Taft Delegations Face Split Battle in Louisiana Contests
Taft allies push to seat Taft and anti-Taft delegations with half votes in Louisiana as part of a broader fight over contested delegates. The move spurs adjournment and intense pressure from Washington while Kentucky cases shape seating and raise tensions within the Taft camp.
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Chicago
Taft
Louisiana
National Committee
Friends
Secretary of War
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Powell Clayton
Hitchcock
Charlies P. Taft
E. C. Duncan
North Carolina
C. A. Lyon
Texas
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
South
Foraker
Taft Jonteraay
Apith
W. O. Bradley
Fairbanks
Shippers Push for New Laws At South Bend Conference
A conference of South Bend Manufacturers' Club leaders Indiana Railroad Commission officials and legislators aims to spark legislative action in the next session. Topics include higher coal shipment rates demurrage rules and faster railroad car service claim settlements. City and state figures discuss improving shippers interests.
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South Bend
Ind
South Bend Manufacturers’ Club
Union B. Hunt
W. J. Wood
Indiana Railroad Commission
Senator Kimbrough
Muncie
C. H. Jones
J. E. McCullough
Indianapolis
J. B. Frederick
Kokomo
Charles Herniey
Newcastle
J. W. Zartman
Indiana Manufacturers’ and Shippers’ Association
Indiana
Zartman
A Lesson in Health from Foley’s Kidney Care
An advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Care as a remedy for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims to strengthen overall health by supporting kidney function and cleansing impurities from the blood, attributed to O D Knoefel.
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Foley
Knoefel
O. D. Knoefel
Turko Persian frontier tensions flare up toward Persia
Special dispatches from St. Petersburg report Turkish forces moving from Erzerum toward Persia. Detachments have invaded Persian territory as Turkey exploits Persia's instability to seize a key strategic wedge along the frontier.
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Persia
St. Petersburg
Erzerum
Valparaiso Goes Dry After Local Saloon Closures
Valparaiso Indiana reports three saloons closed after remonstrance. Peter Kruse opened a new saloon in the Third ward. county commissioners granted a license but the city council refused. A test case will determine the ordinance legality, potentially making the city dry in March next.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Peter Kruse
Famous Hotel Burned at Newport Resort
The New Cum hotel on Cliffs avenue, a noted Newport summer resort landmark, was destroyed by fire in the early hours of June 9. No injuries are reported as firefighters battled the blaze through the morning.
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Newport
R. 1
New Cum
Cliffs Avenue
Pneumonia Patient Rebounds After Dr King's New Discovery
Jeecse P. Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a near fatal spring 1906 pneumonia attack with a severe cough. Friends urged him to try Dr Kings New Discovery. He says the remedy helped him immediately and after two and a half bottles he was well again.
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Jeecse P. Morris
Skippers
Brewers See Local Option As Biggest Political Issue
Milwaukee June 9 Brewers from across the nation attend the 48th annual convention of the United States Brewers association. President Julius Liebmann of New York says local option laws, not prohibition, pose the main question and could force brewers into politics. National Secretary Hugh F. Fox cites cleaning up disreputable saloons as a major challenge amid prohibition waves. Liebmann notes saloon regulation is complex and that brewers can impact change only through organized action, arguing local option laws fuel ongoing political agitation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States Brewers’ Association
Julius Liebmann
New York
Hugh F. Fox
Association
Liebmann
Burglary Sentence Controversy Sparks Suicide Tragedy
In Shelbyville Indiana Judge Will Sparke faces criticism from press and prosecutors over a ten to twenty year burglary sentence for sixteen year old Frank Stillwell. Stillwell hanged himself in Jeffersonville prison days after his sentencing last October. Judge Sparke says the statute requires the range of ten to twenty years for burglary.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Will Sparke
Charles Hack
Frank Stillwell
Jeffersonville
Stillwell
Shelby Circuit
Sparks
Annual Fox Hunt Planned by Southern Indiana Chasers
Mt. Vernon Ind June 9 The annual meeting and fox hunt of the Southern Indiana and Witness Fox Chasers association will be in this city August 20 with an election of officers. Members will join in a large chase in the county's western part in late August.
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Reynard
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Fox Hunt
Indiana
Witness Fox Chasers' Association
Didn’t Long Survive Brother
Evansville Indiana June. John Lennert, aged resident of Newburg, died from shock after his brother Peter Lennert was struck and killed by a bicycle rider. John suffered two paralysis strokes and passed away several days later.
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Evansville
Ind
John Lennert
Newburg
Peter Lennert
John
Steel workers resume full hours in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Indiana June 9 The Pennsylvania shops here are gradually returning to full hours and officials expect most workers to be employed with regular pay once more, restoring prior earnings after last September.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Pennsylvania
Aged Man Commits Suicide in Indiana County
Valparaiso Ind June 9 William Howell sixty a widower of Kouts committed death by own action by shooting himself in the head due to despondency after his brother dropped dead a week ago.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Wiliam Howell
Kouts
County
Howell
War Over Bonnets in Dunkard Conference
Des Moines reports tension as Ger man Baptist Brethren leaders face a potential schism during a conference at the fair grounds. Muted uproar over dress rules centers on girls abandoning traditional bonnets for hats. Ohio church leaders may be reprimanded or expelled if they fail to enforce rules.
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Des Moines
The
German Baptist Brethren
Dunkards
Fair Grounds
Dunkard
Lsy
Ohio
Attempted: Williams and Hughes Shot on Okie River
Daniel Williams age twenty and Minnie Hughes were shot by a person on shore with a shotgun while boat riding on the Okie river in Veevay Indiana. Both were wounded but expected to recover. No arrest has been made.
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Veevay
Ind
Daniel Williams
Minnie Hughes
Okie River
Drowning at Tippecanoe Lake During Outing
Dr. N. Shaw of Gaston Indiana drowned while bathing at Tippecanoe Lake after being seized by cramps and carried under. His death is reported from the state.
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Warsi
N. Shaw
Gaston
Tippecanoe Lake
Two Children Drowned in Vermilion River Incident
Ind June 9. While bath in the Vermilion river here Flora Bing and Bing Flora, aged years old respectively, got beyond their depth and were drowned.
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Ind
Bathim
Flora
Bing
Second Place Speculation for Vice President in National Conventions
Washington rumors survey potential nominees for vice president from both parties as convention time nears. Names from New Jersey and beyond circulate, with Sherman and Hughes debated, while party leaders weigh eastern versus western picks and committee chairs.
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New Jersey
Washington
Charles W. Arthur
Senate
House
Republican
Democratic
Chicago
Denver
Sherman
Utica
New York
Hughes
Jim Sherman
Taft
Empire State of the Union
McKinley
Platt
Theodore Roosevelt
Garret A. Hobart
William McKinley
St. Louis
Mark Hanna
Hobart
Hopkins
Philadelphia
Charlies Warren Fairbanks
Indiana
Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Uncle Joe
Allison
Iowa
Congress
House of Representatives
Benton
Missouri
Anthony
Rhode Island
Morgan
Alabama
Cockrel
Miscouri
Hard Coughs Win Taian Prominent Victory
A garbled reader note proclaims hard coughs win taian with advice to trust doctors and use Ayer's Guerry Pectoral for coughs and colds, urging endorsement before use and discouraging if not recommended.
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Ayer
Standings and scores from Major League pennant races
National and American leagues list wins losses and percentages with game results from Boston Philadelphia Chicago St Louis New York Brooklyn Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Battery lineups named for each park show Brown Moran Flaherty Ferguson Ball Moren Corridon Dooin Wilds Gibson Coakley McLean Pastorius Bergen Bresnahan Raymond Ludwig McGinnity Bresnahan and others. Minor association standings include Indianapolis Louisville Toledo Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul and Kansas City with batterymen Geyer Fohl Dougherty Schneiberg Roth Gillen Land Brandon Crisp Sullivan and others.
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Soat. Pet
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Brooklyn
R.hle
Brown, Moran, Flaherty, Ferguson, Ball
R.H.E
Moren, Corridon
Dooin
Wilds
Gibson
Coakley
McLean
Pastorius
Bergen
Raymond, Ludwig
McGinnity
Bresnahan
American Association
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Columbus
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Rh.e. Columbus
Geyer
Fohl
Dougherty
Dougherty, Schneiberg, Roth. At Toledo— Rhe. Adred 00211100 8101 Kansas City
Gillen
Land
Brandon
Crisp, Sullivan
Court's Prompt Action In Rail Thief Case
James Crawford alias R A Gaver, a railroad ticket thief, was moved from South Bend to Richmond and sentenced within thirty minutes to an Indeterminate term of ten to twenty years for burglary at the Pennsylvania station in Hagerstown last April.
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Richmond
Ind
James Crawford
R. A. Gaver
South Bend
Pennsylvania
Hagerstown
Railroad In Receiver's Hands After Court Action
In Toledo in United States court the Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad was placed in the hands of a receiver B A Worthington of Cleveland was named receiver and gave bond of 100000. The American Car Wheel company petition claimed debts of 28000000.
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Toledo
United States
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
B. A. Worthington
Cleveland
American Car Wheel Company
Flood warnings issued along Mississippi river stretch
Flood warnings cover the Mississippi River from Keokuk to Hannibal as rising waters threaten communities. In Grand Rapids Michigan a fire destroyed Turner Street School and four nearby residences causing $30,000 in losses. Police report multiple incidents and arrests across several towns.
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Mississippi River
Keokuk
Hannibal
St. Louis
Turner Street
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles P. Corlett
Corlett Engineering Company
Cleveland
Galesburg
Ill
Henry A. Buchtel
Colorado
Overland Park
Anthony Colligan
The Talented Daughter and Political Rumors
Mrs Ruth Leavitt is repeatedly denied involvement in political campaigning. The piece notes false stories about her challenging Nicholas Longworth and an alleged Denver convention delegate role. It mentions Leavitt’s return from abroad with his wife and his husband William H Leavitt maintaining a studio in Paris.
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Democratic
Ruth
Ruth Bryan Leavite
Leavit
The
Democratic Statesman
Leavitt
Nicholas Longworth
Hsts
Denver
Colorado
Mr. Leavitt
Wiliam H. Leavitt
Reunion of United Confederates Veterans Opens in Birmingham
The United Confederates Veterans annual reunion begins in Birmingham with rivalry over the next commander to succeed General Stephen D. Lee. Generals Cabell and Evans lead seniorities and strong campaigning efforts in the Trans Miss department and Tennessee division. The gathering opens at 10 o'clock under General George P. Harrison.
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United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
United Confederates Veterans
Stephen D. Lee
Cabell
trans-Mississippi Department
Clement A. Evans
Georgia
Department of Tennessee
Geo. P. Harrison
Alabama
Riddle on a Crawling Creature At School
A schoolroom riddle asks boys to name a creature that does not stand on feet and moves by crawling on the ground. The exchange features a pupil named Jahasyq and a request from Loades as part of a Tit Bits page.
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Jahasyq
Market quotations for grain and livestock values
Prevailing prices from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and New York markets show wheat at No 2 red 92c in Cincinnati and 9c in Chicago while corn No 2 mixed 51?4c at Indianapolis. Cattle range 3.50 to 7.78 at Chicago and New York 3.75 to 7.50 with hogs 3.75 to 6.90 and lambs 4.00 to 9.60 across markets.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
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