N A M Aids Taft Sherman Ticket Before 1908 Convention
Senate lobby records reveal the National Association of Manufacturers steered the 1908 Republican platform and backed James Sherman for vice president. Mulhall testified that N A M officials coordinated with Taft campaign managers and urged action against AFL strikes while aiding Jenkins' Wisconsin race funds.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
James 3. Sherman
Senate
Col. Mulhatl
Taft
Mulhall
van Cleave
Emery
Chicago
James F. Sherman
Henry Towne Bannon
Portsmouth
Ohio
Watron
Roosevelt
Rooosevelt
Watson
Heat Wave Grips Nation With Fatal Prostrations
July heat wave kills four in Omaha and three in Kansas City and causes numerous prostrations across the region. Record high temperatures sweep Kansas and Missouri with 109 to 113 degree readings in cities, and a 99 to 110 degree spread noted in Illinois and Indiana street thermometers.
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Omaha
Kansas City
Evanaville
Ind
Pana
Hainois
Two States Hit by Floods in Violent Storm
A severe storm floods southeastern Ohio and West Virginia, sweeping away lines and cutting all communications. Warnings went out too late as wires failed, with no confirmed loss of life. Reports note a few culvert breaches and creeks overflowing at Viola and Majorsville.
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Big
Wheeling Creeks
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
Telu- Ohie
Ohie
Viola
Majorsville
Women Arrested Defy Mayor in Portland Street Meeting
In Portland on July 18 a crowd of about 20 women led by Dr. Marié Equi held a street meeting despite mayoral orders. Equi, a physician and suffragette leader, vowed to resist arrest and warned she would strike any officer with a poisoned pin if molested, prompting police to intervene with two officers.
No Intervention for Mexico Now
Washington reports the Wilson administration shows no plan to recognize the Huerta government or intervene in Mexico. Officials refute foreign demands to influence Europe or Mexico policy, insisting the United States will not change course. A “frame up” anti American demonstration in Mexico City is seen as orchestrated to pressure recognition, with confidential reports suggesting financial interests behind Huerta support.
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United States
Pres. Huerta
Washington
Wilson
Europe
Mexico
Messoph
United Ites
Huerta
Wison
Taft
Huerta &Vernment
Notable Figures Named in Murder Case Details
The text identifies Miss Gertrude Barn as a Chicago judge's daughter, a college graduate, and a longtime Hull House assistant of seven years. It also notes Misa Barnum as the general organizer of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
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Gertrude Barn
Chicago
Jane Addams
Hull House
Misa Barnum
International Ladies’ Gavernt Workers’ Union
Polar Expedition Aground Near Battle Harbor Newfoundland
The sealing steamer Diana carrying the Donald MacMillan expedition to Crockerland ran aground 40 miles west of Battle Harbor in the Straits of Belle Isle. Revenue cruiser Stella Maris was sent to assist. Damage extent is not yet known. The news came via wireless relays from Bay of Islands on Newfoundland’s west coast.
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St. Johns
Newfoundland
Diana
Donald McMillan
Crockerland
Hale
Barge Point
Battle Harbor
Straits of
Belle Isle
Stella Maris
Bay of Islands
Labrador
Woman Ridden on Bail by Own Sex in Illinois Village
In Waukegan Illinois on July 18 a village stunt ended with Mrs John H Richardson dragged through Volo by a mob of women and dumped into mud. The affair followed suspicions she favored her brother in law, a paralytic storekeeper, and included a planned second raid with hot tar that failed. Richardson later mortgaged his store to send her toward Chicago. The Dunnill couple and other villagers plotted a yearlong “rail” party to shame her, with men meant to be invited, but the plan unraveled as Dunnill left town after learning of the mob.
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Waukegan
Ill
John H Richardson
Yalo, Jr
Will Dunnill
Chicago
Volo
Richardson
Duaiil
Dunaills
Richardsons
Dunnil
Mrs. Richardson
Dunnill
England
Duunill
Paris
Mondar
Foiled Plot to Kill American Consul in Piedras Negras
Reported plot to assassinate Consul Luther Ellsworth in Piedras Negras was traced after official records moved to the U S side within 24 hours. Ellsworth spent the night at the Eagle Pass army post and declined to discuss alleged plan details.
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Piedras Negras
Mexico
Eagle Pass Army Post
Eagle Pass
Tex
Mex
Luther Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Army Post
State Department
Washington
Woman Charged in Murder Case in Chicago
Mrs. Eliza beth Desamune was formally charged with the murder of James Acques a West Side restaurant owner whose body was found with four bullet wounds behind the defendant's home. Bail set at five thousand dollars. Police suspect the slaying occurred at her residence and the body moved to the lot.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Desamune
James Acques
West Shde
Murder charge against spy incited attack on street
A murder charge was brought in connection with an alleged spy involved in an incited attack on a public street. Police and prosecutors described a coordinated effort aimed at harming a target during the incident.
Father and Uncle to Jail in Circuit Court
Albert Warren, 39, was sentenced to 18 years after a jury found him guilty of charges brought by his child. His 16 year old sister? No. Walter Warren, 21, pleaded guilty to the same charge and received six years. The grand jury cleared Yeary Norman in the Oscar McRoy killing after a three week inquiry.
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Marion
Albert Warren
Richard &. Farrand
Bin
Nirl
Walter Warren
Alvert
Oscar McRoy
Yeary Norman
Norman
Coro
Doug
Exchange Prices Slump as Stock Seat Sells at 37000
A New York stock exchange seat sold for 37000, down 1000 from a recent fast sale echoing a low point in years. The market activity signals a renewed softening in exchange seat values amid July trading.
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Exchange
New York
New_York stock exchange
Giant Austrian Bell Powers Steel Mill Sparks
An immense bell, 207 feet long and 3 1/2 feet wide, is used to transmit nearly 2000 horsepower in an Austrian steel mill. The device, noted as one of the world’s largest, underscores the scale of the plant’s power transmission system.
Five Miners Rescued After Hours Beneath Water In Mine
Eveleth Minnesota July 18 five men entombed by a cloudburst were saved after 32 hours of rescue work. They were located by tapping a pipe drilled 40 feet into the mine and pulled to the surface as water rose neck deep. The rescued men Joseph Polezs Baptista Seronsi Gins Domenci John Sop and Ulck Karenich all under 36 years old. three are married.
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Eveleth
Minn
Rhe Taen
Tor
Joseph Polezs
Baptista Seronsi
Gins Domenci
John Sop
Ulck Karenich
Tuberculosis Doctor and Aged Woman Die in Monterey Tragedy
San Jose report says Stephen Mastick 40s tuberculosis invalid killed himself in a Monterey lake after aiding an 86 year old woman by 72 hours of drugging and recording her death. The couple allegedly pledged a joint death plan, with a Friday celebration of their intentions. The woman had supported Mastick with a $12 monthly pension.
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San Jose
Cal
Dave J. Smith
Stephen Mastick
Monterey
Mastick
Monters
Mastic
Prospective New Madrid Father Returns to Kentucky Penitentiary
Rich2ta Alien a 50 year old farmer from New Madrid Missouri, was in Louisville to resume a two year sentence for killing Deputy Sheriff Charles Tucker at Liberty Kentucky. He escaped jail in Liberty 26 years ago and was recently recognized. he is the father of seven children.
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Louisville
New Madrid
Frankfort
Charles Tucker
Liberty
Allen
Agul
Missouri
Tucker
Mar
Seattle Hosts Golden Potlatch Civic Parade
Seattle Washington on July 18 featured a grand civic parade for the Golden Potlatch, with Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Gov. Ernest Lister among the many distinguished figures and navy officials in attendance as about 5,000 people lined the route.
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Seattle
Wash
Navy
Josephus Antels
Ernest.Lister
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Saga
Resolutions Committee
Murdock
Campbell
Cooper
Nelson
Alexander
Faseet
Carter
Aldiich
Hemenway
Rome
Vatican
Germany
Sparta
Kalger
Kangas
Kansas
Neb
Weather Bureau
Heal
Chillicothe, Mo
L. H. Cristison
Chillicothe
Maryville
W. W
Pole
Portland, Ore
Patley
Polar Expedition
Volo, Ill
Mud Lake
ieLaw
Lot
Cleveland
G ‘Nent
Aggle Iidite
Near Kin
Minnesota
Hart
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