Taft Leads Us Presidential Balloting Across States
At 4 45 the balloting began with Alabama Taft 22 votes while East backed by Arkansas and California. Taft totals reach 702 with other candidates Hughes Roosevelt Foraker La Follette Fairbanks Knox and more. Vice Presidency field expands after Fairbanks withdrawal with a long list of contenders.
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Alabama
Taft
Arkansas
California
East
Connecticut
Delaware
Massachsetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Fairbanks
New Jersey
Cannon
Knox
Idaho
N. Carolina
Oklahoma
New York
Hughes
Ohio
Foraker
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Rhode Island
South Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texs
Vermont
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Wyoming
Virginia
Alaska
Arizona
District of Columbia
Hawaii
New Mexico
Philippines
Porto Rico
Platform Trade Roosevelts Platform Push Draws Roar
President Roosevelt rallied to push the administration platform on June 18 with support from Taft and Meyer and other backers. The anti injunction plank drew the sharpest line with conservatives opposing the softened trust language while stressing government action against bad trusts and potential approval for good ones. The subcommittee favored most planks though the trust clause remained a point of contention and debate.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Meyer
Machen Rumored Dark Horse Candidate for Township Trustee
Report says Island Park hosts Republican township convention at 7 30 PM with E G Machan city school board secretary named as a potential dark horse candidate for township trustee. Street chatter notes Machan’s defeat by V Anderson for reelection fuels push, while Machan’s supporters cite his school work experience and alleged strength as a nominee.
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Island Park
E.G Machan
Concord Township
Machan
Ida
Remains of Sylvester Shumard Return Home
The body of Sylvester W. Shumard was brought from Salt Lake City to Elk Heart with funeral services planned at the Shumard home on Marion Street Tuesday afternoon. A telegram to Mrs. J. B. Pollard updated arrival times in Elkhart and Chicago, noting the father died about thirty minutes after a stroke, leaving his ill condition prior.
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Sylvester W. Shumard
Los Angeles
T Lynn
Utah
Saltoke City
J. B. Pollard
Chicago
Lake Shore
Miss Shumard
Shumard
Marion Street
Fe A. Ogilvie
First Congregational Church
Pollard
Crowd enjoys Trumpet Notes band concert on Main Street
Large crowd filled Main Street last evening to hear the Trumpet Notes band perform from the Bucklen hotel balcony. Operatic and classic selections drew enthusiastic appreciation as spectators lingered on the sidewalks for the finale.
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Promendere
Main Street
Trumpet Notes
Bucklen Hotel
Seth Thomas Clock Plant Shuts Down Amid Demand Slump
Thomaston Connecticut June 18 the Seth Thomas Clock Company one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world shuts down its plant and will not resume operations until some time next month the fall in demand for the alarm clock is blamed the company announced today in a terse statement signaling a pause in production and potential job impacts across the town.
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Thomaston, Conn
Seth ‘Thomas
Goshen Police Shake Up Promised Amid Corruption Allegations
Goshen council vows major changes citing influence of liquor interests on the police department. Officer Charles Lindaw may resign as charges of public intoxication are filed against several officers. Sportsmen visit for a Goshen Gun Club event as tax distributions show Elkhart County funds split among townships, county, and state.
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Goshen
Conon Council
Charles Lindaw
Common Council
Council
Big Game on Train Ends With No Arrests
Officers Miller and Pearce confronted card sharps aboard a train at the depot at 1 10 today. The group fled as officers found no illicit activity and made no arrests. The conductor had planned to gain admission for a room meeting with the travelers.
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No. 19
Miller
Pearce
Fkers
City Council Approves Loan and Several Small Appropriations
The common council approved ordinances authorizing an $8 000 loan for nine months at up to five percent interest and two minor appropriations. An extra $200 to the miscellaneous fund was recommended and approved, plus a $30 addition to the water fund for extending a West Crawford street main.
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Common Council
Finance Committee
Brubaker
Ons
Crawford Street
Bell
R. Joseph
Reorganizing The Boy's Brigade Meeting In Elkhart
A meeting will be held at Moody avenue on Tuesday evening to reorganize the Boy's Brigade in Elkhart. Boys who wish to join are invited to attend at 7 20 sharp where new features will be installed and the corps reorganized.
Convention news notes early session in Chicago
The document describes the reservations committee completing a minority report with Cooper of Wisconsin as sole signer. The platform is read to an assemblage at Convention Hall Chicago on June 18. Speaker Joseph G. Cannon was nominated as business began, and Representative Henry Sherman Boutell introduced Uncle Joe's name. Fairbanks was nominated by the governor.
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Chicago
Taft
Cooper
Wisconsin
Minority Report
Joseph G. Cannon
Hanly
Fairbanks
Shaft
Lodge
National Committee
Hanty
Indiana
Beveridge
Bookwalter
Tos
Ohio
Committee of Credentials
Woodford
Hughes
Cannon
Democratic nominating fight at Chicago convention heats up
Republican convention action rises over platform planks and a heated scene with Gov Hanly facing jeers. Lodge calms galleries as Fairbanks nomination proceeds amid chants and interruptions from Indiana and Ohio delegates.
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Jonathan P. Dolliver
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
James S. Sherman
Curtis Guild
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George A. Knight
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Franklin ‘Murphy
Tim” “Woodruff
Stewart Woodford
John Hays Hammond
Rogers
New York -Herald
Platform Trade
Machen
S. W. Shumard
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Elkhart County
Joe
Henry Sherman Boutel
Uncle Joe
Gov
Ole Oraer
Stewart
Ly Woodford
York
Joseph B. Foraker
C. B. McCoy
William H. Taft
T. €. Burton
Chico
Philamder C. Knox
Robert S. Murphy
Robert M. LaFollette
Henry F. Cochems
J. Frank Hanly
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Shegan
John W. Fordney
Gannon
Gov. Hanly
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