Curtis Guild Emerges as Eastern Vice Presidential Hope
The piece analyzes possible Taft vice presidential picks with Curtis Guild of Massachusetts as the avowed Eastern candidate. It discusses patterns of post Civil War ticket geography, rumors about Fairbanks, Indiana politics favoring Roosevelt for a third term, Hughes’ bid, and Connecticut’s convention impact on Taft’s dominance for the VP nod.
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New Jersey
Curtis Guild
Massachusetts
Chicago
Allegheny Mountains
Alleghenies
Fairbanks
Taft
Indiana
Roosevelt
Hemenway
Watson
Hughes
New York
George Knight
California
Connecticut
United States
Terrific Indiana storm floods towns and crops
A wind hail and rain storm lashed Southwestern Indiana with one and three fourths inches of rain in an hour. Evansville reports street flooding and blocked streetcar traffic while Posey Vanderburgh and Gibson counties see creeks overflowing. Ohio River rising rapidly amid fears of June floods threatening corn crops.
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Ohio
Evansyiux
Usp
Indiana
Posey
Vanderburg
Gibson
St. Wendel
Barr Creek
Big Creek
Edna Goodrich in Hiding Captured by Nat Goodwin chase
Paris and London report Nat Goodwin pursuing Edna Goodrich after her engagement to MacMillan of Nevada. He denies blocking the marriage and searches hotels in Paris and London while she remains elusive, with mail kept through American Express.
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Paris
London
Nat Goodwin
Edna Goodrich
MacMillan
Nevada
Miss Goodrich
Goodwin
United States
Europe
American Express Company
France
Wu Ting Fang Urges Moral Reform in Chinatown Address
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang spoke to over 500 countrymen at Dovers Street Chinese theater. He urged abstinence from whisky gambling and opium. to attend Sunday school and obey host country laws. The talk supported a Confucius temple project in New York's Chinatown.
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Wai Ting Wang
New York
Wu Ting Fang
Dovers Street
Celestial Kingdom
Hanter
Chinatown
Fie
Chicago plans tuberculosis testing for all dairy cows
May 7 report from Curiaco states every healthy Chicago dairy cow will be tuberculin tested and ear-clamped. Four veterinarians under the health department laboratory division conduct tests and apply clamps. cows discovered diseased may be killed, while those healthy receive an OK with a tag.
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Curiaco
Chicago
Health Department
A Summer Appetizer RORSFORDs AciD PHOSPRATH
A fragment describes a beverage effect and a tunic item, noting thirst quenching properties and a pale reference to a brand or product name. The readable text hints at a casual, culinary or lifestyle snippet with unclear context.
Tenement Fire in New York Kills Four, Injures Twelve
A five story tenement at 101 Orchard Street in New York burned early May 7, likely incendiary. Four people died and twelve were injured as fire escapes clogged with evacuees trapped residents on upper floors. Firefighters carried children to safety from crowded ladders while many perished in their rooms or on the hot platform. The incident recalls a similar fatal blaze near Delancey and Allen streets three years ago.
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New York
Orchard Street
Delancey and
Allen Streets
Death of a striped cat on the Independence line
A crowded eastbound Independence electric car no 9876 swayed on curves near Mount Washington. The motorman halted after hitting a striped cat with passengers on the front platform mourning the animal, not a house pet.
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Independence Electric
Mount Washington
Barney Oldfield
Emery Bird Thayer’s Less Expensive Department Tops Four Month Rush
The store reports strong sales in its Less Expensive Department Basement during January through April 1908. Shoppers praised dependable wear resistant low priced merchandise, contributing to the store’s record four-month period.
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Emery, Bird
Thayer
Textile Sale Offers 10c Ginghams and 15c Swisses
The advertisement promotes ginghams at 10c and shirting Madras seconds with slight imperfections offering 10c savings per yard. It features white grounds with Jacquard figures and stripes as well as sheer Swiss fabrics discounted to 15c per yard, highlighting a large purchase to lower cost and value.
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Madras
Berngie
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Shaye Bo
Gray, Dind
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