Taft in Ohio Emphasizes Labor Injunction Views At Athens
Taft visited Ohio on Saturday delivering a veterans speech in Athens before a Taft club. He defended judicial labor decisions as lawful and factual, warned against overexpansion of policy, praised Roosevelt, and argued the current administration did much for laboring men as it nears its March 4, 1909 end.
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Athens
Taft Club
Columbus
Wm. H. Taft
State of
Ohio
Taft
Enn
Judge Taft
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Congress
Judge Defends Labor Rights and Injunction Policy
A judge rejects the notion that he favors low wages and proclaims his stance on labor rights. He cites issuing injunctions in labor and antitrust cases, upholding lawful decisions even if unpopular, and outlines labor's right to organize and fund actions while forbidding property damage and secondary boycotts.
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United Interest of Labor
Law Quoted On Bench Duty In Fragmentary Text
A fragmentary quote appears to reference a judge’s attempt to enforce law while on the bench. The readable portion centers on the idea of enforcing statutes and the responsibilities of judicial authority. No dates or names are identifiable in the surviving text.
Taft Opposes Jury Trials in Injunction Cases Across States
Judge Taft denounced any jury trial in contempt and injunction proceedings, insisting it delays court orders and favors wealth over the poor. He argued enforcement depends on compliance, while warning that democracy’s success could sow doubt among investors and workers alike. Taft spoke in Charleston, Toledo, Gallipolis, Columbus, and many smaller towns.
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Congress
Svete
Loher
Judge Taft
Charleston
W. Va
Toledo
Gallipolis
Columbus
Independent voters barred from Michigan primary, AG says
The attorney general's department rules that independent voters have no role in the upcoming primary. Voting machines cannot be used, and precinct boards cannot distribute posters listing delegates. Only parties can nominate. independents may not participate unless an independent party exists. Properly registered voters only may enroll, unless naturalized or new since last registration.
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Lansiv Mich
Attorney General's Department
Board of Elections
Atlantic City Brings Dry Sunday After Gov Fort Threat
Atlantic City closes all saloons and hotel bars for the first time in years amid Gov Forts warning to deploy troops if law is violated. Officials and saloonmen expect lawsuits and seek local option relief while visitors from Philadelphia and New York curiously observe the dry day.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Governor Fort
Philadelphia
New York
Pioneer Newspaperman Dead at 83 in Oil City
Walter R. Johns, a pioneer newspaper publisher born in Louisiana, died at his Oil City home at eighty three. He came to the Pennsylvania oil region in 1862 and founded the Oil City Register, the first daily newspaper there, later connecting with papers in Columbia Missouri Louisville Kentucky and various Illinois locales.
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Oil City
Walter R. Johns
Johns
Louisiana
Pennsylvania Oil
Columbia
US. C
Louisville
Ilinois
Woman wounded in suspected love tragedy in New York
Mrs Frances McCabe twenty is shot in her father Dr Isaac Rosen thals home. Suspect Samuel Mannes twenty six reportedly fired after she refused to leave her husband and elope. Police probe motive and safeguard family security.
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New York
Frances McCabe
Isaac Rosenthal
K&s
Samuel Mannes
Mannes
Mrs Raum Files for Divorce in Peoria Court
Elvira Copley Raum formerly Aurora society girl and wife of Daniel F Raum who was convicted for forgery in 1907 filed papers in the circuit court seeking legal separation on statutory grounds. Her husband’s arrest and imprisonment followed a dramatic fall from grace and she stood by him during trial and Joliet imprisonment.
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Peoria, T
Elvira Copley Raum
Aurora
Daniel F. Raum
Joliet
Circuit
Raum
Peoriana
Ex Confederate General Dead New Orleans
News from Biloxi Mississippi reports the death of Lieutenant General Alexander F Stewart aged eighty seven. He was one of the last two surviving lieutenant generals of the Confederate States Army, following General Stephen D Lee's death four months earlier and alongside General Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky.
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New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Alexander F. Stewart
Confederacy
Stephen D. Lee
United Confederate Veterans
Stewart
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Confederate States Army
Steel Trust merger rumor in Youngstown reported
Youngstown Ohio August 31 reports say a merger between Republic Iron and Steel and United States Steel Corporation is expected around the first of the year.
Forfits the Great Need Washington Secretary Returns From West
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has returned from an extended trip through the western states and will report on agricultural needs and policy implications. He visited farms, met with growers, and prepared recommendations for federal support and market stabilization programs.
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Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Washington
Wilson
Fairbanks to Attend Pittsburg Sesquicentennial
Pittsburg awaits the arrival of Vice President Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks on October 1 and 2 for the citys sesqui centennial celebration. Fairbanks, once Associated Press correspondent here, is still regarded as a Pittsburger and a special effort is being made to secure his attendance.
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Pittsburg
Fairbanks
Associated Press
Yankee Regent to Open Sept. Opera House in Comedy
Ben M. Jerome presents The Yankee Regent a musical comedy at the opera house September 2 featuring John Collins and a large cast. The play centers on a Yankee politician who ascends to a German princedom amid comic misadventures including a troublesome bric-a-brac heirloom and efforts to woo an American heiress. The production promises up to date humor and strong musical numbers.
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Ben M. Jerome
Opera
John Collins
Vienna Pa Takes Up Physical Culture at the Star Tonight
Local item notes a program on physical culture being taken up in Vienna Pennsylvania with a showing at the Star tonight. The notice highlights the event as a community fitness effort and lists the venue.
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The
Star Tonight
Hog market report from Chicago on August 31, 1908
Estimated receipts 25 000 with 2 304 left over. Market shows strong tone with light hogs 6 15 to 6 95, mixed packers 6 20 to 7 05, heavy shipping grades 6 15 to 7 05, rough 6 15 to 6 45. Cattle 26 000 including 12 000 westerns, good natives strong others weak. Sheep 28 000 steady.
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Texas
Chicago Stock Markets Report August 31 1908
Official receipts yesterday 4273 shipments 1130 last week 84234 19476. Estimated receipts today 23000 tomorrow 14000. Market prices for beef cattle pigs sheep and lambs show varying gains and declines. Western cattle and Texas steers lead values with mixed packers and parkers noted amid overall market activity.
Market Wrap: Packers and cattle show varied strength
Market desk notes mixed grain and livestock prices with light gains for mixed and heavy packers from 6 30 to 7 10. Cattle hold steady with good demand, sheep softer. grain firm as Beach-Wickham Grain Co reports bids from 544 and 545 Postal Telegraph Building, Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Ghigago Ills Plea for Fair Square Deal
A brief plea from Ghigago Illinois promising a square deal and straightforward treatment. The message emphasizes fairness and reliable service, urging timely attention.
Dark secret claims Williams located at country home
Atlantic City reports a probable location for Williams tied to the fatal boardwalk shooting. Police remain unsettled as Roberts lies in hospital after abdominal wounds from last week. Surgeons say recovery may take two weeks, while inquiries into Baltimore connections continue with no decisive leads.
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Atlantic City
N. 7
Charles B. Roberts
Baltimore
Roberts
Williams Case Spurs Baltimore Police Controversy
The Baltimore chief questions cooperation in locating Mr Williams while noting a relative of Mrs Williams connected with the police board. Williams reportedly at his country home Wednesday night contradicts claims of being in Atlantic City, a detail supported by his staff. Some friends and relatives defend Roberts and label the case a simple hold up, while a bleeding relative of Mrs Williams is cited in a possible shooting theory.
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Woodruff
Malcolm Woodruff
W. S. G. Willams
Roberts
Baltimore
Williams
Atlantic City
Country Place
Chief Woodruff
Williiams
Willliams
Des Moines Grievance Filed Against Railway Rates
Washington Aug 31. The Greater Des Moines committee a commercial group has filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission charging discrimination by the Chicago Great Western railway. It asks the commission to require the line to adopt rates that do not discriminate against Des Moines in favor of Missouri and Mississippi river points.
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Des Moines
Washington
Missouri
Mississippi River
Greater
Interstate Commerte Commission
Chicago Great Western Railway
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