Taft Plans Western Trip Begins in Boston
President Taft abandons golf to prepare for a long Western journey. He will drive to Boston for an afternoon chamber of commerce banquet and depart for Chicago at 10 am on Wednesday. Mrs. Taft stays in Beverly until November 12 when she returns to Washington.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Chamber of Commerce
Carpenter
Oscar Lawlor
Interior Department
Jess
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Scott
Matt
Brown
Detroit
Free Presa
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Buffalo Express
Ethel
Louisville Courier Journal
Louisville Courier- Journal
Honah
Boston Transcript
Cynicus
Phildelphia
Bessie
Mabel
Harry
Kansas
Chicago Daily News
Lovett Elected Chairman of Union Pacific Executive Board
Ex Judge Robert S. Lovett, chief counsel for Union Pacific, was elected chairman of the companys executive committee, succeeding Edward H. Harriman. The railroad system remains presidentless with an operating candidate likely to be L F B Loree. At the same meeting Rockefeller and Schiff joined the board and executive committee.
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Robert S. Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Edward H. Harriman
Union Pacific
Harriman
L. F B. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Lovett
Keystone Road
William Rockefeller
Jacob H. Schiff
Mesara
Schiff
Rockefeller
Mr. Harriman
Henry H. Rogers
South California State League formed in Los Angeles
A major Los Angeles meeting at Symphony hall established the South California State League as a permanent body with George N. Black as president and Herbert Bur dette and B. A. Stephens as secretaries. Resolutions urged state division amid protests over county tax assessments. Opium hidden among fish case reported in Marysville. Immigrant better American, says Dr Staustein in Chicago remarks. Governor Johnson to Rochester for appendicitis operation follow up.
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Los Angeles
South California State League
Symphony Hall
George N. Black
Herbert Burdette
B. A. Stephens
Los Angeles Realty Board
Board of Equalization
Chicago
United States
David Staustein
Chicago Hebrew Institute
America
Mexico flood tales spur Red Cross aid appeal
Washington reports from Consul General Hanna describe widespread misery in flooded Mexican districts from Monterey to Matamoras. Rail lines washed out and towns submerged threaten homeless populations through fall and winter. Hanna urges U S Army cooperation with Mexican forces to speed relief and rescue efforts as losses are believed to exceed ten thousand lives.
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Mexico
State Department
Philip C. Hanna
American Red Cross
Monterey
Matamoras
Hanna
Conau
Mr Hanna
Southwest
Ruin in La Paz After Devastating Storm
Sept 8 report from La Paz Baja California describes the old settlement in ruins after a terrible cyclone. Seven lives are known lost and streets flooded four feet deep. ships wrecked, boats torn from moorings, and communication cut off as residents face widespread misery.
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la Paz
Baja California
Guasumas
Californias
Pueblo
Bomb cases on trial in Chicago as explosions linked to string of bombings
Sensational disclosures loom in the Vincent A. Altman and Joseph Altman trial for arson and malicious mischief tied to the Standard Sash & Door plant explosion of May 28, 1908. State witnesses, plus union support for the defense, frame a larger wave of Chicago bombings. penalties cited range up to ten years.
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Chicago
Vincent A
Joseph Altman
Standard Sash & Door Company
John J. Brittain
Amalgamated Carpenters’ Union
Benjamin J. Short
Wian
Quips and quick lines from many papers in one roundup
A collage of humorous exchanges and scraps from multiple papers includes debating club quips, bused dialogue about prisoners and mothers, mock schedules, and light courtroom quips. Jests touch on engagements, vacations, and everyday misreads across cities like New York Louisville Cleveland Detroit Boston and Chicago.
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