Hughes Defends Public Service Commission Plan
The speaker argues for a single empowered Public Service Commission to oversee railways gas and rapid transit rather than multiple limited bodies. He accuses the Democratic party of fostering commissions with little remedy and defends his constitutional approach. He spoke an hour and fifteen minutes, then attended a reception and departed for New York after midnight.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Hughes
Public Service Commission
Chanler Earler
Rathbun
New York
Governor Hughes Registers in Town Amid Campaign Talks
Governor Hughes appeared at a polling place on a Westchester campaign swing, registering early and meeting leaders before a breakfast at Hotel Astor. State and county Republicans forecast strong support in Manhattan, The Bronx, and upstate New York, with Taft and Cannon's leadership viewed favorably.
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Hughes
Owego
Elmira
Kent
Eighth Avenue
4Th Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
234 Street
Treadwell
George B. Agnew
B. W. B. Brown
Hotel Astor
Herbert Parsons
Republican County Committee
Woodruff
Parsons
Repubican
Manhattan
Bronx
Taft
New York State
James&. Sherman
Sherman
Middle West
New York
New York City
Upstate
House of Representatives
House
Cannon
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
Hitchcock
Taft Gains Strong Labor Support Across Ohio Tour
Taft wrapped up a day in Akron and drew large crowds in Zanesville Cambridge and Canal Dover as he pitched pro labor legal principles. He defended his labor rulings citing increased union strength and wage gains while contrasting Republican policy with Bryan efforts.
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Panama Canal
Keefe
Mr. Taft
Taft
Music Hall
Zanesville
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Belmont
Ohio
Canal Dover
American Federation of Labor
International Typographical Union
Deceived Mother Opts for Postum Over Coffee
A Ky woman reports her mother mistook Postum for coffee and found it easier on digestion. After switching, she improved health and says the drink tastes rich and coffee like. The letter from Postum Co. promotes Postum as a coffee substitute made from wheat and molasses.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Taft Itinerary Details Oct 16 to 21 Campaign Stops
Taft’s full campaign schedule lists talks from October 16 to 21. He will visit Nashville Chattanooga Knoxville Johnson City and Bristol Tennessee on the 16th and proceed to Salisbury High Point Greensboro Danville and Richmond on the 17th. He spends Sunday in Washington then speaks in Newark Trenton Camden Wilmington and Baltimore and on October 20 visits Cumberland Piedmont Maryland and Grafton Clarksburg Parkersburg West Virginia before returning to Cincinnati on October 21.
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Chicago
W. H. Taft
Republican
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Johnson City
Bristol
Baltimore
Cumberland
Piedmont
Grafton
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
W. Va
Cincinnati
Gompers challenges Taft for specific lies
At a Buffalo mass meeting Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, demanded Taft name a single falsehood he alleges Gompers uttered. Gompers warned Taft he would seek an apology if no specific point is given.
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New Concord
Taft
Mr. Taft
Washington
Daniel 3. Keefe
American Federation of Labor
International Longshoremen and Teamsters
Keefe
Buffalo
Samuel Gompers
William H. Taft
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Taft to Address Railroad Men in New York
National Republican League outlines Taft tour of New York State with two October 28 railroad employee speeches at Camp Taft and Camp Hughes. Taft and Governor Hughes to speak at Madison Square Garden and Huber's Hall with mass parade plans and university clubs in line.
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Judge Taft
New York State
National Republican League
Hays Hammond
Snell Smith
Taft
Camp Taft
Edward Patterson
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Camp Hughes
Railroad Men's Republican Club
Harlem River Station
Mr. Taft
Madison Square Garden
Governor Hughes
Huber’s Hall
168Th Street
Third Avenue
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Hughes
Parsons
Benjamin E. Hall
New York
New York University
College of the City of New York
Columbia University
Yale
Brown
John W. Kern
Tammany Hall
Kern
Academy of Music
Brooklyn
Democratic National Committee
Syracuse
Oswego
Republican Club Sets Docket of Big Campaign Meetings
The Republican Club plans aggressive participation with multiple mass meetings. Truck meetings will feature six to eight speakers each night. principal speakers include James R. Garfield and FR Fulton Cutting at Star Theatre on October 39, plus Ex Governor Black and Senator Duller of Iowa at Carnegie Hall. Additional talks are scheduled at Cooper Union and Madison Square Garden with Sherman expected to attend.
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Republican Club
Star Theatre
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Fulton Cutting
Williams
Bennet
Fort
New Jersey
Leake
Cohen
Bainbridge Colby
Lee Fairchild and Co
Cooper Union
Oscar S. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Walter M. Chandler
John L. Griffiths
Liverpool
Sherman
Madison Square Garden
Republican Meetings Today Schedule Across Several Venues
The Republican events list today include the Noon session of the Sound Money League at No 37 Union Square with Carl Hauser C C Hunt and Alexander Bisse and the National Commercial and Industrial League at No 748 Broadway with A Parker Nevin and Lula M Meer. Evening meetings occur at Cassel Hall Wendover and Webster avenues Sith Assembly District featuring Joel E Spingarn Julius Tobias George Henry Payne with broader camps at Camp Taft 125th street with William H McHirey and Charles Maas and Camp Hughes 14th street and Third avenue with Job FE Hedges and ex Senator N A Elsbere. Additional Camp Hughes location near Seventh avenue lists James KH Sheffield Meter Zucker and E Sterling Republican. 145th street near Broadway hosts Julius Mayer and Job BE Hedges.
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Sound Money League
Union Square
Carl Hauser
C. C. Hunt
Alexander Bisse
National Commercial and Industrial League
Brodway
A. Parker Nevin
Lula M. Meer
Cassel Hall
Wendover and
Webster Avenues
Sith
Joel E. Spingarn
Congress
Julius Tobias
George Henry Payne
Assembly
Camp Taft
125Th Street
William H. McHirey
Charles
Maas
Camp Hughes
14Th Street
Third Avenue
Job FE. Hedges
N. A. Elsbere
Seventh Avenrs
James KH
Sheffield
Meter Zucker
E Sterling Republican
Lub
145Th Street
Broadway
Julius M. Mayer
Job BE. Hedges
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claims Laxative and Quinine
An old advertisement touts a remedy to cure a cold in one day using a laxative and quinine tablets. It mentions refunds if there is no cure and shows the signature of W. Groves on each box.
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W. Groves
York City
Financial District
Slips Hoods Bonnets Shoes Underwear Blankets Complete Layettes
A list of items offered in a shop or catalog includes slips hoods bonnets shoes underwear blankets and complete layettes plus various fancy work. The record notes a wide range of sewing and textile goods for sale.
Confident of the West predicted by RNC chairman Hitchcock
Chairman Hitchcock returned to Republican headquarters at Madison Avenue and forecast strong Western gains for Taft and Sherman. He said Ohio is secure for Taft, Indiana leans Taft Sherman, and Montana and Nevada show improving results with Donlan in Montana and Patsey Flanagan favored to win Nevada’s Senate seat.
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Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
West
Madison Avenue
Montana
Nevada
Ohio
Taft
Foraker
Sherman
Hughes
Indiana
Williams
Ohio Republican State Committee
Edward Donlan
Denlan
Donlan
Patsey’ L. Flanagan
Francis G. Newlands
Flanagan
Reno
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