Johnson Claims New Jersey Delegates For Him At Ballot
Minnesota governor John A. Johnson asserts New Jersey’s twenty four Democratic delegates will vote for him on the first ballot and reports Michigan delegates may also back his bid. He says Bryan supporters in Michigan were recently active and that delegates there appear uninstructed. He denies offending William Jennings Bryan and refutes an Omaha interview claim.
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John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Chicago
New Jersey
Ann Arbor
Michigan
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Denver
Johnson
Uhin
Detroit
Omaha
Nebraska
Wireless exhibit at Old World Show promises Marconi link
Fred C. Bickett plans a wireless teleg raphy demonstration at the Y W C A Old World Markets show in the Casino. A Bickett receiver will transmit messages from the balcony through walls to a room south of the Casino, with signals from Key West and Boston cited. May 7 to 9 show dates and tickets sold at Jenkins store and Y W C A rooms.
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Blifkin
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Kansas City
Penn Valley
Key West
Boston
East Thirteenth Street
Fred Wirthman
Washington Street
J. W. Jenkins’ Sons Music Company
Heavy sales surge through first four months of 1908
The store reports record sales for January to April 1908, driven by aggressive buying from Kansas City and the Southwest. It touts dependable merchandise from reputable manufacturers, a long standing store policy, and plans to extend the grand buying and selling through May. The message emphasizes wide assortments west of Chicago and ongoing commitment to low prices.
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Kansas City
New York
Europe
Chicago
Hobart Disease or the Wreck The damage suit filed
Mrs Lizzie E Herke sues the St Louis and San Francisco Railway for 10000 claiming her husband August H Herke died from the shock of a collision on a passenger train at Columbus Kansas after the wreck. The railway argues death from heart disease shown by autopsy while Herke contends death resulted from the wreck and overexertion. Herke was an Erie Kansas insurance agent.
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Lizzie E. Herke
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company
Independence
August H. Herke
Columbus
Kas
Herke
Sai Herke
Gee Thas
Erie
Bodies Recovered From Chicago Reduction Plant Fire
Two more bodies were recovered today raising the total found to three after the Chicago Reduction company plant burned from a naphtha tank explosion. Police say William Lanz and Stephen Novak are among the dead, six men remain missing, and John Bonus’s body was located but could not be removed due to heat.
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Chicaco
Chicago Reduction Company
William Lanz
Stephen Novak
John Bonus
No More Milk Sold From Cans In Chicago Depots
Chicago health department orders all small store depots to sell only sanitary bottled milk. cans banned. Cows must pass yearly tuberculin tests. stables cleaned daily. tethering of cows near streets or public buildings prohibited. Public notices mention Democratic candidate Frank Jones for public administrator and Dillenbeck Graduation details.
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Chicago
T of Health
Frank Jones
T. A. Frank Jones
Jones
Indiana saloons threatened in Gary dry drive
In Gary Indiana ministers lead a bid to wipe out 110 saloons using Indiana local option law. Petitioners need 320 signatures from about 4 000 to 5 000 voters who cast ballots in the last state election two years ago. A dry Gary could result from this process if the required signers are reached.
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Crrcaco
Gary
Ind
United States
Indiana
Clyde Ship Builders Lock Out Six Thousand Workers
Glasgow May 2 The Clyde ship builders locked out 6000 woodworkers from their yards this morning in a dispute between the shipbuilding employers federation and the northeast coast ship workers who struck to resist wage cuts. Lockouts follow the masters’ determination to close yards unless demand terms are met. Workers in other branches, numbering many thousands, face stoppages unless a settlement is reached.
Embezzlement Charge Against Chicago Money Clerk
Edward J. Steiber, money order clerk at Polk Street for Wells Fargo Express, is under arrest in Curcaco awaiting examination over a cash shortage. Officials expect total shortage to reach up to sixteen thousand dollars, with Steiber admitting to taking more than two hundred.
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Curcaco
Edward J. Steiber
Polk Street
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Steiber
Big Man Sale of Undermuslins Corset Cover Day
The ad announces a Monday event in the dressmaking departments where Mrs Bredouw Miss Coughlin and Mrs Beery will take orders to make dresses from silk or dress goods bought in stock for 12 dollars. Only the making is included. findings materials and trimmings are extra.
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Kansas City
Our Less Expensive Department Sale on Rough Silks
One of the most popular Rough Silks of the season Pongee will be placed on sale Monday morning. Colors include blues browns green natural gray and Alice blue. Suitable for summer coats coat suits and dresses at 48 cents per yard. Basement location provided.
Clearance Sale On Voiles and Panamas At 49 Cents
A newspaper ad lists 44 inch Voiles and Panamas in pearl gray re seda cardinal and golden brown. Regularly $1.00 a yard, they are offered at 49 cents in a Monday clearance sale. Black Panama and Voile 44 inch wide also marked down to a special first-of-the-month price, yard 58 cents.
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Panama
Reseda
Gibson
Belts Worth Up to 75 Cents Sale Note
A short sale item notes belts priced at 25 cents with listed value up to 75 cents. The notice repeats the price and limit, indicating a bargain offer likely in a store circular or classified section.
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