Taft and Bryan Campaign Across Indiana West Virginia
Taft's Indiana tour drew crowds as he spoke in Hammond and other towns following New York funding updates. The event featured Mrs. Bryan during handshakes and strong Republican traction in West Virginia Parkersburg rallies with parades. Taft planned further appearances with trains to reach voters statewide.
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Louisville
William J. Bryan
Indiana
Hammond
New York
Democratic National Committee
Ridder
Imade
Tammany Hall
Pennsylvania
C. A. Culberson
Texas
Times-Democrat
Louisiana
Richard Croker
Dublin
Ireland
Herman A. Metz
Brooklyn
Ben H. Olem
South Carolina
William J. Gaynor
William Ryan
S. K. Pendleton
Leon M. Adler
E. F. Giberson
Daily Progress
Virginia
Taft
Youngstown
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Hitchcock
National Committee
State Committee
Republican National
West Virginia
Parkersburg
W. Va
Martinsburg
Maryland
Baltimore & Ohio
Cumberland
Noted Railway Builder Dead
Richard Hayes a longtime general foreman for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway died in a local hospital after an operation. He built many tunnels and bridges along the line and was one of the oldest railway constructors of the west.
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Butte
Mont
Richard Hayes
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Hayes
Saloons kept or liberalized in Seneca county vote
Seneca county voters chose to retain saloons by an estimated 1400 majority. Several towns shifted to wet status, with Tiffin becoming wet by about 1200 while Fostoria stayed dry by a narrow margin of about 50.
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Tiffin
Seneca County
Fostoria
Alleged Murderer Bound Over for Grand Jury
Medina Ohio October 21 Guy Rasor held for murder of Orie Lee his sweetheart on a road near Wadsworth on October 8 bound over to the grand jury on a charge of first degree murder by Justice Van Deusen Tuesday
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Medina, O
Guy Rasor
Orie Lee
Wadsworth
Justice van Deusen
Cold Remedy Advertises Bromide Quinine Cure
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy that removes the cause. It urges readers to call for the full name and to look for the signature E. W. Grove.
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E. W. Grove
Japanese Liberal Hosts Tokyo Reception During Occupation
In Tokyo on October 21 the Atlantic fleet and visiting Americans enjoyed a week of events from royal audience to a 15 inning baseball win by the Keio University nine. Admiral Togo hosted a garden party with 2,000 guests while Premier Katsura planned a dinner and a grand ball.
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Tokyo
Japan
Pacific Coast
Keio University
Yokohama
Admiral Togo
Shinjuku
Mperials Gardens
Katsura
Tornado Destroys Grand Stand Injuring Teen Football Players
Savannah Virginia reports one high school football player killed and 22 injured when a tornado toppled the grand stand during practice. Rain and hail preceded the collapse as players sheltered above, tumbling to the ground beneath heavy timber.
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Savannah
Ball Park
Alliance
Neb
Butte
Mont
Mottana
Woman near burial saved by physician in Ellis Kansas
The timely intervention of a physician in Ellis Kansas on Tuesday stopped the burial of 60 year old Mrs. Thomas Chapman who was believed dead from heart disease. The body had not been embalmed and was to be buried at 2 30 pm but the physician's examination prompted removal from the coffin and placement in bed. Her heart remains weak but recovery is expected.
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Ellis
Kan
Thomas Chapman
Kansas
Chapman
Steamer New York Burned At Pier In Newburgh
Fire swept the steamer New York of the Hudson River Day Line while moored for repairs at Thomas S Marvel shipyards in Newburgh. Four crewmen including four colored waiters were missing after the blaze. The vessel housed 73 aboard and the captain was A H Harquart.
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Newburgh
N. Y
New York
Hudson River Day Line
Thomas S. Marvel
A. H. Harquart
Will Leaves $19000 For Masses In Catholic Church
Gregory Koering's will filed in probate court outlines a $19000 trust to fund masses for the repose of his soul his relatives the late Bishop Thomas Grace and for the benefit of the current archbishop of the diocese in St Paul Minnesota.
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St. Paul, Minn
Gregory Koering
Thomas Grace
Charles Eliot Norton Dies in Cambridge Home
Charles Eliot Norton, famed philanthropist and scholar, longtime Harvard faculty member, died at 1 45 in the morning at his Cambridge home after a long illness.
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Charles Eliot Norton
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Fire Rips Through Fayette City Wrecking Homes and Business
A blaze that began shortly after 1 AM in Fayette City Pennsylvania destroyed a restaurant four houses a store and a barber shop and posed a threat to the town’s central district.
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Pennsylvania
Fayette City
Night Riders Kill Captain Rankin Over Reelfoot Lake Fishing Law
Mob abducts Col. R. Z. Taylor and Capt. Quinten Rankin from Ward's hotel at Walnut Log Tennessee. Rankin is found murdered, Taylor missing after a gun battle near the bayou. Governor Patterson offers a $10,000 reward as militia mobilizes for Reelfoot Lake unrest and court action.
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Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
R. Z. Taylor
Quinten Rankin
Trenton
Ward
Walnut Log
Rankin
Col. Taylor
Capt. Rankin
Col
Taylor
Capt
Powell
Patterson
Humboldt
Joseph E. Jones
4V. C. Tatum
State Capitol
Nashville
Four Persons Probably Drowned In Lake Michigan
Glenn Haven Mich Oct 21 Four people Patrick Hury his wife Peter Swanson and his son went from North Manitou islands in a power launch to set fish nets on Lake Michigan. A high easterly wind drove the boat out to sea and they have been missing since Monday evening.
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Glenn Haven
Mich
Patrick Hury
Peter Swanson
North Manitou Islands
Lake Michigan
Trolley Wrecked Injuring Ten in Springfield
Ten persons were badly injured when an Erie Transfer trolley car left the tracks and toppled over on its side while rounding a curve west of Springfield. The brakes failed as the car rounded the bend Tuesday night.
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Springfield
Erie Transfer
Forest fires blaze across Sugar Island and Michigan towns
Sugar Island with about 1000 residents is described as ablaze as a 40 mile gale drives fires across the area. Nearby Detour reports 16 square miles burned with several villages surrounded and one building lost in Brimley. Elsewhere Jackman area fires renew with 200 plus firefighters aiding, while Detroit allocates funds and in‑kind aid to northern Michigan victims.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Sugar Island
Gladys
Eckerman
Sheildrake
Whitefish Point
Brimley
Bangor
Jackman
Alpena
Crawford’s
Rogers City
Detroit
Detroit Common Council
Michigan
Morse Pool Operates Broad Stock Pool Across 111 Accounts
Evidence in the Morse Curtis trial shows during June 1905 to November 1907 the Morse Ice Pool bought and sold stock of the American Ice Company through 59 brokers and 111 accounts. Pool brokers earned commissions totaling upwards of 1 million dollars in that period.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Morse Ice Pool
American Ice Company
Suffrage Convention Closes With Harmony and Seattle Invite
The fortieth annual National American Woman Suffrage association convention in Buffalo ends on Wednesday after a harmonious gathering. Most officers from last year were re-elected, with one exception. Mrs. Emma Smith De Voe extended an invitation to hold next year’s meeting in Seattle, which was accepted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Seattle
Emma Smith de Voe
Washington Suffrage Association
Man Ends Life Over Grief in San Rafael Hotel
O M Burtzell of Pittsburg linked to Carnegie Steel shot himself in his Hotel Rafael room on Tuesday. Grief over his wife’s death is believed to have driven the suicide.
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San Rafael
Cal
O. M. Burtzell
Pittsburg
Carnegie Steel
Hotel Rafael
Mine Tipple Burned in Bretz Fire Toll Hits 50,000
Morgantown West Virginia October 21 Fire Tuesday destroyed the tipple of the Elkins Coal Company at Bretz near here along with adjoining buildings for a loss of 50 000 dollars and left about 200 men jobless Beckers creek nearly dry prevented water to fight the blaze
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Morgantown
W. Va
Elkins Coal Company
Bretz
Beckers Creek
Turmoil in Balkans Spreads Fear Across Europe
Belgrade reports Gen Vukotics abducted and searched by Austro-Hungarian authorities on arrival. Serbians rally in support of King Peter as France grows anxious over Bulgaria and Turkey. Berlin rumors link Germany to urging war, while reports of a battle on the Djumna frontier claim Bulgarian and Turkish casualties.
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France
Germany
Belgrade
Servia
Vukotics
Cettinje
Servian
Agram
Peter
Baron von Aehrenthal
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Nicholas
Austria
Paris
Balkans
Turkey
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Sofia
Malinoff
Pris
Baron von Bieberstein
Constantinople
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Djumaa
London
Athens
Djumna
Lad Drowned While Canoeing at Lehigh River Mouth
Easton report from October 21 states James Brixius and Walter Cramer, both about eight, overturned their canoe near the Lehigh river mouth. Brixius drowned while Cramer was rescued by Prof. W. T. Lyle of Lafayette College.
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Easton
James Brixius
Walter Cramer
Lehigh River
Brixius
W. T. Lyle
Lafayette College
Black defendant denied stay to hang in Sangamon jail
Joseph James, the young Black man charged with killing C A Ballard, was denied a stay of sentence by Governor Deneen and the state board of pardons. His execution is scheduled at the Sangamon county jail next Friday.
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Springfield
Joseph James
C. A. Ballard
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Chicago
Sangamon County
Sister Smoot News Teases a Family Death
Po little Claudie Shinpaw is an angel now. Brother Dinger confirms the child’s death with brief, clipped phrasing as reported in a local tone.
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Smoot
Claudie Shinpaw
Dinger
Puck
Spiritualists Open Sixth Annual National Convention
Spiritualists in Indianapolis begin the sixth annual convention of the National Spiritualists Association of the United States on a Tuesday date in October. The event gathers leaders and adherents for talks, rituals, and organizational planning.
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Spiritualists
Indianapolis
Ind
National Spiritualists’ Association of the United States
Fire destroys stock barn of Morristown farmer
The stock barn of Joseph Johnson in Morristown burned to the ground with several valuable horses killed in the blaze.
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Joseph Johnson
Morristown
Laborer Strangles Son During Fit of Insanity
Peter Blomstrom, a laborer for American Steel & Wire Co. at Waukegan, strangled his four year old son Perei Jr. to death on Tuesday in a burst of insanity.
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Chicago
Peter Blomstrom
American Steel & Wire Company
Waukegan
Perei Jr
England Could Not Arm War Effort With Available Horses
If England faced a year long war not enough horses could be found in the kingdom to outfit the cavalry and artillery.
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England
Kingdom
Canal Seeks $35 Million for Isthmian Work in 1910
Washington October 21 Congress will be asked to appropriate 35 million dollars for canal work in the fiscal year 1910 if the commission estimates are approved by the War Department.
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Washington
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Commission
War Department
Admiral Dayton to Retire On October 25
Washington October 21 Rear Admiral J H Dayton will be placed on the retired list October 25 on account of age.
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Dayton
Washington
J. H. Dayton
Grafted Phrase Catches Attention in Roving Riddle
A quirky rhyme plays with variations of a counting chant and a warning about a would be grafter. The fragment resembles a playground style chant or folk rhyme passed along in casual speech. It hints at a playful or cautionary note.
Submarine Cruise of Four Vessels From Philadelphia to Charleston
Four submarines named Tarantula Viper Cuttlefish and Octopus voyage from Philadelphia to Charleston 400 miles the longest for their class in the US Navy Built 1905 three boats 81 feet long 170 tons Octopus 106 feet 273 tons cruising radius 500 knots at nine knots an hour Past voyages tested crews exposed to cold and storms leaving crews exhausted frost bite risk Navy experts expect they will complete the current trip in good shape proving long range wartime readiness
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Washington
Navy
Philadelphia
Charleston
S. C
New York
Scorpion
Teacher and Willie Winkle Exchange About Adding Machines
A quick humorous exchange where a teacher doubts a father’s mistake in sums and Willie Winkle counters that his father uses an adding machine to avoid errors. The light joke centers on arithmetic methods and parental competence.
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Willie Winkle
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