Philadelphia Founders Week Pageant Transforms Broad Street
Philadelphia staged a historic Founders Week pageant along Broad Street with seven divisions tracing the city’s 225 years. About 400 floats and 5000 on foot or horseback moved past hundreds of thousands, guided by 85 heralds and 1000 horsemen, as Violet Oakley led the float designs and sixty artists built the display.
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Violet Oakley
State Capitol
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Sargent
United States
Quebec
Delaware River
Found Dead in Thicket After Six Weeks Missing Warrenton
Ernest Robinson twenty four of Warrenton Rifles disappeared with his brother six weeks earlier. His body was found in a Casanova thicket near the railroad tracks with no violence evident. Authorities note possible heart failure or poisoning but offer no corroborating clues. The brothers once owned a general store in Warrenton.
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Ernest Robinson
Warrenton Rifles
Walter
Casanova
Calverton
Fifth conviction in St Louis for election fraud
John I. Buckner pleg pleaded guilty and drew a lengthy sentence for fraudulent election practices in St Louis. Albert Hawley of Davenport was elected grand secretary treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen at the Columbus convention.
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John i. Buckner Pleg
Albert Hawley
Davenport
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Calumbus
Campaign contributions surface for Taft Roosevelt talk
New York October 10 Andrew Carnegie's or rather Andrew Cardegle? contributed $20000 to the Republican national committee and Mrs Russell Sage gave $1000. The Democratic fund has about 220000 with 14 contributors of $1000 each and a Denver total of 350100. Taft and Roosevelt plan a consultation in Washington on October 18 with sessions likely at the White House.
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National Committee
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Roosevelt
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Shenman
Maes
New York
Andrew Cardegle
Republican National Committee
Timothy L. Woodruff
Woodruff
Russell Sage
Smail
George R. Sheldon
National Republican Committee
Republican Committee
Republican National Campaign Fund
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Gryana
Democratic National Committee
Denver
Democratic Treasury
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United States
Clark
Montana
Monroe
Wash
Conzalt
Cincinnati
William IT
Washington
National Capital
White House
Taft Backers Urge Vote as Sharpless Plant Threatened
West Chester Pa Oct 10 crowds cheered James Sherman Republican vice presidential nominee at a parade. An internal notice from Sharpless Separator Co says they will not pressure workers but warns Bryan’s election could force plant closure and job losses due to reduced orders. The letter claims self preservation and asks workers to consider Bryanism’s risks.
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West Chester
James 8. Sherman
Sherman
P. M. Sharpless
Sharpless Separator Company
Tense Balkan tensions after alleged Austro Servian clash
A Budapest telegram claims Servians killed three Austrian generals on the Bosnian frontier and gunboats bombarded Servia. Belgrade protesters demand King Peter’s abdication or war, while Austria Hungary lines up 10 000 troops along the Drina with possible rapid reinforcement.
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Counterfeiters Arrested After Sunbury Raid
A United States Secret Service raid with local police at a Northumberland house netted moulds for counterfeit silver dollars and ten cent pieces, plus stolen jewelry and clothing. Jack Wilson and the Beckley family were arrested on charges of making and passing counterfeit money.
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United States Secret Service
Northumberland
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Secret Service
Beckley
Firemen Hurt As Warehouse Wall Falls In Harrisburg
Fire destroyed the rag warehouse of Louis and Morris Baturin in Harrisburg Pennsylvania causing about 8000 dollars in damage with insurance partly covering. Just before the firemen were sent home a building wall collapsed trapping six men including Charles W Malley of Company No 2 who broke a leg and Clarence Butz and William Leonard who were badly bruised.
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Harrisburg
Louis & Morris Baturin
Charles W. Malley
Company No. 2
Clarence Butz
William Leonard
Lincoln Home Purchase Planned by Reading Citizens
Reading residents organize a Lincoln Memorial association to buy and preserve the Lincoln homestead near Lorane in Exeter township where Abraham Lincoln’s great great grandfather was born. The house is over 173 years old.
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Reading
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Lincoln Memorial Association
Lorane
Exeter Township
Abraham Lincoln
Day seeks $5 million endowment for Syracuse University
Chancellor Day urged a $5,000,000 endowment fund at the Central New York conference to support Syracuse University with part of the money funding 1000 permanent scholarships for needy students. In Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Railroad started cash payrolls for the first time here, distributing about $150,000 locally.
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Syracuse
Central New York
Penney
Harrisburg
Penneylvania Railroad Company
Record of Unemployment in Great Britain and Spanish Royal Accident
The General Federation of Trade Unions cites 1,500,000 unemployed in the United Kingdom with 7,500,000 dependents. In Spain King Alfonso’s royal auto carriage crashed near Placentia, injuring him slightly and bruising two aides, after a burst tire.
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London
General Federation of Tradea Uniona
United Kingdom
Placentia
Spain
Alfonso
Bride-To-Be Found Dead On Road In Ohio Murder Mystery
Ora Lee a 21 year old factory worker was found shot on the road between Wadsworth and Custard Hook. Suspect Guy Rasor, fiancé designate of Misa Lea, is detained as investigators seek motive and track evidence such as a missing horse shoe and horse tracks at the Rasor home. The case hinges on whether the killing happened before or after her planned marriage.
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Ora Lee
Wardsworth
Custard Hook
Guy Rasor
Misa Lea
Wan
Charles Rasor
Misa Lee Wan
Rasor
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Milas Loa
Dress Makers Endure Strain. Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Promoted
The article extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female fatigue and nervous prostration among overworked dressmakers. It cites Mrs Eile Griffin of Canton New York and invites sick women to write for advice, claiming decades of use and thousands cured.
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Eile Griffin
Park St
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N.Y
Battleships of the Atlantic Fleet Sail for Japan
The sixteenth battleships of the Atlantic fleet moved to Japan under orders from Rear Admiral Charles N. Sperry. The fleet set sail two hours earlier than planned and the battleship Connecticut led the departure, with the rest quickly following down the bay.
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Charies N. Sperry
Connecticut
Our Good Friend The Farmer Ad If You Seek Bargains
The notice urges readers to check the paper advertising columns for mail order bargains and to prefer home advertisers over foreign ones. It argues advertisers’ ads are a key weapon in competing with mail order catalogs and encourages comparing local ads before buying.
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