Dem Dems Nominate Gov Woodrow Wilson by Acclamation
Baltimore July 2 Democratic delegates nominated Gov Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey by acclamation after 45 ballots failed to break the deadlock. Oscar Underwood withdrew after 45th ballot as states shifted toward Wilson. Wilson led Clark and Underwood on the roll calls. Balloting continued with Wilson gaining solid support from multiple states culminating in a formal nomination.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Clark
Wilson
Underwood
New York
Tess
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Bankhead
Senator Stone
Missouri
Massachusetts
Fass
Fitzgerald
Brooklyn
Charles F. Murphy
Representative of Democracy
Mlinois
Martine
Kern
Indiana
Ollie James
James
Norman E. Mack
Charles FE. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Col. Gee. Harvey
John J. Fitzgerald
Roger €. Sullivan
Woodrow ~Wilson
Brilliant to Welcome New Glass Plant and Jobs
Republicans select Dillon as governor candidate and Brilliant to house a new Pennsylvania Glass Co plant employing about 150 people. Facility expands on former McGee-Dellers site with 50 by 70 foot concrete factory, four tanks, two lehrs, a decoating building, and siding from C and P railroad. Production will include illuminated, decorated, and etched glass ware and lamp products, signaling housing demand as workers arrive.
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Brilliant
McGee-Dellers Glass Co
Pennsylvania Glass Co
W. J. Kuntz
Jeanette
Acme Works Closes For Summer Vacation After Fourth
Acme glass works shut down for summer on July 1 in all mechanical departments. Next regular fire in six weeks, with repairs before restimulation in August. Many employees go to camp or visit friends out of town. officers keep two weeks vacation. Other mills also close until after the Fourth. Delegates to the American Flint Glassworkers convention in Montreal depart soon. Red raspberries debut at market at 30c per quart.
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Acme Glass Works
la Belle
Montreal
Statistics on Seventy Couples Granted Legal Separation
Last year statistics show 49 divorce suits pending on July 1, 1911, with 109 brought during the year. Of 158 total, 19 for adultery, 3 for absence and neglect, 30 cruelty, 1 drunkenness, 3 miscellaneous. Decisions: 100, pending 58. Husbands filed 26, wives 132. alimony granted to wives in 11 cases, when brought by husband 11, dismissed when by husband 13, granted when by wife 59, refused when by wife 2, dismissals 15. Custody: father in two cases, mother in 25. Grand jury fees $626, petit jury $5,680.70, total $6,306.70, up from $6,263.30 the prior year.
Akron dirigible Akron tragedy kills Vaniman five others
Atlantic City July 2 Melvin Vaniman his brother Calvin Fred Elmer George Boulton and Walter Guest perished when the dirigible balloon Akron exploded at about 2000 feet. The craft burst forcing the five men into nine feet of water witnessed by over a thousand. Vaniman recently worked on secret experiments to control balloon altitude, and investigators consider a failed interior gas pump as a possible cause.
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Atlantic City
Melvin Vaniman
Calvin Vaniman
Fred Elmer
George Boultion Andalter Guest
Akron
Melvin Vaninaris
Vaniman
Tim
Vanimen
The
Taft Guests Praised German Music at Saengerfest
Philadelphia July 2 President and Mrs Taft attended the twenty third Saengerfest festival concert. The event drew thousands of members of Northeastern Saengerbund societies. Taft praised the German people for promoting the art of music.
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Philadelphia
A. Wrand
Saengerbund
Taft
Ohio GOP nominates Judge E B Dillon for governor on fifth ballot
In Columbus on July 2 Judge Edmund B Dillon was chosen as Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee at the state convention after five ballots. Dillon led 525 to 207 over Garford with Langdon and others receiving smaller votes. The platform backed Taft and the Chicago ticket amid Roosevelt oppose vote. General Brown of Zanesville nominated for lieutenant governor.
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Wilson
Bush
Roger Sullivan
Clark
Gow Wilson
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Harmon
Columbus
E.B Dillon
Dillon
Gagard
Anderson
Arthur L. Garford
E. L. Taylor
Licking County
Garford
Jefferson County
Langdon
Taft
Chicago
Roosevelt
Edmund B. Dillon
Lawrence Langdon
A. L. Garford
Brown
Zanesville
Navy Recruiting Station Opens Here For Young Men
The U S Navy opened a traveling recruiting office at the Elk Hotel to offer opportunities for youths to join without visiting distant stations. Led by Lt. Bo H Steele in Cleveland, the office lists trades like electricity shipwork plumbing and machinist with pay ranges and clothing allowances. Apprentice seamen and coal passers also offered with monthly wages and uniforms.
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U.S. Navy
Elk Hotel
Navy Dept
Navy
G. Ansling Mace
Winder
Bo H. Steele
U.S. N
Cleveland
Sam
Taft greets German music lovers at Broad Street station
President Taft and wife arrived at Broad Street station where 6000 trained voices greeted them with a German song. He walked through the crowd to his automobile, then addressed the Northeastern Saengerbund praising German culture and music.
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Broad Street
Taft
Saengerbund
New Church Starts With Sixty Eight Members at La Belle View
At the Second United Presbyterian church on La Belle View a new congregation formed with 68 members, Rev. Walter Liggitt presiding, Rev. Eakin speaking on prospects, with 14 from other congregations and 3 on profession of faith. Officers elected include elders for various terms, trustees, and a congregational secretary. Baptism to follow dedication.
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Second United Presbyterian Church
la Belle View
Walter Liggitt
Mr. Eakin
Eakin
Rotary
Dr. L. B. Peterson
Thos. A. McCullough
A.M. Moreland
T. J. Dowling
Jay S. Paisley
Wilbur Workmen
Archy Crossley
Jas. Cunningham
John D. White
James McMillen
Edward Dowling
He D. Paisley
Wilbur Workman
Big Business Dividends Set New Payout Milestone
In New York on Monday July 1, 250 railroads and industrial enterprises paid out $250.06 million in dividends and interest to stockholders. The sum marks a new high water mark for such disbursements. It equals one tenth of the national debt and is several times larger than the combined capital of some leading railroads.
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New York
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