Roosevelt at Oyster Bay urged unity and preparedness
The report notes a suffrage plank approved by six resolutions committee, with a reconsideration looming. Roosevelt signaled willingness to address the Republican convention if invited, advocating genuine Americanism and preparedness against German influence. Delegates react with renewed enthusiasm as Harding secures permanent chair. Hughes remains leading but not certain, with Borah as potential VP contender.
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Willam B. Jackson
Maryland
Roosevelt
Ation
Harding
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Credentials Committee
Hughes
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Senator Borah
Warren
Michigan
Rules Committee
Chauncey Depew
Suffrage plank adopted at Republican convention
Colis eum Chicago June 8 resolutions committee approved the suffrage plank by a 26 to 21 vote amid a push for reconsideration with seven absentee members reportedly against suffrage. Prohibition was defeated as nominating plans were discussed and Roosevelt urged harmony amid radical progressives seeking to nominate him today.
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Perkins
Walter Brown
Ohio
Raymond Robgins
Geo. W. Perkina
Progressive Convention
Ift
City Bakery Produces Big Potato Bread
The City Bakery introduces a large potato bread loaf, highlighting its size and batch production for local customers.
Lakeview Fourth Grade Spelling Winners Host Beach Party
Lake View school fourth graders staged a beach party to celebrate a spelling contest outcome. The girls won and the boys, as gracious hosts, invited their teachers and the girls to a marshmallow roast near the old camp grounds after following chalk trail markers set by the boys.
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Lake View School
Cuesta
Ellen Carlson
Miss Carlson
Old Baldia
Germans Admit Loss Of Battle Cruiser Lutzow In Skagerrak
London reports a German official statement from Amsterdam confirming the sinking of the battle cruiser Lutzow and the cruiser Rostock after the Skagerrak battle. The Germans say the ships sank while en route to harbor amid military considerations.
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United Press
Daily News
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Amsterdam
Lutzow
Rostock
Skagerrak
Marlier
North Sea
A. J. Balfour
The
Admiralty
British Imperial Council of Commerce
Halfour
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Balfour
England
May Jou and Try Navy for One Year
Washington D C June 8 A provision of the naval bill offers trial enlistments in the navy Young men who enlist and serve a year may gain an honorary discharge in June or December during peacetime and retire if not suited The plan aims to remove unsatisfied recruits and avoid penalizing longer service as dissenters argue otherwise
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Washington, D. C
Sam
Cramton
Padget
Overland Control Sold For Ninety Million Dollars
John N. Willys, president of Willys-Overland, to receive 90 million for his Willys-Overland holdings as he joins a new motor car merger with W. C. Durant and Lewis Kaufman. Half of the sum is paid in cash, the other half in stock of the forthcoming American Motors Company.
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New York
John N. Willys
Willys-Overland Company
New Motor Air
W. C. Durant
Lewis
University of Michigan lists Michigan high schools accredited
Ann Arbor June 8. Educational department figures show 257 high schools and 26 private parochial and private schools accredited by the University of Michigan. A Whitney monograph notes 65,361 pupils in Michigan high schools, with 61,859, about 94 percent, in accredited schools. all four year high schools in towns of 1,000+ are accredited, along with many smaller schools.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Educational Department
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Ga
W. H. Whitney
Education Department
Michigan
Weather outlook for tonight and Friday shows showers likely
A storm system brings chances of showers tonight and again Friday with steady temperatures. Expect strong southeast winds and active rainfall across the region, with no significant temperature change expected.
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Enat
German papers mix views on Kitchener's death
Berlin June 8 The German press weighs Kitchener's role as organizer of the Boer War with mixed judgments. Some papers attack his actions, others praise him as an honorable yet brutal opponent who never courted German favor. The Tages Zeitung notes his lack of pretended rapprochement.
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Berlin
Marl Kitchener
Lokal Anzeiger
Kittehoner
Count von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Germany
Tagische Rundschan
Kitchener
Jews to Visit Detroit for Palestine Zionist Fund
In Detroit on Sunday June 18 a Jewish household visit will solicit contributions to the American Zionist fund. The drive aims to sustain Zionist institutions established by 100,000 Jewish settlers in Palestine and to back the campaign for an autonomous Jewish state after the war's end, regardless of victors.
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Detroit
Zijonist Fund
Palestine
International Movement of Zionism
Muskegon Midshipman Lost With Kitchener
Midshipman John Addan Gerard Kanaar of Muske gon died when the British cruiser Hampshire sank near the Orkney Islands with Earl Kitchener aboard. Kanaar, a 1 year old? and cousin of Miss Louise and Ralph Kanaar, enlisted at age seven.
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Muskegon
Hampshire
Orkney Islands
Earl Kitchener
John Addan
Gerard Kanaar
Louise
Ralph Kanaar
Kanaar
American Girl Freed From British Airman
London reports Mrs. Claude Grahame-White, formerly Dorothy Taylor of New York, was granted a divorce from aviator Grahame-White for noncompliance with a previous decree for restitution of conjugal rights issued last January. An unrelated ad notes olive oil available at Snow drug store.
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London
Claude Grahame-White
Dorothy Taylor
New York
Grahame- White
Mrs Millie Polley Wanders From Home Divorce Denied
In circuit court yesterday the case of Joe Th Polley of Summit township vs Millie Polley dominated proceedings with multiple divorce decrees granted. Flossie Tall and Barbara Nagel secured divorces while custody and alimony were awarded in the Tall case. Polley testified his wife left home for months, with the judge urging two more witnesses to be brought for further testimony.
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Koudelka & Cola Hexun
Cerrenit
Daily News
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Marshall Brayman
Custer
Ernest L. Wellman
Grand Rapids
Flossie Tall
Orleigh Tall
W. A. Fitch
Barbara Nagel
Fred Nagel
Joe Th. Polley
Summit Township
Millie
Mille
Judge Withey
Wetmore
Hart
Polley
Scotville Agent JW Brown Weds Port Huron Girl
T. W. Brown, the popular Pere Marquette ticket agent at the Scottville depot, married Miss Myrtle Large in Port Huron. The couple, who began their romance in Scottville where Miss Large worked as a stenographer, are now on a wedding tour to Niagara, Buffalo, New York City, Washington, D. C., and other points.
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Port Huron
Niagara
Buffalo
New York City
Washington, D. C
U of M Naval Corps to Get Boats and Rifles
Amb ambor June 8 The eighth Michigan naval reserve corps made up of University of Michigan students has been granted a $1,000 appropriation by the U S government to erect and maintain a boat house for the local division The government has assigned three 28 foot sailing cutters and one 64 foot whale boat for use in regular drill next fall on the Hirran river Plans also under way for rifle pits and equipment including four well forms for each man Springfield rifles and side arms
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Ann Ambor
Mich
Michigan Naval Reserve Corps
University of Michigan
United States
Hirran
Plangara
Springfield Army
Veterinary remedies praised for stock care at Suhlmark’s Pharmacy
There is no disappointment in the result when you use Dr. Roberts' veterinary remedies, be wise and save your stock. Suhlmark's Pharmacy.
Fort Vaux Falls to German Attack at Verdun
Paris dispatch reports Fort Vaux known as Key to Verdun fell to German forces after seven days of brutal fighting. German news confirms the fort’s capture and the surrender of remaining French troops, with 700 unwounded prisoners taken during a relief attempt.
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Fort Vaux
Verdun
Berlin
Pere Marquette Steamer Strikes Storm En Route
The Pere Marquette Line Steamer bound from Milwaukee to Ludington faced a severe storm last night. A mast and part of the railing were torn off, freight was damaged, and the voyage was delayed with No 3 delayed an hour and No 4 held in Ludington harbor until 4 30 this morning.
Russia to Build Big Railroad System
The American-Russian Chamber of Commerce reports that Russia plans 26,000 miles of railroads within five years after a Petrograd conference. Ministers of agriculture industry commerce finance and war joined the meeting. American financiers and builders may share in the postwar railroad work.
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New York
Taxpayers urged to vote on Ludington school bond proposal
At the Ludington school board meeting trustees urged giving taxpayers a ballot on bonding the district for about 8000 to build a new facility replacing the Longfellow and St. Simon's schools. A special meeting was planned to set a date for a school election with nominal polling. The report also notes census declines and budget steps.
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Ludington
Longfellow
Board of Education
Waite's Attorneys Demand New Trial in Death Sentence
Counsel for Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, condemned to die in the week of June 10 for his father in law John B. Peck murder, filed a notice of appeal for a new trial Wednesday delaying execution. Fresh Cottage cheese at Gosling's Ady.
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New York
Arthur Warren Waite
John B. Peck
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