National election totals reveal Taft and Bryan leads
The final official national vote shows Taft with the largest total in New York and Ohio, while Bryan leads in New York and Maryland. Debs gains in Pennsylvania Illinois and New York, with Populists and Prohibitionists showing declines overall.
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Washington, D. C
Michigan
Taft
Googe
Pan
Mocrat
Waten Gopal
Prohibition
Independence Party
Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Judge Taft
Roosevelt
Debs
Chafin
Gilhaus
Corrigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Witnels
Ohio
Illinois
Maryland
Nevada
Varmont
Delaware
Hisgen
Massachusetts
Watson
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Wyoming
Third Marriage at 68 in Norristown Court
In Norristown Pennsylvania Joseph Monroe and Josephine Hoff both from Philadelphia sought a marriage license at the Court House. The groom stated he is forty and the bride sixty eight noting it is her third matrimonial venture.
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Norristown
Joseph Monroe
Josephine Hoff
Philadelphia
Court House
Jewels In Goose's Gizzard Discovery Report
Mrs Durward Cornelius of Beloit Wisconsin tells her daughter Theresa about a goose that laid a golden egg. The girl finds two diamonds worth about twelve dollars each and four pieces of gold inside the gizzard during dinner prep.
Labor trends and unions across cities and nations
The text cites 330000 laun dresses and 57 active unions in Santa Clara County, with 41 in San Jose. It notes the WorkInman party emerging in 1828 in New York and other cities, a Shanghai school for fishermen's sons, a 1,500,000 member French labor movement, and a push to unify labor in the Tri State area. It also mentions New York banning under fourteen from selling papers at night and Boston planning an eight hour labor chorus of women unions members.
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Santa Clara County
California
San Jage
WorkInman's Party
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Shanghai
Central
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Inn of
City Printing Plant Fails Boston Says Finance Report
Boston officials faced a harsh Finance Commission report criticizing municipal printing. The study found wasteful management, labor overstaffing, and $5115.20 in unpaid time across 18 767 hours, with total city losses over $2 million in eleven years. Superintendent James H Smyth urged discontinuing the plant and using private contracts to save taxpayers.
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Boston
Mass
Finance Commission
Hibbard
James H. Smyth
Oakland Woman Convicted in Judge Ogden Dynamite Case
Isabelle J. Martin of Oakland California has been found guilty of dynamiting the home of Judge F B Ogden after months of trial. Prosecutors said she sought revenge over decisions against her suits to force insurer payments for houses she allegedly set afire. Her first public appearance tied to “Baby John Martin,” who admitted acting on her orders.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabelle J. Martin
F. B. Ogden
Ogden
Martin
Baby John Martin
Princeas da Chimay
Baby John
Father Kelly Drowned Off Steamship Arable
The Rev. James A. Kelly of Paterson New Jersey, aged forty three, was reported drowned after falling overboard from the steamship Arabic during the Atlantic voyage from New York to Queenstown Ireland. Authorities could not determine if it was accident or foul play. Kelly had been ordained at Seton Hall College South Orange sixteen years ago.
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Queenstown
Ireland
New York
Father Kelly
Paterson
N. J
James A. Kelly
Seton Hall College
South Orange
Two boxers die after bout at Edway Athletic Club
James Curren aged eighteen died after a boxing match with Ben rnet aged seventeen at Edway Athletic Club in Philadelphia. The incident prompted an investigation by local authorities and sports officials.
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James Curren
Benrnet
Edway Athletic Club
Phila
Broom Corn Market Faces Sharp Contenders in Illinois
The Illinois broom corn market sees brokers cornering supply as Parla firm receives a 1000 ton offer at 82.50 per ton, aiming for 1300 per ton. Paris offers as high as 150 for fleet-class brush. Broom factors lift prices on the lowest grades by fifty cents a dozen amid brisk sales.
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Ilinois
Paris
Tuberculosis Buffers Claim by Metal Polishers Union Leader
A union leader stated that sixty five percent of metal polishers buffered from tuberculosis.
Woman Power and Legal Steps Across 19th Century News
Reports cover several topics: Florence Maybrick seeking land rights and title avoidance, University of Chicago housing rules excluding women from male dorms, Claudia Halba skipping her husband’s murder trial, Joan of Arc beatification read at the Vatican, Russell Sage and other wealthy women pledging 60000 for woman suffrage, Read Whitehead named deputy prosecuting attorney under Vanderveer, and a New York Women’s Department event where Ann Morgan leads a protest against photographers.
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Tlorence Maybrick
University of Chicago
Claudia Halba
William 2. Annis
Joan of Arc
Vatican
Russell Sage
Othe
United States
Mies Read
Whitehead
Seattle
Wash
George F. Vanderveer
Secson
Women's Department of the National Civicederation
New York City
Ann Morgan
J. Pierpont Mor- Bap
Americans Invent Wonderful Toys In Electrical Market
New York report notes American toy makers lead in electrical toys with domestic models using motors and dynamos. German and French rivals lag as U S inventors shift from pure mechanism to battery driven trains and new devices.
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New York City
France
Germany
Austria
England
America
Moation
Frog spooks Pepoons as bear flames house down
In Hardy Arkansas Maud Pepoon found a giant bullfrog in her husband Henry Pepoon's trousers triggering a wild chase into the woods. A bear pursued them as their home burned after a kerosene lamp overturned. The couple leaped into a well and were rescued. the bear was shot and the house burned to ashes.
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Hardy, Ark
Maud Pepoon
Henry Pepoon
Blue Clay Creek
Peppon
Labor Bulletin Flags High Fatality Rates for U S Workers
A federal bulletin reports 30 000 to 35 000 deaths and about 2 000 000 injuries among U S workers in the last year with iron and steel workers most exposed. It notes excessive fatalities among electric trea and coal miners and rail workers, while urging factory safety improvements.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Labor
Trea
the Bulletin
House Demands Evidence On Presidents Secret Service Critique
The House, with only one vote against, adopted a resolution asking the President to provide any evidence supporting his claim that Congressmen were guilty of a crime sufficient to justify a Secret Service investigation. The measure, aimed at eliciting facts, seeks disclosure of any evidence linking members to corrupt acts and whether prosecutions or notices to Congress have occurred. Representatives Perkins and Williams framed the move as enabling Congress to respond to the President’s accusations.
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Roosevelt
Washington
D. C
Howland
Ohio
House
Congress
Secret Service
Treasury Department
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Sidleth Congress
Perkins
Williams
Wiliams
The Cost of Imperialism and Philippine Population Densities
The annual War Department report cites a Pueblo of expenditures in Cuba and in insular affairs. It notes Cuban army-related costs totaling 5 311 822 with most from 1906 to 1907 and states a Cuba reimbursable balance. It compares provincial population density in the Philippines to European nations and reports a rising postal savings bank with 60 percent American depositors.
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Washington
DD. C
Clarence R Edwards
War Department
Manin
Republic of Cuba
Provisional Government
Jume
Cuba
Army of Pacification
Philippines
Europe
Cebu
Japan
Italy
Germany
France
Postal Savings Bank
Carnegie Ridicules Tariff During Washington Testimony
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Ways and Means Committee in Washington arguing free trade. He criticized the committee's methods and claimed protectionism harms the consumer while stressing his own stance as a steel man against new protections.
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Washington, D. C
Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Means Committee
Nteen
Court awards Kamph fund to heirs over Swedenborg plan
In Lancaster Pennsylvania Judge E G Smith of the Orphans Court ruled the Frederick S Kamph bequest of 50000 dollars for a Philadelphia Swedenborg university goes to the Kamph heirs. The Academy of the New Church and the General Church of the New Jerusalem had claimed the fund.
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Lancaster
Emanuel Swedenborg
Poller
E. G. Smith
Orphans’ Court
Frederick S. Kamph
Philadelphia
Swedenborg
Kamph
Academy of the New Church
General Church of the New Jerusalem
Knox Named Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
Augusta dispatch confirms Knox, former Attorney General and Pennsylvania senator, will lead the State Department when Taft takes office March 4. Roosevelt aides discuss Root resignation plans, Bacon potential promotion, and other cabinet reshuffles shaping a two‑new‑man State Department early in Taft administration.
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Augusta
Philander C. Knox
United States
William_Makinley
Theodore Roose
Pennsylvania
William H. Taft
Mr. Taft
Panama
Knox
New York City
Henry W. Taft
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
George W. Wickersham
John C. Spooner
Wisconsi
Iaw
Root
New York State
Thomas C. Platt
Roosevelt
Robert Bacon
New York
State Department
Bacon
Whitelaw Reid
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Oldest Methodist 1 America Mary Farrell Observes 106th Birthday
Mrs Mary B Farrell of Midland Park claims the nation’s oldest active Methodist marked her 106th birthday. Born in Denmark Morris County in 1803 she married in Newark in 1830 and lived to see ten children including John L Owen James and three daughters Susie Julia and Kate. She retains her faculties amid a long life of memories.
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America
Mary B. Farrell
Midland Park
Irving
Susie Pollard
Julia Pollard
Patergon
Kate Sharp
Bloomingdale
Farrell
Will of Patrick Monahan Valued at 250000 Found in Cellar
The will of Patrick Monahan a Charlestown grocer who died in September was found in a red envelope inside a washtub in his cellar. It leaves 60000 to brother John Monahan and 60000 to sister in law Margaret Mullen of Boston, 50000 to three sisters in Ireland, with smaller sums to nephews and nieces. John Monahan of Chicago is administrator.
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Bostor
Patrick Monahan
Charlestown
Monahan
John Monahan
Chicago
Margaret Mullen
Boston
Ireland
Gomez ousts Castro government sets new ministry
From Venezuela word reaches Willemstad that Acting President Gomez has removed the Castro administration and formed a new ministry. Education Minister Baldo, now in Germany with Castro, is among those ousted. It is believed Gomez aims to seize supreme power.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Venezuela
Gomez
Castro
Baldo
Germany
Robbed and Hanged Father of Twelve Found Near Graham Va
Charles Krolear, traveling with his wife and twelve children from Esterhazy to Petersburg, was found hanged on a tree near Graham Virginia. Police suspect robbery after a man displayed a large roll of money on a train from Cincinnati to Bluefield then vanished at Bluefield leaving Krolear behind with tickets and money.
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Roanoke
Esterhazy
Canada
Petersburg
Charles Krolear
Graham
Fla
Kretcar
Cincinnati
Bluefield
W. Va
Krelcar
Ames- Bae
Krelear
Footpad Attacks Rider Near Glassboro Clayton
Warren McQuilton was attacked by a highwayman on a lonely road between Glassboro and Clayton. The assailant struck him from his horse and rifled his pocket, leaving him unconscious by the roadside. He was found later and not seriously injured.
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Horstman
Warren McQuilton
Glassboro
Clayton
Mc- Quilton
Jokes on Way to Gallows in Raleigh Area
Reported event recounts Henry Harvey, an African American man, being led to execution in Rockingham after a murder conviction. A chicken unexpectedly flew over the crowd as he remarked to “Somebody catch that chicken,” and the note adds context about his victim Prince.
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Charlotte
N. C
Henry Harvey
Rockingham
Hades
Harvey
Ugh Prince
Briarcliff Auto Race Rules Adopted Amid Scrutiny
The article notes new strict rules governing the next Briarcliff auto race. It also mentions related sports and aviation items including a West Indies tour invitation for the Associated Cricket Clubs of Philadelphia and a $2500 aviation prize presented to the French Aero Club by James Gordon Dennett.
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Ketchel
Paploa
M. Deroze
Juan Junasz
Austria-Hungary to pay Turkey twenty six million
The Frankfurter Zeitung cites a trustworthy source that Austria Hungary plans to grant Turkey 26 million in compensation for the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the deal awaiting necessary formalities.
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Beriin
Frankfurter Zeitung
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Big Erie Arch Condemned
A state inspector condemned the Erie Railway l meage concrete arch over the Pennsylvania Railroad on the Erie cut off between Dalton and Cuba New York. Trains between Rochester and Olean require passengers to transfer between Belfast and Oramel while workers open a dirt fill beneath the arch for a temporary track.
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Erie
Erie Railway Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dalton
Cuba
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Rochester
Olean
Pasengers
Belfast
Oramel
MANNAHAN TO RETIRE AS GRAND MASTER OF RAILWAY ORDER
John J HannA han aka The Peacemaker, longtime Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers, plans retirement on January 1 and will become vice-president of the American Automatic Stoker Company, backed by Edwin Hawley and Theodore P Shonts after leaving organized labor.
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Ele Corporation
New York City
John J. HannAhan
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Labee
White House
American Automatic Stoker Company
Edwin Hawley
Theodore P. Shonts
Maine Hunters Among Thirteen Dead This Season
Thirteen Maine hunters died during the game season with twelve killed by firearms and one by drowning. Causes include two shot by brothers, two by companions, five by accidental discharge, two mistaken for a deer, and one shot by a hunter aiming at an officer.
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Maine
Sugar consumption and cost in 1907 United States
Bureau of Statistics figures show average citizen consumes half their weight in sugar annually, totaling about 7.09 billion pounds in 1907. Value at five and a half cents per pound is about 872 million dollars, with the nation’s sugar bill at roughly a million dollars daily.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistics
Notable Figures and Events Highlight Late 19th Century Links
President led Gomez of Cuba greeted the U S public. King Haakon supported Amundsen's Polar expedition with five thousand dollars. J Pierpont Morgan belongs to thirty five clubs with seven thousand annual dues. Missionaries sail from New York to Arabia under Reformed Church of America auspices. Ferrero lectures at Columbian University. Asquith resists dissolution of Parliament. Jay Gould joins Aero Club of Columbia University to balloon New York City. Tang Shao Yi meets the President and presents a letter from the late Chinese Emperor re Boxer indemnity remission.
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Gomez
Cuba
United States
King Haakon
Amundsen
J. Pierpont Morgan
James BE. Moerdusk
Myra II. Josselyn
Gerrit J. Pennings
New York City
Arabia
Reformed Church of America
Guglielmo Ferrero
Columbian University
Antony and Cleopatra
Asquith
House of Lords
Jay Gould
Aero Club
Columbia University
Tang Shao Yi
Girls Strike For Five Cents At Ackerman Brothers
About 200 silk workers at Ackerman Brothers in Trenton walked out after a five cent weekly wage increase was refused. Wages had been cut but a pledge to raise to 6.10 this month prompted the walkout following current 6.05 pay.
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Ackerman Brothers
Silk Manufacturers
Trenton
Flemington Firemen Elect Top Officers In Local Union
The Flemington Firemen's Belief Association elected officers led by President John P. Reardon and Vice President Peter Hyler. Other posts went to John L. Conner Secretary Henry B Green Treasurer William Fisher Trustee.
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Flemington Firemen's Belief Association
John P. Reardon
Peter Hyler
John L. Conner
Henry B Green
William Fisher
Secretary Wilson Rules Bleached Flour Adulterated
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture in Washington announces that flour bleached with nitrogen peroxide is adulterated under the law and cannot travel interstate or be sold within the District of Columbia or territories. He will recommend no prosecution for six months due to the large stock on hand.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia
Territories
Mob Hangs Alleged Murderer in Adair County
Lexington Kentucky reports Elmer Hill charged with murder was seized by a mob at Montfcallo Wayne County and hanged. Other items include Leo F. McCullough surrendering in Boston perjury case and MacAdoo acquitted in Greensboro.
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Lexington
Elmer Hill
Massile ‘Womack
Adair County
Montfcallo
Wayne County
de Boston
Mass
Leo F. McCullough
Common Council of
Boston
Hoesg
Foreign and Domestic News Summary
A Franco American committee forms to erect a Horace Wells monument in Paris. Major world items include General Inouye dead after the Yalu victory, A Detcher elected Swiss president for 1909, Manila band to participate in Taft inauguration parade, France's tobacco profits cited, a Russian town fire with casualties, Portuguese cabinet resignation, calls for an international forestry laws conference, Congo budget approval amid socialist opposition, Britain offering mediation in South American armament diminition, Shah supports constitutional reform, and French voyage seeking the South Pole Bonth Pals.
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