Taft Tariff Speech Draws Strong Ohio Crowd
In East Liverpool Taft speaks to a sizable audience in Cleveland steel country about tariff protection for workers and labor history. The Taft special derailed briefly at Sterling with minor track damage but no injuries as he tours Wadsworth Elyria Lorain Cleveland and East Liverpool.
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William H. Taft
Ohio
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Mr. Taft
Bryan
Gompers
Sterling
Wadsworth
Elyria
Lorain
East Liverpool
Debs Performs Surrounded by Illness in Socialist Tour
Eugene V. Debs III, Socialist presidential candidate, spoke to masses in New York and Brooklyn despite a high fever and weakened legs. He began the day in Newark, refused rest despite doctors advice, and faced possible cancellation of the Red Special tour if he does not rest.
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New York
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party
Brooklyn
New England
New England That He Had To Be Supported By Two Men As He Spoke. Mr
Debs
Newark
Jersey City
Bennet Named Chairman of Republican Speakers' Bureau
New York October 14 Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee announced Representative W Bennet of New York City was chosen to lead the speakers bureau after Dr Du Pont resigned. The executive committee met at headquarters to discuss the political situation and Taft itinerary.
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Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
W. §. Bennet
Congress
New York City
Dr. du Pont
Crane
Massachusetts
Republican Advisory Committee
W. J. Stone
National Committee
Maryland
Taft
Sherman
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Newark
Elizabeth
Trenton
Camden
Keefe Denies Taft Offer Over Immigration Post
Detroit October 14 President Daniel J Keefe of the International Longshoremen Marine and Transport Workers Association denies a New York dispatch claiming Roosevelt offered him the commissioner general of immigration in return for Taft support He says the Roosevelt meeting on October 3 was brief and overheard and no offer was made and no AFL circular was sent.
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Detroit
Daniel J. Keefe
International Longshoremen, Marine and Transport Workers’ Association
National Democratic
New York
Immigration
William H. Taft
Keefe
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
Bryan Tours Nebraska On Three-Day Campaign Swing
William J. Bryan, with most Democratic statewide candidates, campaigned in Nebraska from Wahoo on October 14 completing the first day of a three day tour. He spoke to large farmer audiences across Republican strongholds delivering twenty-one speeches, criticizing Taft and Hughes and urging deposit guarantees.
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Neb
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Taft
Hughes
Omaha
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Woman Dies of Lockjaw After Dental Extraction
Belvidere New Jersey on October 14 reports Mrs. Arthur Walters, 25, died from tetanus after fourteen teeth were extracted last Saturday. She grew ill the next day, thought to be caused by the anesthetic, then developed unmistakable signs of tetanus and endured severe pain before death.
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Belvidere
N. J
Arthur Walters
Diver Ollie McKenzie Dies After 80 Foot Fall at Decatur Fair
In Decatur Texas on October 14 Ollie McKenzie a professional high diver died at the fair grounds after diving from eighty feet and landing head first on the outer net his skull was crushed and neck broken in the fatal accident at the midway.
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Ollie McKenzie
Fair Grounds
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Suffragette Rally Paralyzes Westminster Center Crowd
London reports the enormous suffragette crowd at Westminster halting traffic and clashing with police for hours. Mrs Travers Symons forced her way to the speaker's chair before being ejected, prompting a no entry order for women and heightened security around Parliament.
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Westminster
Travers Symons
James Kerr Hardie
House of Commons
Thames
Trafalgar Square
Nelson Monument
Aged Man Buncoed in Lottery Scam
William Wirt, 82, of Youngstown Ohio, was duped out of 5090 by two con men posing as a Columbus lottery agent and an Ashtabula bank cashier. Each bought lottery tickets and won 5000, demanding equal deposits as proof. The box with the money held worthless papers when Wirt opened it.
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Youngstown, O
William Wirt
Columbus(co
Ashtabula
Wirt
Despondent Laborer Shoots Self Over Family Breakup
Theodore Miller a fifty two year old laborer in Minneapolis despondent over his family breaking up and unable to afford a medical operation killed himself with a gun.
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Minneapolis
Theodore Miller
Colonel Tucker Charged With Wife Abandonment
Chicago reports Lieutenant Colonel W. F. Tucker paymaster for the department of the lakes was served with a warrant for wife abandonment. The reading occurred on a Decatur train, while Tucker was en route to a Hot Springs sanitarium under a general order. He was ill and not arrested, with detectives told to return without him.
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W. F. Tucker
Department of the Lakes
Army
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Tucker
St. Louis
Colonel Tucker
Disease Decline Reports In Manila Cholera
Cholera cases in Manila have fallen to about five daily, concentrated in one or two crowded districts. Health authorities continue vigorous anti disease measures, including house disinfection and citywide sanitation efforts.
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Manila
Chicago Captures the Fourth Game of World Series
Detroit, Oct. 14 Chicago defeated Detroit 3 to 0 in the fourth game as Chicago moved to 3 wins in the series. Miner Brown pitched for Chicago against Eddie Summers. Chicago capitalized on early base runners and timely hits including a key error on Schmidt's arm and strong defense to seal the victory.
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Eddie” Summers
Miner’ Brown
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Sheckard
Evers
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Schaeter
Schulte
Schmidt
Chance
Detroit Battery
Steinfeldt
Hofman
O’leary
Winter
Chicagos
Evens
Brown
Crawford
Cobb
O'Leary
Kling
Rossman
Sherman Heads to New York Tour After Rest
James S. Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate began a three weeks speaking tour after a day’s rest. A specialist treated his threat to ensure he could endure the southern tier counties of New York State.
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Sherman
New York
James S. Sherman
New York State
Rosebud Lands registration figures and drawing details
Dallas report shows total Rosebud lands registration at 79,189 to date. Judge Witten selects Virginia Wagner and Demna Rose to draw the first numbers in the drawing starting Monday October 19. The noted remark about the little girls being about six years old appears as a stray fragment.
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Dallas
Witten
Virginia Wagner
Demna Rose
Political Pome Ends Political Strife Anticipated Peace
The Emporia Gazette reflects on the nearing end of political fighting with a mock debate among readers and fictional voices. It imagines final appeals and warnings as the nation awaits a return to higher life.
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Anon
Friend
Justitia
Vox Popull
Ufe
Emporia San. Gazette
Four Great Wars Shaped Civilization and Democracy
The Greek Persian clash of 490 B C stopped eastern dominance in Europe. The Frank Moor conflict ended at Tours preserving Europe from Mohammedan stagnation. Napoleonic wars disrupted feudal orders and pushed modern democracy forward. The American Civil War preserved the United States and enabled its global role.
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Tours
United States
New York
The Jews and Thirteen
Jewish writer Jacob E Ehrlich discusses the motif of thirteen in Jewish tradition. He cites thirteen attributes of the Most High thirteen annual feast days and historical references to the number including Haman and biblical dreams.
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Jacob E. Ehrlich
Haman
Abas
Joseph
Jacob
Nutritional Guide to Eggs Highlighted by London Mail
The article contrasts egg nutrition, noting one fifth of the substance is nutritious, one ninth is refuse, and the rest is water. It ranks eggs among birds, praises sulphur content for blood and complexion, and advises cooking at 180 degrees for ten minutes for full digestion while warning boiled eggs to three minutes waste digestibility.
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London Mail
Beaten at His Own Game in a London Trick
A solicitor recalls an audacious con where a livery stable keeper overcharged a client. The client paid one sovereign to Windsor by rail and returned to pay another to Windsor, then reclaimed the horse claiming it was only hired to Windsor. The trickster demanded extra payment for the return.
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Pearson’s Weekly
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