Taft Sherman Ticket Nominated at 1908 Convention
The Republican nominating scene from 1908 shows Joellon W. Lyus of Georgia moving to adjourn at 11 47 a.m. as The Star Spangled Banner plays. Messages pour in from President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft, and Secretary Cortelyou congratulating Sherman and inviting talks in Cincinnati.
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Teddy
Taft Sherman Ticket Chosen by Chicago Republican Convention
The Chicago Republican convention selected William H. Taft of Ohio for president and James S. Sherman of New York for vice president on the first ballot. Taft led with 511 votes, surpassing the needed majority, while Sherman won the vice presidential nomination with a unanimous vote after initial plurality.
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Roosevelt Demonstration Roars Through Republican Convention
The second day of the Republican national convention featured a massive Roosevelt yell that lasted about 45 minutes in the Coliseum. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led a strong program of credentials, seating Taft delegates, and the day also included a vigorous Lodge speech and a dramatic show of party zeal.
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Half the world learns the other half’s life says columnist
A San Luis Obispo Tribune quotation notes that while half the world may be unaware of the other half’s conditions, the female half makes a persistent effort to understand them.
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San Luis Obispo
Republican Platform At A Glance Roosevelt Policy
The document outlines Republican stances on anti injunctions labor tariffs money trusts inland waterways army and navy good roads negroes and general policy. It endorses Roosevelt policies limits on injunctions with notice and tariff revision while pushing broader government supervision of monopolies and stronger national readiness. It contrasts Republicanism with Democracy as strength and purpose.
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Articultural
Veteran of three wars and Colorado pioneer speaks on kidney cure
Matthias Campbell, Civil War veteran and pioneer living in Blair Nebraska, credits Dean's Kidney Pills for curing his long back pain and severe kidney troubles after doctors diagnosed the ailment. His wife also reports relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Mileburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Colorado
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Dean
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Buffalo
Not high enough for you
A broker rejects a saintly young man candidate, noting that the twenty ninth story is not high enough and that he belongs in paradise, in a short Chicago News vignette about aspirational reach and moral conduct.
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Paradise
Chicago News
Cuticura Heals Boy’s Eczema After Year of Treatments
Mrs. Algy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio reports that her son Clyde was nearly covered with eczema for a year despite doctors. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills, he slept easier and in six weeks was perfectly well, a result her leading physician recommended Cuticura for eczema.
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Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Impressed Elsie Recalls Washington Visit
Little Elsie tells of a supper in a grand hotel in the Capitol City. She notes seeing senators and representatives with their wives drinking champagne and praises the deportment of the colored waiters who served the wine.
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Elsie
Washington
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What the Fox Really Said
The fox judges grapes as sour and jokes about preservation by chemicals while an owl looks on. The tale meanders to Mrs. Pinkham and her son sailing from Lynn Massachusetts to Naples for a three month Europe tour and vacation.
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Aesop
Sly Reynard
Early risers, hard work build lasting honor and integrity
A Beecher quotation on merit, linking success to discipline. It asserts that no one prospers by luck except those who rise early, labor diligently, and uphold honesty and integrity. The message emphasizes character as the path to true achievement.
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Henry Ward Beecher
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Fase Advertisement
An old advertises a cure for hot sweaty calloused swollen feet priced 25 cents with trial package and substitute option. Mentions Allen 5 Olmsted Le Roy New Jersey address and a line about a man’s enemies awaiting his widow.
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