Roosevelt Era Rivalry Spurs New Party Amid Distrust
New York reports a split in the party with quotes from Thomas F. Watson, arguing Roosevelt's personal popularity fuels a new party effort. The piece discusses Parker and Bryan factions, distrust in leadership, and calls for unity against perceived Republican shortcomings. Strong entities include Roosevelt, Parker, Bryan, and Cleveland era references. The remarks claim broad support for reform while noting internal division and strategic aims to reshape national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sevelt
Parker
Bryan
Democratic Party in Crisis and Southern Strategy
Thomas E Watson argues the Democratic Party is torn by internal factions and a plutocratic wing, hindering reforms. He predicts 1908 will require a Jeffersonian Democrat lead and promotes a Georgia-led People’s Party movement to resist Wall Street control. He pledges to campaign in Georgia and vows home use of Jeffersonian principles to restore independence from corporate influence.
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Democratic Party
Bryanites
Elemen
Mr. Bryan
Tom
Bryan
Mearsom
Fred Williams
Wall Street
Georgia
Thams
Siorgan and
Belmont
Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wisconsin
la Follette
Beenybod
M Gan and Belmont
People’s Party
New York
Thomson
Millah
Parev
Thomas E. Watson
Funeral notices from November deaths in Oyster and Washington areas
Obituaries for James F Oyster, son of Jones and Emma, aged thirteen, with funeral details at Oak Hill and local residence events. Also notice for Mars Sullivan, died November 14 at George Washington University Hospital, funeral planned with a Requiem Mass and Mount Olivet Cemetery interment. relatives invite attendance.
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Muriam G. Ma
Thomas Ueth
Reo
Cunmey
Wilow
Admur
Shah
Navy
SLAC
Long Island
Naturaus
Amber
Teland Avenue
James F Oyster
Poloved
Oof Jones
Emma’ J Qwsrer
Novimber
Weiock P
Oak Gili Mriry
Ullivan
Georges Washingtaiversity Hospital
Mars Sullivan
Margaret LA Peath
Wyeml
Mount Olivet
Giak EL Chapel
J William Lee Funeral Director Adette in PA
J William Lee Funeral Director and Embalmer offers livery to connection commodious chapel and modern crematorium. Modest prices. Telephone 1385. Joseph Gawler Pasne Main 131 established 1850. Funeral at Exter and embalmer 1730 32 34 Pa Ave MW Bars Yee for funeral services. Everything first class. Moderate prices.
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J. William Lee
Pennsylvania
Joseph Gawler
Pasne Main
Hemenway Leads Indiana Senate Race as Fairbanks Ties Rise
Special to The Washington Post reports Indiana Republicans battle for the U S Senate seat held by Fairbanks. Iwan Hemenway leads with Fairbanks backing but faces risk if opponents unite. Key figures include Capt Harry New Congressman Landis James E Watson Addison Harris and Addison Harris with regional supports outlined amid a likely 400 vote joint session.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
United States Senate
Fairbanks
Congress
Iwan Hemenway
Senator Fairbanks
Harry New
Republican National
Lst
Landis
James E. Watson
Addison ©. Harris
Austria-Hungary
Watson
Harris
Hemenway
Fairbanks Machine
Republican State Committee
Fred Iuandis
Indiana
Republians
Senate
WANT ESCH IN SENATE Friends prep to inaugurate a room
Lacrosse Wisconsin November 13 Congress John J Esch left last night for Panama as member of the House Canal Committee He says no active campaign for Senatorship but friends plan one He will not return before the next session and his supporters expect him to be named for the Senate by Western Wisconsin lawmakers
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Democratic Party
St. Louis
Bryan
National Democratic Party
Tg Tt
Mr. Bryan
Whey
Friends
Wisconsin
Washington Post
Lacrosse
Wis
John J. Esch
Panama
House Canal Committee
United Eee
Major A Leonard Hay Dead in Warsaw Illinois
Maj A Leonard Hay brother of John Hay and former Springfield mayor Charles Way died at his home in Warsaw Illinois at seventy. He retired from the U S Army twelve years ago and lived with his widowed sister Mrs Mary Woolfolk. Secretary Hay will attend the funeral and take charge of arrangements.
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Washington Post
Springfield
Warsaw
Til
A. Leonard Hay
John Hay
Charles J. Way
Maj. Hay
United States Army
Mary T. Woolfolk
Charles Hay
Hay
Booth Tucker's Farewell Campaign in New York
On November 18 in New York the Salvation Army held three farewell services for Commander Booth Tucker before his departure to England. Prominent Salvation Army officers from major U.S. cities attended, joining staff from across the nation. Also reported were dispatches from Alsace noting Beqqhardt, Urfa’s German consular agent, was beaten by Turkish soldiers, and steamship movements including Umbria sailing from Liverpool to New York and Graf Waldersee from Hamburg to New York. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a remedy for grip, pneumonia, or typhoid fever.
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York
Booth
America
England
Salvation Army
Queenstown
Umbria
Liverpool
New York
Dover
Graf Waldersee
Hamburg
Boulogne
Hood
Winter storm wrecks Washington power and telegraph network
A severe blizzard collapsed poles and downed wires across Washington, crippling electric light service and long distance telephones. The attack on Whitney avenue caused major damage, with hundreds of poles failing and major repairs expected to take a week. Alexandria and Falls Church also suffered communication outages while the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company raced to repair extensive underground and overhead lines.
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Washington
Whitney Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Electric Light Company
Tennallytown
Wis
Brentwood Road
Hellmuller
New York
Harty
Seventh
Pomeroy Streets
Thirty Second
New Hampshire Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
R Street
Fourteenth
K Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth Streets
Engine Company
Maryland Avenue
Third
Allen
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Alexandria
Falls Church
Dr Pierces tonics touted as blood cleansers for better health
An early 20th century advertisement argues mosquitoes and flies spread disease while claiming Dr. R V Pierce offers remedies. It extols Pleasant Pellets as a gentle weekly laxative and Golden Medical Discovery as a blood building tonic made from roots and herbs. The ad promotes free medical advice and requests stamps to mail the adviser materials.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Massive wet snowstorm hits Washington with heavy fallout
A severe wet snowstorm stalled in Washington causing widespread disruption as wet flakes clung to wires and disrupted downtown activity. The Weather Bureau warned of dangerous northeasterly gales, with storms progressing from Friday near Florida to the Atlantic coast, bringing rain, snow and cold temperatures across the Middle Atlantic, New England, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Saturda
New England
Middle Atlantic
Norfolk
Florida
Atlantic
Hatteras
South Atlantic
Upper
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Middle
Upper Lake Region
North Pacific States
Snow Storms Hit Virginia and Greensboro in Mid November
Snow fell across Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee since early morning, reaching five inches in places and bending branches as a midwinter scene settled in. Petersburg and Richmond saw heavy snowfall with rain preceding it, while Lynchburg reported a breaking drought with occasional snow flurries and white mountains. Greensboro endured a severe snow storm from 10 to 2, with dense flakes all afternoon.
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Washington
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Richmond
Greensboro
Washington Post
N. C
Navy
Weather Dampens Scene as Rain Falls Since Yesterday
Housetops were covered and the ground might have been dry if not for the rain that had been coming down since yesterday. The persistent shower altered plans and kept surfaces slick.
Baltimore Stands Swamped by Snow Storm Blackouts
A morning to night storm in Baltimore caused almost complete prostration of electric light, telegraph, telephone and trolley wires. Several accidents occurred as lines sparked. no fatalities reported. Communication with the outside world largely cut off except for a few Western Union lines to Philadelphia and New York. A weather warning warned masters of ships of another Atlantic coast storm expected tonight. No serious damage reported at midnight.
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Winth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
New Jersey Avenue
Fifteenth Street
New York Avenue
Jersey Avenue
F Street
First
Tenth
Eleventh
Thirty-third
Twenty-eighth
Prathers Alley
H Street
Seventh Street
Louisiana Avenue
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Albert O. Stearns
Olive Avenue
United States Electric Light Company
Emrich Beef Company
Thirty Second Street
Georgetown
Thomas Shipman
Seventh Precinct
Thirty-third Street
Prospect Avenue
Georgetown University Hospital
Ninth Street
Baltimore
Western Union
Philadelphia
New York
Masters of
Gi Eis
Atlantic
Snow Blanket Strikes York With One Foot Depth
York Pa November 1 heavy snow stalls trolley cars delays trains and suspends traffic across York County. Wires down poles topple and phone service is out as crews cannot restore lines. Snow depth reaches about a foot on the level amid city darkness. In Knoxville Tennessee nearly an inch of snow fell with the coldest weather of the season.
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York
York County
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
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