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Fairfield Journal in Fairfield, Iowa

01 Jul 1908

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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1908

Page

2

Taft Nominated for President at Chicago Convention

Secretary of War William H. Taft was nominated on the first ballot at the Republican convention in Chicago with 762 votes and made the unanimous choice amid enthusiastic crowds. James S. Sherman was nominated for vice president on the first ballot. Roosevelt received strong demonstrations as delegates adjourned to Cincinnati to discuss a national chairman. Other items include Barnett convicted of embezzlement in San Francisco and Williams resigning minority leadership.

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William H. Taft Chicago Sherman New York James S. Sherman National Committee Cincinnati Taft Roosevelt Coliseum Senator Lodge William J. Barnett Colton San Francisco John Mitchell Miners’ Union Illinois Cleveland Sagamore Hill Gov Hanley Indiana Ottawa Kaw John Sharp Williams Mississippi House of Representatives Democratic Party United States Commissioner of Pensions Vespasian Warner Sinois Supreme Court Warner E. T. Bethel Korea George G. Metzger Toledo Broadway Bank Queen Victoria Spain Olloway Harry Crawford Decorah Crawford Sabine Erant Meyer Newman Hough Pope Pius St. Peter's Imlay City Mich G. W. Jones Lousiana House of Representatives Baton Rouge George Willoughby Milwaukee Yale Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan John Kelly Margaret America Hammondsburg Philadelphia Arcadia Helen Gould Mme Anna Gould Countess de Castellane Prince Helie de Sagan Paris Hyde Park London Ora Havill Mount Carmel Ill James Comstock Sunbury Badger Brass Manufacturing Company Kenosha Wis Earl McConaughey American Bridge Company Two Harbors Minn George E Fosse United States Hopkins Luke E. Wright Tennessee Mr. Wright Philippines Japan Monongahela Carl Fischer-Hansen Joseph E. O’brien Capital City Savings Bank Little Rock Ark Indianapolis Ind Missouri River Interstate Commerce Commission National Knight George H. Knight California la Follette Lodge Alabama Arkansas Henry Cabot Lodge Massachusetts Mr. Lodge Teddy
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Roosevelt and Taft to watch Yale Harvard boat race

President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft to view the Yale Harvard boat race on the Thames at New London Conn. A sweeping national news roundup follows with fires, trials, and notable deaths across the country. The report notes multiple accidents, legal verdicts, political shifts, and social events from across the United States and Europe.

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Roosevelt Taft New London Conn Three Rivers Port Chester N. Y Washington Frederick A. Hyde Joost H. Schneider John A. Benson Henry P. Dimond Citizens’ Bank of Dover Leon Delagrange Milan Lackawanna Lehigh Pocono Mountains Bakertown Mary Farmer Watertown Sarah Brennan Khoroshkin Vorknnskan Uralsk
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Cleveland News: Sherman Is Hospitalized for Gall Stones

Representative James S Sherman, Republican vice presidential candidate, was moved from the Herrick home to Lakeside hospital in Cleveland for gall stone symptoms. Doctors reported he was holding his own, with high temperature and restlessness easing at times. operation not deemed necessary if improvement continues.

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Cleveland, O James Schoolcratt’ Sherman Herrick Lakeside Hospital Sherman Washington James S. Sherman Representative Sherman Cleveland Cincinnati Taft Carter Allen Finney Baltimore
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Johnson in Lead as Vice Presidential Favorite

Denver observers report Governor Johnson leading among prominent Democrats as a vice presidential candidate for the soon to be convened Democratic National Convention in Denver. Supporters argue he could complement Mr. Crgan and draw eastern Democrats pledged to his presidency, while some note he might decline.

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Denver Colo Republian Chicago Johnson Minnesota Crgan
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Sleeping Boy Falls From Window in Norristown

In Norristown Pennsylvania on June 24 a 13 year old boy named John Zink awoke and dressed then stepped from a third story window landing on a paling fence. His trousers caught and he struck his head on the ground and was stunned. The accident happened at the home of Mrs. John Arkwright a sister of the boy. His sister Mrs. John Carr living six doors away heard his moans and freed him from the fence.

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Norristown John Zink John Arkwright John Carr
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Taft Sherman Ticket Emerges From Republican Convention

The Republican convention in Chicago nominates Theodore Roosevelt for president and James S. Sherman of New York for vice president. Taft leads in roll call but the final slate favors Sherman for second place amid roaring demonstrations by Wisconsin and Ohio delegates.

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Roosevelt Policies and Legal Reform Platform Outline

Statement of principles pledging continuation of Roosevelt policies. Calls out abuse of wealth and privilege and favors strong court action with reform of injunction rules by statute. Emphasizes labor needs for adaptable commerce and crop movements and signals stance on trusts.

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Roosevelt Republican Party
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General News Mr. Sherman Willi Ali Ff Janes JS. Sherman Theodore Roosevelt Knox Ohio Buckeye Theodore E. Burton Joseph B. Foraker Charles W. Fairbanks Joseph Cannon Robert la Follette Charles E. Hughes Philander C. Knox Pennsylvania Cannon Hughes James 8. Sherman Tim Woodruff Curtis Guild Franklin Murphy New Jersey Thomas N. McCarter Senator Crane Judson W. Lyon Georgia Labor Congress Great Lakes Agricultural Department
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