Republican Convention Opens in Chicago at Convention Hall
The 14th Republican National Convention opened in Chicago with Harry New presiding as national chairman. Delegates, alternates and spectators crowded the Coliseum as flags and bunting adorned the interior. Senator Burrows of Michigan gave the keynote, praising Theodore Roosevelt and laying out party positions while crowds cheered for Roosevelt, Fairbanks and Root. The session adjourned for the day at 2 p.m. with committees to follow.
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Texas
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Elihu Root
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Sketch of William Howard Taft Career Through the Years
A condensed biographical sketch traces William Howard Taft from his Cincinnati birth in 1867 to his ascent in law and public service. It notes early public roles, Yale and Cincinnati Law School, Harrison era solicitor general success, and later presidency of the Philippine Commission, Secretary of War, and other duties. The piece highlights family ties, education, and Taft’s public service trajectory.
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Superior Court
Mr. Taft
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Vermont
Yale
Ohio
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United States
Austria
Russia
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Supreme Bench
Sixth Judicial Circuit
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Tennessee
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Philippine Commission
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Cuban
Panama Canal
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J Helen Herron
Jcharles Phelps
Murray Bay
Canada
National Geographic Society
Red Cross Society
Metropolitan Cluny
Chevy Chase Club
Cosmos Club
University Club of Washington
Jeanes
Philadelphia
South
Convention Delgate Disparities Show Party Differences
The Denver convention has 1002 delegates while Chicago has 992 due to DC Hawaii and Porto Rico getting six Democratic delegates each versus two for Republicans. The Philippines receive two Republican delegates not represented in the Democratic gathering.
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Denver
Congress
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Helen Taft Prize Winner
Secretary Taft learns his daughter Helen Taft won the Pennsylvania scholarship for the West entrance to Bryn Mawr College valued at 300 dollars. Migs Taft will enter Bryn Mawr next September.
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Helen Fierron Taft
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Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Bryn Mawr College
Migs Taft
Roosevelt orders muzzling of astray dogs in D C
President Roosevelt directed the District Commissioners to muzzle all astray dogs in Washington for sixty days. The move follows a Bureau of Animal Industry report amid an epidemic of tables in the capital.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department of Agglenture
Coal Plant Dynamited in Argentina Area
Dynamite destroyed the Royal Coal Mines plant at Argentina near Butler. The blast wrecked the coal Apple and damaged a large section of railroad track. Windows in forty six residences shattered amid ongoing labor troubles. several arrests anticipated. the bus value estimated over twenty thousand dollars.
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Royal Coal Mines
Argentina
Hare
Labor waves and union actions across North America
Reports show nurses seeking an eight hour day at Toronto General Hospital while Oklahoma empowers a Labor Commission to fix wages. Unions across Massachusetts Ontario New York and Porto Rico push for organized wage protection and labor rights amid wage changes and proposed regulations.
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Toronto
Canada) General Hospital
Oklahoma
State Labor Commission
Massachusetts State Council of Wood, Wire and Metal
Baseball and cycling notes from the era of speed and storms
Gleanings from it Jim McGuire features Boston hustling to the finish in Commodore Morss Dervish wins Bermuda class race. Manager Monte Cross seeks pitcher Pruitt from Moston. Multiple teams beat the Nationals Americans Brooklyns Newarks Jersey Citys on one day. Denny Sullivan praised in the outfield. Automo bile Club outlines Grand Prize Race rules. Davis Cup ties in Australia drop out. Racing tracks face possible shutdown over Kentucky order. Regulars such as Cobb, Crawford and Davy Jones dominate outfield talk.
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Pruitt
Moston
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Jersey Citys
Fred Clarke
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Evers
Sheckard
Zimmerman
Brown
Boston
Hmmy McHale
Toronto
Charles Smith
Washington
Detroit
Melnyre
Crawford
Cobb
Davy Jones
Johnstone
Welch
Poparly
Mc.Alver
Lange
Wilson
Pittsburgs
Baseball and track notes from early season chatter
Pittsburg admirers gift Jimmy Kane a gold watch as baseball talk includes Giants manager McGraw trying out Jack McKeon and Ty Cobb playing despite injuries. Washingtons trip woes persist as tough schedules bite. Olympic plans stir with Tom Longboat joining Canadian team for London games. Marblehead-Hermosa race notes report the Vonoffa leading the field.
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Jimmy Kane
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Jack McKeon
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Ty Cobb
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Charles Webb Murphy
Artie Tiefman
del Howard
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Fred Glade
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France
Germany
Britain
Belgium
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Aid
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Olympic Paames
London
Vonoffa
Marblehead-Hermada
Notte Mine
Wind Struck Pine Camp Blowing Away Army Pay and Tents
A violent windstorm at Pine Camp scattered the Army pay, damaged tents, and injured several soldiers as Major William E. Halliday lost about 25 000 dollars in cash. General Grant and staff tents collapsed, observers escaped harm, and two days are needed to restore order as 6000 to 30000 troops are stationed for maneuvers near Felt Mills.
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Black River
Felt Mills
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Florida Monitor Florida Torpedo Test Reveals Hull Damage
The United States monitor Florida was torpedoed off Pine Beach near Jamestown exposition grounds. A Whitehead torpedo created a twenty foot long hole from the superstructure down the hull, with internal damage eight feet at center. The ship rested in drydock at Norfolk Navy Yard for inspection.
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Blind Tom Dead in Hoboken After A Long Quiet Life
Hoboken New Jersey reports the death of Blind Tom the famed pianist born circa 1849 1853 on a Georgia plantation. He played any piece after hearing it once and lived away from the public eye for years before his final public appearance at the Circle Theatre New York in 1904.
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London
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Vanderbilt Wins Grand Prix at Long Champs
W K Vanderbilt’s bay colt Northeast with J Childs aboard won the Grand Prix de Paris worth about 72000 dollars. About 160000 spectators filled Long Champs to see the Paris season finale with President Fallieres and cabinet members in attendance.
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Europe
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Government deficits seen in Russia Germany France
In the coming fiscal year officials in Russia Germany and France warn of growing deficits alongside the United States. The reports emphasize fiscal strain and policy responses across major economies.
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United States
Russia
Germany
France
Insane Mother Kills Seven In Michigan Domestic Tragedy
In Cadilac Michigan Mrs Daniel Cooper a mentally troubled woman killed her husband six of seven children and herself after luring the family to a theater and chloroforming them then shooting them. Fred Cooper survived and later said his mother did it.
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No Car Shortage Expected in Fall Says Official
Washington says there will be no car shortage this fall despite optimistic forecasts from Prosperity Boomers of St. Louis and others. Jamies J. HM] asserts rail activity will not spike due to bumper crops, though Mr Hill remains pessimistic.
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St. Louis
Wilson
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New York University Graduates Class of Three Hundred Eleven
NYU conferred degrees on a class of 311 graduates. The record reflects the institution's ongoing expansion and its role in higher education during the era.
Oregon Delegates Endorse Bryan At State Convention
In Portland the Democratic State Convention elected four at large delegates and two from each congressional district and instructed the delegates to back Bryan as long as his name is before the convention. The action reflects unified support for Bryan among Oregon Democrats.
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April Trade Short Loss Signals April Decline
Department of Commerce and Labor bulletin shows trade in April fell by sixty four percent from April last year. The brief notes a sharp drop in trade activity and signals a weaker month for commerce standards.
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Various Nineteenth Century Figures Mentioned in Brief Items
Secretary says he supports woman suffrage but cites lack of readiness. Thomas F Ryan offers 100000 endowment to Old First Presbyterian Church in New York. Supreme Court Justice discusses public debts as not blessings. Theodore P.V. Shonts references death of his son-in-law, the Duke de Choulnes. In Paris, John Morley prays as he nears 70. Captain Fitzhugh Lee Jr sent to French School of Equitation. John D Rockefeller meets Cardinal Logue at Eastview estate to discuss Amestoy.
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Powers Pardon Shocks Kentucky Governor Frees Powers and Howard
Governor Willson pardons Caleb Powers and James Howard in a dramatic ruling tied to the Goebel murder case. Powers is released to resume health at home while Howard heads to Louisville. The decision cites doubts about Howard’s involvement and identifies Henry Youtsey as the planner behind the crime.
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Struggie
Phipps Makes $590000 Gift for Hopkins Psychiatric Clinic
Henry Phipps of Pittsburg and New York arranged a $590000 donation to Johns Hopkins Hospital and University for a psychiatry clinic modeled after European institutions. The grant funds a four story building on Hopkins grounds for sixty patients with modern treatment apparatus and laboratories for pathology, chemistry, and psychology research.
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Diver Dies From Faulty 100 Foot Invention At Bergen Beach
Ten thousand spectators at Bergen Beach watch the season opener. Joseph Jakob aged twenty two, a Brooklyn diver, dies from an apparatus patent of his own that failed during a 100 foot dive. The incident follows an inventor’s attempt to make high dives safer.
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Bergen Beach
Joseph Jakob
Uving
Richardson Street
Injuries to wives before marriage prompt New Jersey ruling
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that a husband cannot claim damages for injuries to his wife before marriage. In Meade v Baum, Mrs. Meade won 1600 for a foot injury. her husband was awarded 600 for lost services, but appellate court upheld the wife’s award and voided the husband’s claim. The decision notes no legal basis supports a husband’s action for damages in such a case.
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William G. Meade
Paterson
Baum's Park
Edward A Temple Dies in Montclair After Illness
Edward A Temple aged fifty eight died at his Crescent Montclair home after over two years of valvular heart disease. A New York migrant of twenty years, he was in the steel business and once supplied arms and construction metal to the government. He served as a church trustee for twelve years and treasurer for seven years. Survived by his wife three daughters and a son in Brooklyn.
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Mullica Hill
James Murphy
Bridgeton
Billingsport
Judge Starr
Jefferson Smallwood
Clayton
Pasteur Institute
Batem Connell
Michael Ley
Paulsboro
Miss Cella
Edwin Kyte
Vineland
Thomas Hutton
Hightstown
Giant Oak Moved At Ampere Plant Celebration Dinner Planned
A sixty foot big oak at the Crocken Wheeler plant in Ampere was successfully transplanted. An electric crane with plant engineers moved it from its former site to a prepared hole on a 600 foot rail spur. The Ampere Club invited members to a dinner under the tree to mark the achievement.
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Ampere
Birth rate declines in Passaic amid other city woes
Passaic residents note a drop in births from May 1907 to May this year 127 down to 50 and a concurrent fall in marriages. Reports of accidents and deaths appear, including a boy struck by a truck and fatal drownings on a river pleasure trip.
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