Taft plans summer trip and chairmanship talks
Secretary Taft leaves Cincinnati for New York and Yale commencement then heads to Hot Springs for a three to four week stay. Debate over the Republican national chairmanship continues with Secretary Root urging delay while Frank Hitchcock remains a key figure. A separate report notes Taft narrowly avoids a train accident near Coshocton while Detroit ferries collide without damage. Delegates in Illinois back John Mitchell for governor.
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Cincinnati
Taft
James T. Williams, Jr
New York
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Washington
National
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Charles P. Taft
Linton
State Root
Frank H. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Dennison
Pennsylvania Flyer
Coshocton
Sineer
The July issue of several magazines vivid with fiction
A promotional collage of July issues notes the Metropolitan Magazine featuring The Night-Riders by Day Allen Wiley and works by Hugo Munsterberg and others. It highlights fiction by Lucy Pratt Mayme Lindsay and Anna O Hagan, and teasers on Taft by Forbes Lindsay and German art in America, plus multi author stories in Peoples Magazine and Popular Mechanics with extensive illustrations and varied genres.
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Allen Wiley
Metropolitan Magazine
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard University
Jackson Cross
Alvin Langdon Coburn
Helen Woljeska
Robert Alexander Wason
Anna O'Hagan
Miss O'Hagan
H.forbes
Lindsay
America
Charles de Kay
Semi- Anne
Adeline Knapp
Margaret. Busbee Shipp
Charles Garvice
Mary Heaton Vorse
Maisie
New York
Will Gage Carey
Hiram Jeffords
Benjamin Franklin Naphews
People’s Magazine
Jay Hardy
Wolcott LeClear Beard
Bobby Graeme
G Troop
Edward 8
Pilsworth
Perryton” Maxwell
Broughton Brandenburg
People’s
People's
Popular Mechanics
Bing
July number highlights and dramatic illustrated subjects
The July issue includes views of a cyclone, a falling church tower, a blast furnace explosion, and other remarkable topics. Photographers and staff artists cover subjects with strong results, including a Morrell dirigible explosion at Berkeley and plans to electrify Ontario with Niagara Falls energy.
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Berkeley
Cal
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Women Fill Hyde Park Gather From the Provinces
A massive London demonstration by suffragettes on June 22 drew about half a million people to Hyde Park. Women from the provinces joined London groups in long processions, white dresses with green white and purple sashes reading Vote for Women, and speeches were mostly inaudible amid the crowd's noise. Ambulances treated fainting and minor injuries but no serious incidents were reported.
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London
Hyde Park
Crime of aged husband shocks Cleveland couple
John Kelly 75 fatally wounds wife Margaret 73 with a hatchet in their home after an argument over a savings account. He then wounds himself, is severely hurt but expected to recover. The couple planned to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Police report the daughter found them unconscious as neighbors arrived.
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Cleveland
John Kelly
Margaret
Kelly
Excursion Train Wreck Near Sandusky
A Lake Erie & Western excursion train departing Sandusky ran into an open draw bridge two miles from town. The locomotive toppled into shallow water but the crew and passengers all escaped injury. No coaches followed the engine and the train, heavily loaded, carried no reported injuries.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie & Western
Havill Editor Injured In Mount Carmel Incident
Ora Havill editor of Havill's Every Morning in Mount Carmel is gravely injured and not expected to survive after an assault by Norman Debell. The dispute arose from an editorial Havill published and Debell claims he was attacked.
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Mount Carmel
Ill
Ora Havill
Havill
Norman Debell
Debell
Hieetric Bitters Praised by New York Reader
Mr Frank Conian of 436 Houston St New York extols Hieetric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia and liver complaints. He notes its benefit for a lame back and weak kidneys, calling it highly effective.
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Hieetric Bitters
Frank Conian
Houston Bt
New York
Bomb Theory Grows Stronger Over Arcadia Explosion
Investigation into the Arcadia disaster points to a bomb as the cause. Three men died and several were injured when the Hamburg American Line steamer exploded in hold No 4. Officers note damaged steel bulkhead and bullet-like indentations. Crew cite prior labor strife at Hamburg.
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Philadelphia
Arcadia
Hamburg
Midocean
Temperance Mass Meeting Draws Louisville National Leaders
In Louisville on June 22 a large temperance mass meeting at the armory featured a big rally and sermons in 100 local pulpits. International Sunday School association leaders attended the twelfth triennial session. Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stevens spoke on "The Two Oars of the Temperance Movement" to an enthusiastic audience.
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Louisville
Armory
International Sunday School Association
Lillian M. N. ‘Stevens
Royal Funeral in Hawaii for Prince David Kawananana koa
Honolulu marked a grand royal funeral for Prince David Kawananana koa who died in San Francisco. His body arrived aboard the steamship Manchuria and was carried in a ceremonial procession with the National Guard of Hawaii, Twentieth Infantry detachment from Fort Shafter, Marines and sailors from ships in harbor, and hundreds of native Hawaiian societies members. Services in the capital and mausoleum were led by Catholic bishops and attended by territorial, federal, military officials and the consular corps.
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Honolulu
David Kawanananakoa
San Francisco
Manchuria
Hawaii
National Guard of
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Shafter
Maine
Alabama
St. Louis
Both Are Killed in Duel in New Mexico Frontier
In Albuquerque on June 22 R. M. Baier and Edward Jones, cattlemen and neighbors, were killed in a Sunday duel near St. Vrail after a cattle trade quarrel. Both men fired simultaneously and died instantly. Nearby in Sturgis E. H. Baldwin and Edward Graham had a ranch north of Spring Creek Sunday morning. Baldwin died, Graham gravely wounded and surrendered to a farmer for medical aid.
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Albuquerque
N. M
R. M. Baier
Edward Jones
St. Vrail
Here
Gunn
Sturgis
E. H. Baldwin
Edward Graham
Lamp Creek
Spring Creek
Baldwin
Graham
Woman throws herself before train in Columbus area
In the pre dawn hours near Columbus a woman named Mrs James Comateck of Sunbury 26 miles north of Columbus reportedly threw herself in front of a train on the Cleveland Akron and Columbus line. The incident occurred Sunday morning with authorities investigating and no further details available.
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Columbus
James Comateck
Sunbury
Cleveland, Akran & Columbus
Real Estate Transfers In Joliet and Peotone
The Joliet Sharpshooters Assn. transfers 4 acres in Joliet to John R. H. Staley for 6000 dollars amid a June 18 1908 meeting. Dora A. Barton and Geo W Barton transfer Peotone property for 100 cash with payments to May 16 1918 and a 6 percent agreed price of 6000 dollars. A lien on Barton properties in Peotone sec 18 19 is noted until W D is provided.
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Joliet
Assa
Anthony Wagner
Michael Troost
John R. H. Staley
Metes
Dora A. Barton
Geo. W
Martha D. Barton
Peotone
Geo. W. Barton -Partie
Emma A Vogt vs Cragets mortgage sale notice Joliet
Master in chancery F A Hill issues a sale order against Emma A Vogt for parcels lots 1 2 3 in Campbell subd and Marshall subd in section 21 Joliet in the case against Minnie and George Craget. The amount involved is 1500 dollars.
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F. A. Hill
Emma A. Vogt
Jas
Campbell
Marshall
Joliet
Minnie
George Craget
Public Sale Notice in Knox County Court Proceeding
The People’s Trust and Savings bank of Galesburg transfers property in Joliet area to multiple buyers including George W. Reynolds and Emma Bartlett under two trust deeds totaling 1150 dollars. The county court authorized the sale as executor actions against deceased John Johnson with associated parcels identified and sums ranging around six to ten hundred dollars.
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The
People’s Trust and Savings Bank of
Galesburg
John Johnson
Geo. W. Reynolds
Hoag
Joliet
Will County
County Court
Knox County
Alice Johnson
Chas
H. Talcott, Jr
Emma BE. Bartlett
de Wayne
Ada
The Best Pills Ever Sold Praise From BW Ayacua
A patient testimonial from BW Ayacua lauds Dr King’s New Life Pills after 15 years of chronic indigestion and over two hundred dollars spent without relief. The product is described as the best aid she has found for digestion.
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Dr. King
Bw, Ayacua
Whistle Trick Stops Creatures
A short whistle from the mouth can stop a passing creature briefly. The text notes a hare and an ant paused by a sound, and recalls an African hunter's remark that fear can be induced by a mysterious noise.
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Molly Cottontail
Phant
Women Learn Housework at Londor Ladies School
A Londor school named A Simple Life School for Dames and Damsels teaches gentlewomen all mysteries of housework to train and govern servants. The premise is that a mistress must know duties to secure proper service.
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Londor
Wary Man Declines Bayonet Fashion in Store War Echo
In a crowded department store scene a customer asks to view a bayonet collar but Uncle Hex Kiah declines with a drawling remark. He notes he already owns gunmetal shoes and ball suspenders and feels warlike enough for an old man.
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Sonny
Hex Kiah
Nuritch Confirms Last Month Article Writer
A brief exchange clarifies that Nuritch wrote the article last month for the paper. The conversation hints at Nuritch's ongoing business in article writing.
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Nuritch
Chocolate Pie Healthful Delight Promises Easy Prep
A fragment describes a healthful chocolate pie with ready ingredients for grocers. It notes the pie is appealing and suggests it is easier than other desserts, with packaging and ingredient details briefly mentioned.
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Asermont Health
Chad
Oeaechaeur
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Pete
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G. F. Sterling
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Reading
Provinces
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Prince
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Harris & Landau
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