Taft in Denver Presses Tariff Policy in Campaign Stop
President Taft spoke to about fifteen thousand at Denver Auditorium delivering a broad campaign address on public lands, conservation, and tariff policy. He argued Republicans must uphold protection and progress while criticizing broken pledges and urging party unity amid unsettled Colorado politics.
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Spental
Washington
Denver
Colo
Taft
Colorado
Public Lands Convention
William Alverdice Prince and other notices
Obituaries note the sudden deaths of William Hillery Alverdice at his sister-in-law Mia Winslow Alderdice home in New London Conn and Frank Ke Prince eldest son of the late William L and Mary E T Prince with private interment plans. Other brief notices include Hugh Fairgrieve Taggart, son of Hugh F and Anna Jackson Taggart, with funeral at Holy Trinity Church Georgetown and interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery. A Taft speech recap covers responses at a public lands convention, praising the President’s versatility, debate over public lands policy, and West coast reception while urging unity and development.
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Alverdice
Mia Winslow Alderdice
New London
Conn
William Hillery Alverdice
Prince
Frank KE
Willam L
Mary E T. Prince
Taggart
Hugh Fairgreave
Hugh F
Anna Jackson Taggart
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Pledges Support To Taft By New York County Committee
New York Republicans reaffirmed support for President Taft at the New York County Republican Committee annual reorganizational meeting. Samuel Koenig was reelected president by unanimous vote and Otto T Barnard served as temporary chairman. The committee vowed to back the renomination and reelection of Taft with unified party effort.
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New York
Republican County Committee
New York County
Taft Samuel Koenig
Taft
Otto T Barnard
Taft Plans To Take Rest After Return From Washington
President Taft will depart Washington on November 1 for Hot Springs Virginia for a few days of rest and recreation. Mrs Taft will likely go to Hot Springs October 27. The President plans to visit Cincinnati Louisville Kentucky and one or two other places before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Taft
Hot Springs
Cincinnati
Louisvlle
Italians Land Force in Tripoli War News
Italian and Turkish forces clash as Italy advances on Tripoli. Reports from Rome and Constantinople outline battles, naval movements, and diplomatic maneuvering with mediation talks and potential protectorate outcomes shaping the crisis.
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Tripoli
Two Officers slain as Lee County clash erupts in Virginia
A heavy gun battle at Gibsons Station, Virginia, leaves two Bell county Kentucky deputy sheriffs dead and several others wounded or missing after a posse attempts to arrest Mrs Zhelda Denny Barnett who was sought as a witness in a Kentucky murder case. The Smith family and Cal gin Mirracle are among those suspected to aid the mountaineers, with a large pursuing force vowing to press the fight.
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Lee County
Washington Post
Jonesville
Gibsons Station
Kentucky
John Collins
William Collins
Bell County
James Collins
George Tucker
McCoy
Pineville
Mra Zhelda Denny Barnett
Charles Denny
Middlesboro
Bell ,County
Barnett
Smith
Collins
Tucker
Collins Brothers
Sheriff Tucker
Tuckers
Ace
Seduts
Smith House
Calvin Mirracle
Refugees welcomed in Agosta Sicily after Tripoli escape
The Agosta and Syracuse areas greeted 91 Tripoli refugees landed by torpedo boat destroyers Lancre and Garibaldino. Residents recalled Turkish threats against host families. Batteries are being prepared to defend the port and wireless stations link the harbor to military HQ as Vittorio Emanuele reportedly heads to organize escort service for troops.
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Agosta
Sicily
Syracuse
Tripoli
Lanclere
Garibaldino
Munsulmans
Stasis
Vittorio Emmanueli
Italy
Panic on Adriatic Coast in Apulia amid war fears
Brindisi Italy October 3 Panic grips the Apulia coast as Turks potential privateers loom under vigilant Italian flotilla led by Vice Admiral the Duke of the Abruzzi. Lights are extinguished along the shoreline and even domestic illumination is banned. Cholera remains serious in Bari Fogela and Lecce as two dirigible balloons with aerostatics experts join a vessel bound for Tripoli escorted by torpedo boats.
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Corfu
Duke of
Turkey
Tripoli
Italy
Rome
Athens
Dardanelles
Agosta
Sicily
Garibaldino
Recoal
Derna
Eitel Friedrich
Napoli
Brindisi
Apulia
Adriatic
Abruzzi
Bari
Fogela
Lecce
Duke of the Abrugal
Mayor Rice Is Reelected In New Haven Race
In New Haven Connecticut Mayor Frank J Rios a Republican won reelection over former Mayor James B Mar tin by 1993 votes the largest margin in years Frank S Butterworth son of Ohio state rep and former Yale football player ran on an independent ticket attacking the Republican organization led by Col I M Ullman a Taft ally receiving 1174 votes Westerbury elected Democrat Frank T Reeves over Republican W Hotchkiss by 284 votes with Democrats sweeping the ticket except town and city clerks went to Republicans.
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Taft
New Haven
Conn
Livebeat
Municips
Frank J. Rios
James B Maertin
Frank S. Butterworth
Tate
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Birds Open War on Aeroplanes at St Louis Meeting
Postmaster General Hitchcock authorizes St Louis postmaster to arrange mail pickup and delivery by scrapline for the aviation meet at the fairgrounds October 4. Aviator Walter Brookins to be mail messenger. Birds attack army aeronautical property at Fort Omaha prompting Treasury approval to buy a shotgun and 800 shells to kill the offenders.
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Hitchcock
St. Louis
St. Louis Fairy Grounds
Walter Brookina
Sir
Signel Corps
War Department
Army
Fort Omaha
Nebr
Treasury
MAN LOCKED IN HOLD ON PATHAN LEAVES SAVANNAH
Alfred Stites, a Savannah longshoreman, is feared dead after vanishing from the hold of the tramp steamer Pathan as it sailed for Liverpool. Hatches were battened while he slept, and the ship lacks wireless to relay his plight.
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Savannah
Alfred Stttes
Pathan
Liverpool
Savanah
Stiles
Swain Seeks Reimbursement From Theresa Richter
Peter E. B. Hall sues in Meriden city court to recover 1253 dollars claimed as expenses incurred in June while in the company of Miss Theresa Richter. The bill lists trolley fares from a nickel to a quarter and items such as ice cream ten cents meals, wages for hiring horse and wagon, hotel meals, and tips. Ball, a painter by trade, retains counsel in the suit.
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Meriden
Conn
Peter EB. Hall
Theresa Richter
Juhe
New Haven
Willimantic
Hartford
I Ball
Hold Man Wanted Here. Chicago Police Charge James Backus
James E B Backus, under indictment for alleged postal order frauds at Detroit, was placed under 5000 bonds by US Commissioner Foote. Preliminary hearing postponed to October 11. Charges of forgery in Washington and other Eastern cities. Backus accused of stealing money orders from a suburban postal station. Washington police allege a forged $150 check last May.
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Chicago
James Backus
James EB. Backus
Detroit
Mich
Foote
Backus
Washington
D. C
Licensed to Marry Amid Virginia Names and Ages
A fragmented OCR list shows multiple proposed marriages with ages and counties in Virginia. Names include Wade Fr Baldwin 25 and Genevieve Balze M Johnson 61 Shenandoah county, Ida Whisler 28 Herrisonbur, and others such as Reuben Shumaker 26 with Jolla Matewetzky 19 in Ricky ons Va, plus Henry W Milne 26 and Carrie Lucitle Evan 36. Rev. J Hun micutt and Rev John R Shannon appear among clergy referenced. The text preserves marriage intent notices across several counties including Madison and Charlottesville.
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Wade Fr. Baldwin
Genevieve
Balze M Johnson
John A Sniggle
Shenandoah County
Ida Whisler
Herrisonbur
Rey
Charles F Sontag
Reuben Shumaker
Jolla Matewetzky
Ricky Ons Va Hans
Ichglat Weggeman
Ant Rah Westgrey
B. Roth
Henry W Milne
Carrie Lucitle Evan
Boch M Thompson
William L. Uts
Bernice B. Kite
Madison Counsty
J . Hunmicutt
William D. Prince
Grace A. Howser
Btony Creek
John R. Shannon
Charles M. Havell
N. Marie Derm
Joseph T. Kelly
Walter P Glover
Lucy E. Singleton
Actres CoRempera
Pierce B Broember
Wallace
W. H Brandt
Shaifer
Laurel
Paul A. Menzoj Benapa
Charles B. Hughes
Lillie R Leitch
Charlottesville
Rey Wallace Radcliffe
Health Office Record Names and Ages of Various Individuals
A health office record lists numerous names with relation initials and ages, including Tim and Agnes O Connor, Charles and Martha C., William Ho and Emre M Roar, Rosa L Sprinkle, Carroll and Mary Colton, Richard Mr. and Myrtle L. Collins, Rob Roy and Annie K Mackey, Carl J and Helge L Nelson, Thomas and Mary Mallon, Samuel HE and Edna Cchia, Robert and Minnie Mietchar, William and Helen Broadus, James and Matis Johnson, Neather dale Albrey Roatial, aged 60, and others. Additional ages noted include 75, 49, 33, 70, 24, and 8 months. The list references addresses and locations such as Nes 6 pitts, 1 noni Juan L. Smith 1118 4th st, Casualty Hospital, and Stanton, D.C.
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Tim
Agnes
O'Connor
Adtinon
Alabama Ave
Stanton
D.C
Sfllam Diggs
Rostow
Satya Tas Herman
15Th St
Rockefeller party departs to Pocantico Hills with 38 trunks
Cleveland dispatch reports John D Rockefeller Jr and family leaving for Pocantico Hills New York. The group boards a special car attached to the Lake Shore train amid rain and a large retinue. Rockefeller lends newspapers his own pictures to avoid photographers and offers health tips while quizzed on journalism.
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Cleveland
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N Y
Forest Hill
Lucy Spellman
Old King’si
Sarvante
Lake Shore
East
Dark Neighbors for Hughes in Washington Street Block
Special dispatch notes Justice Hughes will occupy his soon finished $1 home on V Street near Sixteenth in a block where white residents are scarce. A speculative builder sold frontage for reduced prices, erecting twenty two story box houses finished before the Hughes house roof. The homes drew no white buyers and were offered to colored residents.
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Washinton Post
New York
New York World
Charles E. Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Hughes
V Street
Sixteenth
Seventeenth Streets
Lecete
Congressmen Send Regrets From Minnesota Taft Meeting
Minnesota Republican leaders report that Lindbergh Veistead and Anderson sent regrets to the Taft club event on October 24. Clapp and Davis indicated support for La Follette. Anderson hopes to meet the President in Mankato but cannot attend in Minneapolis. Secretary Hal C Paris noted only a few regrets received.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Minn
Lindbergh
Veistead
Ander
Mien
Republican Club
Senate
Clapp
Davis
Anderson
Mankato
Minneapoli
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Shafroth
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Yale
University of Denver
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Cheyenne
Public Lands
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Etal Terf
States
Mr Taft
Sally
George P. Zurhorst
Cap ST
Charles 8. Zurhorst
Mgr
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Maryland
Frank Geier’s Sons
Seventh ST
Hapel
Mod
Cormmnadiona Chapel
Telelephone
Nor
Louis Vns
Theop Clements
Jen R Clements
Jame Ments
Wisconsin
Sergeon
R & Cain
Ctelephone
Ctelephone Math 1000 Thos. M. Hindle
Aew
Uf St
Saa Ur Mafeti
LF Sara
Demekes
Store ON Wine CO
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Russia
Germany
Tevhkr Pasha
Foreign Office
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Porte
Yemen
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Red Sea
Cape Kasar
Strait of
Bab-el-Mendeb
Times
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Palermo
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Black Sea
Russian Ministry of Commerce
Constantinople
Constantinopie
Grand Vizier
Hitmi Pasha
Said Pasha
Vdzler
Hodeida
Peikishevketé
Seilors
Messadieh
Asser-l-Tewfik
Berki-Satvet
Golden Horn
Austria
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Mehmed Pasha
Adelkader
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Union and Progress
Italang
Berlin
Pripolstar
Frontier
Aegean Sea
Samos
Victor Emmanuel
Quirinal
Managua
Nicaragua
Hunyad
Janos
Virginia Mountaineers
Asi Fs
Rice
Aeros
Fort Omsha, Nebr
Swain
Sues Girl
Fundy
Hold Man
Bacl
Health Office Record
H Street
N.W
Washington Heights
Biltmore St
Lot
Geo. Y. Worthington & Son
G Street
N. W
John
Hal C Paris
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
Seventh and
D Streets
Manhattan Laundry Co
Fla. Ave
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