Browne Rejected for Recognition at Illinois Democratic Convention
East St. Louis September 24. Lee O'Neill Browne, recently acquitted in Lorimer election bribery, was twice denied floor recognition at the Illinois Democratic state convention. Browne clashed with the resolutions committee chair Roger Sullivan over the platform, calling some delegates blackmailers as he urged his stance on Lorimer. He was named to the resolutions committee but could not speak, and adjournment followed without his rebuttal. Browne later sought to dispute the Lorimer plank.
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East St. Louis
Browne
Pooria
Henry T. Rainey
Brownenat
United States
Lorimer
Unusual Opportunity In Vinita For Medical Address
Our county medical society brings Dr J N McCormack of Kentucky to Vinita for an engaging talk on sanitation and public hygiene. The renowned speaker, previously praised in Montgomery Alabama, will discuss the physician’s relation to the public and fight quackery. Public women and men are urged to attend and join the post lecture discussion. Judge Feear could not arrive for Monday court. clerk Swarts extends cases to Friday.
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J. N. McCormack
State Board of Health of
Kentucky
Organization Committee
The
American Medical Association
United States
McCormack
Hhe
Montgomery
Ala
State Medical Board of
Alabama
Vinita
Wreck Near Clayton Claims Heavy Toll As Deaths Rise
Rock Island officials resume wreck reconstruction after a disaster near Clayton. At least sixteen dead and eleven injured with rumors of more bodies possibly bringing the death toll to twenty three. Names Norton and Kins appear in early reports.
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Norton
Kins
Rock Island
Clayton
Ohio State Campaign Opens in Canton
Associated Press reports Democratic Governor Judwon Harmon opened the Ohio state campaign in Canton urging focus on national issues. Harmon accused Republicans of wasteful spending and overtaxation, blasted the Payne Aldrich tariff, and said the party failed to keep campaign promises while promoting the national Democratic ticket.
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Associated Press
Canton
Judwon Harmon
Harmon
Democratic Ucket
Republican Party
Payne Aldrich
Infantile Paralysis and Pellagra Deaths, 1909 Statistics
Washington reports mortality in 1909 with 560 deaths from acute anterior poliomyelitis and 116 from pellagra across the continental United States. Data show higher incidence among males and August to October peaks, with 552 white and 17 colored infantile paralysis deaths. The bulletin notes deaths in multiple states and emphasizes the difficulty of exact cause separation from similar infections.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Census Bureau
Durand
Cressy L. Wilbur
Vital Statistics
Bulletin
Vermont
New York
Connecticut
California
San Francisco
Colorado
Denver
New Haven
District of Columbia
Washington
Indiana
Maine
Maryland
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Boston
Worchester
Michigan
Jay Detroit
New Aeroshine
Ni Jersey
Jersey City
Works
Huttato
Greater New York
Rochester
Syracuse
Ohio
Cincianati
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Scranton
Rhode
North Carolina
Oregon
Portland
South Carolina
Charleston
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Oklahoma Tax Case Challenges Western Union and Pullman
The Western Union Telegraph and Pullman Car companies appeal to the Oklahoma supreme court over the state board of equalization’s 1909 property assessment. They claim threefold overvaluation, improper taxation of franchisement and stock, and a mileage basis unfairly weighting interstate value, arguing Oklahoma property should reflect net Oklahoma earnings and depreciation.
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Board of Appraisers
Guthrie
Oklo
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pullman Car Company
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
State Board of Equalization
Western Union
Ite
Board of Equalization
Pullman Company
Minols
Parks Family Reunion in Indian Territory Near Grove Oklahoma
Sept 26 Grove Oklahoma after twenty five years Captain Jeff Parks family gathered at the old Parks home on Cowskin Prairie Delaware County near the Missouri line for two days of recalling childhood sites including the tree where the eldest son killed a squirrel and the store at Southwest City. Attending were Susan Carr Henry Ballard Davia Hin Johnson Parke Rev James A Parks Judge J T Parks and J B Woodall of New Mexico among others with several daughters unable to attend.
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Cowskin
Captain Parks
Cowskin Prairie
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Missouri
Cowakin
Illinois
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Honeymoon Trail to Play at the Auditorium October 7
La Salle Theatre Chicago musical hit Honeymoon Trail will headline the Auditorium on October 7 with a cast of over fifty singers and dancers. The original scenic production will be showcased in full. Mrs Helen Donohi, and inter state Ozark exposition chair, requests Vinita ladies to send a display for the woman's building.
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la Salle Theatre
Chicago
Auditorium
Helen Donehi
Woman's Department
Joplin
Ladies of
Vinita
Italian Aviation Society to raise $10,000 for Chavez
A Milan committee of the Italian Aviation Society raises ten thousand dollars for George Chavez after his Demotodorsola accident prevented him from winning the twenty thousand dollar prize for a flight from Srig to Milan. Physicians say Chavez will recover from yesterday's fall.
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Pparcetet Press
Milan
Tthe
Italian Aviation Society of Milan
George Chavez
Demotdorsola
Srig
Chavex
Rob and Burn House While Owner Looks On
W E Muse Hingledale attorney awoke to burglars looting his home of silverware jewelry rugs and tapestry valued at about fifty thousand dollars They buried the house after forcing Muse to remain in bed while the intruders loaded the goods into an express wagon They set the house on fire and the flames burned out of control before help arrived from the fire department
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. E. Muse
Hingledale
Muse
MISS GORDON COMING TO ASSIST WOMEN SUFFRAGE
Guthrie Oklahoma September 24 An announcement from suffrage headquarters says Miss Kate Gordon of New Orleans second vice president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association will visit Oklahoma in October to campaign two weeks for the proposed constitutional suffrage amendment due to be voted in November She previously addressed the Oklahoma legislature and argued for woman suffrage She will be accompanied by J Luther Langston secretary of the Oklahoma Federation of Labor.
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Guthrie
Okla
Kate Gordon
New Orleans
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Oklahoma
Gordon
J. Luther Langston
Oklahoma Federation of Labor
Healed by the Establlished Drug Jess Method at Palace Hotel Vinita
Muriel Bessie Brooke, a Weltmer Institute practitioner, locates at Palace Hotel Vinita Oklahoma to offer suggestive therapy for chronic and acute diseases. She consults 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. with free confidential consultations and a low introductory price for a limited time.
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Muriel Bessie Brooke
S. T
Weltmer Institute of
Palace Hotel
Ilinois Avenue
Scraper Street
Vinita
Okla
Miss Brooke
Weltmer Institute
Mental Science College
Bryn Mawr
Six Die as Touring Car Plunges Into Canal Near New Orleans
Six persons are believed drowned when a large touring car returning from West End Lake Resort to New Orleans ran off the road, crashed through a fence, and fell into a canal. Three bodies were recovered: John Freeman of New York City, chauffeur Thomas Butler, and an unidentified woman.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
West End Lake
John Freeman
New York City
Thomas Butler
Pittsburg Chief Sued for Breach of Promise
Mattie Case files a breach of promise suit for 5000 dollars against I N Skinner Pittsburg Kansas chief of police alleging he promised to marry her then proposed she help him dispose of intoxicating liquors stored in the city hall basement with a share of profits. She says he married another woman last August.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Mattie
I. N. Skinner
Skinner
No Grand Jury At Ardmore Next Monday
Assistant U S Attorney Frank Lee informs Captain J G Wilkinson there will be no federal grand jury at Ardmore next Monday. Witnesses subpoenaed to appear are asked not to travel and any mirage or fees would be paid.
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J. GC. Wilkinson
United States
Frank Lee
Ardmore
Petition for John Walsh Pardon Filed From Leavenworth
Washington D C September 24 a petition to the president for the pardon of John Walsh former president of the Chicago National Bank from Leavenworth was filed at the department of justice by Attorney George T Luckingham of Chicago for the wife and sons of the prisoner Thousands of letters from the middlewest urged the petition Walsh was found guilty in 1907 of violating banking laws for excessive railroad loans In December 1909 he was sentenced to five years He is seventy three and suffers heart disease doctors say he may die at any moment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
John Walsh
Chicago National Bank
Leavenworth
Department of Justice
George T. Luckingham
Chicago
Middlewest
Walsh
United States
Happenings at the Nations Capital on Taft's renomination hopes
President Taft presses for renomination amid electoral reversals as critics name cabinet figures said to have guided his fall. Wickersham and Knox are accused of favoring trusts, while Wilson and Nagel face censure for food laws and corporate influence. Dickenson and Ballinger noted for railroad and steel ties amid calls for open policy reforms.
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Taft
Maine
Califoria
George C. Wickersham
Sugar Trust
Wickersham
Beef Trust
Ballinger
Pinchot
Gravis
Philander (. Knox
The
Steel Trust
Hand
J. P. Morgan
State Department
Wall Street
America
Agriculure
Wilson
Suepior
Aldrich
Cannon
Charles Nagel
Secretary of
Commerce and Labor
Waters-Pierce
Standard
Comany
Bureau of Corporations
Dickinson—Harriain
Ilinois
Panama
Honeymoon Trail to Open at Auditorium October Tth
Kelly and Fitzgerald, owners and managers of the musical comedy Honeymoon Trail, claim the salary list for the show exceeds the entire operating expense of a typical musical comedy. They say they will prove this before a committee of newspaper men, city officials, or citizens. The attraction opens at the Auditorium on October Tth.
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Kelly and
Fitzgerald
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