Hester and Greenwood Run in Local Political Nominations
George Hester declares as Republican candidate for Congress in the Thin district. Charles B. Greenwood seeks the Republican nomination for County Treasurer in the November 6, 1906 election. T. B. Lone runs for County Commissioner First District with bid set for the November 6, 1908 vote.
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George H. Hester
Conventan
William Newhouse
Floyd County
Benjamin E. Detrick
Charles B. Greenwood
T. B. Lone
Comeie
Bloodshed in Cuba as troops clash with insurgents near Camerones
Dispatches from Cienfuegos and Havana describe a brutal engagement near Camerones where fifty government troops were routed by General Guzman's insurgents with heavy casualties. Separate reports note insurgent repulse near Palmira and fatalities among rural guards in Santiago de Las Vegas and Canasi.
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Cienfuegos
Guzman
Camerones
Havana
Santa Clara
Valie
Palmira
Tatarbull
Mayato
Figueroa
Delgado
Santiago de Las Vegas
Canasi
No Progress in Cuban Peace Talks Despite Suspended Hostilities
Havana reports no clear path to a settlement as Liberals demand restored deserters and clergy, insist on broader guarantees. Moderates wait. Menocal says suspensions extend to Pinar del Rio to aid peace talks. Liberals hope to force Palma’s resignation and seek Mendez Capote to succeed. In Goldfield, Battling Nelson recovers after beating by Gans. he travels to Truckee for fishing. Nolan family headed to Chicago. Siler leaves for San Francisco.
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Havana
Menocal
Santa Clara
Pinar del Rio
Liberala
Palma
Mendez Capote
Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Joe Gans
Truckee
Gane
Nolan
Chicago
Siler
San Francisco
Close of Irrigation Congress Chooses Sacramento Next
Boine Idaho September 7 The fourteenth national irrigation congress closed voting to hold the next congress at Sacramento California and electing Governor Chamberlain of Oregon as president for the fifteenth congress.
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Boine
Idaho
Fourteenth
National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
Cal
Chamberlain
Oregon
American Straight Winner in Marblehead Yacht Race
Marblehead Mass September 7 Yesterday's race was the third in a series between American yachts for the seas. Vim owned by Commodore Park of the Yacht Club of New York won, as reported.
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Marblehead
Mass
Aeas
Bryan to Campaign Twenty Day Tour Starts Today
Lincoln Neb Sept 7 Mr William J Bryan and Mrs Bryan express thanks for a warm reception in New York and at Lincoln on Wednesday night He notes the Lincoln crowd was the largest he ever addressed He will speak at the state fair grounds this evening and then at Fairview Sept 10 he begins a tour of nearly twenty days through central and southeastern states returning around Oct 1.
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Lincoln, Neb
New York
William J. Bryan
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
State Fair Grounds
Bryan
Borth Central
Bloodthirsty Boy
In St. Petersburg on September 7 a meeting of university students from Social Democratic and Social Revolutionist groups decided not to oppose the October 14 university reopening. A strong resentment among students grows at being deprived of education, while arriving students include a Warsaw youth who claims to have killed sixteen policemen or soldiers with his own band.
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St. Petersburg
Warsaw
Bis
Baseball scores from five leagues update standings
In National League games the Reds, Cardinals, and Giants posted wins and losses across city matchups. The American League saw Cleveland and Detroit clashing with St Louis and Chicago while New York defeated Boston. American Association results feature Milwaukee, St Paul, Columbus, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, and Toledo in varied outcomes with several games completed and one halted at dusk.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Pittsburg
Brooklyn
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Columbus
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Louisville
Toledo
Woman's Fatal Curiosity Delivers Tragic Lodging House Death
Seattle Sept 7 Mrs Emma Dailey proprietor of a lodging house was shot and killed by a burglar trap hidden in a trunk set by a lodger. She had asked aloud I wonder if one of my boys will open the trunk and turning the key triggered the trap. She cried I'm shot and fell dead.
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Seattle
Waeh
Emma Dailey
Banker Stendard Seeks Early Return to Chicago
Assistant State's Attorney Barbour reports a Tangier inquiry from Olsen asking Washington to permit Stendard to return to Chicago without delay for legal documents. Stendard is said willing to come immediately, awaiting clearance.
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Tangier
Chicago
Aassistant
Barbour
Olsen
Washington
Stendard
Cannon Predicts Roosevelt Not President Before 1912
Rockland Maine September 7. Speaker Joseph Cannon urged re election of Representative Littlefield in a talk stressing that stranger events could keep Theodore Roosevelt from the presidency until 1912. He followed a review of William J Bryan's recent utterances.
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Joe
Rockland
Roosevelt
Joseph Cannon
Representative Littlefield
Aeronaut's Fatal Fall at Jefferson County Fair
At the Jefferson county fair in Oskaloosa Kansas on September 7 a first flight balloonist Jerry Turner plummeted 200 feet from a trapeze suspended from a parachute and died instantly before a crowd of 2060 spectators. An advertisement promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a tonic with claims of wide penetration.
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Oskalooza
Kan
Jefferson County
Jerry Turner
Hollister
Jno
A. Ziegelbaur
Charlestown Celebrates 100th Founding Anniversary
Charlestown Indiana hosts 25th annual meeting of Clark County Old Settlers Association. The town and fairgrounds are dressed for the centennial event drawing about 15,000 attendees yesterday.
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Charlestown
Ind
Ihs
Old Settlers’ Association of
Clark County
Remarkable Recovery of Kenneth Molver in Maine
Kenneth Molver of Vanceboro Maine survived a life threatening condition after three doctors gave him up The patient credits Dr Kings New Discovery with saving his life The testimonial cites cures for worst colds bronchitis and influenza and notes the product is sold at Charles D Knocfel s drug store.
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Kenneth Molver
Vanceboro
Chas. D. Kncofel
Bank Scandal Ties to Real Estate Trust Directors
State Banking Commissioner Berkey and special examiners will probe the defunct Real Estate Trust company after directors certified accuracy of reports later found false. Receiver Earle plans to reopen with 30 percent cash, 30 percent preferred stock, 40 percent within sixty days, while Segal North and Collingwood face trial.
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Philadelphia
Barle
Berkey
Charles M. Vollum
Meyer Goldsmith
Earle
Adolph Segal
William E. F. North
Martins. Collingwood
State Banking Department
Bell
Segal
North
Collingwood
Hipple
Trust Company
Amador Resigns Rumor Follows Panama Assembly Vote
The national assembly elects J G Obaldi as vice president by eighteen votes Federico Boyd as second vice president by twenty five votes and Rafael Aisepuru as third vice president by fifteen votes. Rumors persist that President Amador wishes to retire after Roosevelt's upcoming visit if the assembly choices meet his approval.
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Amador
Panama
National Assembly
J. G. Obaldi
Federico Boyd
Rafael Aisepuru
Roosevelt
Mother Beheads Two Children in Putnam County
In Columbus Grove Ohio on September 7 Mrs Henry Knippen a farmer's wife near Cloverdale Putnam county decapitated her two children a three year old boy and a one and a half year old girl She then went to a neighbor and confessed asking them to come and see the severed remains prompting police inquiry and investigation of the shocking case
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Columbus Grove
Henry Knippen
Cloverdale
Putnam County
Ian
Rheumatism Cure Claim Advertises 24 Hour Relief
An old advertisement touts Smith's impound as a remedy for rheumatism gout back and sciatica. It promises relief within 24 hours and states the treatment removes the cause so that deformity is not feared.
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Smith
Dream of Centuries Realized by Amundsen in Northwest Passage
The Norwegian expedition aboard the Gjoa completed the northwest passage reaching the Bering Strait. Captain Roald Amundsen departed Norway in 1903, established bases in Leopold Harbor and King William's Island, located the true magnetic pole near Franklin’s monument, and announced success from Ft. Egbert Alaska before returning to the Gioa.
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Christiana
Gjoa
Bering Strait
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Northwest Passage
Leopold Harbor
King William’s Island
Sir John Franklin
King Point
Mackenzie River
Amundsen
Ft. Egbert
Eagle City
Alaska
Gioa
Gijon
Hauled by the Dean tale from Oxford life
An English Cap and Gown vignette recounts the dean rebuking a student for aiding in a fellow’s ducking. The offender answers calmly that he took “the left leg,” illustrating a sly, humorous retort in campus lore.
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Oxford
Remark on Philippine captivity torture and cure by electricity
A reclist narrator recalls torture by savage tribes in the Philippines and shares a testimonial about three months of inflammation relief finally cured by three bottles of Electric Bitters, attributed to W. M. Sherman of Cushing, Maine.
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Philippines
W. M. Sherman
Cushing
Boyed de
Local Notices and Upcoming Court Terms In Harrison County
New Albany Elks meet tonight at Pearl street Home. Harrison circuit court terms begin next Monday in Corydon. Louis Ulmer will address a prohibition meeting tomorrow night at Milltown. Blanche Wilson sues Jesse Wilson for divorce alleging cruel treatment. married October 20, 1900. attorney J. B. James. Rev. B F Cato returns from vacation to preach next Sunday. Cato reports 37 sermons and 20 church additions. Voters must establish legal residence to vote in November. 60 days in county and 30 days in precinct. Polling begins tomorrow with second poll in 30 days.
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Blanche Wilson
Jesse Wilson
J. B. James
B F. Cato
Central Christian Church
Pereona
Social Roundup of Visits and Travelers
Miss Mayme McCory visits Salem friends while Edward Meyer plans an eastern trip. Congressman W T Zenor of Corydon stops in the city. Ezra Lanning and family visit Salem. Grace Bradford returns from Anna Davis visit. Mrs John Bache returns from Richmond Indiana with her son Dr Frederick Bache. Bessie Waggoner of Washington Indiana guests Mr and Mrs A O Stelle. Mrs Norton Brown, mother of Mrs I P Park, is gravely ill in Galens. Fred Spence family of Fredonia Kansas return home after visiting relatives. P N Curl and Mamie visit Springfield and Paris Illinois then return. Mrs Mary OConnor of St Louis returns home after visiting her mother. W A Beach of Hedden Dry Goods Co returns from an eastern trip. Hieron Beach reenters West Point. Sunshine Circle at Wesley Chapel entertained by Miss Barbara Dieckman at 300 West Second. Katherine Willett leaves for Ursuline Curvent in Brown County Ohio with mother Mary K Willett.
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Edward Meyer
W.T. Zenor
Corydon
Ezra Lanning
Salem
Grace Bradford
Anna Davis
John Bache
Frederick Bache
Richmond
Ind
Bessie Waggoner
Washington
Mra
A. O. Stelle
East Spring Street
Norton Brown
I P. Park
Galens
Fred Spence
Fredonia
Kansas
P. N. Curl
Misa Mamie
Springfield
Paris
Ill
Mary O'Connor
St. Louis
Mary Doherty
West Sixth Street
W. A. Beach
Hedden Dry Goods Company
Hieron
Will Beach
Military Academy
Weet Point
Sunshine Circle
Wesley Chape
Barbara Dieckman
Weat Second Street
Katherine Willett
Brown County
Ohio
Ursuline Curvent
Mary K. Willett
A Facetious Convict in Prisoner’s Banter
Prison visitor notes the confinement distresses the convict. The convict jokes that life in jail is a failure and a mere cell. The exchange turns on wordplay about bars and enclosure.
Market Report Indiana Grain and Livestock Highlights
Indianapelie Wheat No 2 red 70c, corn 49c, oats mixed, hay prices listed. Cattle 2.59 2. ref herd, hogs 4.50 6.25, sheep 2.00 4.75, lambs 4.50 7.0. Receipts 4,500 hogs, 1,600 cattle, 400 sheep. Also Cincinnati Chicago New York East Buffalo data with varied prices for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. At Ts'edo Mad. TOMES Dag. TGe am.
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Indianapelie
Cincinnati
Chi
New York
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