Progressives weigh court fight over nomination rule
Des Moines reports prominent Progressive leaders anticipate an appeal if Secretary of State Allen requires legislative candidates written in on later primary ballots to have at least 10 percent of the 1912 governor vote to be eligible for nomination. Attorneys general and party officials debate whether legislators are county or state officers and how the canvass law applies.
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J. E. Holmes
Casper Schenk
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Schenk
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Board of Supervisors
State Board of Canvassers
Boards of Supervisors
State Board
Attorney General
General Assembly
Casper Schenck
Bloody deeds in Vera Cruz described by Times Democrat editor
An historic piece recounts Vera Cruz as a pirate plagued port from 1618 onward, citing Lorencillo and Nicolag de Agriamonte, sieges, plagues, and multiple foreign bombardments. It notes the harbor’s vulnerability, defenses, and modernization under Diaz era, with continued civil strife during the Madero era.
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Vera Cruz
Cortez
Mexico
Paul Norton
New Orleans Times- Democrat-Picayune
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Lorencillo
Nicolag de Agriamonte
Guayaquil
Mosquito
San Juan de
Uvilla
Scott
Benito Juarez
Maximilian
Porfirio Diaz
Rumor Shah of Persia Driven From Berlin
Reports say the Shah Mohammed Ali was pressured by the Russian ambassador in Berlin to leave, ending his months of diabetes treatment there. Sir Edward Grey was informed Russia would not tolerate further Shah attempts to regain the Persian throne. A Russian adjutant guards the Shah and Persian envoys.
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Persia
Berlin
Edward Grey
Russiia
Mohammed Ali
Sea Cook Gets Big Earful
Julius Karr a five year old in Brooklyn poured horse liniment into his father sea cook Daund Karls exposed ear. The father screamed and neighbors flushed the liniment with olive oil. A Norwegian hospital doctor said no lasting harm.
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New York
Julius Karr
Hamlet
Karl
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Julius
Mr. Karr
Woman Sues Stepfather for Damages Over Spanking
A New York jury ruled against Mrs. Jena Israel in a suit seeking 5000 dollars from her stepfather Isaac Goldman for a spanking four years earlier. The deliberation lasted three minutes.
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New York
Jena Israel
Isaac Goldman
Remove Brick Wall to Save Man in Mohegan NY
Adolph Hartley weighing 267 pounds fell into a narrow areaway in Mohegan New York and perished when rescuers could not reach him until a portion of a brick wall was removed.
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Mohegan
N. Y
Adolph Hartley
Watch Saves Man's Life in Narrow Escape
A highwayman fired at Rudolph M. Hoffman on a New York highway. a gold hunting case watch absorbed the bullet, saving his life. The incident highlights a miraculous escape and the weapon remains undisclosed.
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New York
Rudolph M. Hoffman
Blackfeet Honor Penn Statue in Philadelphia Ceremony
A dozen Blackfeet Indians from Glacier National Park visited Penn Treaty Park Philadelphia en route home from a Shriner convention. They performed a tribal peace ceremony before the Penn monument commemorating William Penn and the 1683 treaty with the Lenape. Medicine Owl and Chief White Calf are pictured revering the memory and praying to the Great Spirit of Peace.
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Glacier National Park Reservation
Montana
Atlanta
Penn Treaty Park
Penn Monument
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Medicine Owl
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Glacier Park
White Calf
Penn
Ghostly torpedo fish slow British freighter Rochelle
Boston reports a British freighter Rochelle slowed in the Gulf Stream north of Cuba as hundreds of electric torpedo fishes clung to its hull and fins tingled sailors describing a bizarre phenomena. Once entering cooler waters the fishes dropped away and the ship regained speed.
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Rochelle
Gulf Stream
Cuba
Follow Your Mind Program Aims to Prevent County Suicide
Chicago Natural Science club members propose thought vibrations to save 12,000 Cook County residents contemplating self harm, said by Coroner Hoffman at the meeting.
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Chicago
The
Natural Science Club
Cook County
Hoffman
Appendix Cut Out Again In Mount Hope Case
Mount Hope reports surgeon removes the second appendix from Frank Davis after a prior operation ten years ago nearly saved his life as doctors perform the repeat procedure.
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Mount Hope, N
Frank Davis
Lawson Holding Buys Half Interest in Local Holstein Bull
Lawson Holding pays 25000 to John Arfman for a half interest in King Siegis Pontiec Acurtra a twelve year old Holstein bull in Middletown New York. Arfman originally bought the bull for 10000 three years earlier.
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Middletown
N. Y
Lawson Holding Company
John Arfman
Arfman
Fables Slang on Stage Dreams and a Theatre Sideshow
A spoof tale set at the Grand Opera House traces Lila the Egg and Poultry King’s daughter as she pursues stardom. Orchards of gossip, a grasping haberdasher, a bureaucratic dreamer, and a chorus of old actors frame her ascent from understudy to possible Broadway phenom.
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Egg and Poultry King
Southland
Maxine
Pocahontas Bridge
Sara Bernhardt
Julia Marlowe
G. I
Maude Adama
Lady Maceboth
Portlores
Ike Margaret Angelin
Zika
Ophelia
Shakespeare
Mary Anderson
Invenderry
Papa
Ofice
Ware House
New York
Barrie Visits Mrs Stevenson Over Samoan Family Tales
A winter visit to Mrs Stevenson brings Mr Barrie who wants her to meet his mother and share stories from Samoa. Mrs Stevenson regrets not traveling to Thrums while their son Robert Louis Stevenson is amused by his friend’s request to learn about illnesses and reunion plans.
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Mr. Barrie
Samoa
Mr. Barerie
No Doubt on Suffrage Movement Push in England
A fragment notes a militant suffrage stance urging English theatrical managers to use material from the movement. The speaker lauds its punch and impact, suggesting strong public appeal and dramatic potential for stage use.
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