Question to Judson Harmon on Home Rule plank stance
The letter asks Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Judson Harmon to declare plainly whether he supports the party platform’s Home Rule plank extending local option on public utilities to all Ohio cities and villages, including Cincinnati Norwood Madisonville and Hamilton County. It notes Harmon’s October 24 1908 personal letter and seeks a explicit position.
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Columbus
C. W. Huston
Bellefontaine
Ohio
Democratic Party
Rose County
Cincinnati
Norwood
Madisonville
Hamilton County
Huston
Sherman Roserts Bryans Policies Threaten Trade
Republican Vice Presidential candidate James Sherman campaigned in Warren County and Albany. He attacked Bryan’s stance on foreign markets, defended protective tariffs, and warned that free trade would harm American industry and jobs.
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Albany
N. Y
Adirondack
Warren County
James
Sherman
Warrensburg
Bryan
Great Britain
United States
Stockholders Probe Bank Merger Plan With Committees Formed
Stockholders of the American National Bank met to probe the proposed merger with Fifth-Third. A board of directors and a separate stockholders committee will review terms and report at a second meeting. many back reorganizing rather than merging.
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D. B. Meacham
W. B. Gotherman
Robert Haskins
William H. Davis
J. M. Crawford
Ben B. Dale
William Christie Herron
Millard Mack
Linton
Joint Committee
American National
Fifth-Third
Crawford
Linton Hotel
The
American National Bank
Davis
W. H. Davis
Dale
Mr. Gotherman
Eight Suipo of Fleet At Amoy Arrives From Yokohama
The second squadron of the American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral William H. Emory reached Amoy after a calm voyage from Yokohama. The visit aims to show China a friendly stance and strengthen U S relations. The fleet split at sea. Sperry’s flag ship Connecticut went to Olongapo, while Emory’s Louisiana proceeded to Amoy. The two squadrons plan to unite at Manila, with the second division due to sail November 4 and arrive November 7.
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Sperry
Connecticut
Olongapo
Philippine Islands
Emory
Louisiana
Amoy
Manila
Father and Son Killed in Train Collision at Crossing
Delphia Indiana reports W. H. Cunningham and his ten year old son were struck and killed by a train at a crossing near the town. Their wagon was demolished. The tragedy underscores dangers at rural crossings and authorities investigate the incident.
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Delphia
Ind
Cunningham
Republican House Forecast: 277 Republicans 264 Democrats
National Republican leaders released forecasts from headquarters in New York. Loudenslager predicts 277 Republicans to 264 Democrats in the next House, with Hitchcock and others offering varied regional projections and state forecasts.
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New York
Loudenslager
New Jersey
National Republican Congressional Committee
National House of Representatives
House of Representatives
Taft Campaign Across New York Amid Overflow crowds
In Syracuse Taft drew thousands with parades and meetings, packed Alhambra Hall, and urged support for Governor Hughes. He accepted a December invitation to New York City for Andrew Carnegie’s Metropolitan Temple organ installation.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Lyons
Canandaigua
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Auburn
Taft
New York City
Metropolitan Temple
Andrew Carnegie
John Wesley Hill
Temple
Hill
Alhambra
Hughes
New York
Turn Hall
Gilchrist Hall
Bryan
Political Summary Points Northward Campaign Momentum
Former Ambassador Charlemagne Tower in Norristown notes U S influence abroad rising under McKinley and Roosevelt. Secretary Cortelyou in New York compares Taft and Bryan records, says voters view White House as not an experiment. Loudenslager predicts GOP House majority. Taft and Bryan conclude eastern tours with Syracuse speeches. Sherman in Albany blasts Bryan’s theories as a trade menace. Ellis hails Judge Harmon. Governor Harris mentioned.
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Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Taft
New York
Roosevelt
McKinley
Hughes
Murphy
New Jersey
Sherman
Hawley
Oregon
Mississippi
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Nebraska
Woodruff
Republican State Committee
Treasury
Cortelyou
Bryan
White House
Fire at Neave Building injures dozens in Newport
Fire at the Neave Building on Fourth and Race injures many workers and bystanders. Fireman Louis Purcell and several women and men from Newport Covington Bellevue and Cincinnati suffer burns and possible internal injuries. The panic ends as the fire department rushes in restoring order and saving lives.
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Fourth Street
Neave
Fourth
Race
Pittsburg Calcium Light and Film Company
Fire injures many in nerve building blaze
A serious fire in a nerve building injures over twenty people with Arthur Cameron hailed as a hero. The incident involved multiple victims and a notable fire photographer credited as Meyer and Young & Carl.
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Arthur Cameron
Meyer
Death Warning in Night Riders By-Laws Report
Grand jury in Union City Tennessee is said to possess the night riders constitution and by-laws. The documents allegedly bar colored labor after July 1909, cap loan rates, cap farm wages, and limit profits on goods. The text claims the rules extend to all night rider groups nationwide, with threats of death for negroes leaving the country.
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Willson
Kentucky
Johnston
Union City
Tenn
Obion County
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Lee Kaufman
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Ludlow
Clark. Co. L. Ballinger
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Republican National Committee
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Charlemagne Tower
Norristown
Ellis
Elyria
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Governor Harris
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Bpurchel
Trene Lucas
Louis Purcell
Company 44
Louise Voet
Tailoress
Monroe Street
Newport
Marie Marty
Western Avenue
Marie Brandt
Hilda Doerger
East Twelfth Street
Irene Lucas
East Eighteenth Street
Covington
Charles Wilberding
Seri
Lawrence Imthun
Dayton
Louisa Thurseman
Glendora Avenue
Corryville
Anna Bollender
Cleneay Avenue
Hilda Traxel
Beresford Avenue
Walnut Hills
Ella Nolan
Eastern Avenue
K. D. Conrad
West Fifth Street
Mary O’brien
Robbins Street
Florence Grew
Latonia
Dustin Dresser
Foote Avenue
Bellevue
W. T. Mclean
C. H. Rosenthal
Anna Healey
Reading Road
Rosenthal
Laurel Street
Minnie Maloney
Benjamin de Camp
Lulu Stothfang
Warsaw Avenue
Luella Thieman
Ward Avenue
Frances Zellar
Glenway Avenue
Price Hill
Mabel Schroeder
St. Gregory
Mt. Adams
Helen Purcell
Elm Street
Agnes Schroeder
Paradrome Street
Mr. Adams
Good Samaritan
Commercial Tribune
Fulton
Augustus B. Willson
Murray
Calloway
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Young & Carl
Tennessee
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