Republican National Convention Opens in Chicago 1908
The Chicago Coliseum hosts the Republican national convention with Harry S New presiding as temporary chairman and Senator Julius Caesar Burrows delivering the first major speech. Officials are named for leadership roles as committees begin to organize and set the stage for nominations.
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Senator Burrows
Michigan
Julius Caesar Burrows
Roosevelt
Taft
Burrows
Asher C. Hinds
Congress
Hinds
Reed
Henderson
Cannon
Fas
New
Captain New
P. J. Muldoon
Chicago
Elmer Dove
Ohio
The
Republic National Committee
Pesvene
Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup Praised in Letter
W R Ward of Dyeraburg Virginia writes a testimonial praising Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a thorough practical remedy for chronic constipation. The letter is signed O D Knoefel.
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W. R. Ward
Dyeraburg, Venu
O D. Knoefel
Statewide prohibition shelved by Louisiana legislature
The Louisiana legislature shelved the question of statewide prohibition. The Mexican congress adjourned after one of its busiest sessions in recent years. The recount in New York mayoralty shows Hearst up 288 votes. An auto plunged off a pier in New York. three drowned. Chairman New supporters urge reelection. he has not permitted claims. Governor Guild resumes Massachusetts duties after illness leave. Dispatches cite insurrection chatter in Cuba. credibility low. The president appoints Lingenfelter U S attorney and Hodgins U S marshal for Idaho district.
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Louisiana
Missouri
Kansas City
New York
Wm. R. Hearst
Weat Fifty-sixth Street
Friends
New
Guild
Massachusetts
Mexico
Cubs
Havana
C. H. Lingenfelter
United States
Shadro
Notable Skippers Man Recovers From Pneumonia Battle
Jesse P Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a near fatal pneumonia in spring 1906. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with rapid relief from coughing and weakness and reports full recovery after two and a half bottles.
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Jesse P. Morris
Skippers
Dr. King
Rome
Cloughe
Lang Gleenes
Indiana Split Over Fairbanks Venture for Second Place
The Indiana and Iowa Republican factions clash over whether to urge Vice President Fairbanks for a second-place slot or retire his name. Indiana delegates express strong support to keep Fairbanks in the presidential race, while others push for his move to vice president, with state leaders and nominees divided on strategy.
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Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Cummins
B. F. Carroll
Dollivers
Carroll
Allison
Senate
George D. Perkins
Dolliver
Doliver
Delnver
Fairbanks
Hemenway
Hanly
James P. Goodrich
State Central Committee
Jos. B. Keating
John C. Zulauf
Jeffersonville
J. Monahan
Orleans
Wm. A. Guthrie
Dupont
J. M. Bauer
Lawrenceburg
Charles A. Bookwaiter
Indianapolis
J. A. Kautz
Kokomo
James E. Watson
Watnem
Mer. Fairbanks
Watson
Fremont C. Goodwine
Fred Sims
James Bingham
Billbelmer
Supreme Court
Meyers
RACE FOR THE PENNANT Big Leagues Standings and Scores
Baseball standings shown for National and American Leagues with team records and bat tery notes. A Gravesend police patrol monitors betting rings and directs arrests for bettors.
Kidney cure promise in early health advertisement
An old advertisement asserts that a healthy kidney filters blood and that Voley's Kidney Cure will cure kidney and bladder troubles. It claims to strengthen the whole system and promotes Knoefel as a source.
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Voley
Victims Shot at Home in Suspected Burglary
Paris June 16. Mr and Mrs George Elliott were seriously wounded at their home last night. Mrs Elliott was shot in the forehead as she passed the kitchen door. Her husband, Stooping to aid her, was shot. Elliott, a well to do retired businessman, is expected to die. police suspect a burglar entered the house and fired when surprised.
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Paris
Jil
George Elliott
Shortage Grows Prompt Action Called for City Treasurer Case
Bloomington Indiana June 16. Developments show the Harry A Axteil deficiency may reach about sixty thousand dollars. Mrs Redrick Wiley the treasurer’s mother-in law appears on bank notes and other securities totaling eleven thousand three hundred dollars. Three notes signed by her join the irregularities of forty thousand nine hundred ten dollars and ninety seven cents with seven thousand two hundred dollars added for suspected city books shortages. Experts Charles Springer and H D Orchard report and a hurry up city council meeting is set to act at once.
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Bloomington
Ind
Harry A. Axteil
Redrick Wiley
Real
Charles Springer
H. D. Orchard
Jealous husband shoots rival in Terre Haute tragedy
In Terre Haute Indiana William R Gibbons killed Edward Roserath after finding him with his wife Mrs Gibbons who had left him in March seeking a divorce Roserath and Gibbons clashed over the wayward spouse eye witnesses confirm the brick reaching claim and the pair were young adults former steel worker and painter both under 25 with a married sister housing Roserath.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William R. Gibbons
Edward Roserath
Tragedy of Berry Patch in Hammond
Fresk Gruel a 15 year old Hobart youth lies dying at his father's home after an early morning raid on N. P. Isaacson strawberry patch. Isaacson fired wounding Gruel as two accomplices fled. Gruel crawled a mile and a half to a house with seventy five buckshot in his body and cannot recover.
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Hammond
Ind
Cole Trial In Progress In Anderson Indiana
Ora Cole, on trial in the circuit court for second degree murder, pleads not guilty claiming self defense after stabbing George Leever in self defense in his home last August. Leever attacked with a chair before Cole stabbed him. Leever's widow, married about three months, testifies as a witness amid two continuances.
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Cole
Anderson
Ind
Ora Cole
George Leever
Circuit
Leever
Hartford City Man Threatens Self Follows Troubled Life
Chas. M. Glover thirty five formerly private secretary to Mayor Bockwalter and son of John B. Glover of Indianapolis made repeated threats to take his life by prussic acid. His body was found in bed at the Hotel Ingram where he had been staying. Excessive drinking and family troubles believed to be the cause.
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Hartford City
Ind
Chas. M. Glover
Bockwalter
John B. Glover
Indianapolis
Ingram
Coroner’s Jury Hints Outsider Possible in Family Crime
A coroner’s jury expressed the possibility the crime was committed by someone outside the family, noting uncertainties about the motive and the suspect’s identity while reviewing the case details.
Penciling Potatoes in a Seid Near His Wareew
Readable fragments report a man named Wareew involved in a pencing potato task at a Seid location. The OCR text is garbled. only scattered terms remain to hint at a local scene or incident.
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Wareew
Ee Sree
Convention at Work Machinery Bet in Motion for Highest Office
Chicago June 16 Special The Republican national convention opens in a grand hall with buyers of tickets streaming in as patriotic music fills the Coliseum. Delegates and guests fill every balcony while speculation centers on the presidency and possible third term challenges to Roosevelt.
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Chicago
Harry S. New
Indiana
Chicago Coliseum
Charles W. Arthur
Coliseum
White House
Roosevelt
St Louis
Bryan
Deve
Ayer’s Pills Promotion Noted in 19th Century Ad
An early advertisement touts Ayer’s Pills as aiding nature by daily cleansing the body. It warns of undigested material and poisonous substances accumulating if not removed, implying health trouble if pills are not used regularly.
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Ayer
Local fire damages stable on West Ninth Street
Fire last night damaged a Jobo Zenor stable between Main Street and the railroad by about 650 in value. Children playing in the alley started the blaze. Indiana National Guard members hosted a smoker at the armory on Pearl and Markes Streets for marksmanship contest participants. Initiation of four candidates by Galena Lodge of Odd Fellows is planned next Saturday with degrees by Hope, Georgetown, and Greenville lodges. Funeral services for William MacPherson were held from his mother's home on West Market Street with Rev. Frank T Porter officiating and burial at Fairview cemetery. Mrs. Louise Adams, sister of Robert Zoemisch, died by suicide at 1990 West Walnut Street, Louisville, after her brother's death. City Clerk Short issued building permits to Emery, Lyons, Tripler, and Turner for cottages and remodeling projects. Central Christian Sunday School class plans an 8:15 pm entertainment featuring skits and songs, including "A Matrimonial Advertisement" and "Wanted a Wife."
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Jobo Zenor
West Ninth Street
Main Street
William MacPherson
Emma MacPherson
Weet Market Street
Frank T Porter
Park
Louise Adams
Robert Zoemisch
Louisville
West Walnut Street
Short
J .S. Emery
Vincennes
Thomas Street
John J. Lyons
West Seventh
Market
Main Streets
Mary E Tripler
Spring Streets
W. J. Turner
West Third
Fourth
Central Christian Sunday School
Fay Lewis
Ruth Benson
Erma Sagabiel
Messrs
Roy Benesco
Okra Tyre
Missea Edna Sagabiel
Ethel Walls
Ethel Reid
Viola Irvin
Pearl Sands
Messra Roy Bencon
Modes of the Moment in Summer Fashion
The finest linen suits feature rich embroidery and high prices. Summer gowns show deep taffeta hems and Napoleon collars as novelties in severe tailored styles. Long sleeves prevail, skirts are plain with a cling, and tight fitting yokes or yokeless cuts hug the hips closely.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Plays and Players in Brief Entertainment Notes
Salomy Jane is being staged by stock companies. Ellis Jeffreys plans a Langdon Mitchell play but will not stage it in this country. Elfe Fay, a vaudeville star, is rumored to wed Lt. D. Piettri of the navy. A theater for Henry Miller is proposed in Chicago bearing his name. Julian Eltinge, famed female impersonator, will appear with George Evans Honey Boy Minstrels.
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Salomy Jane
Ellis Jeffreys
Langdon Mitchell
Elfe Fay
D. Piettri
Navy
Henry Miller
Chicago
Julian Eltinge
George Evans
Roosevelt Boom Movement Hopes for Key Delegated Roll Call
The Roosevelt camp claims to have secured a meet delegate from a non Alabama state to present the president's name at the convention. Former Representative Thomas W W Phillips says Roosevelt will be sprung, but will not reveal the delegate or state. He predicts a Taft stampede if Roosevelt is named forcefully before nominations.
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Chicago
Alabama
Thomas W.W. Phillips
Newcastle
Roosevelt
Taft
Phillips
Literary Notes and Jokes On Publishing Taste
A brisk note on booming books and popular cereals like oatmeal in Scotland. The piece mocks metropolitan attention to a Flatiron building top story while praising live human characters in a city directory and a telephone booth as a source of daily insight. John Kendrick Bangs cited.
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Scotland
Barris
Stevenson
Metropolia
City Directory
Hart
John Kendrick
Bangs
Judge
English Etchings and Empire Facts Reported
An item notes the British empire including 6 2,000 rivers and cites a 1,800 year old tombstone found in a church at Fordington Mag landé n. An Italian ice dealer told a clerk that after forty years in England his only English phrase is “How much.” The House of Lords is described with 616 total members across ranks and regions.
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Fordington
Maglandé
Clerkenwell
England
House of Lords
Carla
Derent
Market Quotations from Indianapolis to Buffalo and Chicago
Grain and livestock prices across markets show mixed results. Wheat No 2 red near 68 to 70 cents, corn No 2 about 68 to 73 cents, oats around 4 to 6 cents, and hay values range from 7 to 10 dollars per ton. Cattle and hog prices vary by region with steers near 5 to 8 dollars, hogs around 4 to 6 dollars, and lambs around 4 to 7 dollars. Receipts include several thousand hogs and cattle across cities like Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago New York and East Buffalo.
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Indianapolia Grain and
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John R. Malloy
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Greenfield
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M. W. Blumenberg
Stephen R. Mason
William O. Walters
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Lorenzo D. Case
Chas. Brooks Smith
Parkersburg
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Ernest Walker Smith
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Conn
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M. J. Tobin
Vinton
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Kan
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Concord
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Thomas W. Williamson
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Beaudette
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Graham
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Blair
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Glaze, Morgan, McFarlan, Powell, Blue
American Association
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Toledo
Wee
Minneapolis
ATI
Milwaukee
Wseeve
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R.H.E. St. Paul
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R.H.E. Columbus
Rogers
James
Wilson
Block
Puttmann, Hughes
Bateman, Roth
Slagle
Livingston
Egan, Sullivan
Gravesend
Axtell
Building Association
Wm. R. Gibbons
Company O
Indiana National Guard
Pearl and
Markes Streets
Galena Lodge of Odd Fellows
Hope Lodge
Georgetown Lodge
Greenville Lodge
Charles Rochenrath
Indian Creek
Fish and Game Commission
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Charles L. Jewety
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