Taft Is Nominated On First Ballot At 1908 GOP Convention
At Chicago the 1908 Republican National Convention ends with Theodore Roosevelt ally Taft winning on the first ballot by 702 votes. James S. Sherman of New York is chosen as Taft’s running mate after a rousing scene as the delegates move to unanimous support.
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James S. Sherman
New York
Taft
Chicago
United States
William H. Taft
Ohio
Knox
la Follette
Buckeye
Theodore BE. Burton
George A. Knight
California
Wisconsin
Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Robert la Follette
Charles E. Hughes
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Penrose
Boutell
Henry
Georgia
Foraker
Cochems
Party Platform Endorses Tariff Revision and Strong Federal Policy
The platform calls for a special session after the next president’s inauguration to revise tariffs, upholds court authority, and seeks injunctive process reform. It supports railroad rate laws, interstate traffic agreements with competition, anti-monopoly measures, good roads aid, civil service enforcement, natural resource conservation, navy strength, and pensions. It also urges Porto Rico citizenship, New Mexico and Arizona statehood, a Bureau of Mines, postal savings, and merchant marine revival.
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Congress
Philippines
Commission
Postal Savings Bank
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Porto Rico
New Mexico
Arizona
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Lumbermen Win Victory Over Lumber Rates Eastward
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled favorably on five Northwestern lumber rate cases. It knocked out the 10 cent coasting eastward rate west of the Missouri River and reduced eastern territory increases by 50 percent or more. The Willamette Valley to San Francisco rate was nearly wiped out, with only offset for water-rate increases. The Inland Empire gets relief from excessive rates, with more favorable differentials. Portland gateway to Utah shipments opened temporarily. no routing via Portland for Washington lumber east of the Cascades. New rates effective by August 15, 1908, run for two years, after which railroads may raise rates again. Also notes Portland market prices for wheat, barley, oats, hay, butter, hops, eggs, wool, and mohair.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Willamette Valley
San Francisco
Portland
Inland Empire
Commission
Washington
Utah Territory
Cascade Mountains
Portland Gateway
Commission For Relief
Bryan Could Reach Nomination Without All Eastern States
Chicago June 22 Bryan can read his title clear to the Democratic nomination by the convention meeting in Denver July 7. A thorough canvass of states shows Bryan with 788 delegates if New York and New Jersey are missed and six Florida votes uncounted, or 116 over two thirds of 1008.
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Sherman
New York
Cannon
Timothy Woodruff
Congress
Committee On Resolutions
Senator Hopkins
Illinois
la Follett
Cooper
Wisconsin
Hopkins
Chicago
William Jennings Bryan
Denver
Bryan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Florida
Philippines
Market prices for grains hay butter eggs in the Pacific Northwest
Wheat and oats prices listed for Eastern Washington and Puget Sound. Barley and hay values shown for different regions including Washington and Oregon. Butter and eggs prices noted for creamery and local selections with per pound and per dozen figures.
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Puget Sound
Washington
Washington Creamery
Oregon
Eastern
Cure for sore nipples using Cham berlain's Salve advised
Advice for nursing mothers recommends Cham berlain's Salve to soothe sore nipples after nursing. Wipe before the next feeding and many trained nurses report good results. Evans Drug Co. markets the salve.
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Chamberlain
Evans Drug Co
Untidy Parks Reflect Civic Duty and Cleanliness
A New York man argues Sunday park visitors should imitate boyhood camping discipline by gathering all scraps and packing them to a dispose facility. He stresses preserving forest fire safety and respect for others rights to keep parks attractive all season.
Prehistoric Mother Goose by Baby Bunting
Poem fragment about Daddy Bunting hunting for a dinosaur skin to wrap his Baby Bunting, published in Puck. The playful verse blends nursery rhyme cadence with prehistoric creatures.
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Puck
Tasty Chickens and Multi Flavor Bird Claims
A reader quotes a seller touting chickens fed on duck and pheasant foods to create three flavors in one bird. The remark stacks novelty on poultry farming chatter and reflects quirky grocery lore from local markets.
Delirious Worries Noted In Light Verse
A light verse from the Washington Star notes that what troubles one person may seem humorous to others, reflecting a common theme of perspective in everyday worry.
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Washington Star
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Burton
Fulton
Grant
George H. Williams
United States Senate
Reconstruction Committee
Senate
Williams
GE Everett
A. S. Hopepen
Portland Markets
Wilamette Valley
Wool—Valley
Seattle
Canada
Hanson
John Hanson
Merchant Tailor
South C St
Harper
Kentucky
Fred Hewett
Humboldt
South F Street
Aberdeen
Wash
Herald Printery
TEL
East
Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
J. F. Bennett
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