Bryan Breaks Campaign Records in His Rain Soaked Day
On a grueling tour through Manhattan Brooklyn and New Jersey William Jennings Bryan spoke 18 times despite mud and rain. He urged workers against Republican loyalties praised bank deposit guarantees and attacked Taft and Knox while defending Gompers and labor reform.
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Bryan
Taft
Mr. Bryan
Brooklyn
Wallabout
Market Square
Long Island City
Two Rivers
Manhattan Island
Jersey City
New Jersey
New York
College Men’s Democatic Club
Murphy
Sulzer
Harlem River Park
Star Casino
Clermont Avenue Rink
Mr. Taft
Denver
President Roosevelt
Clermont Avenue
Battle for Boston Alderman Seats Heats Up
East Boston ward factions file papers at 28 School Street as six candidates enter the alderman race. Michael J. Leary faces rivals including Manasseh E. Bradley John J. Douglass Patrick J. Dolan Daniel J. Sheehan and Thomas Coffee amid party debt fears and a cut in ward primary carriages funding. James H. Vahey attends urging large rallies while pledging no extra contributions.
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School Street
Board of Aldermen
Democratic City Committee
Boston
East Boston
Noddle Island
Michael J. Leary
Thomas J. Giblin
MacClellan
City Committee
P. J. Kennedy
Kelcher
Conry
Leary
Manasseh E. Bradley
John J. Douglass
Board of Health
Patrick J. Dolan
East Boston Catholc Association
Daniel J. Sheehan
Thomas Coffee
James H. Vahey
Taft Campaign Highlights Labor Issues Across Hudson Valley
William H. Taft spoke in Yonkers, Tarrytown, Peekskill, Fishkill Landing, Poughkeepsie, Hudson, Schenectady and Glens Falls area cities detailing Republican labor policy. He cited sugar refining as proof of protective policy benefits and praised workers at American Locomotive Works and General Electric for their reception.
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Troy
N. Y
Hudson
Greater
New York
William H. Taft
Bryan
Yonkers
Taft
Tarrytown
Peekskill
Fishkill Landing
Poughkeepsie
Collingwood Opera House
Vassar College
Schenectady
American Locomotive Works
General Electric Works
van Curler Theatre
Taft Labor Record Letter Sparks Labor Debate
H R Fuller of Beaver Falls and national labor leaders debate Tafts record. Fuller releases a letter to President Roosevelt claiming key Taft labor history remains undisclosed and accuses Roosevelt of misleading labor groups.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Taft
H. R. Fuller
Beaver Falls
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Roosevelt
United States
P. H. Grace
Brotherhood of Railroad
Fuller
Taft labor record debate cites Taft wage and eight hour law
A letter criticizes Mr. Taft’s labor record citing Judge Taft’s 1894 wage reduction decision for the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific railroad and the 1906 Panama Canal eight hour work suspension. It accuses omission of key facts and notes Taft’s 1907 Ann Arbor ruling calling a top labor leader a conspirator.
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Grace
Judge Taft
Taft
Labor
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mr. Grace
Mr. Taft
United States
Mr. Fuller
United States Circuit Court For
Southern District of Ohio
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad
Fuller
Panama Canal
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Ann Arbor
P. M. Arthur
The
Brotherhood of
Mayor Hibbard and Wife Celebrate Anniversary
Mayor Hibbard and Mrs. Hibbard observed a double milestone, marking forty four years since his birth and twenty two since their marriage. The anniversary gala at Hotel Brewster included their bridesmaids, now married with families, who joined the couple for dinner and a theatre party with reminiscences of courtship.
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Mayor Hibbard
Hotel
Brewster
Draper Replies to Questions At Boston Rallies
Draper and Frothingham rallied over 3000 supporters in Boston last night addressing charges about a Wrentham site purchase. He denied delaying Harwood’s statement and defended his land deal explanations while naming figures like Galvin and Vahey in a heated exchange.
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Draper
Frothingham
Boston
Mr. Draper
Mr. Valer
Harwood
Board of
Wrentham Trustees
Cole
McCall
Roberts
J. Mitchell Galvin
Congress
Galvin
O'Connell
Springfield
Wrentham Board
Vahey
Amherst
Mr. Harwood
Republican State Committee
Draper Refuses Reply After Ward Rally Intercept
Lieutenant-Governor Draper dodged questions from Malachi Jennings of the 16th Ward after a Republican address at Boston’s Municipal Building. The exchange centered on an alleged certificate of incorporation for Joseph E Cassidy & Son Company and the date it was filed. Jennings pressed for the filing date while Draper claimed it mattered little, then left the scene.
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Draper
16Th
Boston
Malachi Jennings
Joseph E. Cassidy & Son Company
New Jersey
Vahey
Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Home Made Mixture Promises Cure for Coughs
An old home remedy claims to relieve severe coughing and congestion with a tonic laxative effect. The recipe lists Fluid Wild Cherry Bark Cardiol, Syrup White Pine Comp, and other ingredients, instructing 15 drops every half hour for four hours then smaller doses daily. A few weeks’ treatment allegedly cures curable coughs with dosage adjustments for children.
Lomasney Faces Split in Boston GOP Races
Boston political observers track Ward 8 leader Martin M. Lomasney as he seeks to fracture the Republican lineup at municipal caucuses. Filing papers shows rival tickets under Thomas E. Roberts and Arthur W. Hooper, with the Good Government Association backing Richard B. Stanley and a fourth led by Volney A. Covell. Contests extend to Wards 1 6 7 9 10 15 20 21 23 as aldermen seek renomination.
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Boston
Martin M. Lomasney
Representative Lomasney
Thomas E. Roberts
Arthur W. Hooper
Lomasney
Good Government Association
Richard B. Stanley
Volney A. Covell
Milton C. Paige
South Boston
Innes
Guy Ham
Willard A. Paul
Emery
John Carr
Anderson and
Cotton
Brand
Henry
Clark
Ballantyne
Fred B. Mitchell
Rao
Mrs Stevens Re-elected President of WCTU
Mrs Lillian M N Stevens of Portland Maine was unanimously re elected president of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union at the Denver convention. She pledged to bear the torch of truth for the union and keep it bright and high.
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Denver
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Portland
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Stevens
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Vahey Promises Finance Commission If Governor
James H. Vahey the Democratic gubernatorial candidate vowed to create a State Finance Commission to root out waste and corruption. He attacked high tariffs, urged a lobby destruction, and claimed Democratic rule would lead to a city and state clean sweep. Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston supported Vahey at a Lawrence rally.
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Lawrence
James H. Vahey
State Finance Commission
Massachusetts
State House
Commonwealth
Wrentham
Georgetown
Merrimac
Essex Company
Senate
Fitzgerald
Boston
Vahey
Labor Stand by Gompers Cites Labor Support for Bryan
Labor leader Philip H. Sweet of the Massachusetts A F of L says organized labor backs Samuel Gompers and will resent Republican misinterpretation of his political activity. He notes Roosevelt admits labor grievances over injunctions and cites Congress and state laws correcting abuses, while predicting many workers will vote for William J. Bryan due to Gompers and the A F of L stance.
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Philip H. Sweet
Massachusetts
A. F. of L
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
Republican Party
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Gompers
Taft
William J. Bryan
President Gompers
Cambridge Board Grants Two Licenses Amid Hearings
The Cambridge Board of Aldermen granted a maternity hospital license to Miss Annie K. Radford at 84 Magazine Street and a gasoline sales license to Remington Garage at 5 Remington Street after hearings before the license committee drew many remonstrants.
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Cambridge Board of Aldermen
Annie K. Radford
Magazine Street
Cambridge
Remington Garage
Remington Street
How Enamel Surfaces Stay Clean in Bath Tubs and Bowls
Enamel finishes on bathtubs bowls and kitchenware resist dirt when kept smooth. Abrasive scouring bricks and gritty powders wear away the enamel leaving rough surfaces that are harder to clean.
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Manhattan
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Rink
Mr. Gompers
Knox
G. O. P. Labor
Washington, Hanover and
Elm Streets
Panama
Hibbard
State
Mr. Vahey
John E. Cassidy & Son
Commissioner of Corporations
Tremont Street
Washington St
Boylston St
Vahey Promises
Mr. Sweet
Gale & Kent
America
Court Street
Cambridge Board Favor
Carters
White Dental Parlors
Washington St. Opp
H. White
Col. Tab. Co
Massa
Cannaday
Park $Q
Sedalta, Mo
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