Oct 3 History and astronomy notes
Historic dates mark Oct 3 and Oct 4 with battles and births. Notable entries mention Miles Standish dying in 1656 and Rutherford Hayes born 1822 while Hayes died 1893. Moon age nine to ten days and Mercury visible after sunset frame the astronomy notes amid brief political commentary on taft Hearst and pensions debates.
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Miles Standish
William Mortis
Germantown
Washington
Jacob Brown
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
Columbia College
Mercury
Democrats Seem Poised To Gain In U S House Race
Reports indicate a national uprising against Joy Cannonism and a predicted shift in the U S House with 143 districts likely to vote Democratic, 118 Republican, 130 doubtful, and a possible Democratic majority of nine if doubts split evenly. International notes cite protests against motor traffic in England Irelands, urging government action on road dangers and costs.
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Lloyd
Campaign chatter on Hearst, Hughes and mudslinging
In Middletown and Ansonia papers readers note that Harriman’s letter book on the four year campaign fund is untouched and predict a clean race if Hearst stays out of it. Chanter calls Hughes a fair fighter, while Hearst clubs are mocked as floppers. The New York police are noted as partial to speeders from this state.
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Joa’ Cannon
Taft
W. R. Hearst
Haskell
New Britain Herald
Joe
Harriman
Middletown Press
Hearst
New York
Chanter
Hughes
Ansonia Sentinel
Bryan
Connecticut
New Haven Journal and Courier
Wilbur Wright
English Channel
New London
New Haven
Judge Banks
Star Chamber
Treasure Recovery Device Aims at Lutine Gold
A new slotted steel tube system, 100 feet long, will be lowered from a barge off Bridlington to reach H M S Lutine’s sunken wreck. Divers enter via central chamber and use suction dredgers to clear sand, transferring treasure to a bottom chamber then to the wreck deck. Engineers in the chamber coordinate via portable telephones.
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Colne
Bridghtlings
Lutine
Terschelling
Holland
London 1 Daily Mail
Flurry of Negro Voters Roils New York Meeting
In New York at a Bethel A M E church meeting of negro Republicans Governor Hughes arrived as auditors clashed over a Boston reference. Henry Lincoln Johnson of Atlanta claimed the Brownsville shooting included negro soldiers, prompting boos and a near riot as Johnson’s remarks were drowned by uproar. Senator Foraker's name drew loud applause from the crowd.
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New York
Hughes
Bethel A. M. E
Brownsville
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Atlanta, Ga
Johnson
Senator Foraker
Hartford Bridge Poster Becomes Official Souvenir Card
The publicity committee spreads a colored poster statewide and teams with Gustave Fischer & Co to reproduce the design as an official souvenir card for the upcoming Hartford bridge dedication. Demand has led to three editions in ten days, showing two aboriginal Indians by a camp fire and visions of a future stone bridge spanning the river.
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Hartford Bridge
Gustave Fischer & Co
Hartford
Fischer
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Bnes
East Main St
Eas Fale
Bunny Jim
Brown
Evening Democrat
Waterbury, Conn
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Democrat Publishing Company
Titmonano Sr, Wareanouy
Come C. Maloney
Associated Press
United States
Waterbury
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
John W. Kern
Indiana
A. Heaton Robertson
Rollin A. Tyler
Haddam
Andrew J. Broughel
George Mischler
Meriden
John M. Brady
New Britain
Christopher Avery
Groton
Louis Schmidt
Southington
Samuel L. Bronson
Tryon E. Robertson
Montville
Melbert E. Cary
Ridgefield
M. Chapin
New Hartford
George Leonard
Middletown
Oscar O. Tanner
Willimantic
Thomas J. Gibbons
John F. Shanley
Kern
Congressional Campaign Committee
Chicago
J. H. Mulville, the Undertaker
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Moriartys
Polis
Arthur J.sunny
Grand St
A. & Pain
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Ashi Doutle
Vise
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A&p
Snider
A& P
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Haa
Tomatre
Baten
Suiter
Dan Snider
Ae Bast
Democrat
England
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Main
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Verona
China
OAK Buffet
Brussels
Morris
Fine Bed
Foraker
Colin F. Wilson
South Main Street
Poli's Theater
Paul Gilmour
the Boys Company
Aida Johnson Young
Imperial Moving Pictures
Elsie Sutton
Polis Theater
Milford & Rouclere
Princess Iris
Post's Theater
Cohan & Harris
George M. Cohan
Boston
Cohan
Poli’s Own Stock Co
Thomas Benton Caraban, Jr
Taft and
Rick's Academy
Eagles’ Hall
Superior Moving
Danbury Hat Ch
Sears
Center St
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Lallier
City Hall
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Government Air Ship
G. M. Rundle
Danbury
Conn
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Harold D. Smith
Buckingham Music Hall
Buckingham Pharmacy
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