Roosevelt Aides Inspect Campaign Funds Row
New York dispatch reports President Roosevelt sent Elihu Root to inspect the Republican national committee operations. Root concluded the main issue was gathering funds by Treasurer George R. Sheldon, with both Roosevelt and Taft objecting to donations from certain corporations. Debate and scrutiny follow, as Democrats move to exploit Sheldon’s corporate ties and Cromwell’s allies seek records.
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Republican National
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George Torry
Mack
George R.heldon
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Democratic National Committee
William Nelson Crombi
Taft Parade Draws Huge Denver Crowd in 1904
In Denver at the Den ver Caudiorium on October 3 William H Taft spoke amid a throng that packed the auditorium and lined the parade route to Union station. He defended his platform, defended tariff ideas and denounced Democratic policies while acknowledging cheers from supporters.
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Union Station
Lord's Day Alliance Plans National Convention
Official notice announced a national convention to organize the Lord's Day Alliance of the United States. The second United Presbyterian church in Pittsburgh will host December 1 to 3 with the aim to unify religious bodies and organizations in preserving the Sabbath. The Canadian model is cited as effective guidance.
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Evans Sons Luitenantes to Face Court Martial in Manila
Lieutenant Frank Taylor Evans son of Admiral Fighting Bob Evans of the Louisiana and Lieutenant Charles Burt of the Georgia will be tried by a special court martial aboard the Wisconsin assembling October 5. Evans faces absence from station and disrespectful language to a superior. Burt faces conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman.
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Frank Taylor Evans
Bob" Evans
Louisiana
Charles Burt
Georgia
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Widow’s cremation pact ends with lost ashes valise
Mrs Frances J Hollis of Schenectady New York carried her husband’s ashes in a casket within a valise during travel to Cincinnati and Richmond. The valise went missing in Cincinnati and was later recovered in Richmond Indiana after a week of search. The couple arranged their remains so that the surviving spouse would retain the others ashes.
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Frances J. Hollis
Schenectady
N. Y
Richmond
Hollis
Linton
Heills
Ind
Local Briefs from Cutler and Scranton Society
News briefs report a court scene in Cutler where nine teen William Thomas is deemed not competent to testify in a malicious mischief case against Carl McMartin. A Scranton switchmen strike threat ends after two days of talks with reinstatement conditions. Berwick records a hunting accident with Charles Brobst shot by his brother Harry, with serious injuries but expected recovery. Washington reports the drowning of Lieutenant Harry B. Rowell of the Philippine constabulary near Vigan after a boat overturns. he was from Fairview, Pennsylvania.
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Harry Brobat
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Harry B. Rowell
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Where Bullets Flow
David Parker of Fayette New York describes veterans grievances and criticizes electric doctors and battery services for mischarges and broken promises. He laments lost wages and medical costs while urging accountability from insurers and providers.
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AY Pentre
Movern Pharmacy
Koch Theory Challenged by Veterinarians at Tuberculosis Congress
Prominent American veterinarians challenged Dr. Robert Koch's unity theory of bovine and human tuberculosis at the International Congress on Tuberculosis. Dr Otto G Noack and Dr Arthur Hughes led the opposition, arguing tubercle bacilli are alike and that measures to protect animals also protect humans. Dr Woods Hutchinson warned that consumption remains dubbed a blessing of the poor as death rates mirror social status.
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Washington
Robert Koch
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Otto G Noack
Reading
Arthur Hughes
Cornell University
Noack
Damman
Muessenveler
America
Hutches
Woods Hutchinson
Commission On Country Life Organizes At Ithaca
The commission on country life appointed by President Roosevelt is organized with three work lines. Led by Professor L H Bailey it seeks to assess country life in the United States and gather input from farmers teachers business people pastors and railroad officials on needs and actions. Dropped Dead Talking to Students in Princeton Samuel Calhoun aged sixty five died of a hemorrhage while talking with students at Princeton University He served twenty three years as a day policeman and was known for ringing the college bell on the hour. Snow Reaches New York Mountains Two inches of snow fell in the North Creek district on Seward Amper and nearby peaks causing a mix of snow and smoke from lingering forest fires Still serious danger from the fires is thought past.
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L. H. Bailey
United States
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Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Samuel Calhoun
New York
Tupper Lake Junction
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Ampersand
Cleveland Beats Chicago in Pitching Duel in Empty Hit Game
In a quiet American League matchup Cleveland edged Chicago 1 to 0 as Earl Moseley or similar shutout heroics kept Chicago hitless through eight innings with three pinch hitters in the ninth. Walsh of Chicago struck out eight through eight, while Detroit and New York results and standings followed in the day’s box scores with page-wide league tallies. A fatal burn near Tower City claimed Edward Thompson, four, who perished after attempting to light a pipe, his clothing catching fire as he ran toward his father’s work.
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Diteen Menda
Pottsville
Edward Thompson
Tower City
Montreal Named Convention City for 1909 League of Municipalities
Dr. George W. Holstein aged eighty eight years the oldest Odd Fellow in Pennsylvania died at Norristown. John O'Brien a longshoreman and iron worker was held up in the yard of the Pennsylvania railroad at Wilmington Del by five men and badly beaten. Masked men held up an Interurban car in Steubenville East Liverpool as the car entered Wellsville at the point of a revolver, taking $21 from the conductor.
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League of Amercan
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John O'Brien
Pennsylvania Railroad
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Del
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
An old advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments. It cites backaches, nervousness, and other symptoms, with testimonials from women claiming improvement after using the product. The copy promotes decades of usage and links the remedy to restoring feminine health.
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Will Young
Columbia
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