Prohibition Party Nominates Eugene W. Kain for President
At Music Hall Chicago an enthusiastic audience witnessed Eugene W. Kain accept the Prohibition party presidential nomination. Prof Charles Scanlon of Pittsburg delivered the notification address. State leaders from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Nebraska and others attended with national committee members and party officers.
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Hicago
Music Hall
Eugenes W. Kain
Chicago
Prohibition Party
Chafin
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
Miinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
Nebraska
Charles R. Jones
Prohibition party signals unity at Albion college event
Samuel Dickie of Michigan presided as chairman at Albion college Albion Mich and introduced Scanlon who urged supporters that Prohibition principles will prevail with the final issue of the struggle not in doubt He handed Chafin the platform amid cheers and prolonged applause as Chafin pledged to reject stale party fealty and pursue progressive policy.
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Samuel Dickie
Michigan
Albion College
Albion
Mich
Dickie
Mr. Scanlon
Chafin
Prohibition Party
Secanion
Scanlon
Farewell to Fighting Bob Evans at Lake Mohonk
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans ends his active sea service at sixty two after a long career in the U S Navy. At Lake Mohonk N Y admirers gathered as he retires with a loving cup and a letter from President Roosevelt. He plans to remain until October and then join the general board in Washington and write naval articles.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Tie
Robley D.evans
United States Navy
Roosevelt
Fighting Bob
Washington
General Board
Blamed His Creator After Des Moines Insurer Death
Alfred T. Wimberly, state manager of the Bankers Life Association of Des Moines, was found dead in Louisville from a pistol wound, a coroner's ruling. A suicide note on the table stated he was tired of life and blamed his creator, denying crime, crime, or domestic troubles.
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Louisville
Alfred T. Wimberly
Bankers’ Life Association of
Des Moines
Towa
Tara
T. Wimberly
British Mine Disaster in Wigan At Maypole Mine
An explosion at the Maypole mine in Wigan England destroyed headgear and ventilating apparatus. About seventy miners are entombed with only slim hopes of rescue. The disaster draws urgent concern as authorities assess casualties and containment.
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Wigan
England
Maypole
Worked Over Cancelled Stamps Bust in Moscow
In Moscow on August 19 thirty people were arrested over a scheme trafficking cancelled postage stamps. Six million stamps alleged to have been renovated in Warsaw were sold locally, feeding the operation.
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Moscow
Warsaw
Governor orders First Infantry to return to Chicago
Springfield Ill Aug 19 Governor Deneen orders the First Infantry of Chicago to return today signaling fading danger in the race clashes that left seven dead and many injured. White miners at Woodside and Tuxhorn mines refuse to work with Black miners citing nerves and possible armed confrontations as an examining board probes readiness while both sides claim self defense. The city hosts a Chamber of Commerce meeting to pledge law and order as public resolve strengthens.
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Deneen
Chicago
Springfield
Ill
First Infantry
Woodside
Tuxhorn
Clark
United Mine Workers
Chamber of Commerce
F. A. Hall
F. Bd. Chapin
Jury to hear riot cases in Creighton court
Judge Creighton will listen to evidence yesterday afternoon as a mixed city and town jury, including E L Chapin, opens with a foreman, about to tackle riot related incidents and the George Richardson assault case amid identification doubts by Mrs Earl Hallam. Richardson protests innocence.
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Earl Hallam
George Richardson
Richardson
Labor Day Proclaimed in Indiana by Governor Hanly
Indiana Governor Hanly issues a formal proclamation declaring Labor Day September 1 a legal holiday. Officials urged closures of public offices and suspension of private business to honor labor's value. The article also covers details of the Democratic nomination notification for William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern, plans for a ceremony at the state fair grounds, and related logistics.
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Indianapolis
Statehouse
Hanly
Indiana
Goveror
John W. Kern
William Jennings Bryan
Kern
J. Oscar Henderson
Denver
Bryan
Demoratic
Parks M. Martin
State Committee
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Norman Mack
Notification Committee
Denison
Mack
Thomas Taggart
National Committee
Theodore P. Bell
California
Bryen
United States
Martin
Central Passenger Association
Milwaukee
Democratic Clubs of
Wisconsin
Cat Fugue Named for Scarlatti Theme
Italian composer Scarlatti owned a cat that liked walking on piano keys and striking certain notes. Those notes inspired the theme of a fugue, giving the piece the name The Cat Fugue.
Fatal Lightning Strike Kills Daughter in Sunman Barn
Severe wind and rain hit Sunman Indiana as a lightning bolt struck a large barn owned by Adam Sohm Jr during milking. One daughter aged sixteen died, another was severely shocked, and the building and contents were destroyed amid widespread neighborhood damage.
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Sunman
Adam Sohm
Ind
Adam Sokhm, Jr
DROWNS AFTER SAVING LIFE INDIANA DITCHER LOSES LIFE
A diverging sequence of tragic incidents unfolds in Indiana as David Wheeldon drowns while attempting to save Omar Osborne from the Iroquois river near Cloines Rensselaer. Osborne survived exhaustion. two elderly men nearby heard, recovered the body in half an hour, and Wheeldon leaves a wife and two children.
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Cloines
Rensselaer
Ind
David Wheeldon
Omar Osborne
Wheeldon
Osborne
Byrd
Hurley
Terse telegrams from broad events of the era
Reports cover drownings and accidents in New York and California. Died by suicide in New York, a fatal duel in Louisiana, a fire killing a Marshall family member and others, arsenic on food, and a raid on railway workers seeking aid. Political notes include Roosevelt era regimental promotions and fundraising limits and appeals to editors to fund Democratic campaigns.
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Jose Eichberg
Cincinnati
Big Tupper Lake
N. Y
Canadian Pacific Railroad
James Curtin
Castkill
Bosco
Benjamin J. Littlepage
Joseph R. Littlepage
Ad Rage for the Pennant Big League Standings
American League standings show Detroit St Louis Cleveland Chicago Boston Washington New York with records and percentages. Batter details from several venues include Washington St Louis Philadelphia Boston Cleveland New York and Chicago with game scores and battery lineups.
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Loet
Detroit
Cecceeescae
St. Louis
Cleveland
Chicago
Senaenis Sesnecaee
Boston
Washington
New York
RALE
Smith, Street
Waddell
Smith
Hughes
Street
Powell, Stephens
Philadelphia
R.H.E. Chicago
Walsh
Shaw
Plank
Carrigan
Falkenberg
Roosevelt hosts GOP leaders at Oyster Bay luncheon
President Roosevelt hosted a luncheon in Oyster Bay with prominent national Republican figures including Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the national committee, and James Sherman, candidate for vice president. They discussed key campaign issues to frame the presidential race.
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New York
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
James 98. Sherman
Market Quotations Indianapolis Grain and Livestock
Market prices from Indianapolis show wheat at 90c wagon and No 2 red at 8c, corn No 2 at 7%c, oats 47%c, various hay prices, cattle 3.50 to 7.00, hogs 4.50 to 6.76, sheep 2.00 to 4.00, lambs 3.40 to 6.60 with receipts of 8,500 hogs, 1,750 cattle, 700 sheep. Cincinnati Chicago New York and Buffalo markets list diverse bids and ranges for wheat corn oats cattle hogs sheep and lambs with regional variations.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
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Overnon
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Terre Haute
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C. D. Mack
Elkhart & Western Railroad
Remington
Mary Wilkins
Granny” Wilkins
County Tyrone
Ireland
Robert Watson
Gary
D. T. Finerty
Gormley
John Gormley
Edward Finerty
National Convention of the Order of Buffaloes
New Orleans
R. M. David
Republican National Headquarters
Sheldon
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Geyer
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Brooklyn
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McLean
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Buffalo
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