Taft Opens 13 000 Mile West South Tour From Beverly
President Taft begins a nearly two month journey from Beverly Massachusetts on a 13 000 mile swing through the West and South. He travels by private car as a roving White House visiting Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Denver Seattle and New Orleans among many stops en route to Washington on November 10.
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Beverly
Mass
William H. Taft
United States
White House
Washington
Boston
Chicago
Archibald Butt
Wendell W. Mischler
J. J. Richardson
Washington, D. C
James Sloan, Jr
L. C. Wheeler
Secret Service
Maj
Arthur Brooks
Commercial Club
Hamilton Club
West Side Ball Park
New York
Congress Hotel
Orchestra Hall
Taft
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Madison
Portage
Winona
Minn
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Denver
State Capitol
Chamber of Commerce
Bryan
Thomas F. Walsh
Walhurst
Chamber of
Wonder Region
Colorado
Glenwood Springs
Montrose
Great Gunnison River
Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Utah
Oregon
Pocatello
Ida
Butte
Mont
John Hays Hammond
Helena
Spokane
Wash
North Yakima
Seattle
Seattle Exposition
Portland
Ore
Shasta
Siskiyou Mountains
Mount Shasta
San Francisco
Sacramento
Oakland
Cal
Berkeley
Yosemite Valley
Los Angeles
Fresno
President Diaz
Grand Canyon
Albuquerque
N. M
el Paso
Mexico
Diaz
Mexico City
Ciudad Juarez
President Taft
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Corpus Christi
Charles P. Taft
Mississippi River
Houston
Dallas
St. Louis
Deep Waterways Association
New Orleans
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Coliseum
Jefferson Hotel
Business Men’s League
East St. Louis
Til
Cairo
Hickman
Memphis
Tenn
Ark
Vicksburg
Cape Girardeau
Natchez
Miss
Jackson
Columbus
Migs
Birmingham
Ala
Macon
Savannah
Charleston
Augusta
Wilmington
Richmond
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan University
Norfolk
Hampton
Dr Cook Returns Home Delayed by Greenland Plan
Dr Fredefrick A Cook sails from Christiania on the Oscar II to New York after canceling a Brussels visit. He plans to press for Greenland aid for two Eskimos, but officials say the season is over and spring is needed. Capt Amundsen and Dr Bay back Cook while Sverdrup’s Fram voyage provides context.
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Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Christiansand
New York
Roald Amundsen
Cook
Brussels
Count Holstein’s
Dr. Egan
Miss Egan
Cope Chagam
Capt
Amundsen
Edward Bay
Sverdrup
Fram
Heaviest Rain in Topeka Paralyzes Streets
The Topeka weather bureau records the heaviest rainfall ever, totaling a little over eight inches. Streets became impassable for pedestrians as torrents flooded the avenues and streetcar traffic halted. People waded through water from three inches to a foot to reach work.
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Topeka
Kansas
Topeka Weather Bureau
Woman Burned to Death in Grocery Store Fire
A gas explosion in Charles Barker’s grocery at Nineteenth and Holmes in Kansas City started a fire that killed Mrs. Barker. Her husband suffered burns that may be fatal. The stock and fire fixtures were a total loss and the building sustained several hundred dollars in damage.
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Kansas City
Charles Barker
Holmes Streets
Barker
St. Louis Centennial Celebration Planned with Mayors Week
St. Louis officials announce elaborate plans for a Centennial celebration marking 100 years since the city’s incorporation. The St. Louis Centennial association aims to host mayors from about 1,000 municipalities during the week starting October 3.
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St. Louis
Navy signs large contracts for Pearl Harbor dry dock and fleet collier
Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop announced contracts totaling 7 760 000 dollars with the San Francisco Bridge company for a Pearl Harbor dry dock in Hawaii and 889 000 dollars with Maryland Steel company of Sparrows Point for a fleet collier.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco
The Speed War Heats Up Across Rail Lines
Chicago and Northwestern announces a two hour faster schedule between Chicago and Denver as Burrington and other Hill lines threaten to cut running times. The speed war involves Chicago Denver California routes amid competitive shifts in the railroad market.
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Chicago, Ilineis
Burrington
Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago
Denver
Hatchett Escapes on Train After Murder Charge
Samuel Hatchett, a colored man former in charge of Sheriff Cox in Hill County Texas, is wanted for the murder of Lena Morton. He escaped near Henryetta by leaping from a fast moving train's window.
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Sapulpa
Samuel Hatchett
Cox
Hill County
Texas
Lena Morton
Henryetta
Bishop Dunne seated at Peoria cathedral
Edward Michael Dunne was installed as bishop of the Catholic diocese of Peoria Illinois at St Marys Cathedral by Archbishop John Lancaster Spalding, in the absence of Archbishop Quigney.
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Edward Michael Dunne
Peoria, Ill
St. Marys Cathedral
John Lancaster Spalding
Quigney
Well Painted Adds Value to Any Home
Quality paint increases selling and occupying value whether a house costs a thousand or ten thousand dollars. National Lead Company offers a free Houseowners’ Painting Outfit No. 49 with color schemes, specifications, and a paint adulteration detector, sent to any requester at 1902 Trinity Building, New York City.
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National Lead Company
Trinity
Frantic Exchange with a Fleeing Tramp and Lady Fisher
A vivid fragment shows a tramp fleeing as a hungry speaker groans. Lady Fisher, immersed in the moment, asks if a worm has been tried, capturing a brisk, urban street scene with sharp dialogue.
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Lady Fisher
Quaker Scotch Oats Praised For Purity And Value
The article extols Quaker Scotch Oats as a model of purity under strict food laws. It claims the oats are clean before and after regulation, highlight the product as best for strength and economy, and notes the company’s unique husk and speck removal. It advises buying regular or large family packs depending on availability.
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Quaker Oats Company
Donkey Political Stunt Noted in England Election
A Youth's Companion excerpt recalls Lord Bath using a donkey in a parliamentary race. A donor banner read Vote for Papa, with two pannters on the donkey bearing the ribbon. Each pannter carried a Bath daughter, highlighting a royal tilted campaign gesture.
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England
Lord Bath
Papa
Suspicious Silence Warns of Mischief in Child Care
A short scene recalls two children, Howard and Elwood, with Howard noticing Elwood’s quietness as a sign of possible mischief. The 20 month age gap hints at sibling dynamics and parental concern, captured in a domestic vignette from The Delineator.
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Howard
Elwood
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound touted as cure
A Willimantic Connecticut woman testifies after five years of female troubles she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad extols the remedy for displacements irregularities backache dizziness and nervous prostration and claims thirty years of use with thousands cured.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ezra Donovan
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DR. Cook
Greenland
Ransey
Perry Davis
Adam Clarke
Portance
Sige
Carters
Lewis
Peoria
Ulinoia
Trinity Building
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