Taft’s Chicago Stop Delights Surprised Crowds En Route
President Taft passed through Chicago on the way to St Paul for the national conservation congress address and planned Labor Day remarks at the Minnesota State Fair. He traveled via Ohio and Indiana and was met by large throngs at every stop, with no speeches arranged during the dash journey.
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Chicago
Taft
St. Paul
National Conservation Congress
Minneapolis
Ohio
Indiana
Beverly
Presidential campaign coast to coast stops amid party chatter
In Erie Ashtabula Cleveland Toledo and Indiana towns the President rode the Mayflower car rear platform shaking hands or speaking briefly. Taft discussed Ohio politics with leaders and a plan to have Hughes open in Ohio shifted since Hughes serves as associate justice. At Cleveland Toledo Laporte McKinley aides praised the President while McKinley and Duncan McKinley rode with him into Chicago as the letter to McKinley continues to shape the campaign.
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South Bend
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Taft
Ohio
Hughes
United States Supreme Court
James A. Cassidy
United States
Henry Davis
Lewis C. Laylin
Republican State Executive Committee
McKinley
Illinois
Republican Congressional Committee
New York
Laporte
Chicago
Duncan McKinley
California
Mec Kinley
Taft Visit Spurs St. Paul Festive Prep
St Paul, Minnesota gears up for a quadruple event week with President Taft ex-president Roosevelt the National Conservation Congress and the Minnesota State fair. The city decorates widely as Taft’s arrival tomorrow at 9 am prompts a special federal permit for decorating the federal building and the custom house.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Taft
Roosevelt
National Conservation Congress
Minnesota State Fair
Post Office Department
Washington
Federal Building
Custom House
Post Office
Baldwin Loses Sense of Horizontal In Dense Mineola Fog
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin piloted his aeroplane into thick fog at Mineola on Long Island. He lost his sense of horizontal orientation for five minutes, unable to see sun or earth, trusting blind chance to stay level as the craft drifted in the cloud.
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New York
Thomas S. Baldwin
Mineola
Long Island
Baldwin
Earth
Pilot navigates fog bound glide to ground after uncertain ascent
The aeronaut Baldwin flies through dense fog unsure if he is rising or looping, fearing a plunge. He maintains deflector settings, circles in a wide arc, and fears a fatal dive before spotting a motor signal and landing safely.
Kingdom Yacht Kingdom Badly Damaged In Wreck
An examination of the Holy Ghost and Us Society yacht Kingdom, wrecked on Mud Island, shows damage requiring at least 2500 dollars in repairs. The vessel has a torn shoe, missing keel, broken stem, copper sheathing ripped, and a hole by the port bow. Repair work to start at once, with plans for a winter Mediterranean cruise afterward.
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Holy Ghost
Us Society
Yacht Kingdom
Mud Island
Mediterranean
How $600,000,000 Worth of Autos Are Distributed in the States
The Auto Directories Company of York compiles a table listing automobiles registered in the United States up to 1910, showing values by state. The figures include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, and others.
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Auto Directories Company of York
United States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Roosevelt’s Speech Stirs Harlan Chief Justice Prospects
Washington reports Roosevelt’s criticism of Supreme Court rulings boosts hopes that ex President may push Taft to appoint Justice Harlan as chief justice. Most in Washington expect Governor Hughes of New York to succeed Chief Justice Fuller, with Harlan’s dissent in Knight cited.
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Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United
Hughes
New York
Fuller
Harrington Girls Welcome 16th Pet Pig
In Harrington Washington Ruth and Hazel Stricaler received a new pet pig during a country outing. The pig, the tenth in the family, is small tame and follows the girls around the yard as part of the children’s growing collection of animals.
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Harrington
Stricaler
Ruth
Hazel
Two Die as Liner Sinks a Barge
The barge Bristol laden with 1000 tons of pig iron sank after collision with the Italian steamship Dinnamore off Barnegat New Jersey. Captain J. Brown and seaman William Holmes drowned. The Dinnamore suffered a damaged bow and returned to New York for repairs.
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Bristol
Newport News
Barnegat
N. J
Dinnamore
Norfolk
J. Brown
William Holmes
Hurt Exits Trolley After Fuse Blows in Charlestown
Mrs. Rosetta Ritzuclo, 45, of 46 Medford Street Charlestown, rushed from a trolley at Leverett and Brighton streets after a fuse blew. She fell during the dash, injuring her head and back. She was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with non serious injuries.
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Medford Street
Charlestown
Leverett and
Brighton Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Germantown Citizens Oppose New Telephone Rates
The Germantown Citizens Association opened with resolutions denouncing the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company rate increases as inequitable. A committee will coordinate with others to press Governor Draper to block the scheme, while urging abolition of unjust official bodies and urging lawmakers to oppose the rates.
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Germantown Citizens’ Association
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Wakefield
Draper
Wallace A. Tleason
Richard J. Cronin
Abraham B. Genman
Bernard H. Whitney
Richard H. Robinson
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Jackson
Data Commission
Toto
Germantown Improvement Association
Tom Sharkey Seeks Comeback Fight at Sheepshead Bay
The veteran boxer Tom Sharkey trains for a comeback at Sheepshead Bay hoping to face Jack Johnson. He recalls his Philadelphia defeat to Jack Munroe six years ago and cites recent sparring in Reno and a Canadian club bout as proof of readiness for a fall tryout.
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Tom Sharkey
Sheepshead Bay
Jack Munroe
Philadelphia
Sharkey
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Reno
Vacationists Swamp Liners After Labor Day Rush
The Dominion Atlantic steamer Prince Arthur from Yarmouth N S arrived with 506 passengers and was full. Government officials barred additional boarding. those left behind must wait until today and travel tomorrow. Other ships including the Boston and Governor Ingley carried large passenger lists amid the holiday surge.
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Prince Arthur
Yarmouth
N. S
Long Wharf
Boston
Digby
Governor Ingley
St. John
N. B
Ontario
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Yale
New York
Camden
Bangor
City of Rockland
Bath and
Bay
State
Portland
Woman self immolates in Tremont Street fire
Mrs S L Conlin narrowly escaped death when she set herself on fire in bed at 359 Tremont Street. Her husband dragged her from the burning clothing while lodgers and neighbors roused the building and a fire alarm was sounded before firemen arrived. Police say she lit the blaze while smoking in bed.
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S. L. Conlin
Tremont Street
Navigation concerns force battleships to Newport
Orders were issued for the battleships North Carolina and Montana to move from Bristol to Newport due to shallow water. The ships had anchored there for several days and were considered unsafe to remain.
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Bristol
R. I
North Carolina
Montana
Newport
Pastor Accepts Call to South Carolina Work
The Rev. T Newton Owen, pastor of the First Congregational Church, announced his acceptance of a call from the American Missionary Association to lead work in South Carolina.
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South Bristol R. I
T Newton Owen
First Congregational Church
American Missionary Association
South Carolina
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