Populist Leaders Defend Fusion and Watson Support
Washington dispatch reports Chairman Marion Butler defending fusion limits and urging equal effort for Watson and Bryan. He notes no vote trading with Democrats, favors united silver coinage, and discusses Cochran and Hanna’s roles. Butler lauds Bryan’s Chicago speech and contrasts it with New York rhetoric.
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Death of Flora Finlayson Contralto Star of Boston Opera
Flora Finlayson a noted contralto in Boston operas died last night in San Francisco of apoplexy. She performed with the Bostonlanc and the Bostonians, sharing leading contralto roles with Jesse Bartlett Davis. Her stage presence and voice earned strong praise, with a recent revival of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado marking her last eastern appearance.
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Attempts to Murder His Wife in Avilia Indiana
Emmett Cox, a farmer, tried to kill his wife and her brother William Halfrety in the early morning. Cox hid in a barn, fired on them as they arrived for chores, wounding both. he fled, cut his throat, and was captured and jailed in Albion. The wife’s hand wound was non fatal and she is expected to recover.
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Bicycle Rider Becomes Insane After Heat Searing Visit
Hicksville Ohio August 20 E M Pettit a well known local businessman and stockholder in Lewis Co Defiance and Defiance Grocery Co was taken to the Toledo insane asylum today He rode a bicycle toward Brookston Indiana to visit his mother on a day of extreme heat and suffered brain congestion from the heat.
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Frisco Custom House Scandals Uncovered by Treasury Agent
San Francisco reports that over six months H H Moore a treasury special agent uncovered extensive frauds at the customs house leading to dismissals and indictments. Testimony implicates Collector John H Wise and his son Harry Wise in knowledge of ex Chinese involvement and related violations.
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Scandal Over Legal Funding Ties Between Officials Deepens
Interpreter Dick Williams faced allegations of funding Chinese interests while the Chinese party is accused of accepting gifts from Williams and aiding him to intimidate witnesses. The new phase heightens the clash between Moore and Wise and may force removal of one official.
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Sound Money Convention Set by Philadelphia Democrats
Philadelphia Aug 20 The state sound money Democratic convention plan was decided at a Bullitt office conference. A permanent chairman will be chosen at opening. two delegates from each district and two for each at large will attend the national convention in Indianapolis. Presidential electors at large will be chosen. platform to reiterate sound money plank and a large attendance is expected.
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Keeney Named National Organizer for Silver Party Clubs
George P. Keeney, national organizer and executive committee member, is appointed to lead Silver party partisan and silver bimetallistic clubs nationwide. He calls a Chicago convention on Sept. 22 with delegates from clubs twenty members strong or larger. The goal is to unify non-partisan silver groups under a single campaign plan.
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Goodwin Seeks Divorce From Nella Goodwin
San Francisco August 20 The actor Nat C Goodwin has filed for divorce from wife Nella Goodwin claiming habitual intemperance He plans remarriage with Maxime Elliot now in Australia The couple had a long dispute including a 1892 separation suit and a disputed home occupation at 26 West End Avenue.
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Mrs Marley Sues Dr Simpson Over Gifted Watch
Mrs Marley of Auburndale Massachusetts plans to sue Rev Dr A B Simpson of the Christian Scientists for recovery of a gold watch she gave during a camp meeting to aid foreign missions. The watch held sentimental value tied to its associations. The suit will be filed in Boston where experts on hypnotism may be called as witnesses. Dr Simpson had no personal conversation with Mrs Marley.
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Texas Desperado Killed by Marshal in Laredo Saloon
In Laredo Texas on August 20 the notorious A Y Allee was shot and killed by City Marshal Batchelow during an arrest after Allee resisted. Allee had long faced criminal charges including murder of three men and an editor named Bowen on a crowded coach near the International Railroad. The marshal acted in self defense during the confrontation.
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Powder Mills Explode Wreck Mills in Hazleton Area
An explosion at the Tomhicken Powder Company's mills in Deringer Hazleton area today killed E. J. White and injured Peter Sholl Oliver Hoss and John Kisbach. The mills were completely wrecked and the surrounding countryside shook. The cause remains unknown.
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Mystic Cure Relieves Rheumatism in Three Hours
A sales note claims the Mystic Cure instantly addresses rheumatism and neuralgia within three hours. It asserts marvelous action, immediate benefit from the first dose, and rapid disease relief. Available for 76 cents from Car Lorenz, druggist, 418 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.
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Rattlesnake in a School Desk Alarm and County Notes
A rattlesnake in a school desk alarms Susquehanna teachers and pupils as the plucky instructor dispatches the intruder with a fire poker. The issue follows a spree by marauding tramp bands, with arrests and grand jury actions, plus local reunions, road worker news, and civic events across the county.
Returns After Many Years William Chambers Returns From California
English Lake Indiana reports the remarkable homecoming of William Chambers after forty years away He left in 1819 to seek wealth on the Pacific coast and sent letters to his wife promising prosperity He learned his wife died of a broken heart and son awaits his father now Chambers returns aged and burdened by years seeking to reunite with family and learn of past fortunes, if any, left behind.
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Free Trader Backs McKinley From Pittsburg
George A. MacBeth of Pittsburg owner of the Flint Glass factory at Elwood Indiana declares for Major McKinley He has long been a free trade Democrat and says stability of conditions on sound finances is essential He argues free coinage would worsen misery beyond any nation in the century.
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Scranton Rail Timetables Take Effect June 1990
Rail time tables announce new June 1 1990 departures from Scranton with multiple daily trains to New York Easton Trenton Philadelphia Washington and Buffalo and through connections to the West Northwest and Southwest. Also listed are special east and southern services to Binghamton Elmira Cortland Syracuse Ithaca Bath and Northumberland with Pullman cars and contact points at Lackawanna Avenue and the depot ticket office.
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