Taft to Take Maine Cruise No Beverly Label Politics
President Taft plans a ten day Maine coast cruise on the Mayflower with Mrs Taft and a party including Horace Taft and Captain Butt. Ohio senators Burton and Dick and Wade Ellis visit, but no interference in the Ohio gubernatorial race is promised as the White House avoids endorsing any candidate.
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Taft
Burton, Dick and
Ellis
Associated Press Dispatch
Beverly
Mars
White House
Maine
Burton
Wade Ellis
Republican State Central Committee of
Ohio
Boston
Bilis
Mr. Ellis
Mr. Eilis
Washington
Eilis
Robert Bacon
France
Paris
Charley Taft
Horace D. Taft
Louis T More
Cincinnati
Navy
Beekman “Winthrop
Mabel Boardiman
Archibald W. Butt
Charles Norton
Eastport
Bar Harbor
Bangor
Rockland
Myopia
John Hays Hammond
Strike on Grand Trunk Gains Tentative Settlement
Labor action on the Grand Trunk and Pennsylvania lines ends with an agreed minimum ten hour day at standard pay, maintaining current high rates. Railroad officers claim flexibility in running schedules lets costs rise only modestly while workers secure a guaranteed twenty six days work per month. A subcommittee will finalize details as leaders warn the strike remains possible but hope for no extreme measures.
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New York Central
Myers
Pennsylvania Railroad East
Pittsburg
Biterasse
A.B. Garrétson
Cedar Rapids
rTa
W. GS. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lee
McCrea
Dolly Dimples Schedules Today’s Public Appearances
A playful note lists Dolly Dimples appearing in Cincinnati today between 12 and 1 PM at Fifth and Vine streets with a possible second appearance between 5 and 6 PM at Sixth and Walnut if not deterred by the crowd. The text also mentions an aged gentleman asking for the time and a woman among the onlookers.
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Dolly
Fifth
Vine
Sixth
Walnut
Investigation Into Beef Trade Begins at Chicago
Washington took command at the opening of a second local investigation within six months into the affairs of the so called beef trust in Chicago. W S Kenyon assistant to Attorney General Wickersham led the special grand jury. Seven witnesses were subpoenaed but only one man a minor officer of National Packing company was examined.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Washington
Beef Trust
W. S. Kenyon
Wickersham
National Packing Company
Panic in Straw Hat Factory Fire Traps Three Hundred Girls
Three hundred panic stricken girls fled the stairway as a fire broke out in the Rosewell Brothers straw hat factory in Philadelphia. The blaze destroyed the plant within minutes and caused significant property loss estimated at 160 thousand dollars.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Rosewell Brothers
Mrs Seiter In Hospital After Eye Injury In Omaha
Mrs Edward T Seiter of Cincinnati is in Clarkson hospital Omaha after glass fragments injured her eyes. Surgeons report good prospects of saving her eyesight though nerves were lacerated and pain severe. Her husband Mr Seiter sustained facial injuries and a 17 year old daughter Jeanette remained in the Black Hills hospital.
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Commercial Tribune
Omaha
Neb
Edward T. Seiter
Cincinnati
Drifter Balloon Starts Endurance Flight From Hamilton
The Holt Balloon company of Cincinnati launched the big balloon Drifter at 7:39 PM with pilots Walter C. Collins and George R. Howard aboard. Twenty thousand spectators watched as favorable winds pushed the craft southwest in pursuit of the US endurance record of 44 hours 16 minutes, a ceremony officiated by Mayor Abe Rothwell with Mrs. G R Howard and others attending.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Holt Balloon Company
Cincinnati
Walter C.collins
George R. Howard
United’ States
Abe Rothwell
G. R. Howard
Walter Collins
Albert Holt
Ratterman
Cincinnnati
Swiss River Breaks Dykes Two Firemen Drown
The Garonne river in Vaud canton broke its dykes for about two miles today. Two firemen died while rescuing two girls from the flood near Berne Switzerland as reported by Associated Press.
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Berne
Switzerland
Associated Press
Garonne
Canton of
Vaud
Rhone
Cannon Won’t Quit Race for Speaker of the House
Kansan Joseph Cannon declares he will not withdraw from the race for speaker. He says he will abide by the Republican caucus will if the next Congress is Republican, and would serve if nominated, though he refuses to pledge not to run. He speaks in Emporia before heading to Burlingame for a Kansas primary campaign stop.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Burlingame
Kan
Joseph ‘ Cannon
House of Representatives
Pmporia
Cannon
Emporia
Kansas
Congress
House of. Representatives
Roosevelt publicizes support for his nephew in New York race
Theodore Roosevelt confirms he will back Theodore Douglas Robinson if he is nominated in New York's Twenty seventh district, seeking the Herkimer and Oneida counties seat. He notes Robinson asked to settle the matter locally without outside interference and that he would speak for him if needed.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Herkimer
Oneida
New York
Robinson
Colonel Roosevelt
Theodore Robinson
The
Reynolds Kincaid
Ohio
Ibang Taft
Bur
Love Worth Cincinnati Praise From A Visiting Writer
A visitor extols Cincinnati calling it the Queen City, busy and alive yet leisurely. He marvels at downtown traffic and the city’s soothing nerve, praising the personality of its citizens and the allure that captivates strangers.
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Old City
Cincinnato
Pointers to Identify Dolly Dimples
Dolly Dimples is described with light brown hair. The notes claim to provide daily pointers of identification and mention a weight figure of 130 pounds, though details are fragmented and repetitive.
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Dolly
Dolly Dimples
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Poe Tone
Grand Trunk
Pennsylvania
Declie
Chase
Rob Oro
Ness
Uncle Joe
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Henry Clay
Roosevelt
Kincaid
Queen City
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