Taft Campaign Parade Draws Massive Indiana Reception
William Howard Taft toured Indiana on a strenuous campaign, receiving vast crowds in Greenfield Indianapolis and Newark. He rode in a great parade, delivered speeches at Meridian Street, Circle, and a packed Virginia Avenue auditorium, then continued to cities across the state with strong showings and overflow crowds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Howard Taft
Virginia Avenue
Shelbyville
Union Station
Taft
Court House
Meridian
New York
Circle
Columbia Club
Ality
Marion
Columbia Clube
Amanapolis
Indiana
Col
Dan M. Renadell
Bryan in New Jersey steps through campaign tolls in Newark
William J. Bryan toured New Jersey by a fast special train led by State Chairman J. R. Mugent. He spoke to farmers and laborers across the state focusing on labor issues, critiquing President Roosevelt and Senator Gompers, and contrasting Republican and Democratic labor pledges. He suggested removal of Gompers and noted Nick Longworth might lead the Democrats.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Wiliam J. Bryan
J. R. Mugent
Bryan
Roosevelt
Samuel Gomperé
Gompers
Nicholas Jlongworth
Repuelican
Jabor
Iiliu
Denver
West Philadelphia
Five negro murderers hanged in New Orleans Friday
Reports from across the nation note executions and crime updates including five Black murderers hanged in New Orleans. Other items mention the Vanderbilt Cup auto race, grain markets, cotton supplies, and a San Francisco treasury shortfall investigation. A hurricane devastates Nicaragua towns Rio Grande and Pringapulka with loss of life.
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New Orleans
Chicago
Nicaragua
Rio Grande
Pringapulka
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Vitality Restore
Advertising copy claims Foley's Kidney Remedy strengthens kidneys and revives weak individuals, portraying sufferers as half alive and promising renewed health. Signature appears as D. Knoefel with a disclaimer denying Foley's endorsement.
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Foley
Refuse
D. Knoefel
United States Not Interceding for Rovania and Herzegovina
President Roosevelt was asked by a San Francisco Servian mass meeting to intercede with Austria on behalf of Rovania and Herzegovina. The United States is not signatory to the Berlin treaty of 1878 and will not act, with a formal state department reply to follow.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Rovania
Herzegovina
Roosevelt
San Francisco
State Department
Hitchcock to Confer in Chicago on Political Situation
New York Oct 24 Chairman Hitchcock of the Republican national committee left for Chicago last evening for a final personal conference on the political situation in the west and middle west. He will return Monday morning and remain here until after the election. He said he would release a forecast of the result soon after returning.
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New York
Hitchcock
Republican Nationa Committee
Chicago
West
Middle West
Family perishes in gas filled well near Varsaille
In Lexington Kentucky on October 24 Henry B Johnson aged 45 and his son 25 died after being overcome by gas in a well at Varsaille. Henry entered the well to clean it, was overcome, the son went to help and collapsed onto his father. Both died before rescue crews could reach them.
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Lexington
Henry B Johnson
Varsaille
Henry Johnson
Hig Son
Beth
James Lee’s recovery credited to King’s New Discovery
Mrs Mary Lee of Zaneaville Ohio recounts her husband James Lee’s recovery from severe lung illness with Dr King’s New Discovery. She says his throat and lung symptoms were threatening sake of life until the remedy relieved them. Trial bottles offered at Charles D Knoefel’s drug store.
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Zaneaville
Mary Lee
James Lee
Dr. King
Dr. Kinz
Chas. Dknoefel
Qld Papers for Sale at this Office
Local office advertises newspapers for sale at ten cents per hundred offering affordable reading material to patrons seeking cheap press.
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Qld
Governor Patterson Targeted Amid Night Rider Murders
In Samburg Tennessee on October 24 threats against Governor M R Patterson intensified security for the governor who leads the night rider murder investigation. Troop reinforcements, doubled guard lines, and posse reorganization were ordered to guard the Reelfoot region under martial rule as officials plan further actions with Col Taton Sheriff Dawson and Union City authorities. Captain Quinton Rankin and Judge R Z Taylor were abducted Monday night by masked men. Knox Morgan and Elmer Tate were detained. Governor Patterson visited the Rankin scene and then Union City to coordinate the response with state and local authorities.
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Samburg
Tenn
M. R. Patterson
Col. Taton
T. C. Ward
Walnut Log
Sheriff and posse arrive in Union City amid lake region exodus
Union City reports Sheriff Charles Dawson of Dyer County with nine heavily armed men arriving to confer with the governor and officers before moving toward the lake. Citizens are said to be rapidly leaving the lake region for Kentucky and other states.
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Union City
Tenn
Charles Dawson
Dyer County
Kentucky
Le Gallienne Critically Ill in New York Sanitarium
Richard Le Gallienne, noted journalist and author, lies critically ill in a private New York sanitarium on October 24. Reports say his condition is serious and medical staff are providing care as friends and colleagues monitor the situation.
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le Gallienne
New York
Richard le Gallienne
Robbers Loot Fine Home in Morristown
Three masked men cut telephone wires outside the Perking home at Morristown and entered to rob the residence. They assaulted Mrs. H. W. Miller and knocked down one maid, taking jewelry valued at about $2,000 and cash. The trio are thought to be the same burglars who recently looted Banker H. B. March in Orange.
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Newark
N. J
Morristown
H. W. Miller
Missen Perkins
H. B. March
Orange
Perkine
Circuit court denies injunction on rail rate order
St. Louis October 24 the United States circuit court refused to issue an injunction restraining the Interstate Commerce Commission from implementing a ruling to reduce cattle shipment rates from the southwest territory to Chicago St. Louis Kansas City and other points.
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St. Louis
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwest Territory
Chicago
Kansas City
Western Canada's Corn Crop Marketing Figures
Winnipeg October 24. The Manitoba Grain Dealers association says 63,000,000 bushels of this year’s western Canada wheat have already been marketed. This marks the pace of the season’s crop movement and sales.
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Western Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Mantoba Grain Dealers Association
Charcoal Lozenges Promise Relief From Bad Breath
An advertisement touts Star’s Charcoal Lozenges made from willow with honey for purifying stomach and intestines. It claims rapid gas absorption and odor elimination, with 25 cents per box and a mail offer from Marshall Michigan.
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Serentige Men
Teday
Staar
Marshall, Mich
Weather and politics shape trade and drought impact
Bradstreet notes warm weather and election influence slow heavy purchases yet show optimism later in the year. Manufacturers buy raw materials, wheat moves to market improves sentiment in northwest markets. Ohio River steamboat traffic suffers from drought and coal stockpiles rise. forest fires and low water affect commerce. O D Kuvfel promotes Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy.
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New York
Qoet
Bradstreet
Review of Trade Today
Northwest
Ohio River
Gompers Preparing Reply to Bryan on Cabinet Claim
Telegram from Jane Gompers, president of the modern federation of labor, to Mr. Bryan arrives after Prohibition Housevelt attack. She says she will not accept any public office under any circumstances and that labor seeks justice, not office.
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Gompers
New York
Oet
Mack
Jane Gompers
Mortern Federation of Labor
Bryan
Electric Bitters Endorsed By Mrs Davison
Mrs M M Davison of 879 Gif ford Ave San Jose California praises Electric Bitters as a strong overall family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor. She claims a bottle yields more digestive health value than any remedy she knows and notes Chase Knoefel's drug store sells it with guarantee.
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Mra
M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Calasge
Ander
Chase Knoefel
Indiana Dedication at Andersonville Set for November 26
Indiana to dedicate a monument to its soldiers who died at Andersonville Prison in Georgia on November 26. Governor Hanly will receive the monument, with speeches by Br. R C Griffith and D C Smith, plus George Musson and others. Fort Screven musicians and Fort McPherson infantry will participate.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Andersonville
Hanly
Indiana
Br. R. C. Griffith
Monument Commission
D. C. Smith
George Musson
Fort Screvens
Fort McPherson
Veteran civil war veteran hid two wives under different names
In Lebanon Indiana Mrs James K P Cashion learned her husband she believed dead in 1877 had reappeared under his real name James Wood. He had married another woman in Illinois, worked in Hannibal Missouri and later used the name James Wood while her pension records used Nancy J Cashion. The affair spans Iowa Illinois and Missouri with an adopted daughter present.
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Lebanon
Ind
James K. P. Cashion
Zionsville
Here
Illneis
Hannibal
Nancy J. Woods
Iowa
Lynn County
Esson
Cherokee
Nancy J. Cashion
Illinois
James Wood
Uaten
Cashion
James Woed
Fatal Runaway Wreck Near St Paul Ind
A buggy upset two miles from St Paul after horses spooked on a curve. Mrs Risten’s collarbone broken and she is dying. Miss Shaner has a broken arm and bruises. the baby was killed instantly. An Anderson report notes another suicide in the city as Mrs August shot herself after months of illness.
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St. Paul
Ind
Frank Ainton
Mary Shaner
Tragedy Ends Bridal Tour In New Orleans Train
On a bridal tour, Mrs. Fred Vaningen witnessed a suitor fatally wound her husband as the rival attempted a shot. An uncle disabled the revolver by pressing the hammer, preventing further harm. F. S. Beauve of Plaquemine was arrested. the bride is Miss James M. Rhorer of Baton Rouge, daughter of Iberville official.
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New Orleans
Fred Vaningen
Texas & Pacific
Louisiana
F. S. Beauve
Plaquemine
Alexandera
Blanchard
James M. Rhorer
Iberville
Baton Rouge
Beauve
Vaningen
Alexandrea
Mise Rhorer
Death toll rises from Cagayan Valley storm damage
Manila reports October storm in Cagayan Valley leaving five hundred drowned in Tubugaro with most houses destroyed. Tobacco damage runs to millions of pesos. Abra province sees heavy loss and 269 drownings plus other deaths. Cholera appears in three Abra towns as authorities cremate the dead and send rice to Vigan for refugees.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Tubegaro
Cagayan
Abra
T A
Vigan
Forest Fire Rages Along Green River Mats in Kentucky
Destructive fire tears through the Green River Mats along both banks of the Green River near Fre. Sebree Kentucky, burning extensive timber as flames spread across several miles. Fire crews battle the blaze with unknown crews and resources.
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Sebree
Green River
Judge Not Frightened by Threats to Alabama Judge
Birmingham October 24 Judge Gemuel Weaver who issued warrants for alleged prohibition violations received a threatening card claiming a night riders organization had been formed and that he was on a list of attention if careless He says he will pay no attention to the warning.
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Clara L. Miller
Columbia Sta
Seattle
Wash
Skoogay Country Club
Christina Smukalla
Winslow Ave
Buffalo
N. Y
Birmingham
Ala
Oet
Gemuel Weaver
Night Riders
Weaver
Acquittal for Nancy Murrill in Unwritten Law Case
In Jackson circuit court, Lexington, on October 24, Nancy Murrill was acquitted of murdering Miss Mary Terry. The trial drew large crowds of men, women, and children who applauded testimony favorable to the defense, highlighting the unwritten law theme.
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Lexington
Nancy Murrill
Mary Terry
Jackson
Aged Man Falls From Reef Near Morgantown
Morgantown Indiana October 1 73 year old man fell from a roof seven miles south of here breaking his neck and dying instantly.
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Morgantown
Ind
Pitcher
Eigar
Prevailing Current Prices for Grain and Livestock
Grain and livestock quotes from Indianapolis Cincinnati Chicago and Buffalo show wheat at about 1.00 per bushel red and $1.08 in New York, corn around 70 cents, oats near 3.50 to 3.75, hay varying by type, and hogs and cattle priced with regional spreads. Receipts list 11,000 hogs, 1,250 cattle, and 500 sheep across markets, with prices cited for sheep and lambs across several centers.
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Indianapolia
Cincinnati
U.se
Chicago
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