Taft speech and Utah visit highlight condensed week
President Taft preached amity to a Salt Lake City crowd at the Mormon tabernacle and reviewed troops at Fort Douglas during his Salt Lake stay. He also met local clubs and alumni groups while in Denver he praised the Payne tariff based corporate tax as superior to an income tax and urged states to adopt it.
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Taft
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Fort Douglas
Yale Alumni Association
Denver
Notable Figures in Brief From Across the Nation
Mrs John D Rockefeller is ill at her Cleveland home with a cold not deemed serious by her physician. Dr Cook plans an attack on his record as Edwards Burrill arrives from Hamilton to join the Mount McKinley ascent in New York. Yale treasurer Lee McClurg chosen by Taft to succeed Charles H Treat. M F Ryan elected grand chief of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen in Atlanta with Frank Paquin as first vice president. Peary to decline honors until the north pole decision, will return to Eagle Island Friday.
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John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland
Cook
Plorer
Edward Burrill
Hamilton
Mont
Mount McKinley
New York
Lee McClurg
Yale University
Taft
Charles H. Treat
United States
M. F. Ryan
Kansas City
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
Atlanta
Frank Paquin
Chicago
North Pole
Robert EB. Peary
Eagle Island
Numerous Disasters and notable events across the nation
Eleven lives were lost and over a million dollars in property destroyed in a Louisiana hurricane. A Pennsylvania mine escape involved more than 400 miners fleeing through an unused exit. W K Vanderbilt Jr and his wife plan to separate. The Minnesota governor’s body lay in state and funeral services were held. Dr. Cook pledged to submit to a verdict on his north pole claim. A new 12 cent Washington stamp was ordered. A court martial acquitted two soldiers in Atlanta. Omaha streetcars will halt night service due to clashes with strike supporters. Auroral electrical disturbances affected telegraph networks nationwide. Harry Whitney travels to New York from Labrador regarding Cook’s claim.
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Louisiana
Gulf States
Ellsworth
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
New York
Vanderbilt
Virginia Fair
San Francisco
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
St. Paul
Presbyterian Church
St Peter
Frederick E. Cook
America
North Pole
Post-Office Department
Washington
Hazelhurst
Elam
Seventeenth Infantry
Coulter
Atlanta
Omaha Ofients
Harry Whitney
Cook
Labrador
Whitney
Peary
Roosevelt
Trade unions and reform actions across the nation in brief
The Woman's Trade Union League meets in Chicago to press for better women’s wages and conditions. A German Evangelical Synod congress in Burlington Ia adopts anti prohibition resolutions and calls for a national group. Incendiary fire destroys Newpoint Indiana business district causing 30000 dollars in damage. Des Moines Iowa trolley crash kills two and injures twenty.
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Woman's Trade Union League
Chicago
German Evangelical Synod of North America
Burlington
Newpoint
Ind
William L. Keiser
Peter McCourty
Des Moines
Sterling Stamp Company
Pittsburg
John M. Willeford
Greenville
George Willeford
Ruby O. File
Reno
Ul, In 1908. Justice Magee At Sudbury, Ont
Annie Hobinson
John Moran
West Duluth
Minn
Spain
Morocco
New York
Theodore P. Shonts
Frederick P. Hipsch
Kentucky
Hipsch
Shonts
F. Z. Dodge
Harold Dodge
Wilbur L. Dodge
Peter Peterson
Mackinac
Mich
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milton McChire
Illinois Supreme Court
G. A. Cooke
Edward McCann
Red Light
Wilson
Duke of the
Abruzzi
Katherine Elling
Geneva
Switzerland
Rome
Peary
Portland
Louisiana
Nudson
Half Moon
Fulton
Clermont
United States
Netherlands
Great Britain
France
Germany
Prohibition Party
Japanese Commercial Commission
Gary
Gunnison River
Taft
Gunnison
Claus Spreckels
San Francisco
Montreal Express
Boston
Quebec Express
Quebec
Pattee
N. H
John P. Talahan
George Parmente
The
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Taft Sees Miners at 1200 Feet in Butte Copper Mine
President Taft rode deep into the Leonard copper mine at Butte 1200 feet below ground in an iron cage, then hailed the crowd at Anaconda and Butte. He faced a busy Montana visit with a mountain drive, open air speech, and a Spokane trip on conservation and arid lands. Hitchcock and Ballinger joined the president for the deep mine tour.
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Helena
Mont
Taft
Butte
Montana
Anaconda
Leonard Mine
Mr. Taft
State Fair Grounds
Spokane
Beverly
Amalgamated Copper Company
Chicago
Goldy
Hitchcock
Ballinger
1000 Children Terrified In Jersey City Firework Panic
Terrified by Black Hand rumors, 1000 parish schoolchildren in Jersey City stampeded when fireworks exploded outside a three story brick building near an Italian church. Fourteen were crushed, one fatally injuring seven year old Marianna Zelackshky. Eight other children, seven to ten, were hospitalized and expected to recover.
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New York
Jersey City
Marianna Zelackshky
St Anthony's School
Chicago Indictments Weave Theft and Assault Tales
Chicago reports indictments against Mench Brothers Leather Co. president George Mench over accusations by 15 year old Frieda Schaeffer of detaining her in a flat on the South Side. Everett Brown of Oliver Typewriter Co. faces similar claims by Esther Luethy, a relative, with four living together alleged. Brown not indicted after Luethy claimed to be 19. Pearl Ziem of Oshkosh identified as the lake body found near Diversey Boulevard. Pearl had been recovering from nervous prostration with prior suicidal remarks. Max Kraus of Indiana Avenue, former Kessler Co. treasurer, died by self-inflicted gunshot in his home. Eli and James Doud, brass firm owners, bonded after being indicted for alleged insurance schemes and improper funds. A 16-year-old escaped from Juvenile Officer Dwyer, suffering serious injuries from a fall. Building trades strike spreads as Madden contract dispute threatens Chicago projects. Seven Firpach family members rescued from Brundage & Sons fire. Adolph Thiel commits suicide at the Jefferson hotel amid invention woes. Peter G. Nellis, longtime Chicago & Alton auditor, dies. Harrisburg bootlegging case results in fines. Kewanee calls special election for a city court.
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Chicago
George Mench
Mench Brothers Leather Company
Grand
Frieda Schaeffer
Burnside
Mench
Everett Brown
Oliver Typewriter Company
Woodlawn
Esther Luethy
Schaeffer
Brown
Luethy
Diversey Boulevard
Pearl Ziem
Oshkosh
Wis
Katherine J. Ziem
Carroll
F. L. Tidd
Elizabeth Street
Pearl
Max Kraus
Indiana Avenue
Julius Kessler Company
Distillers
Ashland Block
Kraus
Daniel Goodman
Kessler Company
Eli. H. Doud
Acorn Brass Company
James M. Doud
J. M
Pontiac
Peter G. Nellis
Chicago & Alton Railway
Blackstone
Alton System
George L
George B McClellan
Ilinois Central Road
Harrisburg
G. T. Trout
Albert Hatfield
Summers End
Trout
Kewanee
Startling News From the Small Town Swindle
The dialogue centers on a loud uproar about a swindle claiming sixty victims. A character named Sharp Sam counters by declaring him the sixty-first victim while another calls out the lack of coverage in the newspaper.
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Sam
Cure for skin disease by Cuticura remedies praised
A testimonial from C. Burkhart of Chambersburg Pa dated Sept 19 1908 says eczema began on his hand then spread to arms legs and face. After doctors failed to halt it he used Cuticura Remedies and was completely cured. Also includes ads for Potter Drug and others.
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Eczema
C. Burkhart
W. Market St
Chambersburg
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Propa
Boston
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State News
Charles Howell
Fifty-seventh Street
T. Dwyer
Hyde Park Station
Building Trades
B. Firpach
West Twenty-second Street
S. W. Brundage & Sons
Firpach
Gust Fleming
Hinman Street
Adolph Thiel
Jefferson Hotel
West
Madison Street
Cuticura
Binks
Jinks
Lewis
Dodds
Guar
Brooklyn
Parker
Thomason
Eve
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