Taft Campaign Tour Lights Indiana Stops
Indiana swing by Taft draws large crowds at Lawrenceburg Aurora and other towns. Taft speaks despite earlier medical orders, backed by Dr. Richardson. Stops include Bloomington Evansville Indianapolis and a major rally plan in New York and Meridian streets.
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Bloomington
Ind
William H. Taft
Bedford
Taft
Indiana
Cincinnati
Citizens Taft Club of
Convention of Masons
Bud
New York
J. J. Richardson
Washington
National Committee
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Osgood
North Vernon
Seymour
Brownstown
Mitchell
Bloomfield
Linton
Terre Haute
Sullivan
Vincennes
Evansville
Brazil
Greencastle
Crawfordsville
Lafayette
Frankfort
Kokomo
Greentown
Marion
Muncie
Anderson
Knightstown
Rushville
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Republican Committee
Meridian Streets
Harrison
Columbia Club
Courthouse
Fairbanks
Congressman Overstreet
Bryan campaign trail recaps swings at Roosevelt and Republicans
The article chronicles William Jennings Bryan delivering 16 speeches across Ohio venues from Akron to Youngstown. It notes his accusation that the New York Central warned wage cuts if he won and praises crowd reception in the native state while criticizing Taft’s campaign tactics and trust issues.
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Hrean
Bryan
New York Central Railroad
Newace
Heeter
Akron
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Sherman
Match Trust
Orvan
Todd House
Youngstown
Aryans
MckKinley
Niles
Taft
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Health Restoration
A reklam style claim states kidney trouble leaves people weak and half alive. It asserts Foley's Kidney Remedy mends kidneys restoring vitality and health, urging readers to refuse other products.
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Bat Foley
Papal briefs establish Rockford diocese and new bishop
Word reached Chicago that papal briefs creating the Rockford diocese and appointing Bishop P. J. Muldoon have arrived with the apostolic delegate in Washington. Upon receipt in Chicago, Muldoon will immediately assume his duties.
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Chicago
Rockford
P. J. Muldoon
Washington
Muldoon
Condition of National Banks Improves Vastly
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for statements from 6,853 national banks as of Sept. 23. Treasury officials report greatly improved business conditions based on the just issued abstracts.
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Washington
National Banka
Treasury
Mrs Mary Lee Praises Dr King’s New Discovery
In Zanesville Ohio Mrs Mary Lee recounts how her husband James Lee recovered from severe lung trouble with Dr King’s New Discovery. She credits the remedy with saving his life and restoring health. D Kopefel’s Drug Store sells the product with a guarantee including trial bottles.
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Zanesville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Ohbas
D. Kopefel
Endless Chain Collapse Ties Morse Banking Case to Ice Stock Schemes
Testimony in the Morse Curtis trial details Miss Kate A. Wilson’s unsupported note financing a cycle: Wilson note funds ice stock from American Ice, securing loans with bank stock to prop up ice pools. Calvin Austin confirms a $100,000 note for 1,250 ice shares and a Curtis note, with barney pressure and collateral issues.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
Hough
United States Court
Kate A. Wilson
Morse
National Bank of North America
Morse Institution
Wilson
Edwin Moxey
Examiner Moxey
Miss Wilson
Calvin Austin
Eastern Steamship Company of
Boston
Austin
Mr. Morse
Mr. Austin
Misa Kate Wilson
Curtis
Charles T. Barney
Abe
Moxey
James R. Keene
Judge Taylor Made His Escape
Union City Tenn October 22 With news of Judge R Z Taylor’s safe arrival at Tiptonville state and county officials press the chase for those who aided the mob that killed Captain Quinton Rankin at Reel Foot Point as authorities pursue the perpetrators and restore order.
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Judge Taylor
Union City
Tenn
Tiptonville
R. Z. Taylor
Quinton Rankin
Reelfoot
Pyramid Pile Cure Praised By Patient Letter
A Matapan, Massachusetts resident reports 20 years of piles with months of immobility ended after using Pyramid Pile Cure. He cites rapid relief from itching and pain and urges others to try a mailed sample from Pyramid Drug Co. 153 Pyramid Building, Marshall, Michigan, with a 50 cent regular size afterward.
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George H Bartlett
Mattapan
Mars
Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Ncud
Dead in Filipinos Storm Reach Hundreds in Cagayan Valley
Manila reports indicate the October 12 typhoon and torrential rains in the Cagayan valley left hundreds dead, with figures possibly around 300. Aparri was flooded as American rescuers aided locals, while a coast guard cutter was sent to assess conditions and organize relief. Cholera reported among refugees.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Aparri
Treadway
Clark
Foss
Coast Guard
Hauling Water to the Mines as Rain Delay Looms
Brazil Indiana faces record drought with ponds gone and coal mines at risk of closure. Railroads haul water from the Wabash River to mines up to twenty five miles away using oil tanks and dedicated trains to avert mass unemployment among miners.
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Brazil
Ind
Wabash
Hillsboro farmer dies by his own hand after quarrel over candidate
Albert Campbell sixty six a wealthy farmer and Hillsboro politician. He was treasurer of the Farmers Mutual Insurance company of Montgomery and Fountain counties and valued at about one hundred thousand dollars. A note found in his pocket read Mother forgive me for this it is better than to disgrace the whole family. Campbell accused John Wilt Democratic sheriff candidate of a connection with Robert Green the Montgomery county banker thief, but Wilt planned suit for damages.
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Covington
Ind
Albert Campbell
Hillsboro
Campbell
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company
Montgomery
Fountain Counties
Robert Green
Montgomery County
Campaign Literature Enriched by Roosevelt Letter
President Roosevelt sent a lengthy letter to Senator Knox defending Samuel Gompers and endorsing Knox’s stance on organized labor in the current campaign. The letter arrives as Knox, speaking in Philadelphia, disputes Gompers’ position.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
P. C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Philadelphia
Knox
Gompers
Organized Labor
Roll's Second Fire Visitation In Indiana Town
Hartford City Indiana October 22 Fire wiped out nearly half the village of Roll seven miles north of the city The town has no fire protection and residents fought the blaze with water buckets Two years earlier two other business blocks burned with similar losses and recently safe blowers robbed the post office and other shops taking several thousand dollars The buildings will be rebuilt.
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Roll
Hartford City
Ind
Here
Could Not Restore Life In Kansas Woman
Elis Kansas Oct 22 hope abandoned that Mrs Thomas Chapman whose funeral was halted by physicians who doubted her demise can be brought to life. Doctors worked over her for hours but today discolorations appeared on the body making life extinct. Friends had gathered for the funeral and the body was in the coffin when doctors interfered.
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Elis
Kan
Thomas Chapman
Night Riders Threat Targeting Columbus Resident
Samuel Sanders a colored resident of Orin occo a Columbus suburb found a bundle of switches and a note on his doorstep warning him to move out within ten days and signed night riders. Neighbors say Sanders is a respected hard working citizen and report no attention will be paid to the threat.
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Columbus
Ind
Samuel Sanders
Orinocco
Sanders
Mrs Davison Praises Electric Bitters As Family Remedy
Mrs Davison of San Jose California testifies to Electric Bitters as a superior general remedy for headaches indigestion and liver and bowel torpor. She says a bottle provides greater digestive benefit than any other known remedy. Sold with guarantee at Obes D Konofel's drug store.
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M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
Obes D Konoefel
No Clue to Poisoner in Decatur County Candy Case
Columbus Indiana October 22 Mrs Anna Parker of Forest Hill Decatur county remains critically ill after eating candy laced with strychnine. Family members say they have a possible lead on the sender but will not disclose it. The candy box had prior use in a dry goods store as sheriff conducts the investigation.
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Columbus
Ind
Anna Parker
Forest Hill
Decatur County
Notice to Subscribers About Newspaper Delivery
Fragmentary notice indicates issues with subscriber deliveries and mentions recipients not receiving their paper. Details are unclear due to garbled text but implies a correction or address update is needed for proper distribution.
Intruder Escapes After Jump From Hotel Window
Ethel Logsdon, 17, a waitress at the Wellington hotel in Evaneville Indiana, leaped from a third story window when a man tried to break into her room around 10 PM. She survived the jump but is expected to die from injuries. The intruder fled the scene.
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Evaneville
Ind
Ethel Logsdon
Wellington
Tragic Accident Terminally Kills Mrs Gants in Barnyard
In Warsaw Indiana on October 22 Mrs Jacob Gants of near Vawter Park Kosciusko county was instantly killed by buckshot from her husband’s shotgun when he tripped in the barnyard. He had been shooting at a chicken hawk and was about to return to the house when the accident happened.
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Warsaw
Ind
Jacob Gants
Vawter Park
Kosciusko County
Gants
Baldwin plans Arctic drift camp to reach pole
Evelyn B. Baldwin proposes using a drifting ice floe to set up portable houses and supplies as a method to reach the North Pole. The plan, backed by Admiral Melville, Admiral Schley, and Sir Purdon Clarke, would deploy camps on floes that drift from the Bering Sea to Greenland over about three and a half years. Nearby, Pickford reports 40 to 50 square miles of timber burned as fires threaten forests in the area, with rain and control efforts aiding containment.
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Admiral Schley
Sir Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Bering Sea
Arctic
Greenland
Baldwin
Pole
Sault Ste. Marie
Ort
Pickford
Thirty Fifth WCTU Convention In Session At Denver
Weather bureau warns heavy rains expected in the Eastern United States by week’s end. Honduras minister Senor Don Inis Lara presents credentials after succeeding Dr. Angel Ugarte. Currency printing hits 1.297 billion dollars in fiscal year. Austria bans exports of war material to Servia. Argentina wheat hurt by frost triggers Chicago market rise. Austria Hungary Turkey talks collapse over Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation. National Negro Mass Meeting set for Mobile from Nov 24 to 28 1909. Carnegie hero fund honors 48 individuals at quarterly session.
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Senor
Don Inis Lara
Honduras
Angel Ugarte
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Servia
Argentina
Chicago
Austria-Thungary
Turkey
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mobile
Ala
Market quotations for Indianapolis grain and livestock
Grain and livestock prices across several markets show steady levels. Wheat ranges from 97c to $1.02 per bushel, corn about 62c to 72c, oats around 47c to 49%c, with cattle hogs and lambs priced in varied ranges by market, and receipts noted at Indianapolis and other exchanges.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brewery Posters Push County Option Law Debate
The Indiana Brewery Combine spreads red posters alleging the county option law harms business and seeks a Democratic majority to repeal it. Alleges pictures of vacant Kansas City properties accompany posters. Governor Noch of Nansae is asked for comment on saloon exclusion.
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Indiana
Kansas City
Kansas
Aascett
Noch
Nansae
Kansas Liquor Laws and Saloons in Kansas City Case
Governor Hoch notes Kansas constitutions prohibit sale of intoxicating liquor. Saloons in Kansas City, Kansas, operated illegally under the law, aided by brewery influence. An attorney general later broke the ring, enforcing statutes and curbing illicit saloons, contrasted with Indiana brewery power and public sentiment.
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Hoch
Kansas
Kansas City
Indiana
Kansas Town
Republican Headquarters Opens in Opera House Block
The Republican county central committee has opened headquarters at 18 East Spring Street in the opera house block. The offices will be open daily and in the evenings throughout the campaign. Voters are invited to visit the quarters at any time.
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Republican County Central Committee
East Spring Street
Opera House
Notice to City Taxpayers for November Tax Payment
Notice informs taxpayers that city taxes are due and payable at the County Treasurer’s office in the courthouse with a deadline of Monday November 2. Payments made on or before that date incur a ten percent penalty.
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Dee
Ghpe
Svihae Arer
Ee Mondey
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