Taft Stumping Tour Persists Amid Campaign Talk
Taft visits Hot Springs Virginia for a key speech in which he will answer Bryan's question Shall the people rule and contrast Republican and Democratic trust policies. West Virginia warns Taft is safe while Ohio party strategy and Senator Foraker's role spark campaign debate. Local officials note a large horse auction drawing attention as Edwards muddies the campaign rumor mill.
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Ohio
Senator Foraker
Hot Springs
Taft
Bryan
South
Watt
Cincinnati
New York
Indiana
Rhode Island
Iam
Vermont
Issours
West Virginia
William S. Edwards
Charleston
W Va
Virginia
Baltimore
Maryland
Virgina
Fraud in campaign buttons scam hits Brooklyn shops
New York reports police say thousands of Democratic campaign buttons from 1896 and 1900 were sold in Brooklyn to shopkeepers, netting about $5,000 for the organizers. The buttons show Bryan and Sewell and Bryan and Stevenson but lack captions that would reveal the pairing, misleading clerks unaware that Bryan’s partner was not Kern.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bryan
Sewell
Stevenson
iKern
Offer Big Horses for Taft Campaign
General Clarshe IL Eiwards, head of the Durraw of insular affairs, reports daily letters from horse owners offering mounts suitable for William H. Taft, the Republican presidential candidate. The letters follow a widely printed story stating Eiwards was commissioned to purchase horses for Taft.
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Clarshe IL Eiwards
Durraw of
Insular Affairs
Ietters
William H. ‘Att
Iidwards
Washington Post Marriage and Death Notices Notice
A notice explains that marriage and death notices in the Washington Post may be telegraphed to multiple morning newspapers at no extra charge, listing papers including the Cincinnati Enquirer, Boston Globe, Providence Journal, Buffalo Courier, St Louis Republic, Plain Dealer, and others, indicating synchronized publication.
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Washington Post
Cinemnat
Ergulier
Pittsburg
Boston
Globe
Providence Journal
Buffalo Center
Er Herale
Herall
St. Louis Republic
Ad Plain Dealer
Flower Press
Work Times
Ienerpista Post Standard
Died Darrett in Daingerfield Age in Seventh Decade
Obituary notice for a woman aged in the seventeenth year of life from Daingerfield Fairfax Barrett. Funeral from residence on Fourth and a half Street Southwest with interment at Congressional Cemetery. Baltimore papers requested. Funeral directors listed with multiple Washington, D.C. firms providing services and contact details.
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al Providence Hose
Barrett
Puneral
Santtwest
Congressional Cemetery
Baltimore
Egny
Advices Support of Taft From National Christian Congress
The National Christian Congress Association led by Rev. RB Robinson urged Black voters to back the Taft Sherman ticket and Republican nominees, arguing the party aided Negro rights and citing Lincoln Grant and other leaders. The address urged unity within the party, critiqued Democratic options, and named officers including R D Robinson and Eva J Mouser.
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RB. B. Robinson
National Christian Congress Association
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
Lincoln
Grant
Sumner
Garfield
McKinley
Republican Party
Brownsville
United States Congress
Wm. J. Bryan
White House
Benman, Vardaman
Jeff Davis
Arkansas
South
Southland
North
Association
R. D. Robinson
James Tillery
Tlarcy
J.” Williams
T Mobinson
MES
Eva J. Mouser
Bryan committee of 100 splits over daily paper plan
The Bryan committee of 100 in Bryan, led by s Field, met to form working subcommittees for rallying support and possibly starting a Democratic daily paper in the city. Lloyd T. McGill proposed establishing a paper to back the Democratic ticket, and his resolution passed heavily. A split arose over George W. Yellott’s election amid Talbott loyalty concerns, leading to resignations and a pledge to coordinate with the regular party unless it remains lukewarm. Annapolis officers ordered east to join the Asiatic squadron, with specific timing for Hoogeworf. George Dunlap Potts of St Louis died in Frederick City Hospital at 43 from Bright's disease.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Bryan
S. Field
Lance
Lloyd T. McGillir
McGill
George W. Yeltatt
Baltimore County
Talbott
Yellott
Charles Fendall
George D. Potts
Washington Prat
Trefferick
George Dunlap Potts
St. Louis
Frederick City, Hospital
Bright
Richard Potts
Injunction Sought To Halt Alexandria School Building
Arlington County trustees and contractors for a Fort Myer Heights school face a circuit court injunction filed by James B. Clemente superintendent of public schools. The suit claims obsolete plans contravene state standards and alleges bid and bonding irregularities. A hearing is set for Monday at 10 o'clock in the Alexandria county courthouse.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Bartet
Alexandria
Arlington
Alexandria County
John F. Morris
H. Schuring
Alexandria ‘County
James BR. Clemente
Fort Myer , Heights
J. B. T. Thornton
William H. Palmer
Sherif Howard Field
Thornton
Mr. Clements
State Board of Education
Morris
Crandal Mackey
Commonwealth
Morris and Schuring
Clements
Preacher in Melon Trade Case Under Church Review
Special to The Washington Post reports Rev. S. M. Shipman, beaten by Mr. Carew, remains at Hurlock. he preaches rarely, assists cantaloupe buyers, and does odd jobs near the station. He bears gashes and eye discoloration, protests his innocence, and contemplates farming as his usefulness wanes.
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Washington Post
S. M. Shipman
Carew
Hurlock
Oscar Hurst
Shipman
Boy kills father in Edgecomb county tragedy
In Tarboro New Mexico Township No 113 a man Logan James, enraged, vowed to kill his family. He was shot by his 15 year old son while attempting to carry out the threat and was later attacked with an ox by another child. He died from the gunshot. Coroner Bass held the child shooter and the other youth in jail after the inquest.
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Edgecomb County
Logan James
Bass
Washington
Richmond
Aus
Allan Valentine
Mann S. Valentine, “Jr
Powhatan County
Gray Valentine
Burglars Loot Keedysville Paralytic Man's Home
Two masked burglars entered the residence of Jacob P. Blank an elderly bed ridden man near Keedysville Maryland. They knocked down Mrs Blank and forced aims at the money while Miss Birdie Griffith escaped by leaping from a second story window to raise the alarm. Evidence points to local residents as suspects with fresh tracks toward Eakle's Mills.
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Hagerstown
Jacob P. Blank
Keedysville
Held for wife desertion in Richmond arrest
Richmond, Va, Atte. George B Billet, living in Richmond four years, has been arrested and will be taken back to York, Pa, to answer a charge of wife desertion. He is brother to the Ports mouth baseball team member. A letter from that brother to York relatives led to his seizure. The wife claims he left to elope with Miss Mabel Zortman who accompanied him.
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Washington Post
Richmond
George B. Billet
York
Billet
Portsmouth
Pennsylvania
Mabel Zortman
Hillet
Lady Louise Hobbs Marries After Bigamy Scandal
Louise Hobbs, once the wife of the accused bigamist Lord Reginald Douglas, wed Hubert Halloway after a whirlwind courtship and divorce. She returned to Virginia with a baby born in Texas, and resumed her maiden name Hobbs. The article also notes Douglas’s later marriages and a fatal accident involving Allan Valentine in Powhatan County.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Louise’ Hobbs
Reginald Douglas
United States
Virginia
Mexico
Texas
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Raleigh
Mra Douglas
Hobbs
Halloway
Lamberts Point
Lord Douglas
Louise Hobbs
Portsmouth
Douglas
Wrante
California
Mite Hood
Asheville
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Memorials to be unveiled at Cedar Mountain reunion
Culpeper Virginia August 20 a granite and bronze marker for Cedar Mountain battle officers and soldiers will be unveiled at the national cemetery during a Confederate veterans reunion led by A P His Camp Culpeper Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy with Sons of Veterans and Seventh Ohio infantry survivors attending. In the afternoon a monument to Col Charles T Crittenden will be unveiled at the Cedar Mountain chapel with Culpeper minute men and a Charlottesville brass band assisting a picnic dinner to follow and several thousand attendees expected.
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Culpeper
Battle of
Cedar Mountain
National Cemetery
A. P
Daughters of the Confederacy
Seventh Ohio Infantry
Charles T. Crittenden
Thirteenth
Virginia Infantry
Culpeper Minute
Charlottesville
Milk Trust Hearing Delayed One Day In Chicago Case
Interstate Commerce Commission postponed hearings set for September 7 in Chicago involving several milk price and shipping cases. The Beatrice Creamery and others sue Illinois Central Railroad and others over unjust discriminatory rates on milk and cream in the Chicago area. Other suits include Fairmont Creamery against Hindis Central and partners and Blue Valley against Michigan Central and Pacific Express over return-free bills of lading for empties.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beatrice Creamery Company
Ilinois Central Railroad
Fairmont Creamery Company
Hindis Central
Blue-Valley Creamery Company
Michigan Central
Fairmont Creamery Com
Pacific Express Company
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Health Office Record Deaths Harv y W Jobson and Others
Health Office records list multiple deaths with scattered details including names such as Harvey W Jobson age 67, and entries mentioning hospitals Providence and Government, ages around 28 to 67, various addresses and affiliations, ailment notes unclear, and emergency hospital references. The fragmentary OCR shows numerous misreadings and inconsistent place names, but preserves multiple deceased individuals and associated institutions.
Berryville Horse Show Opens With Afloat Of Classes
Berryville Va Aug 2 Third day of the Berryville barge show drew large crowds despite a light morning shower. The death of C B Clapp s blue ribbon stallion Hiawatha was noted. George Page was thrown in the hunt club class but remounted to finish third. Classes covered thoroughbreds heavy draft and roadster groups with multiple winners named from Berryville Winchester and nearby towns.
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Washington Foot
Berryville
C. BE. Clapp
Hiawathe
Hunt Club
George Page
Norfolk police arrest suspect in did not match Strong
In Henderson, a man arrested as the Strong murder suspect proved not to be him, appearing to be a double. Chief Tynen and Detective Broughton, from Portsmouth, reported the arrest and noted a special grand jury and term of Norfolk County Circuit Court for Oscar Perry alias Henry Smith facing an assault charge on Mrs Catherine Powell.
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Washington Post
Horfolk
Ag. W
Sienderson
Ag James
Strong
Winningder
Portsmouth
Tynen
Broughton
Norfolk County
Oscar Perry
Henry Smith
Catherne Powell
Express agent arrested on theft charge in Covington
T M Radford assistant agent for the Adams Express Company was arrested by Special Agent J I Scherer of the transportation department on a theft charge for $400 cash from the company. Most of the money was recovered and Radford did not attempt to escape.
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Covington
T. M. Radford
Adams Express Company
J. 1. Scherer
Transportation Department
Typhoid Case Ties House Servant to Richmond Epidemic
Richmond health officers link Henrietta Howison colored house worker to spreading typhoid in many homes over two years. She is detained for examination as city county officials dispute epidemic counts, noting seven known cases and tensing relations between city health and county supervisors.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Henrietta Howison
Health Department
Lucy Smith
New York
Manhattan Island
Board of Supervisors
Walter H. Grant
Grant
Wife shoots husband in Finney near Honaker Va
Special to The Washington Port reports a fatal shooting at Finney near Honaker. Edward Cook threatened his wife with a knife during a quarrel. She fired a shotgun pointblank, hitting him in the face and causing his death. Several Cook relatives have been killed in past years, including his brother Henry who served time for murder and was later killed in Buchanan County.
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Washington
Honaker
Finney
Edward Cook
Cook
Henry
State Penitentiary
Buchanan County
Wallis to resign as Anne Arundel schools chief
Head of Anne Arundel schools Prof Harry B R Wallis is expected to resign after about two years in office to take a position in the West. Confirmation was not provided by Wallis or the school board president Melvin. Wallis, a Dickinson College alumnus, previously led Annapolis High School before his current post.
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South Royalstreet
King and Royal Street
Alexandria
Hart
Washington Postrannapons
Harry BR. Wallis
Anne Arundel
West
Wallis
Melvin
Dickingen College
Annapolis High School
Murder Charge Against Him Harrisburg Requisition Returns Johnson
Gov Stuart in Harrisburg honored a requisition from Gov Swan son of Virginia for the return to Virginia of Samuel Johnson a Negro arrested in Philadelphia for the murder of Rhoads Watson July 2. Johnson was transported to Philadelphia.
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Stuart
Swanson
Virginia
Samuel Johnson
Philadelphia
Rhoads
Watson
Johnson
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