Cincinnati Registration Breaks Four Day Record in 1907
The Cincinnati total registration for four days in 1907 reached 84,233 voters surpassing 1905’s mark and approaching the 1904 presidential year high. Yesterday’s turnout was 14,596, with four day totals showing a strong gain over last year despite a slight dip from last year’s final day. A ward by ward table accompanies the figures along with letters regarding party activity and residency notes.
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Cincinnati
Panama Canal Locks May Need Wider Chambers
Naval member H H Rosseau of the Isthmian Canal Commission says the locks must be widened beyond original plans due to advancing merchant and naval tonnage. The recommendation, linked to Lusitania Mauritania class ships, could raise costs and delay completion, prompting a sea level vs lock canal debate.
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Panama Canal
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
H. H. Rosseau
New York
Metcalf
Lusitania
Mauritania
Rosseau
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Canal Commission
Mrs Chadwick Passbooks Surface in Bankruptcy Case
Referee Nathan Loeser disclosed six passbooks showing Mrs Cassie L Chadwick as depositor at banks in Cleveland and elsewhere including a 1902 Pittsburg transfer of 30000 with smaller sums. Investigations target all passbooks with funds possibly due to creditors, not relatives. Passbooks from Lincoln National Bank Knickerbocker Trust Co and Corn Exchange Bank plus three Cleveland banks listed.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Nathan Loeser
Cassie L. Chadwick
Chadwick
Loeser
Pittsburg Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Knickerbocker Trust Company of New York
Corn Exchange Bank of New York
Taft Seeks Private Citizen Status Within Two Years
Taft declares at Manila banquet he hopes to return as a private citizen within two years. He urges Filipino self development and invites foreign investment through the new National Assembly. He admires progress, praises teachers and doctors, and notes the first permanent schoolhouse cornerstone in Manila.
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William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
W. Morgan Huster
Philippine Commission
Senor Osmena
Assembly
Smith
National Assembly
Philippines
Barrows
Educational Department
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hunt Ends Forty Day Bear Lake Trip
Roosevelt closes a fourteen day bear hunting trip along Bear Lake and Tensas Bayou in Stamboul Louisiana with an active final day. Weather remains excellent as the party plans to meet Mr Shields and then board a special train to Vicksburg before returning to Washington. Ten end?
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Commercial Tribune
Stamboul
Bear Lake
Tensas Bayou
Shields
Mr. Shields
Vicksburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Keokuk
Boycott 15 Again Declared Invalid by Courts
The US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that enjoining labor unions from boycotting a Missouri manufacturer was proper. The suit, filed by Fox Brothers Manufacturing of St. Louis, sought to stop unions from pressuring contractors to drop the company’s products due to open shop practices.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Paul
Minn
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States. District Court of
Police Reforms Planned In France Under Clemenceau
Paris reports indicate France will modernize aging institutions with focus on police. Chief Hennion of the secret service is tasked with devising reforms after international crook-hunt success. He plans to visit Germany, America and England for first-hand insights.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
France
M. Clemenceau
Hennion
Germany
America
Englant
Tecidivists
Rae Drease
Boy Dies in Accident on Boat in New Carlisle
Springfield Ohio Oct 19 A fourteen year old boy Calvin Braumiller accidentally blew his head off with a shotgun while attempting to remove it from a boat at New Carlisle His skull was found in his cap.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield, .C
Calvin Braumiller
New Carlisle
Women Named for School Board in Somerville Village
In Hamilton Ohio on October 19, the Somerville Village School Board deadlock spurred women to form a all female ticket. Miranda Muff Lizzie Keller and Laura Stephans will appear on the ballot against E. L. Inman Frank Chapins and Chris Kapp. The County Commissioners oversee the schools due to the impasse. This marks the first women led school board ticket in Butler County.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Somerville Village
Miranda Muff
Lizzie Keller
Laura Stephans
E. L. Inman
Frank Chapins
Chris Kapp
Butler County
Sudden Deaths Hit Paris Observatory Directors
Paris reports Maurice Lolvy, director of the Astronomical Observatory, dies suddenly. He follows four prior directors Welaunay, Admiral Menchez, Tisserand, and Lolvy who all died suddenly at work, with staff also dying abruptly over the last 25 years.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Maurice Lolvy
Astronomical Observatory
Welaunay
Menchez
Tisserand
Lolvy
Americans Prove Sky Sailing Champions in Balloon Flight
Captain Charles De Forest Chandler and J. C. McCoy of the Aero Club, New York, completed a 475 mile air line voyage from Walton West Virginia to St. Louis in 21 hours 20 minutes. They claim the flight demonstrates U S supremacy in aerial navigation and reflect on the Lahm Cup achievement. They returned to St. Louis by rail due to lacking gas and balloon repair facilities in Walton.
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Charles de Forest Chandler
J. C. McCoy
Aero Club
New York
Walton
W. Va
St. Louis
West Virginia Way Station
Grand Central Railway Station
Captain Chandler
Mr. McCoy
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