Nineteenth Century Campaign Roundup From 1908 Convention Day
A dense roster of political nominations and results from the 1908 party conventions in Chicago Denver and Cincinnati including Taft Bryan Sherman Hitchcock Deneen Hughes and Kern. It also lists various national events and election outcomes across states with notable figures and electoral votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woas
Dvy
David
Rose
Milwaukee
Wis
T. Crittenden, Jr
Kansas City
Mogan
Roosevelt
Chicago
H. Taft
United States
Jas
Sherman
Frank H. Hitchcock
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Colo
Thomas E. Watson
Atlanta
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Eugene W. Chafin
Watkins
Ada
Ohio
Aew
O. Tw
Wm. H. Taft
Cincinnati
Be—Thos
L. Hisgen
Massachusetts
Illinois
Thos. A. Marshall
St'red M. Warner
Michigan
James A. Davidson
Wisconsin
Chas
E. Hughes
New York
Notable Deaths and Public Figures pass away in 19th century list
A compiled obituary style notice lists notable individuals with dates and places of death across 19th and early 20th century. Names include politicians, editors, actors, bishops, and generals with ages and cities such as Philadelphia New York Indianapolis Paris London and Washington.
Far East and World Crises Chronicle
The record rounds up events from 1904 to 1905 including Franco Portugal leadership change Admiral De Amaral rise and King Carlos funeral Lisbon, Port Arthur surrender trial death sentences in St. Petersburg, Persian shah assassination attempt, Mexican mine explosions and earthquakes, Campbell-Bannerman resignation and death, Chinese turmoil Hankow floods and Crete union, typhoons, ship sinkings, fires, monarchic successions, and revolutions across Europe and the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bes
Franco
Portugal
Admiral de Amaral
Auneral
Carlos
Luiz
Lisbon
Stoéssel
St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Shah of Persia
Teheran
San Juan de Sabinas
Mexico
Japaun
Pekin
Bahia
Brazil
Smirnoff
Fock
Matsu
Hideyoshi
Coltere
Dadakode
Japan
Chilapa
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Great Britain
Hankow
China
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
London
Linevitch
Nicholas
Duke de Chaulnes
Theodora Shonts
Paris
Gladiator
Hiner
St. Paul
Isle of Wight
Notre Dame de Salette
Ontario
Persia
Matsushima
Pesecadores Islands
Bykhoff
Mobilet
Manuel
Antwerp
Princois
Coppee
Kiang-Li
Sir Redevers Buller
Guanajuato
Mex
Australian
Vusovo
Russia
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Said Pasha
Turkey
Sultan
Central
France
Bulgaria
Prince Ferdinand
Crete
Greece
Victorien Sardou
Peking
Prince Chun
Pu Wui
T'sze Hsi An
Prince Pu-Wi
Sardinia
Valetta
Malta
Chefoo
Nord Alexis
Gen
Legitime
Pu-¥i
Year of Sporting Feats and Tragedies Recap
A compact chronicle lists boxing milestones from 3S to 28 with Burns Papke Johnson events and ski records by Eyson Mangseth and Venson. It notes deaths of Hanlon Dixon and Henry Chadwick and a deadly Southern Italy Sicily earthquake affecting towns and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACA Bhi Percula
John Mangseth
A. Wengler
Chicago
Cincinnati
Venson
Tommy Burns
Jem Roche
Dublin
Evenson
Calvin Demarest
Frank Gotch
George Hackenschmidt
Henry Chadwick
Brooklyn
New York
Harvard
Yale
Nelson
Joe Gans
Irisco
Mercedes
France
Thomas J. Brice
Columbus Baseball Club
Imanagan
America
Sheppard
Sheridan
Rose
John J. Hayes
United Kingdom
Sweden
Canada
South Africa
Greece
Norway
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Australia
Finland
Squires
Sydney
Billy Papke
Stanley Ketchel
Los Angeles
Cal
Handy
St. Louis
Gana
Lisco
Detroit
Jimmy Britt
Johnny Summers
London
Dorando Pietri
Madison Square Garden
Olympia
San Franceisco
National Baseball Commission
Klein and
Johnstone
Jack Johnson
Tomney Burns
Sydeney
Sicily
Timeline of 1900s U S events and legal actions
A chronology notes January to December events including constitutional rulings on labor liability and local option laws, Atlantic battleship fleet movements, presidential actions on border security, Wright brothers air records, court decisions on education and oil companies, graft arrests in Pittsburgh, Missouri oil company ousters, and a major earthquake in Virginia City Montana. It also lists notable society events and public notices such as church moderation, veterans group leadership, and legislative actions in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
New York
Agnew Hart
Roosevelt
San Francisco
H. M. Nevins
Grand Army
W. L. Gilman
Roxbury
Mass
Women’s Relief Corps
Orville Wright
Fort Meyer
Wilbur Wright
le Mana
France
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Don Juan Barrios
Guatemala
Washington
US National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Edgewater
N. J
Kansas Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
United States
Pittsburg
Standard
Republic
Waters-Pierce
Missouri
Virginia City
Mont
St. Louis
T. L. Lewis
Pensatooa
Fla
Florida
Pensacola
Kansas City
W. S. Stone
Cleveland
International Engineers’ Brotherhood
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Col
William H. Newman
New York Central Lines
Americaun Federation of Labor
J. J. Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Wix
Multiple 1910s Crime and Legal News Snippets From West
A compilation of brief items notes a Boise jury acquitting George Pettibone of murder, Heinz surrendering over check overcertification, San Francisco’s ex mayor Schmitz freed on graft charge appeal, Thaw found not guilty by insanity, Hargis killed by son, Dora McDonald acquitted, Chicago police chief Shippy stabbed, two lynchings in California and Arkansas, Van Cleave mining lynching, Harry Orchard facing death sentence with clemency urged, and anarchist Silverstein bombing incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
George Pettibone
Steunenberg
I. A. Heinz
Schmitz
San Francisco
Court of Appeals
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Hargis
Kentucky
Beach Hargis
Dora McDonald
Webster Guerin
Shippy
Chicago
Hawkinsville
Caalifornia
Supreme Court
van Cleave
Mines
Harry Orchard
Caldwell
Silverstein
Timeline of U S political and diplomatic events and acts
A chronological record from February to December detailing U S events: senatorial elections in Kentucky and South Carolina, ship subsidy funding, resignations of congressmen, Roosevelt messages on labor and tariff laws, ambassadorial appointments and dismissals, state inaugurations, naval and Pearl Harbor funding, currency and emergency measures, Venezuela relations, and secret service investigations. Includes Roosevelts actions and Senate and House actions on several key policy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ItBisiarui
Gov
Bradley
United States Senate
J. B. McCreary
Gary
United States
South Carolina
Senate
South America
Philippines
Australia
China
Japan
C. BE
Littlefield
Roosevelt
Congress
John W. Stewart
Redfield Proctor
D. J. Hill
Germany
Hall Milton
Bryan
Ambassador Tower
Dr. Hill
Edwin Norris
Montana
House of Representatives
House
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Naval Station
Milton
Senator Bryan
Vreeland
Lafollette
Taft
Luke E. Wright
Sleeper
Caracas
Luke Wright
Venezuela
Senor Veloz-Gollicoa
Secretary of Navy
Victor H. Metcalf
Truman H. Newberry
Tformer
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
W. B. Allison
Pacific
Houses
Bankruptcies and Bank Closures Hit Across States
A sweeping ledger lists bank collapses and financial failures from California to New York. Entries include 2-State Bank Rockyford closed, Western Bank and Trust Dallas placed in receivers, National Bank of North America New York liquidated, Oriental Bank of New York closed after a run, and multiple railroads and brokerage firms entering receivership or facing indictments and convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bank
Rockyford
Cal
New York
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Western Bank and Trust Co
Dallas, Tex
Texas Saving Bank
John R. Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Capital State Bank
Boise
Idaho
Traders and Mechanics’ Bank
Pittsburg
National Bank of North America
New Amsterdam National Bank
Capital
Mechanics and Traders’ Bank
Oriental Bank of New York
W. B. Slidgely
Reorganized National Bank of Commerte
Kansas City
International and Great Northern Railroad Co
Gouldine
W. R. Thomas
O. F. Thomas
Kosciusko Company Bank
Warsaw
Ind
Citizens'’ Bank
Dover
National Deposit Bank
Philadelphia
Comptroller of Currency
L’armers and Merchants’ Banking Co
Cleveland
United States Court of Appeals
Chi- Cnec
First National Bank
Belle Plaine
Minn
J. G. Lund
A. O. Brown & Co
A. Booth & Co
Union National Bank
Summerville
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of America
C. W. Morse
Midred Bank
Eldred
National Exchange Bank
Springfield
W. ©. Oldham
State Savings Bank
H. B. McDaniel
Springport
Mich
Somersworth
N. E
Thomas Jr
Ryan
Klenry W. Poor
Fires destroy buildings across cities with heavy losses
A sequence of urban fires causes extensive damage from January to May including Parker building New York loss of 5 million and four firemen killed. Portland Maine city hall 1 million. Chicago Snapfire 1.7 million. Indianapolis Coburn warehouses 400 thousand. Nelson Morris packing plant Kansas City 500 thousand. Twin Lakes Minnesota destroyed. Lakewood New Jersey Gould residence 500 thousand. Berlin New Hampshire business district 400 thousand. Tampa Northern section 600 thousand. Ireland Hotel Springfield Illinois 75 thousand. Peoria distillery 236 thousand. Richmond Vermont blocks. Antipolo Philippines destroyed. Coalton Ohio and Walkerton Indiana districts destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Atlanta
Omaha Packing Co
South Omaha
Neb
Morris Packing Plant
Kansas City
Kan
Three Rivers
Que
Port Chester
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Duluth
Boston Harbor
Cottonwood
Idaho
Philadelphia
Merchandman
Armour Elevators
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
New York
Rawhide
Nev
Armour Wool House
Chicago Stock Yards
Cosmosdale
Pittsburg
Plate Piana Company
Rock Island
Denver Col
Novae Hila Geahula
Indianola
Miss
Bardstown
Ravis
Okla
Losa
Parker
Joss
McNeil & Higgins
Portland
Policeuilding
Coburn
Indianapolis
Ind
Leart
Nelson Morris Packing Plant
Kansars City
Minn
George Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Berlin
N. H
Peoria
Ill
Tampa
Fla
Elz Timber
Mont
Ireland
Springfield
Lynchburg
Richmond
Antipolo
P. I
Coalton
Walkerton
Record of Disasters and Death Toll Clips from 19th Century Pages
A brief archival note lists events including a deadly blaze at an opera house in Boyerton Pennsylvania with 178 killed, a moving picture device explosion and panic, a cyclone in Alabama causing $500000 in property loss, and February tornadoes devastating Tyler Texas Mossville Soso and Service Mississippi with a high death toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyerton
Alabama
Tyler
Texas
Mossville
Soso
Service
Miss
Fatal Accidents Reported Across Towns and Mines
A record of deadly incidents lists January and February calamities: drownings from skiffs in Kickapoo Kansas and Jimtown Pennsylvania, industrial fires in Bedford City Virginia and New Liskard Ontario, an explosion at Hawk's Nest West Virginia, a cyclone near Wesson Mississippi, and multiple mining disasters in Northumberland Pennsylvania and South Carrollton Kentucky. The counts range from five to forty nine fatalities, with a notable train derailment and a burn death noted among the incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo
Kan
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Jimtown
Bedford City
Hawk’s Nest
W. Va
Wesson
Miss
Northumberland
South Carrollton
New Liskard
Ont
Baron Sziel and the speechwritten hoax in 1841 Hungary
In 1841 Pressburg Baron Sziel used a speech written by his friend Barthel Szemere to gain applause. When exposed, Sziel accused Szemere of writing it, triggering laughter from 52 members and forcing Sziel to vow never to speak publicly. Also notes a proposed leprosy expedition by Prof Ehlers and the 35-year mission work of Rev Dr John H DeForest in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Sziel
Pressburg
Hungary
George Majlath
Barthel Szemere
Szemere
Ehlers
Danish West Indies
John H. DeForest
Senday
Japan
Order of the Rising Sun
de Forest
Fleet Enters Canal on Speedy World Cruise Stop
United States Atlantic battleship fleet reaches Suez from Colombo after a rapid 3440 knot voyage. 5000 officers head to Cairo while Culgoa and Yankton enter canal with medical staff and supplies for quick Messina deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez
Colombo
Cairo
Yankton
Canal
Culgoa
Messina
Port Said
Connecticut
Vermont
Kansas
Minnesota
Louisiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Missouri
Virginia
Wisconsin
Kearsarge
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Georgia
Nebraska
TroUBLE in Banana Belt Near Honduras Crisis
New Orleans reports from Central America describe Nicaraguan troops moving toward Cholu teca Honduras to overthrow President Miguel Davila. Dr Arrias is said to have received about 40000 in army supplies via secret Zelaya agents as a long campaign is planned. Washington says the gunboat Dubuque has sailed from Havana toward Bluefields to deter trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
The
Times
Democrat
Central America
Nicaragua
Choluteca
Honduras
Miguel Davila
Arrias
Zelaya
Washington
Navy Department
Root
Havana
Bluefields
Veteran Financier Anson R Flower Dies in Watertown
Anson R Flower aged 66 senior partner of Flower & Co bankers of New York died suddenly at his Watertown home after eight weeks of heart trouble. He had shown improvement recently and his death shocked the city. survived by his widow in Watertown and brother Nathan Flower of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Anson R. Flower
Flower & Co
Bankers of
New York
Nathan Flower
California
Riots Erupt Outside Calcutta Over Cows Sacrifice Prohibition
Prohibition of Mohammedan cow sacrifices by police to respect Hindu sentiments sparked serious riots at Titteghun near Calcutta. Troops opened fire on rioters, with several killed and about 60 seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Calcutta
Titteghun
Slayer of Postal Official Caught in Mississippi
William Sorsby, who killed Post Office Inspector Charles Fitzgerald at Clinton, Mississippi, on September 29, was captured near the scene of the tragedy Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
William Sorsby
Charles Fitzgerald
Clinton
Funeral of Father John of Cronstadt
The body of Father John of Cronstadt was moved to Saint Andrews cathedral Sunday as crowds lined the streets. Worshippers endured hours of cold and long walks to attend the funeral service and the lying in state before the interment in St. Petersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cronstadt
Father John of
Police arrest performers at Sunday vaudeville concerts
Police in New York arrested several performers during Sunday concert shows to enforce conduct rules. At Hammerstein Victoria four men were taken into custody after presenting a schoolroom sketch, and the theater’s acting manager Aaron Kessler was also arrested. At the Thalia theater two actresses singing in costume were nabbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hammerstein
Victoria Theater
Aaron Kessler
Thalia Theater
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People’s Parx Convention
Thomas
Watson
Samuel Williams
Union Square
Belle Gunness
la Porte
Gunness
Daniel Cooper
Cadillac
Willson
Caleb Powers
James Howard
Willam Goebel
Sabine County
Tenn
Gulseppea Alia
Leo Heinrichs
Canon City
Russellville
Richardson
Willim Donegan
Edward W. Carmack
Robert Cooper
Nashville
Tiptonville
Ray Lamphere
Laporte
Org
Abe Ruef
Charles G. Davis
Frederick Austin
H. FE. Agar
Princeton
Harlingen
Tex
Elmer Hill
Monticello
Ceresco
Collinwood
Pal Hanna
Wya
Union Pacifico
West Virginia
Chelsea
South Dakota
Missssippi
Henry County
Madison
Oklahoma
Belleview
Louisville
Richfield
Fort Crook
Gilliam
Alfalfa County
Oklo
Furnie
Coal Creek
Michael
B. C
Mlood
Augusta
Perence
Halleyville
Olla
Neut
Thomas B. Selfridge
Piri Rteal
Metz
Presque Isle
Alpena County
Marianna
Panama Canal
pNecronlogy
Nicholas Senn
Bernhard Felsenthal
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Morris J. Jessup
Edward Alexander McDowell
Louise de la Ramee
Florence
John Coburn
Francois Marie Benjamin Richard
C. H. Howard
Glencoe
Dennis O'Sullivan
Columbus
Asbury C. Latimer
D. C
C. S. Noyes
Washington Star
Pasadena
James Oliver
South Bend
Charles Quarles
Milwauee
B. M. Cutcheon
Ypsilanti
Ferdinand Shoemaker
Oatmeal King
Akron
J. N. Camden
Baltimore
Charles M. Rae
Navy
J. H. Rowell
Bloomington
John Sparks
Nevada
Carson City
D.S. Dickerson
A. S. Crowinshield
Stephen Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Vicksburg
James Ik. Pe
Arkansas
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead
L. I
Woermer Supreme Court
J. W. Wright
A. A. Wiley
Hot Springs
TW. B. Leeds
Rock Island Railway
Grover Cleveland
W. H. Parker
Deadwood
Murat Halstead
Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Henry C. Potter
Cooperstown
Louis J. Snow
James H. Budd
Stockton
William B. Allison
Dubuque
Bronson Howard
Avon by-the-Sea
Ira D. Sankey
W. Farwell
Raleigh
Manila
New Rochelle
Henry Jacobson
Leavenworth
Orlando J. Smith
Dobbs Ferry
Claus Spreckels
Sugar King
Davey
HAL Vaudreuil
Can
Providence
eRtress
Toledo
Pinole
Spring Valley
Natchez
Laquin
Haaworth
Helena
Ark
Fort Wayne
New Ave. Line
Newport
Ore
Kellen
Lookout Colliery
Mount Lookout
Yyoo
Clarendon
San Pedro
Tennessee
Annapolis
Gladstone
Chicago, Ill
Chadron
Wellington
Knobnoster
Williamstown
Youngstown
Cleelum
Wash
Columbia City
Warren's Landing
York
Kilbourne
Nad Wilkesbarre
Deer Isle
Young's Point
Sugar Ridge
Scappoose
Fort Collins
Barrie
Wyo
Cape Ray
Soo City
Lake Superior
Grover
Luiz Philippe
Manuel II
Portu
Chun
Simon
Gonaives
Castro
Caracag
Anton Simon
Gomez
Falleres
Baron Cofte
Owen Moran
Abe Attel
Edward Hanlon
Toronto
George Dixon
Pugilist
Newtor
Hanly
Muncie
Thomas Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Southern Railway
MMU EL Sgompe Re
Curtis Guild, Jr
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Tormer Sen
Wetmore
Rhodes Island
Vanthiatien
Ee Revs Cine Theodora Roosevelt
Friend
Barthe] Szemere
Watertown, N. Y
Father John
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