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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
5
Ta Porte Indiana May Beimeyer announces that investigators will drag ponds and the old cemetery near the Gunness farm for remains. Officials say search efforts will continue to uncover bodies reportedly buried in the grounds as part of the ongoing murder inquiry and public curiosity swells with each excavation.
In Snokanie Minnesota May 11 a man confessed to planning an assassination plot against a local hotel owner. The suspect stated the intended target was a hotel proprietor in EtK Washington and implicated his accomplice brother in the alleged scheme. Police and prosecutors pursue charges as details surface.
The Miss Nethersole movement in New York on May 11 urged women to marry and bear children rather than become old maids. Speeches supported working men and women, with government action proposed to ease child care and wage conditions, while debating whether married women should work outside the home and the impact on motherhood.
A hazy May 11 event in San Francisco featured the Aid Men of the Need entertaining sailors aboard the railroads ship fleet. The program included music, performances, and a parade of notable participants amid a crowded, festive atmosphere with boxing and other acts described in vivid, period-voice detail.
A telegram reports Private Mike Beacham of the First United States Cavalry in Manila fatally shooting three comrades and mortally wounding a fourth. The incident at the post occurred Saturday and was confirmed by officials. names of the dead and wounded include Borgnant Wz Hoey and Private Thomas Woodward among others. Details remain incomplete as investigations proceed.
Cor inth New York May 11 A special dispatch says representatives of the International Paper Company spent the day at the paper mill and prepared to leave for Washington for hearings on the newsprint manufacture. The congressional committees pursued the investigation with little comment on potential action and fixed no date for completion. Portland May 11 The Oregonian reports a jury verdict in the case of C Sam Smith charged with warting the whearing plant of farmers representatives, delivered after two hours of deliberation.
A railcar incident near Mandlong last night left Wm Fleckenger dead after he was forced from the car by a pushing crowd. The wagon rolled and he was hurled overboard, sustaining fatal injuries as bystanders looked on.
The California Republican voters split over renomination with figures like Roosevelt and Taft mentioned. The state central committee debates endorse ment, with lines drawn between traditional party leadership and reform movements. Delegates total about 629 to wake up a statewide convention, while 890 apply for candidacy and the contest centers on control of the party apparatus.
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Telegraph lines down and many towns in Woodward region wrecked by a line of tornadoes. Reports indicate fatalities, injuries, and widespread destruction from Arnott to Richmond, with estimates of several counties affected and roads blocked in a multi-county outbreak.
May 10 Richmond Virginia speakers addressed child labor, education, and indentured work at St. Vasili Church. The conference urged compulsory schooling and critiqued child employment, with remarks from A G Makerway of Atlanta and others on national labor policy and independence.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a vice president or similar figure and dates but is garbled. Core elements point to a political figure’s death or critical condition, with unclear sources and names. The readable fragments suggest a news item about a high-ranking official, possibly near May, but details are obscured.
President Roosevelt attends a cornerstone ceremony for a Pan American Temple of Peace to unite the twenty one American republics. Dignitaries include Secretary of State Henry Stimson and Andrew Carnegie. sermons, music, and a call for mutual understanding mark the event.
A conflagration decimated Camp Urpok a Missouri river town of 400 population. The blaze spread between camps, destroying most structures with only a few left. Local merchants moved cash from the vaults as fire threatened the Little Missouri bank. Estimated losses run into thousands of dollars.
The convention opened amid swift activity and strong divisions among Socialist delegates. Leaders indicated an urban agricultural split while debates over the presidential nominating choice intensified. Debs and Hollywood were noted as leading figures, with tensions shaping the party’s direction as the convention progressed.
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