Foraker Offered Invitees. Hughes Beveridge Harris Chosen
In Sandusky Ohio August 7 the Republican subcommittee decided not to place Senator Joseph Foraker on the list of speakers for the September 5 Youngstown campus opening. He will receive a special invitation to attend without speaking. Senator Charles F Dick also gets an invitation. The speakers will be Governor Charles E Hughes Senator Albert Beveridge and Governor Andrew L Harris. The decision signals Taft campaign strategy to avoid a direct clash with Foraker. Also a separate notice invites bids to cover a wooden Beech Fork bridge on the Mt Zion Mooresville turnpike in Springfield Ky.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Joseph Benson Foraker
Republican
Youngstown
Republican State Executive Committee
West House
Henry A. Williams
Charles F. Dick
Arthur I. Vorys
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiama
Andrew L. Harris
Senator Foraker
Taft
Foraker
State Committee
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Beech Fork
Mt. Zion and
Mooresville
J. R. Mayes
Springfield
Fair opens with crowd and promising record week
The fair opened today drawing a good crowd as officials predict record breakers across Thursday Friday and Saturday with unusually interesting programs ahead. A colorful man Ben McElroy tried to smuggle six jugs and bottles of alcohol but Marshal Grace stopped him, leading to a judge’s sentence of about ten days and fifty dollars.
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Good
Ben McElroy
Marshal Grace
Geo. Catlett
Ben
Mastah McKiroy
Noe
Stevenson Nominated for Governor in Illinois
Washington reports Adlai E Stevenson leads Illinois Democratic primaries and eyes a strong general election bid due to his popularity and factional friction in the GOP. The Kentucky connection from Centre College and Christian County adds regional warmth for supporters. In Kentucky, Mary Fouts, the Maiden Moonshiner, routs a U S marshal’s posse after a half hour battle near Beaver Creek. she has evaded arrests for eight years and fought with a 44 caliber rifle in a ravine camp setting.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Kentucky
Christian County
Centre College
Danville
Iit
Bloomington
Ill
Hugh Noe Promoted to New Territory for IH Co
Hugh Noe of International Harvester Co has received a new promotion and territory. He will base at Columbia Kentucky though he has not decided to move his family. The Springfield home remains his wish as he continues to build the company business with energy and dedication.
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Hugh Noe
International Harvester Co
Columbia
Harvester Company
Springfield
Fredericktown Man Injured in Base Ball Collision
Mr. Thomas Hamilton of Fredericktown broke a leg in a ball game between the Staggers and Fredericktown last Wednesday afternoon. He was running to first base when he collided with Dudley Robertson and Tom Laine Colgin, fell over Colgin’s leg, and suffered the fracture. Dr. Hyatt attended, set the limb, and Hamilton was later sent home.
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Thomas Hamilton
Staggers
Fredericktown
Hamilton
Dudley Robertson
Tomlaine Colgin
Colgin
Dr. Hamilton
Death of Aged Woman in Pleasant Run District
Miss Elizabeth Elliott, a long time Pleasant Run resident and Meth odist church member for fifty four years, died last Sunday from complications of diseases. She was widely known for her conscientious Christian life and leaves many friends and relatives grieving.
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Elizabeth Elliott
Pleasant Run
Death of Old Citizen in Fredericktown Ky
Fredericktown Ky August 10 James H Cambron oldest citizen died at his home July 18 aged about eighty eight born 1820 Married Mary Ann Pauline Montgomery March 29 1852 at St Rose church He was thirty seven then and she was fourteen They survive five daughters He lived in the neighborhood and was a devout member of Holy Mother church
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Fredericktown
James H. Cambron
Mary Ann Pauline Montgomery
St. Rose Church
Holy Mother Church
Sherry's Working World Exhibition At Springfield Fair
Sherry's Working World will appear at the Springfield fair this week. The mechanical production, improved since a two year prior show, is praised as the most ingenious display of its kind in this locality. Admission is inexpensive for all to view and enjoy.
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Sherry
Springfield
A Good Crop in Kentucky After Rain
Frankfort Kentucky August 1 Those farmers who have worked steadily to keep weeds down will see one of the best corn crops Kentucky has known Commissioner of Agriculture M C Rankin says recent rains last Saturday will boost yields but only where fields were properly cultivated The rainfall was general across the state and has improved the crop for most farmers Rankin notes some fields are overrun with weeds due to poor cultivation and may not benefit from the rain
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Frankfort
Frank I, Dames
Ohio County
Diogenes
James
Hartford
Hunt
Tinsley, Courity
M. C. Rankin
Kentucky
Rankin
Typhoid Fever in Bardstown Warned by Kentucky Standard
The Kentucky Standard reports several typhoid fever cases in Bardstown with warnings that an epidemic could develop if residents do not act promptly to improve sanitation and make premises sanitary to prevent disease spread.
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Kentucky
Bardstown
Fredericktown Sluggers Narrow Victory and Ball Park Darings
A close nine inning baseball game saw the Fredericktown Sluggers edge the Sluggers 10 to 9 after a tense final stretch. Fredericktown’s center fielder broke a leg, Tommie Hamilton injured, but the home team prevailed. The piece also notes the Bryan Taft political clash, with Gibbs and McChord as pitchers, and mentions Republican rifts in Tennessee with Sanders Evans factions asserting regular status.
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Fredericktown
Tommie Hamilton
Home Rule convention gathers Tennessee Republicans in Chattanooga
About 1,200 Republicans are already in Chattanooga with an estimated 2,000 expected by convening day. Leaders, including Houk, meet at Hotel Patten to draft a ticket, with Asbury Wright of Rockwood likely to head the slate.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Houk
Hotel Patten
Asbury Wright
Ot Rockwood
Wright
Farmers bid prompts Sanders Evans faction meeting
The Sanders Evans faction plans a Nashville meeting on Wednesday to choose a gubernatorial nominee. G N Tillman sold his 166 acre Lancaster farm to Mrs Jennie Goodloe for 9900.90, with implications for county politics and party alignment.
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Sanders-Evan
Nashville
Iso
S.R. Gray
Near Town
G. N. Tillman
Jennie Goodloe
Lancaster
Unis
Shaker Roberts
Sanders-Evans
McKinley Recites Prayer At Deathbed Scene
In his final hours President McKinley, realizing death was near, asks for prayer as surgeons gather. He speaks clearly the Lord’s Prayer while nurses weep and sunlight fades, fading to rain on the windows as the end approaches. James Creelman reports in On the Great Highway.
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James Creelman
How It Feels to Be Hanged Writing to Spare Moments
Rev. J. T. Mann recounts a Confederate spy’s hanging at Fort Barrancas Florida. The witness narrates sensations from the moment the board was kicked away through a vivid chain of physical and spiritual experiences, then describes a return to life after being cut down and the accompanying pain. The account ends with a vow not to endure the ordeal again.
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J. T. Mann
Fort Barrancas
Fla. 1
Earth
Heaven
Indies
James Lee’s Recovery Boosted by Dr King’s New Discovery
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Mary Lee describes her husband James Lee’s near-fatal battle with lung disease. She credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after his lungs deteriorated to the brink of consumption.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
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William Jennings Bryan
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Washington County
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Sammee An Een
Merritt Sanders
Hubert Vi
S. J. Anderson
Washi County
Byron Oie Ee
Sam Hale
Stevenson
Xtra
Robertson-Claybrooke CO
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Bryan
Jack McChord
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Bryan-Taft
Berry
Marks
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McKinley
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