Bryan Pledges Best To Promote Waterways
Chicago Oct 8 W J Bryan speaker at Deep Water Ways convention pledges full support for canal projects and river improvements. He says transportation by water is natural and will aid Mississippi and tributaries. delegates tired from receptions proceed to city tours and evening vaudeville. Bryan later speaks at Northwestern University.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Auditorium Theater
William H. Taft
P. G. Trenneck
Peoria
J. J. Hill
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Mississippi
Chicago Entertainment Committee
Lockport
Chicago Association of Commerce
Taft
Walter D. Moody
Francis
Missouri
Gifford Pinchot
National Conservation Commission
Cincinnati
Northwestern University
Evanston
Indiana Doctor Highlights At Tuberculosis Congress
Dr H G Nierman of the city returned Friday from Washington where he acted as official Indiana representative at an international tuberculosis study congress. He spoke on intestinal tuberculosis surgery at Hope hospital and noted a successful August 190% operation on a Lima Ohio resident now alive. He described broader treatment advances and praised the global gathering and goodwill among practitioners.
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H. G. Nierman
Washington
Indiana
Nierman
Hope Hospital
Lima
Globe
Bryan to spend four days in Indiana during campaign
Chicago dispatch reports W. J. Bryan will tour Indiana for four days as part of the campaign itinerary. The Democratic National Committee plans two days in Indiana on the way east and two on the return west, with tentative dates October 19, 20, 30 and 31.
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Chicago
W. J. Bryan
Indiana
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Bryan
Bryan to speak twenty four times in Missouri trip
William J. Bryan campaigns in Missouri aboard a Democratic train with all party factions aboard. He is scheduled to deliver twenty four addresses during the day, with the final speech in St. Joseph tonight, signaling a new peak in his post nomination tour.
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Highbee
Missouri
Democratic State Committee
William J. Bryan
St. Joseph
Kern Ends Southern Campaign In Huntington Visit
Democratic vice presidential candidate J W Kern arrived in Huntington at five, spoke at noon in Point Pleasant, then returned for a night meeting to cap his southern campaign. He plans a quick stop at Indianapolis before an eastern tour.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. W. Kern
Point Pleasant
Indianapolis
Taft Starts Tour For Votes In Own State
Taft campaigns in Ohio with ten speeches on labor and tariffs appealing to farmers in Crooksville and Roseville. He questions Republican rule and past twelve years while touring Democratic territory. Burglars drill safe at Packerton store then flee with a horse and buggy later abandoning it at North Manchester.
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Taft
Zanesville
Ohio
Crooksville
Roseville
O. R. Scott
Packerton
John Fisher
North Manchester
Mystery Shroud Deaths In Jamaica Bay
Police investigate a double death found in Jamaica Bay as a well dressed man and a woman bound with wire drifted afloat. Neither victim identified. man about 45, 6 feet, 200 pounds, with gold watch, chain and $4.38. Woman about 35, groomed, wedding ring, chatelaine bag holding gloves and $10. A whisky flask bears a saloon name linked to East New York. Movements suggest mutual fatality. Woman appeared near birth. Coroner to question saloonkeeper.
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New York
Jamaica Bay
Indiana corn crop smaller but fine grade in 1909
Indiana reports show a smaller corn crop than last year yet higher quality. Estimated state production around 120 million bushels with most kernels hard and well formed, though acreage and total output trail 1907. Benton county leads in area, Tipton county tops yield, Allen county also sizable.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indianapolis News
Mary Stubbs Moore
Benton
Tipton ‘County
Allen County
Home From Western Trip Arrivals In City Sunday
Charles McCulloch and O N Guid lin arrived in the city Sunday after a Western trip. The report notes their return and suggests a routine schedule is resumed.
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Charles McCulloch
Lin
City
Crenins
Taft Campaign Schedule Outlined in Indiana Ohio and East
National Chairman Hitchcock releases updated Taft itinerary. Taft will visit Indiana for three days starting October 22 with Beveridge and Fairbanks, then travel to Ohio for three days October 12 18 and 14, followed by appearances in West Virginia Maryland Kentucky and Tennessee. A large rally with Governor Hughes and George Knight is planned for New York October 28 at Madison Square Garden.
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Chicago
Hitchcock
Taft
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
Ohio State Committee
Ohio
Beveridge
Fairbanks
Connecticut
Brooklyn
Brooklyn the Evening of the Same Day. “Mr. Taft
New York
Hughes
George A. Knight
California
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Rockefeller's New Palace Hidden Maze Lures Intruders
New York, Oct. 12. John D. Rockefeller took possession of his Pocantico Hills mansion with eighteen guards two detectives and a bloodhound to deter intruders. The house is designed as a labyrinth with winding paths blind passages and concealed approaches. only one main entrance through a gateway. The rear presents a colonial appearance while the front faces the Hudson and features a red brick stable. A tunnel connects a children's playhouse to the residence and shrubs line broad terraces creating a vast maze-like setting.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Parcel post would pay for rural mail, says Carr
Omaha columnist D. M. Carr told the National Rural Letter Carriers Association that the Burnham and Kean parcels post bills could make rural delivery self supporting in the first year. He cited 39,000 carriers and four daily four pound packages per carrier as enough to cover maintenance while noting opposition from a group seeking one cent letter postage and potential deficits.
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Omaha
Neb
National
Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
D. M. Carr
Carr
Burnham
Kean
Postal Service
Cost of all preventable diseases to the nation
Washington reports Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale plans an exhaustive National Conservation commission study on the economic loss from preventable diseases. He cites tuberculosis deaths and lost earnings, urging health measures as vital to national efficiency and resource preservation.
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Washington
Irving Fisher
Yale University
United States
National Conservation Commission
Fisher
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Fleming's Corporation Bill Examined by Judge Taylor
Judge Taylor states Senate Bill 385, introduced by Senator Fleming in 1901, is a vicious and unwise measure that would allow formation of fraudulent corporations with little capital and weak creditor protection. He cautions it could enable trusts, permit three men to form vast ventures, and even let saloons operate with minimal investment.
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The
Fleming
News
Senate
R. S. Taylor
United States
Taylor
Committee
Corporations
New Jersey
Indiana
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