Progressive Party Nominates Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram Johnson
The first national Progressive Party convention in Chicago named Theodore Roosevelt for president and Hiram W. Johnson for vice president. Delegates adopted a reform platform pledging equal suffrage, direct primaries, anti lobbying rules, labor protections, tariff fairness, and government oversight of stock swindles. Roosevelt and Johnson accepted amid cheers and vows to campaign vigorously.
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Hiram W. Johnson
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Raymond Robbins
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Beveridge
Carey
Wyoming
United States
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Theodore Roosevalt
James Goodman
Governor Wilson Accepts Nomination with Democratic Faith
Governor Woodrow Wilson formally accepts the Democratic nomination in Seagit New Jersey. He outlines his political beliefs and a practical platform on tariff anti trust merchant marine waterways conservation banking reforms and other issues. The scene draws a large mixed gathering while Ollie James delivers the notice of nomination.
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Ernor
Democratic Party
Platform prompts lively reception at convention
Delegates greeted a broad platform with cheers for the direct primary initiative referendum and recall planks. The woman suffrage plank drew praise while juror trials and injunction limits in labor disputes met with enthusiasm. Proposals to prohibit child labor and set a minimum wage for women received broad support.
Roosevelt plans major campaign tour across New England and beyond
Colonel Roosevelt outlined a broad itinerary starting with Rhode Island and a New England progressive gathering at Point of Pines, then moving through Vermont and Minnesota. He targets forty states, with about sixty speaking days, concentrating talks in large cities and major events.
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Father Curran
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St. Paul
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Connecticut
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt Confession of Faith Brief in Tennessee
The piece asserts reformist aims to curb party machines and corporate excess, promote social justice, and empower constitutional interpretation by the people. It calls for living wages, eight hour workdays, child labor bans, women’s protections, stronger anti trust measures, a national industrial commission, price control via interstate regulation, a sound elastic currency, and rapid development of Alaska.
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Taft
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Alaska
Funke Nominated for Illinois Governor at Progressive Convention
Chicago delegates pick State Senator Frank H. Funke of Bloomington as gubernatorial nominee while Judge Dean Franklin of McComb is chosen for lieutenant governor on the first ballot at the Illinois progressive gathering.
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Frank H. Funke
Bloomington
Illinois
Dean Franklin
McComb
Homely Philosophy spoken by a little brown hen
A short saying features a little brown hen noting that loud voices do not always carry the best thoughts. The piece uses simple, homespun wisdom to reflect on quiet insights over noisy claims.
Cole's Carbolisalive Relieves Itching and Eczema
Local advertisement promotes Cole's Carbolisalive as a cure for itching and skin conditions. Claims strength for teens and adults with a free sample offer from Cole Co. at Black River.
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Cole @ Co
Black River
Cat jokes about nine lives and cow kicks
A playful line notes a cat’s nine lives versus a cow that can kick the bucket many times and still hold her job, highlighting humorous animal inaptitude for typical duties.
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