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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
2
Office boy riffs on inventors and a coming age of aircraft while noting Americans lead in new contraptions. He touts a rapid growth era, mentions store orders and a fresh stock of Waterville pocket knives, scissors, and shears, all guaranteed unconditionally.
In Chicago Mayor Dahlman comments that Bryan will carry Nebraska as Republicans plan a strong showing this fall. The piece notes campaign cartoons by Ding, Hearst’s influence against Murphy Connors and Taggart, and optimism for Taft. It references Roosevelt support, Lacey’s potential 15,000 vote margin, Cass county politics, and Taft stock rising amid the East’s hostility to Bryan.
A Iowa focus discusses Taft’s presidential visit and its limited impact for the GOP. It notes Iowa’s strong Republican base, argues national speeches should target doubtful states, and touches on Gompers and Bryan era tensions with references to Hearst and reformers like Murphy and Taggart.
Two weeks ago Bryan asserted he was heir to the Roosevelt estate but a recent codicil to the Roosevelt will undermines that claim and he now swears he is not related to the White House occupant.
Dispatches from New York report William Jennings Bryan criticizing Governor Hughes for vetoing the 2 cent fare bill. Hughes defended the veto with road-by-road cost analysis showing losses if fares were forced to 2 cents, arguing the constitution prevents confiscation and praising statesmanship over demagogy.
One of the essentials of happy homes is information on health and good living. The text promotes a widely accepted product, an ethical laxative called Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, endorsed by physicians and the Well-Informed of the World. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co version through leading druggists.
A humorous ad argues hair color reveals traits while noting bald heads show character. It claims baldness results from a germ and cites Prof Sabouraud in France testing a rabbit with dandruff germs, becoming totally bald in five weeks. The ad promotes Euphro’s Flerpicide to destroy the germs and invites samples by mail.
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