Taft Gains Votes as Ohio Contests Shape Ticket Picture
Republican National Committee hearings add 117 Taft votes to raise his total to 504 on the temporary roll while awarding Foraker 2.5 votes. Ohio contests seat Taft delegates in three districts and half a vote in another, amid jockeying over credentials and the vice presidential line.
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Chicago
Republican Rational Committee
William H. Taft
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Taft
Foraker
Arthur J. Vorys
Myron T. Herrick
Herrick
National Committee
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Harry M. Daugherty
Columbus
Daugherty
Wade H. Ellis
Alll
Maryland State Bank Scandal Deepens With New Forgery Charges
Two counts accuse William Montgomery former Allegheny National Bank cashier of forging notes in violation of state law. He sits in jail awaiting federal trial on charges of abstracting $500 000 or more of bank funds and securities. Bank Examiner William L. Folds filed the charges.
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Montgomery
Pittsburg
William Montgomery
Allegheny National Bank
William L. Folds
Bowman Gets Suspended Sentence In Bank Embezzlement Case
United States Judge Young suspended the sentence of Ernest W. Bowman former cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Tionesta who pleaded guilty to abstracting about $40 000 Bowman used the funds to aid friends and has reimbursed the bank the decision was reported from Pittsburg June 11.
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Pittsburg
United States
Young
Ernest W. Bowman
Citizens’ National Bank of
Reading Company directors reorganize by reelecting officers
Reading company directors renew old officers in a reorganization. A registered parcel from Los Angeles to New York goes missing, and Mrs. Owen Jones Wister dies in Philadelphia. Yale track captain Leonard Vernon Howe, 1909, from Minneapolis, is named for next year.
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Los Angeles
New York
Owen Jones Wister
Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Leonard Vernon Howe
Minneapolis
Yale
Fairbanks
Ohio Wesleyan University
Board
Registered mail pouch worth fortunes goes missing
Los Angeles authorities report a registered mail pouch traveling from Los Angeles to New York vanished near Kansas City. The pouch reportedly contained at least 50 000 in currency and a large quantity of letters and valuables. inspectors with hold on details and the Post Office confirms a loss but cites locked handling as its limit of responsibility.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Postoffice
Kansas City Postoffice
Post Office Department
New York
Washington
M. H. Flint
W. J. Vickery
Kansas City
Flint
Raymond Hitchcock Acquitted in misconduct case
The jury found actor Raymond Hitchcock not guilty on the charges brought by young girls. Mrs. Hitchcock cried in court as her husband was embraced and congratulated by friends. Four other indictments remain. he was remanded to the Tombs with bail expected.
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New York
Raymond Hitchcock
Death of Oliver H. P. Belmont in Hempstead
Oliver H. P. Belmont aged forty nine dies at his Hempstead home from peritonitis. He served in the navy, banking, journalism and politics and was named after Lake Erie hero Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, his grand-uncle. his father was August Belmont.
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O. H. P. Belmont
New York
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Hempstead, L. L
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
H. P. Belmont
Lake Erie
Belmont
Harrisburg Capitol Furniture Trial Ends First Phase
In Harrisburg on June 11 the defense closed with closing speeches in the capitol metallic furniture contract conspiracy trial. State presented final addresses by James Scarlet and Attorney General Todd. Judge Kunkel to charge the jury tomorrow morning.
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Harrisburg
Capitol Metallic
James Scarlet
Todd
Kunkel
Nine Railroads Challenge Missouri Two Cent Fare Law
In Jefferson City on June 11 nine railroads served notice on Attorney General Hadley that they will resist in federal court any further enforcement of Missouri s two cent passenger fare law.
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Jefferson City
Hadley
Missouri
Indiana Knights Templar Meeting Report from Winona Lake
June 11 in Winona Lake Indiana reports the Knights Templar grand commandery proceeding with the event featuring leaders and organizational activities. The text notes a keynote address and local participation though details are limited by the fragmented copy.
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Indiana Knights Templar
Winona Lake
Ind
Grand Commandery
Knights Templar
Race for the Pennant: Standings and Games Across Leagues
Summary of current standings in National and American Leagues with won lost and percentages. Listings include Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg New York Philadelphia Boston St Louis Brooklyn with game results at New York Philadelphia Boston Chicago St Louis and details of batteries. American Association standings follow for Louisville Toledo Indianapolis Minneapolis Kansas City St Paul with recent game scores and pitching lineups.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Bt. Louis
Seevee
Brooklyn
R.H.E. Pittsburg
Leever
Gibson
Wiltse
Bresnahan
R.H.E. St. Louis
Lush
Ludwig
Hostetter
Sparks
Dooin
R.H.E
Fraser, Moran
Rucker
Berger
St. Louis
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
R.H.E. Detroit
Mullen
Schmidt
Newton
Lake Blair
R.H.E. Cleveland
Liebhardt
Bemis
Clarke
Young
Criger
R.H.E. Chicago
Manuel, Sullivan
Plank
Powers
Bailey
Dineen
Stephens
Cates
Street
American Association
Soat
Louisville
Toledo
Indianapolis
Columbus
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Paul
Marquard
Eubanks
Livingston
Gehring
Meyers
Slagle
Howley
Teal
Ferris
Desertions Run High Among Navy Sailors in California
Admiral Sebree reports about 1000 sailors deserted the Atlantic and Pacific fleets while in Southern California waters. Recruiting stations opened aboard ships as crews stay ashore amid generous coast hospitality. Many suffer kidney or bladder troubles. Foley's Kidney Cure is promoted as a remedy.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sebree
Atlantic
Pacific
California
Foley
Knoefe
Rabbitt Divorce Suit Dismissed After Wabash Win
South Bend Indiana June 11 Russell M Rabbitt sought a divorce from Pearl B Rabbitt in superior court only to learn she had secured a divorce in Wabash County over two months earlier The court dismissed his plea and Rabbitt appeared dumbfounded at the news of his ex wife becoming a free woman.
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South Bend
Ind
Russell M. Rabbitt
Pearl B. Rabbitt
Narrow Escape Prompts Recovery with King's New Discovery
Jonce P Mocha of Skippece Virginia recalls a 1906 spring illness marked by weakness and a severe cough. His friends feared conscription and death, but using De King s New Discovery he quickly improved after a few doses, returning to health.
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Jonce P. Mocha
Skippece
Wong Family Plans Return to Indianapolis Education
Mrs Wong Kai Kah and her family announce plans to return to Indianapolis from Shanghai to enroll their children in Knickerbocker Hall next year. The widow seeks English schooling for the children in the city that welcomed them after Mr Wong represented China at the St. Louis exposition.
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Indianapolis
Wong Kai Kah
Knickerbocker Hall
How are your bowels the doctor asks
The passage emphasizes the doctor’s routine question about constipation and links liver inactivity to serious outcomes. It markets Ayer's Pills as top liver pills, noting a long history of sale over 60 years and mentioning a questionable phrase Loar Se Pa rm.
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Ayer
Platform revision of tariff sparks Chicago debate
Senator Cullom urges prompt tariff revision as part of the Chicago platform while Tariff League officials oppose upward revision and Taft nomination. Roosevelt plans extended travel after potential private presidency, with discussions on convention length and contests shaping the Chicago gathering.
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Tariff League
Taft
American Protective Tariff League
Chicago
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
League
American Economist
Fairbanks
Cannon
Knox
Foraker
Hughes
Conkling
Cameron
Logan
General Grant
National Committee
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
White Houses
President Roosevelt
Wilde
Africa
Kermit
Bank Scandal Rumor Sparks Grand Jury Probe in Warsaw
Warsaw Indiana June 11 rumor hints a special grand jury session will probe Kosciusko County bank officers for large loans to officers and relatives without stockholder consent. State banker Charlie W Camp says full facts would reveal surprising information and criticizes cashier Abe Brubaker's management.
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Warsaw
Ind
Kosciusko County Bank
Charlies W. Camp
Camp
Abe Brubaker
Cotterman Released on Bail in Cass County
Robert H. Cotterman, indicted for first degree murder in the May 11 Galveston shooting of James T. Brown, was freed on a $10,000 bond after habeas corpus efforts failed to block his release. The Cass County jail inmate faces trial in September.
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Cotterman
Logansport
Ind
Robert H. Cotterman
James T. Brown
Galveston
Cass County
Four Children Left At Home As Woman Drowns At Clearlake
June 11 report from Laporte Indiana details Mrs. Joseph Barker aged twenty eight leaving four children aged five months to seven years unattended at home while boating with Fred Lettman a boarder. Four hours later Dettman arrives at Barker’s gasworks notify him his wife fell from the boat and drowned.
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Laporte
Ind
Lea
Joseph Barker
Fred Lettman
the Hawk
Clearlake
Dettman
Barker
Monon Excursion Tickets to Chicago for $9 Return
Monon route offers $9 round trip excursion to Chicago for Republic national convention. Tickets on sale June 18 to 19 inclusive with return valid June 37. Contact Monon passenger station agent F. H. Kaies for details.
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Monon
Chicago
F. H
Too Mountainous Tramp Through Switzerland Mocked
In a debate exchange, Stangey insists he tramped through Switzerland on the level, Dowter challenges the claim as impossible, and Stangey stands firm despite skepticism from Dowter in a Catholic Standard and Times dialogue.
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Stangey
Switzerland
Dowter
Catholic Standard and Times
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets and Testimonial
Market quotations from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo show varied grain and livestock prices with notes on receipts and a closing auction. A Mill Creek resident credits electric bitters for renewed health in a testimonial.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Homeseekers Excursions Sale Dates Listed
The notice lists homeseekers excursions to be sold on May 5 and 18 and July 1 and 21 with additional dates in September and August. The text is partly garbled but indicates organized auction events of land or property by a local authority.
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Angeat
Artsone
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