Roosevelt Wins Four District Delegates in Chicago Contest
The Republican National Committee awarded Colonel Roosevelt two delegates from North Carolina's Fourth District and four of Texas's contested delegates. Taft led 235 to 14 from 254 contests. The Democratic convention in Baltimore June 25 may extend due to the Republican fight. Theodore Roosevelt, family, and aides are in Chicago for the campaign.
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Republican National Committee
Chicago
Roosevelt
North Carolina
Taft
Texas
Virginia
Washington
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Senate panels Alaska coal land entry plan and other acts
Washington senate approved a bill allowing entry for agricultural use on Alaskan coal lands with government reserve rights to all coal tied to patents. It also moved a bill to transfer Apache prisoners of war to the Mescalero reservation and adopted Heyburn resolutions on flag-raising.
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Senate
Washington
Smoot
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Heyburn
Idaho
the Navy and
War Departments
Nevada's Winchfield Named Senator Successor
Governor Oddie appoints George Winchfield as United States senator to fill the late Nixon seat in Nevada. Close associates of Mrs. Marah S Platt Decker say she will seek the congress nomination from the First Colorado district on any ticket led by Colonel Roosevelt. Alexander Pollock Moore and actress Lillian Russell wed in Pittsburgh at the Hotel Schenley where Moore is editor in chief and leader of the Pittsburg Leader.
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Theodore Roosevelt
George Winchfield
Nevada
Oddie
Nixon
Marah S. Platt Decker
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Congress
Colorado
Roosevelt
Alexander Pollock Moore
Lillian Russell
Schenley
Pittsburg
Moore
Dedication of Harper Memorial Library at University of Chicago
Thousands of visitors including prominent educators and public figures attended the dedication of the $1,000,000 William Rainey Harper Memorial Library on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago.
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William Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
Chicago
Ottawa Free List Lets In Various Manufactures
Ottawa announces abolition of duties on a diverse set of items including cane reed or rattan flat braids glazed cotton for hats celluloid hard rubber strips artificial abrasives and items used in explosives and optical glass plates. In Sonora eight Yaqui Indians were killed and many injured when a band of 150 clashed with a Southern Pacific of Mexico work train between Limones and Potrero.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mexico
Limones
Potrero
Sonora
Cuban rebellion to be quelled in ten days, says Gomez
President Gomez told President Taft via Admiral Osterhaus in Havana that the Cuban rebellion will be crushed within ten days.
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Gomez
Taft
Osterhaus
Havana
Johnson Flynn bout ref chosen in Las Vegas July 4
Sporting Ed W Smith of Chicago selected as referee after conference between Jack Johnson and Jack Curley representing Jim Flynn. Frank Gotch defeated Gus Schoenlein in Baltimore in straight falls taking the first in 62 minutes 10 seconds and the second in 4 seconds, both by toe hold.
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Ed. W. Smith
Chicago
Johnson-Flynn
Las Vegas
N. W
Jack Johnson
Jack Curley
Jim Flynn
Frank Gotch
Gus Schoenlein
Americus
Baltimore
Timber company incorporation filed in Delaware
Domestic Articles of Incorporation were filed at Dover Delaware for the British American Timber company to acquire timber tracts and prepare timber for market. Incorporators include Charles IL Leth William A Stephens Chicago Peter H Sims Seattle with capital stock of 2 000 000.
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Dover
Del
State Department
British-American Timber Company
Charles IL Leth
William A. Stephens
Chicago
Peter H. Sims
Seattle
Wash
Thaw Hearings Open as Witnesses Testify on Sanity
In White Plains Justice Keogh hears alienists testify Harry K Thaw is sane now and has never been insane, while Jerome counters with past statements and questions. Witnesses including Dr William White Dr Royal Leak and others offer mixed views as the case unfolds.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Justice Keogh
White Plains
William Travers Jerome
Stanford White
Liberty
Thaw
William A. White
Government Asylum For the
Washington
Jerome
Doctor White
White
Royal A. Leak
Muatteawan
Clarence J. Shearn
W. A. Stone
Pennsylvania
Harry
Wooster University
L E. Holder
Ohio
William Wanamee
H. Ernest Schmidt
Bloomingdale
Automobile Joy Ride Fatalities In Brookville Road Crash
A joy ride in Brookville road near Indianapolis left Mrs Eva Day Hammond dead and Raymond Millholland Edwin Burgess and Helen Withered badly injured when their car plunged forty feet down an embankment. The Hammond parents live in Switzerland county. A separate joy ride killed James Mayo of Newcastle after the auto fled the scene.
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Indianapolis
Eva Day Hammond
Raymond Millholland
Edwin Burgess
Helen
Brookville Road
Youth Suspect in Grandmother’s Murder Dies by Poison
Jeffersonville police find 19 year old George Kelly dead by Sugar Creek while investigating the murder of his grandmother Mrs. Mary Louise Kelly. A bureau drawer with her money was found open and Kelly had been seen leaving the house before his death.
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Jeffersonville
George Kelly
Mary Louise Kelly
Sugar Creek
Kelly
South Bend Saloonkeepers Refrain From Local Brewers
In South Bend foreign district saloonkeepers refused to buy beer from local breweries over price cuts. They planned to quit business if demands not met, causing a beer famine until Chicago shipments arrived. Brewers claim beer in pairs reduced profits and advised discontinuing the practice.
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South Bend
Chicago
Ousted preacher Spray suspended in Holiness church
Rev Walter Spray of the North Indiana district is suspended from ministry after a trial on immoral conduct. He was found with a married woman behind church doors on June 3. Presiding Elder G C Middleton banished him from the pulpit for at least six months, with Spray hoping to resume evangelistic work afterward.
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Kokomo
Walter Spray
North
Indiana
Holiness Church
G. C. Middleton
Spray
Indiana National Guard Batteries Plan September Trips
The Indiana National Guard artillery units plan the first mounted movement in state history for September. Battery A of Indianapolis Battery TD Fort Wayne and Battery C Rockville will deploy with full field equipment for the expedition. Brig Gen George W McCay adjutant general said dates are not fixed. Captain Robert Trndall commands the Indianapolis battery.
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N. G
Indianapolis
Tf. N. G
Indiana
Rpe
George W. McCay
Indiana Guard
Fort Wayne
Rockville
Camp Sparta
Wis
Robert Trndall
Live Wire Fatalities Strike Winchester Rescue Attempt
In Winchester a boy hurled fifty feet during a storm attempt to rescue his father from a live 100-volt wire. Charles Addington, 41, prominent Randolph County figure, died minutes before power shutdown. The boy, five, suffered severe burns and injuries from the fall likely to prove fatal.
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Winchester
Robert Addington
Charles Addington
Addington
Randolph County
Lodgemen Suspect Murder In Chicago Hotel Death
Lafayette friends of Harry H Langknecht raise a fund and send John T Soller and John Kensler to Chicago to consult the Cook county coroner after his body was found in a Chicago hotel. He was 32, well known locally, carrying no money on his person, and foul play is feared.
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Lafayette
Harry H. Langknecht
Chicago
John T. Soller
John Kensler
Cook County
Langnecht
Langknecht
Cocaine Crusade Starts Over License Action
The Indiana state board of medical examination and registration cites Dr. Henry W. Niswonger of Fort Wayne to appear on July 10 to show cause why his physician license should not be revoked for alleged cocaine sales to minors. This marks the start of a state wide crackdown on violations.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Henry W. Niswonger
Fort Wayne
Beef combine to dissolve National Packing company
District Attorney Wilkerson of Chicago says Armour Swift and Morris interests owning National Packing will voluntarily distribute their holdings and dissolve on August 1. The government will hold in abeyance its proposed suit to force dissolution until that date.
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Washington
Wilkerson
Chicago
Armour, Swift and Morris
National Packing Company
Farmer badly mauled by mad bear near Newcastle
Zed Bullen, a well known farmer south of Newcastle, was seriously injured at John Rothrock’s home when a mad bear attacked him. He was thrown to the ground and the bear ripped flesh from his right leg, requiring many stitches to close the jagged wounds.
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Newcastle
Zed Bullen
John Rothrock
Bullen
Wife Takes Morphine After Bar quarrel at Columbus
In Columbus Mrs Jane Britton age 19, wife of George Britton 45, killed herself with morphine after an argument at their barque. She leaves two young children, ages three and one. Moments before the suicide Britton left the home and is missing.
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Columbus
Jane Britton
George Britton
Britton
To Close 6 000 Meat Shops In New York Protest
A trade organization of 6,000 kosher butchers in Greater New York orders all members to close their shops in protest against wholesale meat price increases. The move aims to disrupt supply to 800,000 people and pressure wholesale dealers over exactions.
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New York
Greater
Illness interrupts wedding as mother collapses
At a Madison wedding Alma Murphy wed Chester Weatherford. The groom's mother, Mrs Solomon Weatherford, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and collapsed near the couple. The minister finished the ceremony before the bride and groom noticed the medical emergency.
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Madison
Alma Murphy
Chester Weatherford
Solomon Weatherford
Piano Workers Walk Out at Packard in Fort Wayne
One hundred thirty Packard Piano company workers strike for a closed shop after being locked out. The action is supported by the local Federation of Labor.
Former Indiana Reporter Harry Spence Dies in Atlanta
Harry Spence aged 42, longtime Lafayette Courier writer, died at his Atlanta home. A native of London Ontario, he had been a prominent Lafayette newspaper man for many years. Locomotor ataxia identified as the cause of death.
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Indiana
Lafayette
Harry Spence
Atlanta
London
Ontario
Lafayette Courier
Michigan G. A. R. Encampment Opens in Port Huron
The annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment for the Michigan department opened in Port Huron with large veteran attendance. Comrades were assigned to quarters, the council administration met, and a children's campfire program was planned with the Woman's Relief Corps presenting a silk flag to the school.
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Michigan
Port Huron
Mich
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Michigan
Woman's Relief Corps
Moody Institute Selected for Winona Lake Bible School
Winona Lake July 1 to August 9 will host a Moody Bible Institute Bible school at the request of the assembly board. Institute extension department will run the program and one or two teachers may lead a Bible hour during the August 23 to September 1 Bible conference.
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Moody Institute
Winona Lake
Motorcyclist Injured in Collision With Horse Near Shelbyville
James Stewart, 20, of Shelbyville may die from internal injuries after a collision with a horse while riding a motorcycle west of the city. The horse was killed, one leg broken. Stewart remained unconscious for more than an hour and his motorcycle was wrecked.
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Zanesville, O
St. Thomas’ Church
F. B. Roach
Shelbyville
James Stewart
Here
Stewart
Tramps Cleared From Frankfort Streets After Agreement
Following a pact between the city council and county commissioners enabling the street department to use able-bodied male prisoners for street work, Frankfort police ordered a cleanup of tramps and loiterers. Sixteen arrests were recorded, with several suspects fleeing after lengthy chases.
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Frankfort
Street Commission
College Trustees Elected at Union Christian College Merom
The Union Christian college at Merom elected trustees for three years. Named were Elmer Leas of Fountain county W. J. Cooper Merom Richard Park Sullivan Bert James Merom and J. M. Plunkett Palestine.
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Sullivan
Union Christian College At
Merom
Elmer Leas
Fountain County
W. J. Cooper
Richard Park
Bert James
J. M. _ Plunkett
Palestine
Dreams and Chokes Wife in Sleep
Samuel Kepler a traveling salesman of Elkhart woke to his wife’s screams and found he was choking her in his sleep while dreaming he was a Roosevelt delegate and his rival a Taft delegate.
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Elkhart
Samuel Kepler
Roosevelt
Taft
Harvest Moon Alimony Hint Sparks Domestic Rhyme
A playful exchange contrasts the gloss of a honey moon with the practical burden of alimony, linking romance to financial realities in a light quip. The witticism pivots on a harvest moon metaphor, suggesting life’s bliss includes ongoing obligations.
Eczema Struggles Ended For Gilbert After Cuticura
Mrs H Albrecht of West Point Nebraska reports her three year old son Gilbert suffered severe eczema as an infant. After trying two Chicago doctors without relief, four weeks of Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured the sores and restored his skin and hair. Sample offers mailed from Cuticura Dept L Bozton.
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Gilbert
Chicago
H. Albrecht
West Point
Neb
Bozton
Forteld Tea Ad Promises Cure for Stomach and Kidney Irregularities
An advertisement touts Forteld Tea as an international remedy for stomach, liver, and kidney issues made from pure herbs. It claims a herbal formula to ease digestive and organ irregularities.
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Forteld
They Must Make Ananias Jealous
A humorous dialogue snippet features guests praising a host, complimenting a baby, and joking about singing without a cold, with remarks on a husband’s sunny demeanor and plans to spend next summer abroad.
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Ananias
Postum Affects Dyspepsia and Coffee Free Life Change
A farmer recounts decades of stomach trouble from coffee and tea. He stopped coffee, used Postum, and reports restored health, weight gain, and no stomach meds since starting Postum. Family soon joined, praising the product from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan. A ten day trial is promoted with The Road to Wellville referenced.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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