McKinley to Lead Taft Campaign in Taft Roosevelt Clash
Representative William B. McKinley of Illinois named to direct Taft delegates at Chicago Republican National Convention. A longtime standpatty figure, McKinley now aligns with the president against Roosevelt La Follette and Cummins. McKinley, head of the McKinley Syndicate and Champaign resident, aims to deliver Illinois for Taft.
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Taft
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Republican Congress
Mayor Qualifies As A Cook In Unusual Debate
A humorous dispute centers on Mayor Harrieon’s culinary skills. The mayor claims twenty years cooking on hunting trips prove his biscuit making in a reflector oven is strong. Mrs Morrison and household staff corroborate his claimed talents though he was absent during the jelly making.
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Santa Fe the oldest capital in the American continent
The article extols Santa Fe New Mexico as the hemisphere’s oldest town and capital, a cosmopolitan center with Spanish, Mexican, and American influences. It highlights San Miguel Church built 1540, the Old Living House claimed as the oldest continually inhabited building, and nearby forts and missions that preserve early Christian and colonial heritage amid a high plain landscape.
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United States
Santa Fe
New Mexico
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Hemisphere
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New Orleans
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San Miguel
Changes in Chinatown and Santa Fe Vistas
A long, mixed read covers evolving perceptions of Chinatown as its humor fades, noting Chinese independence and new status, then shifts to Santa Fe’s Mexican heritage, climate health advantages, housing wages, and capitol beauty. It also touches on Oceania fishing hooks and ends with a comic exchange about marriage.
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Lew Wallace
Santa Fe
Mississippi River
New Mexico
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Union
Drummer Boy to Retire in Army General Rank Bill
A bill introduced in Congress by Ohio Representative Ashworth seeks retirement with major general rank for three famed Union Army officers. It names Brig Gen Daniel H. Brash, Col James N. Allison, and Col John J. Gembow, totaling over 160 years in service. The fourth potential retiree Maj Daniel W. Arnold does not appear in the measure. Johnny Clem, famed drummer boy of Chickamauga, is affectionately noted but not a target of the bill.
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Chicago
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Dichkanauga
Social World in New York Feels Change From Ward McAllister Era
A social observer argues New York society has shifted from Ward McAllister’s clique network to a broader, looser circle. He cites the decline of "400" and says today’s gatherings are smaller, more intimate, and friendship based rather than formal, with houses too small for large crushes and leaders unable to host hundreds at once.
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