Taft Secures Republican Nomination at Chicago Convention
Brief digest of the Republican National Convention in Chicago shows William H. Taft winning the presidential nomination on the first ballot with 792 votes and becoming the party favorite amid enthusiastic support. James S. Sherman secures the vice presidential nod on the first ballot as delegates settle platform details and chairmanship.
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William H. Taft
Chicago
Sherman
New York
James S. Sherman
National Committee
Cincinnati
Taft
Roosevelt
Coliseum
Senator Lodge
Resolutions Committee
Gov
Cummins
Iowas
Fairbanks
Notable Reading of a Presidential Vacation and Political Shifts
President Roosevelt spent summer with family at Sagamore Hill while Indiana Governor Hanley collapsed from heat at a Chautauqua in Ottawa. Mississippi Representative John Sharp Williams resigns minority leadership effective December 1 to aid the Democratic party. Illinois Supreme Court supports Vespasian Warner’s stepmother in his estate dispute. Mrs Warner may receive about 500000. Fr Bethel jailed three weeks for sedition in Korea. Toledo banker George G Metzger indicted for embezzlement and misapplication of funds.
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Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Gov
Hanley
Indiana
Ottawa
Kan
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Democratic Party
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Vespasian Warner
Illinois Supreme Court
Warner
FR. T. Bethel
Korea
George G. Metzger
Toledo
Broadway Bank
Grand
Train bearing Taft narrowly escapes wreck in Cincinnati
Secret Taft's train from Cincinnati to Yale commencement narrowly avoids wreck when a piston rod breaks. Storms lash Wisconsin Minnesota and Southern Michigan with rain hail and wind. In Cleveland John Kelly 75 fatally wounds wife 73 then commits suicide. Curtiss Junebug makes three flights at Hammondsburg claimed longest public flight. Three stevedores die in Philadelphia from explosion tied to a bomb in the hold.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Yale
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Cleveland
John Kelly
Margaret
America
Hammondsburg
Notable Slanders and Suits Across Courts and News
A wide range of ills and events are recorded including slander suits against Miss Helen Gould for 20000 dollars, fires destroying villages in northern Michigan, and high profile marriages posted in Paris. Others note political shifts, editor injuries, duels, suicides, mine explosions, and legal actions involving banks and firms.
Canada Town Blaze Leaves Loss Over Million
A devastating fire swept Port Chester and Three Rivers draining the business districts. More than 800 buildings burned with losses surpassing 1 million dollars. Firefighters from nearby towns and a thousand soldiers assisted, but street layouts and flammable structures hampered containment.
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Montreal
Quebec
Sherbrooke
Grand Mere
Hochelaga Bank
Sixth Military District
Port Chester
N.ya
Burns
Borden‘s
Rye, Harrison
East Port Chester
Greenwich
West Chester Avenue
Broad Street
Factory Place
Irving Avenue
Baptist Church
Two Guilty Two Set Free In Western Conspiracy Trial
In Washington a four man jury found Frederick A. Hyde and Joost H. Schneider guilty on most counts in a conspiracy to defraud the government of western lands. John A. Benson and Henry P. Dimond were acquitted on all 42 counts and released after a 75 hour deliberation.
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Washington
Frederick A. Hyde
Joost H. Schneider
John A. Benson
Henry P. Dimond
Benson
Far West
Dimond
Hyde
Schneider
Paper firms fined for restraint of trade in Manila wrapping paper
Twenty four New York companies manufacturing manila wrapping paper were fined 1000 dollars each by Judge Hough in the United States circuit court. They pled guilty to maintaining an illegal combination in restraint of trade as members of the Manila and Fiber association. He cited Sherman antitrust law violation but imposed fines only due to extenuating circumstances. Companies will pay fines through their counsel.
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Helen Gould
Michigan
Mme
Anna Gould
Countess de Castellane
Prince Helie de Sagan
Paris
Hyde Park
London
Ora Havill
Mount Carmel
Ill
Norman Debell
Havill
James Cantillion
Wis
Bellevue Hospital
New York
R. M. Sallier
Edward Jones
St. Vrail
N. M
James Comstock
Sunbury
Badger Brass Manufacturing Company
Kenosha
Earl McConaughey
Chicago
American Bridge Company
Iarbors
Minn
George E. Foss
United States
Hopkins
Roosevelt
Taft
Jake ®. Wright
Tennessee
Wright
Philippines
Japan
Monongahela
Carl Fischer-Hansen
Joseph E. O’brien
Philadelphia
Capital City Savings Bank
Little Rock
Ark
Iron & Steel Trades Journal of London
National
Fort Wadsworth
Missouri River
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Pocono Mountains
Bakertown
Mary Farmer
Watertown
N. Y
Sarah Brennan
Frank Stirn
Cudahy
Milwaukee
Antony Kriz
Summit House
Mount Washington
Khoroshkin
Sioux City
Domingo Schiappa Pietra
Leopold Pietra
Los Angeles
Frederico Pietra
Lazarus Levy
L. Levy & Co
Susie A. Merrill
A ‘ Natal
Manila
Hough
Manila and Fiber Association
Bank Closes in Kentuckys Dover As Directors Find Empty Safe
Citizens' Bank of Dover Kentucky closed its doors Monday after directors found no cash or papers in the safe. The bank held a capital of 7500 dollars with deposits totaling 7000 dollars. Closing reportedly tied to Aberdeen O banks shutdown. Queen Victoria of Spain reportedly has another son born in Madrid on Monday night. The royal couple, married in 1906, previously welcomed a son in 1899.
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Dover
Citizens’ Bank
Aberdeen
Queen of
Spain
Madrid
Queen Victoria of
Queen Victoria
Ena of Battenberg
Alfonso
Veteran of three wars and pioneer of Colorado
Matthias Campbell, Civil War veteran and settler of Blair Nebraska, recalls long back pains and urinary trouble. He and his wife used Dean's Kidney Pills after doctors diagnosed advanced kidney trouble and claim complete cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Matthias Campbell
Colorado
Nebraska Street
Blair, Neb
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Real Hard Luck Honeymoon Guide Sparks Offer Talk
Dialogue reveals a couple debating an unexpected gift as part of their honeymoon planning. One partner questions the offer while the other notes a purchased guide implies commitment and practical planning ahead.
Man at Massachusetts resort asks a woman if she is married
A man arriving at a Massachusetts summer resort sits with a woman and her son. The boy quizzes him about marriage, and the man replies he is not married. The child then asks his mother what else he should ask.
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Massachusetts
Mamma
Harper’s
Deafness Cured Only by Constitutional Remedies
The notice claims local applications fail to cure deafness and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the solution for catarrh induced deafness. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by catarrh treatment and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as providers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druceists
Days of Bohemia Ended in Paris Student Quarter
Alfred Csnus, a playwright, states Bohemia no longer exists in the Paris Latin quarter. In a lecture for the Maison d Etudiants, he urged that students must acknowledge they are no longer Bohemians and that the General Association of Paris Students will use it as its headquarters.
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Bohemia
Paris
Alfred Csnus
Maison d’Etudiants
General Association of Paris Students
Some Men's Luck
A humorous dialogue about a man who is deaf and cannot hear his wife, suggesting some men have more luck than sense. The exchange contrasts the wife noting the man's deafness with the husband commenting on luck versus sense.
Coffee Bag Trade Worth Nearly Four Million Dollars
Brazil last year required over 20 million jute bags to pack its coffee harvest. Each bag cost a little over 18 cents to produce. The bag industry thus totaled close to four million dollars in business.
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Brazil
Jersey Legislation Sparks Bitter Speaker Floor Jibes
A New Jersey lawmaker denounced a gubernatorial veto as a "disgusting slap" while a rival mocked the bills as "mosquito" measures, reflecting sharp friction between the governor and legislators.
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Jersey
New Jersey
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promotes Murine for Red Eyes
An old advertisement touts Murine Marine Eye Remedy for red tired watery eyes and eye discomfort. It claims all druggists sell Murine for 50 cents with a 48 page book included in every package.
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Marine Eye Remedy
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
The Very Way Discussion on Debt and Ambition
In a father daughter exchange a reader asks about the expression over the bay and the father suggests taking a schooner. The narrator cautions against going into debt for unnecessary possessions just to keep up with neighbors.
Standard for Beauty Proportions for Tall and Short Women
The guide lists correct proportions for women’s bodies. For short women the measurements are height five feet four inches, neck twelve and a half inches, bust thirty six inches, waist twenty one, hips eighty seven, forearm around eleven tapering to six at the wrist. For tall women the figures show height five feet eighty one and a half inches, weight one hundred thirty seven pounds, bust eighty six inches, waist twenty five, hips forty two, top of arm fourteen, wrist six.
Allen’s Foot-Ease Original Foot Powder Promotes Comfort
Readers praise Allen’s Foot-Ease as a clean wholesome antiseptic foot powder. The ad claims twelve years of fame and 30,000 testimonials, urging buyers to insist on the original to avoid imitators and counterfeit substitutes.
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Allen
Geur
Trade card for Lewis' Factory Peoria tobacco and horses
A vintage trade card advertises Lewis' Factory in Peoria Illinois offering cigar f years rich mellow tobacco and urging buyers to bid on race horses and watches, noting high value. It presents a poetic line about innocence and repentance to attract buyers.
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Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Facts for Sick Women from Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Public notice-style reminiscence promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a long standing remedy for female ailments. It claims to cure displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors irregularities pains backache and digestive issues and offers free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Sallie French
Pancannla
Ind
Ter
Mrs. Pinkham
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