Vermont Campaign Speakers Named for Taft Rallys
Secretary Wilson and Secretary Straus will speak in Vermont as part of the Republican campaign. Taft heads to Hot Springs for a conference with Hitchcock and Ohio staffer Vorys as Taft reviews campaign plans. Debates over West Virginia aid and the bolter Scherr continue amid Vermont and national political maneuvering.
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New York
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Vermont
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Charles H. Keating
Mansfield
Chicago
Taft
Hitchcock and Vorys
Hot Springs
William H. Taft
Clarence R. Edwards
Insular
War Department
I Vorys
Ohio
Frank H. Hitchhcock
Elmer Dover
West Virginia
Senator Mkins
Swisher
Scott
Scherr
Elkins
Baseball Scores And Standings From The Big Leagues
Chicago and New York split a doubleheader as Chicago won in one, New York in another. Other games across Brooklyn Philadelphia St Louis Boston Pittsburgh Detroit and Cleveland yielded varied scores and batters. The data include hits, errors and pitchers for each matchup with notes on games called for darkness and minor league standings in St Paul Minneapolis and Toledo.
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New York
Chicago
Kling
Mathewson
Bresnahan
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Coakley
McLean
Bell
Bergen
St. Louis
Boston
Lush
Bliss
Ham
Bowerman
Philadelphia- Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Camnitz
Gibson
Corridon
McQuillen
Doom
Lindaman
Boukes
Chesbro
Blair
Walsh
Sullivan
Detroit
Washington
Onomndo
OB Unite Vick Oaaie Dune
Johnson
Smith
Kahoe
Street
Mullin
Schmidt
Steele
Criger
Dineen and Bailey
Cleveland
Friars
Bender
Schreck
Check
Clarke
Coombs
Ryan
N. Clarke
National
Strooklyn Ee
American. v
I P. C
St. Louis Cone
Ceveland
Wwe
As i
Washington New York
Stevenson Complimented At Fairview Bryan Visit
At Fairview Nebraska Aug 11 visitors to Candidate Bryan included Rep Henry Clayton Alabama chairman of the committee on notification Dr J W McClure Sedalia Mo a committee member Rev S F McGuire Osceola Kansas Henry George Jr New York Harvey W Hardy Lincoln an octogenarian who plans to stump Erie and Wyoming counties three hundred Epworth League members and Christian Scientists from across the country The visit highlighted Adlai E Stevenson as Bryan praised him while noting he will campaign for the ticket George Sr plans to stump for Bryan and Kern saying unions are more active in this campaign The notification committee members are arriving locally
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Fairview
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Henry Clayton
Alabama
J. W. McClure
Sedalia
F. McGuire
Osceola
Kan
Henry George Jr
New York
Harvey W. Hardy
Erie
Wyoming
Epworth League
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
Stevenson
Henry George
Democracy
George
Kern
Democratic managers hold key Lincoln conferences
In Lincoln, Democratic leaders organize daylong sessions. Chairman Mack meets the executive committee and a panel assigned to compile the campaign text book. Mack also plans a late afternoon conference with Wryan.
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Lincoln
Mack
Wryan
Turkish refugee coming to New York fleeing Turkey
New York reports that Acmed Izzet Pasha once secretary and power behind the throne has fled toward the United States. His son Mehmid Ali Bey is Turkish ambassador. A cable stated Izzet Pasha boarded a steamship near Constantinople and did not return, with belief he seeks asylum as Turkey’s political affairs shift.
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New York
Acmed Izzet Pasha
Mehmid Ali Bey
Izzet Pasha
Constantinople
Izzet
Turkey
Unknown sailor’s body washes ashore at Menominee
In Menominee Michigan on August 11 a man’s body washed ashore after a heavy sea. The unidentified man appeared to have been in the water for some time. A small amount of money was found on the body with no identifying marks.
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Menominee
Mich
Texas Rail Commission Files Suit Against 67 Carriers Over Rates
The Texas railroad commission has filed a formal complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission against sixty seven railroads and others alleging an unlawful conspiracy through the Southwestern Traffic association to suppress competition and raise freight rates in Texas. The commission will notify all carriers and grant fifteen days to answer, with expedited handling due to widespread impact.
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Washington
Railroad Commission of Texas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southwestern Traffic Association
Texas
Lone Star State
Alison Mayfield
Texas Railroad Commission
R. V. Davidson
Claude Pollard
State of Texas
Commission
Southwester Traffic Association
Senator Culberson
Mayfield
Pollard
Three-Story Fall Leaves Man Unhurt in Chicago
Chicago on August 11 reports Stanley Zwinakis aged twenty one qu walked away uninjured after tumbling three stories from a building. He struck projections and a stone railing during the descent as bystanders called for an ambulance from the Thirty-fifth Street station.
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Chicago
Stanley Zwinakis
Thirty-fifth Street
Stanley
Zwinakis
Noti
Man Refuses Ambulance After Suspected Injury
Stanley fled from police and joked about his rope as ambulance attendants urged hospital care. Surgeons found no broken bones and police were unable to confirm internal injuries. He insisted he was fine and had been enjoying himself.
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Stanley
Jerseyville Hermit’s Death Blamed On Natural Causes
Coroner’s jury returns verdict that Peter Meyer’s death in a box car was natural. Authorities found cash and securities totaling about 24000 hidden in the car, but the discoverers of the hermit’s body could not locate the fortune, raising earlier fears of murder and robbery.
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Jerseyville
Peter Meyer
Meyer
Monster snake sighted on Dudding farm near Greenfield
In Greenfield Indiana on August 11 residents including Charles Coffman and Archie Jones reported a snake repeatedly seen on Colonel W. W. Dudding's farm near the city. They describe it as fifteen feet long with a head as large as a man's hands and a body as thick as a thigh, covered in white and brown spots.
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Greenfield
Ind
W. W. Dudding
Charles Coffman
Archie Jones
NY Officer Faces Court Martial Over Marital Status
Second Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman of the Eleventh United States Cavalry is court-martialed on Governors Island after answering single to the War Department’s annual marital status query. He claims he believed his Tennessee marriage in 1905 to Lanella Chambers had ended in divorce, though his wife did not file. If convicted, he may be dismissed from the service.
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New York
War Department
Guy H. Wyman
United States Cavalry
Governors Island
Wyman
Tennessee
Army
Lanella Chambers
Huntsville
Tenn
Campbell Brought Back From South in Campbell Case
Jackson Mich Aug 11 Robert Campbell the defaulting attorney who was arrested in the south has arrived in custody of Sheriff Bean. He says he hopes someone will rescue him with money to settle matters and wants to see all his friends. He admits moving money through his hands but intends to pay every cent due his clients. He says he never beat anyone and blames the situation on being in too deep. He speaks well of Henrietta Brown who eloped with him and calls her a high minded girl. He realizes his disgrace and suffers from it.
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Jackson, Mich
Robert Campbell
Bean
Campbell
Ed Aldrich
Barkworth
Henrietta Brown
A Great Man's Simple Speech
A tale of a renowned statesman visiting a modest host with plain guests. After a late dinner the man bows and, noting the jugged accommodations, remarks on convenient jugs in bedrooms. The line dissolves social frost as daily life topics lead to broader discussion, per Arthur Benson.
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Arthur ©. Benson
Putnam's
the Reader
Wealth Pride Cited By Mr Dustin Stax In Exchange
Mr Dustin Stax rebukes wealth as a danger to character, remarking with irony that he employs a force of press agents to apologize for it. The Washington Star quote underscores a satirical view of public wealth and reputation.
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Dustin Stax
Washington Star
Never Satisfied Whiners Wish For A Net
A concise quip from the Philadelphia Press notes that if wishes equaled results some people would continually whine and yearn for a net to catch their desires. The item reflects a light editorial sentiment on unfulfilled wants.
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Philadelphia Press
Sleep May Shield Passengers in Rail Collisions
A medical paper notes that in railway crashes most sleeping passengers escape severe effects from shaking and concussion, with sleep acting as a natural anaesthetic and preserving them.
Her Retort and the Trouseau Quandary
A playful exchange centers on a bride and her fretting about her trousseau. He dismisses the worry with a witty reply and the maid chimes in with a rhymed quip about backing out. A light domestic moment captured in verse form.
Markets in Chicago Hogs and cattle futures August 11 1908
The Chicago market report shows hog receipts and prices across grades with heavy shipping and rough ranges. Cattle and sheep sections list numerous classes with estimated receipts for today and tomorrow and note overall market tone as dull for cattle and weak for sheep. Furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Company of Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock Ghigago Sill Message
A terse note reads You know you will get a square deal THATS ALL. The fragmentary line suggests a private communiqué or personal assurance dated with a misspelled place name Ghigago. No broader context is available in the surviving text.
Electric Line Crash Kills Three In Ohio Train Wreck
Three killed and about twenty five fatally injured when two limited traction cars collided nine miles north of Piqua Ohio on the Western Ohio Traction line. Survivors suffered broken bones and splinter injuries from demolished cars. Eight men died or were fatally harmed, with the accident blamed on misunderstood orders.
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Piqua
Ohio
William Bailey
William McQvillen
Lockington
James Kohl
Detroit
Mich
L. B
Hengeterod
Charles McClure
Siiney
George Robinson
Banker
Sidney
Chas. Hale
Thetorman
Geo
Hax
Baltimore
CG. B. Hart
West Point
Ind
P. F. Sarver
Fred ©. Grumenn
Philadelphia
Toe Maxley
Lima
Clarence Long
Dayton
Shelby County Infirmary
Eight Die in York Boiler Explosion at Rolling Mill
Eight men were killed and nearly a score injured when a boiler exploded at York rolling mill. Victims from Columbia and nearby towns were identified with great difficulty as wreckage tore through the mill. Ambulances rushed survivors to the hospital while rescuers searched the ruins amid heavy debris and damaged railway cars nearby.
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York
John Clency
Benjamin Bremer
Harry Seachrist
Paoli Puc
Alfred Struck
John Slossman
Harry Ferger
Columbia
Edward Fittler
Marietta
York Hospital
Broomal, Schmidt & Steacy Company
Washout Costs Three Lives in Nevada Train Crash
A Tonopah and Tidewater passenger train derailed after a washout near Shoshone California, plunging into a chasm and killing three men. The victims were engineer Hamilton, fireman Broadwell, and passenger M. H. Moore, a Georgia man.
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Goldfield
Nev
Tonopah
Tidewater
Shoshone
Cal
Hamilton
Broadwell
M. H. Moore
Georgia
Senator Allison's will filed in Dubuque Iowa
The will of Senator Allison valued at about 100000 names annual bequests to household staff and relatives including Mrs Brayton widow of James and Cornelia Allison. Specific gifts of 1500 to four nieces 1000 to four nephews plus 1000 each to Dubuque Public Library Finley Hospital and the Y M C A. Executor Judge Lacy. Will attested in Washington on April 2 1906.
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Dubuque
Allison
CG. J. Brayton
James
Dubuque Public Library
Finley Hospital
Y. M
Brayton
Cornelia Allison
James Allison
Matthew Alsom
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Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Thorndike
American
Interstate Board
Trousseau
Yousseau
Tousseau
Minneapolis Journal
John A. Babcock
The
North Americans Commission Company
Ghigago
Senator Allison
Pinal Division
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