Taft Target for Cranks Receives Flood of Requests
Cincinnati September 16 The Taft campaign endures a flood of letters from cranks and petitioners across the nation. Messages ask for loans, gifts, and favors ranging from a Yale pin to clothing and church aid. One crippled writer proposes a self-promotional advertising board, while a Confederate veteran appeals for support, all addressed to Mr Taft and his office.
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Cincimnati
Taft
United States
William
Newark, N. J
Mr. Taft
Newark
Paso
Tex
Yale
Pall
Nim
California
Cutis Palen Times
Shell
The Royal Chef with Wm H Conley in Pendleton play
The Royal Chef opens in Pendleton on Saturday Sept 19 featuring Wm H Conley and a large cast headed by Herbert Carter Kurt Stall Walter BE Smith Donald Mckenzie Mary Molittents Julia Curtis Bly Brown and La Belle Laurette. Scenic values and correct perspective praised with a New York built production showing Oriental interiors and elaborate costuming. Seats go on sale Friday morning at Pinchet on Drug Co.
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Wm. H. Conley
Pendleton
Herbert Carter
Kurt Stall
Walter BE
Smith
Donald Mckenzie
Mary Molittents
Julia Curtis
Bly Brown
la Belle Laurette
Steels
New York
St. Hen Jerome
Chicago
Pincheton Drug Co
Whisky Demand Drops as Warehouse Stocks Reveal Shortfalls
Washington reports from the Internal Revenue Bureau show about 912 gallons of whiskey tied up in the Kentucky Maryland and Pennsylvania warehouses under the label comper idem and other terms. Ohio and Indiana hold 11,000,000 and 4,006,000 to 5,000,000 gallons respectively with total whiskey supply at year end lower than the prior period due to reduced production and rising withdrawals for consumption.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pocaparte
Pardiament
Kentucky
Maryland
Pennsylvania
United States
Ohio
Iinele
Indland
Internal Revenue Bureau State Cement
Pootball Outlook Good Says Morton At Whitman
Walla Walla September 16 Manager Morton of Whitman says Poorball prospects are good and improving daily as the team arrives for fall practice. Old players return, four year and one year rule affect roster, and a game with Idaho is expected to be worthwhile. Practice to begin soon with workouts tonight or tomorrow.
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Virginia
Grover Cleveland
Walla
Cold Had No Lure For Hungry Horse
Chicago report details a bizarre early morning incident where Robert McCormack, a conch dealer, allegedly hid a $1400 wage roll in a sack of feed for a horse. The horse reportedly attempted to eat the money, then pushed it aside while foraging for breakfast. Initially, McCormack claimed the money was safe. later, confusion arose as Mrs. McCormack questioned the transaction.
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Chicago
Robert McCormack
Waterbury
Conn
Tribune
McCormack
Mra. McCormack
Third teeth and new sight at 8&1
Philadelphia September 16 Harry Fiddleman a 1 year old retired Roxborough farmer visiting his son Albert Addleman at Gladwyn has three large new molars cutting through his gums and there is no further information.
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Philadelphia
Harry Fiddleman
Roxborough
Gladwyn
Albert Addleman
New Forest Forestry Project For Nez Perce Reserve
Indian Superintendent O H Lipps to recommend tree species for the new forest program on the Nez Perce Indian Reserve. Forestry bureau plans to supply young trees and oversee a pilot area as climate studies guide species selection. Project aims to prove reforestation can improve water supply and hillside stabilization, with first plantings to begin next spring if department permits.
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Nex Perce Indian Reservation
O. HH
Lipps
Lewiston
Forestry Bureau
Ue Indian Department
Uni
Lap Wal
Post Service in Schools of Nation
Washington reports Postmaster General mover outlines an order promising beneficial results. Officials plan to consult with local authorities on the operation and desirability of delivering mail to schoolchildren, detailing methods, delivery, and the postal savings program.
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Tracis
Washington
Banks sod the extension of the pur celgnist
Postmasters must furnish information to schools and supervise teachers to equip regular instructors. Postmaster general expects illiterate children to become useful to postal services by learning to read letters addressed to them. The demand for mail services shows why action is needed as 13,145,172 pieces of mail could not be delivered last year due to porch offices unable to read them.
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Dénad Letter Office
Poriot
Willwild Dares Equal to Emergency at Milton Barber
Milton Deh Sept 14 Two men were shaved at once in Barber Wrights chair as he lathered both. Wright used one hand for one shave and the other for the second while the men giggled at the odd scene. He finished both with swift, alternating strokes and both left pleased with the novelty.
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Milton
Barber Wright
Wright
Tne
Ghostly tale at Philadelp hia civic meeting sparks hush
The first Pavehic association of Philadelphia held a solemn meeting at 1404 North Twentieth Street where president Mrs Augusta Volk spoke of a real ghost seen in her room near a bureau. She described a female figure she initially mistook for her husband and bumped into a phantom, passing through a mirror.
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Philadelphia
Bowery Robbery Suspect Described by Officer
A Chinaman robbed by a woman on the Bowery describes details to the police station officer. The lieutenant asks about clothing and hat as the suspect, John, finally identifies the dead-set accessories and hints at a future police search for a man with a Merry Willow hat featured in Cyorviody's Magazine.
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Cyorviody
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