Taft Entreats Delaware Vote in West East Campaign Swing
Taft tells Newark Elizabeth and Baltimore crowds he will be elected and that the Republican record merits confidence. He argues the party solved key issues like gold standard tariffs and the Panama canal while debunking Democratic leadership. Bryan accuses Republicans of buying votes in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Bryan
William H. Taft
New York City
Empire State
Taft
Newark
Elizabeth
Trenton
Wilmington
Delaware
Mr. Taft
New Jersey
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Porto Rico
Philippines
Panama Canal
Democcratic
Illinois
Alton
Bryan in Indiana and Kentucky tour speaks to crowds
Chicago reports William J. Bryan traveling by Monon route in a special car to Indiana locations and Louisville. He addresses thousands at Union Park and Arcadia Hall, pledging a labor secretary and discussing campaign funds amid a large Cook County Democratic delegation.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan J
Monon
Indiana
Louisville
Bryan
Union
Cook County
Mr. Bryan
Labor
Severe loss of life from forest fires in Presque Isle county
Apena Michigan October 20 authorities report forty one confirmed deaths from forest fires in Presque Isle and Alpena counties with many missing. Rescue efforts reveal multiple bodies in Pulawski and Krakow townships and fear grows for further casualties as bridges and roads are destroyed and isolation persists. Fischermen Mrs Criger survived in a scorched boat while other families near Lake Huron are missing.
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Apena
Mich
Presque Isle
Alpena Cotmndes
Pulawski
Krakow
Presque Isle County
Herman Erke
Wiliam D. Rose
Ocqueue
Lfe
Lake Huron
Christ Criger
Grand Lake
Notable Losses and Disasters Across the Nation
A string of tragic incidents and events unfold from coast to coast. Gus Rogers of the Rogers Brothers dies in New York from appendicitis. A tornado near Clayton New Mexico kills four. Mrs John A Plackburn perishes near Schell Virginia fighting fires. Judge Taft risks date cancellations due to voice issues. Washington Mine No 1 catches fire at Star Junction Pennsylvania. Sidney C Tapp is notified of Liberal party presidential nomination in Chicago. Lorain County Ohio votes to retain saloons by 36 margin with 154 still operating. Balkan tension hints at direct negotiations to settle. George Stafford family dies in Paintsville Kentucky fire. A coal mine fire in Monongahela, Pennsylvania halts 400 jobs. WHI Smith dies from football injuries. Wheat market weakens on rise in visible supply. 41 entrants compete in U S women's golf at Chevy Chase. President Roosevelt signs contract to be estate editor after leaving office. Deputy Game Warden Peyton and four Flathead Indians die in Montana clash. European nations in Algeciras accord recognize Hafid as Moroccan sultan. Maine and Alabama ships complete circumnavigation to New York. The Aleassi automobile race to feature Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island.
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Taft
Washington
Washington Coal and Coke Company
Btar Junction
Sidney C. Tapp
Liberal Party
Chicago
Lorain County
Ohio
George Stafford
Paintsville
Monongahela
Fairmont Coal Company
Whi Smith
A. C. Smith
Eagle Grove
United States
Amada
Chevy Chase Club
Roosevelt
Outlook
C. B. Peytor
Peyton
Ovando
Mont
Algeciras
Hafid
Morocco
Maine
Alabama
San Francisco
New York Harbor
Long Island
Austria Menace in Antivari Over Montenegro Threats
Report from Antivari says Montenegrins threatened the Austrian consulate. An Austrian guard from warships ashore clashed with the mob in a protracted skirmish. The incident follows mood of unrest tied to the Montenegro threat. Lord Northcliffe was honored at a Union Club dinner in New York.
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Vienna
Antivari
Alfred Harmsworth
Union Club
de Leigh S. J. Hunt
Japanese Reception Impresses Atlantic Fleet in Tokyo
American Admiral Sperry calls the welcome to the fleet extraordinary and heartfelt as naval officers and sailors mingle with Japanese hosts in Tokyo and Yokohama. Three thousand sailors gain daily shore liberty amid orderly hospitality and cordial exchanges between nations.
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Tokio
Japan
Hampton Roads
Sperry
Mnen
Yokohama
America
Pacific Coast
United States
Heer
Heers
O'Brien
Admiral Sperry
Imperial Palace
Roosevelt
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Health for Weak Bodies
Advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Remedy strengthens kidneys and restores vitality in weak people. The claim targets individuals described as delicate and exhausted, urging readers to choose the product while warning against Foley's O D. Knoefel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
O D. Knoefel
Italian Royal Marriage Claims Stir Duke and Elkins
Reports from Turin claim King consent for the marriage of the Duke of the Abrazzi and Miss Katherine Elkins. The Duke plans to depart for the United States, and papers say Elkins would become an Italian royal princess with the privileges of a royal family member after marriage.
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Turin
Abrazzi
Katherine Elkins
United States
Miss Elkins
Red Men in Indianapolis Open Grand Lodge Session
Indiana grand lodge of the Independent Order of Red Men convenes in Indianapolis with a spirited contest for grand chief of records featuring eleven candidates and attention on the grand junior sagamore race as the session progresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Red Men
Sagamworea
Mrs Mary Le Credits Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs Mary Le of rural route Isneeville swears her husband Jama Le owes his life to Dr King’s New Discovery. She says his severe throat and lung symptoms, including threatened consumption, improved after using the remedy. The ad claims it relieves coughs and colds and offers 50c, 1.00 prices with a free trial bottle at Chas D Kopefel’s drug store.
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Isneeville
Mary le
Jama le
Dr. King
Ito
Ander
Chas. D. Kopefel
Sherman Opponent Kern Speaks at Majestic Theater
In Utica New York on October 20 large crowds gathered to hear John W Kern Democratic vice presidential candidate deliver opening remarks after receiving a welcome telegram from James S Sherman. A heavy snowstorm was reported in Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
N. Y
James S. Sherman
Majestic Theater
Baby's itch cured by wintergreen thymol glycerine formula
An old ad claims infantile eczema can be easily cured using a oil of wintergreen thymol and glycerine compound per D D Prescription. A Weatherly Pennsylvania parent reports his baby’s face cleared after three and a half bottles, stating the cure is permanent and urging others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Steeley
Weatherly
J. H. Uonner
Pearl
Spring Streeie
Court Martial verdict in Evans case at Manila
Lieutenant Frank T. Evans son of Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans was found guilty of two charges and sentenced to a 150 number deduction and a public reprimand. The commander in chief approved the verdict though deeming it inadequate. In Huntington a woman abducted twice hid in a barn before returning to her sister’s home, traumatized by the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Robly D. Evans
Himelf
Sperry
Manila
Evans
Cape
Huntington
Abbie Meerlongola
Billek’s Plea Rejected by U S Supreme Court
Washington October 20 Herman Billek the Bohemian fortune teller must be executed for the murder of six Verzal family members in Chicago in June 1907 The Supreme Court dismissed his plea for a writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billek
Washington
Herman Billek
Verzal Famiy
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Woman Killed by Explosion in Kokomo Home
Mrs. Anna Powers fifty? forty years old, wife of Geo. C. Powers, foreman at Apperson automobile works, died from burns suffered when a coal oil lamp exploded in her residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokomo
Anna Powers
Geo. C. Powers
Apperson Automobic Works
Electric Bitters Praised By San Jose Resident
Mrs M M Davison of 379 Gifford Ave San Jose touts Electric Bitters as a strong family remedy for headache bile and liver bowels issues. She says a bottle offers more digestive health than other remedies she knows and notes it is sold under guarantee at Chas O Kovetel's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Chas
Kovetel
Woman's Ruse to Get a Baby in Jeffersonville Case
An Indiana police report details a "fake baby" scheme by Mrs. McIntyre who took a two week old infant from a Kentucky woman and convinced her husband and mother the child was hers. The true mother reclaimed the child, and McIntyre’s deception unravelled as authorities investigated the kidnapping claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Jefferson
George
Goldie McIntyre
Kentucky
McIntyre
Hero of Shirley fire and dog saves man in burning shed
In Shirley Indiana Homer Dike tells how a watchdog named Bull woke Duke, a glassworker, during a blaze at a storage shed of the FT M Norton Brewing Co. The dog dragged Duke from the flames, and Duke escaped as the roof collapsed. Duke keeps Bull as his hero. At Vincennes Indiana Zachariah and Virgil Williams die when a B&O Southwestern freight hits their wagon at Lawrenceville Junction. their parents and two other passengers escape. two women suffer brain concussions with uncertain fate.
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Shirley
Ind
Homer Dike
Duke
FT. M. Norton Brewing Company
Anderson
Shirley Salvage Corps
Bull
Vincennes
Zachariah
Virgil M. Williams
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
Lawrenceville Junction
Vinotanes
Henry Williams
Albert Brubeck
Frank Bracken
Fires Ravage Kankakee Marshes Across 2008 Acres
In Mammond Indiana on October 30 fires consuming the Kankakee marshes destroyed thousands of dollars in property. The Brown ranch near Shelby sustained the greatest loss as flames scorched 2008 acres. Sheep grazing on the land perished, and forty six were found dead while twenty three were so severely burned they had to be killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Mammond
Ind
Brown Ranch
Shelby
Thieves Make Rich Haul in Richmond Home
More than $1,000 worth of diamonds jewelry and silverware were stolen from attorney Paul Comstock's residence in Richmond. The house was entered while the couple were away about an hour and every room was ransacked. police have no clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Paul Comstock
Pyramid Pile Care Promises Quick Relief for Piles
A testimonial from George H Bartlett of Mattapan Massachusetts reports relief after using Pyramid Pile Care. The letter claims rapid action, reduced itching and pain, and describes the product as easy to apply with suppositories. It offers a free trial sample by mail and a 50 cent regular size as available through druggists.
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Pilas
Sam
George H Bartlett
Mattapan
Masa
Pyramid Drus
Pyramd Building
Marattall
Mich
Admitted Supremacy of America and Labor Wages
A dated viewpoint argues American supremacy rests on vigorous workers and better living conditions, citing Spanish-American War merit and the Republican Party’s stance against cheap European labor, claiming high wages and strong trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Europe
Taft speeches on administration priorities at St Louis
Judge Taft outlines the next administration’s role focusing on detailed supervision rather than spectacle. He emphasizes providing men and machinery to aid executive oversight so business leaders know when they transgress lawful limits and can be prosecuted for flagrant violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
St. Louis
Scraps of Science on the Blue Solar Orb and Stars
A blue appearance of the sun from outside Earth is described with a telescope revealing up to 43,000,000 stars and light travel times of 2,700 years. The full moon’s light is 800,000 times weaker than sunlight at noon. Dr. John A. Brashear notes sunspots foretell magnetic disturbances and could disrupt wireless telegraphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meridian
John A. Brashear
Pittsburgs
Bryan and Wool Growers Clash Over Free Wool Policy
The American Economist argues that Democratic policies would ruin the wool industry by removing duties on wool and harming American producers. It notes McKinley’s tariff support, Bryan’s expected gains in wool states, and the risk to both wool growers and independent mills from free trade and trusts.
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McKinley
Rocky Mountain
Cleveland
United States
Bryan
Wisconsin
Australasia
Argentine Republic
South Africa
American Woolen Companys
American Woolen Company
Milla
American Wooles Company
Bryan Pelley
Notable Farewell Outshines a Prima Donna Debut
A wry exchange contrasts a prima donna's debut with her farewell noting the irony that she can make only one debut while her farewell remains uniquely notable.
Editor cites Ark jokes in a retort over credits
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a quip from the Punkville editor about jokes printed without credit. The editor jokes Noah failed to carry those joke records into the ark, highlighting persistent humor about attribution.
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Punkville Alladium
Noah
The
Ark
Louisville Courier-Journal
Market Quotations From Grain and Livestock Prices
Indianapolis Grain and Livestock prices list wheat corn oats hay cattle hogs sheep lambs and other items with bid prices at multiple markets including Cincinnati Chicago New York and Buffalo. The data show varying prices by grade and weight across regions and futures for May and December contracts.
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Indianapelle Grain and Livesteck
Cincinnati
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Clayton
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Schell
Austria
Montenegro
Lord Northcliffe
Nippon
Jamesn Lee
Mr. Kern
Colorado
Bob
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O. D. Knoefel
Massachusetts
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Teleda
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