Bryan's Omaha Platform Shapes Denver Democrats Plan
The Democratic platform to be presented at Denver draws largely on the Omaha platform led by William Jennings Bryan. It calls for curbing corporate influence, banning campaign contributions from firms, tightening anti trust measures, and expanding federal oversight of interstate commerce. It also supports direct election of senators, an inheritance tax, tariff reform, and recognition of Philippine independence when stable government is possible.
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New York Times
Washington
Denver
Nebraska
Omaha
Bryan
Committee
Mr. Bryan
Bryah
Massachuetts
Nebraska Democrats
Republican Party
United States
Aricles
Suba
Jersey Central Summer Seashore Route Changes
Jersey Central announces new summer seashore routes including Sandy Hook access with changes taking effect Sunday June 28. Advisory notes potential adjustments to pedestrian and vehicular traffic along the shore corridor.
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Jersey Central Summer Seashore
Sandy Hook
Youth Struck. Roker Son Dies After Public Safety Item Accident
Mrs. Roker found her son Charles M. Roker Jr. aged about 21 with a pistol wound in the left temple in their Riverside Drive apartment. Dr M C Warsaw rushed him to hospital where he died within an hour. Coroner Dooley ordered an autopsy as fate of a possible self-inflicted injury is investigated.
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Charles M. Roker, Jr
Roker
Riverside Drive
M. C. Warsaw
West Eighty-fifth Street
Warsaw
Wall Street
Columbia University
Mexican Rebels Defeated Near Del Rio Texas
Report from Del Rio Texas describes about two hundred armed revolutionists attacking Las Vecas across the Rio Grande. Federal troops and local citizens defended the town for over an hour, repelling the rebels who suffered roughly fifteen dead before retreating in small bands.
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New York Times
del Rio
Texas
Vieseca
Las Vecas
Rio Grande
Paty
Custom House
Eleven Mexicans Arrested in U.S. Revolt Plot Case
In El Paso on June 25 eleven Mexican nationals were arrested on charges of fomenting a revolution against a friendly power on American soil. The arrests followed a police operation targeting suspected conspirators with ties to a planned uprising.
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EL Paso
Texas
Babies Found Beside East Walk In Mount Morris Park
Two newborn boys in white garments were found in bushes near East 122nd Street Mount Morris Park by Alfred Reynolds and a young woman. A crowd gathered as police took the infants to East 126th Street Station and Bellevue Hospital for care and identification.
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Mount Morris Park
122D
Alfred Reynolds
East 141St Street
Alfred
Reynolds
Shanley
Singer
East 126Th Street
Bellevue Hospital
Taft Busy in New York Then Heads to Oyster Bay
Secretary Taft arrived in New Haven then New York City after Yale activities and a Yale boat race trip. He dined at the St. Regis with notable financiers and officials before planning a trip to Oyster Bay, with relay of visitors including Booker T. Washington and Luke Wright.
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Taft
New Haven
Yale
Manhattan
St. Beri
Broadway
Booker T. Washington
Cleveland
Washington
Cortelyou
Mr. Taft
Oyster Bay
Luke E. Wright
John Hays Hammond
Gen. Wright
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular Bureau
the War Department
St. Regis
Jacob G. Schmidlapp
Cincinnati
Frank B. Kellogg
Minesota
Chicago
Teft
Oyster Pay Party
Mr. Schmidlapp
Ralph Peters
Long Island Railroad
A. C. Coffin
General Electric Company
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
Riverside
Thirty-third Street
White Light District
Mr. Peters
W. W. Farnam
Dresed
Grand Central Station
Lynching Fear Foiled by Telephone Wardrobe Charge
About 1,000 people gathered around the Parkersburg jail awaiting Charlies Brown a Black man accused of attacking Myrtle Calh a white girl The authorities moved to prevent mob violence by holding a telephoned examination rather than bringing him to court promptly
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Parkersburg
West Va
Charlies Brown
Myrtle Calb
Shipping News Arrivals Include La Lorraine and Campania
Latest shipping news notes the SS La Lorraine arriving at Havre on June 20 and the SS Campania docking at Liverpool on June 20.
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la Lorraine
Havre
Campania
Liverpool
July 4th at Thousand Islands Tour Offer
A tourism line promotes a four day all inclusive trip to Thousand Islands for $16.50 with an extension to Montreal and the Lakes for seven days at $45. Contact Write rs Tours at 343 Fulton St Brooklyn for details.
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Thousand Islands
Montreal & Lakes
Fulton St
Brooklyn
Agiv
Travel Offers Denver Round Trip in July
An ad advertises a Denver and return rail fare of 55.50 via West Shore Railroad and 60.00 via New York Central for travel July 1 to 4 and Denver return by July 17. Telephone number 5680 Madison listed.
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Denver
West Shore R. R
New York Central
Madison
Ady
Landlord Morris Rosenfeld Cuts Rents in Yonkers
Morris Rosenfeld, a Jewish poet and Yonkers landlord, voluntarily reduces each tenant’s rent by $1 per month citing hard times. He says race and religion do not affect his action and notes his flats remain fully tenanted while tenants did not ask for relief. He supports his decision despite partial paralysis and working alone.
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Jright
Morris Rosenfeld
Leo Wiener
Harvard
Linden Street
Yonkers
Mr. Rosenfeld
Therrow
Thom
Rosenfeld
Butler Dies After Roosevelt Demonstration at Convention
Joseph C. Butler, head of the Butler estate in Cincinnati, died at Silverton Colorado after joining a Roosevelt demonstration at the Republican Convention in Chicago. He was about 42, and exhaustion on the trip to Colorado preceded his death tonight after reaching his destination in poor health.
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New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Silverton
Col
Joseph C. Butler
Butler
Roosevelt
Colorado
Taft May Carry Texas The Independence Party Eyes National Run
The Hearst led Independence Party may nominate William R Hearst for president and Henry A Powell for New York governor. Leaders insist the party will field independent national state and congressional tickets and seek up to 1 000 000 votes. They expect Taft to win Texas with anti Bailey faction support.
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Hearst
Independence Party
William R. Hearst
Henry A. Powell
Brooklyn
New York
Melvin G. Palliser
New Party
South
Democratic Party
Texas
Taft
Fire at Harriman Home Sparks Blaze at Arden Estate
Fire broke out in E H Harriman’s Arden private stable at 5 a.m. destroying the coachman’s cottage and causing about 25000 dollars in damage. One horse named Major Gentry was killed. Harriman mansion saved by rapid fire response as the family was away at the Yale Harvard races.
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New York Times
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Arden
Corachman
William McClellan
Harriman Place
Charles S. Patterson
Tuxedo Fire Department
Erie Railroad
Jersey City
Tuxedo
Patterson
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
Harrian
Local Man Aged 104 Ends Life at Harrodsburg
A 104 year old man, Miller, ended his life at Harrodsburg in Mercer County by taking Paris green. The death was reported from Lexington Kentucky on the 26th, with Henry noted in the account.
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Miller
Harrodsburg
Mercer County
Paris Green
Lexington
Henry
Astor Funds Support Athens School Excavations
William Waldorf Astor donates 5000 dollars to the British School at Athens to aid its excavations in Laconia Greece. The contribution underscores continued private patronage of archaeological work in Greece during the period.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Athens
Laconia
Greece
$2.50 to Atlantic City Round Trip Sunday June 28
Special Pennsylvania Railroad train from New York at 6 45 A M to Newark Elizabeth and New Brunswick with return from Atlantic City at 7 00 P M for 2 1 2 dollars. Adv.
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Atlantic City
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Miraculous Prayer Scene After Subway Accident
Mrs. E. C. Cooper, 35, narrowly escaped death on a Ninety-sixth Street Broadway subway track when bystanders Christian Scientists prayed around her. An arriving express train caused injuries including a four inch head wound and burns. she refused hospital care at first, then consented to ambulance transfer and treatment at the Lucetine Apartment House with a nurse present.
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Ninety-sixth Street
Broadway
8. C. Cooper
Lucetine
West Ninety-sixth Street
First Church of Christ Scientist
Central Park West
Cooper
Christian Scientist Church
Pr. Schofield
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Prince George Flies in Ballon Augustf II
Prince George of Bavaria ascended in the spherical balloon Augustf II near Augsburg. He remained aloft for about fifteen hours and landed near Immunstadt, roughly sixty five miles away. He is described as the royal aeronaut of the event.
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Augsburg
Bavaria
Prince George of
Immunstadt
Prince George
Such a Man Wordworth Poem Read by Dr Van Dyke
Dr Van Dyke finishes reading Wordsworth poem Such a Man and calls the subject our friend. The report notes the tone honors Mr Cleveland in a brief tribute.
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Dr. van
Prince Helie de Sagan to Wed Mme Gould Around July Seventh
The Matin's London correspondent reports Prince Helie de Sagan plans a July wedding to Mme Gould in Paris with both a religious and civil ceremony. Four witnesses are named two Germans for the prince and two Americans for the bride. The prince questions the need to convert to Protestantism.
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Paris
Matin
London
Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Prince Hieile
Engineer Dies In Cleveland Train Wreck
In Ohio near Garrettsville the Pittsburgh to Cleveland Train 19 derailed at 7:48 PM, 25 foot embankment collapse fatally injuring the engineer and likely fatally injuring the fireman while six passengers were hurt. Coaches derailed but stayed off the embankment. a wrecking train was sent to the scene. The train left Pittsburgh at 5:15 PM and was due in Cleveland at 8:35 PM.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburg
Garrettsville
Mecklenburg Lithia Water Ad Seeks Market Reach
A scanned advertisement promotes Mecklenburg Lithia Water claimed to aid digestion and balance pH, urging readers that it is sold everywhere and ready for purchase.
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Mecklenburg Lithia
Indictment Returned Against Southern Pacific
Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for nineteen counts charging rebates on Nevada shipments to the Pine Box and Lumber Company. A parallel indictment against the Pine Box and Lumber Company also lists nineteen counts for accepting rebates.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
Southern Pacific Railroad
Nevada
Pine Box and Lumber Company
Compels Faddist to Eat in Zion City Case
Mrs. Mary Hunter of Zion City faces forced feeding after a court order by Judge C. L. Jones of Lake County. she has fasted sixteen days following the death of Mrs. Louisa Thompson amid the cult's teachings. Two nurses and a physician prepared to compel nourishment as she is under arrest at Waukegan hospital.
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Chicago
Mary Hunter
Zion City
Louisa Thompson
C. L. Jones
Lake County Court
Waukegan Hospital
Million Dollar Blaze Destroys Duluth Elevator and Rail Dock
Fire at Rice’s Point Duluth destroyed Consolidated Elevator Company Elevator D and Northern Pacific Dock No. 1 sheds. Loss exceeds $1,000,000 with wheat and flax destroyed and two hours of flames. Tugboats helped save the bay front.
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Duluth
Minn
Consolidated Elevator Company
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Rice's Point
Bay Front
Northern Pacific
Parish House Unsafe At St George's Church
In Hempstead L I June 20 the walls of St George s Episcopal parish house once called Cloak s hobble are bulging and sagging. Building inspector E J Cole has been notified. The four year old structure was feared unsafe and tonight s planned event may be halted. Wealthy parish members including the Long Island colony funded the building.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. 1
St. George's Episcopal Church
Clook
Jere K. Cook
Floretta Whaley
E. J. Cole
St. George's
Long Island
Illinois Central to restore full-time work at five shops
Officials of the Illinois Central Railroad announced that starting July 1 the shops at Burnside Illinois Waterloo Iowa Memphis Tennessee Water Valley Mississippi and Vicksburg Mississippi will return to full time operation. The plan will add more than 5 000 workers next month with monthly expenditures exceeding 250 000.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Burnside
Ill
Waterloo
Iowa
Memphis, Tenn
Water Valley
Vicksburg
Miss
Navy recruiting station to close at McKeesport
The Navy will close the McKeesport sub recruiting station due to a drop in enlistments and open a new office in Newcastle. The McKeesport office opened last Fall amid industrial plant layoffs. now enlistments have fallen as work resumes.
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New York Times
Ittsburg
United States Navy
McKeesport
Newcastle
Fire Lieutenant Injured In Williamsburg Truck Collision
Truck 58 responding to a false alarm on Ainslie Street and Humboldt Avenue collided with Engine 116 at Scholes Street and Graham Avenue in Williamsburg. Lieut Charles Brown, 58, suffered a fractured skull and back injury after being thrown from the tender. he was taken to St Catherine's Hospital where doctors warned he might die. other firefighters sustained only bruises. Brown resides at 738 Decatur Street.
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Ainslie Street
Humboldt Avenue
Williamsburg
Scholes Street
Graham Avenue
Lieut
Charles Brown
Brown
Fesler
St. Catherine's Hospital
Hyves
Decatur Street
Horsford's Acid Phosphate Advertisement Relief Claim
An advertisement touts Horsford's Acid Phosphate as a remedy for headache and insomnia caused by heat, nervousness, or impaired digestion. It presents the product as a relief option and encourages use in summer conditions.
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Horsford
Grover Cleveland Buried in Simple Private Funeral
Grover Cleveland was laid to rest in Princeton after a private ceremony reflecting his modest retirement. President Roosevelt and several governors attended, with ministers reading rites and a close circle of family and friends present, the public spared the pomp.
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New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Nassaw
Simpla
Pozlien
Cleveland
United States
Burix
Hwlis
Grover Iveland
Pour Prsident
Roosevelt
Oysceray
Cabinet
Clevelans
Supreme Court
President Ly
Heorwyelt
Bryant
C Cveland
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