Roosevelt Answers Bryan on Taft for President
In a public letter to Conrad Kohrs of Helena Montana Roosevelt argues that labor and capital alike would be safe under Taft. He praises Taft’s fairness on railroad rates and injunctive powers and defends Taft’s labor decisions and employers liability rulings while urging unity among wage earners and business interests.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Conrad Kohrs
Helens
Mont
William ™. Taft
Bryan
Kohrs
Rocky Mountain
Montana Stock Growers’ Association
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Taft
Judge Tait
Tragic Sunday School Stabbing in Newton
Miss Willie Bullinger aged nineteen was stabbed to death at Sunday school by Lon Rader twenty one who leapt over benches and used a pocketknife. The act occurred during the closing hymn as she sat at the organ. Rader was arrested and jailed in Newton after recent stays in a state asylum. He claimed the girl was a witch.
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Charlotte
N. C
Newton
Willie Bullinger
Lon Rader
Rader
Convention sparks fight over Hughes renomination at Saratoga
At the New York Republican state convention in Saratoga the battle over Governor Hughes’s renomination intensifies with anti Hughes factions eyeing Root Choate or Black as alternatives. The anti-Hughes forces outnumber Hughes backers and lack a unified leader to coordinate a bid against Hughes. Some fear a U.S. senator selection move could swing the outcome the next legislature.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Hughes
Root
Joseph A. Choate
Black
United States
Convention
Tramps Killed in Railway Wreck Near Vermillion
Two colored men died and a third injured when a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern freight train wrecked between Huron and Vermillion early Sunday. A white man is missing. the four were travelling from Cleveland to Toledo in a freight car carrying cargo.
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Sandusky
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Huron
Vermillion
Cleveland
Toledo
New Hampshire Republican State Convention Schedule
The New Hampshire Republican state convention will be held on Thursday in Concord with delegates gathering to set party priorities and elect leaders for the coming year.
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New Hampshire
Concord
Woman and dog capture burglar in Indiana
Mrs. Jack Horst and a bulldog helped seize George Squires after he rummaged a home in Crown Point Indiana. Squires pleaded guilty and was sentenced to term of two to fourteen years in Jeffersonville with the animal aiding the capture and a posse bringing him to justice. Squires is nineteen.
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Crown Point
Ind
Jeffersonville
Jack Horst
Carter
Judge Denton Aids Hale in Murder Case Visit
Lexington reports Judge Jas Denton of Somerset Kentucky traveled to Washington Indiana to offer services to L H Hale who shot his brother in law Hamlet Dillon. Hale formerly worked at Curleys distillery and may face acquittal with Dentons documentary evidence as Mrs Hale remains with her children in Nicholasville awaiting further news.
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Lexington
Jas. Denton
Somerset
Washington
Ind
L. H. Hale
Jessamine County
Kentucky
Hamlet Dillon
Denton
Hale
Nicholasville
Dillon
Curley’s
Lake
Hales
Fireman Dies After Mail Crane Strike Near Mishawaka
Clyde Horton of Elkhart, a fireman for the Lake Shore railroad, was fatally struck on the head by a mail crane as his train passed Mishawaka. He died en route to Epworth hospital in South Bend. It is believed he was releasing the injector feeding water to the engine when his body was projected beyond the locomotive.
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South Bend
Ind
Clyde Horton
Elkhart
Lake Shore
Mishawaka
Epworth Hospital
Horton
Goshen Faces Injunction Over Lighting Plant
Goshen Indiana September 14 injunction proceedings filed against the city to stop rebuilding the municipal lighting plant at an expected cost of 45000 dollars. The suit claims the project would breach the debt limit and argues taxpayers were not asked to approve the issue at a special election.
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Goshen
Ind
Elwood Plant Destroyed by Fire in Indiana
Fire at the Home Storage and Manufacturing Company plant in Elwood Indiana nearly wiped out the facility. An electric wire in the warehouse is blamed for the blaze. Damage exceeds $10,000 and is covered by insurance. The office building and books were saved.
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Elwood
Ind
Home Storage and Manufacturing Company
Boy Murderer Sentenced in Kentucky Case
Maysville Kentucky September 14 Chester Savage aged thirteen was sentenced to six years for the assassination of his uncle William Savage two years ago. The boy hid by the roadside and shot his uncle making him the youngest murderer known in Kentucky.
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Maysville
Chester Savage
William Savage
Kentucky
Confession One Shot Killing Accidental in Indiana
Harry Moe ser confessed firing the shots believed to kill Mattie Hensley on August 29. He said the shooting was accidental and unintentional. He was held to appear in $1,000 bond.
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Madison
Ind
Harry Moeser
Mattie Hensley
Democratic Split Clouds Indiana Local Option Fight
Indianapolis reports that Democratic leaders plan to block a Republican push to move local option into a special session. They argue the issue wasn’t properly before voters in the last election and oppose voting before November. Upcoming elections and personnel shifts heighten the campaign, with both parties rushing speakers and strategists to Muncie and beyond.
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Indianapolis
House
Schroeder
Giess
Evansville
Baltzell
Gibson County
Gus Condo
Marion
Hanly
Muncie
Republican State Organization
Hemenway
Watson
Anti-Saloon League
Thrift and deposits in early Indiana politics emerge
A Indianapolis report reveals Governor J Frank Hanly charged 25 for delivering a high school commencement address. The piece compares his thrifty image to Speaker Joe Cannon and links the Democratic pledge for bank depositor guaranty to broader calls for individual protection against bank failures.
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J. Frank Hanly
Manual Training High School
Board of School Commissioners
Joe Cannon
Congress
Natioaal Democratic Pledge
National Democratic Platform
William J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Thomas R. Marshall
William H. Taft
James. Sherman
Jamesb. Watson
Topeka
Kansas
Bryan
United States
Indiana
Democratic Party
Protection to Honest Bankers in Deposit Guaranty Debate
The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City faced a 16 million dollar deposit drop due to false reports by Standard Oil. The 1907 incident shows how deposit guarantees could have prevented runs and losses. The author argues for compulsory bank deposit guarantees to protect bankers and customers nationwide after the election.
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National Bank of Commerce of
Kansas City
Missouri Valley
Standard Q Oil. Company
New York
Hearst Switches Speech on Labor Day to Taft Support
In a Labor Day address Hearst defends Taft and attacks Bryan over quotes about laborers. He cites Bryan’s 1894 congressional remark portraying workers as demanding aid and beggars, arguing the phrase misrepresents labor and laborers’ dignity.
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W. R. Hearst
Taft
Bryan
Congress
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Governor Hanly Backs Contingent Fund Aid for State Institutions
Governor Hanly says last regular session appropriations were insufficient and has tapped the contingent fund to aid state institutions. He argues economy could have freed more money if costly carriages and similar items had not been bought.
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Hanly
Constipation and indigestion claim daily lives
An antique ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as solving constipation and indigestion. It claims the remedy kills the disease inch by inch and offers tea or tablets for 35 cents. The ad is signed J. A. Sargent and includes a critic on clothing as a flawed indicator of quality.
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Hollister
J. A. Sargent
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