Republicans Win at the Ballot Box
New York reports Roosevelt and Fairbanks won the national ticket with 343 electoral votes to Parker-Davis 123. Roosevelt leads in popular vote with 8,356,500 to 6,148,500 and Nebraska through Wisconsin Missouri Illinois and Michigan show Republican gains and legislatures.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indiana
Parker
Davis
Roosevelt
Maryland
Massachusetts
W. L. Douglass
Gov. Bates
Missouri
Joseph W. Folk
Walbridge
Colorado
Adams
Peabody
Wisconsin
la Follette
Michigan
Warner
Ferris
Milwaukee
United States
Joseph V. Quarles
Illinois
Chicago
Fairbanks
Charles S. Deneen
Congress
H. T. Rainey
M. D. Foster
Storm Rips Coast From Maine To Florida With Ship Losses
A massive weekend storm stretched from Maine to Florida and inland to Chicago, causing major damage to ocean shipping and telegraph networks. Widespread reports described high winds, record barometric drop, and snow in several cities. The Barcularius schooner ran aground near Naushen, with crew missing and feared dead as seas pounded the vessel.
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Chicago
Maine
Florida
Atlantic
Pittsburg
Great Eastern
Great Lakes
Erie
Huron
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Washington
New York
Woods Hole
Mass
Barcularius
Nason
Rockland
Tarpaulin Cove
Naushen
Bank Robbery Case Spurs Large Pursuit in Illinois
Five posses from Galesburg and nearby towns chase robbers who blew open the Rio State National Bank with dynamite and took 2500 dollars. Chicago detectives and Illinois police assist as dawn finds a hundred armed pursuers. Investigations connect to a Rio bank heist and arrest Charles Gallagher in St Louis, with three companions detained awaiting Rio or Galesburg updates.
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Galesburg
Rio State National Bank
Chicago
Illinois
St.Louis
Charles Gallagher
C. F. Huerburg
Ill
Rio
Gallagher
Jefferson City
Harry Morgan
Charles Sterns
James Barrod
Eleven Die In Western Union Pacific Collision
Eleven killed and ten to fifteen injured in a head on crash between Union Pacific west bound No. 3 and an eastbound freight near Arecusa Wyoming on the Oregon Short Line. Telegraph operator error at Green River released freight instead of holding it, making warning impossible after departure.
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Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Arecusa
Wyo
Green River
Collision at Sea Claims Captain and Family in Firelit Waters
New York reports Captain Robert Walton his wife and two seamen died when the US supply ship Culgoa cut down the Norfolk lumber schooner Wilson and Hunting off Barnegat light. Three crew members were rescued by the Culgoa and brought to port. Survivors say the incident happened about seven o'clock Friday evening.
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New York
Robert Walton
Barnegat Light
United States
Wilson
Hunting
Mare
Cook
Four Weber family murders shock Auburn California
Julius Weber his wife and three children Bertha 19 Paul 14 were killed Thursday night by an unknown assailant who set the house on fire to conceal the crime. Adolph Weber later arrested charged with the murders and arson. The motive cited is the inheritance of 70000 from Julius Weber.
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Auburn
Cal
Julius Weber
Bertha
Paul
Adolph Weber
Ardian Wills
Weber
Watson's Post Election Views and Plans for 1908
New York reports Thomas E. Watson, People's Party nominee, explains his defeat and future strategy. He blames radical Democrats for Parker's loss, criticizes W. J. Bryan for endorsing Parker, and urges a Jeffersonian reorganization of the People’s Party to revival in 1908.
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New York
Thomas E. Watson
People’s Party
Parker
Cleveland
Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Watson
Nebraska
St. Louis
Wreck on the Wabash injures fourteen near St Louis bridge
A north bound Wabash passenger train on a sharp curve along the belt line near Merchants bridge in north St Louis left the rails as the tender wheels derailed. Fourteen people were injured in the partial wreck on Sunday.
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St. Louis
North St. Louis
Merchants’ Terminal Railway Association
Merchants’ Bridge
Mississippi
Tragedy in Ohio Ends with double murder suicide
Adolph Hummel aged 59 killed his son Frank Hummel aged 32 then killed himself. He fired at his wife during a drunken assault in Hamilton Ohio. Frank attempted to defend his mother as the shootings began.
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Hamilton, O
Adolph Hummel
Frank Hummel
Local Foreman Dies During Church Service
Jacob Daniel Hutson, 62, former foreman at Baltimore & Ohio railway shops in Chicago and Newark, collapsed and died while attending devotional services at St. Thomas Church in Zanesville Ohio on November 14.
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Zanesville
Jacob Daniel Hutson
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Chicago
Newark
St. Thomas’ Catholic
Probable Cabinet Changes at White House
Washington November 14 probable changes in President Roosevelt cabinet are discussed Hay and Taft to remain Cartelyou may depart for private business or become secretary of the treasury Shaw to retire March 4
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hay
Taft
Cartelyou
Another Life Saved By a Kidney Remedy Praise
Mrs G F Fooks of Salisbury Maryland wife of Sheriff G W Fooks testifies she suffered eight years from kidney trouble with fatigue breathlessness bloating and swelling. She credits three days of Dean's Kidney Pills with relief of back pain and complete recovery after a prior three week illness. Sold by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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G. F. Fooks
Salisbury
G. W. Fooks
Wicomico County
Bright
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo,n.y
Evolution of Whales From Carnivorous Ancestors Revealed
A scientific paper traces whale origins from Eocene carnivorous creodonts to aquatic life. Prof Frans in Cairo examines huge petrified jaw bones, comparing fossil teeth to modern whales and arguing early mammals shifted toward a fishlike marine existence.
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Wyoming
Cape
Creadenta
Prof
Frans
Stuttgart
Germany
Cairo
Egypt
Grocer’s diet claim for Grape Nuts changes life
An Ossian Indiana grocer describes six years of severe stomach and bowel trouble. After three months on Grape-Nuts and cream he recovered, regained work, and has stayed regular and strong for two years. He credits the cereal with sustaining meals and bowels, and notes customer inquiries about Grape Nuts.
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Ossian
Ind
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Higgins
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Charles 5. Deneen
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Denver
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Franklin E. Brooks
John F. Shafroth
R. W. Bonynge
H. M. Hogg
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