AIRSHIPS IN NEXT WAR Foretold by Maxim and Bell at editors gathering
A Washington Post report covers Aldine Association editors meeting with Hudson Maxim Alexander Graham Bell Maj George C Squier and others as they discuss the future role of aircraft and airships in war The speakers warn aviation will serve chiefly as scouting craft but may also strike forts coastlines and cities with aerial bombs The aerial navy is seen as a major peace factor with aeronautics history and prospects highlighted by Bell.
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Washington Post
New York
Aldine Association of
Eighteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Hudson Maxim
Alexander Graham Bell
George C. Squier
United States Army Mual- Joon Corps
Frank Presbrey
Beil and Maxim
S. Houston
Thomas E. Selfridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Pente
Hila
Bell
Memorial notices and obituaries from 1908
An irregular, OCR heavy compilation of death notices and funeral details from April 1908. Listings name individuals such as Winifred Cooney, Marguerite, James H., Adellel Revton, Harriet Inh, Tunis, Fred Conover Wahalar, Susan Warren, and others, with dates, residences, and funeral arrangements in Washington D.C., Norfolk, Baltimore, and nearby areas. The fragment includes interment locations, times, and family invitations, reflecting-era obituary style and confected copy quality.
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Huschen Baxter
A. Deloved
Butler
Winifred Cooney
Mad
Waterloo
Hraleigh
N.C
Markh. Davis
Tavis
Shugart
Poin
O. K
Cullara
Montes
Non
Marguerits
Mne Holton
St. Augustine
Igor
James H. Beloved
Ming
Lewis
Seary
van AL
Dence
Falls
Louns- I
Vleven
Panera Woidneran
Lay
Patrick
Prsvetoak
Ichrist R. Mingtr
Iday
Morgan
Esikiy
Margaret
Wile
Vrsi
KR Strent
G. B. Medoogan
Metr- Jean
Liz Pug
Mexico
Akalia
Éis
Stineturday
Vprilad
Harriet Inh
Warman
Wnorfolk
Fred Conover Wahalar
Seventeenth Street
Warren
Lfe
Kenney Street
Tennally
Susan
Edward
Siaving
Rock Creek Baptist Church
Ennallytown
D.C
Forbes A Holland to Pilot America’s Largest Balloon
A. Holland Forbes of New York plans to launch America's largest balloon next Friday at North Adams Massachusetts with a capacity over 85000 cubic feet. It will be Forbes's first official pilot ascension for the Aero Club of America after ten practice ascensions. He aims to win the Lahm Cup and potentially surpass Capt. Chandler's 4731 2 mile record by mounting further westward ascents.
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A. Holland Forbes
New York
America
North Adama
Mass
Mr. Forbes
Aero Club of America
Aero Club of France
Forbes
Charles da Chandler
United States Signal Corps
St. Louis
West Virginia
Chandler
Silent Santa Barbara Welcomes Fleet Amid Mixed Entertainment
Santa Barbara hosts the American battleship fleet with modest amusements along Ocean Boulevard while many sailors travel to Los Angeles. The city plans a garden party for officers and dances at the Country Club as the second torpedo flotilla arrives in San Diego and other fleets plan grand entertainments in China and Melbourne with budgets surpassing $500,000.
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Ocean Boulevard
San Diego
Australia
Santa Barbara
Cal
Santa Marbara
Los Angeles
Sotel Mirimar
Uncle Sam
Morning Press
Aeet
Lberty
S. I. Cone
Magdalena Bay
Peking
China
Sah
Shantung
Chul
Melbourne
Austral
Commonwealth
Victoria
New South Wales
American Club
Mediterranean
World
Bitter talk in convention over unit rule delegates
In Trenton on April 28 the Democratic State convention selected a Bryan-uninstructed delegation under the unit rule. James Smith Jr led anti Bryan forces to defeat Robert Davis and James B. Martine. Hudson County faced bitter rebukes as Essex and others questioned loyalty to the state ticket. Delegates at large chosen, unit rule approved, and a brief uproar followed over instructing Denver delegates to back Bryan.
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Trenton
N. J
Denver
William J. Bryan
United States
James Smith, Jr
Robert Davis
Findson County
James B. Martine
Union County
Bryan
Martine
Hudson
Davis
Smith
Essex
Hudson County
Hamlit
Essex County
James M. Seymour
Franklin Murphy
John Hinchliffe
Passaic
Frank 3. Katzenbach, Jr
Eugene Kinkead
Mr. Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Taft Delegates Elected At Colorado Republican Meet
Six delegates at large to the Republican national convention were chosen in Pueblo to back William H. Taft for the presidency. Delegates named were Crawford Fill Denver Llubert Work Pueblo William Lennox Colorado Springs Thomas F. Walsh Walhurst W A Drake Fort Collins and Robert N Breckenridge Monteyista. Attorney General William Dickson chaired the convention and praised Roosevelt while the platform endorsed Senator Guggenheim’s record.
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Pueblo
Cols
Chicago
William H. Taft
Crawford
Roosevelt
Washington
Taft
Guggenheim
Republican convention nominates Tartrett and Cox for Hughes
April 28 in the First Congressional district convention at Riverhead elected John J. Tartrett of Greenport and Smith Cox of Nassau as delegates to the national convention in Chicago. They are instructed to vote for Gov. Hughes. The convention endorsed the national and State administration.
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Hughes
New York
Riverhead
L. L
John J. Tartrett
Greenport
Smith Cox
Nassau
Chicago
Gov
New Jersey Delegation Plays Taft Favor in Primary Contest
In Hudson and Essex the race centers on personal ambition rather than a clear presidential choice. Three of Essex County’s four delegates are expected to back Taft, with Taft likely to claim a substantial share of New Jersey’s delegates. John F. Dryden will chair the convention. Six candidates seek delegates at large: Fort, Murphy, Griggs, Kean, Briggs, and David Baird, with a possible withdrawal compromise.
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Fagan
Dickinson
Rotherman
Hudson
Essex
Essex County
Taft
New Jersey
United States
John F. Dryden
Fort
Murphy
Griggs
Democrats at New Haven Choose Delegates in State Convention
In New Haven Connecticut a full Democratic party delegation filled the New Haven Theater as Charles W Comstock of Montville assumed temporary chairmanship of the State convention to select fourteen delegates for the national Denver gathering. He blamed Republican misrule for hard times and urged tariff revision to spark prosperity. The body then caucused by senate district to form credentials and resolutions committees.
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G. A. Wichmann
New Brunswick
Hoosevelt
Ananias Club
New Haven
Conn
Charles W. Comstock
Montville
State Central
Denver
Senate
Baltimore Republicans name Taft delegates at district convention
Special to The Washington Port reports the Second district Republican convention covering Baltimore Carroll and Harford counties and parts of the city chose Rosa Mace of Baltimore County and William T Henry of Baltimore City as delegates to the national convention. Resolutions urged Taft nomination while an amendment to instruct delegates for Taft failed. The convention also defeated National Committeeman Stevenson A Williams as a delegate candidate.
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Washington
Baltimore
Carroll
Harford
Rosa Mace
Baltimore County
William T. Henry
Baltimore City
Taft
Stevenson A. Williams
Two Alabama conventions clash over Republican factions
Birmingham April 28. The Davidson or anti administration faction of Alabama Republicans holds a state convention in Birmingham tomorrow. Leaders say almost every county will be represented. They claim to be the only legal Republican group and will elect delegates to the national convention, testing the seats of administration delegates chosen at the Birmingham convention a week later.
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Birmingham
Ala
Davidson
Republican Party of
Alabama
Enen
Administration
Republican Convention Divides in Ninth District
In Union City Tennessee on April 28 the Ninth district Republican convention split between Evans and Brownlow factions. Evans backers endorsed all for President and H Clay Evans for Vice President and named H Nunn and John Paschal as Chicago delegates. Brownlow faction chose K W Eskridge and J M Evans as delegates. they were uninstructed.
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Union City
Tenn
Evans
Brownlow
H. Clay Evans
H. Nunn
John Paschal
Chicago
K. W. Eskridge
J. M. Evans
Mississippi Republicans Meet for Taft or Wakeler Nomination
Jackson April 23 Two political gatherings will convene in the capital with delegates split over the presidential nomination. Republicans lean toward Taft while a strong majority favors Senator Woraker, and the Democratic executive committee plans to set a date for the state convention.
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Jackson, Miss
Apri
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Taft
Woraker
Democratic Committee
Taft Motion Defeated in West Virginia League Meeting
Special to the Washington Pact from Parkersburg West Virginia reports that at a State League of Republican Clubs gathering a resolution endorsing Taft for President was defeated after a sensational fight. The measure lost by five votes with delegates favoring Roosevelt. W S Allen was elected president of the league.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
State League of Republican Clubs
Taft
Roosevelt
W. S. Allen
League
Keystone convention opens with Porter renominated
Harrisburg April 28 Everything is ready for the Pennsylvania Republican State convention. Judge William D. Porter of Pittsburgh will be renominated for the Superior Court. Gov. Stuart Col. Elverson publisher Rook and Hapgood will be delegates at large to Chicago. The platform backs Knox for President and urges support to Knox to the finish with a rigid protective tariff and a mild Roosevelt endorsement.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Superior Court
William D. Porter
Pittsburg
Stuart
James Elverson
Philadelphia Inquirer
Charles A. Rook
The
Pittsburg Dispatch
Robert P. Hapgood
Bradford
State League of Republican Clubs
Knox
Dalzell
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft Defends Cour t Policies and Trade
Secretary Taft spoke at the Waldorf Astoria and Carnegie Hall addressing critics of federal courts and antitrust restraint. He argued courts favor the wealthy, urged reforms to appeals and trial judgments, and contrasted his policies with Roosevelt’s in restraining trade. He also spoke at a Red Cross meeting urging membership growth to 3,000,000 and thanked supporters, with Roosevelt’s message read to the New York branch.
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Rally of Red Cross
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Carnegie Hall Teimight
Taft
Theodore Hoosewelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Red Cross
National Red Cross
New York State
The
Astor Gallery
Gov
Chanler
Sage Foundation
Bryan men for Johnson political note in 1920s
Frederick B. Lynch, Johnson headquarters manager, will meet Southern Congressmen in Washington to discuss the campaign for the Democratic nomination. He reports South advice favoring Johnson, with South Atlantic states leaning to him for Denver. Delegates from the Southwest pledged to Bryan may switch after one or two ballots. Johnson speaks in Detroit tomorrow night, then Ann Arbor on Thursday and Rock Island Friday.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Frederick B. Lynch
Johnson
Washington
Lynch
South
South Atlantic
Denver
Southwest
Bryan
Detroit
Gov. Johnson
Ann Arbor
Rock Island
Diplomats to Attend Republican National Convention in Chicago
A large diplomatic corps representation is expected at the Republican national convention in Chicago on June 17. Attending signatories include James Bryce British Ambassador Baron Shogoro Takahira Japanese Ambassador J J Jusserand French Ambassador Baron Mayor des Planches Italian Ambassador and Senor Joaquim Nabuco Brazilian Ambassador plus several ministers from Central and South American republics. Hartington Wilson Third Assistant Secretary of State and John Barrett may also attend.
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Chicago
James Bryce
Baron Shogoro Takahira
J. J. Jusserand
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Senor Joaquim Nabuco
Hartington Wilson
John Barrett
International Bureau of American Republics
Brig. Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough Dies at 82 in New Jersey
Brig. Gen. Alfred Lacey Hough retired since 1890 died at his home in Princeton New Jersey aged eighty two. He served with distinction in the Civil War and is survived by his son Judge Charles M. Hough of New York City and daughter Mrs. W R Hall of Princeton. Grandson Charles L Hall recently graduated from West Point second in his class.
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Judge Hough
Princeton
N. J
Alfred Lacey Hough
Charles M. Hough
New York City
W. R. Hall
Charles L. Hall
West Point
Hough
Rough Rider Receiver Hildreth Suspended in Arizona
Public notice reports the suspension of Fen. S. Hildreth, land office receiver in Phoenix, pending an inspector’s investigation. Hildreth, a former Rough Rider sergeant from the Spanish American War, was appointed to the land office by President Roosevelt.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Fen. S. Hildreth
Land Office
Hildreth
First Volunteer Cavalry
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
California Woman’s Temperance Union Protests Intoxicants
The California Woman’s Temperance Union executive board endorses a resolution protesting the serving of intoxicants at dinners and entertainments for officers and men of the Atlantic fleet. The protest, signed by Sara J. Dorr, president, and Anne H. Chase, corresponding secretary, urges no alcohol at banquets for incoming fleet guests.
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Woman's. Christian Tem
Union of California
Rotary of the Navy
Metcalf
Atlantic
California Woman's Temperance Union
United States
California
W.C. T
Aradur
Sara J. Dorr
Anne H. Chase
Hurled from truck on Williamsboro Bridge
Max Brendt of 361 Manhattan avenue was saved when a shoe caught on the steel lattice of the Williamsboro Bridge after an auto crashed into the truck from behind. He hung head down for minutes until the driver and a policeman pulled him to safety. The car wrecked and the truck overturned. Four occupants refused to give names. Traffic blocked for nearly an hour.
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New York
Williamsboro
Max Brendt
Manhattan Avenue
Hast
Republicans Nominate Flather and Horner for National Convention
Election returns show Henry H. Flather and Richard R. Horner elected as delegates with a large white turnout and 12,939 votes for Flather. George F. Collins protests, alleging unfair rules, while Burt-Paterson ticket yielded in the race for alternates. The election certificate, signed by Sid ney Bieber and Percy Crawford, confirms the results for the June Chicago convention.
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Henry H. Flather
Riggs National Bank
Richard R. Horner
Chicago
George F. Collins
Board of Elections
Henry N. Flather
Benjamin L. Gaskins
Coloored
Henry H. Fiather
Burt-Patterson
Sidney Bieber
Percy Crawford
Henry H. Filather
Richard KR. Horner
William Tindall
Daniel Murray
A v .F
Bieber
George Ao Collins
Bomb-thrower Selig Silverstein Dies in Union Square
New York April 2 Selig Silverstein anarchist who tried to throw a bomb at policemen in Union Square and was wounded by a premature blast died today His companion was killed The police say he confessed to manufacturing the bomb and planned the attack after a policeman beat him days earlier The incident followed the crowd being dispersed after plans to appeal to the governor for work and to hear Robert Hunter's address
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New York
Selig Silverstein
Union Square
Silverstein
Robert Hunter
Ainsworth Spofford Urges Stricter Immigration Laws
Ainsworth R. Spofford told the Anthropology Society that thousands of foreigners are dumped into ports by continental powers. He warned that emigrant numbers grow and the government will soon fail to assimilate them all without drastic restrictive regulations.
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Ainsworth Spofford
Ainsworth R. Spofford
Anthropological Society
Spofford
Gompers Issues Manifesto to Labor
Samuel Gompers announces a labor manifesto urging organized labor to back Congress members who support labor bills. The pledge commits individuals and groups to maximum political and industrial activity to elect candidates who protect workers’ interests.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Congress
The
United States
Justice rules Blanche Andrews to be returned home
In New York on April 28 Justice O Gorman of the Supreme Court granted Blanche Andrews wife of Constant A Andrews president of United Petetes Savings Bank permission to leave Westchester sanitarium where she has resided. She had been declared incompetent years ago but her husband urged release under a condition warranting her return home.
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Washington Post
New York
Licensed matches mix of names in odd record listing
A jumbled OCR styled list shows numerous couple entries with ages and initials, many paired names from various U.S. places such as Alexandria Virginia Madison Barracks Fort Sheridan and Portland Maine. The fragment resembles a civil or marriage license ledger with multiple names and ages, interspersed with Rev. prefixes and misread punctuation.
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Charles J. Merriken
Annie R. Brown
George A. Miller
Harry J. Gunsved
Alice VY
Ho Woodrow
Walter L. Jobnrob
Mallie T. Rosen
W. W. ‘Barnes
David O'Vennell
Johanna Harrington
J. PL Meyer
Robert M. Turner
Alexandria
Bessie V
Jennie
Hedger
WW Barnes
Julia
Seaupherlich
J. A. “Hukrer
Joseph M. Fowler
Allen E. McGeary
Tyoth
Richmond
Thomas A. Raykin
Rhea Fo Stanles
Sadie J. Heyer
Klehison
Mido
Wrightdulen
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