Toledo Mayor Brand Whitlock Faces Political Turmoil
A 1908 report describes delegates at a political gathering in Toledo, led by supporters of Roosevelt and the machine era. The piece portrays the local delegates as dominated by a Washington-backed machine aiming to sustain Roosevelt’s ideas, with fear of Taft’s rise and skepticism toward reform.
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Cynion
Alli
Amd
Coures
Tonerment
Taft
Washington
Roosevelt
Referendum Call Emerging Over City Chain Gang Abolition
Socialists plan petitions to force a city referendum on abolishing the chain gang. A mass meeting is set for Carpenters hall on Thursday night to organize petition drives amid protests against forced prisoner labor. Baby carriage tires advertised at Piper and Taft's, 120 Spring.
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Carpenters Hall
Piper & Taft's
Circus Arrives In Town Premarket Parade At Noon
The Norris Rowe circus and menagerie arrived in the city at noon after wreck repairs north of the town. Work unloading and tent erection followed, with dining and workshop tents set up. The parade left the grounds at 10 and a large crowd witnessed the first performance that afternoon. The show runs for three days with early starts to allow all to visit the animals.
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Aveater
Norris & Rowe
Thie
Life of a newspaper drawing from idea to press
The passage traces the life of a newspaper drawing from its birth in the artist's mind through rough sketch mak ing finished drawing engraving making the cut stereotyping and finally the press. It lists association officers Frank Calvert president Alfred T Renfro secretary and George Hager treasurer.
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Association
Frank Calvert
Alfred T. Renfro
George Hager
Jewelry Heist Shocks San Francisco Couple in Hotel
Detectives probe a $10,000 theft of jewelry and serving as wedding gifts from trunks in a fashionable hotel. The items belonged to Mrs Samuel Hill of Reno and newlywed bride. investigators suspect a witness to the Reno wedding trailed the Hills to San Francisco and plundered the trunks including the bride’s gown.
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San Francisco
Samuel Hill
Reno
Inspectors to Inspect Camps for Sanitary Compliance
A special corps of inspectors will survey all summer camp districts within the city to enforce new laws on cesspools and sanitary devices, protecting public health. Many camps near the lakes and bay reportedly neglect basic sanitary precautions. readers are urged to drink Cedar river water only. A chemical test of Lake Washington water found it unfit for domestic use.
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Cedar River
Lake Washington
Morford Accused Of Book Doctoring At Seattle Oyster Firm
Henry J. Gardner of Seattle files larceny by embezzlement charge alleging J B Morford the manager and stockholder of the Seattle Oyster and Fish company doctored accounts and failed to account for $37.50 paid by E S Maxwell on April 27, 1907 with other similar items reported.
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J. B. Morford
Seattle Oyster & Fish Company
Henry J. Gardner
Morford
E.S. Maxwell
Olympus
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