Roosevelt Victory Dominates Ohio Delegates in Primary Returns
Ohio returns show Theodore Roosevelt leading in most districts and securing a large share of delegates to Chicago. Harmon leads in several districts while Wilson carries cities and some rural areas. Taft claims limited wins amid ongoing contest declarations. Roosevelt predicts nomination on first ballot with broad support. Taft officials vow to fight on.
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Cincinnati
Commonwealth
Gov
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Trarmon
Roosevelt Campaign Costs Mount Ahead of Chicago Nomination
A Washington dispatch reports over 1,000,000 spent to secure the Republican presidential nomination for Theodore Roosevelt. Expenses cover stamps, special trains, telegraph and telephone bills, printing, and staff wages. About 1,200 workers are active in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maryland, Nebraska and Missouri. In Maryland, workers earn at least five dollars daily. Chicago faces delegation contests as the national committee weighs fractional votes and double delegations. Secretary Hayward notes several cases will be treated as contests.
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Nebraska
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Roosevelt aide drafted for New Jersey campaign tour
Washington DC secretary to Senator Crawford earns a role in the Roosevelt campaign. He is scheduled for one or two speeches daily all next week in New Jersey at Fort Norris Dover Roselle Park Summerville Perth Amboy Hoboken and Jersey City where he once lived twenty five years ago.
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United States
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South Dakota
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt National Campaign Committee
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Jersey City
Prendergast Chosen to Nominate Roosevelt at Chicago
William A. Prendergast controller of New York has been picked by Col. Roosevelt to nominate him for the presidency at the Chicago convention next month. Lucius M. Littaney disclosed the plan, noting Prendergast’s active role in the campaign.
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William A. Prendergast
New York
Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
Lucius M. Littaney
Roosevelt
Mr. Prendergast
Two Bishops Chosen by the Conference
Minneapolis reports the Methodist Episcopal conference elected two new bishops on the eleventh ballot. Dr Fr Henderson of Brooklyn received 662 votes and W OO Sheppard of Chicago 532. The threshold was 524 votes to elect.
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Brooklyn
W. O. Sheppard
Chicago
Minneapolis, Minn
Fr. P. Henderson
W. OO. Sheppard
The
Methodist Episcopal
Henderson
Sheppard
Peculiar Accident to Man and Woman in Nebraska Tornado
William Bunkey of Ansley and his wife were struck by a Nebraska cyclone while in a horse drawn buggy. The storm lifted them into the air and spun them several times before they were dropped near a schoolhouse. The couple, separated briefly, later endured another hit that carried away a shed and the horse and buggy. The wife underwent surgery at a local hospital for injuries from the storm, with Bunkey reporting two dramatic near misses.
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Wiliam Runkey
Ansley
Mr. Bunkey
Custer County
Bunkey
Eighty Year Old Leader Father of Twins
An elderly leader associated with eugenics becomes the parent of twins. The report notes the unusual family development as authorities and contemporaries react to the ethics and implications of the background.
New York Doctor Parents Twin Eugenics Experiment
Dr David Allyn Gorton and his wife welcomed twins on April 25 at their Brooklyn home, a son Allyn and a daughter Leonora. He pursued sex selection to breed a superior race, pledging to balance humanity while acknowledging the venture’s grave risks and social aims.
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New York City
David Allyn Gorton
Dr. Gorton
Gorton
Eleventh Street
Brooklyn
Bertha Rehbein
Eliot (Gorton
Doan's Kidney Pills Credited By Mrs. Doyle
Mrs Jennette Doyle of Mitchell South Dakota reports long standing back pain and kidney weakness improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She bought them at Diehl & Browns Drug Store and says the remedy strengthened her kidneys and eased the backache. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the U S agent and the price is 50 cents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Jennette Doyle
Rowley St
Mitchell, S. Dak
Dean
Diehl & Brown
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’s
Senator Root Named Temporary Chairman
Col. Harry New announces United States Senator Michu Root of New York as temporary chairman of the Republican National Convention and chairman of the sub committee on arrangements for the national committee in Chicago.
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Chicago
Harry 5. New
United States
Michu Root
New York
Freight Handlers Ordered Out In National Strike
Twenty thousand freight handlers nationwide, all union members, were ordered out at noon in solidarity with the Chicago strikers. The action aims to pressure employers amid wage and working condition disputes.
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Chicago
Charles Mix gives Branson an ovation
A large crowd in Platte, South Dakota cheered O. J. Branson as he closed his Charles Mix county speaking campaign. He was introduced by H. K. Gjolme and expected to win a strong county vote before moving on to Academy and Chamberlain for further speeches. Davison county seeks bids for five years of school books in a countywide contract.
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Board of Education
Davison County
South Dakota
R. A. Zangle
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