Taft rainmaking speech earns Indiana title for nominee
Kentland Indiana September report notes Taft praised after Watt spoke at George Ade farm, causing brief rainfall and strong turnout from Hazleden area. crowds arrived by autos, hayracks, and seven excursion trains from Chicago and Indiana towns. The event featured Brass bands, Watson, and Purdue Glee Club and offered 25 cent dinners from the “full dinner pail.”
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Kentland
Ind
Taft
Indiana
Hoosier State
Watt
George Ade
Hazleden Farm
Chicago
Danville
Ade
James BE
Watson
Purdue Glee Club
John Wesley Hill
Taft Party
Kern Defends Haskell as Roosevelt Attacks Hearst Charges
In Baltimore John W. Kern Democratic vice presidential nominee defends Governor Haskell of Oklahoma against Hearst links to Standard Oil. He criticizes President Roosevelt for his “square deal” stance and calls for due process before judging Haskell’s ties. He argues party loyalty should not condemn without a hearing and pledges to dismiss if innocence is proven.
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Baltimore
John W. Kern
Haskell
Oklahoma
W. R. Hearst
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
New York
Root
McKinley
United States
Democratic Party
Democratic National
Prominent Americans Endorse Peruna in Letters
A series of testimonials from notable figures including ex Texas Supreme Court judge Den W H Parsona Brigadier General William Bailey Col C L Patten and politicians from Alaska and Washington endorse Peruna. They describe relief from grippe coughs colds and kidney troubles and praise the tonic as a restorative and invigorating remedy.
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W. H. Parsons
Texas
Col. Bailey
Washington, D. C
Col. Patten
Ryan
Alaska
English House of Parliament
Cle
Pacific
Den
W. H. Parsona
Supreme Court of Texas
N.W
Wm. Bailey
William Bailey
N. E
Labor Protective
Chicago
New York
Perrin
Washington
Peruna Com
Ioipany
Wmn. Bailey
C. L. Patten
St. Ny. Wey
Washington, D.C
Old Guard
S. Ryan
Nome
Charles Stewart Parnell
New Willard Hotel
Roosevelt era party chiefs and corporate ties question
A historical column questions President Roosevelt's reaction to Republican committee appointments linking him to corporate interests. It asks if he objected to trustees like George R. Sheldon and Frederick Upham, whether he approved figures from railroads and the Du Pont company, and how his reform stance aligned with the executive lineup amid legal actions and monopolies. The text ends noting St Petersburg students volunteered to be vaccinated and then drank cholera bacteria solution.
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George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Mr. Sheldon
Frederick W. Upham
Ilinois Board of Review
Mr. Upham
Chicago Street Railway
Upham
Roosevelt
Charles F. Brooker
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Mr. DuPont
du Pont Powder Company
Powder Trust
Hales Penrose
Pennsylvania
Frank O. Lowden
Thinals
Pullman Pachece Car Company
Haskell, & Main
Provident
St. Petersburg University
Governor Haskell May Lose His Scalp
New York dispatch reports Democratic national committee members plotting to remove Governor Charles N. Haskell from the treasurer post over alleged dealings with Prairie Oil and Standard Oil tied to railroad promotions. Chairman Mack and Mr Bryan questioned. calls for resignation if charges proven. In a separate note, banks in the East and Midwest with A Booth & Company notes totaling about 5.5 million dollars are asked to cooperate with creditors in asset realization.
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New York
Democratic National
Charles N. Haskell
National Committee
Haskell
Oklahoma
Prairie Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
National
Bryan
Mack
Finskell
Chicago
East
Middle West
A. Booth & Company
Frm
Horrors of the plague in preobrazhenskoe cemetery
In St. Petersburg cholera coffins arrive daily for burial at Preobrazhenskoe. Mourners identify corpses by numbered marks on crude spruce coffins as women wail and fight to glimpse the dead. Grave-diggers are scarce, delaying interments, with 150 coffins stored near a wood shed.
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St. Petersburg
Preobrazhenskoe
The
Red
Winkie AME letter warns of week delay if strike unsettled
Farmers as well as transport workers are tangled in labor strife. Winkie AME notes fuel supplies must be secured before railroad service can resume, proposing a state supported plan to temper strikers under certain conditions. Knox Ind reports a farmer Janus Peehner found dead by hanging in his barn, linked to grief from his wife’s death a year prior.
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Winkie, Ame
Cpr
Dite
Tae Fe
Enemes Lenney Chan
Coniins
Rey Walt Fas
Knox
Ind
Janus Peehner
Crucial Test in Indiana House on County Option Bill
Indiana news from Sept 24 reports a heated house session as county option foes and liquor interests push to defeat Gov. Hanly's temperance program. Senate approved 32 to 17 amid protests and dramatic moments.
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Hanly
Indianapolis
House
Senate
National
Taggart
America
Nquor
Anti Administration
Assembly
Yheo
Sesanu
Friends of County Option
Slack
Democrats wavering over moral measure in Indiana Senate
Indianapolis reports intense party clash over county option for temperance reform. Democrats split between advancing the bill and blocking it as partisan politics. Senators push for timely action while a three year old interruption from Senator Roemler's daughter adds a light moment to the tense session.
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Indianapolis
House
Representative Sicks
Representative
White
Slack
Hostebter
Greencastle
Hottell
Green
Schreeder
Get's
Evansville
Condo
Marton
Billingsley
Bowlus
Keller
Indianapolia
Taggart
Senate
Hanly
Republican Party
Margery Roemler
Senator Roemler
Margery
Roemler
Miller
Bryan Draws Massive Crowds in Columbus Ohio Speech
William J. Bryan spoke to overflow crowds in Columbus in the second Ohio stop of his campaign. Twelve addresses drew about 20 thousand people, with Memorial Hall packing beyond its 6,000 capacity and 2,000 standing. He then left for Cincinnati after a morning departure, with stops at Springfield and Dayton.
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Bryan
Columbus
Ohio
William J. Bryan
Memorial Hall
Mr. Bryan
Cincinnati
Springfield
Dayton
Haskell Responds to Roosevelt Letter Charges
In Guthrie Oklahoma on September 24 Governor Haskell issued a reply to President Roosevelt. He addressed four specific charges against him and dismissed them as a joke on Roosevelt’s stupidity. The Prairies and Gas company issues were among the points he countered in a tone described as characteristic.
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Haskell
Guthrie
Okla
Con. Haskell
Roosevelt
William 7. Pryan
Thiskell
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Wyoming
John W. Hoyt
Pe-ru-na
Thomas Cale
Pacific Slope
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Tom Marshall
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