New York Republicans Set Saratoga Assembly Date
The Republican State Committee announced a September 14 convention at Saratoga to decide on Hughes renomin ation amid pressure from Woodruff and party leaders. Prodded by internal divisions, leaders defer public stance while awaiting Roosevelt and Taft guidance.
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Old Dog Saves Child in Bold Defense in Minnesota
Special to The Washington Fest Minneapolis Aug 12 Harry H Weeks says Bennie Doon a family dog helped shield 4 year old Howard Weeks from a vicious bulldog attack. The older, nearly blind pet sacrificed himself to protect the child, enduring injuries while keeping the bulldog at bay until help arrived.
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Oklahoma Republicans Ratify Nominations at City Meeting
Oklahoma City delegates ratified party nominations from last weeks primaries and crafted a campaign platform. The gathering, addressed by Representative Bird S. McGuire who was renominated in his district, and former Delegate Dennis Flynn, who seeks the Senate seat against Senator T. P. Gore.
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Gould Wife Wins Order to Answer Divorce Suit
New York August 12 Mrs Helen Kelly Gould obtained a supreme court order directing her husband Frank J Gould to file within 24 hours an answer to her divorce complaint. She seeks custody of two children Helen Margaret aged six and Dorothy aged five while alleging misconduct on July 2% while in Cape Breton aboard the Helemieth yacht.
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Joy Rider Goes to Jail In Automobiles Case
New York August 12 special to The Washington Post reports Justhe Wyatt of special sessions sentenced Charles A Terrell a chauffeur to two days in city prison for taking his employer's car on August 3 and ramming it for 30 hours without permission. The judge called the act joyriding and a willful destruction of property under section 67 of the penal code. LeRoy D Ball, owner and employer of Terrell, filed the complaint.
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Turbulent Turkish envoy in Washington tells of downfall
Mehmed Ali Bey, deposed Turkish minister, and Mundil Bey, newly appointed charge d affaires, recount the sequence of cables marching Mehmed Ali back to Constantinople. Mundji Bey describes a bitter scene in Calvert Street as old regime collides with new reform, and Mehmed Ali signals a wish to return to Constantinople and edit a Turkish daily.
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Florida Republican Ticket Presented by State Central Committee
The Republican State central committee in Jacksonville announces a full state ticket aimed at boosting party strength in Florida. The roster includes Governor John M. Chery Orlando. Comptroller J. L. Skipper Bartow. Treasurer J. Ho Webster Gatnesville. Secretary Joan B. Orr Key West. Attorney General Frederick C. Cubberlt Cedar Key. Superintendent George W. Holmes Brevard. Agriculture Commissioner If Struneel Leesburg. Railroad Commissioner W. Rulet San Mateo. Justices B. Bly Dal land and Fred W. Marsh Pensacola.
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Frederick C Cubberlt
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George W. Holmes
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Pensacaia
Missing Physician Found Dead Amid Spiritualist Prayers
Philadelphia August 12 physicians found dead in home at Nineteenth and Diamond streets. Dr Louis Emerson Wheat a 45 year old physician lay on a couch as two women Mrs Fannie Soult and Miss Florence Beckman prayed nearby and muttered incantations. Soult claimed magnetic treatment and said she awaited her spiritual controller Dr Miller to obtain orders for next steps. Beckman described as a friend who accompanied Soult.
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Orville Wright Ready for Fort Myer Flight Test
Orville Wright works on the aeroplane at the Wright brothers shop in Dayton Ohio. The plane will ship Saturday and he plans to travel to Washington Monday for the government test set for the end of September. He promises a four mile per hour speed, an endurance flight of one hour, and confidence the craft will pass.
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Bryan Nomination Notification Draws Lincoln Crowd
In Lincoln Nebraska under a hot sun William Jennings Bryan received formal notification of his third Democratic presidential nomination from Henry D Clayton. The event drew a large nonpartisan crowd with notable Republicans present and the city showing a festive parade atmosphere.
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Seaboard official in clash with bank cashier over boy labor
Special to The Washington Post Richmond Va Aug 1 Cal H M Boykin general freight agent for the Seaboard Air Line Railway fought W L Walters cashier of the Commonwealth Bank in a dispute over the employer using neighborhood small boys. Walters head of the Virginia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children helped protest. Boykin was arrested but released on bond awaiting court.
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State drainage convention set for Newbern dates
Raleigh August 12 The State geological board has called a state drainage convention to be held at Newbern on September 5 and 16. A large movement for drainage is under way, especially in eastern North Carolina, with experiments planned on state swamp lands.
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Federation of Catholic Societies Elects Officers at Boston Convention
The General Federation of Catholic Societies adjourned after unanimously naming Edward Feeney of Brooklyn president and selecting Pittsburg as next meeting place. Officers include J B Oelwers Newark and Thomas Flynn Chicago as vice presidents, Anthony Matre St Louis as secretary, Elizabeth Rogers Chicago as treasurer, with a national executive board and a law committee chair appointed in Pittsburg. The group urged formation of a national organization for Catholic young men and urged support for Catholic education while rejecting socialist principles. Delegates hosted by St Alphonsus Association in Roxbury for a reception.
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Saloonkeepers aid church with sidewalk gift in East Alton
East Alton Methodist Church members raise a 100 fund for wives and families of drunkards after five local saloonkeepers donated a 100 sidewalk. The gift, linked to the church’s past stand in local option battles, triggered initial indignation but was retained as a gesture. Also, Yankee Schoolship Itasca arrived at Corunna, Spain, marking the first U.S. vessel to call there during the war era.
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Mishap to airship trouble due to a wire
A Baldwin dirigible returning from a test over Fort Myer suffered a motor wire break, forcing a controlled descent to a field. Engineer Curtiss repaired the damage and the craft resumed the flight, with a lively automobile chase by reporters covering the event and noting a new English attaché observing the proceedings.
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