Governor Hughes Addresses Chautauqua on American Morals
In Chautauqua New York Governor Hughes spoke to a large audience urging faith in Americans. He praised rising ethical standards, warned against evils of democracy and urged careful lawmaking and faithful representation while calling for active civic duty and reforms. The address stressed optimism amid temptations and the need for true public accountability.
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Chautauqua
N. Y
Aus
America
St. Cyn
Bryan criticizes federal control plan to protect railroads
William Jennings Bryan says President Roosevelt's speech reveals a push for national incorporation of railroads and interstate firms. He argues the move centralizes power to shield corporations, not the public, and warns Democratic unity against Western Republicans backing federal remedies.
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Lincoln
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Washington
Congress
United States
Tillmans Prophecy on Maryland Kentucky Missouri in US Politics
Senator Tillman declares Maryland Kentucky and Missouri will shift from Democratic to Republican strength. He blames influx of southern colored Republicans and says Northerners lack strong Democratic leaders like Thurman or Voorhees. He argues young Northerners join Republicans for advancement.
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Tribune
Washington Courthouse
Ohio
Benjamin Tillman
South Carolina
Maryland
Kentucky
Missouri
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
North
Tennessee Democrats back Folk for President Nomination
About fifty prominent Tennessee Democrats met in Nashville led by ex Governor James D. Porter to promote Missouri Governor Joseph W Folk as the Democratic nomi nee for President. The group urged Tennessees support for Folk at the national convention arguing Folk could beat Bryan.
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Tribune
Nashville
Tenn
Joseph W. Folk
Missouri
James D. Porter
Peabody University
Porter
Folk
Tennessee
New Cruiser Washington Tops Speed Trials At Sea
The Navy reports the armored cruiser Washington achieved 21.38 knots during four hours under forced draft and 18.33 knots over eight hours with natural draft in speed tests off the Atlantic coast. Gun trials were successful with no damage. Tennessee, sister ship, reached 20.82 knots forced and 18.04 natural.
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Washington
Navy Department
Board of Inspection and Survey
Atlantic
Navy Yard
Tennessee
Maryland Steel Co. Wins Panama Rail Contract
The Isthmian Canal Commission awarded R. C. Hoffman & Co. on behalf of Maryland Steel Company a contract for 300 gross tons of 80 pound steel rails to be used in Panama coal construction. Price 395 250, bid by United States Steel Corporation 97 350. Delivery in September, rival had November.
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Baltimore
Maryland Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Panama
Coaal
Isthmian Canal Commission
R. C. Hoffman & Co
Wreck Involving Touring Car Trolley Crash At Coney Island
A large touring car carrying Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Bennett of West 120th Street Miss Isla Owen of West End Avenue and chauffeur A Homer was struck by a trolley at Neptune Avenue and Ocean Boulevard Coney Island. All occupants were thrown free Miss Owen suffered a fractured arm and scalp wound while the Bennetts were badly bruised the chauffeur was briefly unconscious but not seriously hurt.
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Frank E. Bennett
West 120Th Street
Isla Owen
West End Avenue
A. Homer
Broadway
Neptune Avenue
Ocean Boulevard
Coney Island
Powder Plant Explodes Near Berkeley Calif Crippling Blast
Three explosions at the Du Pont powder works in Sobrante 16 miles north of Berkeley mortally injure two men and injure many others. A thousand cannery workers in San Francisco panic as doors jammed at the main stairway trap hundreds, with eleven or more hospitalizations and a $50 000 loss.
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San Francisco
du Pont de Nemours
Sobrante
Bay Shore
Berkeley
Bay
California Fruit Canners’ Association
van Ness Avenue
Central Emergency
Central Emergency Hospital
Black Hand threats target Bishop Burgess in Garden City
Special report from Garden City Long Island on August 24 describes a Black Hand letter threatening Bishop Frederick Burgess of the Cathedral of the Incarnation. The note warned of harm to his family if demands were not met, with theories pointing to Brooklyn extortionists or local Italian workers.
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Garden City
Long Island
Frederick Burgess
Cathedral of the Incarnation
Brooklyn
Burgess
Hospital Fire Brings Heroic Rescue At Thrall Hospital
Arthur Phornley an orderly at Thrall Hospital Grove Street Middletown is fatally burned after fighting a fire to save twenty five patients including two dying women Dr Lillian Morgan aided by dragging Phornley from the smoke both sustained minor injuries while staff moved patients to safety from the four story frame building as flames and smoke overwhelmed the hallways before fire crews arrived
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the Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Arthur Phornley
Thrall Hospital
Grove Street
Phornley
Lillian Morgan
Dr. Morgan
Young Phornley
Noel Nominated for Governor of Mississippi
Memphis Mississippi Aug 24 E F Noel of Holmes County has been nominated for Governor in the Democratic primary held last Thursday Earl Brewer conceded the nomination tonight and urged Democrats to support Noel The nomination is considered equivalent to election.
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Memphis
Tenn
E. F. Noel
Holmes County
Mississippi
Earl Brewer
Noel
St Gaudens Designs Backed by Government Authority
Dr George F Kunz chairs the American Numismatic Society committee on new coinage and reports to President Roosevelt that St Gaudens designs for the gold eagle and double eagle will be accepted after mint engravers reduce relief. The society proposes a $10 000 prize program for American artists and annual bronze medals to fund enlarging the national coin collection.
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St. Gaudens
George F. Kunz
American Numismatic Society
Kunz
Roosevelt
The
Numismatic Society
Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Government aims to curb Lords power in England speeches
In London and across England tonight key figures including Herbert Asquith Richard Haldane Winston Churchill and Birrell argued the government plans to settle the power struggle between the Commons and the Lords. They warned the Lords cannot block legislation across a full Parliament.
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London
House of Lords
England
Herbert H. Asquith
Home Secretary
Richard B. Haldane
Birrell
Ireland
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Cheadle
Manchester
Corsham
Asquith
Lords
Haldane
Kippenhouse
Perthshire
Brooklyn Baseball Player Killed In New York Game
Arthur Clemens of Brooklyn was struck on the head by a pitch from Oyster Bay pitcher McKenna while playing in Glen Cove. He died twenty minutes later from brain hemorrhage as an inquest returned an accidental death. Clemens leaves a widow and two children. burial set for Brooklyn.
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Glen Cove
Long Island
Arthur Clemens
Cooper Street
Brooklyn
McKenna
Oyster Bay Nine
Clemens
Burns
Hall
Oyster Bay
J. E. Norris
Torpedo expeller explosion injures three at Norfolk yard
At Norfolk navy yard on Aug 24 an air compressor expelling torpedoes in the power house exploded as four of eight cranks blew out. Three men were injured and the blast damaged the building. armor plate was hurled 100 feet away and sixty-five windows broken. Injured were Ailen Webb, H. 3, Martin, and L. Shepperd.
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Norfolk
Ordnance Department
Yards and Docks Department
Norfolk Navy Yard
Ailen Webb
H. 3
Martin
L. Shepperd
German Vessel Captured Near Morocco With Rifles
Tangier reports the French cruiser Du Chayla captured a German vessel loaded with rifles off the Moroccan coast. The ship sailed under a Spanish flag and its commander was taken as a prisoner. Madrid notes English warships have sent marines and machine guns ashore near the coast.
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Morocco
du Chayla
Madrid
Tangier
Cadiz
Unionist Victory at Bury St Edmunds House Seat
The Hon Walter Guinness won the Bury St Edmunds by election with 1631 votes to Liberal W E Yates 741. The result gives a 890 vote majority over the Liberal candidate and follows Captain F W Herveys prior tenure after succeeding to the Bristol peerage. The campaign centered on tariff reform with Guinness a declared Protectionist.
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Bury St. Edmunds
England
House of Commons
Walter Guinness
W. E. Yates
F. W. Hervey
Hervey
Marquis of
Bristol
Guinness
Alabama Attorney General withdraws from L and N rate case hearing
At a U S court hearing on an injunction to block state officers from meddling in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad rate litigation Judge Jones proceeded after Attorney General A M Garber said no state counsel would appear. He cited an unprecedented printed opinion and futile argument.
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Montgomery
Ala
Louisville & Nashville
Jones
United States Court
A. M. Garber
Garber
Colonel Garber
Judge Jones
Daniels Comet Brighter and Brightest Sight in Quarter Century
The comet discovered June 10 by Zaccheus Daniels of Princeton Observatory has grown brighter and more visible, with a head as prominent as the Pole Star and a tail over twenty degrees long. It rises east at about 3 am, best seen before dawn, and moves eastward from Taurus toward Cancer, approaching Regulus in Leo if extended.
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Zaccheus Daniels
Princeton Astronomical Observatory
New York
Daniels
Taurus
Procyon
Gemini
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Leo
Pittsburg Gas War Threatens Rival Power Plant
The Duquesne Heat and Light Company of Pittsburg secured a $10,000,000 loan from Fidelity Title and Trust Company to challenge the Philadelphia gas monopoly in Allegheny County. Led by president Robert C. Hall, the firm plans bonds and a new electrical plant costing about $1.6 million, while Governor Stuart may pursue quo warranto to challenge the rival charter.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Duquesne Heat and Light Company
Robert C. Hall
Fidelity Title and Trust Company
Philadelphia Company
Allegheny County
Philadelphia
Stuart
Duquesne Company
St Swithin's Spell Brings Heavy Rain To Connecticut
Hartford reports the 40 days after St Swithin's feast ended with midnight drizzle and a day of downpour soaking parched crops. Estimated value to the Connecticut Valley tobacco crop runs around $1,000,000. Some farmers now doubt the old legend of forty rainless days.
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Tribune
Hartford
Conn
St. Swithin
Connecticut
Woman Lecturer Accused Of Theft In Boston Case
Boston August 24 Mrs Jennie Folsom Morrill a civic campaign crusader is under arrest charged with larceny of 19 from her late husband estate for selling property without legal right She cannot obtain bail and remains in jail pending trial Morrill a well known physical culture lecturer and author of Steady Light once debated Roosevelt on race suicide
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The
Tribune
Boston
Jennie Folsom Morriltt
Morrill
Roosevelt
Dewey's Lauterne and Moselle Ad
Advertisement from H. T. Dewey and Sons Co of 88 Fulton St New York urging readers to drink white dry wines in warm weather promoting Lauterne and Moselle blends.
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Dewey’s
Taft Opposes Oklahoma Constitution In Speech
Secretary Taft spoke at Convention Hall in Oklahoma City urging Oklahoma to reject the proposed constitution. He argued the decision belongs to judicial review, warned about costly offices and education funding, and urged alignment with Roosevelt progressive principles over the Democratic slate.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Taft
Oklahoma and
Indian Territory
United States
Oklahoma
Congress
Philippines
Theodore Roosevelt
Solid South
Dairymen Form League to Control Milk Prices
Hundreds of farmers from Sullivan Ulster Orange counties and Sussex County New Jersey met in Middletown New York to form a dairymen league. About fifteen thousand cows are represented with plans to include all dairymen across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
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Middletown
N. Y
Sullivan
Ulster
Orange Counties
New York
Sussex County
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Torpedo Boats for the Pacific flotilla heads to coast
Eight torpedo vessels are assigned to sail with Admiral Evans's battleship fleet to the Pacific coast in December. The ships Hull Truxton Whipple Hopkins Worden Stewart Lawrence and Macdonough are listed. Command passes from Lieutenant Commander Anderson to Lieutenant H S Cone on October 1. voyage readiness is unsettled.
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H. S. Cone
Dale
China
Horse Held for Debt Wins Money at Empire City
Edward J. Gildersleeve of Louisville owes Walter T. McGinty a debt and must post 800 dollars to reclaim his four-horse stable. Deputy Sheriff Kuss seized the horses Canodian Ambrella Alsona and Penrhyn at Empire City track. Penrhyn won 100 dollars in a race as Lane lets the trainer race to raise the claim.
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Edward J. Gildersleeve
Louisville
Walter T. McGinty
Sheriff Lane
Westchester County
Empire City
Kuss
McGinty
Canodian
Ambrella
Alsona
Penrhyn
Lane
Gildersleeve
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Chautauqua, N.Y
Gedgeé
MR. Bryan
Tillmans Prophecy
Tennessee For Folk
Boom
Naval Board
U. S. Steel
Maryland Company
Frisco
ST. Gaudens’s
Alabama
Dairymen’s League
Pacific
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