Denial of Taft assassination attempt circulates
Washington July 18 officials deny a sensational report that a bomb wrapped in a package was sent to President Tafts desk at the White House. Secretary to the Treasury Sherman Allen opened the parcel and extinguished a dynamite fuse though officials insist the tale is wholly unfounded.
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Washington
Iife
Taft
White House
Wilkie
Secret Service
Sherman Allen
Treasury
Allen
Emerson Brantingham merger forms six new firms
Announcement in Rockford lists a merger capitalization of 60 million dollars. The Emerson Brantingham company unites with Emerson Carriage Emerson Newton Implement Emerson Newton Kansas City Jemerson Brantingham Plow Emerson Brantingham Implement Gas Traction and LaCrosse Hay Tool firms from Chicago Heights Minneapolis Spokane Dallas Rockford and others.
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Rockford
Emerson-Brantingham Company
Emerson- Brantingham Company
Emerson Carriage Company
Emerson-Newton Implement Company
Minneapolis
Emerson- Newton Company
Kansas City
Jemerson-Brantingham Plow Company
Dallas
Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company
Spokane
Gas Traction Company
LaCrosse Hay Tool Company
Chicago Heights
Battle in Alabama leaves one bandit dead
Montgomery July 18 a posse battle at Alexander City ended with the death of one bandit. Post office Inspector Brannon reported the incident. Authorities believe the gang took part in a Auburn post office robbery and may be connected to a Queen and Crescent train robbery in Mississippi.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alexander City
Auburn
Postoffice
Brannon
Queen and Crescent
Mississippi
Three Arrested for Forged Checks In City
Police report two more arrests after Ray Hayes, 19, confessed implicating Arthur Rankin, 20, Detroit Michigan, and Harold Blough, 22, Waterloo, in passing forged checks last Saturday. The three suspects are now in city jail.
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Ray Hayes
Arthur Rankin
Arthur J. Pawling
Detroit
Mich
Harold Blough
Waterloo
Pork barrel passes in rivers and harbors bill
Washington July 18 The rivers and harbors appropriation carrying 38 million dollars including 6 million for Mississippi river improvement was finally passed by the Senate when the conference report was adopted. Democrats of the Senate were defeated 37 to 7 as a filibuster effort against the 156 million sundry civil appropriations bill resumed.
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Washington
Senate
New York Police Scandal Follows Rosenthal Murder
Herman Rosenthal a famed gambler and critic of Police Lieutenant Becker was shot and killed outside the Metropole Hotel on West Forty-third Street by taxi cab passengers. The case drew public attention as Captain Day at the West Forty-seventh Street station kept a police lookout at Rosenthal’s house after a raid tied to Becker’s strong arm squad.
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Herman Rosenthal
New York
Becker
West Forty-fifth Street
Afetropole
West Forty-third Street
Broadway
Rosenthal
Captain Day
Wee
Forty-seventh Street
Waldo
Nine Drowned in Cloudburst at Barren Run
In Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania a cloudburst near Barren Run claimed nine lives. Mrs John Raymond, her six children, her brother Mike Rovinsky and her mother were among the dead. Raymond escaped from the barn but others perished as floodwaters swept the ravine.
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Jacobs Creek
John Raymond
Mike Rovinsky
Raymond
Barren Run
Des Moines Publisher Emer Depew Dies at 54
Emer son Depew, 54, publisher of the Northwestern Banker, died in a Des Moines hospital after a short illness. He recently had an operation, which weakened the heart, ending 26 years in Des Moines for his publishing career and involvement with various magazines and periodicals.
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Des Moines
Emerson Depew
Northwestern Banker
Depew
Northwest
Jewelry Stolen On Busy Chicago Street
Jewelry valued near 25000 dollars was taken from Patrick Mc Dermott on a crowded street in front of 12 Wabash avenue. Mc Dermott carried a sample case for Jacob Levin, a salesman with Low Taufig Carpas company of Kansas City. Temperature markings appear from a weather page fragment.
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Chicago
Mic
Wabash Avenue
Patrick McDermott
Jacob Levin
Low-Tauffig-Carpases Company
Kansas City
Mooney Declines Taft Assistant Secretary Offer
Cranville W. Mooney former Ohio assembly speaker declines offer to become assistant secretary to President Taft succeeding Sherman B. Aven of Vermont who was nominated for assistant secretary of the treasury.
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Washington
Cranville W. Mooney
Ohio Assembly
Taft
Sherman B. Aven
Vermont
the Treasury
Life History of Civil War Veteran Revealed by Pension Examiner
A U.S. pension agent investigates W. S. Usher, dead, whose widow seeks a pension. Usher deserted his first wife Charlotte Graves in Chicago and remarried in Toronto, having two children, then deserted the second wife and later served in Bath, New Brunswick. His daughter, living in Chicago, believed him dead for years. Eldora residents recall his unreliability as a husband and soldier, and he is buried in Bath, North Dakota.
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Eldora, Ja
Girk
Eldora
United States Pension l Agency
Usher
Winfield Scout Usher
Charlotte Graves
Chicago
Army
Union
New York
Toronto
Canada
Bath
Johnston
Senator John D Works asked to resign by progressives
In Los Angeles on July 18 United States Senator John D Works faced a demand to resign for criticizing the proposed progressive party. The telegram, signed by forty progressives led by Lieut Gov A J Wallace Mayor Lissner and the state republican central committee chair, was sent to Works in Washington.
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Los Angeles
Cal
New “Progressive Party
Washington
United States
John D. Works
A. J. Wallace
Lissner
California
Republican Central Committee
Mr. Works
Farmer Herman Weberking Buys Minnesota Farm
Herman Weberking a substantial Black Hawk county farmer has bought a farm in Mower County Minnesota through the Riehl Land company He reports crops on the new property are fine.
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Minnesota
Herman Weberking
Black Hawk County
Mower County
Minn
Riehl Land
American Minister Boundaries as Umpire in Dominican Dispute
Fenry W. Farnisa, the American Minister to Hast, is authorized to depart Port au Prince to serve as umpire at the Wayden Dominican boundary. He will judge a question in the cross border dispute, a move the State Department deems helpful to both nations.
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Fenry W. Farnisa
Hast
Port Au Prince
Wayden
State Department
Mr. Furniss
Libby and Shapiro Place Blame in Rosenthal Murder
New York dispatch says Libby and Shapiro, owners of the murder car, claim Jack Rose hired the auto for the trip to the Metropole where Herman Rosenthal was killed. They deny involvement and say detectives pressed them, while Rose was questioned for two hours about the crime.
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Jack
Rose
Rosenthal
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Hans Libby
Wm. Shapiro
Jack Rose
Becker
Bronx
Louis Libby
William Shapiro
Libby
Cafe Boulevard
Whitney
Boulevard
Fourteenth Street
Shapiro
Flo
Tizke
Sixth Avenue
Forty Third Street
Acker, Merrill and Condit
Cohan Theater
Body found in New York after child slayer case
News item reports Nathan Swarz and his son tied to a violent crime aftermath. Swarz allegedly admitted guilt in a letter to his mother and died by suicide with a gun, leaving a note about guilt and sorrow. The piece also covers a late auto crash in which six people were injured, including Mrs. Roy Bryant, with grave injuries and several others improving at Pine Street Hospital.
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New York
Nathan Swaartz
Auae
Christie Street
Swarz
Swartz
Swarts
Lawrence Smith
Stearns
Logan Avenue
Center Street
Roy Bryant
Bob Clapp
Ping Street
Cedar Falls
Clapp
Smith
Logan
Ilinola Central Crossing
Henry Appel
Pine Street Hospital
George Johnson
Norris Roe Proposes New Primary Campaign Approach
Washington July 18 Representative Norris of Nebraska a progressive Republican and Roosevelt backer sent a letter through John L Kennedy Nebraska state Republican chairman proposing another senatorial primary with new restrictions for Roosevelt and Taft electors. He urges electors for both sides to align with the final result and responds to criticism demanding support for Taft or leave the Republican ticket.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Roosevelt
John L. Kennedy
Bank Clearings And Real Estate Records
Watering bank clearings for the week ending July 15 show weekly totals and year over year comparison. Instruments recorded include mortgages and deeds for the period ending July 17, with totals to date and detailed amounts.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
al Banka
Dees
Sho Haron
Chaltel
Progressives to Hold National Convention at Coliseum
The Progressive national convention is set for August 5 to 8 or 9 at the Coliseum with the same setup as the Republican gathering last month. Delegates and press will use standard telegraph and telephone services and the distribution of delegates will follow a half-sized plan compared with other party arrangements.
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Hiensa
The
Preas
Taft
Attorney General Cosson Undergoes Appendicitis Operation
Des Moines reports attorney general George Cosson underwent an appendicitis operation yesterday at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. A late telegram said the operation was successful and Cosson’s condition was encouraging. Cosson left Des Moines Sunday night for Rochester. Mrs Cosson accompanied him.
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Des Moines
George Cosson
Rochester
Minn
Drs. Mayo
Hoon
Parker presidential campaign fund cited at one million
W S Sheehan of New York testified before a Senate committee that the Democratic campaign fund held about one million dollars when Alton B Parker ran for president in 1904. He was then chairman of the Democratic National Committee.
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Washington
Democratic
Alton B. Parker
W. S. Sheehan
New York
Sonae Committee
Sheehan
Democratic Nations
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Glouddurst
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Buchanan Optical Co
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Works
H. W. Furniss
Clayerd
Ack" Rose
Dougherty
atby-Shapiro
Labby
West Forts Third Street
Nathan Swartz
Sage
Uto
A. Watkins
L. W. Bryant
Roy Watkins
Ies
Dob Chipp
Norris Roe New Primary
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