Cannon Renominated for Congress in Illinois District
The 18th Illinois district convention in Danville renominated Joseph Cannon for Congress by acclamation, amid strong talk of a possible presidential boom. Cannon defended Republican prosperity under McKinley, praised protective tariffs, and rebutted Gompers on labor issues, urging continued support for Roosevelt's policies and the party's record.
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Danville
Illinois
Joseph G. Cannon
Cannon
Republican Party
William McKinley
Congress
United States
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Lakes
Gulf
Rio Grande
Orient
American
United States Census Office
Nomination Fight Grows in Eagles Grand Presidency
Milwaukee August 17 nominating speeches set the stage for a tense race for grand worthy president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Hy G. Davis and Edward Krause lead as others withdraw to back a candidate. A grand parade and festivities followed the sessions, with a seven-division march through city streets ending at Schiltz Park for a picnic and drills.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Aerie
Order of Eagles
Hy G. Davis
Edward Krause
Wilmington
Del
Wooda N. Carr
Davis
S. B. Wadsworth
Iowa
P. F. Barrett
Omaha
Krause
Union
Wisconsin
Schiltz Park
Good grain yield reported in Presho area crops
Lyman county crops look fine with samples from the region. Corn reaches over nine feet, while small grains show strong yielding potential. Farmers note excellent growth and promising harvest prospects for the season.
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Presho
Lyman County
Simplex shock loader explained on ground by leaders
Ground explanations are provided by either him or Jas. McCabe, the president of the Simplex shock loader company, detailing the machine in all its details.
Longworth Elected Secretary of Policy Holders Committee
Representative Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati was chosen secretary of the international policy holders committee of the New York and Mutual Life Insurance companies to replace Seymour Eaton. He will not begin duties immediately as he departs for Ohio to pursue political interests.
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New York
N. Y
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
International Policyholders Committee
New York and Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Seymour Eaton
Mr. Longworth
Alton B. Parker
Roberts
Connecticut
J. G. Remphill
South Carolina
Colonel Shook
Nashville
Tenn
Harlow N. Higginbotham
Chicago
Samuel Untermyer
Longworth
Ohio
International Committees
Mutual
Mutual Life Policy Holders Association
Warsaw Riots Toll Shocks London Dispatch
London reports grim images from Warsaw after the Wednesday disturbances. Surgeons exhausted by heat and labor could not tend to cases while morgue scenes grew horrible. A youth bayoneted Wednesday survived with crushed fingers as soldiers trod over him, and a girl laughed at a torn brain pan sight.
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London
Eng
Tribunes
Warsaw
Poe
Shock Loader Labor Saving in Harvesting Machinery
An operational Simplex shock loader east of the Western depot loads shocks onto a rack automatically and spills them at the separator. Two horses and one man operate the unit, claimed to reduce threshing costs by about $50 per day with two in a field. Fy Coleman holds the local agency for this region.
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W North- Western
Ares
Coleman
Boy Hurls Bomb Wounding Two in Warsaw Procession
A youth threw a bomb at a march returning from Rokitno shrine near Warsaw injuring two professionals. Police shot at rioters, wounding thirty. Separately, a band of revolutionists raided a government alcohol store, killing a clerk and wounding two. In Moscow, a prison outbreak among political offenders required troops. two warders killed one by gunfire and ten prisoners wounded.
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Warsaw
Russia
Cholodna Street
Rokitno
Moscow
Central
Pernova
Governor Heyward Pleads as Lynching Follows in South
In Columbia South Carolina Governor Heyward addressed a mob at the victim Jennie Brooks's family home urging them to stop the lynching of Bob Davis a Negro attacker and rapist. Despite the plea the mob seized Davis and riddled him with bullets near the victim's home.
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Columbia
8. C
Jennie Brooks
Heyward
Bob" Davis
Miss Brooks
Greenwood
Davie
Receiver Appointed for Garfield Park Bank in Chicago
The Garfield Park Bank at 2024 West Madison street was placed in receivership yesterday afternoon by Judge Bethea in U S district court. Three creditors with claims amounting to thousands of dollars filed a petition asking that Bills B Drake president and the bank be declared insolvent.
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Chicago
Garfield Park Bank
West Madison Street
Bethea
United States District Court
Bills B. Drake
Officers Elected to Head the G A R
Brown of Ohio elected grand army commander after withdrawn rivals. Saratoga favored as encampment site though no vote yet. Wirz monument debate expected morning session. Brown, born 1845 in Ohio, served in Fifteenth Ohio, Fourteenth Army Corps, later veteran editor. Mrs Cartl Sparkling of St Louis elected National President of the Woman’s Relief Corps, rival Kate Jones of New York.
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Saratoga
Wirz
Tanker
Grand Army
Ft. Brown
Ohio
Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
Fourteenth Army
Brown
Zaust=ville Courier
Cartl¢ Sparkling
St. Louis
Woman's Belief Corps
Kate’ Jones
New York
Parkling
Commander-in-Chief Brown Elected at Grand Army Meeting
At the Grand Army of the Republic annual meeting in Lincoln Nebraska on August 17 R B Brown of Zanesville Ohio was elected commander-in-chief by acclamation. William H Armstrong of Indianapolis Indiana was chosen senior vice commander and B B Fenton of Detroit Michigan junior vice commander. Archbishop John Ireland was reappointed chaplain-in-chief. The next encampment site was reportedly Saratoga.
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R. B. Brown
Zanesville
Ohio
William H. Armstrong
Indianapolis
B. B. Fenton
Detroit
John Ireland
St. Paul
W. H. Johnson
Lincoln
Neb
Minneapolis
Minn
Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
C. G. Burton
Missouri
P. H. Coney
Kansas
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Burton
Coney
Armstrong
Fenton
Archbishop Ireland
Saratoga
Bank Receiver Appointed After Milwaukee Avenue Bank Failure
Creditors petitioned for relief as the Milwaukee Avenue Bank collapsed causing a Garfield Park Bank run. Judge names Henry Hiest as receiver with a $10,000 bond. Creditors visiting for funds found no satisfaction while President Drake pledged solvency if securities could be disposed. Attorneys for creditors could not determine the bank's liabilities.
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Henry Hiest
Milwaukee Avenue Bank
Garfield Park Bank
Drake
Crettors
Briand Denies Govt Will Enter Talks Over Church Separation
Paris Aug 17 M Briand minister of public worship told supporters the government will not seek negotiations with the pope to modify the law on church and state separation. He said the law must be applied as written and warned clergy resistance could stir unrest, though he hopes acceptance prevails. He indicated some party measures may surprise certain factions.
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Paris
France
M. Briand
M. Brand
Threats of assassination target Russian governor general
Odesaa Russia Aug 17 Governor General Kaulbars faces daily threats of assassination and was ordered by high military authorities to stay indoors amid warnings of possible murder. The note appears amid chaotic reports from the region with unclear additional details.
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Odesaa
Russia
Kaulbars
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