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This Day in Minnesota History

September 28, 1908

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Republican presidential candidate William Howard Taft campaigns briefly in Melrose as part of a whistle-stop tour of Minnesota that includes Minneapolis, St. Cloud, and Sauk Centre. Introduced by Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., Taft urges voters not to take a chance on Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan.

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