Lincoln salutes Bryan on first notification day in 1908
Lincoln Nebraska begins its first notification day with a 46 gun salute for each state. Seven trains arrive through the night and the city welcomes large crowds to the state capitol grounds for a public ceremony and speeches by Clayton Kern Bryan and Governor Sheldon. The parade under the Taft banner proceeds to the capitol.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
State Capitol Grounds
Bryan
Kern
Sheldon
Notification
National Committee
Brown
Taft
Republican State Central Committee
William A. Hayward
Republican National Committee
State Capitol
Mack
Henry D. Clayton
Alabama
John F. Nugent
Des Moines
Iowa
Clayton
John W. Kern
Unemployed to invade meeting of prosperity congress in New York
Ten thousand idle men plan a parade and march on the Interstate Prosperity Congress in New York to demand a share of benefits. The protest would halt at the building housing the convention run by the Commercial Travelers' Protective Association. The originally planned march to a Manhattan Beach banquet was dropped due to distance and cost.
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New York
Interstate Prosperity Congress
Commercial Travelers’ Protective, Association
Doned
Manhattan Beach
Prosperity Congress
Wright Still Demonstrates Wright Brothers Flight in Le Mans
At Le Mans France Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio conducted aero plane trials showing an extended flight of six minutes and fifty six seconds with a peak altitude around ninety feet. He completed multiple circuits, landed near spectators and drew enthusiastic applause as he demonstrated mastery and graceful control of the machine.
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Wright
Dayton
Ohio
le Mar France
Ang
Wilbur Wright
Excursion Boat Titania Sinks After Harbor Collision
Rochester, Aug 12 Titania rammed Kingston while attempting to reach dock near Charlotte harbor. Titania with 15 passengers sank two minutes after impact. one woman, Mrs. Roscoe, was rescued. Kingston carried nearly 500 aboard. no injuries reported.
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Rochester
N. Y
Titania
Kingston
Toronto
Thousand Islands
Charlotte Harbor
Roscoe
Mrs Duke Declared Guilty In Worthless Check Case
Chicago August 12 Mrs Alice L Webb divorced wife of Brodie L Duke millionaire tobacco maker was found guilty of defrauding the Great Northern hotel by passing a worthless check Sentence postponed pending motion for new trial The offense carries a 2000 fine and one year in county jail. The text also briefly mentions a separate aeronautic display by Mr Wright with a zigzag flight and audience applause.
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Chicago
Alice L. Webb
Brodie L. Duke
Great Northern
Taft Is Held An Aristocrat Bryan As Man Of People
Washington dispatch notes observers advise Taft to meet the people more. Some fear a tacit class distinction influences voters. The piece discusses how voters classify candidates by wealth and culture and cites McKinley, Bryan, and Judge Iker as examples.
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Taft
Bryan
Walter Wellman
Washington
Uetter
Record-Herald
Chicago
Wall Street
Mckinley
Iker
Autos in Half a Million Fire Loss
More than 50 automobiles and taxicabs were destroyed today in a fire that consumed C. A. Coey & Co. garage on Indiana avenue. Estimated loss nears half a million dollars.
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Coey & Co
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
C. A. Coey & Co
Cotton Market Fight Recalled in Sully Operations
A chaotic market scene recalled as the greatest fight since operations at Sully, with reports indicating tense trading and elevated activity. Details remain unclear as remnants of the incident surface amid shifting prices and competing narratives from observers.
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SULLY
Divorce Bid Fails, Man Tries to Take Own Life
Fred M. C. Choate, defeated in a custody bid in Des Moines district court, attempted suicide by severing an artery in his left arm. He was rushed to Dr. Lambert’s office, his brother-in-law, for treatment and was placed in serious condition.
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Des Moines
Fred M. C. Choate
Lambert
Hill Backing Up Supposed By 41L
Winnipeg Aug 12 J J Hill of the Great Northern railway is lending active support to the Canadian Pacific in the shopmen strike An other large party of mechanics reached the city today and were put to work.
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Winnipeg
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Canadian Pacific
Hitchcock puts Taft wise in Hot Springs
Republican National Chairman Hitchcock with his secretary arrived Hot Springs Virginia and planned a Chicago departure. He used the day to brief Taft on political information collected through numerous conferences across the country.
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Hot Springs
Hitchcock
Chicago
Taft
Rain Quenches the Fires in Mitchell Canada
Winnipeg dispatch reports heavy rain began yesterday at Mitchell and continued overnight, quenching fires that threatened nearby towns. Officials say there is no further danger as mountain slopes are cleared of timber, ending the immediate threat to the region.
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British Columbia
Winnipeg
Mitchell
Elopement aborted as husband kills man in Trinidad affair
Abe W. Cohen, son of a Chicago Jewish merchant, was shot and killed by Charles W. Moore as the couple prepared to depart Trinidad, Colorado. Mrs. Moore provided today’s statement describing the incident as part of a summary fashion at the scene.
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Col
Aus
Abe W. Cohen
Charles W. Moore
Merly
Chicago
York State Republicans name Cheate permanent chairman
New York Aug 12 The Republican state convention to nominate a candidate for governor and a state ticket will be held at Saratoga Sept 14 Elihu Root will be temporary chairman and Joseph H Cheate permanent chairman preparation notes indicate Cheate will preside at the gathering as leader of the party leadership and schedule details for the nominating session
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Joseph Cheate
New York
Saratoga
Elihu Root
Joseph H. Cheate
Thaw Adjudged Bankrupt and Other Late News
Harry Kendall Thaw is declared bankrupt by Referee Blair in Pittsburgh. No date set for creditors meeting. Fifteen injured in a two car interurban crash near Detroit. Mrs. John Heinlz of Dearborn and Miss Bessie Crane of Detroit seriously hurt. Countess of Yarmouth divorce finalized in London. Alice Thaw, formerly Miss Thaw of Pittsburgh, becomes Mrs Earl of Yarmouth. Gold Hill Copper Co in Rowan County placed in receivership with 5 million dollar capitalization. Once valued as one of the richest mines in the South.
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Pittsburg
Harry Kendall Thaw
Blair
Detroit
Detroit, Ypsilanti
Ann Arbor
John Heinlz
Dearborn
Bessie Crane
London
Countess of
Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Salisbury
N. Y
Gold Hill Copper Company
Gold Hill
Rowan County
Bulls and Bears Wage Cotton Price Skirmish in York
In York on August 12 bulls and bears clashed over speculative control of the cotton market. Large blocks of 3000 to 4000 bales traded rapidly as bulls pulled back, spurring a fresh outburst with October futures slipping from 9.42 to 9 cents, about $2 a bale below the morning high and $4.25 below last Friday’s peak.
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York
Sully
Wall Street
State primary returns show party leaders and incomplete tallies
Returns from the state primary list candidates for governor U S senator and other offices with party affiliations. Deneen leads Republican gubernatorial race while Stevenson leads Democratic for U S Senate. Incomplete tallies show Hopkins Mason and Oglesby among top GOP names with assorted majorities and pluralities.
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Charles S. Deneen
Richard S. Yates
Deneen
Adlai E. Stevenson
James Hamilton Lewis
Douglas Pattison
John P. McGoorty
Charles F. Gunther Stevenson
U.S
Albert J. Hopkins
George Edmund Foss
William E. Mason
William G. Webster Hopkins
John G. Oglesby
Frank L. Smith
George Shumway
Thomas D. Knight
Errl—Democratic
Ross C. Hall
Clarence N. Good
E. Richter
Howard Garrison Hall
Samuel J. Drew Oglesby
Elmer
Perry
James A. Rose
John J. Brown
William F Lynch
Bert H. McCann
Rose
James S. McCullough
J. W. Templeton
Atty
Sup
J. McCan Davis
Edgar T. Davies
Albert D. Cadwallader
James Kinney
George R
Hoffman
Mamer
John L. Pickering
Thomas M. Quinlan
Repubi
Fred E. Sterling
Republican
McCullough
Christopher Mamer
Tornado Strikes Pratt County But No Lives Lost
A tornado tore through the southern part of Pratt County Kansas last evening demolishing houses barns and trees. No lives were lost but several persons were injured. Property losses are estimated at 100000.
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Kansas
Pratt
Kan
Pratt County
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