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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
2
A fragmented wartime style note praises a political plan to consolidate state campaigns and create interdependent national strategy. It highlights Hitchcock’s decisive approach and a meeting of Western Republican leaders at Colorado Springs as a step toward stronger coordination and influence.
A Cass county survey extols farmers as the county’s economic backbone. It notes farmers hold significant local stock, own many businesses on Chestnut Street in Atlantic, invest in homes across towns, and see land values rise from twenty to hundred dollars an acre. It credits Republican-led policy for strong home markets and export trades, framing farming as secure, contented, and capable of long term competence rather than rapid wealth. The piece cites Mr. Bryan’s critique aimed at farmers to provoke dissatisfaction with conditions.
An article notes a woman believes daily scalp washing cures dandruff by removing scales, but asserts only killing the dandruff germ cures it. It promotes Newbro's Herpicide as the product that destroys the germ, with samples and pricing information from the Herpicide Co Detroit and Atlantic Drug Company.
The piece argues farmers prosper while supporting Republican policies, noting Iowa farmers who bought land in the south and west and funded the speaker's wealth. It discusses Governor Cummins planning to appoint a supreme court judge, township caucuses, and a GOP state convention before the court's September session. It mentions Judge Green as a leading candidate and references Bryan congratulating Taft on withholding corporate contributions from the national committee.
A fragmentary report notes a January 1907 law making corporate contributions to national campaigns a crime while President Taft is described as not violating the law and promising enforcement in letter and spirit. The text references political intrigue and governance stresses, with garbled passages about ownership and loyalties.
Hearst rejects supporting the old party and urges the Independence League to back candidates who are able and honest. He criticizes the democratic party and hopes for a platform of sound principles. The dispatch contrasts Hearst’s stance with Taft’s upcoming acceptance speech and notes anti Bryan Democratic tensions at Yellowstone Park.
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