Socialist Claim Denied on Boy Scouts as Military Venture
Movement headquarters rebut the charge that Boy Scouts is military or capitalistic. The manual shows loyalty to leaders and country, but stresses independent thinking and moral judgment. Rev T H Martin from Butte praising the movement notes Scouts aid working class youth and oppose capitalist aims.
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Boy Scouts
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Movement
Scout Jaw
Western Federation of Miners
T. H. Martin
Butte
Mont
California
Washington
Boy Scout Movement
Madero Named President by Constitutional Progressive Party
Francisco I. Madero was nominated for the presidency at a convention in Mexico City by the Constitutional Progressive party. Delegates proposed amendments binding candidates to support the laws of the reform, including church-state separation from Juarez era reforms. The platform amendment was approved amid applause and chants of Viva Benito Juarez.
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Mexico City
Mex
Francisco I. Madero
Constitutional Progressive Party
Benito Juarez
Population centre moves to western Bloomington area
The ouncement from Director Durand places the U S population center in the western part of Bloomington Indiana Monroe County eight miles west of the July location near Unionville This reflects a shift in the national demographic center.
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Bloomington
Ind
Washington
United States
Durand
Boomington
Monroe County
Unionville
Notes Laid To Woman In Easton Letter Case
Easton, August 31. Harriet De Witt, a woman in her thirties, is charged with sending scurrilous defamatory letters by mail. Postoffice Inspector Shaneberger arrested her after years of anonymous missives targeting Easton social and business circles. She awaits arraignment before United States Commissioner Turner.
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Easton
Harriet de Witt
Postoffice
Shaneberger
Secret Service
Miss de Wite
United States
Turner
Miss de Witt
Baseball Scores Highlight Mixed Results in League Play
American League games include Cleveland defeating Washington 4 to 3. Standings show Athletics and Chicago leading with 64 and 60 losses respectively. National League features Boston sweeping Pittsburgh in a pair, with New York and Chicago posting solid records amid rainouts and postponed games.
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Washington
Walker
W.L. PC
W.L. PG. Athletics
Chicago
Detroit
Clevelnd
Boston
Washin
N.york
St.Louis
Rain postpones all Tristate League games
Weather halted the Tristate League schedule with all games postponed due to rain. Standings show Reading 69 32 683, Altoona 47 54 495, Trenton 62 40 608, Lancastr 46 54 450, Johnson 53 47 630, Harriigh 45 57 441, York 48 54 471, Wilming 34 66 340. In crime news, Burdette Smith, 18, of Rifle Colo., fatally shot his father after a failed punishment attempt. In Harrisburg, Socialist petitions filed to nominate a complete city ticket and school board candidates.
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W.L. PC
WL. PC
Reading
Altoona
Trenton
Lancastr
Johnson
Harriigh
York
Wilming
Harrisburg
L. Crissy
Frederick Market Prices August 31 1911 Quotations
Frederick County Farmers Exchange provides corrected market prices for grains and feeds as of August 31 1911. Wheat No 2 Hed 84 cents bushel corn shelled 75 to 80 cents oats 55 to 60 cents rye 70 to 75 cents barley 65 to 70 cents winter wheat 4.70 to 5.20 spring wheat 5.10 to 5.60 cornmeal 1.60 to 1.70 per 100 pounds mill feed bran 27 middlings 31 per ton red dog 2.20 to 2.30 dairy feed 23 to 26 cotton seed meal 31 to 32 seedy timothy 5 to 7 clover 11 to 12 hay baled no 1 timothy 23 to 25 no 2 timothy 22 to 24 no 1 mixed 21 to 23 no 2 mixed 20 to 22 clover 18 to 19 baled wheat 6 to 3 baled oats 4 to 8 hay not baled 20 to 22 per ton.
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Timothy
Vares Candidacy Aims to Expose Philadelphia Machine Politics
Philadelphia prepares for the Republican mayoral nomination on September 20 as William S. Vare faces George H. Marle and Mayor Rowburn. The race promises deeper scrutiny of city politics with Edwin H. Vare, the candidate’s brother, managing street cleaning contracts and a duel of campaign oratory proposed in each ward.
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Philadelphia
National Interes
Republian
William S. Vare
Vare
George H. Marle
Vares
Iles Penrose
Rowburn
Vere
Penrose
Lfe
Ie Hute
Edwin H. Vare
Edwin
Bill
Jim McNichol
Earle
Mr. Ware
Railway layoffs save wages in drift to dispute
A Chicago report shows 81,870 railway employees laid off across 60 percent of U S lines last year, saving about 94 million dollars in wages. The figures are tied to the ongoing wage dispute, with railway men noting their significance. A Venice court anecdote explains a long held judicial lamp tradition tied to a baker’s innocence. A Kansas woman dies after a gasoline stove accident. A Sunday excursion train wreck at Kings Mountain injures 22 of 175 passengers. Grain of gaslighting and other items fill the page as Belgium tightens frontier defenses amid France Germany war fears.
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Robert Lovett
Harriran
Court of Assizes
Venice
Doges
Greenville
S&s. C
Charlotte
Charlotte Atlanta
Southern Railway
Johnston City
Tenn
Kings Mountain
Liege
Belgium
France
Germany
Hellebaut
Great Britain
Frontier
Fife
Boy Slayer at Large in Pocono Mountains
Narvey Osborne, seventeen, shot and killed George Bellis, fourteen, over a girl they both courted. He fled into the Pocono mountains as Detective John H. Decker and officials pursue. The girl is Cora Sergeant, twenty, who had ties to both youths and was previously sent to the reformatory.
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Stroudsburg
Narvey Osborne
George Bellis
Pocono Mountains
John H. Decker
Osborne
Decker
Cora Sergeant
Monroe County Court
Congresses Ls A Dying of Consumption Aug 31
Congresses Ls a dying of consumption in Sanitarium at Mon Tevia. Sylvester Smith, of the th district, is dying from quick consumption in Sanitarium at Mon Tevia.
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Sylvester Smith
Mon- Tevia
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