Campaign managers tally delegates in a split convention race
Up to last Saturday both parties reported delegate counts and instructions. Republicans show Taft leading with 1076 delegates to Roosevelt 229 while La Follette and Cummins receive instructed votes. Democrats list Clark and Wilson contested and instructed totals along with Underwood Marshall Burke Foss Baldwin figures.
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la Follette
Cummins
Taft
Roosevelt
Agers
Wilson
Clark
Underwood
Marshall
Burke i
FOSS
Baldwin
Congressmen at Large Named for Several Counties
Frederick E. Lewis from Lehigh Arthur R. Rupley of Cumberland John M. Morin of Allegheny and A H Walters from Cambria named as congressmen at large in the official slate.
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Frederick E. Lewis
Lehigh
Arthur R. Rupley
Cumberland
John M. Morin
Allegheny
A. H. Walters
Cambria
Community advertising vs aggressive self improvement crusade
The piece argues communities gain more by constant useful action than by printed ads and publicity. It cites Cleveland anti fly efforts as favorable proof while praising self run initiatives to attract homes capital and industry. A Farm and Fireside excerpt urges level headed political involvement and home duties.
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Cleveland
Denial Of Harrisburg Convention Absence Claim
Joseph A. Schofield denies a Philadelphia North American Sunday article that he attended the Harrisburg Republican State Convention and tried to keep Warren county delegates away. He states he has not left Warren county in a month and was not at Harrisburg at all.
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Philadelphia
Doing Your Duty Benefits Self and Society
A compact moral exhortation argues that personal virtue benefits both the individual and the wider world. By living sober, truthful, industrious, and polite lives, citizens reduce social burdens and aid in moral and material progress, as claimed in E. W. Howe's Monthly.
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E. W. Howe
Monthly
Why High Finance Hates Roosevelt
A summary of President Roosevelt’s accomplishments including the Doliver Hepburn bill, forest reserves expansion, water power restrictions, employers liability act, safety appliance act, hours of railroad workers, Pure Food and Drug Act, anthracite settlement, Northern Securities case, sugar fraud probes, suits against Standard Oil and American Tobacco, campaign finance restrictions, conservation movement, and proposed taxes and postal reforms. Reflects on youth literature and Alcott’s quotation.
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Northern Securities
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
Congress
Titanic inquiry yields few identifications at Halifax
On Friday the Titanic inquiry made little progress as only three seamen were identified. The report notes ongoing difficulty in naming victims and witnesses amid chaotic evidence from Halifax.
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Halifax
Council of Ministers
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Calais
London
St. Denis
Paris
Taft
Senate
Knox
Japan
Magdalena Bay
Ambiguous War Notes Include Rhodes Seizure and Berlin Fleet Visit
The report mentions Italy seizing Rhodes and a German fleet division planning to visit American waters next month. It notes WakilliS P. May becoming Belgian minister to the United States and two West Point cadets dismissed after a stomach pump revealed intoxicants. Arrival in New York timed for June 9 to 18.
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Rhodes
Nice
France
Wakillis P. May
London
United States
West Point
Berlin
American
New York
Demand for Madero resignation sparks pacification bid
In Mexico City a demand for President Madero to resign as a path to pacify Mexico was issued. In Washington tears moved President Taft to end a memorial service as eulogies were delivered by notable men. Boston rumors claimed a potential sanity challenge to Richeson’s fate.
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Madero
Mexico
Mexico City
Taft
Washington
Minia brings Titanic victims to Halifax harbor
The cable ship Minia reached Halifax with the bodies of 15 Titanic victims aboard. A separate item notes the Senate passing the Workmen's Compensation bill by 64 to 20 amid Democratic opposition.
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Halifax
N. S
Senate
Department of Commerce and Labor
Mexico
Vagle Pass
Tex
Italy
Rhodes
Re Strack Dy
Riots quelled as state police curb outbreaks in anthracite region
Rioting continued in the anthracite region but Pennsylvania state police suppressed the more serious outbreaks. Mexican rebel leader Orozco and Vasquez Gomez, who styles himself provisional president of Mexico, were at odds. New Hampshire supreme court upholds a 2 090 000 bequest to the Christian Science Church of Boston. A Boston sworn statement accuses Richeson of murder of Avis Linnell and notes he was a Mormon elder. Secretary Wilson calls meat inspection enforcement charges unequivocally false.
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Pennsylvania
Orozco
Vasquez Gomez
Mexico
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Mary Paker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church of
Boston
Louie Brittain
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Taft’s uncertain renomination and early career path
The text traces William Howard Taft’s cautious stance on a possible renomination. It notes his shift from a judicial background to civil governance in the Philippines, his 1902 Supreme Court decline, 1903 cabinet role in war, 1906 Cuba governance, and 1907 presidential tour to Panama Cuba Porto Rico Philippines Japan and Russia, leading to his 321 electoral votes against Bryan.
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Philippines
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Cuba
Panama
Porto Rico
Japan
Russia
William Jennings Bryan
Sherefe’s Sale Under Writ in Warren County Pa
A Fieri Facias writ from the Court of Common Pleas Warren County Pa directs sale at the Court House in Warren Borough. The sheriff will conduct the sale as ordered by the court.
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Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Warren Borough
Penn’a
Borough of
Warren
Property sales and parcels seized in Freehold Warren County
Seizure and sale notice lists multiple land parcels in Freehold township Warren County Pennsylvania. Descriptions cover Sugar Grove Stilson Hill routes borders with Phillis Wright Johnson and Messenger estates, including a frame barn and a frame house with outbuildings. Sheriff Henry Park, date 5-16-23, executes sale for Haniel Clark & Co.
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Freehold
County of Warren
State of
Pennsylvania
Sugar Grove
Stilson Hill
Joseph Phillis
Phillis
R. Wright
George Walkly
Afere Aids Phillis
Wrightsville
Township of
County of
Warren
Emily P. Thompson
C. C. Messenger
C. Messenger
Messenger
Johnson
Preehold
Warren County
Stilson Hill Road
Theodore Hagle
Thomas Yeates
Yeates
A. Wright
Haniel Clark & Co
A Man's Affection for Woman Quotation in Court
A recent court case centered on affection as a key issue. The judge, likened to a modern Solomon, described affection as shown by a man’s willingness to help and endure small tasks for a woman he loves, reflecting court life in a large city.
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Solomon
Desert News Quotation on Bread and Stones
A Desert News saying notes the value mismatch when bread is asked for and a stone is given, contrasting it with a precious stone as the misused resource. The line reflects skepticism about misaligned generosity and value.
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Desert News
Warren County Sheriff Seizure of Multiple Town Lots
Court ordered sale of land parcels in Warren Borough and surrounding tracts tied to a Fieri Facias. Property includes parcels once owned by Dennison and Joseph Owens with complex chain of deeds from 1864 to 1889. Sale conducted by Sheriff Henry Park on May 9, 1912 at Warren Court House.
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Warren
State of
Pennsylvania
Dennison
Irvine
Chas. Hill
James Bennett
Caleb
Rachel Weatherbee
James Bennet
Mary C Morrison
Recorders
Mary C. Morrison
Kate Motto
John Morgan
Morrisons
County of
Joseph Owens
August Holburk
Walnut Street
John Spade
Holburk
Walnut St
Wauuie
Charles Owens
Recorders Office
Warren County
Morrison
S. FE
N. BE
August Hultburs
N. W
August Hultburg
Flora
Francis H:ary
Anna Jennings
First National Bank of
Henry Park
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Warren Mail
the Home Folk's Newspaper
Mail Printing Company
J. A. Larson
S. M. Sloan
Proprietors and Publishers
Penn
American Press Association
Chicago
Democrats
Wilson Manween
Republican
A. W. Powell
Pittsburgh
Robert S. Young
Tioga
D. I. Ball, Warren
P. M. Speer
Oil City
State Assembly
Jos. A. Schofield
Joseph A. Schofield
High Finance
House
Board of Trade
Lord Mersey
House of Representatives
Post Office
Tang
Bosta
Clarence T. Richeson
Fall River
Moffett
William Howard Taft
Sherefe
Sheriff's
Sheriff's Office
Old Witers
Aristotle
Warren National
Kopf & Henry
Pennsylvania Avenue West
Warren, Pa
Seigfrieds’ Pharmacy
Warren, Fa
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