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Newspaper
The Marion Daily Mirror
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1908
Page
2
Ex Gov Campbell is endorsed for United States Senate and Bryan for President. The Johnson faction is defeated.
Ohio Democrats faced a heated convention clash as Judson Harmon of Cincinnati, former U S attorney general, won the governorship nomination amid factional strife with rival supporters of Mayor Johnson and other leaders. Delegates to the national convention were chosen for Harmon's ticket while state issues, taxation, and franchise policies dominated debate.
Amid a tense Ohio Democratic state convention in Columbus May 7 1894 Harman led on the first ballot but trailed Pomerene after a late surge by Bandies and Sherwood. A harmony agreement failed Johnson withdrew a candidate, and Rockwell at Kent won lieutenant governor on the first ballot.
Hartford Conn May 7 The Republican convention closed its session electing ten delegates to the Chicago convention. Ten delegates pledged to Taft and four uninstructed by district conventions. Orchard reprieved. Retro Ida May 7 Gov Gooding granted reprieve to Harry Orchard until July 2, delaying execution set for May 15.
Thousands from a hundred towns greet the Alliedne battleship fleet as it anchors after a world cruise. Admiral Evans presides on the Connecticut with ships of the Atlantic West in line, while San Francisco hosts a citywide celebration with lights, pageantry, and renewed optimism.
A Cleveland resident, Ancunta Powell, received 15 000 in damages from Coveland Electric Railway Co after six years of litigation over injuries from a trolley collision. The case, dated December 1902, reflects early 20th century street railway disputes.
Washington May 7 The senate passed a bill barring employment of children under 14 in the District of Columbia within many venues during school hours and outside 6 am to 7 pm. A concurrent resolution asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to report on compliance with the Interstate Commerce Act as of May 1 1998 and potential railroad noncompliance insights. The army appropriation conference report was adopted with a $1,462,000 increase. House votes supported reestablishing the national soldiers homes canteen amid a temperance incident. An immigration commissioner admitted railroading naturalization under an earlier law. Fast Alton Ill May 7 Wood River breached banks after a four-foot rise in four hours, flooding East Alton and displacing families.
Pittsburg May 7 Augustus Hartie a millionaire paper maker seeks a court appointment of a commissioner to examine the 320000 claim for a detective in a sensational divorce case. Mrs Hartie asks 80000 expenses two thirds for detective hire. The court took the matter under advisement.
Dr. Aldrich was attacked and robbed by six Italians while driving west of town on Wednesday. The assailants used knives, stunned him from behind, and beat him until helpless. they escaped. The incident follows the doctor’s earlier testimony in an Italian minder case.
The readable fragment discusses caste in England, describing how land and social position lock individuals into predetermined roles. It argues ordinary people face systemic limits and are crushed by inherited privilege and artificial social structures shaping effort and outcomes.
In Laporte Indiana on May 7 authorities linked nine dismembered bodies at the Guinness farm to transport from Chicago, with two corpses tentatively identified as Jennie Olson and a Helgelein brother. Draymen testified trunks were shipped to Laporte and two trunks addressed to Mia Belle Guinness were found in Chicago. Roy Lamphere, charged with murder in the Guinness fire deaths, faced questions but prosecutors maintain letters tie him to alleged murders. identification remains unsettled amid ongoing police work.
A fragmentary note discusses a brace or horseshoe carrier to protect a horse hoof from nail damage and enable easier shoe removal. The idea is presented as a latent invention to solve a diminity while weaving in unrelated humorous exchanges and a Blaettar fragment.
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