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Newspaper

Wahpeton Times

Location

Wahpeton, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1908

Page

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Vice Presidency at Sea sons

Denver July 9 Though Bryan is still likely to head the Democratic ticket predictions on the vice presidency remain conjecture. The platform shape will influence choices with many candidates named including Gray Mitchell Kern Towne Harrison and Howell among others as possible favorites or also rans.

Denver Bryan Gray Delaware Mitchell Ilinois Kern Indiana Towne and Harrison New York Howell Georgia Runnin

Preservation of forests group meets in South

A gathering at the Merchants Club considers plans to protect forests in the South and lumber districts of the South and Middle West. Gifford Pinchot spoke at a prior meeting. Leaders met with President Roosevelt and Nelson W. Stel2od of St. Louis chaired, declining to outline the plan.

South Bolt Mercantile Club Forfars Th South Middle West Giffard Pinchot Mont Roosevelt Nelson W. Stel2od St. Louis Roosevalt

Still Fighting in Korea Insurgents Suffer Losses

Advices from Seoul state government troops press the insurgent fight in Korea with many engagements reported across the disturbed area. Within eight miles, insurgent losses average ten killed per encounter, and four thousand nine hundred ninety two insurgents have surrendered to date. Telegraph and telecommunication services, disrupted during the disturbances, are nearly fully restored.

Tokio Seoul

Songster in Back Yard Sparks Household Gaffe

In a Chicago News excerpt a family discovers a tramp singing in the yard for an hour. Mrs Stubb confesses the mix up, claiming she boiled bird seed by mistake rather than a dish of boiled meal. The line ends with a reflection on wisdom as knowledge and conduct.

Stub Maria Stubb John Mr. Stubb Chicago News

Wahpeton Native Joins Navy Sees World Tour

Joe Kaiser from Wahpeton writes from Puget Sound about Navy service since August 1905. He travels with sixteen battleships from Hampton Roads to Havana and South America, and plans a world cruise starting July 7 returning to Boston in March. He mentions meeting Buck Williardt near Seattle and sailing from San Francisco on July 20.

Navy Buffalo N. Y Havana Cuba South America Hampton Roads San Francisco Boston Mass Navy Yard Seattle Washlington Buck” Williardt Charleston Tom Tam Jos Kaiser Illinois California

Passing of Dowie and the Dowie Legacy

The article recalls John Alexander Dowie once famed as a healer and Zion founder now reduced to a personal estate of 1200 dollars with Mrs. Jane Dowie awarded 4400 as widow dowry. Receivers have taken robes jewels home furnishings while Mrs Dowie seeks a bedroom set and heirlooms from Shiioh House including a mahogany set linked to Esther Dowie who died in a fire. Dowie’s real estate value is uncertain and his son Gladstone and Mrs Dowie operate a chicken business on the Michigan estate Ben Mac Dhui near Muskegon.

Dowie John’ Alexander Dowie Elijah II Jane Dowie Zion Esther Dowie Michigan Muskegon

One Heavy Gold Wedding Ring Reported Lost

Lost wedding ring described as heavy gold with inscription. Finder urged to return it to Mrs. E. G. Birch for a reward. Date notation 6-18-1f appears on the notice. Local finder should contact the listed party for claim of reward.

Mra Birch

Otter Tail Dam Near Berens Hills Shapes Wahpeton Power

The Otter Tail Power Company dam under construction six miles southwest of Berens Hills will supply Wahpeton Breckenridge and surrounding towns with electric power. A local delegation toured the site noting its rock cement and iron construction, the long 400 foot wall, and a river base to prevent breaches. Rates proposed include residential and commercial lighting with monthly minimums and per kilowatt hour charges, plus a 10 percent discount if paid by the 10th. company aims for fair profits and low rates for citizens.

Otter Tail River Berens Halis ii Mesers Myhra Hughes Wich ‘Man Kidder Gamble Leach Quinn Connolly Snyder Sterns N. P Fergus Drafton St. Paul and Pacific By Otter Tail Battle East Battle Stewart Clitherall Pelican River Fergus Falls North West Furmi Light Wahpeton H. P

The Millionaires and the President

A Chicago Convention tale claims a dying financier fainted after thirty minutes of cheering for Roosevelt. The piece questions why wealthy attendees showed such devotion linking it to alleged collusion with the President. It shifts to unrelated ads for watch repair and dog breeding.

Roosevelt Chicago Roosvelt

Taft Hope Fades as Foraker Reelection Stir Conflicts

An alarmed partisan voices distress over Taft electability, warning Republicans that Senator Foraker faces trouble. After Ohio Taft supporters agree on Foraker’s reelection, frantic appeals may rally negroes and wage earners to back the GOP and Foraker. Kad daty bread for sale at Swank's grocery.

Foraker Taft Ohio United States

Cleveland widow thanks nation for condolence flood

Princeton New Jersey July 80 Mrs Grover Cleveland gratefully acknowledges the wave of condolences sent after former President Cleveland's death. She says personal replies are impossible due to the vast number and asks the press to convey her and her children's gratitude and appreciation to all who thought of him.

Mr. Cleveland

Nicaragua backs Honduras as revolution brews in Central America

A Washington dispatch says Nicaragua has taken up arms for Honduras with an army being recruited and troops sent with Maxims. A second dispatch from the Americas representative in Sakyaor suggests the movement against Honduras has failed.

Nicaragua Sister Republic Washington Honduras State Department Maxis Department the Americas Sak ‘Yaior

Canadian wheat crop yield estimated at 125 million bushels

Winnipeg reports after reviewing Western Canada crop status that the leading railways estimate the total wheat yield at 125,000,000 bushels with about twenty bushels per acre. Last year produced 67,000,000 exported from 105,000,000 available for export this season.

Winnipeg Man Western Canada Texas

Shamrock Wins Lipton Cup In New York

The Shamrock yacht captained by Charles Harr won the $1,000 Lipton cup for the Cape Slay defeating Mimosa IL by more than two elapsed hours as crews endured nearly twenty hours of rough seas. In Oswego New York a storm wrecked the barge James G. Blaine and its crew, including a woman cook, were rescued after the vessel broke apart.

New York Thorpoon Shamrock Charles Harr Brooklyn Yacht Club Shawrock Forest Mimosa IL Ieras Oswego N. Y Lake Ontario James G. Blaine Orew Bea

Man in iron mask tale ends with odd plea

Fragmentary note describes a man claiming to suffer, requesting mercy and sympathy for his wife amid an unclear incident. The phrase The man in the iron mask appears as a rigid quotation, with a cryptic claim of robbery and a plea for respect.

Iron Mask New York

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