Tawney Faces Vindictive Campaigner on Minnesota Trail
In Hokah Minnesota Mrs Minerva K y of Williams County North Dakota pursues James A Tawney veteran congressman and state campaign figure accusing him of past wrongs. Tawney dispatches a stenographer to record the accuser s address while party rivalries and lumber tariff disappointments color the battle lines.
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Minerva K. Y
Williams County
N. D
Fred van Duzee
Tawney
Minnesota
van Duzee
Washington
Jim
Esch Speaks at Onalaska Tonight Rally Circles Campaign
Republican events sweep Onalaska with Congressman John J. Esch as sole speaker at the town hall. Crowds expected large. presiding officer John W Dalton to introduce Esch. Onalaska band to attend. Other meetings listed around La Crosse area with speakers Bryant, Morris, Thompson, and McConnell.
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Onalaska
John J. Esch
Congressman Esch
John W Dalton
Esch
Bosshard
Holmen
Thomas Morris
B. F. Bryant
Bluff Arcade
James Thompson
E.C Raymond
Ten Mile House
Greenfield
Concordia Hall
Assembly
J. E. McConnell
John Swan
Chicago
la Crosse
Woodman Hall
Shelby
E. C. Raymond
Otto Bosshard
City of la Crosse
Concordia
Jas. Thompson
Town of Barre
Barre Mills
C. L. Baldwin
Union Hall
Rose and
St. Cloud
Bohemian Hall
West Salem
Knutson's
Henry F. Cochems
Village of
Bangor
Meyer's Hall
Final Analysis of the Election Reveals Split Projections
The piece reports two conflicting forecasts for the 1908 presidential race. Norman E. Mack cites Bryan 301 to Taft 182 with 242 needed, while Hitchcock predicts Taft 317 to Bryan 127 with 39 undecided. Both agree on 12 Bryan states and 18 Taft states. It lists sure Bryan states with electoral votes.
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New York
Norman E. Mack
Democratic National Committee
Bryan
Taft
Frank H. Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Tafty
Policeman John Penn Seeks Life After Gas Attempt
Des Moines area report says John Penn a policeman who left his wife attempted suicide at home by gas on Oct 29. He left a note decrying the conflict between marriage and love. He may recover.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John Penn
Cleveland Faker Arraigned on Grand Larceny Charge
Broughton Brandenburg appeared before Judge Foster on an indictment for grand larceny in the second degree. His bail was set at 1500 dollars and furnished immediately. The arrest related to the sale of forged Cleveland articles.
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New York
Broughton Brandenburg
Foster
Cleveland
Taft Hughes Rally Draws Largest Political Ovation
New York Madison Square Garden hosts Taft and Gov Hughes drawing unprecedented cheers. Taft and Hughes receive lengthy ovations amid expectations of a big Republican vote as Bryan and Chanler lose ground. Carnegie predicts Taft victory and warns against Bryan judges.
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New York
William H. Taft
Gov Hughes
Madison Square Garden
Inspector Cortright
Gov. Hughes
Taft
Chautauqua
Bryan
Cohoes
N. Y
Roosevelt
Gompers
Jub Jane
New York City
Garden
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Southampton
Supreme Court
Senate
Hughes
England
Hutchinson, Lincoln Friend, Dies in Gas Accident
John W. Hutchinson, an octogenarian poet and Lincoln confidant, was asphyxiated today at his Lynn home from gas escaping a heater.
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Lynn
Mass
John W. Hutchinson
Lincoln
High Rock
Unknown four-masted schooner runs ashore near Cape Henry
A four-masted schooner ran aground about 50 miles north of Cape Henry. Two crew members drowned while six were rescued. The vessel was declared a total loss.
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Norfolk
Cape Henry
Five Thousand Dollar Verdict in Wicks Case
A jury awarded Nels Wick $5,000 against the Chicago Minneapolis St. Paul & Omaha railroad for injuries suffered on the job. Wick sought over $40,000 and the defense may seek a new trial if the set aside motion fails. The case will return at Madison's special term opening Friday October 30.
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Nels Wick
Chicago
Madison
Local option favored at synod conference final session
The Central conference of the English Evangelical Lutheran synod voted in favor of local option before adjourning its tenth conference in Duluth. A committee will pursue new missions at Marriam park, Seven Oaks, Minneapolis, and Fargo. Next spring meetings are canceled due to the national conference in Minneapolis. The Women's Missionary society opened at Holy Trinity church with Mrs. G. H. Trabert of Minneapolis presiding.
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Central Conference
English Evangelical Lutheran Synod
A. F. Elmquist
Marriam Park
Seven Oaks
Minneapolis
Fargo
English Evangelical Lutheran Church of the
U. S
Central Conference of the
Synod of the Northwest
Duluth
Women’s Missionary
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Holy Trinity Church
J. J. Clemens
G. H. Trabert
la Crosse
India Mission
Torto Ruan
Fight for Speaker Ekern Twesme Feud Rages in Wisconsin Visit
In Galesville Wisconsin Governor Davidson returns to press his side in the Ekern Twesme dispute as Senator La Follette campaigns the area. A 700 strong audience heard La Follette praise Ekern and urge tightening partisanship while urging listeners to loosen up. The clash centers on who will have the final say in state affairs and policy directions.
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Galesville
Wis
Ekern-Twesme
Davidson
Twesme
la Follette
Blake
Ettrick
Senator la Follette
Trempealeau
Mr. Ekern
Roosevelt
G O P Standpatters Plan Nelson Bolt to Aid Joe Cannon
A pamphlet mailed to voters by the Republican Anti Nelson Committee urges 5,000 primary opponents of Nelson to vote for a Democrat on election day. The letter claims the same group who opposed Nelson in September will press the campaign again, arguing Nelson has done nothing to change. Nelson opposes Cannon.
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Madison
Wis
Republican Anti
Nelson
Co. H. Russell
Cannon
Yarmouth Crew Members Lost in North Sea Wreck
London Oct 29. The bodies of some crew members from the Yarmouth, voyaging from Rotterdam to Harwich, were recovered in the North Sea. Part of the wreckage was found mid channel. Captain Adis and twenty-two men are presumed lost. The cause remains unknown.
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London
Yarmouth
Rotterdam
Harwich
North Sea
Adis
Women Periled in Cincinnati Building Fire
A fourth floor fire in the Neave building in Cincinnati traps about sixty women. Firemen use a life net as a woman jumps from the tenth floor and is severely injured. A fireman falls from the third floor and later dies. Calcium lamp explosion blamed for the blaze. twenty people hurt and many rescued as flames are brought under control.
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Cincinnati
Neave
Contradictory Testimony in Morse Curtis Bank Case
In New York on October 29 Morse and Curtis gave conflicting testimony. Morse’s counsel introduced a letter from Morse to the cashier that undermined Curtis’ statements, and Curtis presented evidence of a loan to Heinze made against his refusal and under Morse’s directive.
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New York
Morse
Curtis
Curtis Curtis
Heinze
Governor Guild III Illness Reported After Overexertion
Boston Oct 29 Gov Guild III is ill a statement from his secretary says he overused strength in his effort to return to work after a prior illness.
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Boston
W C T U Chooses Omaha for Next Annual Meeting
Denver dated dispatch reports the executive committee of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union selecting Omaha Nebraska as the site for the upcoming annual gathering details of dates to follow and preparations to begin.
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Denver
Omaha
Weather and Water Report for Upper Midwest Regions
Coolest reading 32 at La Crosse and warmest 50 with light wind. River levels near stationary at La Crosse 2.4 feet and Prairie du Chien 2.7 feet. Forecasts show fair, cool nights and Fridays for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. A storm system off the Atlantic coast and a develop ing low in British Columbia influence conditions with cool high pressure across the Mississippi valley. Atlanta reports 1.94 inches of rain in 24 hours and Asheville 1.78 inches.
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la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Wisconsin—Fair
Minnesota—Fair
Ilowa—Fair
South Atlantic
British Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic States
North Carolina
Montana
Atlanta
Asheville
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W. R. Duxbury
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Oklahoma
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Illinois
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