Prohibition party platform and Republican nominations
A political roundup from the Dakota convention notes nominations for Congress and state offices by Republicans and Prohibitionists. The platform emphasizes prohibition, labor protection, agricultural interests, railroad regulation, irrigation, and anti trust measures, with praise for education and fair elections alongside a push for statehood and duties aligned with national policy. Weather crop bulletin updates follow, detailing weekly temperatures and rainfall across regions, noting cooler conditions in parts of the Midwest and favorable crop prospects in several states.
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Angnat
Pera
Congress
Gifford
J A .Wicklor
A. C. Melette
J. Fletcher
Brown
Wingarms
Union
L. E. .Savior
Alexandria
W.ly Smith
Lake
Robert Dollard
Bonhome
L. Pwkhan
Hund
Jiarker
Brookings
Lnd
DP Carson
Lawrence
Jul B
Hemtt
Clark
A. G. Kellam
Farmers’ Alliance
Revantions
Chicea
Hanteor
Melatte
Republican Party
Ipl
Ferrenivena
Ues
Antonalee
Jas Ydo du Thor Desio
Anel
Gnda
Commonwealth
White House mortgage dispute surfaces over old Washington claim
September 4 The Mount Vernon Avenue association claims an unpaid $120,000 loan used by General Washington to build the president’s mansion. Secretary Willarlowe says Congress may settle the debt or apply it to a national highway project to Mount Vernon, with Virginia’s mortgage transferred as a contribution.
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White House
Wasmixoroy
Willarlowe
Mount Vernon Avenue Association
Congress
Ato
Virginia
Washington
Mount Voernan
Beewry Soasy’s Will Bequeaths City Major Properties
Henry Shaw of Wotanien gardename leaves most property to the city of St. Louis. The famous garden and Lower Grove park are bequeathed for public use. A Washington University botany school is funded by Shaw’s estate. Total value between 4 million and 5 million pounds/dollars.
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Beewry Soasy
St. Louis Mo
Henry Shaw
Wotanien Gardename
City of
St. Louis
Lower Grove Park
Shaw
Botanical Garden
Washington University
Carlisle Graham Survives Barrel Ride Through Rapids
Niagana Fall September 2 Sunday afternoon Carlisle D Graham made a Biccorstal trip through whirlpool rapids described as safe by Graham and several eye witnesses The barrel was lowered into the river at dawn and released opposite Chippown Creel It rode the current crashing over reefs and disappeared for a time before Elmer Jones from the Canadian shore retrieved it The condition of Graham after the ordeal was serious with pains in his head and chest and he was carried to a saloon where he recovered enough to speak He confirmed he was inside the barrel with a dozen others corroborating the event
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Niagana
Carlisle D. Graham
Forster
Graham
Arept
Darrel Amm Regentact
Elmer Jones
Jones
Sid
Double Hangings in Arkansas for Two Murderers
A double execution occurred in Fonr Sarr Arkansas. Jack Spaniard a white Cherokee Indian and William Walker a black man were hanged for murder. Walker showed indifference to death while Spaniard fought to resist before finally yielding. Both men were condemned for killings linked to the attempted rescue of a criminal from U S Deputy Marshal Irwin a year earlier.
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Fonr Sarr
Ark
Jack Spaniard
William Walker
Walker
Javor Pope
Reasen
United States
Erwin
Calvin Clurcet
Indian bill debate stirs Sioux ratification question
In Sioux terms Brxtonville Ark and Sioux tribal leaders discuss the Indian arms committee chairmans view on the Sioux bill. They argue whether congressional ratification is required if the Indians approve the measure, and whether the president may set settlement by proclamation once three fourths of the tribal adherents assent.
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Pierni
Dak
Congress
Brxtonville
Ark
J. Kleimer
Washington
Ely
Sion Mall
Navy lieutenant Irvine verdict reported at Washington
September 3. The case of Lieutenant John C. Irvine of the navy tried by a court martial at the torpedo station last week has been received at the navy department. He was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman drunkenness and absence without leave. The record will be published after Secretary Tracy arrives, but reliable information says the sentence is two years suspension from pay and duty.
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Irviness
Waartxaton
John C. Irvine
Navy
Navy Department
Irvine
Tracy
Omaha Lands Forfeited For Tax Delinquency
Acting Secretary Chandler forfeited three lists of Omaha Neb lands after failure to pay interest or prove title. About 25,000 acres are affected and will be offered for sale under the May 15, 1938 act.
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Omaha
Walmsoton
Chandler
Omakla
Noted Liverpool trader Shorly arrives in East Boston
Mrs Maybricks Peramour Boston September 2 Albert Shorly, the Liverpool merchant linked to the Maybrick murder, arrived at East Boston yesterday. A reporter on the steamer says he came to escape notoriety and will speak only to those he fears connected to the case. He admitted paying the train costs amounting to £600.
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Maybrickss
Peramour
Boston
Albert Shorly
Tuiverpool
Maybrick
LN Broiner
East Boston
Trian
Ruling on cigar label counterfeiting shocks trade
In the United States circuit court Judge Thayer held that counterfeiting union labels on cigars cannot be prevented or punished. The decision, claimed to affect every cigar makers organization in the US and Canada, implies their libel is of no value. The Forum reports steady reader growth as volume eight begins.
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Lebel
St. Louis
United States
Thayer
Canada
Encampment Proceedings and Early Boston Encampment Reports
The Grand Army nation encampment adjourned sine die after four hours with doors closed. A key vote to deprive past department commanders of voting rights failed. Eldest sons of veterans faced membership limits without voting or badge rights. Commander Warner delivered the closing address. new officers were installed and bonds set for officials. Also reported: a deadly Melting steel incident at Carnegie's Homestead injuring several, with multiple deaths and severe burns, and a grim recovery detail of a victim’s body.
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Miowauree
Angnat
Warner
Clmir
Council
of Administration
Aleer
N. I. Wigel
Boston
Alger
Chicago Gambler Gunion Swindles Cattle Man at Poker
In Kansas City on September 8 a Chicago gambler Bud Gunion allegedly swindled Cornelius Quinlan a leading cattle dealer. Over three nights at a hotel Quinlan lost cash $13 000 on the first heeled with 4000 cash and a like amount in promissory notes plus Quinlan's watch chain two diamond studs and a ring. The gambler fled prompting police suspicion that a marked table aided the losses totaling around twenty thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Bud Gunion
Gunion
Sle
New York
Cornelius C. Quinlan
Guion
Guiion
Quinlan
Civion
My Gunion
Gnion
Miniol
Died Last Week at Age Forty Nine in Perry County
Dr J Mazen died last week aged about ninety five in this county, likely the last of Perry’s crees. Born North Hero Vermont 1790 he joined a militia company in 1813 to defend Perry’s town, later accompanying Commodore Perry in the Niagara passage, and endured wounds carried the bullets in his body for the rest of his days.
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Ifr
Mougie
Parry
Mansvany
J Mazen
Perry
Takerio
Tie
North Hero
Hove
Ohio
A Fearful Wracedy in Mounticello Kentucky
In September near Mounticello Kentucky a wealthy farmer William Oates left home with his wife away and two young daughters in charge. An enslaved youth in the house ravished the 12 year old girl while the others fled to a neighbor. A posse caught the assailant, tied him to a stake, and burned him to death after a coal oil soaked pyre.
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Shouse
Ife
Himz
Piratical Flag Flutters From Sag Harbor Spire
Residents of Sag Harbor are alarmed by a pirate flag perched at the 165 foot summit of the Presbyterian church spire. The skull and crossbones mark reportedly flies over the town, with a $150 reward offered for its removal as residents debate who placed it there and how to bring it down.
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Presbyterian Church
Sag Harbor
New York Commercial Advertiser
Long Island
Capt
Kidd
Bay Harbor
Presbytrian
Gome
Sea Rovers
Behring Sea
Unigon
Bohring Sun
Tiken Bay
Suffolk County
Sar Harbor
Agnostia Col Ingersoll
High Seas
Jlehoy
Propio
Saz
Snow plows open line to South Pass in heat
Western railroad officials in a dramatic exchange report the overland flyer No 2 snowbound at Nerta Fork. Pye orders snow plows to clear the road and push a snow load toward South Pass to melt and dump on the track. The plan aims to reopen the line as heat melts rails.
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Western Railroading
Western Railway
Nerta Fork
Bris
South Pass
New York
Man loses hand in railway accident near Lynn Maas
A man found wandering along the railroad tracks at Lynn Maas early last week claimed ignorance his hand was severed. He had slept under a shed with his hand on the line when a freight train backed over it, amputating the limb with a clean cut. He admitted drinking and appeared as a tramp.
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Lynn
Maas
New York Mercury Quote On Trying On A Dress
A young woman in a mirror scene expresses joy over fitting a new dress while a companion notes the delight in trying on such attire. The remark captures lighthearted style and fashion enthusiasm as fall arrives.
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New York Mercury
Surprising 1900s Chronicle of Global Tidbits
A miscellany notes Bulfast shipbuilding in Ireland and New Jersey oyster crops valued at £2,003,090. It cites Hudson Valley grape losses, Germans buying breweries, 270,000 minors working hours, St Louis rail project, New York tenement dwellers, and a sale of The Angelus painting for $110,000. Also mentions ice trust, Texas cattle fever, drug trade efforts, Plymouth monument, and various oddities from weather to crime and fashion.
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Bulfast
Ireland
New Jersey
Hudson Rive Valley
Germany
St. Louis
New York City
New York
Rochester
Amos Milk Deniers
Angelus
Baltimore
South
Indian Territory
Piltrim
Plymouth
Mass
Knights of Labor
United States
Am?ries
BuTalo
Nebraska
Emmaa Abbott
Paria
Gabriel
Monterey
Cal
Oy Worthington
Hun
Queen Victoria
Cragoon
Berlin
Alabama
Candor
D. T
Montana
Massachusetts
Chicago
Arkansas
Sigar
Tase
Great Britain
Japan
America
Naw Review
Archibaldraves
Kearney
Neb
University of Oxford
Droessss
England
Maybride
Castile Garden
Maria Vincenz
Chiara Carrichina
Signorina Carrichina
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