Bryan and Kern Meet in Lincoln for Campaign Planning
William J. Bryan met running mate J. W. Kern in Lincoln Nebraska on July 13 for a campaign conference with labor leaders Samuel Gompers James Duncan and Frank Morrison. Kern predicted Indiana would go Democratic and discussed tour plans while Gompers pledged strong labor support and urged backing Denver platform policies.
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New York Times
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
J. W. Kern
Kern
Bryan
Democratic Committee
Denver
Indiana
White House
Senate
National Committee
Samuel Gompers
James Duncan
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mr. Bryan
Chicago
Cannon
Illinois
Nebraska
Theodore A. Bell
Bell
California
Roosevelt
Committee leaves Denver for Lincoln conference with Bryan
The Democratic National Committee members departed Denver by Rock Island for Lincoln to meet with William J. Bryan and John W. Kern on selecting a chairman and other campaign matters. Expected chair candidates include John H. Atwood, Daniel J. Campau, Ollie James, and John E. Lamb. The party also included Chairman Thomas Taggart, Secretary Urey Woodson, Col. John J. Martin, and executive members Col. R M. Johnston, Norman E. Mack, and J. C. Dahlman.
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Denver
New Democratic National Committee
Rock Island Railroad
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
John H. Atwood
Kansas
Daniel J. Campau
Michigan
Ollie James
Kentucky
John E. Lamb
Lawsuit Seeks One Million Dollar Fee in Rail Line Case
Salt for one million dollars, claimed for services, is leveled against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, the Chicago Indiana & Southern Railroad Company, the Rock Island Company, and individuals Robert Mather Charles W. Hotchkiss and William C. Brown. Plaintiff William Armstrong says he bought defendants properties formerly under John R. Walsh, ex-president of a defunct bank, now under regime sentence for federal law violations, and seeks the fee.
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Chicago
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Chicago, Indiana & Southern Railroad Company
Rock Island Company
Robert Mather
Charles W. Hotchkiss
Williiam C. Brown
William Armstrong
John R. Walsh
Cocase National Bank
Mrs Frank Gould Escapes Serious Crash in Greenwich
Mrs. Frank Jay Gould narrowly escaped harm when a racing car approached head on near the Greenwich Hotel. Her chauffeur veered to shield her, sacrificing the Renault Limousine, which was wrecked. the Lilley car from New York was also destroyed. Mrs. Gould escaped unhurt and went to Bell Haven Gym Residence.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Frank Jay Gould
Gould
Bellhaven
Greenwich Hotel
Shore Road
N. Y
New York
Greenwich Bank President’s Wife Injured In Auto Crash
Mrs John Dayton 85 wife of the Greenwich Savings Bank president was thrown from her husband’s car on Putnam Avenue and badly knee injured. The car slid onto trolley tracks. driver and motorman failed to stop in time. She remained cheerful despite pain and said she hoped for another ride after recovery.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
John Dayton
Greenwich Savings Bank
Putnam Avenue
MRS LORD HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR MUNICH
A serious car crash near Munich killed the driver and seriously injured Countess C A Wachtmeister Swedish Consul General at Cairo Mrs Maria Lord of New York her 10 year old son Andreas and Miss Dagmar Engquist the governess Also identified Countess Wachtmeister as Beulah Hubbell of Des Moines Iowa claiming her as eldest daughter of newspaper figure F M Hubbell
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Munich
C. A. Wachtmeister
Cairo
Maria Lord
New York
Andreas
Dagmar Engquist
Des Moines
Iowa
Wachtmeister
Beulah Hubbell
F. M. Hubbell
Washington
Paris
Cuba
Six Hurt in Auto Fall Near Louisville Society Circle
Six persons were seriously injured when their car plunged 25 feet into Salt River after crossing a Salt River bridge that had a section blown away by a storm. Five of the injured are prominent Louisville society figures. The party had been returning from Bowling Green when the accident occurred at Smithville, twenty three miles from Louisville.
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Louisville
Smithville
Bowling Green
Salt River
Press urged to feature national accidents for safety
SHARPSVILLE Penn July 13 The American Anti Accident Association asks newspapers nationwide to run a dedicated regular heading on all accidents. The aim is to raise public awareness of accident causes and reduce incidents across the United States.
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Sharpsville
Penn
United States
American Anti
Berlin OfficialsDriver Dies Banker Injured in Auto Crash
Berlin July 13 an official of the tax office Herr Serlo was killed and Max Oechelhauser a banker lawyer and sportsman was badly hurt when a car they rode in struck a tree while trying to avoid a runaway horse.
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Berlin
Herr Serlo
Tax Office
Max Oechelhauser
Lost epicurean book at Plaza grillroom missing since July
A reference volume kept by Lattard of the Plaza Fifth Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, listing more than 500 New Yorkers and their favorite dishes, has vanished. The chronicle, begun in Delmonico’s era, includes Ulysses S. Grant, Mary Garden, Commodore Vanderbilt, and Elinor Glyn among its entries. Reward offered upon recovery.
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Lattard
Plaza
Fifth Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
TIMES
Delmonico’s
Ulysses S. Grant
Mary Garden
Delmonico
Commodore Vanderbilt
Frank Work
Hermann Oelrichs
August Belmont
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
John W. Gates
James D. Wolfe Cutting
Elisha Dyer
Elinor Glyn
Great Bear String Water Ad slogan
Slogan promotes Great Bear String Water famed for its purity. Adyg mentions the brand as a recognizable name.
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Hitchcock Rents Campaign Quarters in New York
National Republican Committee chair Frank H Hitchcock moves quickly to establish headquarters on the tenth floor of the Metropolitan Life Building in New York. He notes Taft will likely refrain from speeches until after September 1 and plans to use New York as campaign base while awaiting open house August 1.
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Republican National Committee
Metropolitan Lie Building
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Washington
Taft
Hot Springs
Utica
Ss Berman
George R. Sheldon
Sheldon
Union League Club
Manhattan
East Thirty-eighth Street
Metropolitan ‘Life
New York
Woodruff
Adirondacks
Mr. Hitchcock
Mr. Sheldon
Parsons
Camp Kill Kare
West Thirty-ninth Street
Thirtieth Street
Syracuse
Alia Fells His Guard in Denver Slayer Escape Bid
Giuseppe Alia, to be hanged this week for slaying Father Leo of Denver, knocked down the guard and charged the cell door in Canon City. Deputies restrained him as they moved the wounded watchman and locked the door, marking a second escape attempt by the Italian inmate.
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Leo
New York Times
Canon City
Col
Giuseppe Alia
Father Leo
Denver
Liberty
Alia
Tug Sinks Motorboat After East River Collision
A collision between a float attached to the tug Superior of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and a motorboat off Grand Street in the East River at 3 10 yesterday morning sank the motorboat. Two men aboard, John H Mills of Far Rockaway and John H Hamel of Rockaway Beach, were rescued by the tug crew. The Masters and Pilots Association plans to ask President Roosevelt to include motorboats under steamboat inspection law and require licensed officers aboard.
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Superior
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
East River
Grand Street
John H. Mills
Far Rockaway
John H. Hamel
Rockaway Beach
B. Dow
Masters and Pilots’ Association
Roosevelt
Hughes Sleuths at Races Probe Betting Law Violations
Brooklyn reports say a special detective corps under Gov. Hughes has been in the city days investigating track betting. Officials expect a shake up if law violations are found, while Acting District Attorney Robert H. Elder hints Sheriff and deputies, with police, control enforcement. Grand Jury communications may follow.
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Brooklyn
Gov. Hughes
Robert H. Elder
Elder
Bingham
Kings County
Grand Jury
Indicators show brisk return to normal trade in Cleveland
Cleveland July 18 indications rise that normal business is returning across sectors. Railroads report stronger demand for freight cars, though steel and iron may lag. A prominent official cites nationwide improvements while repair shops run full time and engineers return to work. American Steel and Wire plans two furnaces near full operation, employing about 1500 men.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Steel and Wire Company
Factories Resume Full Time Across Several States
Winsted Conn July 13 factories including Winsted Silk Company Empire Knife Company Winsted Hosiery Company and Benjamin Richards Company return to full time operations after short time. Augusta Me July 13 Edwards Mills with 1200 plus workers restart full time after five months of half time. Lima Ohio July 13 Lima Loco motive and Machine Works to replace 500 mechanics effective immediately.
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Winsted, Conn
Winsted Silk Company
Empire Knife Company
Winsted Hosiery Company
Benjamin Richards ‘Company
New York Times
Augusta
Edwards Mills
Lima
Ohio
Lima Locomotive and Machine Works
Dying man tied to pier as workers search for doctor
Greenwich, Conn. July 18 Dom nick Bond Supervisor of Construction on the sea wall at Bell Haven owned by John D Barrett New York Insurance broker was lashed to a pier and left to die after cramping while crew searched for Dr. Clarke Bond sank twice and was unconscious on resurfacing one man bound him to a pile and telephoned for aid Bond died before help arrived Italians claim Bond was dead when found and that removing a body from the water violated the law.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Domnick Bond
John D. Barrett
New York
Bell Haven
Frank Jay Gould
Tee
Dr. Clarke
Bond
Gould House
Severe Orange County storm devastates Middletown area
A July storm cut a half mile swath through Orange County damaging Pine Island and surrounding areas. Homes barns and trees toppled including Charles Faulkner’s house where his wife was trapped but survived. Sawmill, ice house and hotel damaged and roads blocked by downed wires and felled trees.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Oranges County
Pine Island
Charles Faulkner
J. W. Knapp
S. E. Tether
Borden Milk Company
Lifesaving on Atlantic City Beach Aids Six Children
A raft broke from its moorings in front of the Royal Palace Hotel with six children aboard. Lifeguard Merrick plunged in and rescued the youngsters as they were swept toward the breakers. He brought all to shore amid cheering crowds.
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Atlantic City
Royal Palace Hotel
Merrick
Speed-Comfort-Economy Taxicab Ad In Columbus
A compact agency notice promotes Red Taxicabs with the slogan speed comfort economy urging readers to call phone 6600 in Columbus. The ad references New York Taxicab Co. as a comparative mention.
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Columbus
New York Taxicab Co
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Ostrander, Westchester Lawyer, Dies by Gas Self-Death
Mount Vernon July 18 Charles H Ostrander longtime counsel for Westchester Fire Insurance and partner of W Bourke Cochran died by gas asphyxiation at his home on Fulton and Sidney Avenues Chester Hill He left a wife and two daughters and was a prominent Mason and executor of major New York estates.
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New York Times
Mount Vernon
Charles H. Ostrender
Westchester Fire Insurance Company
W.rourke Cochran
Fulton and
Sidney Avenues
Chester Hill
Ostrander
Westchester
New York
W. Bourke Cochran
Tuckahoe
Mr. Ostrander
Carmel
Putnam County
Cockran
Westchester County
Hiawatha Lodge
A. M
Ghost answers the phone at city mission in Philadelphia
Old St. Pauls Church hq of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission reports a ghostly voice that uses the telephone after hours. The shade allegedly roams stairways and vanishes, while Rev H Cresson McHenry and staff search the building but find no trace of a visitor.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Old
McHenry
Jewelry shop raid ends with owner firing on suspect
A Williamsburg jeweler, Charles Kalbow, fired at a man attempting to rob his safe during a morning visit by a diamond buyer and an accomplice. Kalbow pursued the pair, the man was captured by police, and a bail hearing set at $500 for Jacob Lass, a jewelry salesman, as investigations continue.
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Broadway
Williamsburg
Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan
Charles Kalbow
Kalbow
Kalw
Regan
Bedford Avenue
Lee Avenue
Jacob Lass
East Twelfth Street
Higginbotham
Philadelphia Hourly Schedule On Two Hour Cycle
Notice announces hourly service to Philadelphia every hour on the hour in two hours, with reference to New Jersey Central Schedule on Page 11 and a brief sales note asserting it satisfies the most exacting standards.
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Philadelphia
New Jersey Central
Rothschild and Cromer Named as Partners in Times Control
London reports that the new proprietors of The London Times include Lord Rothschild Lord Cromer and Lord Northcliffe with Northcliffe holding a controlling interest.
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London
the Chronicle
The
London Times
Lord Rothschild
Lord Cromer
Lord Northcliffe
Message to Rockefeller from Dowling on birthday
A letter from Rev. George Thomas Dowling rector of St James Episcopal Brooklyn congratulates John D Rockefeller on his sixty ninth birthday. Dowling notes Dowling once served Rockefeller as pastor at Hnudd Avenue Baptist Church Cleveland.
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John D. Rockefeller
George Thomas Dowling
D. D
St. James’s Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Garner
Dr. Osler
Dowling
Mr. Rockefeller
Hmudd Avenue Baptist Church
Cleveland
Zeppelin Ready to Fly on Rhine Endurance Flight
Friedrichshafen July 13 Count Zeppelin reports all is ready for a twenty four hour overland endurance flight in his airship. Half a million cubic feet of gas filled. Motors tested in the floating shed on Lake Constance and functioned well. If weather permits the start will be in the morning for a trip along the Rhine to Mayence and back to Friedrichshafen.
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Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Count Zeppelin
Rhine
Mayence
Mrs Minor Morris Escapes From Farmington Hospital
Mrs Minor Morris sister of Congressman Hill of Iowa escaped from the Missouri Hospital for the Insane in Farmington yesterday after being committed six months ago for treatment. She reportedly tied towels to lower herself from a window after easing the bars.
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New York Times
Farmington
Minor Morris
Congressman Hill
Iowa
White House
Secret Service
Missouri Hospital
Mrs. L. O. Boadman Robbed of Diamonds at Iroquois Hotel
Mrs. L. O. Boadman of New York City was robbed of 500 dollars worth of diamonds at the Iroquois Hotel in Buffalo. She removed her rings in a room and returned to find them gone, a passing woman described by police as the suspect. The jewels include three stone diamond rings two avastaire rings a turquoise set ring and a three stone diamond ring with a sapphire center.
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New York
Buffalo
New York Times
L.O. Boadman
New York City
Iroquois
Woman Dies After Wasp Sting in Winstead
In Winstead Connecticut on July 13 Doctor reports Mrs. Jennie Andrews aged 60 died fifteen minutes after being stung on the arm by a wasp at her home. She leaves one son Robert L. Andrews of Hudson New York.
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New York Times
Winsted, Conn
Jennie Andrews
Robert L. Andrews
Hudson, N. Y
Woman Fights 4 Foot 11 Inch Black Snake to Death
In Danbury Connecticut on July 13 Mrs Clarence W Judson wife of Coast Artillery Lieut killed a 4 ft 11 in black snake after a half hour battle. She used a long handle rake to strike and chased the reptile to a neighbor’s yard before delivering the fatal blow.
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New York Times
Danbury
Conn
Clarence W. Judson
C. W. Judson
Coast Artillery Corps
Lake Argenné
Judson
Bishop Potter Improves Sits Up Read Mail
Bishop Potter shows improvement in Cooperstown after a period of rest. He sat up briefly and heard some mail read to him, with physicians noting no new bulletins tonight and the family encouraged by recent progress.
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New York Times
Cooperstown
N. Y
Potter
Daughter shoots father in Delmont murder attempt
In Delmont New Jersey Amos Polbamus, enraged by family troubles, tried to kill his wife and four children with a hatchet. His eldest daughter Helen, a post mistress, shot him in the neck as he mounted the stairs, the bullet lodging in his abdomen. his daughter Sarah was knocked unconscious by a hatchet blow.
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Delmont
N. J
Amos Polbamus
Helen
Pothamus
Sarah
Doctor Shot By Widow After Demand To See Wife
Dr. James W. Simpson was shot through the door of the Horner home near Northport by Elia S. Horner, widow of Bartley T. Horner. He was wounded in the liver and spine area, walked to a neighbor for help, then to Roosevelt Hospital in New York City for operation. Mrs. Horner, claiming fear, was taken into custody after bail was posted by her daughter, with her account of the confrontation detailing warnings and her attempt to deter the visit.
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James W. Simpson
Bartley T. Horner
Suffolk County
Elia S. Horner
Horner
Northport
L. IL
Dr. Simpson
Simpson
J. P. Heyen
Main Street
Heyen
Manhattan
Roosevelt Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital
Brooklyn
Richard W Hawkins
Enyons
Long Island City
Thirty-fourth Street
Tam Dr. Simpson
Vilelage
Hawkins
Rowland Miles
Mrs. Horner
Mr. Miles
Ace
Gettysburg Tour Guided by Lehigh Valley R R
Personally conducted trip to Gettysburg offered by Lehigh Valley Railroad with a July 25 departure and July 27 return. Booking line 355 and 1,460 Broadway listed for inquiries.
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Gettysburg
Lehigh Valley
R. R
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Orange County
C. H. Ostrander
Gus
Rourke Cockran
BIG Estates
Mr. Cockran
Episcopal Mission
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Northcliffe and the Times
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Rockefeller
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Bartley Horner
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