Vanderbilt Cup Race Sets New American Speed Record
George R Robertson won the 258 mile Vanderbilt Cup in a Locomobile, achieving a new American road racing speed record while 20,000 spectators braved showers and a slippery course. The race ended before all finishers completed the full distance amid crowd interference and several disqualifications or retirements.
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George R Robertson
America
Herbert Lytle
James Florida
Strang
Renault
Foxhall Keene
Mercedes
Mathewson
Kyall
Chadwick
Haupts
Hotchkies
Kilpatrick
Patechek
Acme
Matheerm
Chevrolet
Thomas
Bryan landslide forecast swells for 1908 election
National Chairman Mack predicts Bryan will win at least 301 electoral votes, with a broad western to eastern landslide. He cites reports from multiple states including New York New Jersey Connecticut and Idaho and notes Republican majorities eroding.
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Mack
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Ryan
Atlantic
Solid South
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Connecticu
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Nevara
Nevada
Indiana
Ohio
Delaware
Kansas
South Dakota
Roosevelt
Empire State
Connecticut
Robertson
West Virginia
du Pontiem
Illinois
Taft
Pacific Coast
Oregon
South
Nebraska
Democratic Campaign Fund Still Swelling
Chicago on October 24 reports nineteen contributors to the presidential campaign fund. Names include H. F. Brapel of Missouri, Hubert W. Speer, Mrs. M. P. Steele, Crescent City Port Pilots, and others from Maryland to New York with gifts ranging around 100 dollars.
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Chicago
Committee of One
Baltimore
Meridian Bryan and Kern Club
Meridian
Misa
H. F. Brapel
Missouri
Central Democratic Club
Tennessee
J HM. Bankhead
Alabama
Hubert W. Speer
M. PF. Steele
Colorado
William M. Brown
M. F. Bingham
M. F. Maloney
Illnois
Crescent City Port Pilots
New Orleans
Frank J. Looney
H. B. McMurray
Louisiana
George F. Washburn
Massachusetts
Charles R. Slight
Michigan
Daniel Rheehan
J. B. Schwarzabach
New York
G. W. Abell
South Dakota
A. L. Childress
Quebec Village Doomed by Bush Fires Near La Chute
A Quebec village Bt. Mitchel de Wentworth about fourteen miles north of La Chute faces destruction as bush fires rage for three days and close in to within a mile of Mc Faule' Camp on the village edge.
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Quebec
la Chute
Bt. Mitchel de Wentworth
Mc Faule
Healey Wins National Women's Golf Championship
In Washington on October 24 Miss Katherine C Healey of Fall River Mass won the women's national championship in a sensational final defeating Mrs He Polhamus of the Richmond County club Staten Island by six up and five to play
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Washington
Katherine C. Healey
Fall River
Mass
Harley
He Polhamus
Richmond County Club
Staten Island
Roosevelt and Bryan Campaign Schedule and Fund Update
The article details William Jennings Bryan planned stump visits in Paterson Ohio Indiana and Chicago with a Madison Square Garden speech and a 2 am City Hall Park address by the Night Workers' League. It also notes campaign fund additions to Herman Ridder including Archibald McNeill and John T. McGraw and reports no predictions from Republican HQs as Taft prepares stops in New Haven Port Chester Brooklyn and Manhattan with college meetings and speakers such as Frank B. Black Dolliver Wetmore and Straus.
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Manhattan
Thomas L. Hisgen
John T. Graves
C. J. Shearn
Mr. Hearst
Carnegie
Hisgen
Hearst
Standard OW Company
Cleveland
Standard OI
Paynes
Willam M. Whitney
Calvin 8. Brice
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Standard
Hanna
Oil Company
Roosevelt
Mr. Cleveland
Mark Hanna
dGiovernor Stone
Pennsylvania
John D Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Morrison
Mee Keen
Supreme Court
Stone
John Henderson
Mendvville
John PP Elkin
John PD. Archbold
Elkin
House
Senate
Independence Party
Standard Oil
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Mack
Paterson
Ohio
Indiane
Chicago
Gompers
Knox
Madison Square Garden
W. J. Bryan
Night Workers’ League
City Hall Park
Herman Ridder
National Campaign Committee
Republican
New York
Republican National
Hitchcock
Taft
New Haven
Port Chester
Frank &. Black
Dolliver
Iowa
Edmund Wetmore
John L. Griffiths
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Speecs
Gary
Ind
W. H. Taft
Indiana
Harry
Judge Taft
Hoosier
Art
Pryen
Greenfield
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Hemenway
McKinley
James Lennon
Elkhart
Ann Arbor
Judge Rock
Brotherhood
Lakeshore
Toledo
Lennon
Jude Taft
Worse Dealings With Brokers Bared In Court
In New York a courtroom focus on Charles W. Morse and ties to the National Bank of North America, with testimony detailing large checks and stock transfers through brokers Alfred Loeb & Co and others. Bank records show mounting overdrafts and daily notes to cover checks as the trial progresses with director Rehwab to return next Monday.
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New York
Ocer
Charles W. Morse
National Bank of North America
Morse
H. PD. Curtis
United States Court
Hough
Tions
Joseph J. McCann
Arthur Lippen & Co
J. L. Adeliph
Alfred Shurdie
Albert Loeb & Co
Loeb & Co
J. F P. Carroll
Consolidated Gas
Delaware and Hudson
Moxey
National Bank of North American
Murase
Charles M. Behwab
Schwab
Rehwab
Bryan Draws Huge Crowds in Empire State Tour
W J Bryan tours New York state attracting large workingmen crowds in Port Jervis Binghamton Oswego and Waterville. He urges voters to back the democratic ticket and Lewis Chanler for governor while criticizing Taft and Gov Hughes on insurance limits and trusts amid a busy rail journey.
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Morning Journal
Elmira
W. J. Bryan
Empire State
Port Jarvis
Binghamton
Oswego
Waverly
Mr. Bryan
Jersey City
Bryan
New York State Democratic Committee
Paterson
N. J
Taft
New York
Lewis
Chanler
Goshen
Hughes
Democratic Party
Hancock
Ryan
Erie
Bryan speech at Princeton on labor question Wrighting
William J. Bryan addressed a large crowd in Princeton New Jersey on October 24 focusing on labor issues He criticized the presidents stance on labor and urged a labor representation in government cabinet noting many Americans diverge from the presidents view He warned against creating a federal labor department without proper alignment to right principles Continued on Page 2 Column 2
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William J. Bryan
Labor
Bee
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