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Taft Begins 18 000 Mile Tour On His Birthday
President Taft bid farewell in Boston as the Mayflower pulled from South Station. He waved to cheering crowds, greeted Aunt Delia Torrey, and set a slow schedule for a cross country trip totaling about 18 000 miles. The journey includes stops in Worcester Albany Pittsfield and Syracuse with Governor Hughes and Senator Crane among his companions.
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Taft
Boston
South Station
Washington
Touraine
Chamber of Commerce
State
Senator Crane
William Nelson Cromwell
George B. Cortelyou
William Wood
San Francisco
Delia Torrey
Millbury
Land
Delia
Dewey Square
Cain
Bernard J. Rothwell
Chamber of Commercce
Senator Burkett
Nebraska
Syracuse
N. Y
Massachusetts
New York
Lake Erie
Chicago
New York State
Albany
Charles E. Hughes
Hughes
W. Murray Crane
Miss Torrey
Worcester
Mr. Taft
Pittsfield
Mr. Cromwell
New York Central
Sherman
Utica
South Terminal
Delia C. Torrey