Hibernians Convention in Battles Sees Big Turnout
The Ancient Order of Hibernians held a State Convention at Battles with large attendance, electing Meehan of Montgomery as president and McHugh of Mobile as vice president. A day of barbecue and athletic events followed a 1:30 pm adjournment, including a ball game, races, and a duck race, with funds directed to the state division and entertainment committees.
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Ancient Order
Battles
Carney
Mobile
Hibernians
Ich
Mont
Hu Meehan
J. E. Me‘bile
Wood
M. E.than
Birmingham
Norfolk
Entertainment Committee of
Reagan
Tgo
Inter
Meehan
Montgomery
Presient
J. E. McHugh
M. EK. Linnehan
Dan Sullivan
Pratt
Michael Desmond
Aby G. J. Flournoy
Rivers Rush
J. B. Hobart
Lance
Death House
Tom McDonald
M. J
Matt Mc
Lindell
Usic
M. T. Judge
John Ass
M. L
A. McDermott
Pat J. Lyons
Desmond
Thomas Yeend
Auxa Sareety
James T. van Yeport
Becker Defends Himself by Claiming Gamblers Plot
New York reports a panel led by William J. Flynn will summon top investigators to uncover police graft in the Rosenthal murder case. Becker's counsel argues the lieutenant is a victim of a gamblers plot led by Bald Jack Rose, claiming Rosenthal was targeted and lobbyed for a Canada move but then killed. Subpoenas will target landlords of disorderly houses and gambling dens tied to the case.
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New York
William J. Flynn
Secret Service
Aldermanic
Flynn
Becker
Rosenthal
Bald Jack" Rose
Rose
Canada
Aged Man Hanged at Tennessee State Prison
George Rose aged 70 was hanged at daybreak at the Tennessee state prison for the murder of J. B. Miller a McMinn county farmer last August. He had denounced his wife and wept as he faced execution, with Governor Hooper and Sheriff Hart observing.
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Nashville
Tenn
George Rose
J. B. Miller
McMinn County
Rose
Hooper
Hart
Timely Suggestions About Rearing Babies Show
A Philadelphia Inquirer summary notes a city baby exhibition promoting parent education. It features slogans urging vaccination, doctor consultation, hydration, and avoiding bad habits, framing motherhood as a learning process and calling the event a university for parenthood.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hero
Retiring President Honored by Ladies Auxiliary
Mrs. Van Arsdalé received compliments for her work as presiding officer at a noon meeting on Monday. A large number of Ladies' Auxiliary members attended as guests at the event hosted by the M erosom group.
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van Arsdalé
Fifty Maidens From Scotland Will Be Brides
New York report notes on the steamer Columbia from Glasgow shows about ten percent of its 500 passengers were Scottish women amounting to fifty brides to be, traveling to Western states to wed prosperous farmers.
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New York
Far West
Columbia
Glasgow
Faithful Wife and Children Stand by Dying Husband
A New York mother with six children sits twelve hours daily at Gouverneur Hospital awaiting news of her husband Daniel Reed who lies gravely ill with an incurable disease. Doctors say he may die within a day.
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New York
Gouverneur Hospital
Daniel Reed
Emperor William Limited by Muscular Rheumatism
Emperor William endures considerable pain from muscular rheumatism in Casse, Hesse Nassau. Doctors urge protection from cold and wet to not disrupt his planned Switzerland visit for upcoming army maneuvers.
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Casses
Hesse-Nassau
William
Switzerland
Will Congress Adjourn Today
Washington Aug 26 Leaders of the house and senate prepared for today's session uncertain if the sixty second congress would end tonight or continue for a week. Cham berlain of Oregon threatened adjournment unless senate amendments were accepted while La Follette pressed a vote on the Penrose resolution. President Taft remained at the White House as leaders faced an extraordinary stalemate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Chamberlain
Oregon
Martin and
Swanson
Virginia
la Follette
Penrose
Clapp Committee
Wisconsin
Taft
White House
Augusta business men seek restoration of old freight rates
The Augusta Georgia Chamber of Commerce urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to roll back recently raised freight rates on fruits and vegetables from New York and nearby points. Officials argued the increases are excessive and discriminatory and demand they be reduced to the longstanding old scale.
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Washington
Augusta, Ga
Chamber of Commerce
New York City
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Final Week of City Campaign Warm and Confident
Capt Lyons predicts a favorable end to the city campaign as voters prepare for a warm final week. Hartwell casts vision on election schemes, but they do not seem to impact the race.
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Uvenns
Abraham Lincoln
Hartwell
Lyons Campaign Meetings Ahead of City Commissioner Vote
A list of Lyons campaign meet ings for re election as city commissioner outlines events across wards from August 26 to August 31. Locations include Duncan Place Marine and Elmira streets Franklin State streets and Bienville Square near Grand Rail y St Joseph street.
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P. J. Lyons
Duncan Place
Marine
Elmira Streets
Franklin
State Streets
Charleston
Ann
Government Streets
Fourth Ward Bayou
Spring Hill Avenue
St. Joseph Street
Bienville Square
Final week in fly commissioner race promises lively campaign
Ivens and Hartwell committees unveil a last week plan with fourteen meetings across six nights and two grand rallies on Saturday. Lyons leads business sentiment against Hartwell’s tax cutting schemes while Langan trails with second-choice votes. Hutchison remains a distant factor. Hartwell’s early Lincoln quote backfires as business backers fear bankruptcy from his plans.
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Ivens and
Hartwell
Sik
Lyons
Mr. Hartwell
Commissioner Lyons
St. Joseph Street
Bienville Square
David D. Langan
Hutchison
Fat J. Lyons
Schwarz and Pillans
Luarg
É¢Veen
The Trials of a Traveler Promotes New Life Pills
A traveling salesman BE E Youngs of Berkshire Vermont writes about relief from constipation and indigestion after using Dr King s New Life Pills. The ad claims benefits for stomach liver or kidney troubles and notes the price as 25 cents at druggists.
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BE. E. Youngs
Berkshire
Dr. King
Japanese Diet Prorogued as Meiji Tenno Title Planned
Tokio reports the diet prorogued while a great ceremony to confer the posthumous title Meiji Tenno on the late Emperor Matsuhito is set for tomorrow at the imperial palace. The event marks the era of enlightenment.
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Tokio
Matsuhito
Imperial Palace
Wanted Good Live Male Canvassers
Classified notice seeking male canvassers with easy work and good pay. Apply to Room 305.
Body Located From Dream Leads to Recovery
Meredith New Hampshire August 26 John Blake dreamed Saturday night that he found a body floating in Lake Winnipesaukee and with a policeman found the body of Blanche Sinclair of Boston who was drowned August 9. Divers had searched in vain for the body and a $200 reward had been offered.
Probe into Bribery Allegations Against Detroit Aldermen
Detroit August 26. Seventeen aldermen and former Council Clerk Schreiter arraigned as prosecutor seeks to uncover a decade of graft within the city council. Schreiter’s confession is said to implicate many officials and spur further examinations including Alderman Louis Tossy. Detective Brennan, who posed as a railroad official, likely to testify for the prosecution.
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Detroit
Mich
Edward R. Schreiter
Shepherd
Schreiter
Common Council
Louis Tossy
Brennan
Wabash
Tossy
Colonel Wilson Dies in Atlanta Prison at 67
Colonel Christopher Columbus Wilson, once United Wireless Company organizer, died in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary at age 67 from uraemic poisoning. He had begun his three year sentence for using the mails to defraud and collapsed in the prison library. His body remains at the prison morgue as authorities review conduct during his confinement.
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Atlanta
Christopher Columbus Wilson
United Wireless Company
United States
Wilson
New York
Wall Street
Department of Justice
Suffragettes to See Canadian Premier
London Aug 26 British suffragettes plan to meet Canadian premier Robert L. Borden to present their views on suffrage and seek his stance on action in Canada. Borden has previously avoided interviews but now agrees to a delegation's call for discussion.
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London
Robert L. Borden
Dominion of Canada
Sorden
England
Mnd
Port Patrick Reaches Adelaide Without Mate and Stores
The British steamer Port Patrick from New York arrived at Adelaide after a brutal voyage starting January 2. A northeast gale tore off the wheel and killed two steersmen, while the mate died of heart disease and the ship lost sails and stores amid continual storms.
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San Francisco
Port Patrick
New York
Adelaide
Australia
American aviator Wermann wins hydro-aeroplane event at St Malo
Charles T. Wermann won the principal hydro-aeroplane race at St Malo where the field flew from Saturday. He completed 145 kilometers from St Malo to Jersey and back in about one hour forty minutes in a monoplane crossing the English Channel waters.
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ST. Malo
Charles T. Wermann
Weymenn
Jeraey
Einglish Channel
Very Much Alive and in the Flesh in Schenectady
W M Clark formerly of Schenectady and now of Elizabeth New Jersey travels to Schenectady to settle burial expenses after a body in Binghamton was mistaken for him and interred for over six weeks. His sister identified the corpse and paid the burial costs before Clark appeared alive.
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Schenectady
N. Y
W. M. Clark
Elizabeth
N. J
Binghamton
Clark
French LeeSelf Trade Decline Ends Leech Boom in Paris
Forty years ago Paris housed ten wholesale leech dealers selling 360 000 to 400 000 leeches monthly at about 50 per thousand. Now one dealer Leya handles 136 600 monthly at 6 to 7 francs per hundred as the market collapses. The Bordeaux marshes once produced wealth via Bechade who turned marsh land into a million franc business. transport advances later undercut demand with new sources from Turkey Bohemia Dalmatia Algeria and Russia.
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Paris
Leya
Bechade
Bechadé
Turkey
Bohemia
Dalmatia
Algeria
Russia
Butterflies to Flock to Red Bank Farm Venture
New York businessmen plan the world’s first butterfly farm in Red Bank New Jersey to supply decorative specimens to society women. The venture aims to produce butterflies for elegant homes with flying specimens to enhance parlors and conservatories.
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Red Bank
N. J
New York
Debs Accepts Socialist Nomination in Simple Ceremony
TERRE HAUTE Aug 26 Debs accepted the Socialist presidential nomination by notifying newspapers to print his address, with no committee or ceremonial events. He prepared for a trip to Fergus Falls, outlining a socialist vision of workers’ emancipation, class struggle, and the party’s aim to abolish wage slavery.
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Terre Haute
EB. V. Debs
Debs
Vergus—Falls
Mian
Socialist Party
Karl Marx
Deepair
Republican
Democratic
Socialist’ Party
Party of Progress
Party of the Future
Relief Funds Sent for Flood Victims in Natchez
The American Red Cross telegraphed $5,000 to the flood relief committee at Natchez Mississippi to aid flood sufferers in Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Washington
Aug
American Red Cross Today
Natchez, Miss
Louisiana
Mississippi
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