Mrs. John W. Kern Acknowledges Campaign Strain on Health
Mrs. John W. Kern of Indianapolis, wife of the Democratic vice presidential nominee, values his honor but would prefer he stay out of public life due to health concerns. A social leader, she supports philanthropic work for urban children and kindergarten kindergartens. She is Kern’s second wife with two sons, John Worth Kern Jr aged eight and William Cooper Kern Jr aged four.
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JOHN W. KERN
Indianapolis
Kern
John Worth Kern, Jr
William Cooper Kern
Kero
Philadelphia Democrats Endorse Ticket in Party Split
Philadelphia Democrats endorsed William Jennings Bryan for president and John W. Kern for vice president at a committee meeting aligned with the Guffey faction. The group denounced Denver’s Democratic convention for unseating eight Philadelphia delegates, a move challenged by County Commissioner Charles P. Donnelly who spoke passionately against the action.
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Philadelphia
Democraticalty committee
Guffey
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
John W. Kern
Denver
Charles P. Donnelly
Tragic double drowning after mother's despair in New York
Despondent wife Gussie Benson, ill health and fear for her two children lead to a fatal river tragedy. The mother and her four and two year old were found in the river and lie in the morgue awaiting burial. Also reports of a typhoid outbreak in Hastings and a dueling incident in New Castle with four gunshot injuries. A two year old died from a fatal toothbrush artery injury in Altoona.
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New York
Gussie Benson
Altoona
Jeanette
Mra
Frank Eberly
Notable Dying and Factory Resumption News
Captain Henry McCrea of the United States Navy dies at 57 in a Brooklyn naval hospital from Bright’s disease. The Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction plans to issue warrants for over 4 million of state appropriations. Rev Dennis P O Sullivan president of St Joseph’s College Philadelphia dies suddenly of heart failure at Holy Cross College Worcester Massachusetts. The Ansonia Clock factory in Brooklyn New York employing over 1000 workers resumes full operations after a lengthy shutdown.
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Henry McCrea
United States navy
naval hospital
Brooklyn
Bright
Penneyiventa state department of public instruction
Dennis P. O'sullivan
O. J
St. Joseph's college
Philadelphia
Holy Crows college
Worcester
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Threatened extortion case tied to New York scion
John A Van Rensselaer, heir to a famed New York family, was arrested in Newport on extortion charges after a letter to his mother demanded $80 monthly support and warned of dire consequences. He claimed the letter was forged or misrepresented, citing disputes over brokerage funds and family debts. The note references his wife’s support needs and the estate’s securities, with Van Rensselaer tracing familial ties to Brigadier General Henry Bell Van Rensselaer.
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New York
John A. Vem Rensselaer
Mia
John Van Rensselear
Polley Crowley
Newport
H. L
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Van Rensselear
Lawrence Lee
Tam
Frances
Harold
Europe
J. A. RENSSELARRY
Van Rensselaar
Coronial Dames of America
Van Renaseleer
John King Van Rengeelear
Henry Bell Van Rensselear
dlecamp
Winfield Scott
Rensselaers
Jermias Van Rensselaer
colonial assembly
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Yale Sheffield Scientific school
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New Castle
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Frank Thomas
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