Taft Says Travel Record Tops Globe Trotter Claims
President William Howard Taft has logged a vast travel record during his years in office and earlier years, with mileage approaching 300000 miles by air rail and sea across twenty five states and overseas trips. The article notes his touring pace, national events, and mentions journeys to the Philippines Panama Cuba and the Orient as part of a career of public service.
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Washington, D.C
William Howard Taft
United States
Virginia
Eng
Taft
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Velsae
Shehde Taday
Taff
Travn
Tan
Potter
Pate
Panama
Cuba
de Philey
United’ States
Cord
Diaz
Mexico
al Paso
Fatt
Siapan
Alaeloney
Orient
Sam
Ural
Washington
Elarm
Atriend
Isles
Rome
Ignd Anata
Rabs
Inites
Philippines
Secretary ‘of War
Nicholas
Longworth
Ghio
Alice Roosevelt
Elberian
Swivg Travels Across States on Presidential Tour
The president completed thirty nine nations and traveled about 23 900 miles in three years. He shortened trips and visited twenty five states en route to and from the coast. This month he will visit Cincinnati Louisville Frankfort Lodgenville Nashville Sewanee and Richmond.
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Assiss
Cincinnati
Louisville
Frankfort
Lodgenville
Nashville
Sewanee
Bribery Charges Against Droppers Stir State Officials
Boston reports a letter accusing Garret Droppers of bribery while he led the University of South Dakota was read to the executive council as Governor Foss weighs Droppers for a state railroad board post. Regents deny sending such a letter and recall Droppers’ resignation amid past university disputes.
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Boston
Mass
Garrett Droppers
Williams College
University of South Dakota
Executive Council
Foss
Professor Droppers
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Board of Regents of Education of
South Dakota
Joseph Eastham
Public Franchise League
Williamstown
North Adams
Allen
Treadhway
Massachusetts Senate
Regents
Sioux Falls
S. D
Board of Regents
Garret Drappers
Sh. A. Spafford
Flandreau
State ‘University
State census shows 174 037 pupils in the state
Figures from the state land department indicate the current year school census lists 174 037 pupils. College attendance across the state for the previous year’s commencement was 5 777.
Buffalo Bill Retires From Public Life in Virginia
Richmond Virginia reports William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill ends his public life. His show heads to winter quarters and his Indians return to their homes on remaining Red Man land. Cody plans to spend his last year in the Wyoming Big Horn. He is famed as a pony express rider and frontier figure with 23 years as a showman. He earned the nickname after supplying buffalo meat for Kansas Pacific railroad workers and killed 4,280 bison in 18 months.
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Richmond
Cal
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Redman's Land
Wyoming Big Horn
Col. Cody
Kansas Pacific
Tscharner Declines Run for Martin's Seat in Third District
Deadwood South Dakota report notes Eben W. Martin faces weak opposition for reelection as third district representative. Dr. Herman F. Ratte of Nisland is the only announced candidate, while Hon. Peter J. Tscharner of Lemmon has declined a bid and will seek reelect in the state legislature.
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Deadwood
S. D
Eben W. Martin
Herman F. Ratte
Nisland
Peter J. Scharner
Lemmon
Perkins Granted Liberty in State Pardon
A state court reports a pardon granted to Perkins. The record notes an appeal and a prior charge involving a violent weapon, with the pardon issued after review by the relevant board or authority. The public notice emphasizes clemency action rather than ongoing prosecution.
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Ogee
Parkins
Earreney Courie
Pasault
Burlington plans new coast line to Pierre and Rapid City
Burlington officials explore acquiring the Rapid City Black Hills and Western Railroad known as the Crouch line. President Macomber and R I England inspect the line and potential extension west into Wyoming coal fields. The plan would connect Pierre to Aberdeen and make Rapid City a regional coal shipping point.
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Rapid City
S. C
Burlington Railroad
Rapid
Mystic
Wyoming
Burlington
Black Hills
Edgemont
South Dakota
Pierre
Aberdeen
Great Northern
Newcastle
Wyo
Tariff Board Completes Woolen Report Ready for Congress
Washington reports the tariff board will transmit its woolen industry report to Congress at the opening of the next session in December. The cotton report should follow before January 1 as part of the administration's winter tariff plan. A 15 clerk census staff nears completion of woolen tables, with printing expected for President Taft.
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Washington, D. C
Tariff Board
Congress
Census Bureau
Taft
Clark
Underwood
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rock Island Loser Revenue Report Shows Loss
Pierre S. D. The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway company shows operating revenues of 144 291 09 with operating expenses 102 543 05 producing a net loss of 41 748 04 in this state. Another Rock Island line operating in the eastern part of the state also ran a loss.
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Rock Island
Pierre
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company
Aled
Railway Commission
Hunter Mistakenly Shoots Party of Four in New Jersey
Charles Norcross of Iowa NJ fired at a noise he believed was a deer on an unused road at dawn. He hit and killed Constant Steelman and John Yost and wounded Jarvis, while two companions fled Pleasantville with others to hunt. The incident occurred as many sportsmen crowded the woods at May's Landing.
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Charles Norcross
Iowa
N. J
Norcross
Constant Steelman
John Yost
Jarvis
Pleasantville
Rail commission settles varied transport disputes in Dakota meeting
At yesterday's state railway commission session, measures included orders for Milwaukee Road to add a side track near Boyd and Johnson mill in Andover, complaints about Timber Lake stock yards referred to counsel, and Abbeyence on Mandreau station facilities awaiting adjudication. The Minneapolis and St. Louis consented to adjust service within receipts, Great Northern seeks station closures denied, Garretson stock yards improvements urged, Mission Hill track connection ordered, Watertown flax straw rates cut, Pierrepont telegraph service settled, Centerville rates approved for residents, business rate rise denied, Glenham side track hearings set, and broader freight rate probes. The commission also notes hearings upcoming in Huron on wholesale rates and Reed system connections.
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Rice
Ravina
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
Conde
LeBeau
Great Northern Road
Osceola
Amherst
Great Northern
Garretson
Northwestern
Mission Hill
Watertown
Pierrepont
Carter
Centerville
Glenham
Marshal Oil Company
Marshalltown
Iowa
Adams
Deadwood
Black Hills
Huron
Minnesota
Mission Money Gifts Rise Across American Churches
New York City reports show twenty one major missionary societies of eight principal religious bodies closing 1911 with gifts totaling 13 358 728 dollars. Ten years earlier gifts averaged 7 429 240 dollars, reflecting a steady rise aided by the Laymen's missionary movement begun in 1907.
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New York City
Great
Missionary Societies of
America
Missionary society receipts rise across twenty one groups
A decade long study shows twenty one principal missionary societies increasing receipts from 1901 to 1911, with Baptist, Congregational, Presbyterian and other denominations all growing. In Sioux Falls a plan to sculpt a marble bust of Senator Alfred Kittredge replaces an oil painting project, while two Standlea brothers avoid a post office robbery charge after a light thirty day jail term. In Vermillion a petit larceny case against the same men is pursued. In Rapid City Earl Taylor is fined $50 for selling partly recomposed meat under the pure food act.
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Baptist
Congregational
Disciples
Episcopal
Sunt Sto
Lutheran
Methodist
Presbyterian
Reformed Church
Sioux Falls
S. D
Wiltredge
United States
Alfred BR. Ettredge
State Capitol
Pierre
St. Daniel Webster
Connecticut
W. H. H. Beadle
Educational System of
South Dakota
State Educational Association
Senator Kittredge
Tennessee
Webster
Wilk Point
Standlea
Albert
Gilbert
Burbank
Clay County
Yankton
E. T. White
Vermillion
Copeland
Standlea Brothers
Taylor
Primary vote upon presidency favored for Kansas session
Topeka officials expect a special winter legislative session to set up a presidential primary. Governor Stubbs was not in Topeka but discussions with legislators and party leaders indicate consensus on the need for a law to govern the primary. Progressives from both parties push for the special session.
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Topeka
Kas
Stubbs
Pennington County Bar Association forms permanent body
Rapid City South Dakota a permanent Pennington County Bar Association is formed to promote fraternal bonds among local attorneys and aid justice and practice. Officers elected include W W Soule president Robert Burton secretary and O B Sweet treasurer with D E Dean as States Attorney and attorneys Bangs and Rinehart named to draft a constitution and by laws.
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Rapid City
S. D
Pennington County Bar Association
W. W. Soule
Robert Burton
O BE
Sweet
Attornney
Dean
Bangs and Rinehart
Coast to coast flight record set in 4,054 miles voyage
Aviator Rodgers completes coast to coast flight from Sheepshead Bay to Imperial Junction, Cal, covering 4,054 miles in 3 days six hours twenty three minutes. He is racing toward a $50,000 prize and claims a new world aviation record despite en route delays.
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Imperial Junction
Calif
Rodgers
Pasadena
Cal
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Rogers
Ocean
Ocen
Sheepsheare Bay
Angin
Stoval Siding
Ariz
Desert Water Tank
Lorimer Aids Brown Defense In Senate Inquiry
Chicago report says Senator Lorimer contributed to defense funds aiding Le O Neill Browne in his fight against the Jackpot charges. Browne faced bribery charges tied to the Lorimer scandal but was acquitted. Browne, a Democratic leader, was a key figure in promoting Lorimer’s election.
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Chicago
Lorine
le O'Neill Browne
Browne
Senatorial Investigation Committee
Lorimer
Democrati
Clouse
Basis for delegates to 1912 Republican convention
Washington dispatch notes a reapportioned basis for delegates to the 1912 Republican national convention, with 1 064 delegates, rising to 1 972 if Arizona and New Mexico become states. New York, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, and Washington gain delegates. Iroquois, South Carolina report a fatal accident involving a seven month old baby in a high chair.
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Washington
D. C
Arizona
New Mexico
Chicago
Congress
South Dakota
Franci Curtis
Republican National Committee
Republican Congressional Committee
New York
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
California
Illinois
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Texas
Iroquois, S. C
Orval Forest
Illinois Man Pursues Woman and Boy in Daring Escape
Miss Jennie Wilson, 48, and Jank Spencer, 17, of Manlius Illinois, flee toward Chicago after eloping with a 17 year old boy. The boy’s father John W. Spencer trails by car, hoping to stop the marriage attempt and recover his son. The trio previously fled from Brookings South Dakota amid accusations of clandestine meetings and a nightly escape using a motor car.
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Fron Brookings
S. D
Spencer
Chicago
South Dakota
No Honesty in Business World Says English Preacher
Rev Regin WW John Campbell of City Temple London told the first Baptist church in Philadelphia that no successful business man can be honest under current conditions. He cited fierce competition and systemic pressures as causes, and warned that reform must come, offering socialism as the only hopeful path that respects every man's soul.
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Philadelphia
Regin
John Campbell
City Temple
London
First Baptist Church
New York
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Rockfeller
Cen Ure
Baltimore
Washington
Campbell
Ethan News Highlights Health Return and Local Incidents
Ethan reports William Craig back home in good health after two weeks in Mitchell for rheumatism. Mrs Lollie Nolt and Miss Stella Shane visited Mitchell. A Milwaukee road derailment at Parkston injures none. a caboose strike prompts crew to jump. A 15 year old loses a foot at Hubert Webber’s corn elevator. amputation performed. Local services in Holy Trinity Church. Viola Junell dies after ingesting phosphorus from a box of arches.
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Ethan
S. D
William Craig
Mitchell
Lollie Nolt
Stella Shane
Milwaukee Road
Parkston
John Clement
Hubert Webber
T. P. Navin
Wm. Craig
Holy Trinity Church
L. A. Cathaut
Vermillion
Byron
P. Swartz
Evelyn
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