Bristow Named to Succeed Long in Senate Race
Walter R. Stubbs appears likely to secure the Republican nomination for governor in Kansas. Joseph L. Bristow editor of the Salina Journal and former fourth assistant postmaster general is the party choice for United States senator to replace Chester I. Long. Bristow leads in late returns with a probable landslide, while Stubbs is the gubernatorial nominee with strong support in western Kansas.
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Topeka
Bristow
Stubbs
W. H. Ryan
Girard
Hugh P. Farrelly
Canute
W. Y. Mormon
Tong
Western
Kansas
J. N. Dolley
Long
Rehearse Scenery For Sure Shot Sam at Local Playhouse
Manager Smyth invites press to witness the final rehearsal of Sure Shot Sam before tonight’s opening at the Nelson. The company has refined settings for each act and the scenic work is described as elaborate and complete, promising a first class melodrama.
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Smyth
The
Nelson
Sam
Logansort
Count Zeppelin Airship Crash Sparks Grief and Plans
Count Zeppelin’s airship wreck left him in tears and despair as the shattered aeroplane lay below. Experts suggest a balloon burst and motor spark ignited the gas during ascent. His secretary said preparations for another balloon are already under way.
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Stuttgart
Friedsrichshan
Telegraph Condolence To Zeppelin After Airship Loss
Berlin ministers telegraphed condolences to Count Zeppelin for the airship disaster and hope the setback fuels further pursuit of his goals. Imperial secretary Dr. Von Berthman Holweg announced plans to forward 125000 in imperial aviation budgets as a reward for his sacrifices and service to the fatherland.
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Berlin
Zeppelin
von Berthman-Holweg
Interior
Zepelin
Lynching of Will Miller Reported Near Brighton Alabama
Birmingham dispatches say Will Miller, accused in a dynamiting case, was found hanged in a Brighton calaboose after a deputy tried to fetch him for transfer to Birmingham. Unrest spikes as another house was blown up at Wylam and troops may be deployed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Brighton
Woodward Mines
Will Miller
Finley Fuller
Brigton
Miller
Wylam
Sultan of Turkey Narrowly Escapes Stabbing
Geneva dispatch reports the Sultan of Turkey was stabbed in the breast by a minor palace official. A mail coat deflected the blow and the assailant, bribed to act, was arrested with a large sum of money and ready-to-flight baggage.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Geneva
Turkey
Constantinople
Taft Attends Virginia Bar Association Session
Taft showed strong interest in legal affairs by attending the morning session of the Virginia Bar Association at Hot Springs Va today. He planned to deliver a speech on The Law's Delay to the same body tomorrow. Hitchcock and Vorys were announced to arrive in Hot Springs early next week.
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Associated Press
Hot Springs
Taft
Virginia Bar Association
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Minne Family Visiting Cousins Near Hilltop
Miss Florence Minne and Miss Geneva Minne man with brother Clarence visit cousins Mary and Joe Spitznagie near Hilltop.
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Florence
Geneva Minneman
Clarence
Mary
Joe Spitznagie
Village Tribune Pony Contest Opens for Subscriptions
The Tribune offers a pony and buggy contest to boost subscriptions. One year nets 2 000 votes, six months 1 000 votes, with receipts issued for new subscribers. Readers are urged to read the advertisement daily and participate to lead the standings.
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Tribune
the Tribune
Alton Parker Talk Urges Clear Choice in 1904 Election
A speech in Alton declares voters must drop rotteness and choose between two national tickets. The speaker warns Republican party inaction and calls for immediate duty by every citizen to decide the fate of the nation.
Bryan and Bryanite visit signal tax and railroad reform themes
The report notes YNCH and BRYA visiting WM 1 with questions about who funds candidates and why. It cites adoption of an income tax as fair and proportional to wealth and government burdens, plus strict rules on railroad stock manipulation, fair wages, and honest labor. It mentions a Democratic National Committee resolution on campaign contributions and disclosure, and Bryan's acceptance speech and press distribution outlining future topics.
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Democratic National Committee
Fairview
Bryan
Press Association
Eight year old Syrian girl travels solo to Michigan
Ida Baccash arrived in Benton Harbor after a perilous journey from Damascus to Chicago to Marseilles where a Syrian protector robbed her. Her father in New York coordinated funds and relatives met her in New York before she boarded a west-bound train as her father awaited the Chicago-bound steamer.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Ida Baccash
Chicago
Damascus
Syria
Marseilles
France
New York
Waited Eighteen Years Before Legal Marriage in Illinois
Reed Farr and Estelle Hahn lived as man and wife for eighteen years and raised two children. Farr traveled as a jockey and later ran a dairy business near Danville. They traveled to Covington Indiana for a license and were legally wed by Squire Osborne after a religious revival.
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Danvile
Ill
Reed Farr
Estelle Hahn
Furr
Covington
Ind
Squire Osborne
Fountain County
Indiana
Farr
Religious fast claims life in Lima Ohio
Miss Amanda Murphy of Lima died in a hospital from the effects of a religious fast she maintained for six weeks. She took no nourishment, declaring she would not eat until commanded by the Lord.
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Lima, O
Amanda Murphy
Picnic Preparations Set for Old Settlers Event
Arrangements are complete for the Old Settlers picnic to be held at the park. If weather permits, the event could attract the largest attendance in the city’s history.
Suffragists Stage Oyster Bay Demonstration in Rain
Four members of the National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union appeared in Oyster Bay on August 5. A banner reading Votes for Women was displayed after a rain delay, but no local women attended and no meeting was held before the party left for New York.
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Associated Press
Oyster Bay
N. Y
National Progressive Woman Suffrage Union
New York
Horseshoe on Journey Across the Continent
A shoe bearing the message Travel across the continent to bring good luck to Billy B and the democratic party arrived in New Orleans on August 5. It was started here and travels to San Francisco stopping at all railroad stations along the way with messages from railroad men attached.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Billy B
Democratic Party
San Francisco
Thaw Taken to Defend Suit in Services Bill
Harry K. Thaw was moved from Dutchess county jail to Fishkill to face a referee in a $600 suit by Dr. John P. Wilson for expert witness services in habeas corpus proceedings. Thaw disputed the bill but offered about $200, accompanied by an under sheriff, a deputy, and his counsel Charles Morschauser.
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Thaw
Fishkill
Charles Morschauser
Fleet Bulletin From Fiji Reports Atlantic Fleet Position
Wireless messages received here tonight from the Atlantic fleet report vessels at latitude 25.23 south longitude 178.5 west, 810 miles from Auckland. The sea was rough and the usual evolutions were being maintained by the fleet.
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Associated Press
Suva
Fiji
Urs
Atlantic Fleét
Cvesséls
Auckland
Savannah Seaman Jumps Overboard From Vessel Near Cape Lookout
Captain A H Guthrie of the schooner Frank A Williams of New York committed suicide by leaping into the sea last Friday morning eight miles off Cape Lookout. The schooner was en route from New York to Southport where it had been sold. the mate piloted the ship to Savannah.
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Associated Press
Savannah
A. H. Guthrie
Frank A. Williams
New York
Cape Lookout
Southport
N. C
AU Auburn Dealer Seeks Return Of Sold Car
A. Tucker a Westside grocer and agent for the Auburn Automobile company has gone to Auburn Indiana to fetch back a car he sold. Mrs Clem Keys who had been visiting her daughter Mrs Gurgess has returned to her home at Young America.
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Harry
Clem Keys
Gurgess
Young America
Mystery of Drowned Boy Deepens in Chicago
Police struggle to identify a murdered and dismembered boy found in Mud Lake and the Illinois and Michigan Canal. A shirt collar with the initials DZ and a Greek collar maker’s name on a satchel hint at a possible stranger to Chicago. Immigrant records are being checked for matching youths from New York arrivals.
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Tify
Mud Lake
Illinois
Ble
Chicago
Athens
Greece
Xenophon Lambropalos
Lou Alouvy
New York
Surprise Birthday Party for J. S. Taylor
Forty friends surprised J S Taylor at his Ninth Street home last night for his fiftieth birthday anniversary. The evening featured music and games.
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J.S. “Taylor
Real estate pitch touts Saskatchewan style farm investments
A sales appeal urges readers to buy into Tramping Lake District farming by claiming safe investments similar to a 30 year Saskatchewan experiment. It offers land at 12 to 15 per acre with returns of 40 bushels of wheat per acre, plus a rent-to-deed plan and a Loganport trip to view lands.
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Tramping Lake
Indiana
Saskatchewan
Logansport
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