Taft Campaigns Through Ohio Before West Virginia Crossing
Taft concludes a three day Ohio tour with a labor talk in Wheeling and a series of speeches across towns like Steubenville Mingo Junction and Cadiz while facing transport delays and a bank deposits critique of the Democratic position. He plans twenty five talks today before heading to Louisville.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Taft
Ohio
Republican Party
Steubenville
Iabor
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia
Judge Taft
Ohio River
Weillyville
Empire
Toronto
Mingo Junction
Cadiz
Martins Ferry
Bridgeport
Bellaire
Louisville
Cadiz Junction
Bryan Delivers Enthusiastic Nebraska Tour Speech Run
William J. Bryan wrapped up a second day of Nebraska campaigning in Hebron with twenty two speeches. He drew large friendly crowds, appealed for Democratic nominees in three congressional districts, and joked about needing the house to make the senate feel lonely.
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Hebron
Neb
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Congress
Washington
Senate
House
Keefe Named Immigration Commissioner General Reported
Timothy Healey, president of the Stationary Firemen's union, quotes an official in Washington last week saying Dan Keefe has been chosen for commissioner general of immigration. The claim ties to Taft support and a Democratic national committee source.
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Timothy Healey
Keefe
New York
James J. Keefe
Office of Immigration Commission
Taft
Democratic National Committee
Stationary Firemen’s Union
Washington
Government
Dan Keefe
Immigration
Would Be Murderers Note Sentences Tragic Bay City
Clement A. Wagoner a Bay City laborer killed the woman he lived with then shot himself in the temple dying shortly after He left a note asking forgiveness and saying Flo and he should be buried together in Forest Lawn Saginaw He named his brother Ben at 302 North Franklin Saginaw and warned the hospital victim Mrs Wagoner is expected to recover They had moved from Saginaw a year ago and Wagoner a Philippine War veteran with the Twenty eighth Michigan infantry was involved After she refused to go to Louisiana he shot her then killed himself
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Bay City
Mich
Clement A. Wagoner
Flo
Forest Lawn
Saginaw
Ben
North Franklin Street
Mrs Eleanor Combs Celebrates 99th Birthday in Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana on October 15 Mrs Eleanor Combs marked her ninety ninth birthday with a dinner for descendants. The gathering included five children thirty six grandchildren fifty great grand children and twenty four great great grandchildren.
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Sullivan
Ind
Eleanor Combs
Telepost system debuts promising speed and economy
Boston introduces the Delaney method Telepost service delivering messages at about one thousand words a minute. The system uses its own lines and delivery service with telecards and a 25 cent door step charge. Mayor Hibbard sent the first Telepost message to Portland Maine as officials and press monitor the new service.
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Boston
Delaney
Portland
Hibbard
Lowell
Mass
Lawrence
Haverhill
Exeter
N. H
Portsmouth
Dover
Biddeford
Saco
Old Orchard
Telepost
Uncle Sam
Telecard
Telepost Company
Patrick B. Delaney
H. Lee Sellers
R. I. Sellers
J. W. Larish
Thomas A. Fdison
Telepost Rates Uniform Across Distances
Telepost charges a uniform rate regardless of distance. twenty-five cents for twenty-five hundred and twenty-five words delivered by Telepost messengers or fifty words for short messages.
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Telepost
Notable Russian Weddings in St. Petersburg
Three weddings of prominent social and diplomatic figures took place in St. Petersburg. Helen Boyninger Huehne, heir to the Lothrop and Boyninger lines, wed Boris Ivanenko, cornet in the Humpreys Own Hussars. Mile Ivanenko married Baron Wrangel of the Chevalier Guards. Ivan Shipoff, Russian minister of commerce, married Mile Kropantovl from a noble family.
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St. Petersburg
Helen
Baron
Ivan Shipoff
Mister Merce
Mile Kropantovl
Pioneer Missouri Civil War Captain Ragan Dies at 85
Captain Stephen C. Ragan a pioneer Missourian dies at his Kansas City home after a lingering illness aged eighty five. He earned his title in the Confederate army serving under General Joe Shelby. Ragan served ten terms in the Missouri legislature and was the county’s first public schoolteacher.
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Kansas City
Stephen C. Ragan
Regan
Joe Shelby
Missouri
Baseball Writers Association of America formed in Detroit
Baseball writers from major league cities except Brooklyn met in Detroit on October 15 to form the Baseball Writers Association of America. The group aims to promote uniform reporting methods, work with leagues on rules revisions, and gain control of baseball press boxes, a longtime grievance for journalists nationwide.
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Detroit
Reading Daily
Brooklyn
Baseball Writers’ Association of America
Tschaikovsky to Leave Prison for Trial Bail Set at 25000
Nickolas Tschaikovsky, a member of a Russian revolutionary group, is to be released from the fortress of St Peter and St Paul after ten months confinement. He must furnish a bail of 25000 rubles pending trial, date not yet fixed.
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Tschaikovsky
St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
Stranger in Cu dahy home connected to past kidnapping
A stranger entered the home of Edward A. Cu dahy, a wealthy Omaha packer, at night and fled via an open second floor window after a servant screamed. The man, well dressed with a silk hat, was found in the room of Edward Jr. who was kidnapped seven years ago.
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Omaha
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
Edward, Jr
Our Coins No man's head appears on any Unit ed States coin
A historical note asserts no living man’s portrait appears on U S coins, emphasizing that American coinage features images of past figures rather than current individuals. The statement reflects standard practice of honoring historical leaders and symbolic figures on currency.
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United States
Hog and cattle market summary from Chicago trade notes
Chicago market notes report receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep across Oct 15 16 1908. Hogs steady with light and heavy grades quoted while cattle and sheep show mixed to strong movement and higher quotes. Official receipts and shipments noted with estimated futures and weekly totals.
John A. Babcock Offers Timely Square Deal
A brief note from John A. Babcock emphasizes readiness to provide timely service and a fair, square deal. The message suggests reliability and straightforward business approach.
Balkans Conference to Ratify Private Arrangements
Servian minister Vesnitch warns that Servia seeks international justice from the four powers behind the Berlin treaty. He argues eight centuries of independence and a northern frontier modification plus access to Montenegro and the Adriatic via the Sanjak of Novipazar would secure Serb existence and future aspirations.
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Paris
Balkans
Turkey
Crete
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dardanelles
Montenegro
Servia
Great Britain
Black Sea
M. Vesnitch
M. Pachiteh
America
Europe
Berlin
Austria-Hungary
Adriatice
Novipazar
No Thirteen For Them On Land Kaiser Wilhelm Crew
Captain Pollak tried to land opera figures including Campanini and Mme Gadski from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse on October 15 but superstition about the fatal 13th kept them aboard. Oscar Hammerstein urged Campanini to shore but the party stayed together and Campanini made the decision.
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New York
Pollak
Signer Campanini
Manhattan Opera Company
Mme
Johanna Gadski
Metropolitan Opera
Oscar Hammerstein
Campanini
Mme. Gadski
Daddi
Shevinne
Mme. Nelsson-Stone
Miss Roland
Which Was First to Die
A Wilmington Delaware court verdict finds A B Monyhan died before his wife from Fontanet powder mill explosion injuries. The estate goes to the wife’s relatives as she survived him. Monyhan died in the office building. his home nearby burned. Mrs Monyhan died in the fire. Audrey Quiley, sister of Mrs Monyhan, testified hearing her sister scream.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wilmington
A. B. Monyhan
Fontanet
Monyhan
Audrey Quiley
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