Platform Excerpt At Taft Convention In Chicago
The Republican platform presented by Former Vice President Fairbanks in Chicago asserts government of the people by the people for the people. It defends constitutional government, calls for strong judiciary independence, tariff protection, currency reform, agricultural credit, civil service integrity, and anti monopoly measures. The speech emphasizes progress, social welfare, and international peace.
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Invention Hall
Chicago
Sie
Fairbanks
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Gmost
United States
Wei
Tariff Board
Maord
Democratic Party
Houses of Representatives
Congress
Russia
America
Republican Platform Summary Emphasizes Navy and Reform
The document lauds Governor Hadley for convention work and outlines Republican positions. It champions a strong navy and merchant marine, federal flood control for the Mississippi, reclamation of arid lands, river and harbor improvements, Alaska development, coal land leasing, and Philippine policy. It supports anti-immigration measures, seamen protections, Panama Canal progress, postal savings, and elder veterans benefits. It praises Taft era efficiency, endorses McKinley and Roosevelt legacies, and invites public judgment on Taft while urging lawfulness and national unity.
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Alaska
United States
Allen's Smart Tan Pumps and Colonials at Half Price
Allen's offers discounts on tan pumps and colonials with prices cut by half. Stock includes gan metal patent satin suede pumps and colonials in grey blue brown suede and satin, plus white canvas and buckskin options, with many items from 2.10 to 5.40 dollars. The sale capitalizes on mild spring conditions and early demand in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Allen
No Stealing in Politics Say Colonel in Speech
A fiery oration denounces theft of primaries and seats, calling for end to fraudulent conventions and a return to honest rule. The speaker cites a Kentucky ruling that stealing is stealing, condemning crooked delegates and the national committee, urging unity for honest governance and Puerto Rico policy.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Chicago
Republican Party
National Committee
Picture Taken Charges $30000 Damages in City Posters
Mrs Mary Clarison Almind of 114 West Street Brooklyn sues Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company in Kinga County Supreme Court for 30000. She alleges her photograph was used without consent in posters on BRT cars depicting passengers the right and wrong way to exit. She says while at Ninth Avenue and Twentieth Street last March she watched a well dressed woman and an employee asked to have her picture taken as a photographer snapped images during car steps.
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New York Herald
Supreme Court of
Kinga County
Brooklyn Rapid Trenalt Company
Mary Clarison Almind
West Straet
Brooklyn
Tas
Aimind
Ninth Avenue
Twentieth Street
Local Voter Objection Quips Surface in Meekto Remark
A fragmentary quote shows Mr Meekto objecting to a wife urging voting. The readable portion captures a domestic exchange with a political undertone, reflecting campaign discourse in a community notice.
Simeon Ford Forgets Humor In Waiters Strike Interview
The public figure Simeon Ford, famed for dinner parties at his townhouse near Grand Central Station, delivers a serious take on the waiters strike. He notes reporters press him for jokes, recalls writing checks while hungry, and says he will not guarantee future interviews or claims to this one.
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New York
Simeon Pord
Grand Central Station
Simeon Ford
Ford
Mr. Ford
New York Cinera
Automobile Pumps Water for Irrigation in California
An owner of a California ranch built a large irrigation storage reservoir and uses a novel auto pump setup described in Popular Mechanics. A car drives to a rotary pump via a wheel-mounted bandwheel connected to the axle, reportedly pumping water at 250 gallons per minute into the 600000 gallon reservoir.
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California
Johnson Bolts Taft Convention in California Departure
Chicago June 22 Senator Root called the convention to order when Governor Johnson left the hall. He declared he would not stay for the nomination process and accused a fraudulent California roll. Johnson, reaffirming California’s direct primary, said he must resign from the convention.
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Chicago
Root
Johnson
California
Alfarnia
Roosevelt
Inv Walkers and the Path to Safer Streets
A Kansas City editorial argues most deaths come from personal carelessness rather than ignorance and praises new traffic rules aimed at pedestrians. It warns that heedless walkers endanger themselves and others and urges adherence to law for safety.
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Ann
Kansas City
Athe
Efer
Kensas
American Medical Association
Westernization of Palestine and Electric Baby Sign
The article discusses Palestinian modernization after the Young Turk triumph, noting reforms and new water supply to Jerusalem Jericho and Beersheba. It also describes a colossal electric baby sign in Broadway New York, twelve feet wide with tears two feet long, eighty-five by 106 feet overall, weighing eighty tons and lighting with 4 056 lights.
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Beersheba
Mechanites
Broadway
New York
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Imraleretion
Panama Canal
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Taft
William H. Taft
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J.P. Allen & Co
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John Watson
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