Taft Chandler League Funded, Tammany Trades Bryan
Washington claims the Taft Chandler Business Men's League is financed by the Republican National Committee and pushing a split-ticket ballot. Tammany hints it will trade Bryan votes for Taft Chandler support as Hughes weakens, with Republican polls showing Taft gains in Tammany districts.
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New York
N. Y
W National
Mack
Taft and Chandler Business Men's League
Taft
Chandler
Republican National Committee
Tammany
Bryan
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Gove
Missouri independence committeeman resigns over stolen correspondence
J W Woods Merrill of Kansas City, national committeeman for the Missouri independence party, resigns his post in a letter to William Randolph Hearst. He accuses the party of failing to keep promises and says Bryan and Standard Oil have been its only campaign issues.
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Kansas City
J. W. Woods Merrill
Missouri Independence Party
William Randolph Hearst
Merrill
Independence Party
Bryan
Standard Oil
Taft and Bryan Campaign Across New York in Final Push
Taft and Bryan rally in upstate cities including Syracuse Canandaigua Geneva Seneca Falls Auburn and Albany Rome while Taft and Hughes draw huge crowds in Madison Square Garden. The day features Parker joining Bryan in Syracuse and strong labor union turnout at Cooper Union.
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New York
N. Y
Taft
Bryan
Syracuse
Lyons
Canandiagua
Geneva
Seneca Falls
Auburn
New York State
Cohoes
Albany
Utica
Rome
Alton B. Parker
Sherman
Kern
Indiana
Hughes
Madison Square Garden
Big Bill Taft
Garden
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
the Garden
Manhattan
Mr. Hughes
Bowery
Bronx
Cooper Union
Judge Wade Foresees Strong Labor Vote For Bryan
Iowa City report says Judge M. J. Wade democratic national committeeman and labor committee head expects 70 to 80 percent of labor votes to back Bryan. He predicts Bryan will win and Democrats will carry New York Ohio and Indiana despite Republican efforts. Wade spoke with Mark Walsh candidate for Congress and campaigns this week on Walshs behalf.
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Democratic National
Iowa City
M. J. Wade
Labor Committee
Bryan
Judge Wade
Mark Walsh
Congress
Mr. Walsh
Vast Affinity Swindle Nabbed in Pittsburg Court
Pittsburg police claim James L. LeClaire and Lena Miller ran the largest matrimonial swindle unearthed here. They seized over 2,000 letters and 500 photographs. The scheme allegedly drew nearly 5,000 people nationwide who paid a dollar for promised introductions and marriage.
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Pittsburg
James L. LeClaire
Lena Miller
Woodmen drop $350000 suit in Chariton bank deposit
The Modern Woodmen of America ends its $350,000 claim to a deposit in the defunct First National Bank of Chariton after a conference with attorneys and the receiver. The deposit will join other funds and share pro rata in asset distribution.
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Chariton
Iowa
Woodmen of America
First National Bank of Chariton
Decapitation at Cleveland Steel Mill After Wire Injury
Erick Els a wire drawer at American Steel and Wire mill in Cleveland was decapitated when a red hot wire snapped, burned through his neck in seconds, and coiled around him after breaking free from tension.
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Cleveland
Erick Els
American Steel and Wire Company Mills
Els
Beerless Leader Sees Future in Prohibitionist Speech
Pittsburg and London items report contrasting remarks by Eugene W Cha fin the prohibition candidate for president and John Burns labor leader in the house of commons. Cha fin warned the November 3 election would determine if the liquor traffic continues while Burns mocked unemployed Britons for drinking more than Americans in a debate on labor conditions.
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Pittsburg
Eugene W. Chafin
Liquor Party
London
John Burns
House of Commons
America
Taft to Speak to M E Missionaries Meeting
Taft has given a conditional promise to address the general executive meetings of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cincinnati. Delegates from around the world attend the gathering, which runs from October 29 to November 5.
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Cincinnati
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Taft
Bryan Pleads for Democrats on Last Campaign Day
In Cohoes New York Oct 29 William Jennings Bryan spoke at the opera house appealing for Democratic state candidates and predicting his presidential victory. He argued the Republican tariff revisions deceive the people and noted broad support for bank deposit guarantees. Later in Rockville Indiana John W Kern energized crowds urging a stiff stance against disaster if Bryan wins.
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Cohees
N. Y
Bryan
Opera House
Cohoes
Bryant
Albany
Utica
James S. Sherman
Rockville
Ind
Court House Square
John W. Kern
Kern
Steamer Yarmouth Founders with 23 Feared Dead
Wreckage found in the North Sea confirms the loss of the freight steamer Yar mouth crossing from the Hook of Holland to Harwich. The vessel had a crew of 23 men and it is believed all perished.
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London
North Sea
Yarmouth
Hook of Holland
Harwich
Davenport Woman Heads the O. E. S
Elizabeth Bills of Davenport named Grand Matron and Austin Merdith of Newton named Grand Patron at Des Moines announcement. Sioux City set as next meeting place for the Eastern Star conclave.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Elizabeth Bills
Davenport
Eastern Star
Austin Merdith
Newton
Sioux City
Iowa Guardsman Accused of Theft
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 29 Special Captain Thomas Berkbile of Company C Fifty third Iowa has disappeared. He is reported to be short several hundred dollars of funds belonging to the company. Adjutant General Thrift is here to investigate. Berkebile is a well known young lawyer.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas Berkebile
Fifty-third
Adjutant General Thrift
Berkebile
Suffragists Parade in Boone and Plans Rally
About 200 Iowa Woman's Suffragists marched through Boone at noon praising suffrage. They opened a Des Moines headquarters in Fleming building until adjournment and will campaign for the equal suffrage amendment. Officers elected include Rev. Elinor Gordon president and Mrs. Hollan vice president.
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Boone
Iowa Woman's Suffragists
Fleming
Des Moines
Elinor Gordon
Hollan
Sioux City
Dewey
Minnie Little
Corydon
Mary A. Adams
Mason City
Veteran tourist 19 Muscatine's guest
Major Edward A. Weed a renowned bicyclist and journalist known as the Oldest international cycle tourist arrived in Muscatine from Davenport en route east on his bicycle. Weed, 67, weighing 75 pounds with baggage, began his Atlantic to Pacific ride on May 28 1908 and has covered 39 67 miles in sixteen states.
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Edward A. Weed
Pacific Coast
Muscatine
Davenport
Major Weed
Atlantic
Pacific
Cuba
Panila
Girls Jump From Burning Office in Cincinnati Fire
Panic spread by noise of a bursting hose as a fire on the sixth floor of the Neave building in Cincinnati spread to the eleventh floor. Eight or more women workers leaped from windows, several seriously injured, with one fireman hurt. hose failures and crowded streets hindered firefighting efforts.
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Cincinnati
Neave
Fourth
Race Streets
Sternberg Memorial Brilliant Ceremony
Washington D C October 29 memorial services for Freiherr Speck Von Sternburg the German ambassador to the United States who died August 23 at Heidelberg drew a brilliant assemblage of officials from all branches. President Roosevelt cabinet members and diplomatic representatives attended along with supreme court members and military officers many with their wives. The service was at Concordia Evangelical Lutheran church once visited by Sternburg during his residence here.
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Washington
D. C
Freiheer Speck von Sternburg
United States
Heidelburg
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sternburg
Fraternity Initiation Branded Students Face Suspensions
In Los Angeles two Polytechnic High School students were suspended and three more may join them after the initiation of the Kappa Delta fraternity involved brandings with nitrate of silver on foreheads of two Los Angeles High School pupils.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Polytechnic High School
Kappa Delta Fraternity
St Louis Grain Market Report
St Louis market report of October 29 shows Wheat December at 99 9/8 cents, Corn December at 60 1/2 cents, and Oats December at 45 1/2 cents.
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St. Louis
New York Grain Market Report
New York Oct 29 Wheat Dec. 1.10 and one half cents per bushel. Corn Dec. .74 and one half cents per bushel. Market notes indicate slight price movement with deferred contracts showing moderate demand.
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New York
How Then Shall Labor Vote
An Iowa Unionist editorial critiques labor voting choices in the 2nd Iowa District race. It questions the promise of Democratic candidate M. A. Walsh due to his corporate ties and cites Republican Congressman Dawson’s record as mixed, arguing pre election promises fail against corporate influence and asking how labor should vote.
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Iowa
Des Moines
American Federation of Labor
Dawson
M. A. Walsh
Labor
Walsh
Honest voters urged to settle debts before election
A public notice accuses Mr Muscatine voters of debt and urges readers to review page 3 of the paper, then go to the polls next Tuesday and pay their debt like a man.
Man dies in well cave-in near Grundy Center
Waterloo report says Jack French was buried when a well nearly 40 feet deep caved in while being dug. his body recovered at 2 a m by rescuers. In Marshalltown a separate dispatch notes Mrs. S C McFarland and her daughter traveling to Waterloo with the late consul-general’s ashes aboard the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria.
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Waterloo
Grundy Center
Jack French
Marshalltown
Thickara
Berlin
S. C. McFarland
Europe
Roosevelt Publishes Letter Backing Taft Record
President Roosevelt makes public a long letter from Samuel B. Donnelly secretary of the General Arbitration Board of the New York building trades upholding the president in his presentation of Taft's record as outlined to P. H. Grace of Binghamton New York in a recent letter.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Samuel B. Donnelly
General Arbitration Board of the
New York Building Trades
Donnelly
Taft
P. H. Grace
Binghamton
N. Y
Old Soldier Found Dead in the Woods near Shell Rock
Mason City Iowa October 29 L J Keeges an old soldier aged 68 of Nora Springs was found dead in the woods near the Shell Rock river where he fished yesterday forenoon Heart failure was the cause of his death
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Mason City
Iowa
L. J. Keeges
Nora Springs
Shell Rock River
Miraculous Escape in Wisconsin Train Wreck
Chippewa Falls Wis Oct 29 The Chicago Duluth Limited northbound jumped the track near Augusta causing injuries to several passengers and trainmen none seriously The engine somersaulted and cars tumbled The accident was attributed to removal of a rail presumably with malicious intent
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Chicago-Duluth Limited
Chicago and Northwestern
Augusta
Weather Forecast for Iown and Illinois
Iown fair and continued cool tonight and Friday. Illinois fair tonight and Friday with frost tonight and cooler in the northeast. Sunrise six nineteen, sunset four fifty, moonset eight oh two p m.
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Illinois
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