Week's News Highlights Shape Sixty Second Congress Row
A sweep of victories in key states gives Democrats sizable gains and the likely ability to organize the next House with a strong margin. Governor results show Carroll wins Iowa narrowly, New York swings to Dix, Massachusetts to Foss, Ohio to Harmon, and Indiana shifts Democratic with a decisive joint-ballot majority.
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House of Representatives
Carroll
Iowa
Porter
Wisconsin
F. E. McGovern
United States
John Kern
New Jersey
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
Alpert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Elmer J. Burkett
Nebraska
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Charles Dick
Blo
John A
Mexico Riots and Railroad Concessions Stir Headlines
A sprawling list of incidents fills the page. Mexican unrest follows inflammatory student rhetoric in Guadalajara and Mexico City. In New York the five express companies resume work under a new agreement. A Savannah auto race car kills the mechanic Albert Fuchs and injures designer William Sharp and driver William Piger. University of Columbia scholar Herschel Parker questions Dr Frederick Cook’s Mount McKinley ascent with photos. Milwaukee ex mayor David Rose marries vaudeville performer Rosemary Whitney. France floods, Nancy loses thousands of residents. Four women win Colorado's eighteenth general assembly seats. Chicago ear specialist L D Holinger shot. suspect dies. Oklahoma treasurer JC McD Brayer slain by judge A L Beckett. Infant mortality conference in Baltimore. Count Boni de Castellane seeks church divorce while courting Anne Morgan. Egypt cotton crop rises sharply. La porte Indiana man dies from accidental gun discharge. Los Angeles census places 1910 population at 319,189. Court case: Laura Farnsworth Schenck charged with attempted poison. Illinois governor Deneen’s son undergoes throat operation. Tokyo court convicts 26 plotters against the emperor. Illinois rail officials inspect University of Illinois engineering. Delagua mine entombs ~150 miners. explosion and fire follow. Forged payroll checks caught in Salt Lake City. Steamer Falcon caught fire near the coast. aid dispatched. Sir Clifton Robinson, transit benefactor, dies in a New York drug store. Anglo-American tensions rise over Mexican unrest and a foreign-influenced riot. Kentucky jailer Wesley Turner killed by feudist Bad Jake Noble. Russian stone fabric from Siberian mine shown in New York.
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Iadalajara
Mexico
Mesico City
New York
Geyner
Sharp Arrow
Savannah
Albert Fuchs
Wlliam J. Sharp
William A. Piger
Herschel C. Parker
Columbig University
Alaska
Frederick Cook
Mount McKinley
Parker
Cook
David E. Rose
Milwaukee
Paw Paw
Mich
Rosemary Whitney
Gresz
Mr. Rose
Rose
France
JC. McDbrayer
Haskell County
Oklahoma
A. L. Beckett
American Association For Study and Prevention of
Baltire
Count Boni de Castellane
Vatican
Count Boni
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States
D. R. Birch
Alexandria
Egypt
Richard Lawrence
Laporte
Ind
Ray
Los Angeles
Cal
Rockies
Laura Farnsworth Schenck
John O. Schenck
Wheeling
W. Va
Kankakee
Adam Bishop
Louisville
Deneen
Culver Military Academy
Indiana
Tdenéen
Tokyo
Kotoku
Imperial Family
Ilinois
University of
Emer Peterson
Salt Lake City
Utah
Chicago, Burington & Quincy Railroad Company
Falcon
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Sir Clifton Robinson
King Edward
Underground
London
Mexican Herald
Mexican Department of Foreign Relations
Wesley Turner
Brearhitt County
Jackson
Jake” Noble
Turner
Noble
Russia
Siberian
Taft sails to Panama to inspect canal work
President Taft departed from Charleston aboard the cruiser North Carolina to reach the Isthmus of Panama for canal work inspection and to review issues that may prompt congressional action. Senator Eikins remains ill at home in Washington as others face legal and personal incidents across the nation.
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Taft
Charleston
North Carolina
Panama
Congress
Senator Eikins
Golden
Eikins
Washington
Victor N. Metcalf, Jr
Navy
Edward T. Rosenheimer
New York City
Grace Hough
W.S. Fant
Kentucky
Flemingsburg
Indiana Democrats Sweep State Ticket Ahead in Returns
Indiana has gone Democratic on the state ticket by 12 000 to 15 000 with county returns nearly complete. State Chairman U S Jackson says the lowest man will not have less than 33 000 and gives 15 100 as the average majority. Lew Ellingham leads Otis Gulley 13 960 in secretary of state race. returns show an even contest and a likely margin under 7 000 between top and bottom on the ticket.
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Indiana
U. S. Jackson
Lew Ellingham
Decatur
Otis Gulley
Danville
State's New Official Family Names Democratic Ticket
The Democratic state ticket elected includes Secretary of State Lew G Elinghada, State Auditor William W Obrien from Lawrenceburg, Treasurer William H T Vechner of Vincennes, Attorney General Thomas M M toloh of Seymour, Clerk of the Supreme Court Peed France from Dan tington, Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles A Greathouse of Indianapo lis, State Statistician Thomas Brolley of North Vernon, State Geologist Edward Barrett of Plainfield, Supreme Court Justices Charles R Cox of Indianapolis and Douglas Morris of Rushville, Appellate Court judges Milton Hottel of Salem, M B Larry of Logansport, T E W Felt of Greenfield, Andrew Adams of Columbia City, and Joseph G Ibach of Hammond.
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Lew G. Elinghada
Theeuing
William VW. Obrien
Lawrenceburg
William HT. Vechner
Vincennes
Avtoines General
Thomas MM
Tlooh
Seymour
Supreme Court
Peed France
Tnantington
Charles A. Greathouse
Indianaypiolis
Thomas Brolley
North Vernon
Edward Barrett
Plainfield
Charles &. Cox
Indianapolis
Douglas Morris
Rushville
Appellate Court
Milton Hottel
Salem
M. B. Larry
Logansport
TE. W. Felt
Greenfield
Andrew Adams
Columbia City
Joseph G. Ibach
Hammond
Democratic Gains in Indiana Legislature and Registration Reform
The piece notes Democrats winning a majority in Indiana across districts and outlines a plan led by Stokes Jackson to push a state registration law. The proposed rule would require six months of prior registration to vote, aiming to reduce fraud while denying no group the ballot.
Democrats Sweep Indiana Legislature To Back Kern for Senate
Returns show Democrats hold a 33 vote joint ballot majority, ensuring John W. Kern’s election to succeed Senator Beveridge. They secure 12 Senate seats and 22 House seats, with 92 Democratic and 58 Republican legislators overall. The party gains a decisive Senate majority and absolute control with a Democratic governor.
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John W. Kern
Beveridge
Senate
House
State
Jas
Surprises for Republicans in County Assembly Picks
Vanderburg and Montgomery counties elected Democratic assembly members shocking Republican state managers. Clinton county countered with Republican H. M. Cobee defeating Democrat D. F. Maish, who had served last session and supported the county option law.
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Vanderburg County
Montgomer County
Clinton County
H. M. Cobee
D. F. Maish
Maish
Attractive Innocence Lamartine Quote Note
A compact quotation captures Lamartine on allure, noting that true coquetry lies in innocence. This reflective line highlights restrained charm as a timeless aesthetic in human interaction.
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Lamartine
Democrats sweep opens way for partisan legislation
The election results yield a Democratic clean sweep in the Legislature, removing the Senate as a barrier to lawmaking. The party now faces pushing four major measures including repealing county option for liquor, restricting Senate and House elections, redistricting for Congress, and establishing a registration law.
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Senate
Most marriages are nappy the unhappiness comes later
A terse witticism notes marriage quality often improves before problems arise later, suggesting early harmony followed by later strain. It frames spouse dynamics with a playful, cautionary tone.
Saved from an Operation by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Remedy
In two letters from De Forest Wisconsin and New Orleans Louisiana women report relief from long lasting female ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They credit avoiding surgery and praise the remedy's success and free advice offer from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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de Forest
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Auguste Vespermann
Wisconsin
New Orleans
Lily Peyrous
Kerlerec St
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