Prohibition Convention Adopts Platform In Open Nomination
Columbus July 16. Prohibition convention opens with Carrie Nation speaker and a full credentials report. Platform retains core planks with added deposits guarantee for savings banks. Nomination slate includes Tracy Sheen Patton Scanlon. open race for president may require multiple ballots. Officers re elected are Jones Wolfenbarger Calderwood and McWhirter.
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Columbus
Carrie Nation
District of Columbia
Scanton
Committee On Permanent Organization
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburg
National Committee
James P. Tracy
Detroit
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria, Ill
Robt. H. Patton
Springfield, Ill
Chas. R. Jones
Evanston
A. G. Wolfenbarger
Lincoln
Neb
W. G. Calderwood
Minneapolis
Felix T. McWhirter
Indianapolis
Kern Receives Warm Welcome in Indianapolis Homecoming
John W. Kern, Democratic vice presidential nominee, arrives in Indianapolis after stops in Kankakee and Lafayette. Large crowds greet him at stations and the courthouse square as Vice President Fairbanks welcomes him and Kern responds with gratitude. The reception is portrayed as a civic, nonpartisan homecoming.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John W. Kern
Chicago
Kankakee
Kern
Fowler
Lafayette
Mr. Kern
Rom
Courthouse Square
Fairbanks
Ebraskan
Fragmentary report hints at names and earned honors
A fragment describes a name and efforts from the past week, noting strenuous labors and earned recognition. The readable text suggests a personal achievement framed by recent work, without full context or clear event details.
Quiet Fairview as Democratic nominee awaits Taft address
Lincoln Neb July 16 Politicians have been conspicuously absent from Fairview for two days causing the Democratic nominee for the presidency to spend a quiet time. He has not begun his acceptance speech preparation and likely will not until Taft's address is delivered.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fairview
Taft
Republican campaign to open in far west in 1908
Washington wired that Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee will open the 1908 campaign in the far west. A conference with western state and territorial leaders from Colorado to California is set for July 20 21 at the Arapahoe hotel Colorado Springs to map plans and arrange for speakers.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
Taft
Sherman
Colorado Springs
Colo
Artlers
Missouri River
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
California
West
Middle West
East
Chicago
New York City
Prohibition Party National Committee Members Named
The new national committee of the Prohibition party lists several members by state and name, including Illinois Oliver W. Stewart Alonzo E. Wilson Indiana Felix T. McWhirter Charles Eckhart Iowa K. W. Brown D. D. Ellett Michigan Samuel Dickie Fred W. Corbett Wisconsin B. E. Van Keuren W. D. Cox Nebraska A. G. Woldenbarger D. B. Gilbert.
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Prohibition National Committee
Columbus
New National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Illinois
Oliver W. Stewart
Alonzo E. Wilson
Indiana
Felix T. McWhirter
Charles Eckhart
Iowa
K. W. Brown
D. D
Ellett
Michigan
Samuel Dickie
Fred W. Corbett
Wisconsin
B. E. van Keuren
W. D. Cox
Nebraska
A. G. Woldenbarger
D. B. Gilbert
Independence party delegates nominate Hearst Graves for ticket
Delegates at a mass meeting in Hearst Washington on July 16 elected to the national independence party convention and instructed to nominate William Randolph Hearst for president and John Temple Graves for vice president.
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Washington
Independence Party
William Randolph Hearst
John
Temple Graves
Her Thoughts. A Kiss Rebuffed by Reluctant Lover
A terse Kansas City Journal fragment depicts a woman turning away as a man leans in, his whispered plea met with a firm no. The scene hints at romantic tension and social restraint within a dated setting.
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Kansas City Journal
Railroads Report 1907 Net Income and Freight Figures
The Interstate Commerce Commission releases for the year ended June 30 1907 a net income of 449 461 188 available for dividends or surplus 875 905 133 passengers carried and 1 796 536 659 tons of freight hauled. Track mileage 827 975 locomotives 55 388 passenger cars 45 97 1 freight cars 1 991 557. Sixty seven thousand? killed or injured 122 355. Gross earnings 2 589 105 578 operating expenses 1 748 515 814 net earnings 584 589 764. Dividends 308 137 924 surplus 141 323 264. One passenger killed per 1 432 631 carried and one injured per 67 012 carried.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Passenger Fatalities per Miles Traveled Report
A historical note states a passenger death occurs for every 45,000 miles traveled and one injury for every 2,125,498 passenger miles, illustrating peril rates in early transport data.
New Disease Oxaluria Named By Dr Baar Of Portland
Dr Gustav Baar of Portland Ore describes a nerve disease he calls oxaluria after presenting findings at the Vienna medical congress. He notes oxalic acid buildup can trigger nerve breakdown and argues against the rest cure, advocating muscular stimulation for recovery.
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New York
Vienna
Gustav Baar
Portland
Ore
Baar
Beatrice
Seven Mine Workers Die in Gas Explosion at Pottsville
Seven men were killed and ten injured when a gas explosion at the Williamstown colliery of the Summit Branch Mining Co in the lower anthracite fields wrecked the No 1 shaft. Names of the dead include John Reilly and Arthur Hawk.
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John Walsh
Isaac Hess
Chas, Hepler
Monroe Shade
Firebug Strikes Ionia Warehouse Fire Causes $500 Loss
Tonia Michigan July 16 report a false alarm at 10:30 pm preceded an arson fire at W. C. Page & Co. and Amphlett & Sanderson warehouse. Fire was extinguished with $500 loss after a siding panel was removed to help the blaze run up the side.
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Tonia, Mich
Ionia
W. C. Page & Co
Amphlett &Sanderson
Oldest Kalamazoo Inmate Passes After Forty-Nine Years
Kalamazoo Michigan July 16 The oldest patient in the Michigan asylum in Kalamazoo Mrs Lydia W Pelton aged forty nine years continuous resident since age twenty four was removed by death The remains were sent to Coldwater
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Michigan Insane Asylum
Kalamazoo
Lydia W. Pelton
Coldwater
Goldwater
Future Prospects Are Good
Four hundred bankers attended the fourteenth annual Wisconsin Bankers Association convention in Milwaukee. President Pitt reviewed the past year’s finances and urged optimism, noting crops, factories, and employment improving while deposits rose. He foresaw progress after the presidential election and proposed a currency commission for emergencies. Dr. Scott of the University of Wisconsin spoke on banking reform.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Bankers’ Associamee la
Presientohn
S. Pitt
Sherman
Missionary invites Roosevelt to Africa visit
At a regular meeting of the executive committee on foreign missions of the Southern Presbyterian church in Nashville Rev Mattee Martin, a Congo Free State missionary, was commissioned to invite President Roosevelt to visit the mission on his Africa trip and to extend the courtesy of the boat Samuel M. Lapsey for the journey through that region.
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Nashville
Tenn
Southern Presbyterian Church
Mattee Martin
Congo Free State
Roosevelt
Africa
Samuel M. Lapsey
Attempt to wreck New York and Buffalo express thwarted
Wilkes Barre Pa July 16 An attempt to wreck the New York and Buffalo express on the Lehigh Valley at Port Bowkley near here was foiled when the engineer spotted an obstacle on the track and halted the train finding a tied fastened to the rail.
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Wilkes-Barre
New York and Buffalo Express
Lehigh Valley
Port Bowkley
Here
The Markets Chicago July 16 1908 market report
Estimated receipts 25000 left over from yesterday 5140. Market slow at yesterday's average. Light hogs 6 15 to 6 75. Mixed packers 6 20 to 6 85. Heavy ark grades 6 20 to 6 90. Rough 6 20 to 6 45. Cattle steady. Sheep 12000 steady, lambs weak to 10 lower.
Chicago Market Beef and Hogs Receipts July 16 1908
Market notes from Beach Wickham Grain Co outline official hog receipts 24060 and shipments 6826 with estimates for today and tomorrow. Beef categories include Beeves and cows with steady to strong prices. cattle receipts about 12000. sheep and lambs show good strength in parts but some weakness elsewhere.
Johnia Babcock Chicago Call Says You’ll Get Square Deal
A brief personal note from Johnia Babcock of Chicago Illinois states you can reach her anytime and asserts you will receive a fair, square deal. The message emphasizes reliability and straightforward dealings.
Great Britain France Sweden Capture Olympic Golds in London Games
At London on July 16 the host nations led in finals with Great Britain earning two golds and France and Sweden one each while the United States took a sole silver in the three mile team race. Lemming of Sweden set a javelin mark of 178 feet, Sweden also claimed gold in cycling and tandem events with France taking the 2,000-meter tandem.
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London
Great Britain
France
Sweden
United States
British Olympic Association
England
Lemming
Greece
Norway
Germany
Fie Cameron
Hanson
Lutz
Guardian versus Cupid
Grand Rapids, July 16. Cupid presses for the marriage of Abraham Jones, a Civil War veteran, to Mrs. Sarah F. Smith. His guardian blocks the match, and Judge Jewell must decide as Jones seeks happiness with the woman he loves.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Cupid
Judge Jewell
Abraham Jones
Sarah F. Smith
Jones
Ha ber sues over elopement with fiancee and $900
Springfield report says J. B. Haber a furniture store clerk mourns his fiance Mise Ida Shotle who vanished with his uncle W. J. Despain and $900 Haber claims he lent his savings to his intended wife. The couple were arrested in Evansville Indiana after Haber filed a complaint following the elopement.
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Springfield
J. B. Haber
Mise Ida Shotle
W. J. Despain
Haber
Evansville
Ind
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Berryman
Washington Star
Bryan
Hearst
Interstate Commerce Board
Vital Statistics
Miner
Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Johnia
Babcock
North American Commission Company
Chicago, Ill
John Bull
Sam
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