Colquitt Platform Promises Reforms in Texas Convention
San Antonio Texas Aug 18 The state Democratic convention opens to elect a state executive committee adopt a platform and support Gov Colquitts allies Fight promises to block corporate campaign contributions prison reform a bonded cotton warehouse plan a Woodrow Wilson endorsement a six cent veteran pension tax and a railroad bond amendment
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Gov
Iitt
Oof Colquitt
Parker resigns from Democratic Good Government League
John M. Parker, longtime Democrat and member of the National Progressive party executive committee, resigns from the Democratic Good Government League to avoid embarrassment from dual affiliation with the Progressives. The decision ends his ties to the Democratic group in New Orleans.
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John M. Parker
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Democratic Good Government League
League
Progressives
Indian man killed by express near Rochelle Illinois
Reported tragedy describes an Indian man slain by a fast express after sleeping on railroad tracks near Rochelle Illinois. The piece warns readers to treat coughs and colds promptly and endorses Dr Kings New Discovery as a preventive remedy against lung trouble citing a Texan testimonial.
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Why a Baseball Curves Explained by Scientists
New York Aug. 13. Columbia University lecture on the science of baseball curves explains that curve results from pressure and velocity relations and spin. Bernoulli’s principle accounts for air flow changes with downward spin, altering lift and drag to bend the ball.
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New York
Columbia University
W. S. Franklin
Daniel Bernouilli
Record price reached for corn fed cattle
Chicago August 18 beef on the hoof sold at 10.40 a hundredweight the highest price ever paid for cattle in the United States. A dealer from Tuscola Illinois sold an entire lot of corn fed cattle at the new record.
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Chicago
United States
Tuskola, Ill
Special Mattings Sale At SEI Fert Gower This Week
Receiver sale in Michigan under Ber rien county circuit court order offers Portman Randall Lumber Co property at Ovett Mississippi. Sealed bids due by August 26 1912 examined by county clerk of Berrien Wty St Joseph Mich. Property includes two tenant houses mill buildings boiler engine saw mill lath veneer machinery and equipment.
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Louisiana Mother and Triplets Do Well
Monroe La Aug 13 Mrs Antono Lombardino wife of an Italian fruit vender gave birth to triplets all girls Saturday night This morning the mother with the three babies and three nurses attended early mass at a local church where the infants were christened.
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Monroe
Antono Lombardino
Sage of Sagamore Hill Takes an Old Man's Walk
Oyster Bay N Y Aug 13 Col Roosvelt set forth from Sagamore Hill with his son Archie for an old man's walk and would return by 8 pm. The trek, likely about twenty miles, includes a midday picnic luncheon.
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Oyster Bay
N.Y
Col. Roosvelt
Archie
Mitchell Eyes U S Attorney Post in Mobile District
John E. Mitchell, former Mobile Care Association president and prominent local attorney, indicates he may seek appointment as United States district attorney for the Southern District. He told an Item-T that Hon. F. G.
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The
Mobile Care Association
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Prominent Republican Lawyer Hints at U S Attorney Choice
The lawyer questioned whether Mr. Bromberg would accept the office and said he must see if he could adjust his private and professional interests to avoid interference with his usefulness as United States attorney if appointed.
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Mitchell
United States
Congressional Fund of Democrats Explained
Rep Lloyd of Missouri told a Senate committee he lacked an exact record of the Democratic congressional committee's 1908 receipts and expenditures. He estimated receipts at about 27 600 dollars with about 100 dollars in expenses less. Campaign literature sales yielded 7 000 dollars. Principal contributors from the House floor were Champ Clark and Francis Burton Harrison at 200 dollars each.
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Lloyd
Missouri
Democratic Congressional Committee
Senate
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Francis Burton Harrison
House
Jones
Arkansas
Herman Ridder
New York
W. G. Conrad
Montana
R. P. Daniel
Kentucky
Matting Sale Cuts 20 Percent At Store
A local retailer announces a 20 percent reduction on matting and related furniture items. The sale highlights savings across a range of home furnishings at the store location.
Five Die in Auburn Fireworks Explosion on Italian Feast
Five persons were killed in an Auburn New York fireworks explosion. The blast occurred in the Italian quarter during preparations for a Secamaton feast by St. Francis di Assisi parish. Victims include Cosimo D Carmelengo of Fairview New Jersey, a manufacturer, and Mrs Mary Chewie with her three children. Fire Marshal Coneybear found a strange bomb amid the ruins.
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N. Y
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Fairview
N. J
Mary Chewie
Coneybear
Dr King’s New Life Pills praised by traveling salesman
E. B. Youngs of Berkshire Vermont notes relief from constipation and indigestion after using Dr King’s New Life Pills. He calls them an excellent remedy for stomach liver or kidney troubles and notes they cost 25 cents at druggists.
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Berkshire
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Seifert and Gower Furniture Co 20 Percent Reduction Sale
The Seifert and Gower Furniture Co offers a twenty percent price cut on all stock this week only. Shop for furniture at reduced rates and save on living room and bedroom pieces while the sale lasts.
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Seifert & Gower Furniture CO
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