Taft Notification Day in Cincinnati Home Rally
Taft receives formal Republican nomination at the Taft residence as crowds from Indiana Kentucky West Virginia and Pennsylvania celebrate a city holiday. Warner delivers the nominating speech with strong applause and Taft responds to a nationwide audience via a celebratory program with flag raising, receptions, and fireworks.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Charles P. Taft
Linton
Judge Taft
Warner
Warner Delivers Taft Nomination Cheer at Lawn Ceremony
A large crowd packed the street and house grounds as Senator Warner of Missouri formally tendered Taft the Chicago nomination. He praised Taft for broad respect across parties and citizens, affirming belief in his future integrity and ability to lead with duty.
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Taft
Senator Warner
Missouri
Chicago
Warner
Hearst Party in Council at Chicago National Convention
Chicago July 28 delegates and spectators packed Orchestra hall for the first national convention of the Independence party. Hearst chaired and delivered a keynote blasting Republicans as trusts’ servants and Democrats as envious imitators while pledging party reform. Bryan spoke in Stewart and Des Moines to large crowds.
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Chicago
Orchestra
Michigan Avenue
Independence Party
Hearst Party
Wm. R. Hearst
Hearst
New York
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Talstaff
Ar¢an
Itrvan
C. A. Windle
Bryan
Stewart
Des Moines
Bryan's Journey Homeward in Omaha Event
Wm. J. Bryan and his party arrived in Omaha on July 28 for a non partisan greeting organized by the Knights of Ak Sar Ben. A luncheon at the Omaha club preceded a social gathering with citizens. Bryan spoke at a flag pole raising by the John A. Creighton Marching Club and was later Initiated into the Knights of Ak Sar Ben.
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Omaha
Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Knights of Ak Sar Ben
Nebraska
Tp. m
John A. Creighton
Count Creighton
Creighton
Montana
Order of the Knights of Ak Sar Ben
Tragic toddler drowns after fall in bucket in St Louis
Five month old Lena Morton, attempting to catch a nursing pottle, slipped from her bed and fell into a bucket of water in St Louis, drowning. The incident highlights household safety risks and prompts warnings for caregivers.
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Lena Morton
St Louis
Markets Wide Wheat Corn Cattle and Hogs Report
Chicago quotations show varied wheat, corn, oats and livestock prices with cash sales and futures. East Buffalo reports steady cattle and lower hogs while lambs and calves demand strength and ranges are noted.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Interstate Board allows mixed ownership shipper consolidations
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that shippers may combine small freight from different owners into one bulk shipment to use lower carload rates. Ownership cannot justify higher or discriminatory charges. Commissioner Lane cited the Wight case and English equality clause. the ruling targets illegal classification and warns such a rule would be revolutionary.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
The
Commission
Wight
United States
Supreme Court
Commissioner Lane
California Commercial Association
Wells, Fargo & Co
Express Company
Chicago
New York
Policeman Saves Girl From Sand Pit. Woman Dies
Patrolman Oscar Rothman and two other officers are noted in a rescue attempt after a girl washing clothes fell into a twelve foot deep sand pit. Despite efforts to pull her out, the sand collapsed trapping them. Rothman was hospitalized from exhaustion and the girl died shortly after being rescued.
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Oscar Rothman
Wester Lothman
Rothman
Crowds greet sultan as peace conference opens in London
A crowd of 200000 gathered outside the Constantinople palace to cheer the sultan while the seventeenth universal peace conference organized by the Society of Friends convenes in London. Other items note deaths of James E. Phillips and William L. Montague, Roosevelt's likely reception for London athletes, and a record Mauretania run.
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Society of Friends
London
New York
James E. Phillips
William L. Montague
Amherst College
Amherst
Mass
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
John H. Stephens
Southwest
Kansas City
South
Alberta
British Africa
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Report July 28 1908
Market daily receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago with official receipts yesterday and estimates for today and tomorrow. Sections note weakness in hogs and generally steady to strong cattle and sheep markets as furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Company and Postal Telegraph Bidg Chicago.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Quicksand Tragedy Claims Italian Girl in Back Yard
In New York on July 28 Angelina Evangelist an Italian girl fell into quicksand in her backyard and died after a long battle. Firemen and neighbors rescued others nearby as the area was secured. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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New York
Angelina Evangelist
Holland V Venezuela Crisis Echoes Monroe Doctrine Debate
Washington weighs Holland Gelderland move to protect Dutch interests in Venezuela amid anti Dutch protests at Willemstad. Roosevelt era doctrine seen as non hostile to Europe, with consular and press figures leaving Willemstad to ease tensions while negotiation over Venezuelan debts continue.
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Gelderland
Venezuela
Netherlands
Willemstad
Roosevelt
Congress
State Department
Cheney
Grambho
Maracabo
New Industry Offers Fender Dummies at $2 a Day
New York July 28 Manufacturers of street car fenders and wheel guards open a new field for out of work men as fender dummies paid two dollars daily. Tests planned by the public service commission will occur at Schenectady in September and Pittsburg in October with many men ready to pose as dummies.
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New York
Public Service Commission
Schenectady
Pittsburg
Fireman Dies After Illusion of Collision
Frank P. Morris a fireman from Westerville jumped from his engine on the Pennsylvania line near Columbus to avoid a collision he misread as imminent. He fractured his skull and sustained injuries that caused his death shortly after.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
Sandusky
Frank P. Morris
Westerville
Judge Grosscup Heads for White Mountains Visit
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the United States court of appeals, guest of Henry W. Bishop of Chicago, departed Lenox Massachusetts on July 28 for the White Mountains via Boston, heading toward a mountain retreat.
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Lenox
Maass
Peter S. Grosscup
United States Court of Appeals
Henry W. Bishop
Chicago
White Mountains
Boston
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