Sinister Motive Alleged in Chicago School Readers Debates
Chicago August 3 charges of sinister political motive were leveled at the special textbook commission after the board delayed votes on four reader books. Trustee P Shelly O’Ryan condemned the process, urging postponement and an open list for principals to choose books.
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Chicago
Special Textbook Commission
P. Shelly O’ryan
O’ryan
New York
Boston
Hayes
Jones
Wheeler
Macmillan
O'Ryan
Harding
Guerin
Mason avoids joint debate with Lorimer in Sixth District race
Chicago August 3. Former senator William E Mason refuses a joint debate with Congressman Lorimer in the Sixth district campaign choosing instead to send satirical reply letters. Mason questions Beveridge bill amendments and government inspection costs while inviting a noon meeting if Lorimer cancels a date.
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Chicago
Ill
William EE. Mason
United States Senate
Sixth
Lorimer
la Salle Street
Mr. Mason
Beveridge
Mason
Mrr
Coyne
Friestedt
Troubled Elopement Sparks Fights and Legal Strife
In Terre Haute Indiana a New Year’s Eve runaway marriage between Ernest Harris and 14 year old Pearl Downs ignites a feud. Downs assaults Harris. Harris’s father fires at Downs. the girl flees, is returned, and a habeas corpus case follows. Court orders the girl to stay with her father until 15. divorce petition filed in her name. perjury charges dropped after her testimony. Community division and multiple clashes surround the case.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Ernest Harris
Pearl Downs
Edgar County
Illinois
John Downs
Harris
Downs
Arris
Hearst Wins in Committee Over Location for New York Convention
The radical wing of New York Democrats won a victory at the Hoffman House meeting by approving Buffalo as the next state convention city and September 15 as the date. The compromise preserves Cord Meyer as chair until the convention and allows Hearst supporters to name the venue and date.
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New. York
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
Buffalo
William J. Conners
Norman E. Mack
James McGuire
Frank Campbell
William Randolph Hearst
Saratoga
Cord Meyer
Meyer
Conners
Hearst
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
William F. Sheehan
Mt Clemens Reach Via Grand Trunk Railway System
Mt Clemens the Mineral Bath City is reachable without changing cars only by the Grand Trunk Railway System. Timetables and a descriptive pamphlet will be mailed free on application to Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P. & T. A., 135 Adams St., Chicago.
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Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
Fish fin causes death of Milwaukee mail carrier
A perch caught from the government pier caused the death of Harry J. Bickler a Milwaukee mail carrier after a fish fin pierced his flesh and led to a fatal poisoning yesterday.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Government
Harry J. Bickler
Safe Blower Has Hunch for Wealth
Sioux Falls briefs report a safeblower who recently left the penitentiary and began planning a new heist aimed at wealth. The abbreviated item notes the suspect’s motive and location, with sparse details on timing or method.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Bizarre mortgage fraud scheme proposed to a county
A man courted a friend with a scheme to become rich by buying a county abstract office then a thief would steal and destroy mortgage and real estate records, leaving the friend with sole ownership records to value as he wished. The plan was rejected.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as quick healer
Major Hamm of the Constitutionalist at Eminence Kentucky recalls being attacked four years ago and using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve bought at O T Erhart’s drug store. He says it cured him in ten days and he has had no trouble since. It is advertised as the quickest healer of sores cuts and wounds, 25 cents a box.
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Major Hamm
The
Constitutionalist
Eminence
Bucklen
O. T. Erhart
Boy Drowned in Old Well Near Brainerd
Brainerd Minnesota August 3 Andrew Paulson six year old son of Louis Paulson on Mille Lac road east of Brainerd drowned in an old well at the family home. Parents in fields left child and a girl at house. Girl heard crying and search led to discovery of the boy’s body in a rarely used well covered by boards and dirt. Heavy rains had caused the hole to cave in and grass concealed it. The boy slipped into the well while trying to climb onto the curbing.
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Brainerd
Minn
Andrew Paulson
Louis Paulson
Mille Lac Road
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Board of Education
Mark
William E. Mason
John Gund Brewing Co
Langdon & Boyd
California
McLaren
Ehaple
Alaska
Stamford’s
H. E. Schlicht
Martin Boma Ocer
Pine ST
Jaekel
South Sixth St
Tnanleyip
Ruplin
D. Jehlen, Jr
N. Nnstad
North Side
Nebver
North Side Bottling Works
Rose Street
la Crosse Sau
Sage Factory
G. J. Fyett
S. 3Rd Street
MT. Clemens
Elliott-Loeffler Company
Pearl Stree
Dr. Bricks
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