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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
1
Tart clinches victory on the first ballot in a decisive contest. The result confirms Tart as the top candidate, signaling a clear preference from voters. Details on the vote counts and participating factions were reported by local authorities.
At Chicago on June 18 the Republican National Convention nominated Taft on the final ballot. Final tallies show Roosevelt 3, Toraker 16, Latollette 25, Halfbanks 40, Gannon 61, Hughes 68, Knox 48, Taft 702 with two delegates absent. Early sessions featured prayers, speeches, and a platform adoption amid debates over anti injunction provisions and party unity.
A fragmented list shows many U S state names with widespread misspellings and odd spellings. The text notes a vote in proposition cast by several states including California Oregon Hawaii and the District of Columbia.
Taft plans to attend Yale 10th anniversary graduation event despite campaign tensions. Colonnade at the Rock offers soft shell lobster, with culinary expert Bove defending the menu and Bishop promising no vulgar interference as Taft departs. Miss Chandler provides music in a quiet corner setting.
A federal grand jury indicts Alfred H. Curtis and Charles Morse of the National Bank of North America for falsified reports to the comptroller and misapplication of about 1.15 million dollars in funds for speculative purposes. The charges include false entries in assets and misapplication of bank funds, with over 1 million alleged to have financed stock in the American Ice Securities company at fictitious values. Morse and Curtis appeared before Judge Hough and pleaded not guilty.
T Ta Lewis president of the United States Mine Workers left Wheeling West Virginia June 18 to attend a meeting of the national board. He forecast a revival in the mining and steel business starting in July with lake boats put in commission and orders for more shipments from the Northwest.
A fire in Waterbury cut power this afternoon delaying the usual edition. Much of the local news prepared for this issue could not be printed but will appear in Friday night's edition.
Ex-Ambassador Joseph H. Choate visited Pittsfeld on June 18 and spent an hour in the register of deeds office. He copied a hand to some property and told the clerk it was his first such manual task in forty years.
The Naugatuck high school graduation will be Friday at 8 15 pm in the Gem Opera House. A few seats are reserved for graduates families. others are for the public. Doors open at 7 30. Prof William MacDonald of Brown University will address The School and the Age. The program includes music, essays, scholarship awards, and diploma presentations.
New York June 18 Oliver H P Belmont's will disposes of an estate valued between 50 million and 10 million dollars. Dated January 16 1896 the brief document names Alva Ky Belmont as sole heir and executor, with all lands and property to her absolutely and without bond.
Receivers for Pope Manufacturing pledged before Vice-Chancellor Howell in Newark that 75 percent of approved claims against the company will be paid within four months. The application sought permission to extend business activity for another year. Reported cash in hand totals 1,200,000 with projected profits of 405,000 for the year since receivership. Decision reserved.
Miss Miriam Francs Bloomer, 29, daughter of James F Bloomer of Cincinnati, died after drinking poison by mistake in her brother Ralph Bloomer's apartment on Hast 26th street. She had been eating a cracker and took a glass she believed held water but contained poison. The substance had been used earlier in the day to clean jewelry. The father, J F Bloomer, is a retired railroad man formerly with the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line.
The Automobile Club of America announced the international road race for Thanksgiving Day in Savannah, a 96.8 mile loop totaling 400.95 miles. The course will be oiled and thoroughly prepared with all intersections closed or fenced as needed.
The Naugatuck High School Class of 1908, the largest in the school’s history, filled the assembly hall as graduates, glee club members, and teachers gathered for class day exercises. The program featured an address of welcome by Brainard Andrew Smith, class history, prophecy, poem, and essays, with music by Preitzel's orchestra and a rose-clad stage. The crowd included many standing in hallways, and the event highlighted the chorus and a formal parade of graduates across multiple academic tracks.
Congress man Nicholas Longworth and his wife Alice Roosevelt Longworth faced a large crowd of women at the convention hall. They were besieged as Longworth requested the intruders to withdraw and police escorted Mrs Longworth through the throng to the McCormick auto. Lunch at the Auditorium Annex followed with continued attention from onlookers.
In New York on June 18 a Wall Street broker tried to start betting on the Roosevelt election bid. He offered 5000 to 25000 that Roosevelt would be nominated and 5000 that he would accept if nominated, plus 5000 to 10000 he would be elected if he accepts. No bets were placed.
Congressman A. A. Wiley of Alabama, former chief of staff to General Lawton in Cuba and civil governor of the eastern province, died at a Hot Springs hotel. He was about fifty, after weeks of inflammatory rheumatism and general physical breakdown.
Paris June 18 The Lemoine diamond case ends sensationally with Lemoine fleeing and his famed formula for diamond manufacture proven a fraud.
The Democratic state convention in Mississippi unanimously instructed the delegates to the national convention to vote for William Jennings Bryan. June 18. Bryan Banks, Jackson, Mississippi.
Fragmentary list items mention shoe dressing for colors black tan or white. Also references to stove blacking moth balle coat frames fruit and door hinges. Overall text appears as scattered inventory notes from a shop or ad page with partial phrases.
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