Senators face tough re election as direct vote looms
Reports from Washington say thirty two senators with terms ending March 3 next are anxious to leave Washington and campaign at home. The piece notes the shift to direct elections and cites Indiana Ohio Kentucky Illinois Missouri and other states with renewed contest and key contenders including Beveridge Foraker Cox and Stone.
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Boston
Washington
Congress
Gore
Oklahoma
Southwest
Shively
Indiana
Beveridge
Ohio
Burton
Foraker
Cox
Lentz
Bryan
Hogan
Kentucky
McCreary
Beckham
Stanley
Camden
Illinois
Roger C. Sullivan
Dunn
Harrison
Chicago
Lewis
Lawrence B. Stringer
Cook County
Sullivan
Sherman
Republi
Mason
Raymond Robbins
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Penrose
Gifford Pinchot
Washington Party
Palmer
Senator Penrose
Stone
Missouri
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Board
Folk
Dge Wallace
East Orange Woman Captures Burglary Suspect in Newark Chase
Elizabeth Gomper of East Orange chased a burglar from her home into Newark. He discarded a coat after a struggle, and police later detained him on burglary charges with bail set at 2500 dollars. The incident prompted a quick pursuit along a sparsely populated morning street. Prohibition and Georgia politics also loom in the national scene as Hoke Smith faces a tough reelection and Joe Brown campaigns for white voters.
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New York
East Orange
Newark
Elizabeth Gomper
Halsted Street
Miss Gomper
George Nelson
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Joe” Brown
Brown
Hoke
United States
Study Finds Vagrancy Largely Noneconomic in New York
The acting superintendent of the New York municipal lodging house studied about 2000 vagrants and found most cases arise from pathology rather than economics. Only 5 percent were under 21 and 36 average age, with 65 percent able to work but hampered by skill gaps and seasonal trades. Alcohol affected 60 percent, and the report urges physician involvement and social work for prevention and relief.
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New York Municipal Lodging House
Nder
New York
Metropolis
City
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Melting Pot Placed in Suffragists' Philadelphia Office
A suffrage campaign novelty a melting pot for gold and silver trinkets was set up at 1723 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia to fund voter campaigns. Delegates from local suffrage groups voiced support as Self-Sacrifice Day is planned for August 23 with sales of antiques to raise funds.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Mrr
Medill McCormick
Anna Howard Shaw
National Committee
Philadelphia County Suffrage Society
Te Woman's Suffrage Society of Philadelphia
The
College Equal
Adam M. Joyce
Philadelphia Mint
Joyce
A. A. Morris
Philadelphia Public Ledger
New York Opens Eight Free Employment Offices
Eight free employment offices began operations on August 1, with two in New York City and six in other cities including Albany Utica Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo. The program, sponsored by Bernard M Patten, aims to unite employers and workers and address unemployment.
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New York
Bernard M. Patten
Albany
Utica
Syracuse
Rochester
Buf
Dream of Peruvian Coast to Amazon Linked Rail Line
History recalls Henry Meiggs envisioning a coast to Amazon railroad across Peru. Builders climbed the Andes with 20 plus switchbacks, drilling tunnels and bridges at great cost. The project stalled after Meiggs died in 1877. resumed in 1891 under Peruvian control reaching Oroya, claimed as the world’s highest line and among the priciest.
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Henry Meiggs
Peru
Andes
Amazon
Callao
Lima
Chicla
Meiggs
Peruvian Corporation
Wiliam Thorndike
Orova
Statewide up-State employment offices eyed for six centers
Falo Elmira Ogdensburg and Water town are under consideration for the sixth up-State office. Elmira is favored to be selected. Experts will run daily industrial condition reports for each community, sending weekly statistical summaries to New York for employers and workers.
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Falo
Elmira
Ogdensburg
Watertown
New York
Wisconsin
Lynch
What Would You Do About Your Severe Cold
A reader asks what to do if struck by a severe cold and cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as highly recommended by long-time users. Mrs Sargent of Peru Indiana endorses its value calling it worth its weight in gold and urges others to try it. For sale by all dealers.
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Sargent
Peru
Ind
Gets-It for Corns Sure as Sunrise
Get s It offers a new corn cure with a simple two drop application. It claims to remove corns warts bunions without digging or pain using a unique formula sold by E. Lawrence & Co. or druggists for 25 cents.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
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Eade
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Gost
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