Taft Drafts Acceptance Speech Amid injunctions Debate
Hot Springs Va July 14 Judge William H Taft began writing his acceptance speech for the Cincinnati nomination. He reviews Democratic and Republican platforms and speeches, weighing injunctions as the central issue. He plans a forceful, clear statement on his stance, with brief notification remarks by Senator Warner and a longer letter later.
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Hot Springs
Cincinnati
William H. Taft
Warner
Republican Headquarters Chosen in Metropolitan Tower
July 14 New York Republican chairman Frank H Hitchcock selected headquarters on the 10th floor of the Metropolitan Life building for the national committee. George R Sheldon treasurer aided. Open Aug 1 with campaign strategy talks in New York and visits to Utica to confer with VP candidate Sherman. Taft speeches planned after Sept 1.
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New York
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Tower
Hitchcock
Washington
George R. Sheldon
Tee
Utica
Sherman
Taft
Hot Springs
Honduran Forces Retake Gracia in Washington Reports
Official advices to the state department confirm press reports that Honduran government forces retook the small town of Gracia and advance toward Choluteca. Reports note border threats, potential attack on Puerto Cortes, and that General Lee Christmas is nearby. The Albany cruiser sails toward Amalpa.
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Washington
State Department
Gratias
Choluteca
Honduras
Puerto Cortez
Lee Christmas
Dodge
Salvador
Albany
Panama
Amalpala
Associated Press
Cartage
Guatemala
Department of Nicaragua
Six Drownings Reported in Northwest Region
Six deaths by drowning reported in the Northwest with bodies recovered in most cases. Including a five year old, Philip McCloud, who drowned at Minnetonka in a boat channel, and George Hauenstein, sixteen, who died in Red Wing bay. An unidentified man’s body was found in the Little Cannon river near Cannon Falls. Other victims: William Below, seventeen, in Little Cobb river near Mapleton. Fred Jesse, fifteen, in Fichlesberger’s Lake at Muscatine. John Douglas, about forty five, a wheelman on the Goodrich Virginia, at Milwaukee.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Little Cannon River
Philip McCloud
J. A. McCloud
Minnetonka
Minn
George Hauenstein
Red Wing
Mississippi
Cannon Falls
William Below
Little Cobb
Mapleton
Fred Jesse
Muscatine
John Douglas
Goodrich
Virginia
Milwaukee
Chicago
Michigan Street
Gunness Body Found In Fire Death Claimed
The sheriff reports Mrs Bella Gunness was located the same day in Portland Missouri and Rockford Michigan confirming she died in the April 28 house fire. Coroner and detectives now believe her body lies in Forest Home Cemetery and officials say no more money will be spent on the case.
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Laporte
Ind
Smutzer
Bella Gunness
Portland
Rockford
Mich
Mack
Smith
Gunness
Forest Home Cemetery
Bishop Potter Shows Marked Improvement At Cooperstown
Bishop Henry C. Potter’s condition improved noticeably after a comfortable night. He was able to rise from his bed and sit up briefly in a reclining chair. Doctors hope the improvement may be lasting despite grave complications.
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Cooperstown
N .Y
Henry C. Potter
Young lovers in New York shoot duel leaves pair hurt
On July 14 in New York Veronica Meene eighteen was shot twice in the head by her sweetheart William Willie at the girl's home. He then killed himself by a bullet to the temple. Both are dying as authorities say they quarreled.
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New York
Veronica Meene
William Willie
Golden tourists arrive in Harrisburg on way to Philadelphia
Harrisburg Pa July 14 The Golden tourists have arrived here on their route to Philadelphia. Seven cars withdrew and one is not yet reported It is believed to be stalled somewhere in the mountains and out of the contest.
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Incoming Campaign Confers With Mr Bryan In Lincoln
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor will support William J Bryan in the coming campaign. He will not stump for the ticket, could speak but did not. Gompers says labor demands are acknowledged in the Denver platform and will work within that frame. Accompanied by Frank Morrison and James Duncan, he arrived at Bryan station with Kern and other party leaders.
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Lincoln, Neb
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Gompers
Fairview
Bryan
Denver
Gombers
Frank Morrison
Federation
James Duncan
Kern
Bryan Station
Mr. Bryan
Price Wheat Flake Celery Food Promotes Health Niche
Dr Price promotes a wheat based cereal claiming high nutrient value, digestibility, and low cost. In political notes, Bryan’s Indiana support is forecast, with Roosevelt Republicans joining the Bryan list. A Chicago Labor Day speech is hinted, while a Maine fire crisis and local firefighting efforts are noted.
Forest Fires Rage Across New England States
Fires continue to burn across Maine and threaten nearby towns as smoke and cost rise. Similar blazes in New Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts add to regional damage totals. In Massachusetts historic Plymouth faced expansion of a wood fire near its outskirts with sparks flying toward the town.
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Boston
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Plymouth
Five Hurt as Street Car Dangled Over Bridge
Five persons injured and forty passengers endangered when an East Fifty-fifth street car left its track on the East Forty-ninth street bridge over the Wheeling and Lake Erie line. The car plunged through the railing and hung over the brink as the motorman and conductor acted quickly. The vestibule was crushed by a telegraph pole and all windows shattered, showering glass over riders.
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Cleveland, Ox
East Forty-ninth Street
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Man commits suicide at Lakewood by grave of daughter
Minneapolis July 14 John Westberg sixty shot himself beside his nine year old daughter's grave at Lakewood cemetery. He fell across the grave with his head on the tombstone after leaving a note blaming lifelong injuries and family troubles for his misery.
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Minneapolis
Lakewood Cemetery
John Westberg
Westberg
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