Taft Appeals for Unity and Prosperity in Iowa Speech
President Taft addresses about 15 000 in Waterloo Iowa urging unity to boost business prosperity. He defends antitrust enforcement while noting prosecutions will not be prolonged as the business community aligns with Supreme Court rulings. He warns against hostile anti business rhetoric and promotes moderate reform to support railroads and overall growth.
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Waterloo
Supreme Court
Department of Istee
Taft
Harpers Ferrs
Kerlestown
Summit Point
Winchester
Baltimore and Ohi Railroad
S.ecnes
Chian Station
W & Wa
Iowa
Rockwell City
Rint
Let Us Reason Together Taft Speech Cites Prosperity
President Taft urges unity in boosting business prosperity and frowning on attacks that stir prejudice against investments. He calls for teamwork in the community, restraint in denunciation, and praise for enterprise that funds productive industry and workers. Ontario Waterloo Iowa quotation.
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Taft
Waterloo
Iowa
Tragedy in Rockingham Ends Engagement Promise
In Rockingham North Carolina Henry Morse was shot dead in the street hours before his wedding as Clyde Childers a rival suitor wounded himself after firing on Morse and Beulah Stone. Morse died without speaking and Childers no longer lives to explain his act. Stone fled the scene and witnesses described a fatal confrontation rooted in jealousy and a license barely dry.
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Washington Post
Rockingham
N. C
Henry Morse
Clyde Childers
Childers
Morse
Beulah Stone
Childer
Stone
Sorse
T. F. Webb
Main Street
Miss Stone
Tus
Tie
Maine Voter Corrections Could Alter Repeal Vote Outcome
Maine officials opened applications for corrections in the September 11 election returns from Limestone Westfield Addison Matinicus. If approved, corrections would change the yes vote against repealing a constitutional provision from a 28 vote plurality to a majority. Town clerks attended, and the council scheduled a later session to hear all applications through October.
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AunMata
ATO
Limestone
Weastfield
Attcns
Matinicus Plantion
Inge
Dix to Pardon Hains Amid Clemency Pleas
Washington reports Gov. Dix plans to pardon Capt. Peter Hains who killed William Anis after twelve jurors faced trial. Eleven jurors pardoned to the governor for extensive clemency. Col. Gardiner filed affidavits with new evidence not raised at trial supporting Hains. The reverend did not seek pardon but planned to discuss the matter tonight.
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Washington Post
Crow
Dex
Peter
Haina
William Anis
Hains
Cal
Gardiner
Gov. Dix
Col. Gardiner
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Washington school hazing case leads to reforms
Washington authorities act after juvenile court hears hazing allegations at Patterson School. Leon Starkes 13, with a blackened eye, described a “new meet” gauntlet run by older pupils. Judge De Lacy denounces hazing and warns of discipline. investigations to continue under Supt Davidson.
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Wiliam Gordon
Philip Thomas Hace
DeLacy
Blackens Eye
Leon Starkes
Public School of
Washington
Leon L. Starkes
Eleventh Street
Starkes
William Gordon
Philip Thomas
Patterson School
Vermont Avenue
U Street
Gordon
Tioe
Debi
Judge de Lacy
Hoy
A. T. Stuart
Supt. Stuart
Military Academy
Annapolis
Marion P. Shadd
Supt. Davidson
Schontz
Washington Public
Murdered Woman Found Concealed in Well in Granville
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Rose Vmansky was killed while alone in her son's West Granville home. A sum sewn in her waist vanished after a struggle, with signs of a hurried search for valuables. Neighbors found the body. deep head wounds suggested suffocation. The son’s daughter-in-law feared leaving the mother-in-law alone due to suspicious persons nearby.
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Washington Post
Granville
Mass
Rose Vmansky
West Granville
Paul Umansky
Becuse
Ays
Reyes Quits Mexico Seeks Peaceful Elections
Gen Bernardo Reyes sails from Vera Cruz to New York aboard the Monterey with prominent Mexican supporters. He says he leaves the country for the good of Mexico and believes peace is possible without him. The move likely secures peaceful elections and supports Madero's victory.
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Washington Post
Menxico City
Spt
Bernardo Reyes
Reyes
Vera Cruz
New York
Monterey
Mexico City
President de la Barra
Mexico
Madero
Edison Prefers America While Sailing Home
Special to The Washington Post reports Thomas A. Edison sailing from New York on the steamship Amerika with his wife, daughter, and younger son. He says Europe makes him love America more and contrasts American and European civilizations, urging business leaders to travel.
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Washington Post
New York
Bamburg
New York World
Europe
Thomas A. Edison
Amerika
Marope
Caught Bullet in Mouth Shields Merchant in Florien
Special to The Washington vest Florien La Sept 22 J P Simpson a merchant not a magician caught a bullet fired ten feet away and spat it out Two false teeth were lost but he was only slightly hurt A dispute over Miss Marguerite Searcy led John O Quinn a railroad agent to fire at Simpson O Quinn held in nominal bail after shooting Simpson.
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Washington
Florien
J.P. Simpson
Simpson
John O'Quinn
Marguerite Searcy
O’quinn
Beavers Darken North Bay Power Supply
Beavers have dammed water on the South River cutting off North Bay from electric light and power. The dynamo station supplying the town shut down as beaver dams hold back all water. Government permission to destroy dams is needed as statutes bar interfering with beavers, leaving power industries in jeopardy.
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North Bay
Ontario
South River
Electric Light Company
Will Be Model Husband Guarantees Made to Please Wife
Edward Mati and Miss Gertrude ls wed in Chicago after Mati filed a county recorder guarantee pledging to be an ideal husband. He promises no jealousy, shared earnings, freedom for her to come and go, and even a divorce if he fails to behave. The oddly formal pact was notarized before the marriage.
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Chicago
Edward Mati
Gertrude Ls
County Recorder
French cruisers ready to sail for Tripoli
In Toulon on September, the French cruisers Leon Gambetta and Ernest Renan are in readiness to depart at a moment's notice to protect French residents in Tripoli while tensions rise in the region.
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Toulon
Leon Gambetta
Ernest Renan
Trippli
Prince of Pennyweights Caught After Brooklyn Theft History
Capital Police nabbed George Bramhall known as the prince of pennyweight thieves. He fled Connecticut after a string of crimes in Massachusetts and Brooklyn, staying with a brother in New York. He agreed to return to New York without extradition for trial, citing a love of sport as downfall. He admitted three tricks netting about 2200 dollars total. He refused to name his former confederate.
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Brooklyn
George Bramball
New York City
Connecticut State Penitentiary
First Province
Bramhall
New York
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Bromhall
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Weedon
Burlingame
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Gince
Paroled for Farm Start for Kansas Man Without Friends
Gov. Stubbs grants parole to John Dodd the "man without a friend" after fourteen years in Kansas penitentiary. He killed two men in Kane county fifteen years ago and will seek a new life on a Southwest farm with possible full pardon on Gov. Stubbs retirement. No prior contact from outside. model prisoner with no demerits. $1.26 Baltimore return fare offered for weekend travel on Pennsylvania routes.
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Kane
Prince of Pennyweighters Caught
Prince of Pennyweighters is captured after a spree of petty frauds. Investigators report swift arrest and forthcoming charges. Authorities warn the public to beware similar schemes.
Roosevelt Nephew Wins Assembly Nomination in New York
Theodore Douglas Hobinson, nephew of former President Roosevelt, won the Republican nomination today in Little Falls New York. He defeated Vice President Sherman’s organization in Herkimer county by carrying thirteen of twenty three districts.
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N. Y
Theodore Douglas Hobinson
Roosevelt
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Herkimer County
Italian Army Mobilizes Five Days from Malta Dispatch
War telegraph from Malta reports Italy mobilizing a 20,000 man expeditionary corps under Gen Caneva for Tripoli with Admiral Aubry commanding naval forces. Twenty steam transports requisitioned, fleet mobilized including 17 battleships and cruisers, preparations intensified as Turkey sought protectorate terms.
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Turkey Rejects Italian Demands in Tripoli Crisis
Dispatches from Constantinople report Turkey rejected Italy's ultimatum on Tripoli as warships and troops prepare for possible action. Europeans flee Rome reports panic among foreigners in Tripoli while Italian support remains strong at home. Germany seeks peaceful mediation as Italy presses a protectorate claim.
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