Taft as President A historic convention and taft nomination
Chicago June 25 special analyzes the republican national convention and Tafts nomination. It notes Tafts civil service background and administration ties, observes opposition to a popular demand basis, recalls Blaine Harrison 1892 cabinet dynamics, and discusses Sherman as vice presidential pick and Indiana reaction to Hanly Fairbanks episode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Arthur
Chicago
William TH. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Toosevelt
Cleveland
Taft
Minneapolis
James G. Blaine
Benjamin Harrison
Roosevelt
Hanly
Fairbanks
Indiana
Hoosiers
People of the Republic
The Wonderful Mill and the Salt Sea Tale
Two brothers, one rich and mean, and one poor with many mouths to feed. A magical mill grants every needed food and riches after a bargain with dwarfs. The rich brother learns too late that greed corrupts, as the mill’s endless grinding sinks a sea voyage and later floods a harvest feast with herrings and milk.
Pony Refuses to Wade Brook in Whimsical Dispute
Jimmy sits astride a Shetland pony as he kicks the pony’s sides to force a brook crossing. The pony resists with a shiver, prompting a humorous parental remark about judgment and patience.
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Jim
Jimmy
Speed of Birds Outpaces Express Trains in Flight
Observations compare bird speeds with trains, noting frigate birds may reach 100 mph in calm air and others such as mallards, pintails, widgeons, gadwalls, pochards, teals, swifts, pheasants, and partridges achieve 32 to 100 mph. The swift reportedly hits 90 mph, showing speed varies by inclination and species.
Peace Be Still Echoes in Ada’s Sunday School Visit
A reader recalls little Ada’s first Sunday school, where she heard the choir singing Peace Be Still. On returning home she asked why they kept singing while she tried to be as still as possible.
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Ada
Little Chronicle
Taft Defies Hoodoo By Walking Under Ladder
Secretary Taft was seen in a war department corridor hesitating before a long ladder while two workmen repaired a chandelier above. He walked under the ladder, then proceeded to his office, denying superstition and joking about good luck as onlookers watched.
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James S. Sherman
New York
Taft
Sherman
Senate
Windward
War Department
Markets Report From Chicago June 24 Nuts and futures
Chicago grain and livestock quotations show July wheat at 88 5 to 89 5 cents, corn around 68, oats about 44 45, with steady to firm hog and cattle bids in Chicago and Buffalo. Cash prices for winter and spring wheat and corn vary by grade, while live stock futures reflect light trading and marginal gains in some pork and cattle categories.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Timothy
Iinots
Indiana
Wisconsin
Buffalo
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
Rabies Serum Trial Begins in New York at Pasteur Institute
Dr. Rambaud from the Pasteur Institute starts the first trial of a new rabies serum in New York. Andrew Bell of Worcester, Mass., bitten March 30, sought Pasteur treatment and has received his first inoculation, marking the initial step of the experiment.
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New York
Rambaud
Pasteur Institute
Europe
Andrew Bell
Worcester
Mass
Scores on the ball fields in Chicago and Brooklyn
Chicago report shows St Louis and Chicago game tied 2 to 1 with runs and errors listed. Batteries credited to Fromme Hostetter Ruelbach Kling for St Louis and Chicago respectively. In Brooklyn Philadelphia, score reads 2 to 1 with hits and errors noted.
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Priors
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Corridon
Boom
Wilhiem
Hostetter
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Weimer
Campbell
McLean
Willis
Maddox
Giveon
New York
Boston
Young
Graham
Mathewson
Malarkey
Bresnaban
Snodcrass
Cleveland
Chicago
Owen, Sullivan
Joss
Clarke
Washington
Erterles
Smith and Kelley
Street
Winter and Burchell
Manning
Chesboro
Kleinow
Seblit
Detroit
St. Louis
Zer
Vickers
Smith
Powell
Cone
Fromme
Ruelbach
Kling
National
P.O
Natneeiae
New York Ny
Receiver Sought for Harvey Bank by Stockholder
Des Moines Janes June 25 Jacob Bayless a stockholder in the First National Bank of Harvey with 25000 capital has filed in federal court for the bank to be placed under receiver. He says current management will lead to insolvency.
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Des Moines, Ja
Jacob Bayless
First National Bank of
Harvey
Messenger Finds Lost Pouch in Detroit Station
In East Tawas on June 25 H C Bristol found a money pouch in the Pere Marquette station in Detroit. He turned it over to the owner, the messenger of the United States Express company.
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East Tawas
Mich
H. C. Bristol
Detroit
Pere Marquette Station
United States Express Company
Statues of Jones and Barry Planned for Franklin Park
Post in Washington states a project to erect statues of John Paul Jones and John Barry in Franklin park between Thirteenth and Fourteenth and I and K streets northwest. The Postmaster General appoints postal experts to study the cost and feasibility of a government pneumatic tube system. N M Kline, a Missouri farmer, believed to have killed his wife, killed himself sixteen miles east of Dexter after the fatal blow.
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John Paul Jones
John Barry
Franklin Park
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
K Streets
Northwest
Washington
Meyer
N. M. Kline
Dexter
Lydia Pinkham’s Compounds Endorsed by Women of Various Cities
Letters from Mrs. G C Pool of Silvis and Mrs. B A Williams of Gardiner praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female troubles without surgery. A Chicago resident, Alvina Sperling, reports cure without operation. The ad notes the formula from roots and herbs, promising relief from displacements inflammation and other symptoms and invites women to seek advice at Lynn Mass.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Williams
Gardiner
Maine
Alvina Sperling
Claybourne Ave
Chicago
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Party Bolte
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
Speed of Birds
Kansas City
Indianapolis
St Paul
Louisville
St. Paul
Toledo
Milwaukee
Columbus
Lincoln
Denver
Messenger
G. C. Pool
Silvis, Lr
A. ©. Brookhart
Eldon
Dr. King
Throat
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
Studert S
Sprague Correspondence School OF Law
Getroit, Mich
Marion
Stice Farm
Iowa
Manager
A. G. F. Stice
Wayland Telephone Line
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