Bitter rebuke for W J Bryan and Roosevelt attacks
Washington, Sept 28 President Roosevelt issues a sharp rebuke of William J Bryan and the Democratic party criticizing Bryan for trickery and shielding a campaign manager. He doubts Haskell's honesty and cites alleged charges against the Oklahoma governor including oil company favors fraud in land deals and a dubious council lobby.
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Washington, D. C
William J. Bryan
Democratic Party
Taft
Bryan
Haskell
C. N. Haskell
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Standard Oil Trust
Muskogee
Okla
Arkansas
Muskogee Council
New York Court
Citizen's Alliance
Mr. Roosevelt
Sys Bryan
Mr. Taft
Senator Foraker
Standard Oil
William R. Hearst
Gay is Arraigned in WW Circuit Court
George Gay proprietor of the Westcott hotel is arraigned in circuit court on a charge under the blind tiger law for keeping a place for unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. The raid on May 24 yielded a zinc tank and crates of liquor. Jury selection proceeded with no challenges and both sides acknowledged impartial jurors. The trial hinges on liquor possession as prima facie evidence of sale and on the statute’s jail provision. Closing notes indicate a potential plea issue and the case continues.
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George Gay
Westcott
Gay
John F. Robbins
John L. Rupe
Jessup
Robbins
Rain Bathes County After Forty-One Day Drought
After a 41 day dry spell, Richmond residents awoke to a 3 to 8 o clock downpour totaling 0.41 inch. The Whitewater river and tributaries rose minimally, while the soaking rain benefits spring wheat planting and garden crops. Temperature swung from unseasonably warm to 30 degrees at noon, prompting a shift from summer to winter attire as dust turned to mud.
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Richmond
United States
Walter Vossler
Water Works
The Weather Prophet Ohio Rain and Cooler Turns North
Rain and cooler conditions expected in Ohio Monday night into Tuesday with a shifting wind pattern from the south to northwest. Stronger showers may accompany the change as temperatures drop and winds shift direction across the state.
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Indiana
Ohio
Pie drive aids Richmond soldiers in fall parade plan
Richmond’s Fall Festival committee appeals to the city’s women to bake and donate pies for the Tenth United States Infantry. Captain Paul Comstock says a pie depot will be set up in each ward for the soldiers’ noon meals on October 8, with prizes for best decorated vehicle in the Wayne county parade.
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Tenth
United States Infantry
Richmond
the Tenth
Military Committee
Uncle Sam
Paul Comstock
The
Palladium
Wayne County
Temperance Rally Pledges Fight on Saloon in Wayne County
A mass meeting at the First Lutheran church drew six to seven hundred temperance supporters to urge local option in Wayne County. Governor J Frank Hanly was commended for calling a special session. Speakers included Rev H R Keats Rev Robert H Dunaway and Timothy Nicholson with resolutions of thanks adopted. Music by a local quartet.
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Koell
Lcensed
Wayne County
First Lutheran Church
J Frank Hanly
Robert L. Kelly
H. R. Keats
South Eighth Street
Earlham College
Hanly
St Louis architect to advise on high school plans
School board members Dr M F Johnston Lee B Nusbaum and Superintendent Mott join architect W S Kaufman in St Louis to confer with famed Ittmer on decorative features of the new high school. The board aims for a building that is both serviceable and beautiful.
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M. F. Johnston
Lee B. Nusbaum
Mott
W. S. Kaufman
St. Louis
Ittmer
America
Widow Scarred in Brooklyn Blackmail Attack
Mrs. Sarah Sample, sixty one, a Brooklyn widow, was gagged and burned with pepper and carbolic acid by a man and two women in her Franklin avenue home this morning. She says the assault was revenge for refusing to be blackmailed out of $2,000. Police vow to punish the attackers.
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New York
Sarah Sample
Franklin Avenue
Brooklyn
Roosevelt Replies To Bryan In No Uncertain Terms
President Roosevelt showed no hesitation after receiving Bryan's Saturday night letter and immediately crafted a sizzling reply. He addresses Bryan's arguments and again attacks Governor Haskell of Oklahoma for his ties to the Standard Oil company.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Bryan
Nebraskan
Haskell
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Governor offers $2000 job to sway local option vote
Indiana state politics heat up as Luther Knisely of Dekalb county testifies that Governor Hanly offered a job worth $700 to $2000 plus expenses to vote for the county local option bill. The affidavit, placed with the state Democratic chairman, sparks a push for a grand jury probe by Rep Thomas Honan.
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Indianapolis
Luther Knnsely
Dekalb County
House of Representatives
Hanly
Stokes Jackson
Democratic Committee
Thomas Honan
Knnsely
Knisely
Butler
Kinsley
Wickwire
Dekalb
Steuben
Senate
Manly
Henly
Kinsely
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tieb
Spencer County
L. L. Brown
Lieb
The
Tobacco Trust
Secret Service
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Wright Brothers
Delegrange
Aeroplane
Orville
Wilbur
Wrights
Wright
Westcott Hotel
Blind Tiger
Bathes County
EARTH
Fall Festival Committee
PIE Bakers
Temperance People of
City
Mass
Wayne
Gov. Hanly
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
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