Fusion Ticket Emerges To Oppose Tammany Hall In New York
A fusion of Independent Democrats Republicans and Progressives nominates John Purroy Mitchel for mayor of New York with Charles S Whitman for district attorney and other fusion picks for borough offices. The move, led by 110 citizens, aims to defeat the Tammany organization tied to Gaynor. Mayoral rival Whitman is backed by organization Republicans and Mitchel is a rising figure allied with Wilsons administration.
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New York
Democrats
Tammany Hall
William J. Gaynor
New York City
John Purroy Mitchel
Port of New York
Charles S. Whitman
Mitchel
Mr. Mitchel
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Charless. Whitman
Whitman
William A. Pendergast
George McAneny
Aldermen
City of
Tammany
Corporation Counsel
McClellan
Board of Aldermen
Board of Estimate
Gaynor
Gallagher
Wilson
Greater New York
Charles F. Murphy
Bolt Kills Man In Mine At Blackwood Shaft
Lightning struck at the bottom of a 1200 foot shaft at the Blackwood colliery near Pottsville Pennsylvania, operated by the Lehigh Valley company, instantly killing a workman and seriously injuring another.
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Pottsville
Blackwood
Lehigh Valley Company
Here
Best Farm System Report From Northern Iowa and Minnesota
Dr. Thomas N. Carver head of the rural organization service reports Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota farmers are well organized and prosperous. He studies northwest cooperative systems to recommend successful ideas nationwide and expand intensive Minnesota farm life research to social moral and economic aspects. The goal is to identify conditions and causes of success and spread methods to other farmers.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Washington
Thomas N. Carver
Rural Organization Service
Department of Agriculture
Houston
Carver
Northwest
Banking by Mail Returns With Parcel Post Extension
Washington Postmaster General Burleson announced that on Aug 15 banking by mail will join the postal savings system enabling depositors in remote districts to use it. Parcel post records a weight limit of 20 pounds and reduced local and zoned delivery rates effective after Aug 15.
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Parcel Post
Washington
Burleson
Express firms face sweeping rate cuts and reforms
The interstate commerce commission orders express companies to cut rates on parcels under fifty pounds by 10 to 60 percent, averaging 15 percent, costing about 26 million dollars. New two year schedule begins October 15 with block rate system, uniform classification, and public station directory to simplify tariffs from 900 million to 650 thousand rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Marble
United States
Mrs Eaton's Trial Set for October Murder Charge
Greenfield Mass Chief Justice Ai ken orders Mrs Jennie May Eaton to stand trial in Plymouth on Oct 13 for the murder of Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton. She is accused of poisoning his coffee and food after his death March 8 at their Assinippi home. She has largely remained jailed since arrest. Meanwhile in Fond du Lac Wisconsin four year old Norman Schumacher died by drowning in a milk can with only four inches of water.
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Greenfield
Mass
Aiken
Superior Court
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph Giles Eaton
Plymouth
Fond du Lac
Wis
Norman
Ed Schumacher
Calumetville
Chinese Rebels Fail In Revolt Against Yuan Shih Kai
Sun Yat Sen dominates southern uprising while northern loyalists roll up rebels. Yuan Shih Kai tightens control as Kiangsu districts back central government and premier Hsiung Usiling forms cabinet amid pressure from foreign representatives.
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Sun Yat Sen
Yuan Shih Kai
Peking
China
Tangtse River
Republic
Amos Parker Wilder
Shanghai
Cheng Chi Men
Huang Ling
Russia
Japan
Suchan
Chinkiang
Kiangsu
Yangtze River
Hsiung Usiling
National Assembly
Chapei
Weston completes 1546 mile tramp to Minneapolis
Edward Payson Weston finishes a 1546 mile walk from New York to Minneapolis. He altered plans after leaving New York, adding 100 miles to his route and arriving on schedule. A separate report notes a special train from Nacozari Mexico brings many babies to Douglas for baptism guided by parents seeking timely rites.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Edward Payson Weston
New York City
New York
Donglis
Ariz
Nacozari
Mexico
Douglas
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Fusion
Democratic
Chicago
Leroy Kerr
American Press Association
Big Gut
DR Sun Yat Sen
Weston
Palace of Sweets
Pinckney
Columbia River Valley
J. O. Skirving
L.H. Marks
C. E. King
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