Presidential vote totals by state and candidate in 1908
New York December 16 official totals show Taft 7 637 676 Bryan 6 393 182 Debs 448 453 Chafin 241 252 Hisgen 83 186 Watson 33 871 Gilhaus 15 421 total 14 852 239. Taft top in New York Pennsylvania Illinois. Populists and Socialist Labor show declines.
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Taft
Bryan
Debs
Chaffin
Prohibition
Hisgen
Independence
Watson
Gilhaus
Independence Party
Alton B. Parker
Roosevelt
Chafin
Hollinois
Maryland
Nevada
Brogan
Pennsylvania
Illinois
New York
Delaware
Massachusetts
Socialist Labor
Dorando Pietri Falls Near Finish as Longboat Wins Marathon
New York reports Dorando Pietri collapsing in sight of the goal in the twenty sixth mile of the Madison Square Garden marathon. Tom Longboat, the Indian runner, leads by a yard nearly all the way and secures the victory.
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New York
Dorando Pietri
Tom Longboat
Madison Square Garden
Medina County Votes Dry by 1188 Majority
Medina county Ohio voters approve prohibition by a margin of 1188 in a local election. The result follows ongoing temperance campaigns and reflects regional shifts in alcohol policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medina County
Ohio
Congress
Papke-Kelly
Los Angeles
Vinci Cure Claim for Fitchburg Girl with Bronchitis
Mrs Hastings of Fitchburg testifies that Vinci cured her daughter’s years of bronchitis after four bottles. The ad argues Vinci combines cod liver oil nutrients with iron and promises refunds if no benefit. Druggist Chas Knoefel endorses the product and its stomach friendly formula.
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Vinci
Seema
J. E. Hastings
Fitchburg
Maas
Chas
D Knoefel
New Albany
MacMonnies Plans Return to American Life
Frederick William MacMonnies the renowned American sculptor sails to France to pack his Normandy home then will return to the United States to settle permanently in his homeland. Born in Brooklyn forty three years ago he has spent most of his life abroad but says he is coming back to live and will sell his Normandy property to bring his belongings home.
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New York
Frederick William MacMonnies
America
France
Normandy
Mr. MacMonnies
Brooklyn
Religious Fanatics Cleared in Patrolman Rabow Killing Case
Kansas City December 16 Mrs Delta Pratt and William Enghnell members of a band led by James Sharp who fought police last week have been discharged by Justice Theodore Ramsey due to insufficient evidence of murdering Patrolman Rabow Sharp and his wife remain bound over to criminal court for trial on the same charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Delta Pratt
Wiliam Enghnell
James Sharp
Theodore Remsey
Rabow
Criminal Court
Government report on 1998 U S wheat crop final estimate
The government report provides the final 1998 U S wheat crop estimate and notes the continuing decline in Chicago wheat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
Electric Bitters Ad Claims Cure for Malaria and Stomach Ailments
W. O. Khetlar of Salhds y Ark praises Electric Bitters as a remedy for malaria stomach complaints and liver troubles. The tonic is said to purify enrich the blood tone nerves and impart vigor. Money back if it fails. Available at Chas. D. Kacofel's drug store.
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W. O. Khetlar
Salhdsy
Ark
Chas. D
Kacofel
Indiana farmers seek new plan for county education centers
President Joshua Strange of Marion urged Indiana's farmers to back state legislation for county based agricultural schools linked to experimental farms and a central farmers information bureau. He outlined facilities, a library, and a telecommunication network to aid sale postings and shared knowledge, with bills to be drafted by a committee for the January meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Farmers’ State Congress of
Joshua Strange
Marion
Farmers’ Bureau of Information
Strange
Agricultural Library
Indiana Farmers’ Congress
State House
Taft to Address Ohioans in New York Dinner
The Ohio Society of New York hosts its annual dinner tonight with Governor Hughes and Mayor McClellan attending. Taft will deliver an address on a topic believed to interest the nation, with more than 600 covers planned for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mr. Taft
Buckeyes
Ohio Society of New York
Hughes
McClellan
Cat and Dog Show Opens at Coliseum Annex
For three days beginning today the Coliseum Annex hosts the annual cat and dog show. Exhibits come from the Beresford Cat club the Western Boston Terrier club and the American Toy Dog club. The event is described as the finest ever held in Chicago with more entries than previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coliseum
Beresford Cat Club
Western Boston Terrier Club
American Toy Dog Club
Witnesses Examined Today in Bayside Yacht Club Killing
A jury is seated to try Thornton J. Hains, a story writer, for the murder of publisher William E. Annis shot by Captain Peter Hains at the Bayside Yacht Club last summer. The state begins its case with witness examinations expected to take two or three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Peter Hains
Bayside Yacht Club
Police Probe Unverified Manila Prisoner Murder Tale
Vallejo California December 16 Chief of Police Hoe Stanford received a telegraph request to investigate a story told by L P Stout a naval apprentice held aboard the prison ship at Manila. Stout allegedly confessed to a murder in Pittsburg but Pittsburg police cannot verify the tale.
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Vallejo
Cal
Stanford
Telegraph
L. P. Stout
Manila
Pittsburg
Common Sense And A Tablet Stimulate Digestion
An ad extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as common sense relief for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims tablets supply nerve force fluids and nourishment to the stomach, improve blood and digestion, and offers a free trial by mail from the Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
FI. A. Stuart Co
Stuard Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Donald G Mitchell Dead at New Haven
Donald Grant Mitchell known as Ik Marvel died at Marvelwood Edgewood New Haven suburb after illness from last August. Surviving sons Harold and Walter and daughters Mrs Walter Hart Mrs Mason Hoppin Elizabeth Bessie and Harriet Mitchell were at his bedside.
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New Haven
Conn
Donald Grant Mitchell
Ik Marvel
Marvelwood
Edgewood
Mr. Mitchell
Harold
New London
Walter
Newark
Walter Hart
Rye
Mason Hoppin
Elizabeth
Bessie
Harriet Mitchell
Kansas Woman Sentenced to Jail Under Prohibition Law
Leavenworth Kan December 16 Acting Judge Dill sentenced Mrs Catherine Karst to six months in the county jail and to pay a $200 fine for violation of the prohibitory law. She is the first Kansas woman sentenced to jail under this law and refused parole to refrain from further violations for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Leavenworth
Kan
Dill
Catherin Karst
Dr King’s New Discovery Restores Health After Graveyard Cough
Mrs A O Williams of Bao Ky credits Dr King’s New Discovery with curing a deadly lung cough that had nearly claimed her life. She says the medicine helped her gain 58 pounds and fully restore health. It is sold at Charles D Knoefel’s drug store with a guarantee and trial bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sander
Cbas
D. Knoefel
Rainey Presses Inquiry on Panama Canal Transfer
Representative Rainey of Illinois says the presidents canal purchase message confirms transfer validity but leaves doubts about Wall Street manipulation of government dealings. He will press for more information and expects committee action after the holidays.
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Washington
Rainey
Ilinois
House
Congress Laughs at Panama Canal Message
Washington reports laughter in the Senate and House as the Panama canal message is read. Senators debate details of the Brownsville investigation and postal savings bank bill. The president denounces libelous editorials while defending U S canal property purchases.
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Washington
Panama Canal
House
Foraker
Senate
Secretary of War
Brownsville
Warren
Postal Savings Bank
Carter
Depew
Fulton
District of Columbia
United States
Records Show Canal Transfer Papers to United States
A government bundle accompanying the president described the transfer of the canal property to the United States. Many documents were in French, with no English translation. The papers did not name US citizens among the recipients of the 40 million dollars, but listed about 7 000 stockholders who were French or Colombian nationals.
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United States
France
Colombian Republic
The World Comes Back to Roosevelt Press Clash
The World declares Roosevelt unable to muzzle the publication and calls for a full congressional investigation of the Panama affair. It accuses the president of proposing unlawful suppression of press freedom and denounces his conduct as reckless demagoguery while affirming commitment to free speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Roosevelt
Congress
Billingsgate
Congress of the
United States
Panama
Great Britain
John Adams
America
Mr. Roosevelt
Railroad raises reward for train robbery suspects
Spokane Washington December 16 Great Northern railway officials and the government increased the reward to 18000 for the arrest and conviction of the train robbers who held up and robbed a train near Hillyard Walsh last Wednesday night.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern Railway
Hillyard, Walsh
Jones laughs as tale from Smith and See entertains crowd
A fragment describes Jones and others laughing at a story told by Jones, noting how Brown and Foley compare reactions. It mentions Foley's Orino Lazative and its claimed effects on digestion and liver function, claiming it helps bowels regulate naturally without continuous purgatives.
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Smith
Jones
Brown
Foley
Orino
D. Knootel
Local notices and court actions headline town news
A dance is planned at the Elka Home on Pearl Street for members and their ladies. Civil suits include Catherine M. White and others against Florence Miller for partition of property north of the city. Mrs Lydia Stierheim dies in a track accident near Charlestown. Congregational meeting at Jeffersonville Presbyterian postponed. Damages suit against the city of New Albany and United Gas and Electric Company moved to Floyd Clark circuit court. Emma Baggerly dies at 3:30 pm on Ferry Street Lower Albany. funeral set for tomorrow at noon from her home and burial in Lanceville.
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Catherine M. White
W. BR. Miller
Mary A. Hannan
Circuit Court
Florence Miller
G.H Hester
Mollie Lyons
Harrs Lyons
City of
New Albany
United Gas and Electric Company
Floyd
Clark Circuit Court
Frank W. Sweeney
Monon Company
Clark Circuit
Emma Baggerly
Silas Baggerly
Ferry Street
Lower Albany
T. Porter
the Park Christian Church
Lanceville
Emotional England and its Tearful Sentiment
The London Ladies' Field observes that England is highly sentimental, with men able to cry at a hymn from childhood. The piece notes the tears lack depth and are not very salty, reflecting a cultural mood rather than a factual report.
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England
Europe
London
Normandy fishing dogs aid elder women near the coast
In Normandy the elder fisherwomen employ dogs to locate conger eels in sandbanks. A woman with a basket and long-handled pickax follows a dog to pits in the shore where mounds form at low tide. The dog signals by scratching and whining, prompting the woman to strike the sand and unleash a conger eel into her basket.
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Normandy
France
Boston Post
Flower widow trade in Indian marriage markets
The piece explains how in India a suitor may avoid paying high bride prices by marrying a daughter who then becomes a widow after the father disposes of a false marriage dowry. A deceptive tactic is described where the father throws the bride into a well to declare her a widow, making her a cheaper option for remarriage.
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India
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Michigan
Dorando
New Orleans
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Maine
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Hiram L. Badger
Wakefield
Mass
Frederick MacMonnies
Land of
Ik Ssporp
W.y
Frederick W, Macmonnies
Central School
Legislature
The
Diana State Farmers’ Congress
New York Buckeyes
Donald G. Mitchell
Fer
Uncle Sam
Select Committee
Secret Service
White House
Perkins
Solons
Mr. Robinson
News Colunies
Joseph Pulitzer
World
Pulitzer
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Elka Home
Pearl Street
Lydia Stierheim
Charlestown
Presbyterian Church
Jeffersonville
Frank W. Groceman
First Presbyterian Church
E.T. Slider
East Market Street
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