Taft Strikes Back in Virginia Greeting Rally
Four thousand Virginians greet Taft in Hot Springs Virginia as he answers Bryan on whether the people rule. Delegates from Staunton to Richland praise Taft while Confederate veterans pledge support. crowds walk long distances to hear the Republican candidate. Roads, trains, and mounts bring supporters to the event.
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Chicago
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Bryan in Des Moines Tariff Talk Sparks Crowd at Park
In Des Moines Iowa on August 21 William J Bryan Democratic nominee spoke at a baseball park addressing tariff policy. He criticized Republican tariff promises and urged tax fairness through income tax and proportional contributions. Bryan met Des Moines officials and toured local areas before addressing an overflow audience and heading to Chicago.
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Lincoln
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Sioux City
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Wade Ered
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Go Einor
Iowa
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Young Mens Bryan Club
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Fights for Illinois Republicans See Safe Not Quite Majority
Special to The Washington Post from Springfield Aug 21 reports Illinois Republicans foresee a smaller Taft lead over Roosevelt. Labor support favors Bryan in some quarters with gold Democrats backing Stevenson, while Taft’s anti injunction stance and tariff issues frame a tough, divided race. Negro leaders broadly favor Taft, boosting the party among voters in a manufacturing state.
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Let's Go and Get Married. Four Newark Couples Wed
Special to The Washington Yest New York reports four Newark residents aged 21 or younger dined in a Jersey City restaurant and, with playful remarks, decided to marry. They found Justice George Markley in Jersey City and proceeded to wed, surprising their parents who learned of the weddings only today.
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New York
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Bedford Street
Newark
Sadie Weber
South Orange
Jersey City
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Fairmont Avenue
Louis Barton
West Kinney Street
George Markley
Montgomery Street
Miss Weber
Illinois Jury Indicts More Riot Leaders in County
Springfield guards and a deputy sheriff kept watch as six more alleged riot leaders were named in indictments tied to the Loper restaurant disturbances. A Buffalo village notice warned “All n—gers wanted out of town by Monday.” The coroner reported Lew Johnson’s death was from a gunshot, not a neck break, after an autopsy.
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Hase
Kate Howatt
Sates
Wines
Ernst Humphrey Fhuckster
Rudolph Bredemeyer
John Schienle
William Sptton
Herbert Carey
Heals
Springfeld
Humphrey Schienle Bredemeye
Carey and
Sutton
Woodruff
Lews Johnson
Johnson
Mechanicsburg
Buffalo
Werner
May Be Murder After All In Williams Case
New evidence emerges in the William Williams case, the aged farmer found hanged near Marydel Maryland. Police have not disclosed details, while the coroner’s jury previously ruled death a self inflicted act despite a crushed head. Open to murder theory renewal by relatives of the victim.
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Marydel Mil
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Samuel Walls
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Toby Williams
John A Wessel
Dividend Up Likely On New York Central In September
Special to The Washington Fest from New York notes that New York Central directors will probably declare the current 5 percent annual dividend for the October 16 payment. Rumors of a further cut were denied by an influential director who cited improving August earnings and a steadily bettering situation.
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New York Central
Trunk mystery solved as Rosenbloom heir linked to murder
Solved Camden trunk case identified Solomon Jacob Rosenbloom of Windber. Detectives traced movements of his eldest son Alexander and others in a bid to explain the father’s disappearance and the trunk shipment from Philadelphia to Mount Ephraim. The investigation centered on family quarrels and motives amid large store losses and suspected loot sale plans.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
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Henry Friedman
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Three Strikers Shot At Dam Work In West Virginia
Three Italian laborers were shot and seriously wounded by a construction boss at the Dam Ne Mi project near Chiaro Falls. The workers, demanding higher wages, reportedly attacked the unfinished dam, prompting the boss to open fire with a revolver. The incident ended with three injured men transported for care. A separate notice lists Baltimore and Ohio excursion fares to cities including Baltimore, Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, and Cumberland with trains departing Union Station on Sunday, Aug 23.
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Harpers Ferry
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Wright Predicts 1000 Foot Flight For New Aerial Car
Orville Wright in Fort Myer outlines trials for government tests of a new aeroplane. He describes dimensions, weight, and a possible 40 mph speed with a one hour duration. Wright discusses control, safety, and military use, noting flights may begin next week and may include a passenger on early tests.
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Arrested at prison door in forgery case
Boston Aug 21 William McPherson a 76 year old from Walla Walla Washington, released from Charles street jail after a three year sentence for forgery, was rearrested and turned over to Inspector A F Parham of Washington. He is wanted on another forgery charge for a worthless check cashed for twenty cents with glassware dealer Samuel C Raub at 318 Eighth Street NW. McPherson’s Massachusetts imprisonment was for a similar offense.
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Walla Walla Wash
A F Parham
Washington
Millionaire's will contested by French daughter in Jersey City
Eugenia Viais of Lyons France contests her father Etienne Givernaud a silk manufacturer will filed for probate in Jersey City. She claims he was of unsound mind and not divorced from his first wife still living in France. The document leaves business to his brother and real estate and personal property to Barbara Hines Givernaud, his second wife.
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Eugenia Viais
Lyons
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Step in Maloney Case Annulment Granted
Announcement filed in Philadelphia by Helen Malone daughter of Martin Malone of Philadelphia and Arthur A Osborne of New York states a memorandum and interlocutory judgment granting annulment of marriage. The three month period since the interlocutory decree elapsed yesterday and the action is said to aim toward a final decree or appeal to the supreme court.
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New York
Helen Malone
Martin Malone
Arthur A. Osborne
County Clerks Office
Supreme Court
Woman identified in sanitarium death near Oakes Home
Aug 21 Denver reports the woman who killed herself in a cottage attached to the Oakes Home sanitarium is Mrs David Snellenberg of Wilmington Delaware. Earlier notice had named Mrs Nathan Snellenberg, said to be in Europe.
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Alienists To Lead Haine Br keeps defense in Haine case
New York, Aug 1. Alienists and their testimony will play a key role in the Haine trial as insanity is raised for Capt Peter Haine. District Attorney Darrin seeks funds to hire experts and refute defense witnesses while a Bayside yacht club interview and closed-door sessions shape the prosecution strategy. A maid in the Hains household claims she is mother to Hains’ youngest child, adding a new twist to the unfolding case.
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