Bryan Holds Lead in Eastern Delegates Fight
New York Herald dispatch shows Bryan likely at 726 total delegates including 436 elected or instructed, with 80 delegates in play. The report notes Bryan leading rivals, with Ohio and New York states backing him and Connecticut, Rhode Island, and other states contributing delegates.
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Washington Post
New York
Washington
Denver
Herald
Bryan
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Texas
Ehnten
Herild Peincs
Mr Bryan
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Nina
Brian
M Carren
Kluge County
Vermont
Ty Breau
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Riw
the Prairies
Inhama
Lewnis
Fragmented notices reveal marriages and obituaries across papers
A garbled OCR fragment lists marriage and death notices dated May in multiple newspapers including Washington Post Baltimore papers and local churches. It mentions Frances Stan Mur, Catherine, Alice Pey Jon, and William Mou Sson among others, with scattered dates and locations, indicating a cross-paper funeral and marital notices page.
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Rotae
Chester Meveld
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Eugene Caras
St Pate' S Church
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SAY GRAY IS FAVORED WILL SHAPE DENVER VERDICT
Pennsylvania centers Democratic nomination intrigue as May Harrisburg convention shapes Denver verdict. Gray League and supporters mobilize uninstruced delegates in Pennsylvania and Maryland to back Judge Gray, with key headquarter pushes in Harrisburg and Wilmington. Two state conventions, Wyoming and Minnesota, also set to convene with Minnesota likely to instruct for Gov Johnson.
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Wilmington
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Gity
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Minnesota
Joanson
Three Louisiana Issues Before Legislature in Session
Baton Rouge May 10 Louisiana lawmakers open a session facing three issues race track gambling cotton futures and broader prohibition. The anticipated battles center on abolishing race track gambling and racing in New Orleans with limited chances for statewide prohibition. Cotton futures repeal faces Southern state opposition and uncertain support in the current congress.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New Orleans
Lily Whites Split Over Negro Delegates At Convention
The Washington Fest New Orleans May 10 reports Lily White Republicans plan to send two Negroes to the Republican national convention, with the regulars listing ten Negroes and eight whites. Jazzy Whites will send nineteen whites and two Negroes Felix Hecthel and Harry Maloney among them. Governor candidate NW Pharr opposes seating any Negro in the delegation. Confusion and discontent spread as delegates are named, and Taft support is echoed by the President.
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Washington
New Orleans
Felix Hecthel
Harry Maloney
Campaient
Lily Wintes
Puarr
Republican Party
Lousiana
Hhenry
Taft
Socialists in Wrangle at Chicago Convention
The 1900 Chicago Socialist convention opened amid a clash between city and farm delegates over appealing to farmers. City socalists support the idea, farm state delegates oppose. Hiram Johnson of New York was elected temporary chair. Eugene V Debs and William D Haywood vie for the presidential nomination.
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Nacdists
Prosperity Movement Delegation to Meet Roosevelt at White House
A St Louis based committee from the National Prosperity Association will confer with President Roosevelt at the White House to seek his endorsement of plans to restore confidence nationwide. Messrs Simons Wade Smith Drvey and Carleton will present communications from major business groups praising proposals to curb drastic legislation against corporations.
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National Prosperity Association of
St Louis
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
E ¢ Simons
Festus J Wade
Mercantile Trust Company
J EL Smith
Board of Trade
Edward Drvey
Chamber of Commerce
Murray Carleton
Movements of Ocean Steamer Arrivals and Schedules
Atlantic traffic updates show Axnigiu on route Liverpool to Carmania from New York, Mawille-Catedonia sailing to Glee gow, and Queenstown-Lucania bound for New York with Island NS-Vaderland from Antwerp likely docking at 740 am Tuesday. Browhead-President Grant from New York to Plymouth, Cherbourg and Hamburg expected to reach Flymouth at 6 pm Monday. Moonland sailing from New York to Dover and Antwerp at 7.
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Grant
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Hamburg
Flymouth
Moonland
Dover
Fairbanks Urges Schools Over Armies at Chicago Banquet
Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks spoke at the dedication of St Stanislaus Polish Catholic parochial school in Chicago, urging that public funds be spent on great schools and churches rather than expanding armies and navies. He defended defense while warning against socialism and anarchy, calling for a national unity rooted in churches and schools and the preservation of republican government.
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Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
Achool
United States
Washington
Ir Fairbanks
Geoig
Republic
Post Office Theft Charged in Richmond Clerk Arrest
David C Hanson, a confidential clerk at Richmond post office, was arrested after leaving the building with two stolen special delivery letters containing money. One letter to a woman in Tousa Va held $3 in currency. the other to Hethel NC contained one dollar silver certificates. Hanson, formerly in Fredericksburg, is out on bail awaiting Commissioner Brady.
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Washington Post
Richmond
David C . Thansen
Hethel NC
Hanson
Fredericksburg
Kinles
Hns
Powe
Frederickshure
Brady
Robbery Report Involving Local Youths
JW Wilkerson of 207 Massachusetts avenue northeast told police last night his eleven year old son, on an errand, was robbed of $10 by an eleven year old Black boy. The incident highlights juvenile crime in the area.
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JW Wilkerson
Massachusetts Avenue
Yacht chartered for Lepee deportation voyage from Penikese
The Cape Verde packet Ramona once among New York Yacht Club yachts was chartered by immigration authorities to transport Russian leper women from Penikese Island to New York for deportation. Railroads refused to carry the women. The captain and crew consented after officials advised each man of the leprosy risk. Immigration Inspector Sullivan transferred the women to the schooner for the voyage.
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Washington New Bedford
Cape Verde
New York Yacht Club
Buzzards Bay
Sullivan
Penikese
Everything Came His Way In Runaway Horse Incident
Special to The Washington Post Waterbury Conn May 10. John Stevenson was thrown from his runaway horse and dragged himself nearly a mile to the Baw Toobs farmhouse in Wolentt. There he was bitten by a savage dog before the family learned he was not a chicken thief. The coop and fifty chickens blocked his path to the Toobs homestead.
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Washington Post
Waterbury
Conn
John Stevenson
Baw Toobs
Wolentt
Toobbs
Girl Suffocated in Tenement Fire. Police Aid Saved Lives
New York May 10 nine teens Annie Hates aged nineteen suffocated in a tenement fire early today. Three persons including a policeman were injured. The girl worked for a family on the fourth floor of a hastily described Hast Shit fifth street tenement. A patrolman helped rescue tenants, saving many lives as most occupants escaped in night clothes.
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New York
Annie Hates
Fifth Street
Eagles Honor Their Dead Memorial service at Alexandria Opera House
The Eagle Order in Alexandria held a solemn memorial for departed brothers led by Representative Julius Kahn of California. Names of the dead were read as lights dimmed, a large star lit above, and a program of hymns, marches, and orations followed despite a smoke scare that prompted brief panic.
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Alexandria
Alva Aerie Nossi
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Joseph J Roberts
William M Glasgow Samuei
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George Losimpson
Peter Sinclair
Wayne L Garr
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Ile
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Ace
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Lara
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Attila
Mra Chales Bo Day
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Dana Holland
J L Feeney
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Holland
Aerse
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Wigle Orchestra
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Bernard B Cline
John A Rice
Jacob Bri
John R Travers
Samuel B Moore
Robert F Knox
Jom D Normos
President Roosevelt to Address Methodist General Conference Delegates
Eight hundred delegates from the world wide Methodist cause travel to Baltimore for the conference and will visit American University Washington on Saturday afternoon. Special trains will bring delegates from Baltimore and shuttle cars will carry them to the campus. A buffet luncheon is served from 1 to 5 p.m. The U S Marine Band will play. Roosevelt arrives at 3 p.m. and speaks at a platform meeting presided by Bishop Cranston. Senator Dolliver also speaks. Temple Male Quartet and Percy Foster provide vocal music. The public is invited to the outdoor exercises. Roosevelt will receive delegates and friends in the college of history.
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Washington
Loughboro Road
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United States
Dolliver
Temple
Percy Foster
College of History
Four bishops face charges at Methodist General Conference
At Baltimore in May 19 report, Bishops Daniel A Goodsell Boston David H Moore Portland Ore Joseph F Berry Buffalo and William F McDowell Chicago face maladministration charges by Rev George A Cope Rev C J Fowler and others connected to R T Day Bowne rulings. The conference saw a temperance lecture by Gay Frank Hanly and a Labor Memorial Day gathering with Gov Hoch and Bishop Hamilton speaking.
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Baltimore
Daniel A Goodsell
Boston
David H. Moore
Portland
Oreja
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Buffalo
Willam F McDowell
Chicago
Methodist General Conference
Goodsell
George A Cope
New York
Goodwell
C J Fowler
Newton Center Mass
Bishop Moore
James R Day
Syracuse University
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McDowell Herey
Good Sell
Rey
J M Buckley
Borden P Bowne
Boston University
J Fowler
New Hampshire
Gay Frank Hanly
Indiana
Hanly
Ford
Grand Opera House
E W Hoch
Kansas
John W Hamilton
San Francisco
Deserted at the altar in Richmond wedding called off
Mrs Blanche Diggs, ten months widowed, was left at the altar as R C Fueral disappeared after a note halted the ceremony. Rev Dr Wicks presided at Manchester Baptist Church and guests awaited an arranged wedding that never occurred. Fueral’s whereabouts are unknown and Diggs offered a resigned remark.
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R C Pueral
Itas
Fueral
Diggs
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Marrage
University of Virginia set to revive old finale festivities
Virginia students plan a June social finale with a German Club event a joint hop and guiding parts and a baseball game between the graduating class and the faculty. The groomed tradition aims to restore the South's festive tradition after recent formal commencements.
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Uarus
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Railroad meeting pledges $50,000 for line to Poolesville
A Washington Frederick and Gettysburg Railroad gathering at Poolesville, presided by Dr Llewellyn Jar, raised $59.08 for local supporters. Organizers say the project is now an assured fact, with a route from Frederick County via Dickersons to Poolesville and onward toward Dawsonville or near Seneca.
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Washington Root Bovds
Washington Frederick
Mrs Hanger Injured In Buggy Accident At Staunton
Mrs Hanger wife of Dr Franklin Hanger and her son Franklin were thrown from a buggy when a street car frightened the horse in Staunton Virginia. Mrs Hanger suffered both legs broken near the ankle and a fractured elbow while the boy was only lightly hurt. A theft report notes Bowman, 33, arrested at 171 Missound Avenue NW and charged with robbing H B Denty of Brightwood of $40.
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Compulsory Education Sparks National Debate in South
Richmond May 10 National Conference of Charities and Correction in St Pauls Church urged laws to bar child factory labor and enforce schooling. Speakers including Dr J McKelway and Prof W H Hand defended compulsory education while condemning mills. Owen Lovejoy praised the House for passing a child labor bill for the District of Columbia and urged Senate action.
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J McKelway
Atlanta
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Children of America
W H Hand
University of South Carolina
Jean Gordon
New Orleans
Jennie Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Owen Lovejoy
No National Child Labor Committee
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House of Representatives
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Westover
Sesmon
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Heverly Warner
Tobacco prices hold steady as markets report small sales
May reports from South Boston Durham and Lynchburg show weekly tobacco receipts small with prices holding well. Markets note 73,000 pounds sold in a week at favorable averages, while cumulative sales reach about 13,978 pounds for May with farmers earning around 11.05 per hundredweight. Planting continues while weather is seasonable and demand remains steady across grades.
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Washington Post
Boston
Durham NC
Jury convicts James B Simuth of wife murder in second degree
In Cumberland Maryland on May 13 the Washington Post reports a jury found James B Simuth guilty of murdering his wife Frances Simuth. The verdict specifies second degree murder and implies a sentence up to eighteen years. Also noted are Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute anniversary events with sermons by Rev George Adams and an address by Rev A Brown, plus Washington Literary Society oratorical awards at the University of Virginia featuring George M Warren and other speakers.
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Cumberland Md
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Frances Simth
South
Smith
Petersburg
Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
George Adams
Ettrell College
North Carolina
Young Mens
Young Womens Christian Associations
A Brown
Fredericksburg
Charlottes Ie Va
Washington Literary Society
University
Coffee Tapers as Bad as Others
A family letter praises Postum as a healthful coffee substitute. A Dyspepsia sufferer avoided coffee and, after switching, gained weight and felt better. The physician author claims Postum is healthier and the entire family now drinks it.
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Postum
Wellville
Theresia
Independence Powers a People’s Paper in All Classes
The newspaper’s independence makes it highly desirable to all readers and its fearless accuracy in covering matters of public interest creates daily demand. It attracts top writers and uses modern facilities to assemble timely news for every day of the year.
The Washington Post Previewed as National Newspaper Guide
The Post is the leading Washington newspaper with comprehensive financial news market reports and business status. It serves merchants farmers and leisure readers with full sections on sales pricing columns and varied reading matter in its Sunday morning edition.
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Post
Sunday Post’s Displayed Excellence in Content and News
The illustrated magazine section features selections by prominent writers and thoughtful fiction from noted authors. Foreign news is timely and accurate, with pages devoted to this matter. The Sunday Post is regarded as the best visitor to any household.
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The Sporting Department The Sunday Post Pink Sheet
The Sporting Section of The Sunday Post chronicles every outdoor and indoor sport worldwide. It covers baseball, running, billiards, auto racing, yachts, boating, golf, tennis, swimming, and more in comprehensive, accurate reports.
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