Lincoln notification day parade and Bryan acceptance
Lincoln Neb August ceremony marks first notification day with 46 guns, parades, band concerts, and a luncheon for Bryan and Kern. Bryan delivers a forceful acceptance speech as Governor Sheldon and Mayor Brown attend. Kern speaks on campaign priorities before an evening reception and Capitol grounds procession.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Ustir
Fairview
State Capitol
Iunehenn
Hotel
Bryan
Kern
Sheldon
Nolifcation Committee
Brown
Rapido Grounds
Sixteenth
Taft
Republican State Central Committee
William A. Hayward
Republican National Committee
Capitol Grounds
Nebraska State Band
B. M. Westerfell
W. F. Brown
George J. Sheldon
J. E B. Miller
P L. Hall
National Committee
Denver
United States
Harmony
Rau
Puran
Library funding request seeks $7000 yearly
The report to Fassett A. Cotton shows $7600 to be submitted by County Superintendent Jordan. Morrisgon Reevesbrary needs $7000 annually to cover expenses and buy new books. this year only $5691.20 was allocated, limiting purchases and repairs. A library tax raise proposed by Mr. Potter would go from 4 to 4.4 cents per dollar.
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Fassett A. Cotton
Jordan
Morrisgon-Reevesbrary
Algo
Richmond Painter Marries Brother's Widow at Home
Louis Hessman a respected Richmond resident aged about sixty weds Mrs. Hannah Hessman widow of his deceased brother. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. J. C. Campbell at 21 North Fifth street. The couple will reside at 23 North Fifth street after the wedding.
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Louis Hessman
Richmond
Hannah Hessman
North Fifth Street
Hessman
J. C. Campbell
Wayne Township Advisory Board Proposes Tax Increase
At the September 1 meeting at the courthouse Trustee Charles Potter proposed raising township taxes 6 cents for school road and other purposes. The school tax for teacher salaries would rise at least 3 cents to cover higher costs under the new school law effective August 1. Library taxes for Morrison Reeves also would increase though not as high.
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Wayne Township Advisory Board
Court House
Charles Potter
Morrisson-Reeves Library
Avhawe
Reverend Agher Webster Dies After Train Stop
Newton Webster of Brookville Pennsylvania identified the remains of Rev Agher Webster who died at Reid Memorial Hospital from uremic poisoning. Webster, about 60, had been a Presbyterian minister with posts in Brookville Crookville and elsewhere. His body was taken to his Brookville home yesterday evening.
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Newton Webster
Brookville
Pennsylvania
Reid Memorial Hospital
Agher Webster
Mr. Webster
Rev. Webster
Springfield
Webster
Paris
France
Crookville
Subway Plan Prompts Riverdale Streetcar Extension
Superintendent James Shaw of the Richmond Chautauqua outlined revived plans to extend streetcar service into Riverdale via subways at Tenth and Fifteenth streets. The project hinges on Pennsylvania Railroad also sharing half the cost and promoting permanent chautauqua grounds in Hawkins addition.
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Tenth
Fifteenth Streets
Riverdale
James Shaw
Richmond Chautauqua
Hawkins
Pennsylvania Rairoad Company
Shaw
William Wade Improves After Train Collision
William Wade, a colored man, was struck by a C. & L. passenger train and is now at Reid Hospital. He is improving and expected to be able to leave the hospital when he is able.
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William Wade
Friends Rally On Fraud Suspects And Gear To Help Cause
A disjointed report notes a planned rally by Friends to address alleged fraud connected to checks and payments. Walter Williams, an upholsterer, is named amid a web of alleged misdealings involving Jones Hardware Company and Heiger Grocery. The meeting reportedly occurred at South Eighth Street church with a focus on supporting a Chautauqua event and Sunday school rally.
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Crom-the -Was
Willard Fall
Jones Hardware Company
Heiger Grocery
Chautauqua
South Eighth Street
Strikes and Frauds Highlight Town News and Chautauqua Plans
The report details a bank check fraud using the fictitious J. M. Miller name as foreigners strike at local sites and McNally reappointed to police duties. It notes Good Roads Congress business, rail route plans, wage demands by immigrant laborers, and pending street sewer construction as tensions rise amid civic events.
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First National Bank
J. M. Miller
Williams
Good Roads Congress
J.M. Miller
Sea of Richmond
Articles of Association Drafted by Notable Jurists
The text shows an early draft of Articles of Association attributed to notable figures including Prof. N. C. Helron and Judge RD McCarthy. The fragment references a panel or committee guiding formal corporate or organizational formation.
Homecoming plans staged for Centerville event weekend
Centerville prepares for Wanderers return with 2000 plus accessions and parsonage debt paid. A White River conference opens in Indianapolis with Bishop Mathews presiding and church erection efforts discussed. Delegates schedule band concerts and speeches with ministers hosting receptions and meals at United Brethren facilities.
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White River
First United Brethren Church
G. M. Mathews
D. D
Chicago
Mathews
United Settlers
M. E
H. 8. Gable
Dayton
Church Erection Society
Flickinger
EB H. Pontius
Kokomo
J. B. Shannan
Marion
Evangeliam
C. Whitney
D. 1
Home Missionary Society
W. R. Funk
S. L. Pastlethwait
Anderson
Mather
Ohio
North A Street Improvement Rejected by Residents
North A Street residents successfully remonstrated against proposed cement sidewalks between Fifth and Sixteenth at a Board of Works meeting. The Meredith family moves to relocate the historic monument from Oak L and Farm to Riverdale cemetery park seven, with remains and statue to be placed there.
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Fifth and Sixteenth
Board of Works
Meredith
Thirteenth Street
Glen Miller Park
Fourth
Fifth
Cambridge City Tribune
Mra
Virginia C. Meredith
Oakland Farm
Riverdale Cemetery
Riverdale
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Barney Oldfield Passes Through City En Route to Ft Wayne
Barney Oldfield world speed record holder and his manager toured the city last evening in separate cars. He declined to comment on a recent Louisville crash. They planned to reach Ft Wayne before dawn en route to Chicago for a race. Oldfield has recovered from injuries.
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Barney Oldfeld
Ft. Wayne
Mr. Oldfeld
Louisville
Kentucky
Mr. Oldfield
Chicago
Police Seek Benfield Wife and Child Missing in Dayton
Report says Harry Benfield an automobile agent disappeared with a woman and her child posing as his wife and daughter. H. J. Ketcham of Los Angeles, formerly Columbus, Ind., was in town seeking them. Benfield reportedly fled to Dayton, Ohio, after recognizing Ketcham. A reliable source suggests Benfield has a wife and children in Columbus Indiana. The couple stayed at a North Ninth Street boarding house for four months, later joined by a 13 year old girl, the woman’s daughter.
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Harry Benfield
H. J. Ketcham
Los Angeles
Cal
Columbus
Ind
Benfield
Dayton
Ohio
Ketch
Tnd
North Ninth Street
Three Cheers for River Dale Given With Energi
Work on erecting the camping grounds fence began yesterday. The fenced acreage will exceed any prior enclosure though the exact area is not yet known. No engagements have been canceled yet.
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River
Dale
ENERG
Children Swing From Hazardous Wires Near Courthouse
Police were alerted to dangerous hanging telephone wires in front of the courthouse as repairs left lines within reach of children who were swinging on them. Officers ordered the company to dispatch a worker to the scene to prevent possible electric shock.
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Hnemen
Riverdale Renamed as City Section Cheered at Christening
In Richmond, 1500 attendees witnessed the Mothers’ League christen the Riverdale area to discard old stigmas and adopt the new name Riverdale. Mrs George Spaulding led the ceremony, praising progress and unity as residents from different races gathered under Starr Park to celebrate the renaming.
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George Spaulding
Riverdale
Pennsylvania Railroad
Whitewater
Spaulding
Mothers’ League
Richmond
Rive
Corporation Lines
Starr Park
Tenth Street
Mra
Spanding
Gue
United States
Tust Belo
Starr
J. Starr
Gona
Cra Sons
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William Jennings Bryan
Clayton
Clston
Mr. Bryan
Joseph Weishaupt
Republic
Pieyel
Earoytr
Landidate
South Third Street
Paramount
Notiteation Committee
Mins
Ged Wille
Asher C. Webster
Reid Hospital
Richmond Boon
William Wade Better
Walter Willams
Thirteenth
Gordon
Chautauqua Grounds
McNally
Alexander Gorin
B. K. Shera
Glen
Narham
John Hipskind & Son
Second Street
Hipskind
Hipslind
Cambridge
William T. Hoover
Lima
Articles OF Association
Dadtatng Af Aseanistinn
Arava Ovanke
N. C. Helronert Smith
RD McCarthy
United Brethren Conference
Centerville
Civic Club
Wanderers
Caleb King
King
V ‘Nterville
E. E. Oldaker
Stutlera
Ntance
Monument
Barney Oldfield
City
Impressi A
Ridale
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