Senator Shows Up Dirty Method
A Wisconsin political letter discusses claims of corruption in the 1908 primary and calls for a party investigation into Senator Stephenson’s nomination. It argues independents and cross-party voting upheld integrity, while Dems press for proof and reform to protect the ballot and state honor.
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Stephenson
Democratic Party
Commonwealth
United States
Ekern
Trempealeau County
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Twelme
Dodge
Democratic County Committee
Ekern’s Wisconsin primary clash over libel and money power
A Milwaukee area political furor spills into Trempealeau county as supporters accuse the Twesme campaign of using false charges and race baiting to defeat Herman Ekern. The lettered defense catalogs newspaper–circulation pressure, corporate money, and asks voters to back Ekern against special interests in the September primary and November vote.
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Dodge
Trempealeau County
H. L. Ekern
Albert T. Twesme
Ekern
Eleventh Story League
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Arcadia Anzeig‘er
John Bingham
Trempealeau Herald
Trempeareau County
Stephenson
United States
Hughes
New York
Esch
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Herman L. Ekern
Isaac Stephenson
Herman Ekern
la Follette
Gaveney
John C. Gaveney
John Gaveney
House
Assembly
Trempeane County
Affinity Hoax on Extensive Lines in Pittsburg
Pittsburg police hold James L. Leclair and Lena Miller for running a broad matrimonial agency swindle. Some 2 000 letters and 500 photographs seized. about 5 000 victims across states paid $1 each to be paired. Lists include maids, teens, and a Dayton Soldiers' Home inmate. A Cleveland writer offers 100 for a wife with 100 000.
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Pittsburg
James L. Leclair
Lena Miller
Central Police Station
Dayton
Ohio
L. C. Morris
Cleveland
Post Office Robbed in Gallipolis Heist
Robbers dynamited two safes at the Gallipolis Ohio post office early today and escaped with $1600 in cash after stealing a horse and buggy. An alarm and pursuit followed the break in. No injuries reported as investigators review the scene.
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Galliopolis
Ohio
Kinsman consecrated third bishop of Protestant Episcopal diocese
In Wilmington on October 28 Prof. Frederick Joseph Kinsman of New York was consecrated as the third bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese, succeeding the late Rev Layton Colman.
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Kinsman
Wilmington
Del
Frederick Joseph Kinsman
New York
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Layton Colman
Train engine explosion injures crew in Elyria
An engine of a freight train exploded in Center Town Elyria Ohio today. The engineer his son and the fireman were taken to hospital badly hurt. There was no damage to nearby buildings.
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Elyria
Ohio
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