Taft picks Cincinnati men for Navy and staff posts
Reports say William H. Carpenter will be Secretary of the Navy if he desires the place. Mischler, an assistant secretary ally, is slated to join Taft in the White House. Carpenter and Mischler have long ties to Taft and accompanied him on major trips. A crowd gathered at Grand Central to bid farewell as Taft and his wife left for Virginia.
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Carpenter
Cincinnati
Linton
Taft
Grand Central Station
Hot Springs
Philippines
Mischler
Mr. Taft
White House
Mr. Mischler
Mr. Carpenter
Virginia
Charles P. Taft
Ohio
Harry Daugherty
Columbus
Fayette County
Hich
J. Warren Keifer
William Thorndyke
Justices of the Peace
Lamping
Smedes
Wade H. Bilis
Justice of the Peace
Curtis
Judge Hough
Mrs. Morse
Mrs. Curtis
Morse
Marshal Henkel
Chtisy
Inauguration of Harmon to Be Brilliant Event
Columbus reports a lavish inauguration for Governor-elect Judson Harmon with a $15 000 budget. A grand parade by the state guard, a ball, and a Capitol reception are planned for January 11 with nonpartisan joint celebrations. The event marks a stark shift from prior quiet inaugurations.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, O
Judson Harmon
Columbus
Harmon
Herrick
Columbus Board of Trade
Will Ilan
State House
Supreme Court
Capitol
Memorial Hall
Legis Sture
Foraker Not Yet Out of the FGFT Political Gossip
Cleveland Congressman has others in Western Reserve pledged to him. Senator Foraker to issue a statement announcing reelection bid. Burton of Cleveland named a Cuyahoga County slate of fourteen voters. Hamilton County pivotal in caucus. Telegrams pour in to Governor-elect Harmon. Taft aide W Mischler to spend vacation in city. Missouri reform law changes primary dynamics. Judge Hunt disturbed by multiple stops on way to office.
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Cleveland
Western Reserve
Burton
Clew 'Nd
Cuyahoga County
Judson Harmon
Chicago
Erie Railroad
S. M. Felton
Uexitan Central Railroad
David L. Rockwell
Mr. Harmon
Judge Nagel
Louis
Commercial Club
Dge Nagel
Missouri
Taft
Prominent Ohio Senate Hopefuls and Cincinnati Political Drama
The piece notes Andrew L. Harris and Theodore E. Burton as leading Ohio senate figures with other GOP figures congratulating Harris on a prosecutorial post. It outlines push for a special session to confirm governor appointees, Cincinnati ballots and legal battles over magistrate terms, and a looming bond-issue constraint amid potential legislative action in 1909.
Returns to Find Family Dead in Gas Fumes
A Washington man Clarence L. Brennerman returns home to discover his wife Mrs Hebe Cutts Brenner, her mother in law Mrs Brennerman, and their 18 month old son dead from gas fumes in a kitchen stove incident at 1309 I Street NW. The Brennerman family, with Mrs Brennerman’s mother, lived in the house.
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I Street
N. W
Hebe Cutts Brennerman
Brennerman
Cutts Brennerman
Clarence L. Brennerman
Congressional Library
Deneen Victory Contested in Illinois Governor Race
Chicago reports that Governor Charles S. Deneen’s re election will be challenged by Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson. Charles Boeschenstein, Democratic State Central Committee chair, says a correct count and honest canvass will show Stevenson had a plurality and a ballot recount will be demanded from the Legislature.
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Chicago
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Charles Boeschenstein
Democratic State Central Committee
Adlai SE. Stevenson
Labor Split on Political Issue at AFL Convention
In Denver the twenty eighth annual AFL session opens with debate over a proposed constitutional amendment to bind the federation to a political policy. Labor leaders expect strong opposition to such a policy and to continued non political stance. Resolutions will condemn President Gompers and the Executive Board for backing the Democratic ticket last election and be referred to the Resolutions Committee for later discussion.
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Denver
Col
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Committee On
Gompers Heads to Denver for AFL Convention
Samuel Gompers bound for Denver as the AFL prepares for its twenty eighth annual meeting. He says he is not seeking re election but would serve again if the convention wills it after attacks on his course in the recent Presidential campaign.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Gompers
Ohio 1908 election results show Taft lead grows
Taft leads in Ohio with 461,688 votes to Bryan 399,412 from 73 of 88 counties. Harmon 491,181 edges Harris 410,878 in governor race. Plurality figures suggest final margins near these levels as precinct totals expand.
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Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Bryan
Harris
Harmon
Howe
Hiasine
Ashlan
Augiaize
Clark
Clere
Clintee
ColummBldiia
Crawford
Teeta Ener
Eteee Eeene
Delaware
Harrison
Ighian Beens
Ocking Oeene
Holmes
Uron
Jackson
Jefferson
Lake Wate
Lawrence
Licking
Locate
Madison
Mabonia
Marion Medina
Ted
Morgan Miami
Morrow
Noble Oe
Ottawa
Bawries
Pickaway
Portage
One
Preble Sae
Putnam Eeeee
Richland
Sandusky Aes
Scioto
Seneca
Ataee ! Shelb
Stark
Summit
Trumbull
Tuscarawas
Vinton A
Warren
Republicans Gain Two Seats In House Elections
Returns from districts nationwide show a Republican gain of two with Albert Douglas winning in Ohio Eleventh and Moses P Kin kaid returning in Nebraska Sixth. The Fifth Nebraska race remains extremely close pending official count as Democrats hold 173 to Republicans 218 in the next House.
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Chicago
Albert Douglas
Ohio
Moses P. Kinkaid
Nebraska
Mountain Peak 19 Lost in Volcano
San Francisco reports Mt McCulloch on Bogasley Island west of Unalaska has vanished after a volcanic shift. A new landlocked bay three miles wide is where the peak stood, with the Rush sounding depths from eight to twenty-five fathoms. The mountain had reached 506 feet when first observed last year.
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San Francisco
McCulloch
Mt. McCulloch
Bogasley Island
Unalaska
Rush
Harris Fills Vacancies in Ohio Appointments
Governor Harris certifies to the Ohio Senate the appointments of C. C. Lemert Insurance Commissioner Colonel W. S. Rogers Fire Marshal W. T. Lewis Labor Commissioner W. H. Phipps Oil Inspector James C. Wenders Highway Commissioner and trustees of state institutions. The Senate is expected to confirm. Republicans anticipate Harmon will face filled offices.
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Harris
General Assembly
Columbus
State Senate
Harmon
C. C. Lemert
W. 8. Rogers
W. T. Lewis
W. H. Phipps
Spector
James C. Wonder
Cincinnati
Ohio Senate
James C. Wenders
Senate
One-Day Cure for Cold Promoted by W Grove
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal laxative and cold cure. It claims the remedy cures a cold in one day and features the signature of W Grove, asserting worldwide use.
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W. Grove
Morse Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Federal Prison
Frustration and crowds as banker Morse receives a fifteen year term for bank fraud. Curtis and Morse show stoicism, while wives collapse and sob. Morse’s supporters carry on as the court suspends Curtis sentence and orders Morse to Atlanta.
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Morse
Curtis
Federal
Marshal Henkel
Federal Building
Mrs. Morse
Mrs. Curtis
Hough
Atlanta
Government Expert To Prepare Charges Against Financier
New York November 6 Edward Moxey the Government's chief witness in the Morse Curtis trial will on Monday prepare charges against F Augustus Heinze Heinze indicted in January on overcertifying checks and misapplying Mercantile National Bank funds in October 1907 He will review the Mercantile Bank books from the alleged activity and report to United States District Attorney Stimson The Heinze trial may begin in January
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New York
Edward Moxey
United States Grovernment
Alfred H. Curtis
F. Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Mercantile National Bank
Maxey
Mercantile Bank
United States
Stimson
Morse
Curtis
New Jersey Banker's Embezzlement Sentence
Robert Ohmers of Atlantic City was sentenced by County Judge Higbee in Mays Landing to two years in the State Prison for embezzling 20500 dollars from the Marine Trust Company of Atlantic City.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Robert Ohmers
Atlantic City
Marine Trust. Company
Higbee
Farmer Dentist James Grant Found Dead Near Bristol
Bristol Tenn Nov 6 James Grant a farmer and dentist whose home was near Abingdon Virginia was found dead in a public road near Bristol with his skull cracked Officials suspect murder and investigation continues
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Bristol
Tenn
James Grant
Abingdon
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Foraker
Joseph B. Foraker
United States Senate
Hi H
Agines
Hamilton County
Anti - League
H. V. Speelman
Ohio League of Republican Clubs
John Hays Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
John Hays
National League
National League of Republicans
W. W. Mischler
William M. Taft
Charles C. Zeller
Ead
Charles J. Hunt
Common Pleas Court
Center Day
Andrew L. Harris
Theodore E. Burton
George B. Cox
Elmwood
St. Bernard
Carthage
Mitchell Avenue
Carthage Pike
Elmwood Town Hall
William H. ‘Taft
Change
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Taft
C. EB. Roth
H. Hamann
H. H. Lippelman
Herman P. Goebel
Board of Elections
Harry Watters
Watters
Maus
Bloom
Michael Mueller
George Tibbles
Thorndyke
Mueller
Tibbles
Rolsen, Flach, McDevitt
Common Pleas
Charles D ®Genhart
George W. Hays
Turnipseed
Democratic’ Party
Henry Hunt
Ballard
Baker
Warren G. Harding
Arthur I. Vorys
Myron T. Herrick
D. D. Woodmansee
Julius Fleischmann
Deneen Victory
Democratscg
Gospers
Mountain Peak
His Wife
New Jersey
Tennessee
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