Taft Campaign Tours Akron Progress and Italian Support
Taft spoke at Music Hall in Akron to a crowded audience and emphasized his patronage of organized labor and eight hour laws. Senator Charles Dick presided, praising Taft's leadership under multiple presidents and greeting wide support as crowds cheered from inside and outside. Taft thanked Italian Americans, calling them patriotic and productive citizens, and urged Republicans to win over Democratic farmers in Pickaway Plains.
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Music Hall
Judge Taft
George B. Cox
Cox
United States
Charles Dick
Akron
Taft Addresses Farmers at Washington Courthouse
Taft speaks to a large crowd at Washington Courthouse Ohio amid a campaign across Pickaway Plains. He touts prosperity under Republican leadership, urges support for the Republican ticket, and pauses to greet listeners after his Circleville speech. A girl presents a chrysanthemum and a voter pledge card.
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Washington Courthouse
Lancaster
Taft
Viola
Papa
New Holland
Pickaway Plains
Vorys
Circleville
Taft Encourages Ohio Voters to Back Republicans
In Sabina and nearby towns Judge Taft urged residents to elect the Republican ticket and praised Republican rule. Senator William Alden Smith predicted an 80 000 plurality for Michigan in support while Jesse Taylor urged unity for Taft and Taylor.
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Washington D. H
Morrow
Judge Taft
William Alden Smith
United States
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Taft
Ohio
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Sabina
Smith
Straus Plans Ohio Speech After New York Stop
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor says labor is not being misled by Gompers and his group. He notes labor feels Congress did not grant their requests and will travel to Cleveland to speak on the 19th, avoiding sectarian meetings.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Gompers
Cleveland
Duncan to Accompany Taft on Kentucky Campaign Tour
Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican National Committee said RE. C. Duncan of North Carolina will accompany Judge Taft on a speaking tour of Kentucky. He also noted that no successor will be appointed to replace Mr. Dupont who recently resigned as Chairman of the Speakers Bureau.
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Kentucky
New York
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
RE. C. Duncan
Taft
Dupont
Ohio Labor Favors Taft Says Herrick
Former Ohio governor Myron T. Herrick reports to Chairman Hitchcock that political conditions in Ohio have improved. He notes a visible movement among laboring men toward Judge Taft as they recognize that material welfare depends on his election.
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New York
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Hitchcock
Taft
Sherman and Fairbanks Debate on Stage in Newark
In Newark New Jersey on October 12 1908 Charles W Fairbanks the Vice President and Republican candidate James Sherman debated on the same stage. They claimed tariff reform as the campaign’s main issue and drew a large Kreuger's Auditorium audience. Sherman earlier spoke at the Woman's Club in East Orange to applause.
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N. J
Charles W. Fairbanks
James 8. Sherman
Kreuger
Sherman
Woman's Club
Last Orange
Bryan
Democratic Party
Willson Speaks in Indiana at Evansville Rally
Governor Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky spoke to a large Republican gathering in Evansville Indiana directing his address to national issues. Former Congressman F B Posey of Evansville presided over the meeting.
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Evansville
Ind
Augustus E. Willson
F. B. Posey
Unclear medical label text on laxative box prompt
Fragmentary OCR shows instructions about using a laxative and a signature line. Readable parts are inconsistent and incomplete, offering no coherent event, date, or named entities to summarize meaningfully.
Parker Urges Jury Trial Stand Against Corporate Money
New Yorker Judge Parker argues for trial by jury in contempt cases and condemns corporate political contributions. He accuses the Republican machine of using money from Harriman and Standard Oil to influence elections and urges voting for Bryan and Kern to curb corruption.
Hughes Busy in New York Day of Arrival Speech Tour
Governor Hughes, returning to New York State after a strenuous Western day, spoke to enthusiastic crowds at Owego and Waverly. He closed with a Lyceum Theater address in Eiqira that drew a packed audience.
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Eiqira
N. Y
Hughs
New York State
Owebh
Waverly
Lyceum Theater
Kentucky Eleventh District Nominating Slates Unveiled
In Kentucky Eleventh District both parties named candidates. Dol C. Edwards of London won the Republican nomination and W. Pat of Somerset was chosen by the Democratic convention.
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Commercial Tribune
Loisville
Kentucky
Dol C. Edwards
London
Ublican
W.'s. Pat
Somerset
Gompers demands Taft details of alleged lies
In Buffalo at a Democratic mass meeting on October 12 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor challenged Republican candidate William H. Taft to specify a single point where Gompers had lied about him. Gompers said Taft accused him of lies and demanded an apology if Taft cannot name one point.
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Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
McKinley
Buffalo
N. Y
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Amercan Federation of Labor
William H. Taft
Gompers
Debs Ill on Train Forces Speech Canceled
Socialist presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs fell ill aboard the Red Special in Newark New Jersey on October 12 canceling his Military Park appearance though doctors expected he might speak that night.
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N.J
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Socialist Party
Military Park
Debs
Morrow to Host Republican Rally in Sixth District
The Taft-Sherman-Taylor Club will hold a large rally in Morrow Ohio on Tuesday. Speakers include Jesse Taylor of Jamestown running for Congress John Marshall Mulford and L K Langdon candidates for Representative and other party members.
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Taft-Sherman-Taylor Club
Jesse Taylor
Jamestown
Congress
John Marshall Mulford
L. K. Langdon
Haskell Heads to Kansas City to Consult Lawyers
Governor Haskell traveled to Kansas City tonight to seek counsel from his attorneys about a proposed lawsuit against William R. Hearst. The action concerns publicity given to the Standard Oil story that led to Haskell's resignation as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.
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Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Kansas City
William R. Hearst
Standard Oil
Democratic National Committee
Parker Fails to Claim Election Support in Speaking Tour
Judge Parker speaks on the New York contest noting Bryan gains, Hughes supporters, and Chanler’s bid. He says many Democrats back Hughes while many Republicans favor Bryan, and predicts Chanler may win though Hughes could still prevail after touring his state. He praises poll methods of The World and notes his Westward campaign continuation.
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New York
Parker
Bryan
Hughes
Mr. Bryan
Chanler
Udge Parker
New York World
Taft
Brooklyn Eagle
New York Herald
West
Roosevelt rules Pittsburg trip unnecessary for Taft win
Washington Oct 12 President Roosevelt told Congressman Barchfeld that a Pittsburg stump speech would be like carrying coals to New Castle. He saw no need to speak there as the district was, in his view, safely Taft.
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Roosevelt
Barchfeld
Pittsburg
New Castle
Taft
Pittsburg Speech Not Needed Says Congressman
Congressman Barchfeld said he agreed with the President that his presence in Pittsburg to speak was not necessary in response to a Republican Committee appeal urging National Chairman Hitchcock to have the President make his first stump speech in the city.
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Allegheny County
Hitchcock
Pittsburg
Barchfeld
Clergy Endorse Governor Harris by Evangelical Alliance
The Evangelical Alliance of Cincinnati passed a resolution endorsing Governor Andrew L. Harris for re election citing his stance on local option and temperance. The group pledged support to aid his election while opposing a straw vote on Bryan and Taft. Officers were elected and a plan to discuss Personal Liberty in churches next Sunday was announced.
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Evangelical Alliance of
Cincinnati
Andrew L. Harris
Ohio
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Personal Liberty League
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W. Eldridge
Peter Robertson
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W. D. Cole
Justin Green
J. W. Perkins
Mr. Herget
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