Hisgen and Graves New Party Ticket Nominated
At Chicago on Wednesday July 29 Thomas Hisgen of Massachusetts was nominated for President by the Independence Party on the third ballot with John Temple Graves of Georgia chosen for Vice President. Ballot totals show rising support for Hisgen while delegates clash over nominations and discipline.
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Chicago
Thomas Hisgen
Massachusetts
Independence Party
John Temple Graves
Georgia
Hisgen
Howard
Graves
Lyon
Hearst
L. A. Fealey
Alabama
Milford W. Howard
Fort Payne
Ala
Fealey
Bang
Walsh
Indiana
Arkansas
California
Roland D. Sawyer
Thomas L. Hisgen
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Washington
Nebraska
Bernard Sutler
Atlanta
Sutter
Democratic Party
South
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Kansas
J. S. Sheppard
Shepard
Hlead
Charles Mitchell
William J. Bryan
Sheppard
Digestive Aid Claim For Acid Phosphate Advert
An ad claims a teaspoonful of Hrorsford's Acid Phosphate in water stimulates appetite and quenches thirst. The notice appears as a contemporary medical or patent remedy promotion with no further context.
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Hrorsford
NEW PROVIDENT LIFE MOVE Directors poised to pass control
Directors examine a plan to transfer Provident Savings Life Assurance Society from the banking pool that has run it since last winter to unidentified powerful buyers in insurance. The move follows reforms by Sullivan & Cromwell and removal of the Coyle syndicate. Timothy L Woodruff remains on the board but is tied up with politics.
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Provident ‘Savings Life Assurance Society
E. R
O. F.thomas
Coyle Syndicate
Philadelphia
Sullivan & Cromwell
New York Life
Nassau and
Cedar Streets
Coyle
Timothy L Woodruff
Thomases
Wife Slayer Dr Andrew Cropsey Dies in Jail Cell
Dr Andrew Cropsey the veterinary surgeon who killed his wife at their Brooklyn home on July 21 died in his Raymond Street Jail cell from dilation of the heart. Officials said remorse and grief followed the crime and he mourned his two sons. An inquest and post mortem may be held to determine the exact cause.
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Andrew Bergen Cropsey
Eighty-fourth Street
van Pelt Manor
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Raymond Street
Cropsey
Kane
Keschner
Dennis Donohue
Dr. Cropsey
Ikeschner
Phebe M. Lake
New Utrecht
Andrew J. Cropsey
Wanderer Heir To Fortune From California Claim
Harry Storms, a young man from Middletown New York is sought in California as the sole heir to a half million dollar estate plus 165 acres of mineral land. He was once held in Monroe Orange County on a suspected station entry attempt but released for lack of evidence. Storms says he worked for E H Harriman at Arden and awaits a remittance from his late California-based father.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
Harry Storms
California
Storms
Monroe
Orange County
Erie Station
E. H. Harriman
Arden
Taft
Senator Warner
Cincinnati
Benjamin H. Latrobe
Capitol
Washington
Martin Baum
Wir Baum
Nicholas Longworth
David Sinton
Charles P. Taft
Judge Taft
Hitch
Dies in Pullman berth on New York to Pittsburgh train
H I McCrea former Assistant Paymaster in the U S Navy died of heart disease while traveling from Washington to Pittsburgh. He was last seen near Fair Cairn Pennsylvania about 6 30 am and found dead in his berth by a Pullman porter. He was unmarried about 25 and lived with his mother in Washington. He was cousin of President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Washington, D. C
H. I. McCrea
United States Navy
McCrea
Faitcairn
Pullman
Washington
Henry J. McCrea
Henry McCrea
New York
Navy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barbarossa Arrives in Bremen on July 18
The SS Barbarossa arrived at Bremen on July 18 bringing unknown cargo. Local port authorities logged the vessel and awaited further details on consignments and destination.
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Bremen
Deweys Wine Store Ad Near Fulton Street Station
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co announces a wine store location about 200 feet from the Fulton Street subway station at 138 Fulton Street New York. Ve
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Dewey's Wine
Fulton Street
H. T. Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
President Roosevelts Noninterference Favours Hughes Wins
President Roosevelt will not interfere in Congressional or Gubernatorial races though Tim Woodruff visits Sagamore Hill to discuss New York politics. He reportedly prefers Hughes as Governor, with Taft aligned, while his openness draws visits from leaders and letters urging endorsements. Two Japanese visitors were received separately.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
N._Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Woodruff
Herbert Parson
Republican County Committee of
New York
the Times
Mr. Loeb
Mr. Woodruff
Hughes
Taft
ABC
Renomination battle for Hughes looms in State GOP
Key Republican leaders meet with the President at Oyster Bay to decide Hughes fate. Odell shifts to regulars and may chair the State Committee, signaling power in the campaign as Taft supporters worry over a possible Hughes renomination and its impact on the party.
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Oyster Bay
Travel Fare Ad for St Louis Return via Weert Shore R R
An advertisement offers a $31.90 round trip to St Louis with return via Weert Shore R R and a $36.40 fare on New York Central. Travel dates run July 31 to August 2 with return by August 20. Contact telephone 5680 Madison for details.
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ST. Louis
Weert Shore
Austria After Motorists Warned of New Traffic Law
Special cable from Vienna notes a new Austrian motor traffic law imposes unlimited damages on motorists for car related injuries or damage. Dr. Emil Frischauer warns enforcement could ruin motorists, while a workaround is forming limited liability companies to cap losses.
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NEW York Times
Vienna
Austria
Empire
Emil Frischauer
Germany
Vienna Automobile Club
Frischauer
Couple Die in Lake Sylvia Tragedy Shocks Annandale
Mary Raisbeck wife of George A Raisbeck president of the Philip Hake Manufacturing Co New York City is found kneeling in three feet of water at Lake Sylvia Annandale Minnesota with severe facial injuries. Her husband is recovered from twenty feet of water. Police and coroner suspect murder followed by suicide though no water in her lungs. Raisbeck longtime firm executive with ties to Brooklyn Chicago and Hoboken.
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New York Times
Minneapolis
Minn
Mary Raisbeck
George A. Raisbeck
Philip Hake Manufacturing Company
New York City
Lake Sylvia
Annandale
J. A. Ridgeway
Philip Hake
Essex Street
Broadway
Philip Hake, Jr
Hoboken
N. J
William Buttling
Brooklyn
Raisbeck
Chicago
Initiation by Telephone Demo Sparks Secrecy
Denver reports a historic first as Manley J. Hemmens, Supreme Councillor of the United Commercial Travellers, will monitor the initiation of fifty candidates by Pike's Peak Council 15 via long distance telephone from Green Bay Wisconsin on Saturday night August 8. Members along the line are arranged to ensure absolute secrecy.
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Denver
Col
Manley J. Hemmens
United Commercial Travellers
Green Bay
Wis
Pike’s Peak Council
Englishman dies after eating two quarts of baked beans
John Yates, an English worker for Dr. George Edge of Roundhill, Greenwich, died at Greenwich General Hospital after consuming two quarts of baked beans at one sitting. He had been paid $2 weekly plus board. After a bean dinner on Sunday, he became violently ill. an operation followed but he died shortly after.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
John Yates
George Edge
Roundhill
Greenwich General Hospital
Yates
Edge
Mob Burns 18 Year Old Suspect At Stake In Greenville
Tad Smith, an 18 year old colored youth accused of assault on Miss Viola Delancey in Clinton Hunt County, was seized by a mob in Greenville after officers took him to jail. He was burned at the stake with kerosene while about 1000 spectators watched.
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Dallas
Texas
Tad Smith
Viola Delancey
Clinton
Hunt County
Greenville
Smith
Linton
Taft
GOC
Mr. Taft
Massachusetts
Taft Accepts Republican Nomination in Cincinnati Celebration
The city saluted William Howard Taft as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination. A nonpartisan holiday featured cannon, parades, fireworks, flag decorations, and a river steamer salute as Taft greeted veterans and local officials at his Taft residence.
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Cincinnati
Seven Hills
Taft
Nofication Committee
Jacob H. Bramwell
William Howard Taft
Charles P. Taft
William Warner
Missouri
Taft Homestead
Genuine pebble eyeglasses at Spencer's
A brief ad notes a cool nonsmudge pair of eyeglasses described as genuine pebble style and available at Spencer's located at 31 Maiden Lane.
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Spencer's
Maiden Lane
Gates's 965000 Golf Plan for Texas Coast
Galveston Texas July 28 John W Gates launches a golf resort project including a club house and 800 acres of lake front land near Port Arthur. The estimated cost is 905000 with aim to host a winter tournament of noted golfers and to rival European courses.
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New York Times
Galveston
Texas
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
Gates
America
Europe
Cleveland estate valued at two hundred thousand dollars
Cleveland left no figure in his will but records show his personal and real property total two hundred thousand dollars. Officials have not announced the full value of his fortune. The will was filed several weeks ago in Princeton New Jersey.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Confer on Standard Oil Case at Lenox Mass
Attorney General Bonaparte leads a series of conferences at Lenox on the Standard Oil case. Henry M. Hart Henry W. Sims James H. Wilkinson and Frank Kellogg are among the officials involved as they review records from the initial complaint to the $20,400,000 fine by Judge Landis. The meetings span several days as hearings and testimony are discussed.
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New York Times
Lenox
Mass
Bonaparte
Standard Oil
Henry M. Hart
Washington
Edwin W. Sims
Chicago
James H. Wilkimson
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Frank &. Kellogg
Hisgen's House Robbed in West Springfield
Burglars hit the office of the Four Brothers Independent Oil Co in West Springfield while Thomas L. Hisgen attended the Chicago convention. Police rounded up three boys ages 4 to 13 who admitted stealing pads of writing paper. The youths faced parental discipline as officers planned to wait for Hisgen's return.
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Steen
Ashe
New York Times
Springfield
Mass
Four Brothers Independent Oil Company
West Springfield
Concern
Thomas L. Hisgen
Independence Party
Chicago
Hisgen
Polce
Tom
Oust Frank Rockefeller from Orphan Copper Company
Frank Rockefeller, estranged from brothers John D. and William, resigned yesterday from the board of Orphan Copper Company. The new New York Curb venture, backed by EB R Chapman & Co, had stock that opened at 2.5 percent and rose to about 3 percent. M D Chapman, company president, declined to confirm if the resignation was tied to Rockefeller selling stock and cited a director agreement governing company affairs.
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Frank Rockefeller
John D
William
Orphan Copper Company
New York
EB. R. Chapman & Co
M. D. Chapman
Rockefeller
Rockefeller resigns as director amid stock sale dispute
Frank Rockefeller announced his departure as a director with no explanation, denying knowledge of the men connected with the company and citing he never held a director role. The move follows a copper mining company request for his resignation over alleged stock sale violation.
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New York Times
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Rockefeller
New York
Transfers of Astor Realty Include St Regis to Col Astor
Transfers recorded yesterday show the Hotel St. Regis, long owned by Col. John Jacob Astor, conveyed from James R. Roosevelt and others as trustees to the Astor estate. The Cambridge Building and 28 West and 28 East Thirty third Street deeds also move from Col. Astor to the Astor estate. Deeds were filed now though the frontier of the property dates back years.
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Hotel
St. Regis
James R. Roosevelt
Astor Estate
Col
John Jacob Astor
Cambridge Building
Santher Corner
Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
West Thirty-third Street
East Thirtythird Street
Col. Astor
Astor
Earl Clancarty ends engagement to Mrs Arnold Marcus
London reports Lord Clancarty denies engagement rumors with Mrs Arnold Marcus. He explains the alliance failed due to her fortune not meeting his requirements after an agent’s inquiry in America and a trust held for Arnold Marcus Jr. The dispatches stated a formal announcement would follow if favorable.
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Clancarty
Marcus
NEW York Times
London
Lord Clancarty
Arnold Marcus
Earl
TRE
America
Exterminators Clean Roaches Bed Bugs and Mice
A disinfecting company at 617 West 45th Fort cleans roaches bed bugs and mice from homes and offices. The service targets pest infestations with professional sanitation methods.
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West 45Th Ft
Gould Hearing Delays Verdict in Teal Divorce Case
Frank Gould testifies at a second hearing in the Teal Mousley divorce case. He admits knowing actress Miss De Voie and faces questions about visits to her Glenmore apartments while prosecutors push objections and legal maneuvers unfold.
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Frank J. Gould
Ben Teal
Harry E. Mousley
Mabel McCauslan
Gould
Corrigan
Smyth and Blumenthal
Special Sessions Court
Ile
Witeness
Hart
Smyth
Jerome
Teal
North Shiney
Canada
Glenmanor
Miss de Voie
Mr. Gould
Miss Lie Voie
Glenmore
Blumenthal
Samadrid
Mousley
Miss McCauslan
Mrs. Teal
Aulience
Eleanor Falk
West Fiftysixth Street
Blanche Hale
Lincoln
McCausian
Smuti
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