Republican Convention Leaders Urge Record of victory
Henry Cabot Lodge presides at the Republican convention and urges voters to judge the party by its record. He touts the Elkins law, rail regulation, and pure food laws while praising President Roosevelt and warning against Democratic policy. The speech stresses unity, law, and protecting American industry amid rising capital power.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Free Soil Free Men
Union
Republican Congress
Republican Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Committees Work Amid Roosevelts Rise at Republican Convent ion
Chicago June 17 Special The second day of the Republican national convention saw heightened interest as committees met late into the night. Credentials and resolutions drew the most attention with reports favoring Taft aligned positions. Marching clubs from across the nation flooded Michigan Avenue, electrifying the hall as delegates awaited the new national committee and the vice presidential gaze remained unsettled amid anticipated multiple ballots.
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Charles W Arthur
Chicago
Coliseum
Republican National Committee
National Committee
St. Francis
Roosevelt
Taft
Burrows
Michigan
William O. Waters
Cook County
Michigan Avenue
Adams Street
Prompt to political victory in a comparative world
A fragment from a political pitch argues the Republican party’s record over fifty years and contrasts it with the Democratic party. It notes science and invention reshaping economy and society, the rise of capital and labor power, and the need to publish past records while acknowledging new social and political problems.
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Republican Party
Piiza
James
Washington
Sam
Democratic Party
Rome
Thirteen Her Lucky Number
Miss Bessie McLealand and Myron Smith wed in Muncie Indiana on the 13th at 9 minutes past the hour in a surprise ceremony. The bride, born on the 18th, and the groom, a wealthy young farmer, said they defied superstition and denied elopement while describing their union as a marriage.
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Muncie
Ind
Bessie McLealand
Myron Smith
Clark Crawford
High Street
M. E. Church
John McLeland
Shideler
Walker City
Novelty in Divorce Bills in Chicago Court
James W. Couch files a divorce bill in Superior Court from Adelaide Couch. He recalls battlefield grit but says his wife spoke with seven tongues guided by seven devils, her language described as geyserlike and chilling as if held by the devil.
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Chicago
James W. Couch
Adelaide Couch
Satan
London
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Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
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Steck's
S. W. Corner Square
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Mgr
Ladies of
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Battle Creek
Smith
J. G. Smith
Cash Grocery
Royal Mutual
City Phone
Stuart & McCreedy
Vienna Bakery A Ek
W. Gedson
East 3d Street
12Th Avenue
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