Taft and Bryan Tour Nebraska Ohio and Cleveland
William J Bryan campaigned across Nebraska with Democratic candidates, delivering twenty-one speeches and criticizing Taft and Governor Hughes while stressing bank deposits reform and farm prices. Taft spoke in Cleveland and other cities defending tariff protection, labor decisions, and Debs, with a track mishap delaying the train near Sterling.
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Wahoo
Neb
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Taft
Hughes
Twas
Oramaha
Lat
Bryan
Canada
British Isles
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Fremont
Union Pacific
North Bend
Hebron
Cleveland
Civic
United States
Gompers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Wadsworth
Elyria
Lorain
East Liverpool
Debs
Sterling
Taft in the Lron Region Tackles a Hard Place to Obtain a Respectful Hearing
East Liverpool Ohio October 14 in the steel and iron district Taft faces a difficult environment as he seeks a fair hearing amid local industrial clashes and political tensions surrounding his visit.
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Taft
East Liverpool
Ohio
Debs
Steel and Iron District
Keefe Denies Immigration Commissioner Promise Claim
The Democratic headquarters claim Daniel J. Keefe supports Taft due to a promised immigration commissioner post. Keefe, telegraphing from Detroit, categorically denies the statement, while Detroit headquarters say proof will be shown if he denies it.
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Chicago
New York
Daniel J. Keefe
Longshoreman’s Union
Taft
Commissioner of Immigration
Weefe
Detroit
Democratic
Keefe
The Busy Professor Exchange
A short comic exchange shows a busy professor pressed for time and interrupted by a colleague. The dialogue highlights the professor’s constant busyness and polite dismissal.
Duke and Miss Elkins Claims Interference Denied
Paris reports Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy denies any official stance on the Duke of the Abruzzi and Katherine Elkins engagement while noting no real engagement exists. Rome observers question the match due to religious tensions and a recent family scandal involving Miss Elkins. The duke remains in love and hopes to overcome hurdles to marriage.
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Paris
France
Margherita
Italy
United States
Duke
Abruzzi
Katherine Elkins
Miss Elkins
Elkins
Cardinal Gibbons
Rome
Duke of the
Admiral Garelli
That Lake Fishing Incident
Game Warden Calbeck returns to the scene near Sault Ste. Marie to report the schooner Mary A captained by Captain Jones was fired upon by Canadian officials. He says a shot struck the vessel and U S fishermen went to buy fish rather than fish ing. Calbeck will try again to capture the trespasser.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Calbeck
Mary A
Jones
United States
Morse and Curtis On Trial For Banking Violations
Charles W. Morse and Alfred H. Curtis face indictments charging violation of the national banking law and conspiracy. The trial before Judge Hough in New York began with extensive evidence expected over several days. Conviction could mean prison terms up to ten years for the banking offenses and penalties up to five thousand dollars or two years in prison for conspiracy.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Alfred H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Judge Hough
United States Circuit Court
Federal Grand Jury
Last Chance for Billik Dismissal Motion in US Supreme Court
Assistant State's Attorney Barbour of Chicago filed a motion in the US Supreme Court seeking dismissal of Herman Billik's appeal from a Northern District of Illinois circuit court ruling. Billik, under death sentence for multiple murders, has had execution postponed amid ongoing federal legal challenges. Barbour's motion rests on a new federal statute, opposing counsel filed a brief, and the court took the matter under advisement.
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Washington
Barbour
Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Herman Billik
United States Cerccnit
District of
Illinois
Billik
Bequest Of Dr Wilder Brain To Cornell Professor
The brain of Dr Alexander Wilder the Newark journalist and author of works on evolution philosophy and medicine was bequeathed to Professor Burt Green Wilder of Cornell University by his will filed for probate Dr Wilder president of the School of Philosophy New York He stated if Professor Wilder wished to add his brain to the collection it should be done Professor Wilder has built a notably complete collection of brains.
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Newark
N. J
Alexander Wilder
Burt Green Wilder
Cornell University
Wilder
School of Philosophy
New York
Cornell
Surgeons Open Fifth Annual AARS Session in Chicago
The American Association of Railway Surgeons began a three day Palmer House meeting with over fifty surgeons presenting papers. The central topic is Primary Dressing of Wounds as the main programme focus.
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Chicago
American Association of Railway Surgeons
Palmer House
Broom Corn Harvest Completed in Paris District
The central district broomcorn harvest is complete with the last brush cut and stored. Trade is brisk as buyers ahead of market demand, with warehouse stock sales reported at $85 per unit last week.
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Paris
Central District
Fines for Four Railways in Twenty-Eight Hour Rule Case
Four Kansas railroads pleaded guilty in Leavenworth to violating the twenty eight hour stock law. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe faced 700 dollars, Chicago Rock Island and Pacific 6850, Missouri Pacific 400, and St Louis and San Francisco 1200 dollars in fines after admitting hauling stock longer than allowed without feeding and watering.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas
United States District Court
Atchison
Topeka and
Santa Fe
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
San Francisco
Murdered Brothers Found in Cabin Near Ingalls Crossing
Cawego, N. Y. October 14. John and Peter Bobb German laborers living alone near Ingalls Crossing were found murdered in their cabin. Their hands and feet were bound and an axe bludgeoned their heads. An empty wallet lay on the table.
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Cawego
N. Y
John
Peter Bobb
Ingalls Crossing
Students Who Work Their Way at Yale
Yale students earned about 214449 pounds during the year ended March 20 through work self help programs. The annual report from the bureau of self help notes earnings for those working wholly or in part to support themselves.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Bureau of Self Help
University
Market Notes from Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices Oct 14 1908
Estimated receipts and market conditions for hogs cattle and sheep in Chicago with price ranges from light to heavy shipping grades. Reports show slow to steady demand and price shifts across classes including Western cattle and Texas steers, with official receipts and shipments listed for yesterday and estimates for today and tomorrow.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
The message asserts confidence that readers will receive a fair and square treatment. It emphasizes trust in a straightforward, honest approach and invites engagement without conditions.
Rush of suffragists ends in London chaos at Westminster
A massive suffragette mobilization blocks traffic and crowds Parliament. Mrs Trav ers Symons reaches the Commons front while officials remove her. an order bars women from the building. Police, cavalry, and marines deploy to restrain the crowds as the protest ends with no success inside.
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London
Westminster
Travers Symons
James Keir Hardie
House of Commons
Trafalgar Square
Nelson Monument
Symons
Mother's Dream Came True Ends in Tragic Work Injury
Danville Illinois October 14 Mrs Richard Sneddon dreamed her son would be killed at his job in the C and BEL shops. He ignored the warning and at 4 pm his hand was crushed in the shop. He died at St Elizabeth Hospital at 6 pm Saturday. He was to marry in two weeks and his mother and fiancée are prostrate.
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Danville
Ill
Oet
Richard Sneddon
C. and Bel
Young Sneddon
St Elizabeth Hospital
Ferryboat Collision Injures Girls in Detroit Fog
A ferry steamer Ariel crashed into the freighter Energy on Joseph Campau avenue in Detroit during dense fog. About 100 girls aboard Walkerville to Detroit narrowly escaped death with several slightly injured from shattered windows. Panic ensued as glass cuts were reported among the workers.
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Detroit
Ariel
Walkerville
Ont
Detro
Energy
Joseph Campau Avenue
Duck hunting boat overturns. Nichols missing after seat change
In Bay City Michigan on October 14 Arthur J. Nichols twenty and Christopher Selker tied their boat to a launch to hurry home from a duck hunting trip. Nichols attempted to shift seats during the trip and the boat overturned. Selker was rescued by launch occupants while Nichols did not resurface.
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Bay City
Mich
Arthur J. Nichols
Christopher Selker
Nichols
Selker
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Porter
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Curtis
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
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John A. Babcock
Witt
The
North American Commission ‘Company
Ghigago, Ill
Parliament
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