November 3rd, 1908
The Williams Record posts Tuesday evening election returns in the office at Jesup Hall. ..."especial effort is made to announce result in a definite concise form".
The previous Thursday evening a Torch Light parade was held with the North Adams band leading the Republicans and their red and green torches around the town and then to the Opera House for a rally. William Howard Taft, friend of President Theodore Roosevelt and his Secretary of War became our next president. The ticket of Taft and Sherman carried 29 states.
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