Taft Sets Wide Tour as Campaign Push
Taft vows a complete east west tour before the November election to prove travel stamina. He frames Roosevelt policy support and calls for swift enforcement of laws to curb capital concentration while urging federal stock and bond oversight for interstate railways. He cites labor law progress and blames Bryan Democrats for Philippine conflict, praising Republican gains. The Ohio swing ends with Taft resting at brother Charles P Taft's home.
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Bryan in Illinois at Peoria Democratic state convention
Peoria hosts 30 000 to 40 000 visitors for the Democratic state convention with W. J. Bryan and Adlai Stevenson Jr as lead speakers. Mayor J. Kern of Belleville chairs as Bryan denounces federal overreach and defends state powers under the constitution.
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Belleville
Bryan
Adlai Steven
Moroccan victor shows good spirit
Tangier reports Mohammed idiel Mohri the foreign affairs minister negotiates Abd-El-Aziq abdication with Mulai Hafid via El Menebh. Favorable position of Mtougi and Mogador’s stance help push for advantageous terms. Mulai Hafid plans generous treatment for his brother and allows residence in any Moroccan city with a handsome civil list.
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Morocco
Fight on Cannon Shifts to His District
Chicago Sept 9 The temperance society committee of the Baltimore Methodist Episcopal Church advises Methodists who favor interstate liquor shipments to back Congressional candidates opposed to Rep Cannon for Speaker. The drive to unseat him will target his district via the Northwestern Christian Advocate, the church paper, with bishops denouncing Cannon’s conduct and backing the defeat recommendation.
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Family cremated in New Brighton tragedy near St Paul
A whole family died in a fire at New Brighton, Minnesota, a village fifteen miles northwest of St. Paul. The blaze burned them to cinders in their home, with authorities investigating the cause.
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Oxford
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Grandma's Dream of Heaven Confuses Five Year Old
A grandmother debates heaven with five year old Ethel in a home scene. The girl wavers on the prospect of eternal reward, suggesting doubt about escaping heaven to visit relatives. The exchange reveals a child’s literal view of afterlife and belonging.
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Ethel
Grandma
Badge on coat reveals fallen stranger at rail yard
A loiterer, picking up a glittering object near railroad yards, is struck by a freight car, knocked unconscious. The yardmaster assistant finds no writings on him but identifies the man by a badge on his coat, naming him as a Lady Maccabee.
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Patrick Doyle
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Patrick
Navy declines Netherlands invitation for ship visit to Java
The Navy Department regrets declining the Netherlands government invitation for the battleship fleet to visit Landing Priok Java en route to Manila. The restricted cruise plan canceled the intended stop and keeps the fleet on its current itinerary.
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Landjong Priok
Manila
Confucius Poems Featured in Orient Review Translation
The Orient Review presents translations from a 500 year B C collection exposing Confucius poetry. One piece titled The Bride Cometh includes lines about turtledove in a magpie nest and a ceremonial procession of a hundred carriages in pursuit of a bride.
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Turtledove
Old Soldier Takes Revenge For Six Year Grudge
Marion Ind Sept 9 William S Grison sixty two and a member of Company E Fourth Michigan Cavalry shot George W Reep sixty five a member of Company E Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry at the Soldiers Home The bullet struck Reep in the back severing the spinal cord and he will die Grison has been jailed He said the act was premeditated and justified due to abuse Reep had administered six years earlier at Barracks Five The former gate keeper Reep had been away five years and returned recently A German editor anecdote is also recounted as a boomerang tale
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Fourth Michigan Cavalry
George W. Reep
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Pennsylvania Cavalry
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Houor
Pennsylvania
Independence party battles resignations over tickets
Indianapolis officials report turmoil as a party nominee, Eimsre Crecelius of Milltown Crawford county, disavows a judge nomination and declares intent to decline. Secretary T. St. Isherwood says Crecelius was not at the convention. Presidential electors George T. Frank and Oscar Vorhees Nay deny theirs names were authorized.
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Lewis Calling Mass Meetings Over Mine Strike
Tor Haute Indiana Sept 9 T L Lew national president of United Mine Workers calls a mass meeting with Indiana district officials at Linton tomorrow and Shelburn the next day to settle clashes stemming from the Road mine strike at the Hudson company. Additional meetings are planned and national executive board members may attend to challenge district policy.
Divine Healer Schwitzer Comes to Richmond for Public Meetings
In Richmond Indiana on September 9 Francis Schlatter the self styled Divine Healer arrived to plan public healing meetings. Medical professionals urged police chief Bailey to stop the events but legal grounds puzzled officials. In Seymour Indiana a drunken brawl left Jack Duggins dead from a broken neck with parties including defenders and women involved.
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Pet Poisoning a Trade Propaganda Piece
A Cincinnati Enquirer quotation cites a druggist warning that pet poisoning is a lucrative trade. The piece notes druggists stock alkaloids on the move and alleges a market for harming pets for profit. It mentions dogs cats birds fish, with fees from one to five or ten dollars.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Proper usage of either and neither in writing
The New York World cautions against listing more than two items with either or neither. It advises using each rather than either on each side and notes prevailing pronunciation as ether and ne ther despite some insisting on i-ther and ni-ther.
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New York World
Batteries and teams in American Association standings
Detroit and Cleveland hosts list batteries and players for teams in the American Association. Indianapolis Columbus Louisville and other cities show battering lineups with players like Killian Willet Thomes White Sullivan Slover Livingston West Abbott Goodwin James Adama Peltz Fiene Block Curtin Beville Crutcher Brown Laughlin.
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Republican state conventions nominate trustees in brief sessions
Springfield dispatch reports the Republican state convention will be brief with only one business on the docket: to nominate four trustees for the University of Illinois. In Connecticut, the Republican state convention convenes in New Haven.
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University of Ilinole
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New Haven
Market quotations Prevailing grain and livestock prices
Grain and livestock prices across markets show wheat and corn mostly steady with modest gains at several hubs. Notable quotes include Wheat No 2 red at 97c in Cincinnati and 1.00 at Chicago and Toledo May 1.08⅝, Dec 0? etc. Cattle and hogs listed at varied ranges across New York Chicago and other centers. Recelpts show 908 hogs 1,400 cattle 850 sheep.
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Enthusiastic Partisans In Morocco Lose Bet Over Election
Morocco Indiana September 9 G D Andrews a wealthy farmer signed a contract risking 1000 dollars if he shaves or cuts his hair until Bryan is elected president. Neighbor agrees to wear a Mother Hubbard dress if Taft loses. Bryan will speak at Wheeling Friday evening.
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Bie Hale
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Judge Bowen Sought Tea Breakfast From Justice Mathew
An 1883 anecdote in Me of Famous Trials recounts Lord Bowen asking Justice Mathew for a lift to the tea chancellors breakfast. The comic missive pleads friendship and seat by the judge beside Selborne in a playful, archival tone.
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