Henderson declines renomination in Iowa congress race
Dubuque Sept 16 Speaker Henderson says his tariff views on trusts differ from many Republicans in Iowa and declines to accept the nomination for Congress in the third district. He cites dangers of free trade and foreign trusts, notes two weeks of deliberation, and announces withdrawal after a long meeting with party leaders.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Henderson
Congress
Republican Party
United States
D. B. Henderson
Classer
Congressional Committee
Friends
Albrook
Waterloo
Devery Appears Winner in Ninth District Primary
New York reports at 11 pm that William S. Devery, former police chief, led the Democratic ninth district primary. Chief opponent John C. Sheehan conceded Devery’s election, signaling a clear win.
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New York
William S. Devery
Ninth District
John C. Sheehan
Devery
Sensation at Capitol over Hendersons tariff withdrawal
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Henderson’s resignation from seeking re election triggers shock and tariff revision debates across party lines. Iowa GOP plank urging tariff changes to curb monopoly provokes criticism, with figures like Courtright Pickett Albrook Funk urged as substitutes. Secretaries Wilson Shaw react with surprise and mixed views while Mint Director Roberts condemns Henderson’s move as incomprehensible and politically damaging within Iowa Republicans.
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Washington
Henderson
West
Northwest
Gen. Henderson
Iowa
Mr. Courtright
C. E. Pickett
Charles Albrook
J. H. Funk
Wilson
Agricultural Department
Shaw
Treasury Department
Occas
George E. Roberts
U. S. Mint
Des Moines Register
Free sample offer for Chamberlain's tablets at druggists
A brief ad promotes free samples of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets available at all druggists. The copy claims they are easier to take and gentler in effect than pills, with no constipation side effect. Regular size priced at 26 cents per box.
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Chamberlain
Beara the Signature SOA SESTORIA
The fragmentary item appears to mention a signature and a sales context loaded with garbled text. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities are readable to form a proper news card.
Roosevelt conference with Senators on Western trip
Senators Hanna Spooner Allison Aldrich Lodge and Payne met with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill to review the political scene. They agreed there would be no tariff revision in Congress, the President would uphold his trust stance and push for reciprocity with Cuba, with speeches outlining policy to come on the Western trip. The coal strike was not discussed and no major political shifts were found.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Hanna
Spooner
Allison
Aldrich
Lodge
Payne
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Cuba
Split Republican convention nominates Connell and Howell
Scranton Pa September 16. A split in the tenth district convention produced two nominations William Connell the incumbent and George Howell signaling a divided GOP in the district.
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Scranton
Tenth
William Connell
George Howell
Delaware Democrats Nominate Ticket Amid GOP Split
Dover Sept 16 The Democratic state convention nominates Henry A. Houston for Congress Joseph Hessinger for state treasurer and J Thomas Lowe for auditor of accounts Houston defeats ex Congressman L Irvin Handy by two votes in a tight contest Democrats claim GOP split will aid their November bid with multiple county candidates vying for congressional nomination
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Dover
Del
Congress
Henry A. Houston
Joseph H. Hessinger
J. Thomas Lowe
Houston
L. Irvin Handy
Llewellyn Coal Co Grants Increases End of Strike
Shamokin Pa Sept 16 The Llewellyn Coal Co has granted a ten percent increase and an eight hour day to its men. Thirty workers at the Royal Oak colliery returned to work but were urged to go home and wait for larger companies to concede. Miners here believe the strike is ending with surrender by other coal firms imminent.
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Shamokin
Llewellyn Coal Co
Royal Oak
Llewellyn Company
Street Railway Conductor Killed in Brockton
Brockton September 16 John Murphy conductor for Old Colony Street Railway fell from the running board of his car in Campeilo while it moved and died at Emergency hospital from head injuries.
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Brockton
John Murphy
Old Colony Street Railway Company
Dr Kennedy Remedy Free Sample Bottles Distributed
Dr David Kennedy's remedy promoted for kidney disease and Female Weakness offered as a free sample at multiple city drug stores including A W Dows I P Moody A E Moore F H Butler Ellingwood Falls Burkinshaw C E Carter F C Goodale Lowell Pharmacy A Thomason and Carter Sherburne samples available on request for trial value and efficacy.
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A. W. Dows & Co
I. P. Moody
A. E. Moore
F. H. Butler & Co
Ellingwood & Co
Falls & Burkinshaw
C. E. Carter
Kelley Is Caught In $47,000 City Lightings Case
St Louis dispatch says Delegate Charles F Kelly, named as the bribe distributor for the city lighting bill, has been located in Little Rock Arkansas. All House of Delegates members were summoned to appear before the grand jury investigating the street railway legislation defeat.
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St. Louis, Mo
Charles F. Kelly
Little Rock
Ark
House of Delegates
Death of Maj Waldo Bigelow Veteran Leader in Civil War
Maj Waldo Bigelow a prominent Grand Army veteran died in Baltimore age 77 he was born in South Framington Mass in 1838 He aided federal troops in 1861 helped warn a Pennsylvania regiment and carried a message to Lincoln He organized Maryland regiments and later served on generals staffs earning a brevet major upon resigning in 1865
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Waldo Bigelow
Grand Army
Union
Baltimore
South Framingham
Mass
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Bigelow
Lincoln
Washington
Maryland
Hatch
Nagle
Burnside
Platt In Line as Nutmeg State Convention Opens
Hartford Sept 16 The Republican state convention opened with President Roosevelt endorsement in a resolution offered by State Senator Keneally. Senator Platt served as temporary chair and urged protectionist tariff policy while criticizing Democrats on trusts and tariff reform. Three contested nominations emerged for governor attorney general and congressman at large, to be decided tomorrow.
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Hartford
Conn
Keneally
Roosevelt
Committee On
McKinley
McKinsey
Connecticut
Andew F. Gates
Republican State Central Committee
United States
Orville H. Platt
Platt
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republican
Democratic
Republic Party
Cuba
Abraham Chamberlain
Meriden
Livingston W. Cleveland
New Haven
Charles Phelps
Vernon
Prohibition plank to spark fight at New Hampshire GOP convention
Concord delegates gather for the Republican state convention with two gubernatorial hopefuls Nahum J. Batchelder and Stephen H. Gale. A key issue is a plank on liquor laws and non enforcement, pitting Prohibitionists led by D. K. Remyk against local option forces who seek a referendum and possible law changes.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Committee On
Charles Hamblett
Nashua
Nahum J. Batchelder
Andover
Stephen H. Gale
Exeter
State Committee
D. K. Remyk
Littleton
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Eldora, Iowa
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Penna
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Llewellyn Co
David Kennedy
Providence
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Supreme Council of Sovereign
Masonic Temple
Henry L. Palmer
Wisconsin
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Supreme Council
Clinton F. Paige
Maine
Roscoe G. Blanchard
John T. W. Hanna
Frank G. Philbrick
Portsmouth
Everett C. Benton
Guildhall
Charles A. Stott
Lowell
Nelson J. Welton
Waterbury
Mich
Frank T. Lodge
Detroit
Frederick B. Stevens
Wm. Haste
Charles F. Meyer
Indianapolis
Ind
Lewis B. Morrison
Charles A. Wilding
Fort Wayne
Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria
Ill
William A. Boatman
Chicago
Charles L Russ
Wilmont F. Miller
Milwaukee, Wis
Theodore W. Golden
Janesville
Wis
Kelley
St. Louis
N. H. Republicans
Jim
Sunny Jim
Cam
Parker
Richardson
Wolasses
Richardson's
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Adeline Jalbert
Joseph Jalbert
Cambridge
Lowell Daily Courier
J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Prescott Street
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