Maryland Missouri Deliver Wide Taft Edge In Election
Maryland and Missouri figures raise hope for Taft in election returns with Missouri’s 18 electoral votes still undecided. Ohio Gov Harmon leads Democrats, while Indiana leans Republican. New York and Colorado show mixed results with Taft and Bryan leading in various counts. Washington state expects Taft over Bryan by 40k to 60k.
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Baltimore News
Baltimore City
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General Assembly
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Colorado
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Seattle
Washington
Cosgrove
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Tuberculosis exhibit canceled for Houston carnival week
State Health Officer Brumby announced the tuberculosis exhibit planned for Houston during the carnival week has been called off. He returned from Fort Worth where the display remains available until Saturday. The move cites the long travel gap and prohibitive express costs for rapid transport to Houston. Also noted is the railroad commission's tariff change allowing Cotton Belt to absorb up to 3.50 dollars per car for lumber and forest products shipments into Fort Worth from Texas and Pacific yards.
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Austin
Brumby
Houston
Fort Worth
Railroad Commission
Cotton Belt Railway
Texas and Pacific
Balloon ascent ends in church tragedy in Princeton
Professor Peter Kramer of St. Louis was dashed against a church chimney and killed during a balloon ascent at a farmers carnival in Princeton Illinois. Seven year old Glen Hayden suffered a fractured skull when a brick fell from the chimney. The wind blew strong as organizers urged caution and the aeronaut insisted on jumping, uttering his final words before the fatal fall.
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Princeton
Ill
Peter Kramer
St. Louis
Glen Hayden
Kramer
Attorney General to Sue to Cancel Charters for Social Clubs
Austin announces the attorney general will sue district and county attorneys to cancel charters of clubs organized for social literary or charitable purposes that sell liquor to members. The state bars such charter grants unless liquor affidavits are filed, blocking groups like Elks and Eagles from obtaining charters to sell liquor to members.
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Elks, Eagles
Early returns widen lead for Bryan and Campbell in Houston
Across Houston on Thursday additional returns lift Bryan and Campbell, with nearly 300 boxes still unreported. If the trend holds, Bryan could reach 180000 votes and Campbell about 160000.
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Houston
Bryan
Campbell
Beaten and robbed near Gainesville farmer found
Beaten and robbed farmer Bert Trammel, aged fifty-two, was found a mile from Gainesville, Texas, on November 5. He was unconscious and missing $50 after being attacked by two Black men, according to his statement.
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Gainesville
Tex
Bert Trammel
Trammel
Bryan Congratulates Taft on Victory Telegram
Lincoln Neb November 5 W J Bryan sent Taft a telegram praising his victory and wishing success for the administration. The message reads Please accept my congratulations and best wishes for the success of your administration.
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Lincoln, Neb
W. J. Bryan
W. H. Taft
Taft Replies to Bryan Telegram During Missionary Conference
Judge Taft thanked William Jennings Bryan for a cordial telegram of congratulations as he spoke to the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting in Cincinnati. He received the message at his brother's home and answered immediately.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Mr. Bryan
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