Iowa Voters Back Taft in Presidential Vote Strong Taft Support Across State
Special to The Washington Past Des Moines Iowa Aug 23 Republican strength dominates the movember vote as farmers and workers back Taft. Cummins feud shapes senate race with Haugen as anti Cummins rival but Iowa Republicans unite to ensure Taft wins the national ticket. Farmers insist on primary over general vote and labor disaffection remains limited while entangling state factions test party unity. Taft's statewide lead expected despite senate tensions.
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Whiaikh
Iowa
Ano Tt
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William Foyd Alison
United States
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Ummm
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Taft
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Kaste
People of Love
Senate
Lowa
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Allison
Haugen
Wast
Denver
Chicago
Tts
Ilinois
Missouri
Lewt Carroll
Frederick White
Carroll
Wlate
Walter E Smith
Council Bluffs
Fitzhugh to Asylum Girl Went to Virginia Home
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore Aug 23 Rev George Fitzhugh aged rector of St Barnabas Curtis Bay taken to Spring Grove Asylum for the Insane with his 11 year old ward Lulu Virginia Frazier crying at the scene. The rector’s daughter Lena Fitzhugh will escort the girl to Albemarle county Va. Neighbors witnessed a moving farewell as hats were doffed and the ivy covered rectory will close until a new rector is appointed. The physician urged treatment for cure and warned the rector may recover with institutional care.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
George Kitzhugh
St Barnabas Episcopal Church
Curtis Bay
Lulu
Virginia Frazier
Spring Grove Asylum
Albemarle County
Lena Fitzhugh
The Big Theft From U S Subtreasury Charged
Chicago Aug 23 George W Fitzgerald, a former Subtreasury teller, is arrested on larceny charges for the 173000 theft from the government vaults. Investigators say others may be implicated. Fitzgerald denied the crime, noting a modest estate and alleged speculation precedents amid a high profile federal probe.
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Chicago
United States
George W Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
William Boldenweck
Congress
Snake Bit His Head Youth in Virginia Campsite
William Thompson 18 of 1003 C Street SW was bitten on the head by an unknown snake near Chain Bridge on the Virginia side of the Potomac. He was rushed to Georgetown University Hospital where his head swelled dramatically and doctors began strychnine treatment as antitoxin was deemed less effective. Thompson and companion Eugene Wood camped near Chain Bridge and described a rattling sound before the attack.
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C Street
Virginia
Potomac River
Georgetown University Hospital
Thompson
Eugene R Wood
H Street
Southern Railway
Georgetown
Woods
Shad
Wood
Hte
Panama Canal Progress and Roosevelt Report on Panama Labor
President Roosevelt released a commission report on Panama Isthmus labor and housing conditions noting high health and working power, improved employer relations, and relief provisions for temporary disability. The document details excavations, equipment, and staffing while praising Goethals administration and presenting recommendations including simplified wages and injured worker compensation. The inspection covered workshops, shipyards, camps, and convalescent facilities at Taboga, with Roosevelt urging immediate implementation where possible.
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Roosevelt
James Bronson Reynolds
Samuel B Donnelly
Henry Bern Needham
Panama
George W Goethals
Fathmian Canal Commission
Col Goethals
Congress
la Boca
Pacific
Cristobal
Caribbean
Taboga
Lifa
Pdzama Canal
Isthmian Canal Commission
É&C
Thiri
Atlantic City Defies Law Seeks Sunday Liquor Rush
Special to The Washington Fuo reports Atlantic City defied state law by opening saloons and cafes on a Sunday. Despite a grand jury session and Supreme Court Justice Trenchard's indictments, crowds flocked to bars seeking unlimited liquid refreshment as reformers gathered evidence of sales. Prosecutor Goldenbure and officials had limited visible action.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Supreme Court
Trenchard
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Goldenbure
Grand Jury
Tke
Longport
Woodruff
Lawa
President lauds Col Goethals for canal progress
The president expresses pleasure at Col Goethals and the good showing achieved. Investigators say goodwill and employer loyalty, inspired by the accessibility of the chief engineer, enable the United States to accomplish what another government failed to do.
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United States
Roosevelt Praises Panaman Canal Work Morale and Welfare
President Roosevelt sends congratulations to Col Goethals and commends the Isthmian Canal Commission for yellow fever eradication and high worker health. The report details vast dredging, machinery, and labor on site, notes wage and hours reforms, and urges a labor secretary to handle complaints and improve disability relief.
Leperknows Doom Faith Life Travels Revealed
A leper knows doom and places faith in religion in a life story told to a reporter. He describes a living death he endures yet vows not to let fear weigh on him. His greatest concern is for his wife and child as he confronts the exposed numbers of his illness.
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Fitzgerald
Litzinger
Trig
Leper John R Barry's Long Army Career Story
John R Barry, described as the leper, recounts a U S Army journey from enlistment in Atlanta in 1897 through Cuba, the Philippines, and Manila. He details sicknesses, hospitalizations, a Manila campaign, and a San Francisco discharge before returning home to Weaverville. The narrative shifts to his later life in Canton, Lynn, and Washington where he is identified as a leper and confined in a Salvation Army setting with vivid, tense observations of his isolation and surroundings.
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Yancey County
North Carolina
Atlanta
Galveston
Florida
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Santiago
General Hospital
Weaverville
N Cy
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Manila
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Vigan
Abra
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bin Home
Knoxville
Columbus
Ohio
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Plattsboro Barracks
Fifth Infantry
Plattsburg
Army
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Boston
Larmaur
Miss Settle L
Troy
Salvation Army
Granville N. Y
Salvation
Oswego NX
Canton NC
Champion Fiber Works
Canton
Lynn N. Co
Lynn
Washington
Southern Railway
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