Clayton Confident on Bryan Support Among Traveling Men
Alabama Congressman Henry D. Grayton says enthusiasm for Bryan Kern runs strong among traveling men he met en route to Lincoln. He criticizes Taft’s Chicago platform and notes most voters back Democratic ticket. Bryan plans speeches in Des Moines and Indianapolis while focusing on conservatism and practical politics.
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Democratic campaign funds debated by national leaders in Chicago
Key figures including Mack of the national committee and Gov Charles Haskell discussed financing the Democratic bid for the presidency in Chicago. A target of half a million dollars was mentioned, with Haskell noting $19,000 already received and no firm plan yet set for broader fundraising.
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Mack
National Committee
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Col
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Avance Committee
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Haskell
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Bryan Swill
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Democratic- Semerate
New York
Mack Torg
Mark Wan
Stanton Paw
Walkers L E A M Start From Lafayette Hotel for Long Trek
William Abrams with Ozear Begeburth and J B Douglass began from the Lafayette Hotel aiming for New York. Governor Hughes letters and applause accompanied the group. About twenty members of the Olean Rhos Club met the walkers as they set out on their first lap, with support pouring in from many cities across the country.
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Willam Abrams
Ozear Begeburth
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Lafayette
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Perkins for Chairman Latter to Succeed Allison
Senator Perkins is favored to chair the Senate naval affairs committee after Senator Allison's death. The Pacific coast would gain influence, with Hale possibly moving to the appropriations committee while remaining on naval affairs. Perkins's sailing experience and Pacific interests are seen as assets for overseeing naval questions amid Oriental tensions.
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Committee On Appropriations
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Parker Hero of Runaway In San Luis Obispo
Alton B. Parker of New York performed first aid and helped stop a runaway carriage in San Luis Obispo. A. A. Mills wife and daughter, David Oliver and a San Francisco school director, were injured when a surrey overturned after the team bolted toward an automobile. Parker and Clancey Nicoll aided, freeing the trapped occupants, and all were taken to a home.
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Alton B. Parker
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Buffalo men favor Hughes in canvass for renomination
In Buffalo August 9 a careful canvass of Hughes sentiment found prominent business and professional figures backing Gov. Hughes. Many city officials agreed he is the only man to save New York for Taft and Sherman and warned of national ticket defeats if the Republican convention does not renominate him. The anti Hughes faction appears reluctant to publish opposition. Indiana Germans revolt shows Alliance pledging support to Democratic tickets while deferring stance on national candidates as liquor questions are not involved.
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Alliance of German Societies of
WILL CONFER ON ARBITRATION
Representative Richard Bartholdt of St Louis arrived in Washington to confer with State Department officials on American arbitration proposals for the Interparliamentary Union conference in Berlin set for September 17. He said more than twenty Congress members designated as delegates have announced their intention to attend. The exact scope of the proposals cannot be outlined in advance by Bartholdt.
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Interparliamentary Union
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State Department
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Autocracy vs self government in District of Columbia debate
A letter exchange reveals J Praint Richata of Washington challenging Commissioner Macfarland’s account of 1901 Everybody’s Magazine quotes. Macfarland replies with a full quotation arguing District autocracy and public accountability, and defends the commission form as efficient and free of partisan bias. The item notes a related public obituary for Mannington official Fatg Richard, former mayor and long-serving public figure.
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Macfarlana
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Macfarland
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Everybody's Magazine
Burglars Enter Residence of Former States Attorney
Special to The Washington Post from Hagerstown Maryland reports burglars entered the home of former States Attorney Charles D Waggaman last evening while the family was away. Four gold watches and some cash were stolen. Mia Waggaman and her daughters returned and heard a noise upstairs. Waggaman was in Frederick on royal business at the time. Three men loitering nearby were arrested on suspicion.
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Hagerstown
Charles D. Waggaman
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Waggaman
Julia Le Gros's Runaway Return and Father's Forgiveness
Eugene Le Gros, cigar dealer at Four and a half street and Maryland avenue southwest, reports his daughter Julia, 18, disappeared a week earlier from Washington. Julia flew to York Harbor with Stanley Mortimer, stayed in a Boston hotel, then returned with a plan for a surprise for her father at the Knights of Pythias meeting. She confessed at the Lenox Hotel in Boston and asked to be reprimanded. the father granted punishment and forgiveness, noting the youth’s desire to surprise him and that she may wed Mortimer in time.
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Taft Democrat interest shapes Virginia district race
The Second Virginia district GOP contemplates a Taft Democrat candidate for Congress to split Democratic votes. Three contenders H L Maynard Georga C G Cabell and J Peter Holland vie for the Democratic nomination amid heated exchanges and planned debates.
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Washington Post
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Virginia
Congress
Taft
J. Peter Hallana
Raofhampton
Cabell
Gabell
Richmond Bars To Display List Of Probation Banneds
Richmond police will issue large print placards for every saloon listing habitual drinkers under probation ban. Cards will be posted conspicuously in saloons with space left for future names of newcomers. Clerks prepare the lists. cards go to printer next week.
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Assault and robbery target Mrs Powell in Fortamouth Va
Aug 9 Fortamouth Virginia. Aged Mrs Catherine Powell was choked and beaten, robbed, and locked in her home by Willdrh King a negro. King was arrested days ago but Powell was too ill to face him. A boy witness saw King fleeing from Powell's home.
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Fortamouth
Catherine Powell
Frieldfer
Willdrh King
Tobacco Primings Bring Steady Prices in Southside Virginia
In South Boston Virginia on August 9th primings and old leaf tobacco brought steady prices on a damp market with showers ending drought. Farmers plan early cutting of the crop next week as seasonable weather promises a good average working tobacco yield though wrapping leaf may be scarce. In Petersburg Virginia reports cite improving outlook for tobacco across Southside counties with large acreage and expected strong demand for loose leaf in the fall.
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Boston
Petersburg
Virginia
Banner Yield Anticipated In Local Corn Crop
Rains this week boost area corn prospects in Boyds and Montgomery County Maryland with yields seen around fourteen bushels per acre in many areas. Separate item notes Montgomery School Trustees named for Kensington Colesville Rockville with Miss Katie Ricketts appointed principal at Kingsley School and Miss Grace Birgfeld assigned as Woodside School assistant.
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Washington Post
Boyds
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Rockville
Kensington School
Herbert Wright
James FP. Raney
Colesville
Benjamin D. Canby
Hicks Ray
Michael Peter
Misa Katie Ricketts
Kingsley School
Grace Birgfeld
Kensington
Woodside School
Coffee Exhaustion and Postum Remedy Highlighted by Music Professor
A music professor and his wife recount long hours of work fueling fatigue from coffee. They switched to Postum after headaches and weakness from caffeine. The husband, now 61, reports improved weight, relief from headaches, stronger nerves, and continued productivity. They praise Postum and encourage others to try it.
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Delaware sees record registration as poll tax ends
Wilmington reports 5238 voters registered on Tuesday with 7789 last Saturday, pushing Delaware's total to about 13200. Three more registration days remain, in September and October, signaling a historic turnout statewide as interest surges and Republicans hope to reelect their governor.
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Wilmington
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Delaware
Suspected Robber Captured After Pistol Surprises Alexandria
In Alexandria Virginia Harry Davis alias Harry Day, a former chain gang escapee, was arrested by Chief Goods and Officer Garvey after a search for evidence against black suspects. A concealed Army revolver was found under a buggy seat during transport to police headquarters, prompting questions about how the weapon ended up in his pocket. ARREST GIRL AND FIND GOODS.
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Harry Davis
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SixteenYearOld Servant Accused of Robbing Employer in Alexandria
A 16 year old colored girl Lizzie Banks employed at Mrs. Henry N Parrish home is accused by police of stealing a gold watch eight dollars sixty cents and clothing valued at a lot from the Parrish residence near Alexandria. The girl was arrested in a South Columbus street house after officers found the stolen items in her possession.
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Alexandria County
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Alexandria
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South Colmbus, Street
Sisters Learn They Are Reunited After Years
In Hagerstown Maryland Miss Maude Sprenkle head cook at Hagerstown Hospital learns she has a sister, Mrs. Fannie Brown near Sabillasville, after a friend’s remark prompts discovery. In Clarksburg West Virginia Circuit Judge Charles W Lynch becomes president of the Harrison County Sabbath School Association with Rev J E Wootter as vice president and other officers elected.
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Charles W. Lynch
Harrison County Sabbath School Association
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Ta‘ney Harrison
Charles A. Fichutte
J. Horner Davis
Fairmont Votes Tax Increase to Aid City Finances
Fairmont West Virginia council raises city tax to 45 cents per 100 dollars, forecasting about 2 000 in revenue after a steep drop in personal assessment from the previous year. Nearby, 30 000 young trout were released into Bear Run after being bred from eggs shipped from Massachusetts.
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W. Va
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Beir
In Memory of Bishop Curtis Mass Held in Wilmington
The funeral rites for Bishop Alfred A Curtis will be observed at St Peters Cathedral Wilmington on Aug 8 with Rev Dr William Russell delivering the sermon The Wilmington service opens at 9 oclock officiating will be Very Rev John Lyons Bishop Monaghan and Rev John J Dougherty attend from the diocese of Wilmington and Baltimore officials will participate in the ceremonies
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Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
William Russell
St. Patrick's Church
Washington
Delver
St. Peter's
Mearning
Alfred ‘A. Curtix
Baltimore
Russell van @ lelons
John's. Lyons
Monaghan
Curtis
Delmervia
John J. Dougherty
Lyons
Roanoke Dentist Becomes Center Of Sensational Assault Case
Sensational sequel to the arrest of relatives BE. MS Coulter and Rae Keedick follows a police court case against dentist W. S. Gregory of Roanoke. Gregory says the patient’s story was a hallucination caused by chloroform. Coulter and Keedick deny the claim and defend the relatives’ actions.
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Washington Post
Roanoke
MS Coulter
Rae Keadick
New York
Gregory
Commonwealth
M. Coulter
Lee Keedick
Murde
Cald
Coulter
Keedick
Lewis May Oppose Pearre in Montgomery County
Special from Rockville Maryland August 3 Democrats in Montgomery county favor former Senator David J. Lewis Allegany county as candidate to oppose Col George A Pearre They argue a man of ability is needed for a strong showing against the Republican nominee and see Lewis as meeting the job's requirements if he allows his name to go before the convention
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David J. Lewis
Allegany County
George A. Pearre
Montgomery County
Lewis
Frog Found Alive in Solid Clay Near Wardensville West Virginia
Aug. Hugh L. McKeevar while digging a well unearthed a frog from 14 feet under ground, embedded in hard clay. The frog lay flat and clay colored, but revived after a few hours out of the earth, proving remarkably lively as any other frog.
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Hugh L. McKeevar
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