Picnic Train Benefit Brings Music and Dancing After Prize Awards
The article lists numerous participants including McDonald H B Hayden Koln Bengston O Canedy Louis Siemon Straw Hitchcock Beale Grounds DeWitt Gitt Huss Fitch and others. Prizes for events are to be awarded at the music pavilion in the evening with music and moving pictures to follow. The Milwaukee train scheduled to leave at 10 40 will depart an hour late to accommodate picnic attendees.
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McDonald
H. B. Hayden
Louis
Koln
Charles Bengston
Frank
O. Canedy
Louis Siemon
W. L. Straw
F. A. Hitchcock
William Beale
DeWitt Gitt
Leonard Huss
Charles Fitch
Many Go To Fairview Bryan Urged To Visit Coast
Lincoln crowds surge toward Fairview as notification ceremonies begin with 24 hours to go. Norman E Mack arrives, Bryan plan talks follow with executive committee. Charles Edelman visits, urging California speeches while Bryan stays in Nebraska October. Minister Byrnes reports GOP strength others say.
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Lincoln
Neb
Loncoln
Lincoln, Neb
Norman E. Mack
National Democratic Committee
Fairview
Bryan
Edelman
Charles Edelman
San Francisco
Calfornia
California
Ohio
Ilinois
Kansas
Nebraska
Hopkins claims majority in districts and popular vote
In Chicago Aug 11 Governor Deneen leads over Richard Yates with 64 of 102 counties reported, and Yates conceding defeat except Len Small. Oglesby widens lead for lieutenant governor while James A. Rose and Christopher Mamer win key state posts. Hopkins says he will secure a large Republican caucus majority for the Senate. An explosion outside Windsor injures Fred Beckwith and his family, with severe injuries to Bessie Beckwith.
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Chicago
Deneen
Richard Yates
Secretary of State
Yates
Len Small
Kankakee
Oglesby
John Oglesby
Frank L. Smith
James A. Rose
Christopher Mamer
Supreme Court
J. McCan Davis
Hopkins
Albert J. Hopkins
United States Senate
General Assembly
George BE. Foss
Mr. Foss
William BE. Mason
King Edward I and Kaiser greet at Cronburg visit
King Edward I arrived in Cronburg and was greeted warmly by Emperor William and his suite. They exchanged kisses and embraces before traveling in an automobile to Friederichshof castle for a lengthy discussion before lunch.
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Cronburg
Edward I
William
Friederichshof Castle
Former Mrs. Duke on Trial in Bad Check Case
Alice L. Webber, former wife of millionaire tobacco dealer Brodie L. Duke, testified today in Chicago on the charge of defrauding a hotel of 200 dollars with a worthless check. Her defense contends she did not know the check was bad.
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Alice L. Webber
Chicago
Brodie L. Duke
Auto Blows Up Two Dead In Ohio Car Explosion
In Painesville Ohio on August 11 Mrs Mary Rowden aged 65 and Mrs Rove Beckwith aged 43 were injured when a car exploded. The incident left two occupants dead and others hurled several feet from the vehicle.
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Painesville
Ohio
Mary Rowden
Rove Beckwith
Store Employees In A Conspiracy In Pittsburg
Pittsburg Pa August 11 An alleged conspiracy of mercantile store employees to rob their firms has been unearthed Four arrests have been made with more expected Each man had been a trusted employee for six years and worked for a different firm The thefts total over 50000 dollars in goods from half a dozen firms
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Pittsburg
Half Dozen Go to Stop 50 Yaquis
Captain Harvey Wheeler and six Arizona troopers left Bisbee for a point on the international border near Douglas to head off 50 hostile Yaquis pursued by 200 Mexican troops. The Yaquis are described as well armed but poorly provisioned.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Harrey Wheeler
Arizona
Allison's Will Filed for Probate in Dubuque
The will of late Senator William B. Allison was filed for probate. Estate value estimated at 75,000 to 100,000 dollars. Annuities of 1200 to Mrs. Brayton and 750 to Mrs. Cornelia Allison among several legacies to relatives and institutions. Executor named as Judge Lacy. Will executed in Washington on April 2, 1906.
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Dubuque
Iowa
William B. Allison
C. J. Brayton
Hns
Cornelia Allison
Margaret Allison
Matthew
Free Public Library
Finley Hospital
Young Men's Christian Association
Brayton
James
Lacy
Washington
Turkish Minister Recalled in Peaceful Ottoman Reform
Washington declares Mehmed Ali Bey, Turkish minister, recalled amid a quiet Ottoman reform. Mundji Bey named charge d affaires in Washington until a new minister is appointed. Dispatches from Constantinople confirm the recall as the porte reshapes its government.
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Ottoman Empire
Washington
Mehmed Ali Bey
Mundji Bey
Turkey
New York
London
Constantinople
Porte
Senator Rescues Girl After Boat Sinks at Balboa Beach
Los Angeles Aug 11 Senator Flint rescued Miss Annie Cole from drowning at Balboa Beach. A party of seven including Senator and Mrs Flint Miss Katherine Flint Miss Annie Cole Morris Gifford Charles Cole and Joseph Young were in a boat that struck a rock. The other women could swim but the senator held Miss Cole until a rescuer arrived in a canoe.
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Flint
Los Angeles
Cal
Senator Flint
Annie Cole
Balboa Beach
Stevenson Nonpartisan in Office Declared by Governor Nominee
Bloomington Aug 11 Adlai Stevenson Democratic nominee for governor receives congratulatory telegrams from rivals who pledge support. In a statement Stevenson says the office should be nonpartisan, with integrity and efficiency in charitable institutions as the supreme requisites, and that service should aid all the people of the state. Separate note reports Masons from two counties planning a picnic at Watch Tower with contests and a Scott-Rock Island county baseball game ending with 100 cigars prize.
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Bloomington
Adlai Et. Stevenson
This County
Scott County
Watch Tower
C. C. Wilson
Rock Island County
Rock Island
Gregg
Donahoo
Martin
Searle
Fife
Hebdele
Jarett
Canedy
Krapp
Substitutes
Wake
Gitt
Atkinson
Peterson
Tallman
Heuck
State Ball for Officers in Auckland Celebrates Fleet
Glorious weather and hearty cheers marked the state ball at government house Auckland honoring Rear Admiral Sperry and visiting American warship officers. Lord Plunkitt hosted more than a thousand guests in a bustling New Zealand celebration. In Bloomington Ill a baseball switch: Jesse Orendorff released, Nig Langdon signed to replace him.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Lord Plunkitt
Government House
Sperry
Orendorff
Bloomington
Ill
Jesse Orendorff
St. Louis
Boston Americans
Langdon
Charleston
Pana
Guatemalan President Criticized Over Finance Methods
C G Gano of the American Trading Company recounts to reporters a Guatemala City incident. A tobacco firm representative allegedly paid Cabrera with 11,000 pesos via a merchant, then was detained by two soldiers and forced to sign the check over. The merchant later stopped payment on the funds.
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San Francisco
C. G. Gano
American Trading Company
Central America
Cabrera
Guatemala
Gano
Hsistay
Guatemala City
Honduras
Bano
Two Cars Crash Near Piqua Leaves Dozen Dead and Many Hurt
Dayton dispatch reports a collision between two electric cars nine miles north of Piqua resulting in at least three deaths and about 25 injured, with more possibly fatally hurt. Names listed include William Bailey James Kehoe George Robertson William McClelland. Most casualties from Piqua and Sidney. injuries range from fractures to cuts and bruises.
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Dayton
Ohio
Piqua
William Bailey
James Kehoe
George Robertson
Sidney
William M’clelland
Lockington
P. F. Sarver
Shelby County
Bandits Rob Rail Station of Tickets and Money
Three armed bandits robbed the Erie station at Crown Point and the Grand Trunk depot at Griffith of 700 dollars in tickets and money during the night. A posse pursues the robbers through woods east of Crown Point. The Crown Point operator was locked in a box car and found hours later.
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Hammond
Ind
Erie
Crown Point
Grand Trunk
Griffith
Preparations Intensify as Caribbean Tensions Rise
Willemstad Curacao Aug 11 colonial government readies for possible trouble with Venezuela. A wireless telegraph station is installed and cruiser Gelderland leaves for Aruba with rifles and ammunition. Aruba lacks protection. The Hague Aug 11 battleship Jacob Van Heemskirk sails to Caribbean waters.
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Willemstad
Curacao
Netherlands
Venezuela
Gelderland
Aruba
the Hague
Jacob van Heemskirk
Caribbean
Louise Chandler Moulton Dies at 73 in Boston
Boston, Aug 11. Louise Chandler Moulton, a prominent New England novelist and poet, died at her home, 28 Rutland Square, yesterday noon. Born April 5, 1835 in Pomfret Conn., she began publishing poetry as a child and issued This, That and the Other at 21. She married William A. Moulton in 1855 and became a prolific writer of verse prose and literary correspondence.
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Boston
Louise Chandler Moulton
New England
Rutland Square
Pomfret
Conn
Emma Pomfret
Troy
N. Y
William A. Moulton
Escaping Gas Fire Kills Three Daughters in Wheeling
In Wheeling West Virginia August 11 a gas leak in a building housing Mrs J Gavin millinery store and residence caused a blaze. Three of Mrs Gavin's daughters died and she was fatally injured. Six others escaped by leaping from third story windows as flames raged.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Gavin
La Follette to Edit Own Weekly Paper in Wisconsin
Milwaukee August 11 Senator Robert M La Follette plans a Wisconsin wide campaign to secure 10000 readers for a weekly newspaper he would edit himself The move follows a break with backer Isaac Stephenson owner of the Milwaukee Free Press which until recently served as the La Follette organ He proposes to publish and edit his own paper.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Bryen Commoner
la Follette
Isaac Stephenson
Milwaukee Free Press
LaFollette
Edison Becomes Inventor Of A Flying Machine
New York August 11 The retirement of Thomas A Edison yields a flying machine plan Edison shared with Henry Farman The French aeroplane pioneer visited Edison labs to discuss the concept Farman believes Edison’s design could surpass even his own machine which requires a wheeled takeoff.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Farman
France
Edison Laboratories
Mr. Edison
Mr. Farman
Printers in Yearly Meet Unite in Boston
Massachusetts and Boston welcomed delegates to the 54th annual convention of the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers union with remarks by Secretary of State William Olin, House Speaker John N Cole, and Mayor George Hibbard. John H Fahey spoke for the Boston Newspapers Publishers association. Thirteen Dead in German Mine.
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Massachusetts
Boston
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers’ Union
Mailers' Trade District Union
Women's Auxiliary
William Olin
John N. Cole
Massachusetts House of Representatives
George A. Hibbard
John H. Fahey
Boston Newspapers Publishers’ Association
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Ketten
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Fred Beckwith
Bessie Beckwith
Beckwith
Windsor
Mason
Webster
Yates Sa Decetiseece
King
Kaiser
Cronberg
Castle
Duke
Arizona Rangers
Allison
Iowa Statesman
Senator
Greet Stevenson
Tower
Jothers
N. P. Glendive
Mont
Northern Pacific North Coast Limited
Glendive
Matthews
Ewoldt
Steinhauer
Teid
Hitchcock
Guy
Dinford
Abbott
Spaulding
Plath
W. N. Glenn
H. E. Krell
H. C. Happ
J. G. Huntoon
John Voelkins
C. G. Carlson
Ed Kries
F. G. Young
J. Collins
H. A. Clevenstine
H. A
Tock
Saarbrucken
Germany
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