CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI-LIST PARTY
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
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CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI-LIST PARTY
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI-LIST PARTY
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI-LIST PARTY
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS; SOCI-LIST PARTY
Began Career as Locomotive Fireman; Was City Clerk Terre Haute for Years Then Elected to Legislature
Debs died at a suburban sanitarium, having been unconscious since Saturday, with physicians attributing the death to a heart affliction of 35 years duration; the funeral is to take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
The death of Debs, a lecturer and organizer, at a suburban sanitarium.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. (AP) - Eugene V. Debs, died at a suburban sanitarium. He had been unconscious since last Saturday. Physicians said the will to live stayed death which came due to a heart affliction of 35 years duration. The funeral will take place at Terre Haute, Indiana, and cremation at Indianapolis.
Mr. Debs, a brilliant lecturer and organizer, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., November 5, 1855, to Daniel and Marguerite (Betterich) Debs. He had but a common school education. On June 9, 1885, he was married to Katherine Metzel. Prior to his marriage he secured employment as a locomotive fireman on the Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R., remaining there for about four years. He was employed in the wholesale grocery house of Human & Co. for the following four years.
He served as city clerk of Terre Haute from 1879 to 1883 and became a member of Indian's legislature in
(Continued on Page Eight)
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Seward Daily Gateway, October 22, 1926, page 1.
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Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.
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