Taft Measures Roosevelts Platform At Convention
The piece details Taft supporting Roosevelt era tariff and trust planks and hints at a possible Hepburn anti trust endorsement. Wade Ellis, Ohio platform confidant, is consulting with Taft on resolution committee positions and tariff language for the 1909 inauguration era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Chicago
Paciary
Roosevelt
McKinney
Wade Ellis
Hie
Ohio Republican
TuoseFelt
Freign
United States
Resolutions Committee
Ellis
Kurdish Massacre and Siege Near Urumiah Spark War Fears
Teheran reports say more than 200 Iran Armenians were killed by Kurds around Urumiah as the city faced siege. Kurdish raids fill a large district, provoking frontier alarm and fears of war with Russia. In Bend Indiana, Clarence, 51, who helped design living statue shows, died after a long illness. William H. Welch of the Western Newspaper Sees service also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Iran
Urumiah
Russia
Bend
Ind
Clarence
Asbey
P.T. Barnum
Circus
James K. Jones Dies as Police Find Cause Likely Heart Failure
Former U S senator James Kimbrough Jones of Arkansas died at his Washington home after a brief illness aged 69. A Democrat leader and Bryan campaign manager, he served in the Senate from 1885 to 1903 and later practiced law. He is survived by his widow and three children and will be buried in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Senate
William Jennings Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Jones
Leonora. Carrigan
Mississippi
James Kimbrough Jones
Dallas County
Ark
State Senate
James 8. Walker
United States Senate
Senator Jones
Mr. Bryan
National Democratic Committee
Bryan
Carrigan
Sue Jones
Congress
Obaldia
Senor Dias
Panama
Ossia
Amador
Arias
Liberal
Progressive Party
Party of the Negro and Indian
Woman's Slayer Is Jailed After Oakfield Church Killing
Grant Poole, who shot and killed Mrs. EB Orvis at Oakfield Methodist church, was captured near Ladoga by farmer Morgan, brought to Fond du Lac and jailed. Poole had a troubled past including a stay at Oshkosh state hospital. Grace Orvis, 31, is the slain banker’s daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
Grant Poole
EB. H. Orvis
Oakfield
Morgan
Ladoga
Poole
Grace Orvis
Oshkosh
Abel Bristol
Grace
Orvis
Mauretania Breaks Transatlantic Record From Queenstown
The Cunard liner Mauretania set a new long course record from Queenstown to New York completing the voyage in four days 20 hours 15 minutes at an average speed of 24.86 knots. The ship logged 635 knots on Sunday, aided by only three propellers. Lusitania then broke the eastbound record from New York to Queenstown by five days four hours and 30 minutes, covering 2932 knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NeweSork
Cunard
Queenstown
Cunard Line Company
Pritchard
Sandy Hook
Lusitania
Cunard Line
New York
Marines to Guard Polls in Panama Amid Campaign Fears
Across Panama the presidential race between Obaldia and Arias escalates with alleged revolutionary tendencies. Some 500 U S Marines will be posted at 100 polling places on election days to deter unrest and ensure a fair vote under treaty obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Obaldia
Arias
Amador
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Europe
Fatalities From Floods Surge in Wichita and Texarkana
Four people drowned in and near Wichita Kansas during floods on June 2. The deceased are Mrs. Clarence Glazier Miss Martha Wikoff Harry Moore and Victor Jenka way. Reports from Texarkana Arkansas also describe multiple flood related deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Clarence Glazier
Martha Wikoff
Harry Moore
Victor Jenkaway
Texargana
Ark
Murderous robbers to die
Three girls and eleven men were sentenced to death by court martial in Warsaw for attacking a post car on the Vistula railroad at Sokolew last January. A bomb killed two and wounded ten, and the wrecked car led to loot of safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Sokolew
Vistula
Cuticura Heals Severe Eczema Patient in England
Mrs. T. W. Hyde of Ongar Easex England writes that four months ago her child suffered a severe eczema eruption causing redness thickening and hair loss. After trying doctors with little relief Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills restored health and sleep and stopped delirium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin
Pisce
T. W. Hyde
Ongar Easex
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Secretary OF War
Indorse
William H. Welch
Sees
The
Des
William J. Bryan
Joax
Mauretania
Mark
Colon
Ubaldia
Squires
Red River
Regier
Julius Caesar
Johnnie Jones
Dr. Brady
the Daily Republican
Joliet
Axminster
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!