Election Results and Campaign Fund Totals Highlight World Roundup
Maine voters chose William T. Haines over Frederick W. Plaisted for governor as Republicans reclaimed one congressional district. The Wilson Marshall fund reached 175000 with donors listing those giving 100 or more. In Kansas Roosevelt electors remain on the ballot per a federal appeals court ruling. Oscar S. Straus is nominated for New York governor by the Progressive party. Ohio Progressives nominate Arthur L. Garford for governor amid calls against political bosses and crooked machines.
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Maine
William T. Haines
Waterville
Frederick W. Plaisted
Wilson and Marshall
Democratic National Headquarters
New York
Ohio
Columbus
Arthur L. Garford
Elyria
Washington Representative Faces Senate Charges Amid Labor Violence Claims
Frank Buchanan of Illinois is accused by Walter Drew of the National Erectors Association of ties to labor violence in Ohio and Pennsylvania while imprisoned for Los Angeles dynamiting cases. Taft orders two cavalry regiments to the Mexican border as Madero seeks troop passage through Texas and New Mexico. Nathan Allen pays $100,000 civil liability in the Jenkins case.
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Frank Buchanan
Linois
Senate
Walter Drew
National Erectors’ Association
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Taft
Madero
United States
Texas
New Mexico
Treasury Department
Washington
Nathan Allen
Wisconsin
Memorial window planned for Lord Kelvin at Westminster Abbey
Domestic engineers in the country plan to erect a memorial window in Westminster Abbey honoring Lord Kelvin who designed the first successful ocean cable receiving apparatus. In western Kangas farm work stalls as many horses die from the plague, crops ungathered, and plowing weeks behind. A barge carrying supplies for five government engineers exploring the Bering river coal fields broke from its tug near Katala Alaska and may be driven to sea by a gale, risking cancellation of the expedition this year.
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Westminster Abbey
Lord Kelvin
Kangas
Katala
Alaska
Bering River
Gea
Multiple Events Mark National and Local News Across 1915 Episode
The report covers diverse items: the Kansas Fraternal Citizens charter reception, the Grand Army encampment in Los Angeles, Eddie Hasha's fatal Newark crash, a Chicago murder link to a ball game, James McNamara’s appendicitis operation in San Quentin, and a Gary Indiana murder case. It notes a New Bedford textile strike, Senator Cummins’ Europe trip, a dynamite scare near Portland, a Lake Shore crash near Cleveland, and a hat-store burglary in New York alongside St Louis coal find.
Rebels Attack Frontier Post Near Presidio
On the Texas border near Presidio Ojinaga in Mexico a force of about 400 Mexican rebels attacked from two sides. A bullet fired from the Mexican side struck an American at Presidio, piercing his hip.
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Ojinaga
Mex
Presidio
Tex
Retired General Arthur MacArthur Dies in Milwaukee Speech
Personal Lieut Gen Arthur MacArthur U S A retired former army commander collapsed and died in Milwaukee while addressing the Civil War regiment reunion he led during service.
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Arthur MacArthur
Milwaukee
Bluffton Man Seeks Indiana National Guard Mobilization Details
Indianapolis September 11 Brig. Gen. George W. McCoy says Indiana’s National Guard quota has been full for years. John H. Walmer of Bluffton requested information on organizing a guard company for immediate mobilization if war with Mexico arises. McCoy notes that in such a crisis Indiana could field over 2500 troops with additional enlistments.
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Bluffton
Company
State National Guard
Indianapolis
Indiana
George W. McCoy
John H. Walmer
Indiana National Guard
War Department
McCoy
Indiana Guard
Child Identifies Briggs in Gruba Case
Gary police say five year old Sofa Stefanie identified William Briggs a forty eight year old teamster as the man seen with Mary Gruba before her disappearance August tenth. Briggs was arrested after investigators noted he had shown friendliness to children.
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Gary
Stefanie
Mary Gruba
William Briggs
Gruba
Briggs
Beer Party Ends in Fight in Michigan City
Wallie Trowinski, 25, fatally injured after a fight at a dance and beer party. Mike Sabolsky arrested as his alleged assailant as knives bricks and beer bottles were used. Trowinski died after surgery from a knife blade penetrating his skull. Additional arrests followed.
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Michigan City
Wallie” Trowinski
Mike Sabolsky
Trowinski
Chicago
Farmer fatally wounded in pitchfork fight near Romney
James Lincoln, a wealthy Tippecanoe county farmer, was likely fatally injured in a clash on the Gail Bonwell farm near Romney. Allen Warbitton, wielding a pitch fork, lunged at Lincoln. a tine pierced the abdomen causing collapse. Warbitton signaled the sheriff and offered to surrender.
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Lafayette
James Lincoln
Tippecanoe County
Allen Warbitton
Gail Bonwell
Romney
Warbitton
Lincoln
Former Sheriff Badly Hurt in Hatchet Repair Incident
Shelbyville reports former sheriff John Burk badly injured when a hatchet swung during a roadside repair by James Swango. The blade struck Burk in the forehead, splitting his nose and knocking him senseless after the driving chain derailed in his touring car.
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Shelbyville
John Burk
James Swango
Mr. Burk
Organized Chicago gang blamed for string of auto burglaries
LaPorte reports more than 100 burglaries and robberies blamed on a Chicago gang operating from automobiles. Bloodhounds traced trails to several locations where car tracks were seen before the quarry was lost.
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Laporte
Minck
Chicago
Divorce Granted After Costs Paid in Rushville
Rushville reports James Floyd, 35, was granted a divorce from Tda Floyd in circuit court on condition he pay the case costs. Floyd, accompanied to the clerk’s office by a young woman, paid the costs and then married the girl. The second Mrs Floyd reportedly is Miss Bertha Jones.
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Rushville
James Floyd
Tda Floyd
Floyd
Flayé
Bertha Jones
Let Us Have a Heart to Heart Talk on Dairy Action
A call to producers and farmers to address America’s dairy and meat imports and the need for intelligent farming. The piece urges participation in the National Dairy Show at the International Amphitheater in Chicago from October 24 to November 2 to explore beef versus dairy production and modern practices.
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America
Middle West
Chicago
International Amphitheater
California Woman Slays Bear Near Cohasset
Mrs W H Pillsbury of Chico shot a six foot bear while walking with her husband from their summer home near Cohasset. Using a 30 30 carbine she fired at about forty yards, striking the bear in the head and killing it instantly. The bear’s hide weighed seventy pounds and the carcass about 300 pounds. Chico Cor San Francisco Chronicle.
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California
Cohasset
W. H. Pillsbury
Chico
Mrs. Pillsbury
Pillsbury
Chico Cor
San Francisco Chronicle
The Love in Fiction and Life Pleads for New Drama
A periodical devoted to drama urges plays based on emotions other than love. The piece argues that writers face the challenge of presenting a hero since audiences inherit an old maxim that he who has never loved a woman is not a gentleman.
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Walla
Pompeii
You Must Be a Hard Hitter to Win Life’s Battle
The remark emphasizes perseverance and toughness in facing life’s challenges. It urges staying power and grit, warning against yielding under pressure and praising consistent effort.
Unfailing stimulant and the call of duty
A quotation discusses stimulants tempting men to drown despair in wine yet failing to steady the soul. It argues intoxication only yields a hollow revelry and that true relief comes from duty which brightens the inner world and allows happiness to rise within.
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George D. Prentice
Norwegian Scientific Expedition
A Norwegian expedition will study natives, flora and fauna of nearly unknown regions in northern and central Asia.
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Nothern
Central Asia
Idle Time Pursuit Defines One Man’s Busy Pace
A reflective adage notes that the effort to rest can consume more effort than work. The saying frames idleness as a function of time management and personal discipline.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
Walter H. Sanborn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Oscar 8. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Turkey
Progressive Party of
New York State
Syracuse
Woodmen of America
Grand Army of the Republic
Eddie Hasha
Waco
Newark
N. J
G. F. Bush
Lamoille
Illinois
New Bedford
Mass
Cummina
Europe
Des Moines
Oregon and California Express
Southern Pacific Railroad
Gervais
Ore
Portland
Bugs
Raymond
New York Giants
Fred Cignatz
James B. McNamara
San Quentin
Los Angeles Times
McNamara
Ind
Lake Shore
Rocky River
Cleveland
United
Atlantic City
Detroit
Mich
American Bankers’ Asociation
Detroit Opera House
William Livingstone
Lower Broadway
St. Louis
Mexico
Dean
Harris
Jefferson, Ohio
Hubert Remedy CO
Ellicott St
Buffalo
Central Normal College
Danville
LAM
Usic
Paddock
Ashton
Tif
Lower
Brazos
Colorado Valleys
Cooperative Land Co
Rosenberg
Washington CO
Ark
Freden
Worth CO
Hark
Merrillan
Jackson CO
Wis
Doris
Cedar CO
Louis CO
Minn
Hibbing
House
Roothouse
A. m. Roosevelt, Kiowa Co
Clark
Pittsburg CO
Hartshorn
Finn. Box
Wayne Co
Des Arc
Smith, Ex
Williams CO
N. Dak
U. S
GREEN
Isabel, Barber Co
Kan
Dunn Co
Meridian
Thores
Oconto Co
FOX
Londesborough
Huron Co
Louisville
Clay County
Ill
Morningside
Alta
Can
Delta
Box
Eddy CO
N. Mex
Carlabad
Anderson Co
Mont Ida
Indidha
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