Katherine Elkins Surprises Mother With Quiet Wedding
Katherine Elkins wed William F R Hitt in a private ceremony at the Elkins home Halleyhurst in Levis West Virginia. The groom’s father was a former congressman from Illinois and the couple had kept the plans secret from the immediate family until hours before the ceremony officiated by Rev F H Barron with former Senator Davis Elkins as Attendant.
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Levis
W. Va
Frans
Katherine Elkins
United States
Steph B. Elkins
William F. R. Hitt
Washington
Halleyhurst
Elkins
Davis Elkins
Blaine Elkins
F. H. Barron
Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church
Henry G. Davis
Prospect
Illinois
Malleyhurst
Stephen B. Elkins
Hitt
Oregon's Former Crew Seeks Return to Duty in 1915
Fifty members of the Oregon battleship’s former crew petition the secretary of the navy to enlist for sixty or ninety days when the ship passes through the Panama Canal in 1915. They reside in and near San Francisco and wish to again sail aboard the warship famed for its 1898 Pacific to Atlantic dash and role in Cuba’s coastal actions.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Secretary of the Navy
Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
Cuba
Oregon crew invited to sail through Panama Canal in 1915
The desire of fifty San Francisco members of the Oregon crew to be on deck when she leads the international fleet through the Panama Canal in 1915 will be gratified. Secretary Daniels considers inviting as many Oregon veterans as possible to make the voyage. Rear Admiral Clark, the Oregon's commander on the ground the horn voyage, will return to his old post.
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Associated Press
Washington
San Francisco
Oregon
Panama Canal
Congress
Daniels
Clark
Pape's Diapepsin Ad Promises Quick Stomach Relief
A vintage advertisement for Pape's Diapepsin claims it quickly relieves indigestion dyspepsia gas heartburn and sourness within minutes. It markets a fifty cent case with money back guarantee and urges keeping it at home for upset stomach day or night.
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Pape
Murphy Denies Sulzer Charges In Campaign Row
Charles F. Murphy issued a long denial of William Sulzer's charges made during the campaign. He disputed most claims, admitted receiving $25,000 from Judge Beardsley which he returned to Anthony Brady, and asserted Sulzer refused to testify under oath. Brady had died in London last spring.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles F. Murphy
William Sulzer
Sulzer
Tammany Hall Leader
Beardsley
Anthony N. Brady
Murphy
Brady
London
J. J. Gaffney
Gaffney
Ryan
Edward E. McCall
Tammany Hall
McCall
John A. Hennessy
Stephen Stilwell
Stilwell
Sing Sing
Hennessy
James D. McClelland
Hobson Made Life Member of World WCTU at Convention
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama, who pushed a federal temperance resolution, was elected a life member of the World WCTU in New York. Delegates from Maine, Pennsylvania and Kentucky pledged $300 for his Alabama campaign fund. The group backed a dry zone plan around government reservations and reported $5,428,013 saved by school savings banks. Rosalind Countess of Carlisle was reelected president. Lillian M. N. Stevens named VP.
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Associated Press
New York
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
Congress
United States
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Annie K. Wiesel
Hobson
Maine
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ella Hoover ‘Thatcher
Washington
Sarah L. Oberholtzer
Philadelphia
Department of
School Savings and Thrift
Loft nomination upheld in New York election race
The appellate division of the supreme court declined to invalidate George Loft's Democratic nomination for Congress in the Thirteenth district. If Loft wins, Congress must decide his entitlement to a seat after challenges over a governor's certificate of election for the vacancy caused by Timothy D. Sullivan's death.
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Associated Press
New York
Appellant Division
Supreme Court
George Loft
Congress
Loft
Timothy D. Sullivan
Mrs Henning Testifies In Defamation Trial
Mrs Josephine Henning resumed testimony in Chicago on October 28 in the Daniel Donahoe and Isaac Stiefel defamation case. She said she signed a paper in Donahoe's office without reading it, then read it later and recited her part in the alleged conspiracy.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Josephine Henning
Clarence S. Funk
Daniel Donahoe
Isaac Stiefel
Donahboe
Tie
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. Advertises mail order availability for $1 with a two month treatment per bottle and a claim of frequent cures. Dr E W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO promoted with Alabama testimonials. Sold by druggists.
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Texas
Alabama
E. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Three Chicago Women Will Run For Council
Miss Sophronis bra Breckinbridge dean of women at the University of Chicago Miss Mary McDowell head resident of the University of Chicago stock yards social settlement and Mrs Joseph T Bowen settlement worker will be candidates for the city council at the spring elections. They will run on the independent ticket after a campaign by women civic organizations to obtain representation in the council.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sophronisbra Breckinbridge
University of Chicago
Mary McDowell
University of Chicago Stock Yards Social Settlement
Jospeh T. Bowen
Spectacular Long Beach Fire Destroys Hotel Nassau Bathing Houses
A fierce blaze last night at the Hotel Nassau on Long Beach Long Island destroyed its extensive bathing houses. Firefighters from nearby villages aided by hotel patrons in full dress prevented spreading to the eight story hotel. Loss estimated at $100,000.
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New York
Long Island
Nassau
Long Beach
Man killed by bull on Roosevelt family farm
William D. C. Robertson aged 52 died after a bull escaped its pen at Douglas Robinson's farm, brother in law of Theodore Roosevelt. Robertson, who served as caretaker at the Robinsons summer home for 25 years, was crushed against the pen side while trying to drive the animal back. Death was reported as almost instantaneous.
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Associated Press
Utica
William D. C. Robertson
Douglas Robinson
Theodore Roosevelt
Robertson
Robinson Summer
Train Derailment Kills One Man in South Carolina
A Southern Railway passenger train No 11 from Charlotte derailed near Herd in Bailey County causing one death and three injuries. Engineer Ben J Bolle reportedly died at the scene though the cause remains unknown.
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Jung Brewing Co
Schlitz
Schutz
Richard Laine
Commerce St
N. Front St
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Ala
Milwaukee
Lorilliard Co
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