Taft Arrives at Yale for Alumni Events and Football Game
Secretary Taft attends Yale reunions with President Hadley and General Luke Wright. He speaks at Alumni Hall and at Ledyard Memorial dedication, attends the Yale Harvard game, and joins his class dinner with the 1898 cohort. Special seats reserved for Taft and Mrs Taft.
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Herbert W. Bo
Taft
Alumni Hall
Hadley
University
Ledyard
Augustus Canfield Ledyard
Philippines
Harvard
Yale Field
Doctor recommended Cuticura remedies story from 1906
A father recalls his premature daughter with severe skin disease and near death. After two doctors, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment reportedly saved her, with months of care and soft skin afterward. Box 234 Buena Vista Virginia October 22 1906 appears in the testimonial.
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Drv
Cuticura
James
Buena Vista
Taft to Split Solid South in 1908 Outlook
Seaboard Air Line receiver and Republican National Committeeman E C Duncan predicts Taft will win North Carolina Tennessee and Kentucky in the electoral college. He cites Bryan faction dissension and business defections, saying the Solid South is a myth and radicalism wanes after Georgia and Florida outcomes.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Taft
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
South
E. C Duncan
Seaboard Air Line
Chicago
Duncan
Mr. Taft
Bryan
Missouri
Maryland
Hoke
Smith
Georgia
Gilchrist
Florida
Taft Speech Sought During Roosevelt Sagamore Hill Visit
Oyster Bay residents plan to petition Secretary Taft to address the public during his Sagamore Hill visit this week. President Roosevelt spends time reading boating fishing and exercise while Secretary Loeb’s schedule remains largely private as action on Taft’s RNC chairmanship is expected to be decided.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Taft
Republican National Committee
Taft Train Delayed Again With Locomotive Failures
Secretary Taft travelled through Philadelphia en route to New Haven when a locomotive breakdown delayed his train a second time. Changes at Harrisburg and Atglen caused late arrival in West Philadelphia, with a high-grade engine helping to regain time toward New York. Taft remained in his berth and did not notice the breakdown.
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Philadelphia
Taft
New Haven
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Atglen
Taft Announces Cincinnati Campaign Start in September
Secretary Taft, en route to New Haven, confirms plans to begin a Cincinnati campaign in September. He praises Roosevelt’s Chicago convention demonstration as genuine and strong, and declines to discuss a running mate while praising Sherman.
Taft Plans September Presidential Campaign Start in City
Taft said he will begin his campaign in September in a city yet to be announced. He did not commit to a campaign manager, and refused to discuss Bryan's anti injunction plank or the Democratic situation. He will stay active through election day and will not take a vacation, noting eight years without one.
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Taft
Bryan
Chicago
Newly Appointed War Secretary to Consult With Predecessor
MEMPHIS Tenn June 22 General Luke E Wright will leave Thursday for Washington He plans a conference with Secretary of War William H Taft before assuming duties as Secretary of War appointed by President Roosevelt He offers little on future plans saying arrangements in the War Department will be disturbed but little and adds I am only going in for a few months until next March He declines to forecast cabinet prospects with Taft potential election unsure.
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Memphis
Tenn
Luke E. Wright
Washington
William H. Taft
Roosevelt
Wright
War Department
Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican National Committee
Taft
Shen
House of Representatives
House
Congressional Committee
War Secretary Taft to Speak at Toledo G A R Reunion
Secretary of War Taft will be asked to be a principal speaker at the upcoming Toledo G A R reunion. The plan to invite President Roosevelt was abandoned due to remote attendance likelihood.
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Toledo
Commercial Tribune
Taft
Roosevelt
Citizens organize Taft-Sherman-Taylor Club in Sixth District
Citizens of Morrow and vicinity held a meeting at the Opera House and organized a Taft Sherman Taylor Club with a large membership. Officers elected include George C. Smith as President, Fred Gilmour as First Vice President, Sig Hichelster as Second Vice President, J. P. Fairchild as Secretary, W. P. Richey as Assistant Secretary, and W. P. Beck as Treasurer.
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Commercial Tribune
Morrow, O
Morrow and
Opera House
Sixth
George C. Smith
Fred Gilmour
Sig Hichelster
J. P. Fairchild
W. P. Richey
W. P. Beck
Hughes in praise of Taft at New York GOP meeting
New York Governor Hughes, the Republican candidate at the Chicago convention, addressed a gathering of New York Republicans pledging vigorous support for the ticket. He praised Taft’s leadership and stated he kept faith on delegates, emphasizing party principles and duties to constituents. General Stewart L. Woodford also spoke.
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New York
Chicago
Republican Club
Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Taft
Republican Party
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt and Taft to Attend Yale-Harvard Boat Race
President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft will both attend the Yale-Harvard boat race on the Thames at New London next Thursday. The move requires Taft to adjust his week plans and travel from Oyster Bay. General Luke E. Wright will succeed Taft as Secretary of War.
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New Haven
Conn
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Thames
New London
Taft
Oyster Bay
Luke E. Wright
Sagamore Hill
Wright
Taft Party Leaves St. Paul for Yellowstone Park
Henry W. Taft brother of the secretary travels with Mrs. Taft Miss Louise Taft and William Howard Taft Jr. through St. Paul en route to Yellowstone Park. The party departed tonight and is headed for the national park.
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Yellowstone Park
ST. Paul
Henry W. Taft
Taft
Louise Taft
William Howard Taft, Jr
Taft daughter guest of Rhode Island family
Miss Helen Taft daughter of Secretary William H. Taft is the guest of William G. Reolker Jr and the Misses Reolker at the Green Mansion in Warwick Rhode Island. Reolker was one of the Rhode Island alternates at the Republican convention.
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Rhode Island
Warwick
R. I
Helen Taft
William H. Taft
William G. Reolker, Jr
Reolker
Green Mansion
Sherman III In Cleveland
Republican vice presidential nominee James Schoolcraft Sherman has suffered a bilious attack in Cleveland Ohio and will remain there until tomorrow. He became ill on the trip from Cincinnati, was confined to his hotel, and is watching for further medical advice.
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Cleveland, CO
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Governor Herrick Host Seeks Remainder of Visit
The article notes Myron T. Herrick, former Ohio governor, hosted as a guest over Sunday but had to retire to his room and could not be seen yesterday or today. It reports no alarming changes in the distinguished patient’s condition and that physicians expect Sherman to resume travel to Utica tomorrow morning as the attack subsides.
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Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Demonstration Planned for Vice Presidential Candidate Sherman
Utica reports Rep James S Sherman is improving and will attend a planned nine ten arrival. City courted honors with a monster parade of military and civic groups and multiple addresses to welcome him with a response expected from Sherman.
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Utica
James S. Sherman
Sherman
Sherman May Not Resign From Campaign Role
Washington speculation on Rep Sherman remaining as Republican Congressional Committee chairman continues ahead of the July 1 National Committee meeting. Taft resignation seen likely. Sherman may keep House seat through March. New York office to open August 1 at St James Building as campaign literature distribution shifts.
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Sherman
House
Republican Congressional Committee
New York City
New York
St. James Building
Ransom Bid Tells of Missing Diamond Salesman Meyer Newman
Meyer Newman, a New York diamond salesman, vanished after taking $2000 in gems from his home. His wife alarmed, police investigate two $10,000 ransom letters to Stern Bros. & Co. and a clue mentions a boat and a Bronx Park deadline of June 30.
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New York
Meyer Newman
Stern Bros. & Co
Newman
West
Bronx Park
Republican campaign book to be issued early this year
The Republican Congressional campaign book will be released unusually early, about six weeks before four years ago. Proofs are up to date and include a Democratic convention section and platform. The book revises issues, highlights injunctions, and provides biographical material on candidates and congressional work, with August 1 as the latest release date.
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Washington
Republican Congress
Chicago to be headquarters for Republican campaign
Senator W B Borah from Idaho says Chicago will be the Republican campaign base and possibly the National Executive Committee base of operations after a Cincinnati conference with Secretary Taft and Representative Sherman.
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Windy City
Chicago
W. BE. Borah
Idaho
Cincinnati
Taft
Sherman
National Executive Committee
Widows of Presidents Send Felicitations to Taft
Today’s mail brought congratulatory letters from Mrs. Lucretia Garfield and Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widows of ex presidents, to Taft in Washington.
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Taft
Washington
Lucretia R. Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
Harris Pardons Minister and Releases From Prison
Governor Harris commuted the sentence of Rev. Alice L. Moore and she was released from Ohio Penitentiary. Moore, once rector in Bellefontaine, was jailed in May 1907 for forging a $150 check. The commutation was granted on the condition she quit drinking.
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Columbus
Harris
Alice L. Moore
Ohio Penitentiary
Moore
Episcopal Church
Bellefontaine
SLAIN MAN FOUND NEAR WHEELING IN CREEK
Edward Farley, a Greggsville resident and well known West Virginian, was found today in a creek after days missing. His throat was cut and his head mutilated. Police have no clue to the murderer.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Edward Farley
Greggsville
Here
Robbers Blow Safe at Christ Noll Office
Robbers broke into the Christ Noll office in LaPorte Indiana early today, securing 200 in old and rare coins while leaving 400 in jewelry and 50 in gold coins. They fled to the railroad yards and vanished.
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Laporte
Ind
Christ Noll
Hilker Sons Suffer Injuries in Ohio Mishaps
In Hamilton Ohio on June 22 Kenneth Hilker, son of Charles F. Hilker of the Hamilton Machine Tool Co, injured by a back-fire while cranking an automobile with a broken arm. Earlier Vanderveer Hilker, his older brother, was knocked down stairs at Miami University and suffered a broken leg.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Charles F. Hilker
Hamilton Machine Tool Company
Kenneth Hilker
Vanderveer Hilker
Miami University
Club Women Begin Biennial General Federation Convention
About two thousand club women from across the United States arrive in Boston for the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention. Symphony Hall serves as headquarters as visitors tour historic sites and attend social events hosted by the Professional Women's Club and Daughters of the American Revolution. The Massachusetts Federation hosts a reception, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra provides the concert greeting. Mrs. Sarah S. Platt Decker will formally open the convention tomorrow evening.
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Boston
United States
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Symphony Hall
Westminster
Professional Women’s Club
Paul Jones
Daughters of the American Revolution
Massachusetts State Federation
New England Woman's Club
General Federation
State Federation
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sarah S. Platt Decker
Immel Admits Bribery Charge in Paving Case
Frederick J. Immel former Columbus Board of Public Service member pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe from H. C. Lang of the Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company. He avoided trial by pleading guilty in Criminal Court and was sentenced to four years in the Ohio Penitentiary and fined $1,000.
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Columbus, CO
Frederick J. Immel
Columbus Board of Public Service
East Broad Street
Rathmell
H. C. Lang
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Company
Ohio Penitentiary
Woman Dies After Forty Day Fast in Zion City
Mrs. Louisa Thompson, 40, of Zion City on Chicago's north shore, died after a forty day fast undertaken to cure cancer. She and her husband were members of a local Zion City cult founded by John Alexander Dowie.
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ICAGO
Louisaompson
Zion City
North Shore
John Alexander Dowie
French Attack Chinese Sparks Clash With Reformers
In Saigon dated June 22 an engagement occurred at Banmang on June 19 between a French expedition and Chinese reformers. Details of the clash and casualties or outcomes were not provided.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Banmang
Leper Home Reports Cures and Seeks Authority
New Orleans June 22 A Louisiana Leper Home report describes 6 cures in 61 patients over two years and notes that the facility keeps leprosy patients in open settings along the Mississippi River levee. It asks the Assembly for funds and authority to prevent escapes and to place some lepers at large in the state.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Assembly
Louisiana
Louisiana Institution
Mississippi River
Iberville Parish
Sisters of Charity
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