Irrigated Lands
Investigations by the forest service assess tree planting on reclaimed tracts in Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas. Certain species can be grown as windbreaks shelterbelts and for fuel and fencing despite extreme temperatures. Planting chiefly protects farm buildings stockyards and orchards while timber use remains limited by climate.
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Washington, D. C
Forest Service
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Tree Belts and Species Recommendations for Prairie Farms
Guidance for windbreaks and shelterbelts on Montana Wyoming and Dakotas irrigated tracts. Lists suitable species such as green ash box elder cottonwoods Russian olive and white spruce for wind protection and fuel wood production with advice to contact the Forester Washington DC for planting guidance.
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Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Forester
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Bullock Comment At Paxton Hotel On Roosevelt Nomination
Capt Seth Bullock personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt speaks at the Paxton hotel in Omaha. He disputes a newspaper report claiming Roosevelt would be forced to accept a third term noting the public should understand the president’s stance.
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Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Seth Bullock
Paxton Hotel
Bullock
Steel cars and gasoline motors for the Pacific coast
Motive power officials of the Harriman lines meet in Los Angeles and favor solid steel passenger coaches to cut maintenance costs by about half and improve safety in wrecks and fires. Steel box cars are also recommended and gasoline motor cars may be introduced on Pacific branch lines. Installations in the west await Union Pacific demand.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harriman
Pacific Coast
Small
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Trade wives and all are satisfied
Captain William Runch of three canal boats between New York and Quebec and crewman B G Emmery traded wives during a tow journey. Each man confessed to liking the other man’s wife more, and the proposal was agreed while the boats waited near the canal lock. The unlikely swap proceeded with no quarrels reported.
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N. Y
Bunch
Eeereinss Emmery
Emmery
Montana Murder Trial Sparks Local Interest
Lewistown Montana September reports a major murder trial at White Sulphur Springs involving James Sherman a 20 year old Albion Michigan native once deemed a model youth He allegedly killed Samuel Studzinski with a hammer after robbery and confessed after a lengthy police pursuit His aunt Ida Sherman Womeldorf a former Deadwood church leader is connected through family and public sympathy runs high as a new trial is sought in the case.
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James Sherman
Ida Sherman Womeldorf
Rapid City
Lewistown
Mont
White ‘Sulphur Springs
Montana
Albion
Mich
Young Sherman
Samuel Studzinski
Fergus County Argus
Argue
Sherman
Studizinski
MW Womeldorf
Agalet
South
Tee
Supreme Court
Passenger fares cut to two and a half cents per mile
Sioux Falls dispatch reports the South Dakota railroad commissioners, in a unanimous vote, fixed passenger rates at 2.5 cents per mile on all standard gauge lines. The new rate takes effect Tuesday, October 16.
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Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Jekyll and Hyde Parody Ends in Asylum After Imitator Loses Self
In Dublin on September 18 Albert Reaper watched a Jekyll and Hyde performance and began mimicking Hyde. The imitation grew until Hyde’s ravings overtook him, and he could not return to normal. He was confined to an asylum in Richmond.
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Dublin
Jekyll and Hyde
Albert Reaper
Hyde
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Richmond
Three Daughters Drowned in Colorado Cloudburst
In Durango Colorado on September 20 three daughters of Sam Cook aged 5 11 and 1 were drowned when a cloudburst filled a gulch they sought shelter in from a rainstorm. Water rose into a cave with the girls inside causing the earth above to sink and bury the cave.
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Durango
Colo
Sam Cook
Sarah
Rose
Julia
Labor leaders seek aid for striking tele workers
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor issued a general appeal for assistance to organized labor. The document, completed after a conference, asks for both financial and moral support for the teleworkers on strike.
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Ron
D. C
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Federation
Cupid Busy Round the Hills Crowns Local Weddings
Invitations announce the upcoming marriage of Frank Muir and Miss Etta Harris of Terry set for October 1 in Bald Mountain district. Other notices include weddings for Dr J B Naftzrer and Miss Flor gee Haley on December 28 at 3 p m and a betrothal of Miss Madge A of Marshall Minnesota to Rev Carroll D Erskine, with Presbyterian workers at a surprise meeting.
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Frank Muir
Etta Harris
Terry
Bald Mountain
Sturgis
J. B. Naftzrer
Florgee Haley
Bunkel
Ear
Charles F. Ita
Madge A
Marshall, Minn
Carrol D. Erskine
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Workers
Runkel
Judge Says Women Live to Try Temples of Men
London September 19 Alfred Plowden the London police magistrate known for humor delivered from the bench a quip after fining a man for assaulting his nagging wife. He said Women are sent into the world to try men and men are sent into the world to keep their tempers in spite of women.
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London
Alfred Plowden
Wounded Pelican Fights Bird Dog in Wyoming
Lee Milburn shows a large pelican shot near the Big Horn canyon mouth in Thermopolis Wyoming. The wounded bird could not fly and repeatedly fought Milburns dog as it tried to swim to shore, delivering a tough battle to end the chase.
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Wyoming
Thermopolis
Wyo
Lee Milburn
Big Horn Canon
Milburn
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Jekyll-Hyde
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