Bryan Attacks High Tariff in Des Moines Speech
Democratic candidate Sam J. Bryan spoke at a Des Moines baseball park urging tariff reduction and challenging Republican pledges. He argued the party favoring protection benefits manufacturers while workers and farmers bear the burden, and urged that taxation be based on benefits received, with a gradual revenue tariff and possible income tax to balance the system.
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Des Alpines
Sam J. Bryan
Bryan
Des Moines
Frank W. Brown
Lincoln
Robert F. Rose
Savery Hotel
A. J. Mathis
Sears
Sioux City
Jerry Sulivan
Wade
Fred E. White
Iowa
Young Men's
Bryan Club
Republican Campaign
Washington
Congress
No Funds To Try Hains Brothers in Queens Case
District Attorney Darrin of Queens refuses to act in the murder case against Captain Peter C. Hains and T Jenkins Hales until the estimate board provides between 15000 and 20000 dollars. He cites a near empty fund and inability to proceed including for affidavits. Major John Powell Hains notes no reconciliation between Captain Hains and his wife.
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Long Island City
Darrin
Queens County
Peter C. Hains
T. Jenkins Hales
Board of Estimate
Body in Camden trunk mystery solved by clerk
Philadelphia reports the Camden trunk case nears closure as Harry Friedman of Johnstown identifies the corpse as Samuel J. Rosenbloom, missing Windber resident and prominent coal town figure, whose disappearance last November had sparked alarm. Indictments also arise in Atlantic City over gambling and Sunday sales, with a grand jury returning two indictments led by Justice Trenchan at Governor Fert’s request.
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Camden
Johnstown
Philadelphia
Harry Friedman
Samuel J. Rosenbloom
Samuel J. Rosenbloon
Rosenbloom
Windber
Somerset County
Atlantic City
Mays Landing
N. J
Supreme Court
Trenchan
Fert
Gambing
Myeor
Atantic City
Charles Gondell
Aesset Bt
Sateen
Missing woman in Madholse claimed drugged abduction
New York August report says Mrs Lit tle Long, a 37 year old wife of William Long, vanished from Brooklyn June 1 after being drugged with morphine and carried in a blanket to an automobile and detained at a Long Island insane asylum. Her brother Charles Flay seeks writ of habeas corpus alleging she is sane and being confined unlawfully. He cites alleged separation offer and her husband’s alleged infidelity.
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New York
Long Island
Women to Chase Aerial Record From Long Island
Four socially prominent women from New York and Philadelphia prepare to launch from Huntington Bay on a record aerial voyage in a 50,000 cubic foot passenger balloon Philadelphia. They will be joined by Dr. Thomas H. Eldridge and Dr. George H. Simmerman of Philadelphia for the Eldridge Simmerman ladies' aeronautical cup, with Philadelphians selecting two New York entrants.
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New York
Philadelphia
Huntington Bay
Long Island
Balloo
Thomas H. Eldridge
George H. Simmerman
Eldridge-Simmerman
Philadelphia Aeronautical Society
Jet
The Monetary Commission Heads Home From London
The American national monetary commission subcommittee concluded its London session and will return to the United States. They collected extensive information on the British monetary system and consulted prominent bankers including Lord Rothschild and the Bank of England governors. Senators Hale Daniel and Vreeland will travel to Paris to study the French system, while Senator Aldrich takes a continental holiday.
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London
American National Monetary Commission
America
Lord Rothschild
Lord Revelstoke
Bank of England
Hale
Marne Salle
Mauretania
Daniel
Virginia
Despondent Glenville man hangs self after knife attempt
In Greenwich area near Glenville, John Merchiejohn aged 55, driven by poverty and his wife's wish for necessities, killed himself by hanging from a tree after a prior failed throat cut with a penknife. He had left a woolen mill four months earlier and suffered extreme destitution.
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Glenville
Conn
Greenwich
John Merchiejohn
Meichiejoba
Oil Petition Angers Judges In Rebate Case
Chicago reports say the government will attack judges in the Chicago and Alton rebate case against Standard Oil of Indiana in a rehearing petition. The court previously reversed a $29,000,000 fine and ordered a new trial, with Judge Grasscup criticizing the trial judge. The petition, by Attorney General Bonaparte and Frank Kellogg, accuses the court of bias and misreading the record in favor of Standard Oil.
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Chicago
Standard Company
Grosscup
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago and Alton
Standard OU Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Court of Appeals
Peter 8S
Grasscup
Charles J. Bonaparte
Versal
Landis
Elkins
Sherman Western Tour Aims to Aid GOP Campaign
In New York on August 22 remarks discuss a broad speaking tour for Republican vice presidential candidate James S. Sherman. Aimed at energizing central and western states, the plan is to follow William Jennings Bryan at major events and counter Democratic national issue discussions.
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New York
Congress
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
James $. Sherman
Mr. Bryan
Royal Airship Sailor at Tegel Infixes Prince Flight
Crown Prince Frederick William steered a military dirigible during a first balloon ascension at Tegel Berlin. He and the crown princess observed aerial craft drills and he planned a future ascent with Major Parseval.
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Germany
Frederick William
Berlin
Parseval
Tegel
Major von Kehler
Airship Study Company
Frederick Willam
The Roast and a Wry Literature Moment
A newspaper note sketches witty snippets from The Roast and a Difficult Case. A wife’s quip on Maeterlinck accompanies a surgeon’s late night meeting with three doctors. Yorick Hamm quips about mutton chop whiskers amid a banker role prompt.
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Ewillie
Jub
Yorick Hamm
Kansas City Journal
Ad Mystery: What You’ll Lose for a Nickel in 25 Cent Ad
A brief note asks readers what they would miss if a 25 cent advertisement gets its price cut or removed. It hints at a small price change affecting advertising choices and reader decisions.
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Tari
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Miles
Hains Brothers
Madholse
Lottie Long
Husband
W. Y
the Monetary Commission
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Cuba
McGinney & Rokeby Construction Company
Ioausel Ban
U. S
Sherman
Dewey
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Loderiti
Rickhant Devine
Evening Democrat
Royal Airship Sailor
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Maeterlinck
Washington Post
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Fashion Department
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Palace
Castle
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Walter @ Pratt
Berton Boston Furniture CO
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