Taft Attacks Bryan and Praises Roosevelt Tariff Record
Taft spoke to about 5000 Virginia Republicans in Hot Springs on August 22. He contrasted Republican achievement with Democratic theories, argued Bryan’s methods harm prosperity, and defended Roosevelt era policies. He traced Democratic tariff changes since 1893 and warned against silver standard remedies. The crowd greeted him with cordial applause.
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Bryan speech at Des Moines fires up tariff clash
William J. Bryan addressed a large Des Moines audience at the baseball park, attacking Republican tariff promises and urging a gradual, just tax plan. He cited industry figures, argued against a revenue tariff, and said wages rise with improved conditions and free institutions. He planned an Auditorium speech on electing senators and left for Chicago after the talk.
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Chicago
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Capitol
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Mumins
Case of Myrtle Lennon in Saginaw
Friends of Myrtle Lennon the girl jailed over the drowning of her infant child two weeks ago retained Attorney Fred L Travers to delay a preliminary hearing and a thorough investigation.
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Myrtle Lennon
Saginaw
Mich
Lave
Fred L. Travers
Royal Dutch West India Mail Discontinues Venezuela Service
Willemstad Curaçao Aug 22 The Royal Dutch West India Mail line has decided to discontinue its Venezuelan service temporarily.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Royal Dutch West India Mail
Weather forecast for Illinois Indiana and surrounding states
The forecast shows generally fair skies in Illinois and Indiana with warmer temperatures. Lower Michigan and Wisconsin expect warmer conditions in the south and east, cooler in the northwest. Iowa may see partly cloudy skies with local showers and cooler temperatures.
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Indiana
Michigan
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Iowa
A Queer Way of Telling Time in Malay Folklore
The Chicago Record-Herald explains Malay timekeeping with a coconut shell. A watchman measures one hour as the shell fills and sinks, then signals start again. A Malay joke notes the time when the shell is half full.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Forest Fire Rages in Hetch Hetchy Valley
The August 22 report from Sonora California says the Hetch Hetchy valley forest fire continues unabated sweeping north. Several houses destroyed and cattle perished as Major Benson superintendent of Yosemite National Park leads forty soldiers and hundreds of volunteers in the firefight.
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Hetch-hetchy Valley
Benson
Yosimite National Park
Professor Cole declines Michigan chair in medicine
Ann Arbor August 22 Professor Rufus I Cole of Johns Hopkins has declined the offer to succeed Dr George Dock in the University of Michigan chair of medicine. He is said to become director of the Rockefeller research hospital in New York City.
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Mich
Rufus I. Cole
Johns Hopkins University
George Dock
University of Michigan
Cole
New Rockefeller Research Hospital
New York City
Civil Law in Charge Six More Riot Indictments
Springfield, Aug 22. The first day civic rule resumes with Seventh Infantry ready to act if needed. Six more riot leaders named in indictments tied to Lopez’s restaurant riot. twenty offenses charged, including four against Humphrey Schienle Credemeved with four counts each. Bail set at 2000 per indictment.
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Kate Howard
Loper’s
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William Deennigan
Wines
Ernst Humphrey
Creighton
Danger in the Small Towns Riot Notice Posted
Lawless men warn N word slur and a riot condition. The county’s small towns remain danger spots. at Buffalo a village fifteen miles from here the following notice has been posted at the
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Buffalo
The Poor Boarder in a Small Pueblo Room
A Pueblo Chieftain snippet portrays a meek boarder content with a cramped bedroom, noting there was no room for complaint and highlighting quiet perseverance in modest lodging.
Markets Chicago Aug 22 1908 Hogs Cattle Sheep Receipts
Markets in Chicago on August 22 1908 show hog receipts estimated 9000 with yesterday's 8214 carryover. Hogs price ranges include light 6 00 to 6 75 mixed packers 6 20 to 6 85 heavy shipping grades 6 20 to 8 4s rough 6 20 to 8 4. Cattle 600 head and sheep 1500 steady. Official yesterday receipts 13514 shipments 2971.
Auto Fatality in Los Angeles Claimed Chauffeur
A car overturned after a wheel broke at Wesley and West Jefferson streets in Los Angeles killing chauffeur Joseph Bobbs, 26, and injuring four occupants including Mrs. Gladys Price Mrs. Francis Wilson L. M. Ford and Charles Keene. An explosion then ignited the vehicle and rescuers fought flames.
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West Jefferson
Jos. Bobbs
Gladys Price
Francis Wilson
L. M. Ford
Charles Keene
Notable Iowa Republican Leader Estabrook Dies
Marshalltown Iowa August 21 Georgea R Estabrook longtime state Republican central committee member from the Fifth district and secretary of the Fisher Governor company died from brain hemorrhage after five years in the party prominent Iowa Republican subject of the obituary survived by colleagues and associates in state politics.
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Georgea R. Estabrook
State Republican Central Committee
Iowa
Fisher Governor Company
John A Babcock At North American Commission Company
John A Babcock is connected with The North American Commission Company and offers reliable service. The message promises a square deal and timely contact.
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North American Commission Company
Tariff Revision to Begin Next Monday in Senate Panel
Washington Aug 22 Senator Burrows of Michigan heads a Republican-Democrat sub committee to study tariff administration and classifications as a prelude to revising the Dingley law. Treasury officials will be examined for memoranda and verbal statements. The panel plans hearings in Washington and New York with appraisers and others connected to customs. The session marks the first formal step by either house toward the sixty-first congress pledged revision.
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Michigan
Senate Committee On Finance
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Platt
Hopkins
Batley
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Taliaferro
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New York
Board of General Appraisers
House of Congress
Sixty-first Congress
Vengeful Riot Slays Edelstein Family in Yurievka
In Ekaterinoslav province revolutionists attacked the Edelstein Jewish family. They bombed the house killing the father a daughter a woman guest and her child. The mother and two grandsons were wounded. A second assault at the hospital killed the mother and her son.
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Yurievka
Ekaterinoslav
Edelstein
Engineer Burkhalter Brings Bride From Panama to Visit Parents
Wayne Burkhalter, a Panama Canal civil engineer and native of Teoria Illinois, wed Miss Josephine Scherer of Murphysboro Illinois and brought her home to visit his parents before departing for his canal post on the honeymoon.
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Panama Canal
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Burkhalter
Josephine Scherer
Murphysboro
Lil
Bishop McQuaid Is Better After Collapse at Seminary
Rochester N Y Aug 22 The condition of Bishop Bernard McQuaid who collapsed while speaking at the dedicatory services at St Bernard s seminary is improved and he is not considered in immediate danger by doctors The aging prelate received attention from clergy and lay visitors as he recovered at the scene and medical teams attended to him during the ceremony
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Arsenal
Arthur Troyman
Troyman
William Bowe
Bowe
Rochester
N. Y
Bernard McQuaid
St. Bernard’s Seminary
Detachment to Reinforce Willemstad Curacao Garrison
Fifty Dutch troops have departed Amsterdam to reinforce the Willemstad garrison in Curacao. The present garrison comprises ten officers and 162 men with a militia of 400.
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Willemstad
Curacao
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