Taft Campaigns Across Missouri With Rousing Farewell Tour
The campaign train stopped at Atchison and St Joseph as Taft addressed workers and farmers. In Marysville hundreds of schoolchildren cheered while a mother kissed her baby. Large crowds gathered in Stanbury Darlington McFall Pattonsburg Gallatin Savannah Rosedale Blotkow Barnard and Macon before a night rally in Chillicothe. Taft planned a St Louis speech and Rex Ball appearance to close the trip.
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Kansas
Missouri
St Joseph
Burlington
Taft
Stanbury
Darlington
McFall
Pattonsburg
Gallatin
Savannah
Rosedale
Blotkow
Barnard
Marysville
Chillicothe
Macon
St.Louis
Taft Campaign Hits Kansas Labor Rallies
Taft addresses laborers in three Kansas stops from Kansas City to Leavenworth and to a Veterans' Home crowd. He pledges liberty for individuals, defends labor votes, and receives roses from Wyandotte labor unions as supporters vow to back Taft and Sherman.
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Gompers
Bryan
Bill Taft
Wyandotte
Bill
Leavenworth
Taft Ahead in Colorado Amid National Committee Rally
Senator Guggenheim predicts Taft will carry Colorado by about 10,000 votes as Chicago hosts a National Committee meeting in the afternoon.
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Colorado
Guggenheim
Taft
Cure Claims Stop Eczema With Cuticura Remedies
A London sufferer recounts years of severe itching and dermatitis despite hospital care and many treatments. After moving to the United States and trying Cuticura Remedies for twelve nights, he reports improvement and hopes for lasting relief.
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London
Jae Bae Mies
Sherman In Good Humor Invites Kern To Inauguration
Sherman continues his Indiana tour at Evansville to Elkhart tracing a fast-moving schedule. He invites Republican vice presidential candidate John W. Kern to attend the White House inauguration on March 4 and defends tariff policy while praising veterans and denouncing Democratic reforms.
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Elkhart
Ind
James S. Sherman
Indiana
Evansville
Indianapolis
John W. Kern
Mr. Sherman
No Roosevelt Tour Planned Says White House
Secretary clarifies that President Roosevelt has no present plan to campaign for Taft. Denials moved from absolute to qualified as reports spread, with White House repeatedly stating no stump tour is intended at the time. Local news in Lincoln, Nebraska and remarks attributed to Mr. Bryan are cited in the circulation of the rumor.
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Roosevelt
Taft
White House
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
San Francisco
Bradley Opens Campaign in Lexington Opera House
Senator-elect and former Kentucky governor William O Bradley opened the Republican campaign in Lexington. He addressed a full Opera House audience, comparing Democratic and Republican records and arguing national prosperity under Republican rule.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
William
Bradley
Kentucky
Opera House
Nebraska to Hear Jo Bryan Speeches
Democratic Committee of candidate's own state plans last desperate effort. John W. Kern, Bryan's running mate, arraigned the President and Republican leaders at a North Carolina rally. Kern condemned Roosevelt's reforms as futile and warned of Taft's fate without Roosevelt's influence. He departs for Greensboro to speak at Guilford.
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Guilford
Bryan's Attack Unsparing in Havelock Rally
William J. Bryan arrived by special train in Havelock Nebraska with about 100 Lincoln Home Guards. He spoke at the city park to a crowd of railroad shop workers, firing at Speaker Cannon Sherman Taft and the Denver platform labor planks and urging direct senator elections.
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Aston
Muncie
Sherman
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Anderston
Sunny Jim
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National Soldiers’ Home
Kern
J. Sherman
Taft
Havelock
Neb
William J. Bryan
Lincoln
Lincoln Home Guards
Nators
Denver
Cannon
Daniels Seeks Details On Trust Prosecutions
Josephus Daniels writes to Attorney General Bonaparte alleging a missing response to a request listing how many of the 287 named trusts in the United States have been prosecuted by the Justice Department. He asks for counts of prosecutions fines post conviction and counts of criminally prosecuted officials with names and imprisonment terms.
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Chicago
Bonaparte
Josephus Daniels
Democratic National Committee
United States
Department of Justice
Fom Herman
Daniels
Kern Attacks Roosevelt In Asheville Speech
In Asheville North Carolina October a speaker denounces the third term idea and criticizes the President attempting to name and dictate his successor before large audiences.
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Asheville
N. C
Mack Predicts Strong Democratic Tide Across Nation
Norman E. B. Mack, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, returns to Chicago to direct the West campaign and asserts a rising Democratic wave. He predicts New York and several states including New Jersey Rhode Island Maryland Delaware Ohio will vote Democratic with Midwest chairmen confirming gains and Roosevelt letters aiding appeal.
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Taftanda Sherman
National Committee
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United States
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Colorado
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Democratic National Committee
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Ohio
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Roosevelt
Parker Renews Ancient Charge in Campaign Speech
Judge Alton B. Parker charged President Roosevelt forgot a 1904 Standard Oil contribution to his committee's campaign fund and its expenditure. The Baltimore speech drew applause from Democrats in Richmond Market Hall with Senator Isidor Rayner and Senator John W. Daniel among speakers.
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Haskell
Standard Oil Company
Alton B. Parker
New York
Richmond Market Hall
John W. Daniel
Virginia
Isidor Rayner
Judge Parker
Bryan
New York Suffragists Fail to Register Voters
Fourteen women attempted to have their names added to New York City's voting list. Registration clerks rejected the effort, and photographers as well as growing crowds followed the women from headquarters to the booths.
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New York
Roosevelt to Germans Telegram Hails German-American Alliance
President Roosevelt sent a telegram to President Hexamer of the National German American Alliance offering heartiest good wishes for its 225th anniversary celebration of German emigration to the United States. He notes Americans of German birth and descent have played a high and honorable role in the nation's history.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Hexamer
National German-American Alliance
National
Battle Over Prohibition In Eighty Towns
New Haven Conn October five temperance forces clash with liquor licensing advocates in about eighty Connecticut towns. Early returns show Prohibitionists maintaining dry margins with possible small net losses in some towns, while individual votes suggest strong backing in larger communities.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
One County Wet Nays Garry Six Leads Fight in Ohio Counties
Special Dispatch reports leaders in several counties clashed over local option. Defiance retained 26 saloons by 800 plurality while Champaign and Madison voted to close 23 and 21 saloons respectively. Union went dry by 1,803 and Wood by 1,600.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Defiance County
Champaign
Madison
Champaigns
Antisaloon League
League
Union County
Wood County
County Goes Dry In Local Option Vote At Circleville
Pickaway County held a local option election on October 5 and voted dry by 199 majority. Circleville cast 1 940 votes to go wet by 699 while 23 precincts outside the city voted 986 dry and 151 wet. Three thousand nine people signed petitions and 24 saloons were voted out amid a 5000 vote total.
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Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Pickaway County
Logan County Goes Dry in Record Vote
In Bellefontaine on October 6 the county voted dry by a margin of 37 to 1847. Logan County towns mostly joined the dry movement with Lakeview the sole exception. The result marks the largest dry vote ever cast in the county.
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Bellefontaine
Logan County
Lakeview
Delegates Selected for Fifth Sixth District Convention
Hillsboro Ohio October 5 Delegates W G Richards Frank R Ambrose John T Daniels F D Patterson Neil Waddell E C McWilliams S W Allen J W Cox Cary Turner Hon W H Burnett D Q Morrow named to represent Highland County at the Senatorial convention in Chillicothe October 7. Alternates listed as John Burns John Greathouse Fay Baldwin James N Douglass P A Hughey L J Cole Frank Johnson B F Faris T B McCoppin William Kipbler Thomas Smith.
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Commercial Tribune
Hillsboro
Highland County
Chillicothe
Greene County delegates named for district Republican convention
KENIA O October 5 delegates and alternates will represent Greene County at the Fifth-Sixth District Republican Senatorial Convention in Chillicothe on Wednesday. Delegates include Harry D. Smith H B Schmidt M L Finnell Andrew Jackson BP Howard Nat Hunter Arthur Humphreys William Long C W Whitmer W L Marshall Marcus Shoup Alternates include John W Prugh M A Broadstone H B LeSourd F D Alexander Ray Zell Henry Estle A C Messenger Karl Bull Phillip Matthews T J Ridenour Isaiah Mason.
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Greene County
Chillicothe
Harry D. Smith
Schmidt
M. L. Finnell
Andrew Jackson
BP. Howard
Nat Hunter
Arthur Humphreys
William Long
C. W. Whitmer
W. L. Marshall
Marcus Shoup
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M. A. Broadstone
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F. D. Alexander
Ray Zell
Henry Estle
A. C. Messenger
Karl Bull
Phillip Matthews
T. J. Ridenour
Isaiah Mason
Augustus Thomas Speech Honors Hon. Nicholas Long Worth
America's greatest playwright Augustus Thomas delivers a tribute tonight. The event invites ladies and other attendees to hear remarks honoring Hon. Nicholas Long Worth at a formal gathering.
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Augustus Thomas
Nicholas Long
Hughes Scores Bryan Panage In Minnesota Tour
Governor Hughes to speak in Wisconsin and Minnesota towns reports show large crowds. He condemns Bryan remedies as impractical and promotes Taft, praising his justice and achievements in office.
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ST. Paul
Bryan
New York
Middle Western
la Crosse
Wis
Minnesota
Winona
Dodge Center
Mahkato
Governor Haskell Denies Ties to Muskogee Alliance
Governor Charles N. Haskell released a signed statement detailing his alleged early involvement with the Muskogee Citizens' Alliance formed in 1905 to oppose labor unions. He says he joined to promote town harmony during a spring strike, later opposed the group, and withdrew after learning its true nature. He states he believed the alliances had since disappeared.
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Muskogee, Okla
Charles N. Haskell
Muskogee
Bonaparte Urges Haste In Livestock Rate Suit
James R. Gray lerk of the circuit court received a communication from Attorney General Bonaparte urging the injunction suit by fifty five Western and Southwestern railroads to block the Interstate Commerce Commission from lowering livestock rates to Chicago St Louis Kansas City and St Joseph be placed on the docket ahead of other litigations and sent to Judges Vandeventer as soon as possible.
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James R. Gray
Lerk
United States Circuit
Bonaparte
Western and Southwestern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Pam
Vandeventer
Haskell Demands Inquiry Over Osage Lease to Standard Oil
Oklahoma Governor C N Haskell writes President Roosevelt demanding explanation of a July 1906 lease of 680000 Osage acres to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company a Standard Oil subsidiary. He accuses officials of secrecy and warns of presenting the matter to Congress if unresolved.
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Guthrie
Okla
Roosevelt
C. N. Haskell
Bir Pen Oil and Gas Company
Haskell
Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Washington
Edwin B. Foster
Indiana
Foster
Congress
McGuffey
Barnsdale
Pennsylvania
Standard Oil
Osage
Oklahoma
Willson Defends War on Night Riders at Hopkinsville
Governor A B Willson spoke to about 5000 people at Hopkinsville defending troop use in the night rider crackdown. He praised farmer action against trusts but warned against lawlessness and said he would not pardon anyone involved with a trust if convicted. He urged law and order to lift Kentucky’s civic standards.
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American Tobacco Company
Kentucky
Mexican Diet Remedies Tea to Postum? Grape-Nuts Claim
A Mexican diet anecdote describes nervous breakdowns and heart pain from local foods. The man credits relief to Grape-Nuts and cream with toast and stewed fruit. He says digestive comfort returns at home after long days teaching or labor.
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Republic
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