Sulzer Chosen Governor Nominee by New York Democrats
William Sulzer of New York City was nominated for governor by the Democratic State convention on the fourth ballot after Governor Dix withdrew. Martin H. Glynn was named lieutenant governor, with Parker elected permanent chairman amid sharp platform debate and intraparty clashes over Murphy and Osbornes remarks.
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Syracuse
N. Y
W William Sulzer
Congress
New York City
Sulzer
Dix
Martin H. Glynn
Alton B. Parker
Judge Parker
Thomas M. Osborne
Auburn
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Osborne
Murphy
New York County
M. H. Glynn
al Dany
William Sulzer
George B. Burke
Buffalo
Herman A. Metz
New York
Joseph A. Kellogg
Kellogg
Metz
Glynn
Francis Burton Harrison
Mr. Sulzer
Balkan Armies On War Footing Under Balkan Confederation
Sofia reports Bulgaria Servia Montenegro and Greece named King Ferdinand head of united Balkan armies. Most Balkan states mobilize though Romania withholds action. France Britain and Russia urge peace while warlike rumors resurface over Crete and Turkish actions toward Greek vessels.
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Bulgaria
Servia
Montenegro
Greece
Ferdinand
London
Sofia
Balkan States
Roumania
Balkan
Constantinople
Turkey
Crete
Vanderbilt Cup tragedy near Milwaukee claims Brown and Schudalari
David Bruce Brown a wealthy New York sportsman perishes in a Vanderbilt Cup eve accident at the Watosa course. His mechanic Tony Schudalari is fatally injured when Brown’s Fiat at ninety miles an hour loses a rear tire and the car crashes into a field.
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Milwaukee
Wis
David Bruce Brown
New York
Tony Schudalari
Vi @watosa
Pince Brown
Houston Exposition Draws Large Crowds at City Auditorium
The made in Houston exposition at the city auditorium grows in attendance this week. The Chamber of Commerce officers and directors who organized the fair are receiving many congratulations as thousands visit daily and the crowds continue to swell.
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Houston
Tex
City Auditorium
Chamber of Commerce
Cattle Shipped From Mexico Through Laredo
In Laredo Texas on Tuesday thirty four cattle carloads totaling 1244 head moved from Mexico. Judge Thomas of La Salle county owned 1000 head sent to his ranch and Walter Craig of East Texas owned 244 head went to the Fort Worth market.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Judge Thomas
la Salle County
Walter Craig
East Texas
Fort Worth
Trooper Polk Shot and Killed at Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio news reports a Negro trooper named Polk of the Ninth Cavalry was shot seven times and killed at Fort Sam Houston Monday night about midnight by sentinel O Hara. Polk allegedly entered a captain's quarters on border duty and attacked the captain's wife.
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San Antonio
Tex
Polk
Ninth Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Sentinel O'Hara
Railroads Keep Hearne Busy With Cotton Trade
Hearne Texas reports heavy railroad traffic with all lines handling a heavy business. Many extra crews have been added as cotton movement stays strong through the month.
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Hearne
Tex
Old Board Is Re elected At San Antonio Railroad Meeting
In San Antonio Texas a stockholders meeting of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad elected the same board of directors and officers as before in a harmonious session. The re elected directors will continue in their posts.
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Old Board
San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio and Araneas Pass
Boy Sacrifices Leg to Save Stranger Girl
Gary Indiana a crippled newsboy William Rugh donated 150 square inches of skin from his leg to graft onto 18 year old Ethel Smith badly burned saving her life. The boy offered despite unknown relation and faced protest from the girl's mother before the operation and a postponed wedding. Dr J A Craig led the grafting and married Miss Mary Arnold of Lebanon Pa.
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Gary
William Rugh
Ethel Smith
Rugh
J. A. Craig
Mary Arnold
Lebanon
Good Roads Fund to Reach $16 Million This Year
Announcement at the American Roads Congress session says members of the United States will donate one third of 1 percent of their gross returns for 1913. The fund is expected to total about $16,000,000, aimed at improving roads nationwide.
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Atlantic City
N. J
American Roads Congress
United States
Houston Buyers Win Canal Sale In Brownsville
The Brownsville Irrigation Company's canal system was sold for 57000 dollars by Receiver RK E Brooks Jr of Houston. Frank Williford Jr led the winning bid for Houston interests, acquiring 32 miles of canals a pumping plant and about 2700 acres of land.
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Brownsville
Tex
Brownsville Irrigation Company
RK. E. Brooks, Jr
Houston
Frank Williford, Jr
Bail Refused for Sneed in Amarillo Murder Case
Judge J N Brown refused bail to J Beal Sneed in the murder of Al G Boyce Jr on September 14 in Amarillo Texas. Defense attorneys filed notice of appeal and the case will go to Austin once records are prepared.
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Amarillo
Tex
J. N. Browning
Forty-Seventh District Court
J. Beal Sneed
al G. Boyce, Jr
Austin
Bond Issue for Shell Road Passes in Richmond Texas
An election approved $175,000 bonds to build a shell road from the Brazos river bridge at Richmond to Thompson and through town to the Santa Fe station. The issue carried by a good majority.
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Richmond
Tex
Brazos River
Thompson
Santa Fe
Good Roads Election Fails in Cameron County
Taxpayers in Cameron County Texas rejected a bond proposal of 250000 dollars for road improvements. The measure failed to reach the required two thirds majority in Tuesday voting.
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Brownsville
Tex
Cameron County
Flinn Reveals Campaign Cash Given to Roosevelt Effort
William Flinn of Pittsburgh testified to Senate spending on the Roosevelt primary effort, confessing he contributed about $144,338 to Roosevelt, the Republican and Progressive campaigns in Pennsylvania. Eton H. Hooker produced Roosevelt national committee records showing $141,657.44 spent before Chicago, with notable sums to New York and Massachusetts campaigns and to Perkins Munsey and Hanna.
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Washington
William Flinn
Pittsburg
Roosevelt
Progressive National
Eton H. Hooker
New York
Progressive National Committee
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Chicago
Flinn
Penrose
Israel W. Durham
Pennsylvania
M. S. Quay
Mr.Flinn
Archbold
Standard Oil
Mr. Flinn
Hooker
Roosevelt National Committee
Massachusetts
Mr. Hooker
George W. Perkins
Frank A. Munsey
Hanna
Wiley for Wilson Debuts as Democratic Campaign Speaker
Terre Haute Indiana Wednesday Dr Harvey W Wiley former chief of the federal bureau of chemistry attacked Colonel Roosevelt accusing him of taking credit for the pure food and drug act Wiley said he would support Governors Wilson and Marshall in the coming election.
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Wiley
Wilson
Terre Haute
Ind
Harvey W. Wiley
Federal Bureau of Chemistry
Roosevelt
Marshall
Russell killed near Durango by Mexican rebels
Confirmation from the state department that Hubert L. Russell, an American, was killed last Sunday near Durango by a band led by Luis Caso. The report confirms the fatal incident and identifies the rebel group responsible.
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Washington
Hubert L. Russell
Durango
State Department
Luis Caso
Martial law declared in Forsyth County Georgia
Governor Joseph M Brown proclaimed martial law in Forsyth County as militia arrived in Cumming to try two of four companies and six African American suspects accused of assault and murder of two white women.
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Atlanta
Joseph M. Brown
Forsyth County
Cumming
Congressman Anderson Killed in Ohio Car Crash
Congressman Carl Co. Anderson of Fostoria died instantly when the automobile he rode in overturned on Tuesday in Fostoria Ohio. Local authorities reported the crash details and identified Anderson as the passenger. The incident shocked the community and drew statements from local officials.
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Anderson
Fostoria
Ohio
Carl Co. Anderson
Mexico City Official Hopes End to Disturbances This Week
A Mexico City official predicts revolutionary unrest will end soon and a mortal blow to Orozco's army may come this week, while public optimism wanes and Congress faces potential loan obstacles. Reports show mixed progress across Michoacan Durango and Vera Cruz with new rebel activity in central Vera Cruz and ongoing raids in other states.
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Mexico City
Orozco
Congress
Zapatistas
Morelos
Guerrero
Mexico
Vera Cruz
General Aguilar
Michoacan
Durango
Radeches
Blanquet
Coahuila
Pascual Orozco
Muzquiz
Marcelo Caraveo
Monterey
Rodriguez
Rurales
Caraveo
Bernado Reyes
Linares
De Palma wins Vanderbilt Cup on Wauwatosa course
Milwaukee racer Ralph De Palma in a Mercedes captured the eighth Vanderbilt Cup, finishing 299 miles 2,764 feet in 4 hours 20 minutes 31.54 seconds at about 69 mph. He topped an eight car field, repeating a strong Elgin road race form from a month earlier and beating last year’s Savannah speed by five mph.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ralph de Palma
Elgin
Wauwatosa
Savannah
Greece mobilizes forces by sea and land
Athens reports the Greek government ordered general mobilization of armed units by sea and land on Monday. The move follows Balkan fears that Turkish army mobilization and regional tensions may push Ankara toward war as a solution to the crisis.
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Athens
Balkan
Turkey
Porte
Beaumont Organizes Deep Water Jubilee Committee
The Beaumont deep water jubilee committee was formed to celebrate the completion of a deep water channel to the seas. F. M. Law of First National Bank was chosen president.
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Beaumont
Tex
F. M. Law
First National Bank
San Benito Plans Self-Run Sewerage System
San Benito Texas moves toward supervising its sewerage project with bonds totaling 30000 issued earlier. The town aims to fund and manage construction of its own system locally.
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San Benito
Tex
Texan to Be Shot In Tampico Case At Texas Governor Interest
J. N. Carson of Texas with ties to Kingsland Llano county is under sentence to be shot at Tampico. Governor Colquitt has taken an interest in the condemned man.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
J. N. Carson
Kingsland
Llano County
Tampico
Colquitt
Potteries Prosperity in U S 1911 Clay Output
The United States pottery industry produced $34 518 560 worth of goods in 1911 up from $33 784 678 in 1910, a gain of $733 882. Ohio led with $14 774 265, followed by New Jersey $8 401 941, West Virginia $2 880 202, New York $2 178 364, Pennsylvania $2 156 817, and Indiana $1 004 737. no other state exceeded one million dollars.
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United States
United States Geological Survey
Jefferson Middletown
Ohio
New Jersey
West Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Man bets on a cantaloupe as odds loom in Toledo
A Toledo Blade quotation notes a man wearing a grin and a cantaloupe in a bleak hatter’s rhyme about risk and fate. The wry line comments on vanity and fate with a sly grin.
The Anxious Seat Revelation
A fragmented dialogue shows Father and Johnny in a tense domestic moment. Johnny asks about slippers while the father requests a slipper with an expletive-like command as the scene hints at underlying conflict.
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Johnny
Cold Blooded and Be Guineer!t in Tax ro Ame Chilis
Reverend James from Gainesville Texas touts Cheathan's Culll roea as a cure for fever and chills, claiming it cured when other remedies failed. The product is sold and advertised by A B Richards Medicine in Sherman Texas and by all dealers.
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James
Gainesville
Tex
A.B. Richards
Sherman
Texas
Dialogue on Cleaning Etiquette In Old Era Prose
A brief exchange features a quiping line about scrubbing with avidity. The woman replies she uses soap, highlighting a rustic humor and era voice in the text.
Oxidine Promises Fight Malaria and Strength
As a summer tonic Oxidine is advertised to build up the system and prevent malaria with regular use. The ad notes a regular and tasteless formula available at druggists. It also claims sympathy for those crippled by heat is scarce.
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Adv
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