Roosevelt Seeks Bolt From ConventIon After Fraud Claims
In Chicago on June 20 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt declares I am through if denied the nomination and urges delegates to form a new honest party after alleging fraud by the national committee in seating delegates from California Washington Texas Arizona. He accuses the majority of cheating the people and calls for a break with the current convention alignment. Governors Johnson and Hadley figures appear amid the tense scene as Roosevelt adherents bolt the credentials committee room.
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Texas
Arizona
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Devine
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Johnson
Florentine
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Missouri
Hadley
Taft
Congress Hotel
J. J. Sullivan
Ohio
Hugh T. Halbert
Minnesota
Francis J. Heney
George L. Record
New Jersey
Sullivan
Thayer
Mr. Thayer
Congress
Heney
Garfield
James R. Garfield
Interior
Ormsby McHarg
Senator Dixon
A. A. Rapa
Dixon
Credentials Committee
Kermit Roosevelt
McSweeney
Kermit
Roosevelt Bolts and Returns Shape Taft Committee Showdown
Roosevelt followers split the credentials committee over time limits for contest arguments. Heney and Record urged action, while Hulbert and others argued for full debate. Garfield delivered a message from Roosevelt as bolters regrouped in the Florentine room awaiting a vote.
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Heney
Florentine
Congress
Credence Committee
Hulbert
Record
KR. R. McCormick
Chicago
Mr. Halbert
Don't Wear a Truss Ad Promises Free Solution
An older ad touts a treatment promise for hernia or related issues with a direct sales pitch. It urges readers to send a coupon to receive free information or product, claiming superior success where others fail. The language imitates midcentury direct response advertising.
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C. E. Brooks
Obituary of Loretta Hickey 23 in Chicago railwork
Miss Loretta Hickey a 23 year old stenographer for the Illinois Central railroad in Chicago died at 2 am in a local hospital while visiting this city with her mother. She is survived by her mother and father four brothers and three sisters all in Chicago. The body will be sent to Chicago tomorrow after preparation by Sloan and Hagg company and will be accompanied by Mrs. Hickey.
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Hickey
Loretta Hickey
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Sloan & Hagg Company
Noted Yale alum and lawyer Luther Maynard Jones found after years
Luther Maynard Jones once partner of William Whitney and Yale Alumni secretary was found at Streatham infirmary after a three year disappearance caused by brain abscess and memory loss. J R Quain of Ottawa located him after a year of searching.
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London
Luther Maynard Jones
William C. Whitney
Yale Alumni Association
Streatham Infirmary
Jones
J. R. Quain
Ottawa
Mr. Jones
Women's parade at Chicago convention draws rich visitors
At the Chicago convention a heavy crowd of women visitors including Mrs. Alice Longworth Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs. Teddy Jr plus Taft family members dominated seats. Detectives from the handsomely named squad protected Roosevelt women while Mrs Vanderbilt stayed away from public view.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy Jr
Taft
Roosevelt
Today Jr
Longworth
Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Blackstone
Charles Taft
Louise Taft
H. CC. Corbin
Corbin
Ethel Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevelt
Tafts secretary among Chicago Taft Roosevelts skirmishers
The draft describes Charles D. Hilles among executive workers in Chicago during Taft Roosevelt tensions. Delegates crowd the Coliseum before 9 am, police door attendants are shuffled after credential concerns, and politicians discuss hats and headgear as proxies for identity. Notable figures include Chauncey Depew and John E. Yeats among Idaho delegates.
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Charles D. Hilles
Taft
Chicago
Four Killed in Family Quarrel at Sperry Ranch
A morning shootout at Sperry's ranch twelve miles southwest of Sherman Texas left three men and one woman dead and two others wounded. Victims include L W Sharp age 70 Walter F Sharp age 30 Russell Waldrop 18 and Georgia Sharp 25. Henry Waldrop and his wife were injured. The dispute stemmed from a long running family quarrel with relations among the dead and wounded. Sheriff Lee Menefee and Deputy R moved to the scene with Assistant County Attorney Ben F Gafford.
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Sherman
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Sperry’s Ranch
L. W. Sharp
Walter F. Sharp
Russell Waldrop
Georgia Sharp
Henry Waldrop
Walter Sharp
Sperry Ranch
P . Walter F. Sharp
Swerry Ranch
Lee Menefee
Ben F. Gafford
Rebel Band Burns Property at La Maya
Consul Holiday reports Pompo Mining Company property at La Maya near Santiago burned by Cuban rebel band. Gunboat Paducah's departure may be connected to the pillaging. Orestes Ferrara, Cuban house speaker, departs Havana via New York, pleased with Washington’s Cuba policy.
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Santiago
State Department
Pompo Mining Company
la Maya
Guantanamo & Western Railway
Paducah
Orestes Ferrara
House of Representatives
Knox
Havana
New York
Cuba
Nebraskan Arrives to Relieve Minnesota at Cuban Waters
The U S battleship Nebraskan arrived off Caimanbera Cuba, yesterday afternoon and relieved the Minnesota which sails on Monday as tensions rise over naval deployments in the region.
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Nebraska
Caimanbera
Cuba
United States
Minnesota
Prominent Mason Seymour Heymann Dies at 50 in Oklahoma City
Seymour C. Heymann a leading businessman and noted Mason died at his home in Oklahoma City early today aged 50. The funeral is expected to be held here.
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Mason
Oklahoma City
Okla
Seymour C. Heymann
To Regain a Healthy Girlish Complexion
A 1910s beauty note touts binary mercorized wax as a key to a clear complexion. Apply nightly to reveal smoother skin, with gradual results and no daily inconvenience. A second treatment uses a saxolite solution to tighten wrinkled or flabby facial tissue.
PILES PILES PILES Williams Indian Pile Ointment
Patent remedy advertised to cure bleeding piles blindness and tumors. Claims instant action and uses as poultice. Available from A M Fischer who ships by mail and sells through druggists.
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Drumelats
A. M. Fischer
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