Hughes and Hearst: Two Candidates for Empire State
New York October 4 Hughes Republican nominee for governor accepts the nomination praising Roosevelt and denouncing the Democrats and Independence League union as an unholy alliance. He promises an unbossed administration, fair party treatment, impartial action, honest governance, labor support, and strict enforcement of the law. He will examine all matters and back reforms in life insurance for policyholders.
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New York
Charles KE. Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Democrats
Independence League
Hearst Accepts Nomination for Governor by Independence League
New York October 4 The Independence League nominated William R Hearst for governor and he accepts the nomination. He frames the campaign around liberty and prosperity and attacks corporation control of government and the ties of Hughes to corporate interests. He pledges home rule, strict enforcement of law, shorter terms for officials and judges, municipal ownership of utilities, and lower rail rates to two cents a mile.
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New York
Independence League
William R. Hearst
Hearst
Hughes
Bryan Campaigning Tour Expands Across States
Lincoln Oct 4 William J Bryan has begun a campaign tour with new interruptions. After his St Joseph speech he returns to Nebraska for addresses today tomorrow and Saturday. Next week he will visit Kansas and then the central states.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
William JT
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Kansas
Central States
British Columbia Sealers Plan Protest Over Japanese Raids
British Columbia sealers prepare a protest to the imperial government over interference by Japanese vessels in the Bering Sea. They accuse Japan of using firearms within the prohibited zone, breaking the modus vivendi that restricts seals to spears. Some Japanese ships faced danger as they left home ports for Victoria, with plans possibly shifting after July raids at St. Paul Island.
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Bering Sea
British Columbia
Victoria
London
Yokohama
St. Paulistane
Cupid Heals War Orders Marry In Kalamazoo Church
Lieutenant Ralph Meloy of the Twenty first United States infantry wed Miss Julian McDonald at St Luke's Episcopal church in Kalamazoo. Commander Mannson Peters officiated. Meloy left an hour later for Cuba, disrupting a planned Oct 30 wedding date. His West Point graduate status and his father Daniel McCoy, former Michigan state treasurer, are noted.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Cupid
Ralph Meloy
United States Infantry
Julian McDonald
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Rogers Hanson Peters
War Department
Cuba
McCoy
West Point
Daniel McCoy
Grand Rapids
Norking
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and nearby states
Official forecast through evening shows partly cloudy skies with probable showers for Illinois and Indiana. Lower Michigan also partly cloudy with possible showers in the southeast. Wisconsin and Iowa are generally fair with clearer conditions.
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Ilinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Cienerally Fair
Iowa W. C. T. U. Unites In Des Moines
In Des Moines, two branches of the W C T U the Iowa division and the W C U of Iowa merged after sixteen years of separation over political affiliation. The new constitution allows endorsement of people and measures, not parties, reflecting a unified stance going forward.
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Iowa
W. C. T. U. Unites
Des Moines
WC. T. U
Prohibition Party
Wen
Unknown man assaults 18 year old Mary Turney in Port Huron
In Port Huron Michigan on October 4 a stranger wearing trousers and shirt and stocking feet emerged from behind a tree and struck Mary Turney 18 on the head after returning home from work around six p m She was left partly unconscious and the assailant fled The police have not apprehended the attacker
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Port Huron
Mich
Mary Turney
Experience warns against rapid gains by speculation
Experience proves that those who gain money rapidly by speculation almost never keep it, and when they have lost it they are infinitely worse off than they were before.
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Success Magazine
Perfectly Safe Patient Doctor Exchange
A terse dialogue presents a patient fearing burial alive and a doctor promising assurance and control, delivered in brisk, darkly humorous exchange. The lines rely on irony and a bluff tone to convey a macabre confidence.
Death the journey's end as Dryden quote hints life
A compact remark presents the line The world's an inn and death the journey's end by John Dryden. It frames life as a temporary stay before final fate, underscoring mortality in a classical style.
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Dryden
Dr Lapponi Pope's Physician and Secret Keeper
Dr Giuseppe Lapponi, physician in ordinary to Pope Pius X, handles the pontiff medical needs and endures constant inquiries from prelates and diplomats seeking secrets of the pope. He earned a Bologna master's degree in 1875 and rose in medicine before serving Leo XIII.
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Giuseppe Lapponi
Pius X
Lapponi
University of
Bologna
Leo XIII
Magoon to Hasten as Cuba Governor Change Ordered
Washington October 4 The White House moved swiftly on Cuba governance. President Taft recommended Winthrop Governor of Porto Rico as provisional Cuba governor, prompting Magoon to yield and accept Taft’s selection. Rebels in Cuba show no resistance to disarmament efforts as Marines prepare to oversee such matters.
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Cuba
Washington
White House
Charles B. Magoon
Taft
Winthrop
Porto Rico
Magoon to Cuba and Havana move fast as Taft orders
Secretary Taft orders Judge Magoon to Cuba and press for Havana departure. General Bell will accompany Magoon and command U S troops in Cuba. Secretary Root praises Gonzalo de Quesada while urging him to stay as minister, with Roosevelt endorsing Magoon’s Cuba mission and delaying Porto Rico work briefly.
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Magoon
Taft
Havana
Miami
Mla
General Bell
Cuba
Bell
United States
Root
Gonzalo de Quesada
Quesada
Palma
Toot
Fragmentary pledge on flag handling in old debate
Fragmentary OCR text references raising the American flag and never lowering it again. The garbled lines suggest a vow or pledge about flag status, but details and context are unclear from the fragment. No clear persons, dates, or organizations are identifiable.
Ex governor Yates aids in lost pocketbook recovery
At Wabash station near Jacksonville the ex governor Richard Yates found a pocketbook left by passengers just as a train to Springfield was leaving. He chased the likely thief, alerted a station officer, and returned the purse to a grateful owner after a brief sting of mistaken accusation.
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Jacksonville
Richard Yates
Wabash
Springfield
Yates
Blow-out at Colorado furnace kills five workers
In Puerdo Colorado on October 4 a blast at the Colorado nel and Tron company works blast furnace E caused instant death to two men and fatally injured a third with another seriously injured and a fifth badly hurt. All five were foreigners. The explosion is believed to be caused by gas.
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Puerdo
Colo
Colorado Nel and Tron Company
Baseball Scores from Chicago October Fourth
Scores from the League games listed include New York a 3 Philadelphia 1 and Brooklyn 18 Boston 4 in New York Philadelphia 7 5 with a second game New York 6 Philadelphia 6 in darkness 11 innings at Washington 2 Boston 1 in 11 innings in a second game Boston 2 Washington 1 seven innings at Cleveland 4 St Louis Weather
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Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Washington
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chicago Market Summary for October 4, 1906 and 1908
Chicago market notes show cattle prices strong to ten higher and hogs mixed with receipts around 14 000 to 22 000 in early October reports. Officials record heavy shipments, mixed packers, and packing grades with varied ranges across beef, pork, and lamb categories.
LAYING DOWN THEIR ARMS IN HAVANA DURING DIARMAMENT
In Havana the rebel armistice proceeds as 700 Guerra troops are moved to Pinar del Rio and a brigade travels to Guanajay. Marines are enforcing order. Some followers of General del Castillo resist, but commanders pledge full disarmament when directed by General del Castillo and U S officers.
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Havana
Guerra
Pinar del Rio
Guanajay
General del Castillo
Ladd
Doing the Work of Sisyphus What Senator Beveridge Says of Uncle Sam in Cuba
Des Moines Iowa October 4 Senator Beveridge Indiana addressed a Republican audience and said the Cuban flag still flies from Santiago to Havana signaling the United States will not establish a new government in Cuba until the Cuban people compel it He compared reestablishing Cuban government to rolling a stone uphill only to see it roll back and urged keeping the Cuban flag floating
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Des Moines
Beveridge
Indiana
Cuba
Santiago
Havana
Sisyphus
Thug Robbery Attempt Ends in Killings at St Petersburg
Revoltists attempted to rob the customs cashier at a crowded St. Petersburg location near the Winter Palace. One robber was killed and five arrested, three of them students in uniform. several bystanders were endangered as police repelled the attack. Police uncovered bombs and dynamite in the engineering institute lab, and additional arms in the janitor’s son's room.
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St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Polace Bridge
Treasury
Customs
Hinginecering
Reda
Engineering Institute
Department of Ways and Communications
Finck
Vinck
Robbers Loot Czarevitch George Mail Treasury On Black Sea
Twenty five armed men seized $6000 from the Czarevitch George during a night raid at sea between Sukhume wale and Novorossysk. They forced the crew into the steerage, threatened passengers, and compelled hostages to ashore in Askhabad after firing on first class guests. Meanwhile in Askhabad the trial of mutinous troops identified engineer Morosoff as the killer of General Rinkevich and noted his leadership of a revolutionist group that influenced regional events last winter. The railway union ultimatum connected to Morosoff’s actions was signed by him.
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Modl
Trans-Canucasia
Russia
Black Sea
Czarevitch George
Sukhumewale
Poti
Novorosskysk
Askhabad
General Rinkevich
Morosoff
Count de Witte
M. Sokoloff
Samara
Rescue Efforts Continue At West Mark Mine Disaster
Bluefields West Virginia October 4 The Pocahontas Coal Companies West Mark mines where a 1902 explosion killed Superintendent O Mally and sixteen others traps seventy five workers after a blast Two rescue parties entered the mine and have brought out Colbert and Godash who were revived The mine is reported on fire hindering rescue work.
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