Taft Delegates Fight For Alabama Contested Seat
A heated credentials committee session over Alabama delegates to the Republican convention ends with the majority Taft position upheld on two Alabama cases. Roll calls show Taft gains, Roosevelt faction suffers, while betting on Taft’s prevailing odds climbs. One million words sent by telegraph on opening convention day.
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Jesus Christ
W. E. Dovell
Washington
Taft
Alabama
R. R. McCormick
Illinois
Roosevelt
McCormick
Credentials Committee
Hadley
James B. Watson
Henri
Root
Gates
Kentucky
Louisiana
Idaho
Wisconsin
Chicago
Freckle Cream Promises Guarantees and Mail Sale
An advertisement claims Wilson's Freckle Cream removes or fades freckles with a money back guarantee if complexion is not restored. It touts 50 cent jars and a dollar mammoth jar option, notes safety, and offers Wilson's Fair Skin Soap and mail order. Sold by New South Drug Store Venroe Drug Co. and Chase Collens Co.
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Wilson
Wilson’s Fair Skin
New South Drug Store
Venroe Drug Co
Chase & Collens Co
Credentials Committee Settles Fourteen of Seventy Two Contests
Chicago June 21 At six o'clock this morning the credentials committee after an all night session had settled only fourteen of the seventy two contests considered vital.
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Chicago
Roosevelt conventions and Chicago campaign notes
A series of brief items recounts Taft winning key convention contests in California Florida Georgia Indiana and Roosevelt delegates added. Reports from Chicago June 20 describe ticket prices plummeting as fear grows convention may extend beyond the week and crowds fill the Congress Hotel lobby for political talk. Other items note Washingtons Cannon and local scenes including a Kentucky woman marksman and a dipping service in Sacksionie Louisiana.
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Roosevelt
Taft
California
Florida
Georgia
Indiana
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Oratory League
Congress Hotel
Oklahoma
Washington
Congress
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Abraham Lincoln
Chicago Convention Week Boosts June Weddings and Elopements
Chicago records show a surge in marriages during convention week with L. C. Legner, license clerk, noting the daily list above 200. He attributed crowds and trips to Chicago for attracting many couples, with a jeweler reporting 200 rings engraved for June 19. Elopements were also mentioned as part of the trend.
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Chicago
L. C. Legner
Leener
Women leaders at Chicago convention draw daily attention
Mrs Teddy Jr joins Mrs Longworth and Mrs Theodore Roosevelt at the Chicago convention with detectives as bodyguards. The day sees the Taft family among the crowd, women keeping lunches and tea on hand while tallying roll calls and noting state attendances.
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Chicago
Alice Longworth
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Teddy
Nomination Talk Sparks Money Face Debate at Convention
Delegates discuss future money and presidential faces with humor about whose likeness might appear on currency. A clarifying exchange compares Taft Wilson and a future president, who quips about not wanting his own image on money.
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Wilson
Taft
Campbell in Court Over Fatal Noon Shooting Near Lumber Camp
Houston Campbell faced Deputy Sheriff Arthur Grant and Constable Head of ward nine after allegedly shooting Allie Mathis five times at the Grayling Lumber Company's camp. Mathis died instantly. Campbell claims self defense and a preliminary hearing is set before Judge Madison on Monday. Campbell, recently returned from West Carroll parish where he taught school, is accompanied by his father and brother. Nanamaker of the Boston Red Sox is sidelined with a badly split hand from a Hall fast in shoot. Cool, Cool, Coldest Place in Town. CHASE COLLENS CO LTD 19r6t.
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Allie Mathis
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West Carroll Parish
Madison
Campbell
Juvenile actors bill passes Senate in Baton Rouge
Senator Clinton's bill allowing juvenile actors to perform on stage moves through the Senate by 27 to 10. Clinton cites support from Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver Judge Pinckney of Chicago Juvenile Court and Judge Wilson of New Orleans Juvenile Court as backers beyond press support.
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Clinton
Senate
New Orleans
Ben Lindsey
Denver
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Pinckney
Juvenile Court of
Chicago
Wilson
Taft delegates firm to support on final balloting
Chicago June 20 Taft convention headquarters nearly halted delegate work amid talk of a possible compromise candidate. Taft managers remained confident that delegates voting for the President on the first two ballots would stay loyal, as Director McKinley stated that renomination is natural under the circumstances.
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Chicago
Taft
McKinley
Rumor of Compromise Candidates Follows Roosevelt Defeat
Amid the GOP surge at the convention and Roosevelt's sweeping loss, former allies ignite rumors of compromise candidates to shift focus from the party’s victory and celebrate the convention's major achievement.
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Roosevelt
Big Levee Contract 5 Started Today
The Hercules Company of New Orleans begins 100000 yards of enlargement levee work two miles south of Lake Providence Louisiana. Engineer A Adams of the Louisiana board of engineers says this unfinished contract started before high water will lead to a busy summer with several levee projects along the river. The Lake Providence job will use old fashioned team and scraper methods.
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Vicksburg Herald
Hercules Company
New Orleans
Lake Providence
A. Adams
Louisiana Board of Engineers
Carroll
Statter Falls
Adams
Levee Crevasse Repair Bids Set for July 11
With rivers dropping, Third district engineers anticipate closing crevasses this year. Bids for 1,600,000 yards of levee work will be opened July 11 at 11 in the Third district office. Previous bids were rejected as too high. President J. T. McClellan of the Fifth Louisiana Levee Board was in the city yesterday morning en route to New Orleans.
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Third District Engineers Department
Third District
J. T. McClellan
Loisiana Levee Board
City
New Orleans
News-Star Wants Aas Are Best Result Getters
Local brief notes that Aas are highlighted for their efficiency in fetching results. The item emphasizes quick performance and reliability in competitive testing.
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News-Star
Saxo Salve Proclaimed Cure For Eczema And Skin Ailments
A personal letter from Mrs. W. C. Greve of Binghamton New York praises Saxo Salve as an unmatched remedy for eczema and related skin troubles including itching burning cracks on fingers. The testimonial claims rapid relief after first use and complete cure with a money back guarantee offered by Allen's Pharmacy.
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Allen's Pharmacy
How to be Certain of Curing Constipation Advertisement
A promotional piece touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe mild non-griping remedy for chronic constipation. It cites testimonials from American users, notes gradual relief and natural recovery, and offers a free sample by mail from Dr W B Caldwell at Monticello Texas.
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FM. Patterson
LeCompte
Ruth Davis
Prattsville
Ala
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
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