Convention Sites Sought for 1908 Republican Meet
Washington reports citizens' committees from Chicago Kansas City St Louis Denver Pittsburgh Seattle compete to host the 1908 Republican National Convention. Chicago is favored for facilities though venues across states are weighing central location hotel capacity and news transmission readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Washington
Chicago
Ams
Kansas City
Republican National Committee
St. Louis
Denver
Pittsburson
Seattle
Pittsburg
Missouri
Kansas
Elss
Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Alaska
Porto Rico
Hawaii
District of
Cal
Prominent Men Hold Conference on Waterway Transport
Washington December 6. At the National Rivers and Harbors Congress President Finley of the Southern Railway President James J Hill of the Great Northern and Ambassadors Jusserand and von Sternberg urged federal action to develop waterway transportation to relieve railroads. They argued canalized rivers would speed delivery and curb congestion while noting German and French practice. Hill warned unless new means are found prosperity will yield to panic from traffic bottlenecks and losing markets. The speakers favored waterways expansion as the logical solution and predicted the congress would mark an important shift in policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Finley
The
Southern Railway
James J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Jusserand
von Sternberg
France
Germany
Ambassador von Sternberg
Hill
Northwest
United States
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Endorsed By Le Raysville Merchant
O S Woolever, a leading Le Raysville mercant, says Bucklen’s Amica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. The salve treats sores wounds burns and abrasions. Available at W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons drug stores for 25 cents.
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O. S. Woolever
le Raysville
N. Y
Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Political shifts sweep across states and parties
The report surveys gubernatorial and congressional moves across the U.S. Kentucky elects a Republican governor, while Governor Vardaman of Mississippi plans retirement. Louisiana faces a two candidate gubernatorial race, and Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor tally shows a razor thin nine vote win. Prohibitionists push for Columbus Ohio as their convention site amid party realignments, with Indiana hinting Hughes gains and North Carolina’s governor race shaping as a major contest.
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Kentucky
Vardaman
Leon Jistremski
Louisiana
Jare Y. Sanders
Th State
Theodore S. Wilkinson
New Orleans
Miehiway
Joseph L. Hudson
Detroit
Hudson
Ralph €. Watrous
Didate
Rhode Island
Imme
Dawson
West Virginia
Washington
New York
William J. Bryan
Runsdell
Johnson
Minnesota
Columbus
Ohio
National Committee
South
Indiana
Hughes
Fairbanks
Glenn
North Carolina
Overman
United Stes Senate
House of Representativ
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Virginia
States
Tennessee
New Jersey
Georgia
Maine
South Carolina
Connecticut
Maryland
Iowa
Ilinois
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D. P. Haselton
Dozier Realty Co
College Ave
Clarke County
Ok’s School
Pulaski and
Dougherty Streets
Rosa A. von der Lieth
Japan
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Bondurant Hardware Co
Tewitee
Gus Ceieon
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