Taft Campaign Manager to Confer With Leaders in West
Chairman Frank H. Hitchcock will open Taft and Sherman campaign in the Far West and meet Republican leaders from Dakota to California in Colorado Springs July 20 and 21 to plan the western campaign and locate headquarters in Chicago possibly as permanent base for the national effort.
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Taft
Colorado Springs
Chicago
Washington
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Far West
William H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
Colo
Hitchcock
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Oregon
California
West
Chairmarcock
Middle West
New York City
New York
Cincinnati
Vorys Visits Taft in Hot Springs
Arthur I. Vorys, national Republican computer manager in Ohio, arrived in Hot Springs and held a lengthy discussion with Judge Taft on conditions in Ohio. Vorys expects further talks and actions following the visit.
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Hot Springs
Arthur I. Vorys
Republican Party
Ohio
Taft
Vorys
Ohio outlook for Republican ticket in November
Ohio expected to grant the Republican ticket a strong majority next November as Mr. Vorys stays several days for talks with Mr. Taft on Ohio conditions. Taft has drafted part of his acceptance speech and began dictating sooner than expected while studying platforms and prior acceptance speeches.
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Ohio
Vorys
Mr. Taft
Taft
Fire damages Forman Ford & Co factory in Minneapolis
A blaze gutted the two upper floors of Forman Ford & Co at 116 to 120 Washington Ave S causing about 35000 in stock damage and 5000 in the building. Authorities cited crossed wires in the rear as the likely cause.
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Minneapolis
Forman, Ford & Co
Washington Avenue South
Bubonic Plague Reported on Azores Island Terceira
July 16 report confirms bubonic plague on Terceira Island in the Azores, with authorities noting its appearance and prompting health checks for nearby settlements in Lisbon and surrounding regions. The terse bulletin marks a rare outbreak in the Atlantic archipelago.
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Lisbon
Terceira
Hearty Welcome For John W. Kern In Indianapolis
Five thousand people packed the courthouse yard and Delaware Street in Indianapolis to greet John W. Kern the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Vice President Fairbanks joined and spoke about Kern while Mrs Kern and the Kern children were cheered.
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Indianapolis
John W. Kern
United States
Courthouse Yard
Delaware Street
House Yard
Kern
Charles W. Fairbanks
Mr. Fairbanks
Mr. Kern
Mrs. Kern
William Kern
John W. Kern, Jr
Fairbanks
Johnny
Bookwalter
Quiet Time at Bryan Home Before Chicago Conference
Lincoln July 16 Politicians scarce at W L Bryan home in Fairview as the Democratic nominee handles correspondence and contemplates campaign plans He may deliver several speeches in various states though no public address is slated for his July 24 trip to Chicago for a national committee conference He favors a more influential role for the vice president in state councils.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Chicago
National Committee
United States
Bridegroom Murdered Over Edging To Marry Minor
Dover report says William Williams aged fifty four who had obtained a license to wed a thirteen year old girl was found dead by a blunt blow near Marydel Maryland. Coroner inquest returns death by unknown hand suggesting murder to prevent marriage. Grace Barnett Berkeley teacher dies after falling from Kings River canyon during Sierra vacation.
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Dover
Del
William Williams
Marydell
Williams
Visalia
Cal
High Sierras
Grace Barnett
University of California
Berkeley
Prohibitionist Nomination Favors Judge Wright if Willing
At Columbus July 16 the Prohibitionist national convention remained largely organizational, naming committee members and awaiting a platform. No clear nominee emerged though Judge Seaborn Wright of Georgia was seen as a potential candidate if he would accept. Joshua Levering again drew support, while James P. Tracy and Daniel R. Sheen also campaigned. Robert H. Patton gained momentum as temporary chairman. The resolutions panel prepared a platform advocating woman suffrage direct senatorial elections opposition to liquor laws and new tax measures. a constitutional amendment for liquor prohibition was to be pushed for a people’s vote. The national committee re elected its officers: Chairman Charles R. Jones Evanston Ill vice chairman A G Wolfenbarger Lincoln Neb secretary W C Calderwood Minneapolis and treasurer Felix T McWhirter Indianapolis.
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Columbus
Seaborn Wright
Georgia
Judge Wright
Joshua Levering
Maryland
Levering
James P. Tracy
Detroit
Mich
Minnots
Daniel R. Sheen
Peoria
Friends
Robert H. Patton
Springfield
Ill
United States
Congress
National Committee
Charles R. Jones
Evanstop
A. G. Wolfenbarger
Lincoln
Neb
W. C. Calderwood
Minneapolis
Felix T. McWhirter
Indianapolis
Seven Men Die in Summit Branch Colliery Explosion
Seven mine workers were killed and ten injured when a gas explosion rocked the Williamstown colliery in Pottsville area. The No 1 shaft collapsed and the mine caught fire. cause believed to be gas ignition in the lower anthracite field.
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Pottsville
Williamstown
Summit Branch Mining Company
Miner Rescue After Coal Mine Explosion
A blast felled a large body of coal in the mine, shaking the colony. Rescue work began at once and volunteers from the workings risked a dangerous trip into the burning mine. Injured were found near the shaft, many unconscious. the dead lay nearby, battered and unrecognizable.
Farm worker struck by Burlington train near St Paul Park
Charles Ricketts, employed on Frank Belden’s farm near St Paul Park, was struck by a Burlington train at Highwood. He was hurled about 100 feet and fell into a barbed wire fence. Nearly every bone in his body was broken.
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St. Paul
Charles Ricketts
Frank Belden
St. Paul Park
Burlington
Highwood
Th City
Metuchen Minister Shot. Harron Charged in Killing
Metuchen New Jersey July 16 retired Methodist minister F B D Prickett was shot dead on the street. A Harron is charged with the shooting. Prickett as borough recorder two years ago had arraigned Harron for disorderly conduct and sentenced him to ten days in jail.
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Metuchen
N. J
F. B. D. Prickett
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Harron
Prickett
Harron
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