Taft urged to succeed Roosevelt in 1908 as new path
An editorial argues Roosevelt should not be pressed into a second term and favors Secretary Taft as the best successor. It praises Taft’s leadership, sympathy with reform, and ability to handle emergencies, urging a Taft 1908 campaign over forcing Roosevelt to stay in office. It notes Washington’s nonessential presidency to national prosperity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Taft
Republic
George Washington
Virginia
Washington
Mexico
Diaz
Mary Reck obituary and funeral notice from 1907
Mary Reck wife of Henry Reck born October 31 1818 died June 13 1907 aged 88 years 7 months 12 days She was daughter of David and Hannah Martin married February 11 1840 He died October 19 1888 Survived by two children 3 stepchildren 20 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren Funeral at Beech church June 15 1907 Interment Gettysburg cemetery The Beech church and Rev Geo Wright noted Also includes a devotional verse and an advertising blurb for Dr Kings New Life Pills at 25c via Wm Kipp’s Sons drug store
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Mary Reck
Henry Reck
David
Hannah Martin
Mary
Lutheran Church
Christian Church
the Beech
Jesus
Beech Church
Geo. Wright
Gettysburg Cemetery
Board of Education
W. Deal
Walker
Bradford
M. E
G. W. Wright
Greenville
Beech Grove
Washington Letter on Taft illness and the Brownsville inquiry
The column notes Secretary Taft’s illness and its impact on the War Department as a presidential possibility fades. It covers the Brownsville hearing with Gen. Burt defending the 25th Infantry, the Navy derelict destroyer project, Japan France treaty vibes from Ambassador Aoki, and a Justice Dept Power Trust suit. Local notices include obituaries, sermons, Commencement, and a drowning accident at Cromer’s mill dam with widowed wife left behind.
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Taft
St. Paul
War Department
Washington
Philippines
Brownsville
Department of Justice
Power Trust
Court House News Highlights Multiple Guardianships and Juvenile Court
First account filings in guardianships of Wm. Wright and others, plus final accounts in estates of Barbara Warner, Jesse Johnston, Wilhelmina Martin, and John Grubb. Appointments and bonds noted, including Lottie Gaskill, Susie Early, and J. W. Kilbourne. Juvenile Court adjudges Arthur Cool delinquent. Common Pleas covers enjoinment, deed actions, divorces, custody, and city contracts. Deeds, partitions, and guardian matters appear in accompanying records.
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Wm. Wright
Barbara E. Warner
Jesse Johnston
Wilhelmina Martin
John Grubb
Anthony Washington
John M. Ditmer
F. N. Oswalt
Catharine Schlimmer
Wm. Grote Et al
Louis Urschel
Joshua Delaplane
Henry Bickel
Sarah J. Colgrove
John Kniesley
Walter Kniesley
H. S. Bickel
H. M. Bickel
Lottie F. Gaskill
Susie Bidwell
C. C
Nellie Early
Susie Myrl Early
J. W. Kilbourne
John Clayton Brown
Arthur Cool
Greenville Township
Healing miracle at Mound City with Dr King’s New Discovery
Mrs. E. D. Clapp reports her son near death from lung and throat trouble. Exhausting coughing spells every five minutes ceased after starting Dr King’s New Discovery. The remedy, guaranteed for coughs and colds and lung ailments, is sold by Wm. Kipp’s Sons with trial bottles free. South Dakota's rich ne
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Womland
Mound City
E. D. Clapp
Wm. Kipp
South Dakota
Thankful Painter Mixes Up Salon Inside Joke
A French painter visiting Paris salons with a committee member jokes about his work being exhibited on the wrong side as the committee supposedly sent a sharp reply. A Washington business man guides his cousin through foreign representations, noting the British minister's home as they quiz about denomination.
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Paris
Committee of Selection
Washington
John
Tudge
Ayer's Hair Vigor Promises Four Verse Effects
The song outlines four claims for Ayer's Hair Vigor: stops falling hair, stimulates growth, cures dandruff, and keeps the scalp healthy. It touts itself as a regular hair food and a secret of its long standing success, described as a testimonial from over sixty years ago.
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Ayer
Family over Sunday as rain ceases for sowing season
The sapsapamita YOTS Es mera er's family gathered over Sunday while a near week long cessation of rain allowed farmers to plow corn and plant tobacco where ground permits. June 17, xOB
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Army Register
West
Andy
Sargent
Sargeant
Treasury Department
Newport News Ship Building Company
Hydrographic Office
Aoki
State Department
Root
Japan
France
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Manilla
Gettysburg
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Canton
Ill
Heath
Maryland
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Pikeville
M. J. Coburn
Patterson
Armory Hall
K. of P
C. F
Rebekah
U. A
Rev. Smith
Horatio
Cromer’s Mill
Thither
Hurd
H. F. Dershem
W. H. Horn
Court House News
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Margaret A. Lockett
New Madi’ Son
Herbert Hunter Gauvey
Lorena Magdaline Shuler
John D. Kelch
Farmer
Mercer County
Pearl Burns
Osgood
Charles Schrader
Maglan Kimmel
Rossburg
A. J. Hoschauer
Dora May Kimmel
Roasburg
Joseph Karl Wertz
Las Vegas
New Mex
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Arcanum
John E. Warwick
Cigar
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Lillie Zimmerman
Common Pleas Court
Herman E. Hangen
Frank Lutz
Frank L. Wallin
Ir“ene Wallin
Rufus R. Moore
Rebecca Moore
Mary E. Gerdes
Oliver H. Toney
Elizabeth Ludwig
John C. Ludwig
Kerlin
City of Greenville
Broadway Bridge
Altha Newman
A. H. Wimmer
State of Ohio
Eva Riggle
J. Dio French
Ida Penny
Simon Penny
Common Pleas
Jacob Fentz
John C. Bickel
Jennie D. Center
Grace Rogers
G. W. Mannix
J. L. Brown
George A. Harter
Cora VanDyke
Ed VanDyke
Joseph L. Johnson
Zetta Ross Johnson
Ora Harmon
F. R. Harmon
Rosa B. Harmon
Earl Yates
Mary Sullenberger
Samuel M. Coby
John Truall
Susan Brown
Peter Brown
J.C. Clark
Register OF Deeds
R. B. Warner
Lucinda Culbertson
Mississinawa
Samuel Puterbaugh
Angeline Cook
Noah Fryman
Gotlieb Reisley
Monroe Township
Calderwood
Ida Finfrock
Versailles
Francis Bulcher
Mary Sim
Patterson Township
L. F. Strong Et al
W. R. Adkins
Union City
Alvin Pierce
Joseph Mote
Neave Two
J. J. Bulcher
P. J. Alexander
Adam Hill
Rosa Magato
Patterson Town
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