Voters Uphold Lorimer Election In Illinois Primary
Chicago reports insurgents won three of 25 Illinois congressional districts in the primary. Frederick H. Gansbergen defeated Henry S. Boutell, with 3,594 to 2,598. Copley won in the Eleventh, McKenzie or Tiffany emerged in the Thirteenth, and Foss led in the Tenth. Browne was renominated, Mitchell leads Templeton for state treasurer, with complete Chicago returns showing 46,563 for Mitchell.
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Congress
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Meckenate
Lowdon
John C. McKenzie
Reuben R. Tiffany
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Tiffany
Frank O. Lowden
Joss
George Edmund Foss
Naval Affairs Committee
House
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Frederick C. Delang
Cannon
Henry B. Downs
Browne
Lee O’neil Browne
William Lorimer
LaSalle County
Lorimer
Templeton
Edward E. Mitchell
James W. Templeton
Mitchell
Ill
Wilson resigns Princeton presidency to run for New Jersey governor
Princeton dispatch reports Woodrow Wilson nominated by the Democratic state convention to be New Jersey governor select resigns as President of Princeton University. His decision follows nomination and frames a pivotal political shift during election season with Wilson leaving academia to pursue state leadership.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Princeton University
Democratic Nominees for Congress Renominated List
A historical clipping lists twenty five Democratic nominees for Congress with several blank slots. Names include Michael E. Maher, John C. Vaughan, Fred J. Crowley, James T. McDermott, Adolph J. Sabath, Edmund J. Stack, Frank Buchanan, Thomas Gallagher, Lyndon Evans, Richard J. Finnegan, Frank O. Hawley, Henry S. Dixon, Albert E. Bergland, Claude A. Stone, Louis Fitzhenry, William L. Cundiff, T. C. Grady, Henry T. Rainey, James M. Graham, Bruce A. Campbell, Martin D. Foster, H. Robert Fowler, William D. Lyerie, with several no candidate entries and the note Renominated.
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Michael E. Maher
John C. Vaughan
Fred J. Crowley
James T. McDermott
Adolph J. Sabath
Edmund J. Stack
Frank Buchanan
Thomas Gallagher
Lyndon Evans
Richard J. Finnegan
Frank O. Hawley
Henry S. Dixon
Albert E. Bergland
Claude A. Stone
Louis Fitzhenry
William L. Cundiff
T. C. Grady
Henry T. Rainey
James M. Graham
Bruce A. Campbell
Martin D. Foster
H. Robert Fowler
Wiliam D. Lyerie
Renominated
Republican Nominees For Congress Renominated List
A Chicago newspaper lists 25 Republican congressional nominees including Madden Mann Wilson Walsh Clussman Moxley Lundin Coffey Gansbergen Foss Copley McKenzie McKenney Prince Graff Sterling Cannon McKinley Danskin Wilson Rodenberg Joy Chapman Thistlewood Renominated.
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Martin B. Madden
James R. Mann
William W. Wilson
Michael G. Walsh
Louis H. Clussman
William J. Moxley
Frederick Lundin
Daniel D. Coffey
Fred H. Gansbergen
George Edmund Foss
I Ira C. Copley
Charles E. Fuller
John C. McKenzie
James McKenney
George W. Prince
Joseph V. Graff
John A. Sterling
Joseph G. Cannon
William B. McKinley
James H. Danskin
H. Clay Wilson
William A. Rodenberg
L. H. Joy
Pleasant T. Chapman
N. B. Thistlewood
Unsettled Weather With Showers Likely Tonight
The forecast calls for unsettled conditions with probable showers tonight or Saturday, slightly warmer tonight. Temperatures show 56 at 7 a.m. and a 70 degree high in the last 24 hours with 54 low in 12 hours. Wind light, humidity around 80 at 7 a.m. and 57 at 7 p.m. A Mississippi decline trend is noted from Clinton to Muscatine. Astronomical events from noon today to noon tomorrow include sunset 6 04 p.m. and moonset 3 26 a.m. Venus at perihelion. Mercer County Republican Ticket. Aledo Illinois September 16 Special.
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Roosevelt defends new political creed at Oyster Bay rally
In Oyster Bay on September 16 Theodore Roosevelt denounces mob rule and rejects revolution as he speaks against the regular press while outlining his new political creed. He emphasizes a reformist, independence minded platform aimed at reshaping party loyalty and public policy.
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Engineers Come to Rock Island
Washington announces that 11 officers from the 1910 engineer corps class, after graduation from West Point, will be sent to Rock Island Ill. within days to study local engineering projects and prepare inspections for submission to superiors. They will stay until October 20.
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Republicans Name Campaign Top Officials in Aledo Area
The Republican primaries nominated H. E. Burgess for County Judge Aledo C. A. Hickok for Sheriff Aledo F A Gibson for Clerk Aledo B G Widsey for Treasurer North Henderson C v Gregory for Superintendent of Schools Aledo The piece also notes Roosevelt’s Riverhead speech arguing old morals applied to modern times.
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Aledo
C. A. Hickok
Aiedo
F. A. Gibson
B. G. Widsey
North Henderson
Gregory
Sarah Ann Patch Wins Local Race
Sarah Ann Patch won the 2:15 race in Syracuse New York on September 16. The best time recorded was 2:19.
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Sarah Ann Patch
Syracuse
N. Y
Caleb Powers Vindicated by Big Victory in Eleventh District
Barbourville Kentucky September 16 complete returns from yesterday's primary show Caleb Powers defeated incumbent D C Edwards for the Republican nomination by 11280 votes Powers issued a statement saying the large majority vindicates his past political career.
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D. C. Edwards
Powers
Waterloo Growth Surges in Population Reports
Waterloo Iowa shows 26,693 residents, up 14,113 from prior total, a 1112 percent rise. Racine Wisconsin records 38,002, up 8,900. Shreveport Louisiana votes for commission form of government by 557 margin. Crippen trial adjourns to Sept. 21 after expert testimony.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Racine
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Shreveport
Cholera Toll Overwhelms Year in Russia Railroad Casualty
A railway accident on the Illinois Central line near Monroe Wisconsin injured a man from Monroe who died within hours after a skull fracture. The incident underscores a deadly year tied to cholera era hardships in Russia.
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Mercer Capital Now Has Two Roads
Aledo Illinois September 16 special report railroads reach two in the town for first time. The Rock Island Southern spur from Gilchrist was completed late yesterday with one mile laid daily since Friday. Half the ties remain to be ballasted and regular service will start next week connecting with north and south trains to handle Mercer county fair crowds.
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Townes Proves a Tartar for Evans in Amateur Meet
Townes leads Evans by one hole after the first round of 18 at the Country club course as three mid west golfers and Stockbridge player eliminate several rivals in the national amateur championship third round. W. C. Fownes Jr. Charles Evans Jr. Warren Wood and W. R. Tuckerman win medals from the association. Tuckerman leads Wood by two at one point. Pioneer merchant Richard E. Turner dies at 80 in St. Joseph with a legacy in Missouri river freighting to California.
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Richard E. Turner
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Father Leper School Rule Ruling in Michigan
Lansing Mich Sept 16 The four daughters of John Jensen a leper isolated at Calumet Mich may not be barred from public schools. Attorney General Kuhn says they pose no disease threat if disinfected and kept separate from their parents during the school term.
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Mich
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Kubn
Cholera Epidemic Reaches Across Asia to Amur Province
St Petersburg reports the cholera outbreak from Southern Russia has caused about 100 000 deaths and spread into Asiatic Russia. Sanitary bureau tallies 182 327 cases with 83 613 deaths for the season. Week ending Sept 10 shows 7 559 cases and 3 557 deaths. Previous week 13 330 cases and 6 187 deaths.
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Balance of trade shifts as August surplus appears
Washington reports the United States shows a trade surplus for the first eight months of the calendar year, with August alone adding 363 425 dollars. Analysts note no price readjustment since 1907 08 and expect further gold flows from Europe in forthcoming months due to grain and cotton shipments.
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Soon at work on Galesburg line
W C McWhinney, GM of the Galesburg and Rock Island railroad, says London Construction Co of New York, winner of the contract to build the line, will begin work soon with crews at the Galesburg end. Benjamin Cons of Buda Michigan, 22, was killed when he stepped in front of a switch engine while moving from a train near Kewanee Illinois yesterday.
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Subpoenas issued for over 100 beef case witnesses
Chicago Sept 16 Subpoenas for government witnesses in the beef case were issued today. The total number of witnesses is expected to exceed 100. The Parr were returnable Nov 1.
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