Taft and Bryan Dine Together in Chicago Nonpartisan Banquet
William J. Bryan and William H. Taft met at the Chicago Association of Commerce fourth annual banquet. Both candidates for the presidency exchanged compliments and engaged in a friendly, nonpartisan conversation after a lengthy arrival and reception. The event drew large crowds, featured speeches, and menu-card signings by the rivals, highlighting a rare moment of cordiality amid the campaign.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
United States
Chicago Association of Commerce
Bryan
Auditorium Hotel
Taft
Galesburg
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Hall
Mr. Taft
Bin
Somone
Bill
Hart
Lafayia McWilliams
H. H. Higginboth
John V. Farwell
Busse
Dr. Hirsch
Roosevelt Sherry Offered to Welsh Choir at White House
The Mountain Ash Choir of Wales visited the White House and was offered sherry by an attendant at the President's request. Each singer declined, despite the President's intent to host with wine, and the waiter quickly withdrew the tray after the mixed reception.
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New York Times
Washington
Mountain Ash Choir of Wales
White House
Roosevelt
Spe
Youthful Mother Elopes With Married Man
Henry Schoenwe reports his daughter Mrs Schoenwe Cox left with Robert Ross a married man to New York. A note reveals she fears life with her husband and hopes for a separate home. Police found Ross sent $100 to his wife Ann and the wife says he may return for $1,800.
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Mamma
Papa
Robert
Baby
Babe
Ross
Annie
Boe
Genoa
Albert Cox
Clark fleeced of 20000 in roulette scheme in Los Angeles
In an elite Western District apartment, Charles W. Clark ex-Senator of Montana was duped by a roulette wheel run by sharpers. City Prosecutor Woolwine said Clark refused to pay after losing 20000, and faced pressure and possible arrest threats from the ring and officials tied to the case.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Charles W. Clark
Clark
Montana
Woolwine
Man rescues woman from swamp near Mays Landing
David Si of Mays Landing heard cries and waded through a swamp to reach Mary Megargee who stood waist deep on a tussock. He carried her to safety after a difficult struggle and she explained she had strayed from a path while traveling from her home. Megargee, known in Atlantic City for her dogs and horses, is described as wealthy and employing several sets.
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New York Times
Mays Landing
N. J
David Si
Mary Megargee
Wal
Tammany
Holt
United States
Blumenstiel
Murphy
Kit
Sullivans
Sullivan
East Side
Hebrews
Justice Hoffman
Tammany Hall
Thomas F. Smith
Edward Browne
Browne
Robert Wagner
Bryan
Kern
Chanler
Dix
Steamship Movements Reported by Wireless Telegraph
Arrived steamship Santiago at Kne gos on Sept 18 and steamship Prinz August Wilhelm at Kingston on Oct 1. Marconi wireless reports Ara bic incoming from Liverpool 772 miles east of Sandy Hook at 8 PM yesterday sailing to her pier around 7 30 AM.
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Santiago
Knegos
Prinz August Wilhelm
Kingston
Wireless
Liverpool
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
Tammany Nominates Lehman and Cohalan for Key Courts
Tammany Hall unveiled its slate for the Supreme Court Surrogate and City Court with Irving Lehman for the Supreme Court and John P. Cohalan for Surrogate. Emanuel Blumenstiel was not nominated after internal debate amid concerns over a disbarment suit and campaign risk.
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Tammany Hall
Supreme Court
Emanuel Blumenstein
Lst
Irving Lehman
John P. Cohalan
Edward B. LA Fetra
Richard T. Lynch
Tammany
Emanuel Blumenstiel
Mr. Blumenstiel
Blumenstiel
Cohalan
Beckett
Big Tim
Sullivan
Charles F. Murphy
Longtime New York figure John R Cohalan profiles rise
Senator Smer seconded the nomination and it passed. John R Cohalan, born in Brooklyn in 1873, moved with family to Middletown New York as a child and later attended Walkill Academy. He has since remained in Faebrenwears area, with education traced through public schools and junior academy.
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Smer
Mr. Cohalan
Brooklyn
Middletown
Orange County
N. Y
Walkill Academy
Fae Bren Wears
Heirs to 10 Million Each in California Will
Under John O. Packard s will filed in Marysville California the estate valued around 20 million includes 10 million each for Theodore R Shear a New York based lawyer and Edward Winslow Packard of Salt Lake City formerly New York. The will notes Packard s mining real estate and ranch holdings dating back to western expansion. Ted Packard active in Calumet Metropolitan and Downtown clubs.
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John O. Packard
Santa Cruz
Cal
Theodore R. ‘Shear
Broad Street
Edward Winslow Packard
Salt Lake City
New York
Mr. Shear
West
120Th Street
Shear
Albany
California
Horace Greeley
John Packard
Western
Mexico
Superior Court
Marysville
Packard
Ted "’ Packard
Calumet
Woman Flies With Wright In Le Mans Flight
Wilbur Wright piloted a flight at Le Mans with Mrs Hart O Berg as passenger. The Aero Club of France awarded its 1908 gold medal to Mrs Wright. Mrs Berg, English wife of the Wrights European business manager, is the first woman to fly in a heavier-than-air machine. Orville Wright, recovering from a prior fall, was mentioned by his sister as improving.
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LE Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Hart O. Berg
The
Aero Club of France
Wright
Washington
Hart C. Berg
Wilbur. Wright
Orville Wright
Cave-in traps laborer in Brooklyn excavation
In a Brooklyn dig at Thirty-ninth Pyreet and Fifth Avenue, laborer Timothy Maloney, 52, was buried under tons of soil as a cave-in collapsed a second time while rescuers, including Engine 128, worked to free him. He was removed to Norwegian Hospital and may not survive.
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Thirty-ninth Pyreet
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Timothy Maloney
Fifty-sixth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Maloney
Engine 128
Thirtyninth Street
Fourth Avenue
Taxicab guards shoot into crowd in New York street
Two large silver school taxicabs carrying strikebreaking chauffeurs and special policemen opened fire on West Fifty-seventh Street injuring a fourteen year old boy as crowds fled. One suspect, Richard Dineen, 24, was arrested with a 38 caliber revolver. The incident followed ongoing strikebreaking efforts by the New York Taxicab Company amid rising tensions and limited service.
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Tourin
New York Axicab, Company
West Fifty-seventh Street
Polce
New York
Barren
Robert Quailey
Fifty-seventh Street
Eighth Avenue
Anderson
Hughes
Sdrien
Barron
Lynch
Ninth Avenue
Poe
Richard Dineen
East Twelfth Street
Daly
Ullman
West Sixty-second Street
Robert Stutts
Mills Hotel No. 3
T He Street
Specialis
John Quailey
Frank Breslaw
Roosevelt Hospital
Cece
Stutts
John F. Curry Club
West Forty-seventh Street
Washington Hal
Allen
Belmont Hit With $100000 Suit Over Apprentice Boy
Isaac V. Schavrien, guardian’s counsel, sues August Belmont in Supreme Court for $100000 on behalf of John H. Freit a 19 year old Jersey City resident alleging Belmont discharged him at age 12, later blacklisting him via The Racing Calendar and threatening to post him. Trial possible today.
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Supreme Court
Gregerich
Ibel
Isaac V. Schavrien
John H. Freit
Fulton Feet
Jersey City
August Belmont
Scharrien
Freit
Belmont
Flora Freit
Louis V. Bell
John Madden
Bell
Jockey Club
President approves weekly pay for navy yard workers
The President approved a War and Navy Departments recommendation that employees of all navy yards and arsenals nationwide be paid weekly instead of semi monthly. The change aims to streamline payrolls and improve employee morale across the service.
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Kly
O-Day
War and Navy Departments
Kalil's Restaurant Opens All Day at Park Place
Kalil's Restaurant at 14-13 Park Place opens at 7:80 A.M. and stays open until midnight. The listing provides address and hours in a concise notice.
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Kalil
Park Place
Ten Thousand Dollar Bet Placed On Tate Campaign
A $10,000 wager at 2 to 1 was posted at Shoemaker's on Tate the first large campaign bet. The bettor's name was not disclosed, but August Noack, president of Shoemaker’s, confirmed the stake.
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New York Times
Washington
Shoemaker’s
Tate
Noack
Shoemaker Concern
Inflexible Sets Speed Record At Trials
Glasgow Oct 7 The British cruiser Inflexible during official trials reached 27 1/2 knots, breaking all records. Fog hindered full speed so the final pace might have been higher.
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Glasgow
Sardoou Serious Ill Takes Turn for Worse
Parts notes Victorien Sardo, longtime sufferer, has suddenly worsened with his condition now considered serious.
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Victorien Sarde
Harriman Lines Official Addresses Trans-Mississippi Congress
J C Stubbs traffic director for Harriman lines speaks for F E Harriman at the trans Mississippi Commercial Congress. He argues the railway ties to the destinies of the region and urges calm debate amid looming tensions.
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San Francisco
J. C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
F E. H. Harriman
Stubbs
Trans- Mississippi
Eniff
Lusitania Mail Surge At Post Office
Postmaster Morgan gears up for the largest foreign mail in U S history as the Cunarder Lusitania nears, expected Friday or Saturday. The ship allegedly carries 10440 letters from a London firm with others also sending heavy mail. The Postmaster General will meet the Lusitania at Quarantine to begin mail transfers, possibly aided by government chartered tugs.
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Post
Morgan
United States
Lusitania
London
Vanderbilt Carlos Wheel Near Miss in Newport Auto Crash
Mrs Reginald C Vanderbilt her daughter Kathleen and a nurse escaped injury when a front wheel failed on a lan daulet auto between Middletown and Newport. The chauffeur braked hard, the car tipped but did not crash the road, and a carriage was summoned from Sands Point Farm to continue the journey.
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New York Times
Newport
R. EL
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Kathleen
Vanderbilt
Portsmouth
Middletown
Paaoe
DROWNED BY BAD BOY NEW BEDFORD BOY CONFESSES
The body of seven year old Ernest Souza was found in the Acutéhnut River after he disappeared while playing after school. Nelson King, eight, told the school physician he pushed Ernest into the water to see if he could swim, and King faces horse theft charges on parole.
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New York Times
New Bedford
Mass
Ernest Souza
John .M. Souza
Acutéhnut River
Nelson King
Souza
Ernest
King
Tie
New Beaford
Peabody Trustees Allocate Major Education Fund
At the Walford Astoria trustees meet nine members presided by Chief Justice Fuller approved final distribution of the 2.5 million Peabody education fund. Peabody Normal College receives 1.09 million. 1.0 million to twelve Southern states. 50 thousand extra given to various Southern institutions. Officers re-elected and Grenville Winthrop named to replace Morris Jesup.
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Peabody Education Fund
Waldorf-Astoria
Fuesday
Times
Samuel A.green
Pboard
Green
Melville W. Fuller
J. P. Morgan
Doane and
Williams
Massachusetts
Porter
Tennessee
Henderson M. Somerville
Alabama
Joseph A. Choate
Charlies E. Fenner
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Daniel ©. Gilman
Hoke Smith
Wetmore
Peabody Normal College
Grenville Winthrop
New York
Stransky Label Contemplates Genuine Cocking Uten Ts
Rumor hints at a possible genuine Cocking Uten Ts featuring STRANSKY on the label Ady. The note suggests verification of authenticity and provenance, with emphasis on the STRANSKY attribution.
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Stransky
Ady
Crete Joins Greece Amid Massive Crete Union Rally
Massive crowds in Crete rally for union with Greece on October 7 1908. Speeches by local leaders urge official confirmation by powers while demonstrations sweep from the governor’s palace to consulates and forts. Greek flag raised over public buildings as authorities deploy guards to maintain order.
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Crete
Greece
Eessant
Wilde Sheerins
Tepoor
Montenegro Proclamation Denounces Bosnia Herzegovina Annexation
The Prince of Montenegro issues a proclamation mourning the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and urges patience. It states the Berlin Treaty is no longer binding for Montenegro, especially Article 20, after Austria Hungary’s action. The note signals regional unrest and calls for restraint amid mixed reactions.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Berlin
Austria
Austria-Hungary Mobilizes Four Army Corps
An unnamed trustworthy source reports Austria-Hungary orders four army corps to mobilize as a precautionary step. The ministers assure bankers there is no serious danger, and Germany and Italy have given consent to Austria's actions. The regime shows no desire for an international congress at this time.
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Hijrmannstadt
Temesvar
Szeredin
Andiam
Germany
Taly Tfe
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