Taft and Sherman Lead 1908 Republican Ticket
The 1908 Republican National Convention nominated William H. Taft of Ohio for president on the first ballot by 702 votes and James S. Sherman of New York for vice president with 816 votes, marking a unanimous convention endorsement amid lively proceedings and cheers.
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James 8. Sherman
New York
Taft
Chicago
United States
William H. Taft
Ohio
Lodge
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Charles E. Hughes
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Knox
Hughes
Stewart L. Woodford
Penrose
Boutell
Henry
Georgia
Foraker
Cochems
la Follette
Platform promises tariff revision and strong national reform
The platform calls for a tariff revision via a special session after the next president’s inauguration, guards court authority, supports free trade with the Philippines while protecting sugar and tobacco, and urges strict injunction rules. It backs railroad rate regulation, trust law amendments, a stable currency, post savings bank, and national good roads. It also champions civil rights, navy expansion, pensions, Puerto Rico citizenship, statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, and a Bureau of Mines.
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Congress
Philippines
Commission
Postal Savings Bank
United
Abraham Lincoln
Porto Rico
United States
New Mexico
Arizona
Bureau of Mines and Mining
Bartnett Found Guilty In Embezzlement Case
Walter J. Bartnett ex-vice president of California Safe Deposit & Trust Company and administrator of Ellen M. Colton estate was found guilty of embezzling securities and bonds worth 21700. Jury deliberated under an hour and courts set June 30 for sentencing. mercy recommended by the jury.
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Bay City Bank
Mercy
San Francisco
Walter J. Bartnett
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
Ellen M. Colton
Bartnett
Conley
Grandview notes weather trials and local activity
Grandview remains active as dry winds limit corresp ondent reports but showers in the past week offer hope. Farmers plan hay cutting to salvage fields while M O Klitten and family explore well drilling. A new District 33 school is operating with Miss Bessie Goff as teacher and a June 30 close.
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Grandview
Quillen
Bessie Goff
A Man Sick in Cleveland
Cleveland June 23 Congressman James S Sherman Republican nominee for Vice President fell ill at ex-Governor Herricks residence since Sunday He suffered a severe chill this morning Doctors at Lakeside hospital say a gallstone problem caused the illness An operation may follow but no decision yet
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Cleveland
James S. Sherman
Herrick
Sherman
Lakeside Hospital
Large Army to Answer Call Merges Regular and National Guard
The War Department announces a plan to merge regular and National Guard troops into a single 250000 strong trained army ready to answer the President's call. Assistant Secretary Oliver at Pine Camp says militiamen are now United States volunteers after the Dick bill.
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New York
War Department
United States
Oliver
Pine Camp
Department of the East
Congress
United States Volunteers
Ministers Endure Egg and Fruit Attack at Saloon
In Wallace Idaho on Sunday pastors Mallan of the Congregational Church and MacCaugy of the Methodist Church were pelted with decayed lemons eggs and other missiles as they tried to enter John Watsons saloon. A crowd dispersed by Chief Edward Adams who warned the enforcement of the Sunday rest law.
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Wallace
Idaho
Mallan
Congregational Church
MacCaugy
Methodist Church
John Watson
Edward Adams
False Spiritualist Sentenced In Diamond Ring Fraud
Denver June 23 Mrs Leonora Pearce convicted of deceiving Mrs Harriet Crowe an aged blind widow by posing as a Spiritualist able to restore sight She was sentenced to three to four years in the state penitentiary An application to the Supreme Court for a supersedeas was noted by Pearces attorney It is alleged she also secured 16800 in cash and the widow’s inherited fortune from her late husband a Dillon Montana banker.
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Denver
Leonora Pearce
Harriet Crowe
State
Farmer Clarence Nichols Injures Thigh In Self Shot Incident
Clarence Nichols a bachelor farmer six miles south of Lebanon Oregon accidentally shot his right thigh with a .32 caliber revolver late yesterday afternoon. He walked a mile to reach a neighbor for help and remains in serious condition from blood loss and exertion.
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Lebanon, Or
Clarence Nichols
Lebanon
Local farming notes and seasonal harvests in Kiona valley
Mrs J F andF Lowry visit North Yakima while HA Roff attends bankers convention there. Catherine Knox heads home from Iowa Settlement school. Dr and Mrs Heliger attend their son Frank's graduation in Pullman. Farmers busy with onions, potatoes and berries amid scattered rain. Royal Anne and Black Republican cherries ripen. early raspberries arrive. Wet spring praised by some and blamed for late wheat.
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Kiona
The
Enterprise
J F&f Lowry
North Yakima
HA Roff
Bankers’ Convention
Catherine Knox
Iowa Settlement
Luscas
Wash
Heliger
Pullman
Frank
State College
David McAlpin
Kiowa Valley
TB Kendall
J H Kennedy
H D Ryrie
Walla Walla
Spokane
Benton County
Mill Oiler Seriously Injured in Gear-Driven Accident
Hoquiam Washington June 23 Frank Ward an oiler at the National Lumber and Box Company's plant was caught in a swiftly revolving gearing and his left arm ripped from his body Only the bones muscles and tendons were left intact to prevent a fatal outcome He remained conscious and fought to the end of a terrible ordeal
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Hoquiam
Wash
Frank Ward
National Lumber & Box Company
Terrib
Two Crops On J H Woods Riverside Ranch
At J H Woods riverfront ranch two Bartlett pear trees, two years old, produced two crops at once. Fruit set was heavy this spring with about three quarters of the fruit removed. New wood bloomed early and bore fruit, though the new wood fruit is about one eighth the size of the old wood fruit, illustrating the Kennewick valley fruit potential in the Columbia basin, termed the Early Fruit Belt.
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J. H. Wood
Riverside Ranch
Barttlett
Kennewick Valley
Columbia Basin
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Covention
Erry
Mr. Sherman
Fretcham
Watson Bros
Kennewick, Washington
M. O. Klitten
G. W Powe
Moscow
Eugene Tyrrells
Eva Matthews
Edison
Joe Battiz
Walker
Ore
Mr. Stott
Washtucna
Ernest Sweeny
H.ashowe
H. A. Howe
Kingsbury
J. E. Tull
Kennewick
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