Taft Campaign Tour Delights NYC Germans and Brooklynites
The Taft special reached New York and drew large crowds across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Oscar Straus praised Taft while Taft argued for stronger navy and passport respect. He blamed the panic on Roosevelts era and praised Hughes, with German American supporters prominent at Arion Hall and Clermont rink.
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Nent
Taft
New York
Montauk Club
Brooklyn
Woodruff
Charles P
Henry W. Taft
Frank M. Hitchcock
Judge Taft
Senger Hall
Oscar Straus
Commerce and Labor
Congress Hall
Mr. Taft
Billy
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes
Clermont Rink
Senator Depew
W C T U Convention Backs Prohibition and Equal Suffrage
Denver reports the thirty-fifth annual W C T U convention devoted its sessions to adopting reports and resolutions. They reaffirm total abstinence from alcohol and pledge unyielding effort to enforce it, call for a constitutional amendment for prohibition, and continue agitation for women’s equal suffrage with men.
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Denver
Col
No Praise Too High for the Cuticura Remedies
A Detroit reader recalls extensive skin problems in a six month old child and credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing boils and a persistent scalp and ear rash. The writer notes prior remedies and ongoing use through the spring, ending with the child’s recovery.
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Bray Vivian
Detroit
Mich
Rules for marking ballots in Ohio election
The article presents Ohio ballot marking rules and a discussion of Roosevelt Taft labor politics. It outlines straight and mixed ticket voting, cross marks placement, erasures for multi-candidate offices, ballot validity rules, and guidance from Attorney E. W. Kittredge.
Rules on use of voting machines in Cleveland county
Columbus Ohio October 26 the board of elections of Cuyahoga County has no authority to inquire into whether voting machines were legally used in precincts of Cleveland last week during the street railway referendum according to an opinion by E E Harrison for the attorney general. If supporters of the defeated election wish to contest they must go to the courts as the election board's authority is ministerial and cannot hear evidence to contradict tally sheets or information not on their face.
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Columbus
Board of Elections
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Ofia
E E. Harrison
Attorney General's Department
Morrison
Harrison
Secretary Metcalf III Cancels Campaign Engagements
Washington Oct 26 Secretary Metcalf III cancels his plan to address a political gathering in Charleston West Virginia next Friday due to ill health and declines an invitation to speak at Akron Ohio. He is confined to bed and will be unable to leave for several days.
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Washington
Metcalf
Charleston
W. Va
Akron
Ohio
Hamilton County in Lead
The Bureau of Public Accounting issued a pamphlet with a comparative statement of receipts and expenditures for Ohio’s eighty eight counties. It reports for the year 196 Cuy ehoga Co a Pes a soreleso of 439,120 and county purposes $2,01 with population 655,114, highlighting Hamilton County as lead in fiscal measures.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Bureau of Public Accounting of the Auditor's Office
Cuyehoga Co
Heal
Acea
Theler
Roosevelt 50th Birthday Observed Quietly by President
President Roosevelt turns fifty on October 27 and will work through the day in his White House office. No family celebration is planned, though Mrs. Roosevelt may stage a surprise dinner party.
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Washington
President Roosevelt
Roosevelt
How to Cure a Cold in One Day with Bromo Quinine
An old medicine ad claims a single day cure for a cold using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets. It promises full money back if no cure and features B OVE on each box.
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Bove
Gompers Defends Roosevelt Criticism of Injunction Policy
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, denounces Roosevelt for a supposed shift toward anti labor bias in injunctive actions. He accuses the President of demagogic tactics and defends labor rights and the push for reinstating injunctions to protect workers and free speech.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Knox
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Statement on Provocation and Dissent in Court Debate
A quoted speaker defends his remarks as strong yet respectful while denying any retreat from his views. He asserts that provocation prompted criticism directed at a Federal Court but maintains he has not attacked the institution.
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Federal Court
President urges reading Alger article on Taft and Labor
Secretary Loeb cites Gompers reply about George W. Alger's Moral Overs training and says the President has distributed copies of the book to judges and labor leaders. He urges Gompers to read Alger's magazine piece on Taft and Labor from last month and notes ongoing contact on the injunction matter.
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White House
Washington
Gompers
Justices Day
McKenna
American Federationist
Theodore Roosevelt
Loeb
George W. Alger
Chafin Attacks Democratic Platform in Newark Address
Prohibition candidate Eugene W. Chafin denounced the Democratic platform comparing it to a Mother Hubbard dress that covers little. He focused on universal prohibition, claiming voters supporting the issue would deliver electoral votes from every state.
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Mother Hubbard
Newark
N. J
Eugene W. Chafin
Chafin
Kent fined for cheering for Bryan in Lincoln
John T. Kent a Democratic politician and former W. J. Bryan employee was fined 25 dollars and costs in Police Court for disturbing the peace after cheering for Bryan during an open air Drum Corps concert. Six G A R Drum Corps members testified to the disruption.
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Lincoln
Nev
John T. Kent
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Kent
G A. R
Archbold Defends Letters in Hearst Carnegie Hall Row
John D. Archbold of Standard Oil testifies that he had no knowledge of letters to governors or judges before Hearst read them. He claims letters to General Elkin concerned Republican fundraising for McKinley renomination and requests return of letters handed to Hearst. Hearst replies with sharp charges, inviting facsimiles or admission of letters and cites prior McKinley campaign involvement.
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New York
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
William R. Hearst
Carnegie Hall
Hearst
Judge Morrison
Judge Henderson
Stone
Elkin
Republican State Committee
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Japan
Mr. Archbold
Mr. Hearst
Hae
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Arion Hall
Prohibition
Hiram M. Rolison
Common Pleas
Bellsmith
Tammiany “Braves
Madison Square Garden
BE. W. Kittredge
Labor
Tomas
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad Company
Caldwell
Patt
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wallace
Panama
W. Fifth Street
Rights of Board of Elections
Metcalf III
Hamilton County
Lead
Cuyahoga
Bomperg
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States Steel Corporation
Friends of Corporations
Mr. Gompers
New York Sun
Justice Harlan
Justice Moody
Chicago
Sherman
Burrows
Joe’ Cannon
Pearre
Mitchell
Pearce
Wilson
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Justice Gould
Mitchell, Morrison
Rock Stove and Range Company
Chapin
Bayans
Nebraskan
Archbold Ives
Standard Oil Magnate
Music Hall
Elihu Root
Walnut
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