Taft Representing All That Roosevelt Believes In
President Roosevelt states that Mr Taft embodies the core values he upholds in politics and reform. He urges steady progress against corruption, warns against revolutionary excess, and praises Taft as a trustworthy steward for both workers and business leaders. The letter, dated Sagamore Hill Oyster Bay September 9 1908, highlights shared views with Governor Taft and notes long-standing alliance on national policy and honor.
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Conrad Kohrs
Helena
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Bryan
Mr. Bryan
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Taft
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Oyster Pay
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Kohrs
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Taft
Congress
New York
Catholic procession ends Eucharistic Congress in London
A massive afternoon Catholic clergy procession in London marked the Eucharistic Congress finale. Cardinal Vannutelli led in scarlet, escorted by English peers, bishops, and cardinals, with opposition and cheers from crowds. Police struggled to manage thousands lining streets and rooftops. The event concluded with a pontifical mass in Westminster Cathedral and a public display as hosts were elevated.
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London
Westminster Cathedral
Westminster
Vannutelli
Cardinal Gibons
Abundant Rain Forecast for North Central States
The Weather Bureau issued a forecast stating a first disturbance from the North Pacific Coast and a West Indian storm approaching the Southeastern coast will combine to bring abundant rains to the drought stricken North Central and East Central states before the week ends.
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North Pacific Coast
North Central
East Central States
Drought Strikes Pittsburg Region From Three States
A severe drought costing perhaps twenty million dollars and burning up crops has beset Pittsburg territory within a hundred miles of the Allegheny County Court House. The six week crisis cripples steel mills coke ovens coal mines and water costs rise as bathing bans and water rationing appear amid forest fires and near-drought conditions across western Pennsylvania eastern Ohio and western Virginia.
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Allegheny County Court House
Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Youghiogheny
Monongahela
Allegheny
Magee leaps from window ends baseball season
Sherwood Magee left fielder for the Philadelphia Nationals leaped from a third story hotel window during a daylong indigestion episode. His leg is badly strained, no bones broken per X rays, and he will be out for some time.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Sherwood Magee
Junction Hotel
German
Magee
Erie Wreck Injures 34 In Geneva Pennsylvanian Train Crash
Thirty four people were hurt when Erie train No 4 a Chicago to New York express wrecked at Geneva Penn eight miles west of Meadville. The switch was opened maliciously causing the derailment. Most injured were Italian and Greek laborers. Twenty three were taken to Spencer Hospital with eighteen remaining. Loss about 20000 dollars.
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Penn
Erie
Chicago
New York
Geneva
Here
Spencer Hospital
Fred Jackson
Rooklyn Navy Yard
W. P. Hamlin
Rochester
W. H. Chadwick
Suffern
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Lord Curzon Injured in Car Collision Near Unnydale
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, chancellor of Oxford University and former Viceroy of India, was injured but not seriously in a motor car collision near Unnydale today. He was shaken and had a cut on the forehead.
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London
Lord Curzon of
Chaotic Democratic race at Rochester as Chanler gains
A tumultuous Rochester scene centers on Democratic Governor prospects with Lt Gov Lewis Chanler rallying support across Dutchess Columbia and Putnam counties. W Caryl Ely withdraws, while delegates from Niagara and other counties align with Chanler or later swing. The convention looms as factions fear a big three clash.
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Tribune
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Traction
W. Caryl Ely
Buffalo
Wall Street
Ely
Jackson
Upstate
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler
E. E B. Perkins
Dutchess County
Chanler
Conners
George W. Batten
Niagara County
Smith
Erie County
Adam
Tie
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
McCarren
Kings
Thom
Murphy
Sulzer
Opposition Leaders Confer at Saratoga Over Hughes Nomination
Opposition leaders meet at Saratoga Lake amid strong anti Hughes sentiment as Governor Hughes seeks renomination. Secretaries Root and Woodruff participate along with ex governors Odell Black and others amid rumors of potential alternative candidates and delayed verdicts on the first ballot.
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Mr. Root
W. W. Cocks
Root
Woodruff
Massachusetts
Odell
Black
Bennet
Odell and Black
William Barnes
William L. Ward
Lucius N. Littauer
Wallace Foote
thenti-Hughes
United States
James S. Sherman
Mr. Sherman
anti-Hughes
Utica
Secretary Root
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