Saengerfest 1908 Showcased Glory Across Chorus and Orchestra
Urquhart Cawley hails the Saengerfest 1908 as a musical triumph with stellar soloists and conductors. He praises Miss Solon and Miss Hickisch for their voices, Thieck for cornet, and Herr Kelbe for masterful chorus direction and dramatic interpretation amid a near capacity audience.
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Urquhart Cawley
Christ Episcopal Church
Solon
Miss Hickisch
Thieck
Herr Kelbe
Oberon
Mafia threat in open court targets judge in Sing Sing case
Cosimo Riccobone angrily told Judge Rosaisky in a New York courtroom that the Mafia would get him after a ten year Sing Sing robbery sentence. He shouted the warning in Italian then warned Italians in the gallery to take care of the judge. The crowd dispersed before translation.
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New York
Rosaisky
Sing Sing
Cosimo Riccobone
Taft Brings Specs and Works Head Off Cincinnati
Taft spent July 27 in Cincinnati with conferences and committee meetings as preparations mount for notification ceremonies tomorrow. Vorys, the final arrangements authority, reviewed plans while trains bring in notification committee members. Decorations of flags and bunting fill the city as Taft visits a photographer and an optician before meeting Ohio committeemen and candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Taft
Vorys
Tit
Brother Charley
Ohio
Child Drowns In Water Bucket In St Louis Home
Five month old Lena Melon died after falling head first into a pail of water while her mother was away at a home in Patil neighborhood, St Louis Mo on July 27.
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ST. Louis
Lena Melon
Dutch Warships to Demonstrate at Laguayra and Porto Cabello
Dutch ships in American waters ordered to stage a demonstration against Venezuela after the expulsion of Dutch minister Derens. If Castro does not apologize, bombardment of Laguayra and Porto Cabello is possible. Gilderland cruiser arrived at Willemstad with Minister Cereus and was ordered to Venezuela. Violence erupts as anti Venezuelan mobs attack Venezuelan consul Lopez. US officials report details. The Monroe Doctrine may prevent territorial seizure, with the US likely to tolerate Dutch actions within limits.
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Amsterdam
J. H. Derens
Venezuela
Castro
Laguayra
Porto Cabello
Willemstadt
Gilderland
Cereus
Derens
Senor Lopez
Curacao
Netherlands
Curacoa
Gton
Washington, D. C
State Department
United States
Cheney
Lopez
Senor Grambo
Holland
Roosevelt
Congress
Woman Finds Husband's Head Buried After Landslide
In San Francisco on July 27 Mrs. S. Sloan of Boulder Creek reported she nearly went insane upon finding her husband's severed head in the road. Later authorities clarified the man was buried to his neck by a landslide and otherwise unhurt.
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San Francisco
5. S. Sloan
Boulder Creek
Cox Escapes Probe As Court Rules Committee Illegal
Cincinnati July 27 George B Cox and the Cincinnati government escape investigation after the Gaymon Lexow committee was declared illegal by the circuit court The ruling likely sails to the supreme court with slim chances of reversal
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Cincinnati
Ohio
George B. Cox
Government of
Cincinnatii
Ohio Legislature
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Hisgen Nominated by Independence League for President
Thomas L. Hisgen of Massachusetts is chosen to be the Independence League’s presidential nominee with a southern running mate to be decided later. The convention favored a radical platform and caucuses formed to select committees and national committeemen as Hearst steps aside.
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League
Howard
Alabama
Graves
Atlanta, Ga
Taylor
Illinois
Hisgen
Massachusetts
Neal
Indiana
Walsh
Iowa
National Committee
Chicago
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Leaguers
Bay State
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
Hearst Center Draws Delegates as Boss Image Grows
Delegates view William Randolph Hearst as a stabilizing force amid chaotic conflict at his center of operations. His headquarters attract crowds seeking his guidance and leadership.
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Hearst
Ice Shortage Looms As Heat Tightens Supply
Local ice companies warn of a bona fide shortage with September demand rising. Managers urge strict economy, no price increases, and possible curtailment of supplies to nonessential users if reserves run low.
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Reusa
Bryan Makes Point In Iowa Speech
In Des Moines Iowa a large crowd welcomed William Jennings Bryan as Jerry Sullivan introduced him. Bryan argued Iowa’s push for direct Senate elections and criticized the governor for supporting the idea before noting its rejection in the Republican convention by a strong margin and its approval at the Denver convention.
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Bryan
Iowa
Des Moines
Wm. J. Bryan
Jerry Sullivan
Denver
Murderess Dies in Jail in Berlin Trunk Mystery Case
Mme Vere Bt Leger Goold dies in Berlin jail while serving life for the murder of Emma Levin in Monte Carlo trunk mystery. She and her husband killed Levin for jewels and she had confessed to the crime.
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Berlin
Mme. Vere Bt
Leger Goold
Emma Levin
Monte Carlo
Levin
Nan Patterson Leaves Pittsburg After Acquittal
Nan Patterson who was freed after failed murder prosecutions against bookmaker Caesar Young left Pittsburg hurriedly escorted by Captain Roach. She warned not to return or face the workhouse as a vagrant. A Pittsburg wife claimed her husband was involved with a former chorus girl who lured him away.
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Pittsburg
Nan Patterson
Jerome
Caesar Young
Pennsylvania
Roach
Nat Patterson
Hitchcock and Bryan Meet in Chicago Visit
William J. Bryan spent Sunday mostly in his Auditorium Annex rooms. Frank H. Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee called to pay respects to the Democratic leader in Chicago.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Auditorium
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hneman
Republican National
Omaha Saengerfest elects Otto Rohland president
The Saengerbund of the Northwest named Otto Rohland of Concordia St Paul as president after a Sunday convention at Germania hall. Theodore Kelbe will continue as director for two more years. Delegates condemned prohibition progress and backed personal liberty, with Meyers language translation policy criticized as unjust. The group joined the German American National Bund and endorsed directors’ reorganization.
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H. A. Hansen
Omaha
Otto Rohland
St. Paul
Saengerbund
Northwest
Theodore Kelbe
Meyers
National
Bund
Coats
Germania Hall
Concordia
Fred Walter
Fidelia
Chicago
Behrens
Karl Richter
Weather and Water Update From La Crosse and Regions
Weather and water data show La Crosse at 70 with 90 as warmest, wind 4 miles and 0 rainfall. river levels fall, La Crosse 7.1 feet and Prairie du Chien 8.4 feet, each down about a third of a foot. Forecasts call for cooler, showery conditions in Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa tonight or Tuesday with local showers and cooler temperatures. Maximums hit 100 to 102 in the northwest and 100 in southern Texas, with notable 24 hour rainfall in Moorhead 1.59 Jacksonville 1.78 Washington 1.08 Modena Utah 1.20.
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la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
Misissippi
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Dakotas
Montana
Moorhead
Jacksonville
Washington
Modena
Utah
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Miss Seyferth
Patil
Hiigen
Independence League
U. S
Mr. Hisgen
Rockefeller Trust
Garacas
Hubby
Cox
Tles
Center
Declara
Charles A. Walsh
The
Howard S. Taylor
Lion OF the Hour
E. H. Derr
Peoples’ Ice Company
Wiste’il
C. L. Jenks
Arctic Ice & Fuel Company
Derr
Frank Bigelow
Kaiser
Saengerfest
Hitchcock
MR. Rohland
ST. Paul Man’s
Prohibition
San Antonio
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