Election Outlook Darkens Across States With Contests
Nationwide races loom as governors and legislators tilt, with Illinois and New York pivotal. Parties brace for House battles in the West, while presidential prospects draw the loudest attention. Governors in Maine, Vermont, Oregon and many others face tight campaigns as senators and ballots shape a broad political map.
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Union
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Vermont
Oregon
Perienney
Armour of Chicago Seeks 7000 Cattle Shipment to Russia
The old markets magnate P D Armour plans to ship 7000 cattle from San Francisco to Russia under a Czarist contract. Transport challenges loom large as Pacific boats are scarce, but Armour’s record suggests he will solve the problem. The piece also recalls Armour’s Leiter wheat corner victory in 1897 and his deft handling of a market squeeze.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Armour
P. D. Armour
Leiter
Joseph Leiter
Duluth
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Prediction of a sever winter by noted forecasters
The article reviews multiple forecasts for an unusually severe winter. Andrew Jackson Devoe and other weather prophets claim cold, zero weather with early storms and sleighing possibilities. Devoe predicts a November cold wave lasting into December with heavy storms, while sleigh riding and Christmas bring minor shifts before January deepens the cold. Squirrels as informal observers are mentioned but dismissed. their forecasts remain uncertain.
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Barefoot to British Baronet Grace Carr to Wed Lord Newborough
Grace Carr of Louisville, once a barefoot girl in a Southern Indiana cabin, will marry Lord Newborough of Wales in London this November. Her rise from humble origins includes escape from poverty after her sister's marriage to a Brooklyn financier, aided by a New York physician, before Grace embraced life among European aristocracy.
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Louisville
Indiana
Alice Carr
New York
Samuel
This and That Type News Roundup
A miscellaneous year in review of global and local notes includes: many firms producing school textbooks in the United States. West Virginia coal powering English war ships. no yellow fever cases in Santiago since December. Chaffee estimating troop withdrawal from China would take a month. cabbage shortages in Germany met by Michigan imports. a childless couple near Throop Pa adopting fourteen children. New Zealand to consider joining Australia’s commonwealth. Exchange Telegraph Co formed in New Jersey to operate Board of Trade lines. Barber Asphalt awarded 18400 by Federal Judge Koblsaat in Chicago suit. Rocklin California resident Russell Landis killed his wife and fatally wounded W J Clydesdale. Velasco Texas storm costs pegged at 400000. Tom Christian white man kills rank Perkins negro jockey in Lexington Ky for refusing a match.
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Koblsaat
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Chicago
Russell Landis
Rocklin
Cal
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Velasco
Texas
Tom Christian
Rank Perkins
Lexington
Wagers Run High Ahead of Election Returns
The piece notes unprecedented bets on the election with Wall Street backing up to $1,000,000 and New York investors holding about $2,000,000 in stakes. It emphasizes record sums wagered and the strong financial bets surrounding the political outcome.
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New York
William L Wilson Dead Framer of Tariff Bill passes away
Gen William L Wilson ex Postmaster General and five term congressman dies suddenly at Lexington Virginia. He helped craft the Mills tariff bill and authored the tariff measure bearing his name. Born May 8 1843 in Jefferson County Virginia he served in the Confederate army taught Latin at Columbian College and practiced law in Charlestown West Virginia. He was a Democratic delegate in 1880 a presidential elector and president of the University of West Virginia before entering Congress in 1883 and later serving as Postmaster General noodzakelijk.
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Washington
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Jefferson County
Virginia
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Economic contrasts fuel a growing trade deficit in eight months
Across eight months imports for manufacture reached 200 million while manufactured exports climbed to 304 million, up from 163 million year over year. Treasury movement totaled 10.88 million so far this year, with torpedo boat delays due to missing machinery and Cuba trade showing US imports of 22.39 million against 19.96 million exports 7 months in. State notes no new US claims against Turkey, and navy bounty funds await court and congressional action.
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United States
Granny Lane and the rich in spirit tale
A vignette from Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings of Little Folks. Granny Lane, kindly but modest, welcomes Lula and Sadie, showing happiness beyond wealth. A rival tale follows with Ben learning to count health and sight as real riches, a moral passed by a father who values people over money.
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Shylock Not a Hebrew in Twists of Shakespeare Tale
A newly published pamphlet cites Gregorio Leti to argue Shylock was not a Jew. It recounts a 1587 incident where a Christian, Paul Maria Secchi, bet 1000 scudi against a rumor about Drake's capture and in a contract vowed to take a pound of flesh from a Jew if false. The tale ends with both men sent to the galleys and ransomed for 2000 scudi.
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No Bathing Suits Big Enough
A humorous anecdote contrasts English and American statures with bishops Brooks and peers seeking fitting bathing suits in a southern France scene. The second item notes the enduring cliché that politicians promise then forget, paired with the adage Time is money linked to an absconding bank official.
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