Roosevelt Appeals for Taft as Threats Seen in Foraker Feud
President Roosevelt issues a formal statement urging support for William Howard Taft and denouncing threats from Hearst and Foraker. The letter from Taft to an Ohio friend is published, arguing against a compromise that would endorse Taft and Foraker together. Roosevelt cites administration reforms and defends Taft’s integrity, urging citizens to back Taft for president.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Loeb
William R. Hearst
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Haskell
Taft
Ohio State Central Committee
Mr. Foraker
Senate
Hearst
State Central
Foraker
Fodaker
Farakey
People of
Oho
William H. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Gas firm withdraws proposition on Cambridge rate ordinance
A Cambridge gas controversy note from September 22, 1908, reports attorney Robt. T. Scott instructing Cambridge officials to withdraw a rate ordinance proposition because delayed city action would prevent completing the pipeline. The telegram to council committee chairman James B. Peters confirms the withdrawal.
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Cambridge
Pittsburg
Mr. Scott
James BB. Peters
Council
Bryan Defies Opponents On New York Swing
William J. Bryan campaign stops in Buffalo and across western New York show him attacking President Roosevelt and President Taft and the Republican leaders. He argues the Democratic platform expresses clear aims and vows to meet both opponents. Crowd after crowd heard him denounce trusts and Wall Street while praising Parker and Hill talks.
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New York State
East
Roosevelt
Taft
Buffalo
N. Y
William J. Bryan
Humboldt Park
Convention Hall
Brockport
Congress
Chicago Tribune
Platt
Depew
Wall Street
Standard Oil Company
Judge Parker
David B. Hill
Bryan
Tonawanda
Holley
Albion
Medina
Middleport
Lockport
Niagara Falls
Sanborn
Suspension Bridge
Forsythe Goal Miner Falls Heir to 36000 Estate
Lawrence Busby a respected colored coal miner at Forsythe mines east of the city received a call from a man claiming to be James Williams an attorney of Raleigh North Carolina saying Busby is heir to a North Carolina estate valued around 36000 He awaits further word before traveling to Raleigh to claim the estate.
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Lawrence Busby
Forsythe Mines
James Williams
Raleigh
North Carolina
Busby
Williams
Guernsey Valley
Forsythe
Forsythe Coal Co
Central National Bank
N. C
Local Visitors and Student Enrollments Highlight City Notes
Otho Young of Pittsburg Pennsylvania visits his father in the city. J M Seerest from Pleasant City is a business visitor. Miss Anna Vernon has enrolled at Muskingum College Conservatory this year.
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Otho Young
Pittsburg, Pa
J. M. Seerest
Pleasant City
Anna Vernon
Muskingum College
Leech Boosts the Operators Wages at Government Printing Office
Washington report states linotype and monotype operators at the government printing office will receive 60 cents an hour starting October 1, up from 50 cents. Public Printer Leech says the pay rise reflects the end of the experimental period of machine composition and that skilled workers are not on par with private city wages.
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Washington
Linotype
Monotype
Leech
Ministers Leave to Their Homes in Eastern Ohio Conference
In East Liverpool Ohio Bishop Cranston received until 9 am to report minister appointments after a long session of the Eastern Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishop C W Smith presided. districts were reallocated with Coshocton joining Cambridge district under Rev Dr Dewey and Rev Charles Robertson new Coshocton pastor.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cranston
C. W. Smith
Pittsburg
Harris
Japan
Korea
Hearsts
Hobsons
United States
Uhrichsville
Coshocton
Cambridge
Dr. Dewey
Chas. C. Robertson
Hearst Refuses to Enter Arbitration Over Haskell Charges
William A. Hearst, campaigning for the Independence party, refuses to arbitrate charges against Oklahoma Governor G N Haskell. He cites court records and asserts Haskell attempted to influence Ohio officials in the Standard Oil cases. Hearst ridicules arbitration as a joke and maintains his position with references to Ohio and Oklahoma records.
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New York
Independence Party
Oklahoma
William A. Hearst
South
Middle West
G. N. Haskell
Hearst
Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Frank S. Monnett
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Associated Press
Stennett
Bennett
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Mennett
President Roosevelt Ends Vacation Heads Back to Washington
Oyster Bay dispatch reports President Roosevelt and his family left for Washington this morning to resume duties with executive staff after ending their vacation.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Washington
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Foraker Andtlaskell
Republican Party
Dence
Denver
Brayn
Brownsville
Philadelphia
Smart Set
William Baker
Junker City
Devil
Lion House
Bronx
Robt
T. Scott
Geo. W. Crawford
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
New York City
Union League
University
Harvard
New York Yacht Club
Government Printing Office
Bishop Cranston
East Ohio
Gooh HS
Mr. Haskell
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