Roosevelt letter backs Taft for president in labor pledge
Oyster Bay Sept 14 Roosevelt publishes a letter to Conrad Kohrs of Helena Mont arguing wage earners and capitalists should vote for William H Taft. He praises Taft’s reform stance and labor justice, defends injunctions in labor disputes, and contrasts Taft’s restraint with mob pressure while urging voters to judge Taft by actions and administration.
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Moosevelt
Conrad Kohre
Helena, Mont
Taft
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Conrad Kobis
Helena
Mont
William H. Taft
Bryan
Kohrs
Rocky Mountain
Montana Stock ‘Growers’ Association
Mr. Taft
Mall
Fire sweeps northern Minnesota as rain delays doom
Flames engulf Grand Marais and Beaver Bay along a hundred mile stretch on the North Shore with hundreds of towns endangered. Railroads run fire trains and residents flee to the lake while rescuers move refugees from Grand Marais. Governor Johnson appeals and Duluth relief reaches forty five thousand dollars for homeless refugees as supplies hold.
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Big District
Minnesota
North Shore
Duluth
Grand Marais
Beaver Bay
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Grand
Johnson
Duluth Committee For
Peat beds on fire in Wisconsin farmland area
Racine Wisconsin September 14 peat beds covering about 1000 acres in Norway town are burning with risk to farmhouses and barns. At Lake Place farm west of Racine six acres of marshland are on fire as many farmers fight the flames. Near Franksville additional marsh fires and grass fires run along the Northwest and St Paul rail lines.
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Racine
Wis
Norway
Lake Place
Franksville
St. Paul
Bryan Denies Hearst Story On Support in 1912
William J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for president, arrived in Cumberland as he campaigned eastward and called Hearst’s claim that Bryan had offered to back Hearst in 1912 “absolutely false.” Hearst responded in Atlanta defending his account and noting the dinner in New York where the proposal allegedly occurred.
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Cumberland
William J. Bryan
Atlanta
William R. Hearst
Bryan
Hearst
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Hearst
New York City
Dorset big woods fire threatens Ohio and Pa. farms
Flames from a locomotive spark sweep the Dorset area across the state line in Ohio. Farmers frantically try to contain the blaze as a long drought leaves grass and brush tinder dry. The fire is now considered beyond control.
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Greenville
Dorset Big Woods
Ohio
Socialist Campaign Book Issued In Chicago
The Socialist party releases a pocket sized campaign book edited by Joseph Medill Patterson of Chicago and overseen by the party's executive committee. Patterson contributes an unsigned attack on William H. Taft's record as an injunction judge.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Joseph Medill Patterson
Patterson
William H. Taft
Fire Near Bay City Eases as Winds Shift
Reports from the north of Bay City indicate woods and swamp fires are burning out with little further danger. A northeast wind drove the blaze back over burnt ground and a light rain fell in the district.
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Bay City
Mich
Emigration to Hawaii barred by Japanese official
Miki Sato former Japanese consul to Hawaii and head of the emigration bureau announces a prohibition on further emigration to Hawaii arguing enough local labor exists. He notes returning Japanese cannot reenter the islands and that new arrivals would replace weaker workers with stronger ones.
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Honolulu
Miki Sato
Hawaii
Foreign Office
Storm Disasters Off Lisbon Coast Injures and B follows
A heavy storm along the Portuguese coast disrupts fishing fleets. About twenty boats with roughly two hundred fifty men are reported missing after the gale. Rescue efforts continue as ships search the area.
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Lisbon
Indignation Meeting Urges 50000 March Over Bingham Claim
Rev. Madison C. Peters urged a 50,000 march to city hall to demand Police Commissioner Bingham's removal for an attack on Jews. If Mayor McClellan failed to act, he proposed appealing to Charlie Murphy of Tammany Hall.
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New York
Madison C. Peters
Bingham
McClellan
Charlie Murphy
Tammany Hall
Elevated Trains Collide in New York Smash
One man, George Kelner, a motorman, was killed and about twenty five passengers injured in rear end collision of elevated railroad trains on Se Avenue in Brooklyn. Fire erupted in the rear car shortly after impact.
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New York
George Kelner
Ig Fa
Se Avenue
Brooklyn
Fitzgerald Defends Innocence in Sub Treasury Theft
George W. Fitzgerald, recently acquitted in Judge Chetain's court of stealing $173,000 from the government, blames William Boldenweck and his sub treasury system. He says he cannot explain the missing funds and accuses a federal official of sudden wealth, insisting he was merely the unfortunate teller.
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Chicago
Willam Boldenweck
Dreyfus
Civil Service
George W. Fitzgerld
Chetain
Fitzgerald
Sub-Treasury
sub-Treasury Department
William Boldenweck
Taggart Named National Committee Head From Indianapolis
Chicago September 14 National Chairman Mack announced the appointment of former National Chairman Thomas Taggart of Indianapolis as head of the Commercial Travelers association of the Democratic national committee before his departure for New York Rochester to attend the state party convention.
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Chicago
East
Rochester
Mack
Thomas Taggart
Indianapolis
Commercial Travelers’ Association
Advocates Free Love Stirs NY Lyceum Crowd
Emmia Goldman addresses about 500 at Ter race Lyceum in New York arguing against marriage and promoting free love. She closes by denouncing police as “not worth the powder to blow them to hell.”
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New York
Emmia Goldman
Terrace Lyceum
Kodol Digestive Aid Promises Full Food Digestion
Advertisement describes Kodol as containing the same digestive juices as a vigorous stomach. It claims the prep digests all food, not just parts, rebuilding the body and ensuring nourishment. The copy urges eating freely and relying on Kodol to digest meals completely.
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Kodol
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