Taft Political Tour to Start in October Westward
Taft plans a broad western tour starting in October with stops through Missouri Kansas Nebraska Iowa Illinois and Indiana and may extend to the Pacific coast. Hitchcock and Liason for the campaign say more eastern and southern trips are possible after the western schedule is arranged. Vorys travels to New York to coordinate with the national committee and John Hayes Hammond on Republican clubs work. Shaw letter expresses support and well wishes for Mrs Taft.
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Taft
West
A.L. Vorys
New York
National Committee
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Llnnois
Indiana
Charman Hitchcock
Vorys
John Hayes Hammond
National League of Republican Clubs
Hammond
Shaw
Treasury
Illinois
Hitchcock
Chicago
Bryan's Eastward Whirl Draws West Virginia Welcome
William J. Bryan visited Wheeling West Virginia aboard his private car Oliverette. Crowds blocked safe passage as he arrived and thanked Ohio across the river while contrasting Democratic and Republican platforms. He attacked Taft and praised labor and anti injunction planks amid a rousing riverfront speech.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wm. J. Bryan
West Virginia
Olivette
Ohio River
Ohio
Bryan
Taft
Bryan Campaign Swing Through Ohio Draws Rallies
Democratic candidate Woodrow Bryan visited Columbus Steubenville Coshocton and Wheeling Ohio with crowds shouting for his appearance. He ridiculed Taft while urging direct election of U S senators and publication of campaign contributions before election, claiming supporters stood with the Democratic platform.
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Unio
Ohio
Columbus
Oho
West Virgina
Steubenville
Tirvan
Taft
Bryan
United States
Coshocton
Trade Slow but Signals of Recovery After Labor Day
New York reports slow overall trade gains with substantial improvement shown only in aggregates. After Labor Day many idle plants restarted, pig iron output rose to yearly highs, and textile mills rehired workers as shipping and cotton goods sectors show better sentiment though actual contracts remain cautious.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Michigan governor race returns favor Bradley slight win
Official returns from Jackson Kalamazoo and Tuscola counties show Dr Bradley leading Governor Warner by twenty one votes. Shiawassee county tallies Warner eight. Nine votes go to seven Democrats for lieutenant governor. Across fifty eight counties Warner 88456 Bradley 86725 Warner plurality 1731.
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Lansing
Mich
Jackson
Kalamazoo
Tuscola
Bradley
Warner
Shiawassee County
Destruction Threat Looms Over Lake Superior North Shore
Grand Marais Maine to California fire danger dominates the report as rain is awaited to halt advancing flames. In Grand Marais a spruce and brush tract three miles long is ablaze two miles from town, wind drives fire toward settlements, town lacks waterworks or firefighting. Similar conditions threaten Pigeon River Indian reservation and other nearby areas. Fire reports also include Kineo Maine and La Crescenta Los Angeles brush fires with continued danger.
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Minn
Lake Superior
Cook County
Grand Marais
Pigeon River Indian Reservation
Kay
Chicago Bay
Cascade
Crofton
Nutson
Kineo
Maine
Jackman
Los Angeles
la Crescenta
Evening influence noted at headwaters of Big Tejunga
An evening scene is described as the affection of the fimper at the headwaters of the Big Tejunga river, highlighting a quiet, lyrical moment near the source and its nearby surroundings.
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Big Tejunga River
Hairbreadth rescue as train halts for children
Evansville Indiana September 12 an engineer on the New Harmony branch of the Hinds Central railroad seeing two figures near the rails thought they were roosters. A woman ran toward the track frantically waving a skirt and the engineer swung from the pilot to save two children between the rails.
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Evansville
Ind
John van Horn
New Harmony
Hinds Central Railroad
van Horn
Cholera Gains Foothold in St Petersburg
St Petersburg leads cholera centers in Russia with sixteen new cases and three deaths by yesterday noon. Total reaches sixty eight cases in three days as the city allocates 21,500 to the sanitary commission. Six vaccination stations operate but vaccination remains unpopular with only 150 participants.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Sanitary Commission
Shahs Troops Defeated Near Tabriz
The Novor Vremys reports from Tabriz that 2,000 Persian troops and two Kurdish detachments led by Tevetell Khan marching from Maku to aid Ab ed Dewleh were intercepted ten miles from Tabriz by Satar Khan loyalists. The royalists retreated.
Pastor Berg Declines $500 Raise at Catskill Church
In Catskill New York Rev Irving H Berg pastor of the Reformed church rejected a $500 raise to $2 500 after a four month vacation. Church officers approved the increase during his absence. Berg thus declines the higher salary stating no need for the boost.
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Catskill
N. Y
Irving H. Berg
Catskill Reformed Church
Berg
Amsterdam bank to pay additional 40 percent dividend
In Washington J H Fi wards receiver of the New Amsterdam National Bank of New York conferred with Lawrence O Murray comptroller of the currency. They decided to draw checks to the creditors of the New Amsterdam for an additional dividend of 40 percent, which will be paid.
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Washington
J. H. Fiwards
New Amsterdam National Bank of New York
Lawrence O. Murray
New Amsterdam
United States schooner yacht Ceylon burned off St Catherine's Point
The U S built schooner yacht Ceylon was burned to the water’s edge off St Catherine’s Point. Captain R V Webster of Colombo and the crew escaped in boats and were rescued by a tug. The hulk was towed to Ventnor Isle of Wight.
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Southampton
Ceylon
St. Catherine's Point
R. V. Webster
Colombo
Ventnor
Isle of Wight
Moroccon ex-sultan Abid el Agiz quits struggle
Casablanca Sept 12 Abid el Agiz former sultan of Morocco writes Mtougi thanking him for support but says he abandons the Struggle Mtougi replies he will never submit to Mulai Hafid
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Casablanca
Abid-el-Agiz
Morocco
Mtougi
Mulai Hafid
Print Paper Investigation Resumes in Wisconsin
Chicago reports the congressional investigation of pulp wood and print paper statistics will resume September 15 in Appleton Wisconsin. Representative James K Mann of Chicago chairs the special committee and will visit the major paper mills in Appleton with members.
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Chicago
Congressional
Appleton
Wis
James K. Mann
Markets Opening and Closing for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago markets report strong to higher hog receipts and mixed hog prices for opening and closing sessions dated September 12, 1908. Official receipts yesterday 9568 show bulk hogs 6 85 to 7 10, light 6 50 to 7 16, heavy ship's grades 6 50 to 7 25, pigs 4 35 to 6 25. Cattle and sheep largely steady with cattle unchanged and sheep steady. totals include estimated receipts today 6,000 and tomorrow 25,000. Grain market data supplied by Beach-Wickham Grain Company.
Shaw to Become President of City Trust Company
Philadelphia sept 12 Leslie M Shaw former treasury secretary will head the First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust company in this city negotiations with bank officials have been pending and it has been denied that a final arrangement has been made
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Philadelphia
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
First Mortgage Guarantee and Trust Company
Bank
Shaw
Explosion at Detroit steel plant kills worker Emil Koehm
An oxygen tank five feet long and ten inches in diameter exploded at the Michigan Crucible Steel Castings plant on Guoin street in Detroit. Emil Koehm was killed instantly and two other workers were injured. The blast occurred during welding with hydrogen.
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Detroit
Michigan Crucible Steel Castings Company
Guoin Street
Emil Koehm
Keehm
Judge Lowe Dies Suddenly in Piedmont Lodge Initiation
Jos. Garrett Lowe, judge of the thirteenth judicial district, died at age sixty two during assistance in initiation ceremonies at a Masonic lodge in Piedmont. He collapsed of heart disease in Oklahoma City on September 12.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Masonic Lodge
Piedmont
Jos
Garrett Lowe
Thirteenth Judicial District
John A Babcock of Ghigago Seeks Contact
A note from John A Babcock of Ghigago requests correspondence at any time, asserting a promise of a square deal. The message emphasizes trust and ongoing communication.
Gary on Roosevelt talks at a London dinner
Elbert A. Gary chairman of United States Steel praised Roosevelt and urged world steel cooperation at a Reform Club dinner in London. Attendees included British German and French magnates. Gary denied plans to build in England and said the patent act rumor was false.
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London
Elbert A. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Cleb
Hugh Bell
Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
England
Germany
France
Paris
Associated Press
New York
Edward
Kaiser Not On French Soil Visit by Emperor William
Paris reports the German emperor planned to cross into France by automobile as a tourist to view the Schlucht mountains. Officials prepared to waive frontier checks and guard the route, but the Kaiser decided not to cross the line. He thanked French officials for their courtesy.
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Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
William
Schlucht Mountains
Prussia
Versailles
Another Mysterious Gotham Crime
The body of a murdered woman was found in a room at 31T East Forty-fifth Street with arms bound and a gag in her mouth. Police investigators pursue leads as the case unfolds in New York.
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New York
East Forty-fifth Street
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