Taft Welcomes Japanese Mission and Forces Tariff Support
President Taft greeted 50 Japanese commercial mission members in Minneapolis and extolled the new tariff law as the best revenue measure. He told a Winona audience it would aid Republicans while denouncing insurgents who opposed it. In Chicago he pledged action against injunctions in strikes. Marvin Hughitt spoke of growth, Morgan Jr. joined National City Bank board, and W. W. Rockhill arrived as ambassador to Russia.
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Taft
United States
Minneapolis
Winona
Minn
Chicago
Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
New York
J. P. Morgan, Jr
National City Bank
EB. H. Harriman
W. W. Rockhill
Russia
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Mixed early 20th century news items headline reel
Summary of scattered notes including Gov. John A. Johnson's critical operation in Rochester Minnesota and a long list of incidents: train wrecks near Pegram Station Tennessee with eight killed. a Danish student in New York touting Eskimo letters claiming Dr Cook found the north pole. Taft siding with Ballinger against Pinchot and ordering L H Gravis discharged. Yeomen of America convention at Springfield Illinois. Illinois river fishing case favoring local anglers. Chicago and Eastern Illinois Rail Road president James Sweeney noted. Washington roadmasters set 1910 meeting in Chicago. indictments against 100 Men as night riders continued in Union Tennessee. Association of American Cemetery Superintendents met in New York. Virginia receives the grand figurehead from the cruiser Virginia. Mrs Will Nowling slain near Pollard Alabama. Oklahoma Governor Haskell plans for a special session on oil pipeline to the gulf. Fort Brady killing case in Marquette Michigan. reference to a former English admiralty lord.
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John A. Johnson
Minnesota Way
Rochester
Minn
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
Pegram Station
Ten-nesee
Gerda Sebbelov
New York
Greenland
Cook
North Pole
Taft
Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
L. H. Gravis
Convention of the Yeomen of America
Springfield
Ilinois
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents
Virginia
Will Nowling
Pollard
Ala
Henry Nowling
Gov. Haskell
Oklahoma
Anak
Gulf
Ohn E. Gibson
Brady
Senate
Marquette
Mich
Leaven- Kaneedmouth
England
George Harvey
Harper’s Weekly
Manhawkin
N. J
Coeur D'Alene National Forest Reserve
Wallace
Idaho
George E. Emery Company
Boston
Nicaragua
Atlanta
United Brotherhood of Car Men
American Federation of Labor
Car Workers’ International Union
George F. Peabody
Appleton
Wis
Iowa
League of Iowa Municipalities
Fort Dodge
T. J. Phelps
Ottumwa
Cleveland
American Automobile Association
National Grange
Louisville
Frederick A. Cook
Donald B. McMillan
Worcester
Mass
Peary
Leadville
Nat Nakala
Isaac Santi
Bessemer
Cincinnati Aero Club
Cincinnati
National Negro Baptist Convention
Columbus
Booker T. Washington
William A. Prickitt
Auckland
Dr. Cook
Edward H. Harristan
Fargo
N. D
United States
North Dakota Agricultural College
Iglehart Brothers
Evanesville
Stolypin
T. Larson
Areca Bank of
Cook and Peary Pole Claims Stir Debate Across Nations
Reports from New York and abroad recount Dr. Frederick Cook defending his North Pole discovery claim against Peary. Across America strikes erupt in Omaha and Council Bluffs injuring a conductor. meanwhile a fire endangers Coeur d’Alene timber. Other items note Harpers editor Harvey’s crash, Peabody bequests, and tax, road, and labor developments.
American Sheet and Tin Plate Likely to Locate Plant in Evansville
The American Sheet and Tin Plate Co of Pittsburgh may establish a large Evansville branch employing about 3000 workers. Negotiations led by Chas. Hernley, tied to the West Side Business Men's association, suggest the plant is practically assured. The aim is to consolidate scattered facilities into one large plant to improve southward shipping.
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Evansville
American Sheet and Tin Plate Co
Ind
Pittsburg
United States
Evanaville
Chas. Hernley
West Side Business Men’s Association
Hernley
Fatal shooting affray rocks Lawrenceburg Indiana
Lawrenceburg Indiana Gerhart Ritze 23 a baker formerly of Cincinnati and now employed by Geo Frank of Aurora was shot five times and fatally wounded by Herman Bloucher 80 a wood carver in Aurora Bloucher who had long harbored vengeance after accusations of Ritze being too friendly with his wife was captured by Sheriff White after the attack near Bloucher home where they had supper
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Gerhart Ritze
Cincinnati
Geo. Frank
Aurora
Herman Bloucher
Bloucher
Ritze
Bleucher
White
Colonizing Voters Report Sparks Police Inquiry
Terre Haute Indiana Citizens Independent League asks Pinkert on detectives after poll takers uncover 57 voters registered at a saloon in the red Highlet district with no bed. In another West End hotel 120 names given by landlord drop to 20 after inquiry. A negro saloonkeeper jailed for refusing info is acquitted by Justice U L Brown citing the twelve year law as unconstitutional.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Citizens’ Independent League
Pinkerton
Red Hghlet
West End
Justice of the Peace
U. L. Brown
Governor Marshall Declines Taft Trip for Wife’s Company
Preferring his wife to the President Taft, Indiana Governor Thomas R. Marshall writes President Kavanaugh of Lakes to the Gull Deep Waterways association to decline joining the president’s St Louis to New Orleans voyage. He notes there are no wife accommodations on the boat and that he will not go. The couple has been together every night for nearly fifteen years.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Taft
Thomas R. Marshall
Kavanaugh
Lakes
Gull Deep Waterways’ Association
St. Louis
New Orleans
Marshall
Typhoid Fever Epidemic Indicated by Letters to State Board
Letters to Dr. Hurty secretary of the state board of health from county health commissioners show typhoid fever epidemic spreading rapidly across Indiana. September 1908 records likely to be surpassed as October reports arrive with cases rising in Delaware Randolph Dekalb and other northern counties. In Terre Haute a boy's body, believed to be William Pasher aged 16, was found in a Clinton shed after the building was burned amid rumors of suspicious men near the scene.
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State Board of Health
Indianapoli
Ind
Hurty
Delaware
Randolph
Dekalb
Terre Haute
Pasher
Clinton
Indiana duo linked to life insurance fraud scheme
Police tie Joseph Allen and J R Carpenter to a broader crime career. Carpenter, an insurance agent, allegedly wrote a policy on Mrs. Allen and later reported her death, with Allen receiving the $1000 payout. The pair disappeared as another fraud was uncovered and Allen’s trial unfolds this week.
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Allen
Carpenter
Indiana
Michigan
Evansville leaders discuss Ohio Valley plan in Cincinnati
Evansville officials and local citizens met with John L. Vance of Cincinnati, president of the Ohio Valley Improvement association, to plan the October Cincinnati convention. A committee was formed to raise $500 to promote the association's work and Evansville may send 100 or more delegates. A resolution seeks a U S congressional appropriation for a proposed Henderson dam.
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Evansville
Ind
John L. Vance
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Evansville Business Association
Congress
Henderson
Public notices and incidents across Indiana towns
In Fort Wayne and surrounding cities reports include a franchise grant for a line between Fort Wayne and Bryan, bankruptcy discharge of Claytonia Brick and Clay Co, safety injuries to George A. Astry, and Wabash and Pennsylvania track elevation extension to April 1. Other items note a pecan exhibit plan, a homicide inquiry into Lottie Huff, burglar arrests tied to a boarding house, the Continental National Bank opening in Indianapolis, and James Danewood’s arrest for fraud in Thorntown.
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Ft. Wayne
Ind
Board of Public Works
Wabash
Pennsylvania
Lip Pinchott Glass Factory Resumes Operations
Alexandria Indiana half of Lip Pinchott glass factory restarts with six hundred workers, pay increases, and full operation expected within two weeks. The resumption follows a shutdown and signals broader production recovery.
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Alexandria
Ind
Lippincott Glass
Rose Polytechnic to relocate near the Wabash River
Terre Haute Indiana plans move from downtown to a riverside site two miles beyond city limits on land once used by Fort Harrison. The site is linked to General William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor historical ties.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Wabash
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Gunnison River Tunnel Opens Taft Attends Ceremony
Montrose California September twenty third crowds celebrate the completion of the Gunnison river tunnel project after four and a half years of government work. President Taft opens the west portal as crowds cheer and officials outline the tunnel system and its vast capacity for irrigation and power.
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Mt Sterling Woman
Mrs. Mary Hinson of 1 Strother St Mt Sterling Ky credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from backache dizziness headaches and weak back after months of suffering. She says the medicine helped from the first use and she stopped when nearly well. Fonten Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes the product at 60 cents a bar.
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Mary Hinson
Strother St
Mt Sterling
Dean
Mrs. Hinson
Doan
Hypocrite In the Hereafter remark by Dr. Peters
Dr. Madison C. Peters discussed whether the coming man will marry and called a certain bachelor a hypocrite for using religion as a cloak. The reporter asked what he would do in the next world and Peters replied he would not need any cloak there.
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Madison C. Peters
Itching Piles Cured by a Jar of Resinol
A reader from Carrollton Kentucky reports permanent relief from itching piles after three weeks using warm baths and Resinol ointment. The note claims a complete cure and attributes it to the treatment, describing rapid improvement and lasting effect.
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W. W. Evans
Carrollton, Ky
Opportunium and Knicker Ideation Sparks
A fragment notes plans for a new political party, a new religion, and a new diet. It mentions Bocker suggesting to wait until the half season ends, indicating a timing consideration.
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Knicker
Bocker
Yeu Makes a Splurge Backing Auto Off Ferry
Puck quotes Yeu noting Newrich made a notable splurge with his money and backing his auto off a ferry marks the event.
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Yeu
Newrich
Puck
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