Taft Nominated for Presidency and Pacific Magnetic Chart Update
The address lauds Theodore Roosevelt and nominates William H. Taft of Ohio for the presidency, praising his integrity and leadership. It notes Taft's stance on Japan and China relations and calls for a future of stronger civic duty. A second item reports a new magnetic chart correcting Pacific navigation errors from the Galilee voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orient
Taft
Japan
China
Pacific
Free America
William H. Taft
Ohio
Pacific Ocean
Galilee
Taft Nominee Roosevelt Aide Named At Chicago Convention
Wild cheers greeted the nomination of Hon. William Howard Taft of Ohio by Theodore M. Burton for the presidency at the Republican national convention in Chicago Colosseum. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts was named permanent chairman as delegates gathered to rally behind the party. Burton praised Ohio’s citizenry and recalled past Republican leaders while urging unity among rival states in the race ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Howard Tait
Ohio
Theodore Rm. Burton
Coliseum
Burton
Roosevelt
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Julius GC. Burrows
Michigan
Abraham Lincoln
Garfield
Blaine
Harrison
Buckeye
America
Proceedings of the 1908 Republican National Convention Opens
At noon Tuesday in the Coliseum, Harry New calls the 1908 Republican National Convention to order. Senator J C Burrows of Michigan is named temporary chairman and delivers a long defense of the party, tariff talk, and praise for nine executive departments. Other temporary officers and initial committee selections follow.
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Harry New
Republican National Committee
Coliseum
New
J. C. Burrows
Michigan
Burrows
Republican Party
Army and Navy
Pension Bureau
John R. Malloy
Columbus
William F. Stone
Baltimore
Asher C. Hinds
Washington, D. C
P. J. Muldoon
Chicago
William O. Waters
Tobias Schanfarber
John Wesley Hill
New York
Lorenzo D. Case
Household ads and cures from early 1900s catalog
A collage of commercial pitches offering remedies and tonics. Advertisers claim cures for catarrh and nerve disorders, promote Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr. Kline's Restorer, and tout other products like cough syrups and cigars. Numerous testimonials and pricing details appear alongside quotations and moral adages.
Woman's Backache and Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
A historic health ad notes backache as a signal of female illness and promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure. It cites testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon and claims the product has cured thousands of women of displacements, inflammation, and other gynecological complaints for thirty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkhaw
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl, Pa
Mrs. Pinkham
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Roosevelt
Benjamin Harrison
Civil Service Commission
Representative
Knox
Lincoln
Mr. Burton
Caesar
Empire State
Keystone
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Walden Fawcet
Theodore E. Burton
Proceedings OF Convention
Dolista
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wapping, Kirnan & Marvin
Shakespeare
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
St. Vitus
Arl
Harold Somers
DeKalb Ave
Brooklyn
Kinmonth
A & Cent
H.S. Kenmonth
Asbury Park
N.J
Oklahoma
Graham & Pauls Valley
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