Great crowds at Expo promise grand city show
Throngs of visitors flood gates to witness the Queen City Expo, described as a marvel. Bankers mingle with the public as the event opens with officers of the day listing schedules and exhibits. A baby incubator on Mother Goose Island and Frank Goodale's dirigible balloon ascent are among the highlights.
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Queen City
Marvel
Joel C. Clore
Philip Fosdick
John Ringold
Mother Goose
Frank Goodale
Aero Park
Fire Fighters on Ship and Shore Highlight Busy Schedule
A dense list of events runs through the day with lectures by Colonel Leffingwell and Professor Walsh, a Cincinnati Exposition Orchestra concert, performances of Fire Fighters on Ship and Shore, the Paoletta opera, a dirigible ascent, and free vaudeville shows across Music hall and the south lagoon venues.
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Woman’s Club
South Hall
William Bruce Leffingwell
Thomas Joseph Walsh
South Lagoon
The
Cincinnati Exposition Orchestra
Music Hall
Gerson
Tiny Town
Frank Goodale
Aero Park
Owen R. Lovejoy
National Child Labor Association
Colonel Williams
Bruce Leffingwell
Yellowstone Park
People’s
Paoletta
Bernice de @ Pasquali
Music @ hall
Exposition buzzes with crowds and new wonders day one
The exposition drew thousands including out-of-town visitors and farmers as exhibits impressed with flawless setup. Debates over authenticity of farm products sparked by a 15 foot corn stalk led to a soil analysis plan. The program ran smoothly with expected features like stereopticon lectures to come.
Colonel Post Attacks Governor Over Car Strike Handling
Colonel C W Post arrived in Cincinnati praising a mutual understanding between employers and organized labor. He urged square deal, friendly discussion, and publicity of facts as advocated by the Trades and Workers' association, criticizing Governor Harmony for a failed leadership and calling for nonviolent dispute resolution. He planned a southern tour in his palace car.
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Cincinnat
C. W Post
St. Nicholas
Post
Trades and Workers’ Association
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Harmony
Colonel Post
Kentucky
Harmony plea from Sherman attracts Southwest crowd
Vice President Sherman spoke at Highland Park near Guthrie Oklahoma addressing a large, supportive audience on party unity and Republican principles. He urged Republicans to unite against common enemies and touched on taxation as a campaign issue, noting taxes burden the people but promising protection of their land if GOP principles hold. The day started with a Chandler stop where a sizable crowd gathered at the depot.
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Sherman
Highland Park
Republican Party.” the Day Began For Mr. Sherman
Chandler
Guthrie
Roosevelt
General Estrada Inaugurated As President of Nicaragua
General Juan J. Estrada was publicly inaugurated as provisional president in Managua. Troops have been paid off and mustered out, and tranquility reigns as prominence from the provinces converges to extend congratulations. The people of Granada presented him with a gold laurel wreath.
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Managua
Juan J. Estrada
Congress
Granada
President Hosts New York Visitors at Beverly Building Dedication
President Taft welcomed Representative W. S. Bennett and U S attorney Henry A. Wise in Beverly as discussions on New York affairs and the sugar trust prosecutions surfaced. Charles G. Dawes visited. Taft announced Beverly would stay the summer capital for two more years during the Y M C A cornerstone ceremony.
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Beverly
Mass
W. S. Bennett
New York
Taft
Bennett
Henry A. Wise
United States
Southern District
Wise
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
Norton
St.James
Long Island
Dayton
Melville Woodbury
Omaha
Seattle
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Manila
Young Men's Christian Association
Roosevelt Supportors Plan Name at State Convention
The New York report states friends of Colonel Roosevelt will offer his name to the state convention for the temporary chairmanship. William Barnes Jr arrives in Albany to discuss the plan with Chairman Woodruff, while Lloyd Griscom condemns using Sherman to advance a faction.
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New York
Friends
Roosevelt
Ieee
Dent
Sherninien Foxmanship
Oression
Republican State Committee
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
Woodruff
State Committee
Sherman
United States
Lloyd C. Griscom
Taft
Mr. Barnes
Barnes
Former Director of Mint Called Back
Beverly Massachusetts August 31 An announcement notes the appointment of George B Roberts of Chicago to be director of the mint succeeding A Piatt Andrew who moved to assistant secretary of the treasury Roberts led the mint for years under McKinley and Roosevelt and later became president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago He has accepted the directorship this afternoon
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Beverly
Mass
George B. Roberts
Chicago
Mint
A. Piatt“Andrew
Treasury
Roberts
McKinley
Roosevelt
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Conspiracy Trial Over Illinois Central Car Repair Fraud
Clarence H. Polly, former Ostermann Manufacturing chief clerk, testifies for the prosecution in the Illinois Central car repair fraud case. He confirms padding schemes and access to O K stamps used by car inspectors as he cites years 1907 to 1909 and payments based on inflated bills. Henry C. Ostermann's orders are cited as the driver of the scheme.
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Chicago
Clarence H. Polly
Ostermann Manufacturing Company
Frank D. Harriman
John M., Taylor
Charles L. Ewing
Illinois Central Railroad
Polly
Reuther
Barbett
Illiconis Central
Ostermann
Illinois Central
Ostermann Company
Walter L. Fisher
Henry C. Ostermann
Coal Companies Sue UMWA Official Over Trespass Claim
Seven coal firms in the Irwin and Westmoreland fields sue Francis Feehan president of UMWA District 5 and seventy four others for conspiracy in sedition and distributing inflammatory literature in a county court action.
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Pittsburg
Irwin and
Westmoreland Fields
Francis Feehan
United Mine Workers of America
Conference Opens With Record Crowd in Cincinnati
The fifty ninth annual Cincinnati conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens with a crowded Walnut Hills gathering. Bishop Henry W. Warren urges action to build up the church as memorial services honor five ministers and three wives. Bishop Bashford speaks on China mission work after returning from the field.
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Cincinnati
Methodist
Warren
Moore
Bashford
Walden
J. A. Bashford
China
Goebel Pleads for Personal Liberty Laws at Cleveland Rally
Congress man Herman P. Goebel of Cincinnati argued for personal liberty and limited prohibition law power at a Personal Liberty league picnic at Ge Luna park. He urged individual rights to drink within bounds, warned against government overreach, and called for education over harsh statutes.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Herman P. Goebel
Cincinnati
Ge Luna Park
Personal Liberty League
Roosevelt Sets Progressive Platform On National Reform
Theodore Roosevelt outlined a progressive agenda at Osawatomie Kansas, calling for end to special interests, public oversight of corporate capital, and stronger federal regulation. He urged a graduated income and inheritance tax, workmen’s compensation, child labor laws, and broader resource use for all. He warned against extreme allies and stressed keeping promises after elections.
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Federal Bureau of Corporations
Interstate Commerce Commission
ABA Urged to Expel Jo Seph Choate from Membership
Lawyers at the American Bar Association gathering in Chattanooga report a newspaper claim that Joseph M. Choate former ambassador to Great Britain faces sensational charges. The charges accuse him of violating client confidences ethics and morals and bringing dishonor to the ABA. The matter was not before the grievance committee and no formal action had been taken. Woodrow Wilson spoke on law and reform urging accountability of individuals in society and the role of cooperation in change.
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Joseph M. Choate
Great Britain
George W. Chambee
Tennessee
Libbey
James R. Watts
New York
George W. Chamlee
The
Bar Association
Cheate
American Bar Association
American Bar Association of the United States of America
Choate
Evarts, Choate & Beaman
Treadwell Cleveland
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