Heavy voter turnout expected Tuesday for state election
The secretary of state sent instructions to county officials on returning results and reporting methods. The governor secretary of state and attorney general will canvass the returns. The official ballot is long with local candidates in some cases reaching five feet. Over 10 000 copies have been sent to counties with instructions on naming election judges.
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Secretary of State
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
J. N. Dooley
Republican State Committee
Henderson Martin
Democratic State Committee
How to Vote the Ticket in Texas Election
The text explains the eight column Australian style ballot used in a Texas general election. It covers straight and mixed ticket voting, write in options, and amendments at the bottom, detailing how to mark voters’ choices and the expectations for results broadcasts.
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Progressive Party
Prohibition Party
Socialist Party
Socialist Labor Party
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Eee
Texas
R. Neill Camplidate
T. S. Harrison
Campbell
Long Trip to Vote amid Timber Sale Route
E. R. Simmons traveling for a lumber firm passed through San Antonio en route from Flagstaff to Beaumont to vote for Theodore Roosevelt tomorrow. After voting he will depart Beaumont to return to Arizona to finish selling hundreds of thousands of feet of timber. The trip will cost him close to one year’s expected earnings.
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E. R. Simmons
San Antonio
Flagstaff
Ariz
Beaumont
Tex
Theodore Roosevelt
Arizona
Traveling voter backs Teddy in 1900 era note
A man from Phoenix says he is traveling to New York to vote for Teddy Roosevelt. He notes Wilson supporters may feel secure, but Bull Moose followers nationwide are rushing to polling places to cast ballots.
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Teddy
Phoenix
Ariz
New York City
Wilson
Odds on Wilson Spark San Antonio Wagers
Odds two to one and even money are offered in San Antonio on the presidential election. Flush bettors back Woodrow Wilson as bets are rapidly covered. One Taft supporter staked even money against the field, the single bet placed amid numerous wagers. Freak bets also appear alongside dollars and cents bets.
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San Antonio
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Rules Revised Reducing Cost of Litigation
The article outlines four to five reform themes under Chief Justice White aimed at limiting federal court power in equity, simplifying pleadings, shortening testimony, and reducing appeals for nonprejudicial errors. It notes these rules take effect February 1, 1918.
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Land
Republic
White
General O'Reilly Dies Former Surgeon General
Maj. Gen. Robert Maitland O'Reilly former surgeon general of the United States Army died in Washington on November 3 from araemic poisoning. Born in Philadelphia in 1845 he served in the Civil War Indian campaigns and led as chief surgeon of the Fourth Army Corps in the Spanish American War. His burial with military honors will be at Arlington National Cemetery Tuesday morning.
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Washington, D. C
Robert Maitland O'Reilly
United States Army
Cleveland
General O'Reilly
Philadelphia
O'Reilly
Fourth Army Corps
Arlington National Cemetery
Doctor Bohannon Shot In Houston Drug Store
Dr W F Bohannon, a prominent Houston businessman, was shot twice in his Preston Street drug store by traveling salesman Brinkley Chaney of Lufkin. Bohannon remains alive with slight recovery chances as a new grand jury is to be empaneled with no examining trial expected this week.
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Tex
W. F. Bohannon
Preston Street
Brinkley Chaney
Lufkin
Chaney
Bohannon Oe
Prophesied Weather Shapes Election Day Hope
National and state campaigns in Maine New Hampshire New York New Jersey Massachusetts Tennessee Maryland Wisconsin and West Virginia close with forecasts of a heavy or close vote. Roosevelt Wilson Taft factions claim advantage as voters prepare to go to the polls tomorrow.
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Portland
Taft
New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
New York
Baltimore
Maryland
Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Wilson
Grand Forks
N. D
North Dakota
LaFollette
Theodore Roosevelt
Never 100 Old 10 Learn New Lesson
Mr. A. O. Reed, a 74 year old fruit and vegetable dealer, reports relief from general debility using Plant Juice. He praises its effects against nervous weariness and claims it restores energy, urging others to visit Fischer's drug store for relief.
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Granada Street
Fischer’s
Alamo
Houston
Campaign notes from Missouri to Virginia on Election Day
Across states from Missouri to Virginia reporters describe final campaign activity on the eve of the election. Parties claim momentum in Oklahoma Michigan Indiana North Dakota Pennsylvania Georgia South Carolina Florida Mississippi Kansas and more as voters brace for Tuesday polls.
Returns Prepared As Wires Go To Major Party Hubs
Telegraph lines reach the national headquarters of the progressive democratic and republican committees for the final election returns tomorrow. Private wires link Governor Wilson’s Princeton home and President Taft’s Cincinnati residence to respective party HQs, while Mrs Taft Helen Taft and Henry W Taft join Charles D Hilles in New York for a private line from the republican center.
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Hoosevelt
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Newark
N. J
Passaic
Paterson
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Senate
Louisville
Kentucky
New York
Princeton
Cincinnati
Helen Taft
Henry W. Taft
Charles D. Hilles
Roosevelt accuses bosses urging vote for Wilson
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt faults Republican leaders for advising followers to vote for Woodrow Wilson if they cannot back President Taft. He says the bosses’ main aim is to defeat the Progressive Party and sway the outcome.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Progressive Party
Small Rebel Bands Busy in Vera Cruz
In Vera Cruz state northern area revolutionary bands grow in strength as the oil region suffers. US cruiser Des Moines and German cruiser Victoria Luise remain in port while Major Stuardo Cuesta gathers 185 followers near Oaxaca. Col Diaz Ordaz faces imminent court martial with strong chance of death.
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United States
Des Moines
Victoria Luise
Stuardo Cuesta
Oaxaca
Col. Diaz Ordaz
Felix Diaz
Nunez Convicted of Kidnaping Americans in Texas
Roman Nunez was found guilty in El Paso district court of kidnapping two American citizens near Tornillo Texas and delivering them to General Navarro in Juarez. The jury recommended a four year sentence and the case could influence billion dollar claims by Lawrence Converse and Edwin Blatt against the Mexican government over detention by Mexican troops.
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Nunez
EL Paso
Tex
Roman Nunez
Lawrence Converse
Edwin Blatt
Juarez
Tornillo
Navarro
Veteran Peace Officer Arthur Conaway Dies at 61
Arthur L. Conaway, a longtime Texas peace officer and deputy sheriff for 25 years, died at his Houston home aged 61. He led the Sheriff Anderson office for the past 12 years and retirement after Tuesday’s election was said to have weighed heavily on him.
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Houston
Tex
Arthur L. Conaway
Texas
Anderson
Conaway
England’s Patent Media Expenditure Cited
A report claims England spends fifteen million dollars each year on patent mediation. The assertion discusses funding scope and potential policy implications for media and intellectual property strategies.
Veterans push for press to back pension amendment
Albert Sidney Johnson Camp No. 144 United Confederate Veterans formed a committee to urge city press coverage of article 51 section 3. The amendment would raise pensions for Confederate veterans and widows and voters were asked to support it on the upcoming ballot. The group included James W. Brown F. P. O'Brien C. A. Denny and Godfrey Peterson.
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Albert Sidney Johnson
United Confederate Veterans
James W. Brown
F. P. O’brien
C. A. Denny
Godfrey Peterson
Former Washington Belle Dead
Virginia Zollicoffer Wilson daughter of Gen Felix K Zollicoffer died in Nashville. She was a Washington belle before the Civil War making her debut in Washington under Mrs John Bell.
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Nashville
Tenn
Virginia Zollicoffer Wilson
Felix K. Zollicoffer
Fishing Creek
Yeterday
John Bell
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