Many Candidates Nominated in Warren County District Contest
Warren County is split into five districts for a multi district nomination contest. Dishes and a couch will be awarded as prizes to the top five vote receivers. Districts include Sugar Grove Freehold Columbus Pittsfield Spring Creek Brokenstraw. Deerfield Eldred Southwest Triumph Limestone Watson. Farming ton Conewango excluding North Warren Pine Grove Elk Corydon. Pleasant Mead Kinzua Cherry Grove Sheffield. and Warren city North Warren village Glade township. Voting coupon offers 100 votes per name. Payment schedules show varied vote values up to 25000 votes per fee level.
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Warren County
Sugar Grove
Freehold
Columbus
Pittsfield
Spring Creek
Brokenstraw
Farmington
Conewango
North Warren
Pine Grove
Elk and
Corydon
Pleasant, Mead, Kinzua
Cherry Grove
Shefield
Five Dollars Gold Prize For First Nomination Contests
A contest offers five dollars in gold to the person who first nominates the candidate who receives the greatest vote. Nominations may be by self or a friend. Winners get five dollars if their nomination is first. One can call phone or write to the contest manager. no cost to enter.
Niagara Disaster at Eagle Park Claims Forty Victims
Eyewitness accounts lift toll from 20 to 40 as Niagara river currents disperse bodies from the Eagle Park dock collapse. Rescue efforts struggle without police presence until sheriff deputies take charge Tuesday and recover seven more victims, with 18 still missing.
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Eagle Park
Niagara River
Eagle Park Dock
Amateur chemist’s explosive discovery shocks town
An amateur chemist reportedly developed an explosive claimed to be nineteen times as powerful as dynamite, but the formula vanished with the inventor and most of the glass in the town during the event.
Advertising in The Mail Delivers Results
Local advertisers are urged to place ads in The Mail to reach a broad audience. The notice highlights quick turnaround, proven reach, and strong response rates for businesses promoting products or services.
Defeat of Unit Rule Complicates the Democratic Convention
Baltimore June 27 Bryan halted platform action to delay nominations and defeat the unit rule. Clark weakens while Wilson rises as Kern and Gaynor loom as possible compromisers. Anti Bryan forces avoid deeper clashes. Stone denies a Clark Murphy deal amidst party intrigue and threats of a Clark movement fallout.
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Clark
Wilson
Gaynor
Kern
Baltimore
William J. Bryan
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
United States
John W. Kern
Indiana
Mayor Gayner
New York
Selection of Candidates in Presidential Race
The convention race for the presidency is chaotic with Champ Clark leading initial ballots around 456 delegates while Woodrow Wilson sits near 300 and Underwood about 92. Harmon Marshall Baldwin Foss trail as others fall between 69 and 10 delegates. Clark’s pivot to Parker for temporary chairman may weaken Clark support. Rumblings grow among Clark delegates as promoters face trouble.
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Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Underwood
Harmon
Marshall
Baldwin
Foss
Clark
Parker
New York Platform Drafted for Convention Resolutions
The New York delegation submitted a platform draft to the convention committee on resolutions. It calls for direct election of U S senators and a six year presidential term with a single-term limit, favors income tax, tariff reform for revenue only, anti trust enforcement, stronger postal weights, and reforms to civil liability, while denouncing Republican waste. Senator James A. O Gorman drafted the document, aiming to shape the party platform.
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Baltimore
New York
William J. Bryan
Taft
United States
Democratic Party
James A. O’gorman
Haverhill Couple Wed Across State Line In Car
William Tarher of Pittsfield New Hampshire and Miss Iva Fletcher of Farmington New Hampshire married by Rev Dr Manford D Wolfe just over the New Hampshire line to bypass license rules. The NH license would not be valid in Massachusetts, but Wolfe held a permit to perform NH marriages.
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Haverhill
Mass
William Tarher
Pittsfield
N. H
Iva Fletcher
Farmington
New Hampshire
Manford D. Wolfe
Wolfe
Massachusetts
Chicago man drowns. accomplice seized and later freed
Joseph Oram of Chicago drowned at an incident in Janesville. His companion Jesse Reed of Milwaukee watched, seized Oram's shoes, was arrested and confessed. The body was recovered and Reed was later liberated.
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Janesville
Wis
Joseph Oram
Park Avenue
Chicago
Jesse Reed
Milwaukee
Reed
Portraits on Slippers Ignite New York Fashion
A Punch report notes the current New York fad of an engaged girl wearing her sweetheart's portrait on a slipper. A poetmaker has devised a contrivance allowing the portrait to be changed often without harming the shoe, sparking novelty in chic footwear.
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New York
Ipecac Seeks Moist Soil Vacuumed From Flooding
Ipecac, a trailing plant, thrives in clay soil along riverbanks and requires substantial moisture but not immersion. In Colombia it grows best in regions where rivers do not overflow.
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Ipecac
Colombia
Difficulties Shape Character Says Epictetus
A short quotation notes that difficulties reveal what men are. Epictetus emphasizes challenge as a measure of virtue and strength.
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Epictetus
Dress and class rules in early 20th century humor
A satirical note argues that clothing signals social status and that a man with a modest income should not imitate expensive fashion, highlighting social expectations and economic disparity in dressing.
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Oscar W. Tinderwood
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Thomas F. Ryan
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Rutes
Champ Clerk
Resolutions Committee
William J. Stone
Charles F. Murphy
Murphy
Mr. Clark
Judge Parker
Stone
Cvy
Dubois
Pettigrew
The
Pierce-Arrow Sales Company
Main Street
Buffalo, N.Y
the Post
Pittsburgh
Washington
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York Times
New York Herald
Pittsburgh Post
Pittsburg, Pa
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