Taft contrasts plans of larger parties in great speech
Judge Taft spoke in Newark to a large crowd and outlined Republican aims to regulate corporations and revise tariffs. He contrasted Roosevelt’s and Bryan’s approaches, denouncing Bryan’s panaceas as fallacious, and warned that panic arose from rapid business expansion while urging restoration of confidence.
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Taft
Newark
N. J
Blaney
Elizabeth
Trenton
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Bryan
Oklahoma Constitution
Speed Devil Striker Involved In Fatal Wreck At Jericho
Emil Stricker, a Vanderbilt cup driver, crashed a Mercedes at Jericho while driving 80 mph into the S curve. He survived with minor injuries while his mechanician Arthur Murray was crushed and is expected to die. Murray remained unconscious 18 hours after the accident.
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New York
Emil Stricker
Jericho
Stricker
Arthur Murray
Indians Break Out Kill White Man Report Reach Helena
A report from Helena dated October 19 says Deputy Game Warden Peyton and four Indians were killed during a battle in which the officer tried to arrest the Indians for game law violations.
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Helena
Mont
Peyton
Iowa Banker Ended His Life By Shooting At Carroll
Carroll Iowa Oct 19 W L Culbertson 64 president of the First National bank killed himself by shooting The bank is closed pending an investigation Continue patrols and authorities investigate the bank fallout and motive pending findings
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Carroll
Iowa
W. L. Culbertson
First National Bank
American Fleet Returns After World Circuit Voyage
The Maine and Alabama completed a 308 day around the globe voyage covering about 35000 miles. They arrive at Portsmouth New Hampshire and New York Navy Yard ahead of sister ship Alabama. Yokohama salutes mark fleet arrival amid fog and fanfare with Japanese warships in attendance.
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Portsmouth
N. H
United States
Maine
Globe
Portsmouth Harbor
Alabama
New York Navy Yards
Hampton Roads
Yokohama
Street Cars Crash In Mad Run To Escape Runaway Trims Killed
Kansas City dispatch reports three northbound Troost avenue trolley cars collided at Thirteenth street. A. E. Smith of Nevada,Mo., 45, was crushed to death and Albert Hutt and S. S. Pollett among the injured. Thirteen others hurt as air brake failed and cars sped down a hill in a crowd of business passengers.
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Kansas City
Troost Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Albert Hutt
S. S. Pollett
A. E. Smith
Nevada
Newton
Kan
Santa Fe
Braddock
Woman First To Draw Land In Rosebud Drawing
In Dallas South Dakota 33 000 registered drew for Tripp county Rosebud lands. The morning draw began at 10 o clock with May A Melser of Kennebec South Dakota named first. She is 32 and lives with her parents four miles from Kennebec. The next names drawn were Peter Swift of Ponca Nebraska and E Hannen of Meadow Grove Nebraska.
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Dallas
S. D
Tripp County Rosebud
May A. Melser
Kennebec
Melser
Chamberlain
Peter Swift
Ponca
Neb
E. Hannen
Meadow Grove
Jones Leaves Democrats to Back Taft and Sherman
Chicago October 19 Secretary Frank H Jones of the American Trust and Savings bank denounces Bryan as an unsound dangerous thinker on economics and explains his desertion from the Democratic party to support Taft and Sherman. He says Bryan has been wrong on nearly every public question with possible exception of the tariff.
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Chicago
Bryan
Frank H. Jones
American Trust and Savings Bank
Taft
Sherman
Billik Case Dismissed by U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Court dismissed Herman Billik's appeal for lack of jurisdiction. He remains under death sentence for murder in Chicago, following Judge Landis's denial of habeas corpus.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Herman Billik
Chicago
Landis
Billik
Five more dead in Alpena fires reach Cathro blaze toll
Detroit reports Henry Hines his wife and two children died in a Cathro area fire Saturday night as seven more bodies found between Metz and Rogers City. A Metz missing person case seems to rise with a 10 year old Metz refugee Dust arriving at Millersburg carrying ashes of his sister. a girl with a baby follows, both nearly naked after their clothes burned away.
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Detroit
Mich
Alpena
Henry Hines
Cathro
Metz
Rogers City
Millersburg
Dust
Burlington Judge Limits County Official's Duty on Mulct Tax
Judge Smyth in Burlington district court sustained a demurrer in a case brought by a local preacher seeking removal of County Attorney Kuhlemeier for not enforcing all provisions of the mulct law. The ruling says the county attorney is required only to enforce the provision on collecting the mulct tax, a portion that was met. It is described as the first such ruling in the state.
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Burlington
Smyth
Kuhlemeier
Perrine of Iowa Eleven Breaks Collar Bone at Missouri Game
Iowa City reports James Perrine of Burlington, left end for Iowa, broke his collar bone in the Missouri game played last Saturday at Columbia. The injury was disclosed today in a special dispatch from Columbia.
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Perrine
Iowa
Columbia
Iowa City
James Perrine
Burlington
Missouri
Bryan Campaigns in Illinois Across Labor, Injunctions
W J Bryan spoke to thousands of factory workers at East St Louis and Granite City Illinois stressing labor platform points and campaign financing openness. He warned Republicans may try to buy the election and urged voters to let candidates debate without executive interference. The swing ends in Lincoln with a finish on November 2.
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East St. Louis
Ill
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Treasury
Granite City
Bryan
Alton
Lincoln
Douglas
Neb
William J. Bryan
Atlantic Coast
St. Louis
Nebraska
Colorado
Fairview
Rose
F. W. Brown
Fire Destroys Fifteen Buildings in Waterloo Blaze
A morning fire in Waterloo Iowa destroyed fifteen business buildings and damaged the city hall fire apparatus. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars. Relief engines were sent but the blaze was controlled by 5 30 p m. Separately in Jamestown New York the Coronado building at the Chautauqua Assembly grounds burned early causing a 125000 dollar loss.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Shell Rock
Jamestown
N. Y
Coronado
Chautauqua
Attempt on life of Rev. J. K. Fielding shocks church crowd
An unnamed man fired twice at Rev. J. K. Fielding of Corpus Christi Church in Chicago in the church vestibule. Fielding dodged the shots by feigning injury and pursued the assailant with help from a fellow priest as panicked Sunday school attendees scattered.
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Chicago
Ill
J. K. Fielding
Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church
America
Father Fielding
Robbers Loot Baldwin House In West Liberty Night
Thieves broke into the George Baldwin home in West Liberty at about 1 AM drugging Baldwin and stealing about 100 dollars in cash and silverware valued at 75 dollars. They fled after Miss Jennie Groges cried out, dropping 25 dollars worth of silverware in the doorway. Clues elusive. Constable Smiley and Marshal Wiley investigation. A box car theft of two cases of shoes occurred the previous night with unknown losses.
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West Liberty
George Baldwin
Baldwin
Jennie Groges
Smiley
Marshal Wiley
Woman A Cook Not A Voter Falconio Says
In St Louis on Oct 19 Mgr Diomede Falconio apostolic delegate to the United States urged American women to mind their own business and focus on home and children. He said a wife should rear better statesmen by attending to her husband’s home and ensuring meals are well cooked.
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Falconio
St. Louis
Mgr
Diomede Falconio
United States
Glennon
Balkans Tense as War Clouds Hover and Diplomacy Stalls
A British steamer seized by an Austrian torpedo boat near Antivari sparks clashes with Montenegrins. Despite pledges from Sofia, Turkey preserves military prep while Bulgaria cools its hard line. Austria denies mobilization but tightens frontier measures. The premature European program publication jeopardizes a planned conference.
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London
Balkan
Bulgaria
Sofia
Turkey
Ferdinand
Austria
Germany
Annual Donation Social at Old Ladies' Home Planned
The Old Ladies' Home hosts its annual donation social on November 4 with date set but details unfinished. The event will occur at the home and an article list of needed items will be published afterward.
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Old Ladies’ Home
Weather outlook for town and Illinois showers
The forecast calls for rain tonight with warmer conditions elsewhere, followed by a cooler spell in the northwest. Illinois expects showers tonight and Tuesday with a rise in temperatures tonight. Sunrise is at 6 05 and sunset at 6 05 with moonrise at 12 16.
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Town
Illinois
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