Taft Notification Day Opens Republican Campaign
Cincinnati today marked the formal campaign start with Taft notification ceremonies. Senators and crowds filled the streets as flags waved and fireworks lit the sky. Senator Warner delivered the notification speech while Taft’s home and lawn became public display sites amid a citywide celebration.
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Wm. H. Taft
Chicago
Batsinnatt
Charles R. Taft
Mr. Taft
Hot Springs
Taft
Senator Warner
Golf
Man Trapped in Tar Bed Rescued by Cleaning Crew
A drunk, after consuming heavy firewater, fell into a tar bed behind the Richmond Dry Cleaning company near the Westcost hotel. He slept in tar, woke immobile, and was chopped free by a cleaning employee who witnessed the scene and rescued him with a hatchet.
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Richmond Dry Cleaning Company
Rallo
Ha gerstown Fair Opens With Strong Displays And Racing
Hagerstown Indiana July 22 fair opens to large attendance with top displays in horses poultry and other exhibits said to surpass any previous Wayne County fair. Richmond visitors noted. Racing slated tomorrow with many entered horses and a large crowd expected. Bethlehem Indiana July 28 constable Wo Bower aged 45 killed after serving eviction notice following dispute with landlord Fred Wilson Sr and son Fred Jr they allegedly attacked him with knuckles stabbed and throat cut before bystanders intervened the Wilsons surrendered.
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Hagerstown
Ind
Wayne County
Richmond
Bethlehem, Inn
Wo. Bower
Fred Wilson
Wilsons
Hower
Bower
Pretty Girl Murdered in Troy Case
The coroner in Troy reports Hazel Drew was murdered but declines to reveal a motive or identify the responsible party. The unusual conclusion leaves the case without a clear culprit or justification.
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Hazel Drew
Lafayette Tragedy: Stone Cutter Dies After Fight and Arrest
Lafayette Indiana July 28 Thomas Gallagher a stone cutter age 41% died this morning John McMaren a railroad young man was arrested after ejecting Gallagher from his house over unpaid rent a fist fight followed and Gallagher was found unconscious on the street He died soon after a doctor treated multiple gashes on his head
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Lafayette
Ind
Thomas Gallagher
John McMaren
McMaren
Gallagher
Two Die in Bad Collision at Canadian Pacific Express
North Bay Canada July 28 Two express trains collided here this morning killing two and seriously injuring seven others. The crash disrupted traffic and emergency crews worked through the day to remove victims and clear the wreckage.
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North Bay
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Actors Returning From Centerville Engagements
Centerville Indiana July 28 Mrs Frances Trumbull De Noe has left the Trumbull home stead to visit Ohio briefly and then go to Chicago for theater engagements Mr and Mrs J W Spears also depart Wednesday for Chicago to resume theatrical work
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Centerville
Ind
Frances Trumbull de Noe
Trumbull
Ohio
Chicago
J. W. Spears
Capital Stock Increase For Local Firm Reported
The Chandelier and Art Brass Works received state auditor approval to raise its capital stock to 30000 dollars in this city.
Judge Glances at Sheath Gown Indecent No Great Says
Muncie Indiana July 28. Miss Isabella Turner an actress on Walnut Street wore a sheath gown during street appearance prompting public indecency charges. Justice Pierce acquitted noting the gown did not look bad. ministers urged action and Mayor Guthrie warned of theater license consequences.
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Muncie
Ind
Isabella Turner
Justice Pierce
Justice Bierce
Miss Turner
Walnut Street
Joe McCloskey
Clark Crawford
High Street
M. E. Church
B. M. Nice
First Presbyterian
Charles E. Watkins
Seventeenth Street Baptist Church
Guthrie
Majestic Theater
Pierce
Directoire
Hearst Arrives as Independence Party Opens in Chicago
William Randolph Hearst arrives to a delirious welcome at the Independence party convention in Orchestra Hall Chicago as delegates cheer. The party pledges initiative and referendum labor reform eight hour day and jury trials, with anti Asiatic migration stance and government money issuance.
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William Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
Econvention
Orchestra Hall
Kentucky
Democratic Maschine
Pluto
Repabean
Indiana
Weather Outlook Indiana and Ohio Showers With Winds
Local showers are forecast for Indiana on Tuesday and Wednesday with fresh winds. Ohio area also expects showers Tuesday night and Wednesday and similar fresh winds.
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Indiana
Hemenway Shifts Focus to State Campaign Here
Indianapolis July 28 Senator James A Hemenway will not join the Western headquarters of the national Republican committee in Chicago instead he will devote attention to the state campaign and maintain rooms near the state committee suite Inverness Scotland July 25 Andrew Carnegie wife and daughter Margaret narrowly escaped death when their auto collided with another on a mountain road physicians say the Carnegie family will be out in a few days not seriously hurt
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Mountain Road
Indianapolis
James A. Hemenway
National Republican Committee
State Committee
Inverness
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Margaret
Carnegie
Escapes Death by Narrow Margin Under Main Street Bridge
Sixteen year old Ernest Moore survived a fifty foot plunge from a cable swing under the Main Street Bridge after a board broke while whittled grooves wore the coupling. He landed face down, was unconscious, and later treated for bruises and facial bleeding. authorities note no fractures though recovery will take days. The incident raises questions about lingering youth danger at the swings near the bridge.
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Ernest Moore
Main Street Bridge
Young Moore
Edward Moore
Pearl Street
Moore
Taft Victory Hint From Indiana GOP Leader In Dayton Visit
Frankfort Indiana Republican vice chairman George Dinwiddie forecast a statewide Taft win and a large Indiana majority matching Roosevelts. He doubted a Democratic triumph in Indiana or Wayne County noting Wayne as a Republican stronghold. Dinwiddie learned district chair E M Haas had gone to Cincinnati for Taft celebration.
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George Dinwiddie
Frankfort
Indiana
Ind
Dinwiddie
City
Dayton
Lee Ashley
Ashley
Old Wayne
Dayum
Taft
Roose Yell
Wayne County
Mr. Watson
Watson
Wayne
E. M. Haas
Cincinnati
Young Bride Dead In Cyanide Mistake
Mrs Kather ine Kelley wife of a prominent New York jeweler drank cyanide of potassium thinking it brandy and died instantly at their Brooklyn home on July 28 officials reported today.
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New York
Katherine Kelley
Brooklyn
The Erring Wife or Caught in the Act on North Tenth Street
Domestic melodrama unfolds on North Tenth Street as Arntin confronts a phaeton fleeing with Mrs Arn tin and an unknown man. The irate husband pursues with cobbles shouting threats to "drive on" as bystanders watch a theatrical separation scene unfold by the Westcott hotel.
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North Tenth Street
Westcott Hotel
Phaston
Mr. Artin
Phaedon
Tenth Street
Plan for Vigorous County Campaign by Young Republicans
The Republican central committee outlines a county wide effort forming Young Men Republican clubs in each township to mobilize young voters. A glee club and drum corps will support rallies, with insignia for members. Indiana is seen as a three party battleground with Democrats Prohibitionists and Socialists active.
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Republican County Central Committee
Republican Party
United Clubs
Wayne County
Indiana
Glee Club
Young Men's Republican Club
Y M C A Building Nears September First Completion
The Y M C A project progresses with high confidence of finishing by September 1. The third floor is finished and the fourth nearly done though the roof is not yet placed. Furniture from Stieckley Brothers of Grand Rapids, Michigan has been purchased but will ship after completion. Turkish bath fundraising by local businessmen is unlikely to be included.
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Stieckley Brothers Furniture Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Paymaster McCrea Dies on Train in Pittston
Paymaster M Crea of the navy yard died suddenly of heart failure in a Pullman berth as a Pennsylvania Railroad train entered Pittstore. He was found by a porter and was the son of the late Commander McCrea of the battleship Georgia. He was the nephew of President McCrea of the Pennsylvania Railroad and planned a vacation with his uncle near Logansport.
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Pittstore
H LL Mc Crea
Navy Yard
Pennsylvania Railroad
McCrea
Georgia
Walter McCrea
Logansport
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