Typographical Union Chooses Its Next Convention City
The International Typographical Union unanimously selected St. Louis as the 1906 meeting host. Delegates discussed laws on member voting, apprenticeships, and funding while a carriage ride dominated the afternoon. A notable moment involved Mrs Belva A Lockwood requesting to speak for suffrage but the Women's Auxiliary refused to hear her address.
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Washington
International Typographical Union Today
St. Louis
World's Fair Organization
Gilmore
Montreal
Powell
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Committee On Laws
Fidelity Insurance
Harris
Ottawa Union
Woman's Auxiliary
Beiva A. Lockwood
After His Wife's Death The Silver Wedding Celebrated
Henry Michael an East Side merchant held a silver wedding two years after his wife's death despite family objections. Eight hundred guests attended in a hall he rented, with vast quantities of beer wine and food. His daughters appealed to police but were refused interference. Several of the wife’s relatives attended and supported the event.
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New York
Henry Michael
East Side
Michael
Bible Conference Ninth Annual Session Opens at Winona Lake
War saw Indiana August 12 The ninth annual Winona Bible Conference will convene at Winona Lake August 16 for eleven days. Noted ministers from Scotland England Canada and the United States will speak led by Dr W Wilbur Chapman. Clara Morris lectured on A Peep Behind the Scenes to a large crowd prompting debate on acting and morality.
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Indianapolis Journal
Warsaw
Ind
Winona
James Orr
Free Church College
Glasgow
Scotland
George Johnson A. Ross
Cambridge
England
W. D. Reid
Montreal
Canada
Robert Johnson
Knox College
Toronto
United States
Cornelius Woelfkin
John F. Carson
Brooklyn
W. Weaver
Baltimore
Chalmers
Pitteburg
J. W
M. A. Bronson
Philadelphia
R. A. Torrey
C. Senos
Ieee
Matheys — Funkhouse
Torrey
Busy at Minkuckee C T U Day in Culver Indiana
At Maxinkuckee Assembly Prof W H Waggoner of Eureka Illinois led a class on issions in the Islands of the Sea. W C T U day observed with Ada Squires presiding. Mrs Cleveland spoke on Creating Interest in W C T U Work. Plans for a W C T U cottage were discussed. Mrs Goodacre led a physical culture class and Mrs Squires organized elocution. Ira Brown spoke on birds and crops. Bessie Cannon won a gold medal in a contest. Helms Ladies Chorus performed. Emily Squires and Natt Kemper presented rag pieces. Rev C C Redgrave gave a stereopticon lecture on Christian movement origins.
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Indianapolis Journal
Culver
Ind
Maxinkuckee
W. H. Waggoner
Eureka
Ill
Ada Squires
Terre Haute
Cleveland
W. C
C. C. Redgrave
Movement For Christian Eee
Christian Arch
Island Park Assembly Ends Session Moves to Elevate W C T U Work
Aug 13 Rome City Indiana The Island Park Assembly closes its current session with final class exercises and plans to extend musical entertainments and W C T U activities. Tomorrow's close is expected to draw a large crowd with Grand Arm attendees and multiple bands. Harvest and Horseshoers' Union excursions are planned for Saturday. The Universalist Interstate Assembly, fifth annual, opens Aug 16 and runs to Sept 4 with officials led by Rev Marion Crosley from Indianapolis. Fort Wayne police will deploy hundreds as Universalists depart and cottagers prepare for gatherings.
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Island Park Assembly
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Bly
Island Park
Grand Rapids
Horseshoers’ Union
Fort Wayne
Universalist Interstate Assembly
Polis
Chicago
Marion Crosley
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Central Universalist Church
Indianapolis
Washington
Congress
Department
Machen
Payne
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Pike
Lawrence
Cass
Benton
Jami
Whitley
Union
Turkish authorities in Uskub distribute 5000 rifles
The Times dispatch from Sofia reports that Turkish authorities at Uskub have distributed five thousand rifles to the Mohamedan population, raising the threat of massacre against Christians in the area.
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London
the Times
Sofia
Uskub
Isaac Markley Hangs Himself After Wife Murder Charge
Marshalltown Iowa August 12 Isaac Markley wealthy farmer arrested last night charged with killing his wife and held on bail. He took his own life by hanging from a corncrib rafter before trial could begin at the current term of court.
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Marshalltown
Isaac Markley
Mountains Rally Against Tyranny in Turkish Revolt
Constantinople reports 150 revolutionists killed at Soroviteh on Aug 9 as insurrection grows. Bulgarian villagers are urged to rise, with young men fleeing to mountains to join insurgents. Monastir wali Hussein Hilmi Pasha notes spread in Salonica vilayet. Krushevo remains in rebel hands under siege by 4000 Turkish troops.
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Bulgaria
Uskub
Macedonia
Focal
Monastir
Ekshisu
Krushevo
Constantinople
Glevgveli
Uskub- Salonica
Turkey
Porte
Ferdinand
Nee
Hungary
Italy
Crete
Soroviteh
Hilmi Pasha
Hussein Hilmi Pasha
Wali
Vilayet
Salonica
Balkan unrest flares as insurgents clash in Macedonia districts
Dispatches report scattered insurgent detachments strike Turkish forces across Dibra Koeritza Kastoria and Florina. Massacres are alleged near Perlep and Uskub tightens security. Sunni Muslims arm amid rising tension as Turkish troops threaten dynamite measures. Reports from Belgrade Vienna and Cetinje outline growing instability and fear of disaster.
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Koeritza
Kastoria
Florina
Giergvelia
Yenis
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Zivernini
Perlep
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Mush
Armenia
London
The
Daily Mail
Belgrade
Bulgarian insurgents claim large arms stock and numbers
Vienna reports Bulgarian sources say the revolutionists possess 36 000 rifles 15 000 000 cartridges and four tons of dynamite. They estimate 25 000 insurgents with 10 000 in the Monastir vilayet.
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Vienna
Vilayet of
Monastir
Servia Cabinet Resignations Signal Military Victory
Dispatches from Belgrade report three Cabinet members from the radical element in Servia have resigned. The move is seen as a victory for the military party.
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Vienna
Belgrade
Servia
Solemn Pallium Investiture for Archbishop Farley at St Patrick's
Impressive ceremony at St Patrick's Cathedral New York marks Archbishop John M Farley receiving the pallium from Mgr Diomedes Falconio. The event features a procession, pontifical mass, sermons by Bishops McQuaid and O Connor, and addresses from clergy and laity. Over 2000 guests attend including Justice Leonard A Giegerich at the Catholic Club reception.
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New York
John M. Farley
Mgr
Diomedes Falconio
United States
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Leo XIII
Guard of Honor
John O'Connor
Newark
B. J. McQuaid
Rochester
Father Lavelle
Mgr. Falconio
Mar
John Edwards
Archbishop Earley
Farley
Catholic Club
Supreme Court
Leonard A. Giegerich
Ptomaine Poisoning Hit Guests At Nevada Senator Sale
At Ashburn Virginia fifty guests at a dairy farm sale hosted by Senator Stewart of Nevada fell ill after a luncheon of coffee ham and beef sandwiches. Doctors say patients are out of danger though some remain very sick. Beef purchased in Washington and kept in cold storage for days was found to be the cause.
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Washington
Senator Stewart
Ashburn
Nevada
Whisky Going Abroad Hamburg for Storage Purposes
Kentucky distillers prepare to export 2000 barrels of whisky from crop 148 to Hamburg and Bremen for storage. It is the first large export of young whisky from Kentucky, with distillers citing lower costs to ship to Europe and then on to San Francisco or Cape Horn rather than direct export from Louisville.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Hamburg
Bremen
Europe
San Francisco Py
Cape Horn
American millionaires brothers in French trial
Paris witnesses identified Romain and Emile D Auri gnac as the men who posed as the Crawford brothers Robert and Henry in a vast Humbert family fraud. Notary Dupuy and court clerk Dehez confirmed signatures and papers used to shield creditors. The hearing adjourned after testimonies on Humbert loans.
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Paris
Humbert Tries
Romain
Emile D ° Aurignac
Theresa Humbert
Robert
Henry Crawford
Crawfords
D'Aurignacs
Dupuy
Dehez
Bayonne
Romain D’aurignac
Bennett
Camille le Grande
Emile D’aurignac
Post Office
Romain D'Aurignac
Humberts
Story of the Big Swindle and Mme Humbert’s Frauds
A sweeping fraud tale centered on Mme Humbert who used forged wills and phantom heirs to secure loans from bankers and merchants across France. The scheme touched bankers, nobles, and even a village priest, with casualties including a banker who killed himself after loans totaled over a million francs. Humbert’s wealth and prestige grew through elaborate deceptions, while money flowed from banks, usurers, and tradespeople into her alleged inheritance and controlled properties.
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Girard
Mme Humbert
Paris
Mme
Humbert
Robert Henry Crawford
Nice
Crawford
Marie Daurignac
Henry Crawford
Robert Crawford
Marie
Pirhe
Republic
Avenue de la Grande Armee
Chateau Des Vives Eaux
Celeyran
Opera
Tunis
Carnot
Felix Faure
Boulanger
Humberts
T. P. O'Connor
M. P
Hase
Mme, Humbert
Din
Wan 'Ke
Humbert's financial crash shocks Paris as victims suffer
The article describes Mme Humbert and her ruse appealing to religious sentiment to attract deposits. It notes a ten year scheme, about £2,000,000 in funds moved from Rue Auber to Avenue de la Grande Armee mansions, financing extravagance and credit. The final collapse exposed her as a villain, with poor workers left in tears facing starvation.
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Mme. Humbert
Republic
Rue Auber
Avenue de la Grande Armee
Split in the Democracy Johnson Men Bolts the Hamilton County Convention
In Cincinnati on August 12 the dissenting Hamilton County delegates held a second convention and planned a mass meeting to protest leadership linked to Lewis G. Bernard and George B. Cox. They reported plans to contest seats at the State convention and debated whether to replace delegates, with factions backing Zimmerman for governor or Johnson.
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Hamilton County
G. A. R. Hall
Lewis G. Bernard
George B. Cox
Herbert
Melville E. Ingalls
Bernard
Zimmerman
Bigelow
Johnson
Bigeloweh
John L. Zimmerman
Roosevelts Receive Senate Finance Subcommittee Guests
President Roosevelt hosts the subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee at Sagamore Hill as they refine a currency measure. The group, led by Aldrich, includes Platt, Allison, and Spooner, and plans to present a draft to the full Republican Senate Finance Committee for the extraordinary session.
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Roosevelt Hies
Sagamore Hill
Senate Committee On Finance
Congress
Aldrich
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Platt
Connecticut
Allison
Towa
Spooner
Wisconsin
Senate
Warwick
Providence
Roosevelt
Mra
Jacob A. Is
Richmond Hill
S. J
Sylph
Long Island Sound
Glen Island
Lightning Kills Two Men in New York Barn Scene
In Goldsboro New York on August 12 a bolt struck a barn where a tobacco cutting party gathered. Robert Barwick and James Holland were instantly killed. J R Murwin, R Murwin, their two children Noah Burton and Frank and John Holland were badly burned. A tree overhanging the barn was struck by lightning.
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Goldsboro
N. Y
Robert Barwick
James Holland
J. R. Murwin
R. Murwin
Noah Burton
Frank
John Holland
Seven Springs
Post Office investigation clears two mysteries and fugitive Beavers
Two mysteries tied to the post office case are cleared. George W. Beavers is a fugitive from justice, while August W. Machen did not take French leave but is away on private business. Machen is reportedly in Detroit under an alias, seeking to cover trial costs, with ongoing questions about delays in the investigation and rising postal receipts in July across major cities.
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Post Office
George W. Beavers
August W. Machen
Free Delivery
Evilenes
Stamp Collectors Meet Chooses Officers at Clayton
The Philatelic Association session at Clayton New York elected officers including President Alexander Holland of Brooklyn and Vice Presidents Gordon Ireland Massachusetts and Willard from Massachusetts. D. Eaton Iowa treasurer C Lennan Minnesota. directors H B Phillips California and F W Corning New York. A counterfeit protection committee was formed with John N. Laff J M Andreini and Morgenthau all of New York. Pittsburg selected for next year’s meeting location.
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John N. Laff
J. M. Andreini
Ae Morgenthau
New York
Pittsburg
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