Notice of General Election Sauk County 1908
Sauk County issues notice of general election to be held on November 8 1908 in towns villages wards and election districts. Voters elect President and Vice President Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State State Treasurer Attorney General Insurance Commissioner U S Representative Third District Assembly members for Sauk County and county officials including County Clerk Treasurer Sheriff Coroner Clerk of Circuit Court District Attorney Register of Deeds Surveyor. Also includes Wisconsin constitutional amendments proposed by the 1907 legislature and certified joint resolutions with administrative details. Prepared and signed August 28 1908 at Baraboo Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauk County
United States
George E. Beedle
Grant
Crawford
Richland
Sauk
Juneau
Vernon
Iowa
Baraboo
Dellona
Delton
Excelsior
Fairfield
Freedom
Greenfield
Merrimac
Prairie du Lac
Sumpter
Ableman
North Freedom
Sauk City
Bear Creek
Franklin
Honey Creek
Ronton
LaValle
Reedsburg
Spring Green
Troy
Washington
Westfield
Winfield
Woodland
Sanford H. Wood
John E. Witwen
Geo. B. Gibbons
Circuit Court
James H. Hill
Ed. C. Gottry
Register of Deeds
Harry Thornton
Surveyor
Gustav Scharnke
State of
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
A. D
Wuheerxeas
Madison
Wis
Agricultural
Capitol
Get Some Enjoyment Now Fur Sale Urges Quick Action
A brisk call urges immediate happiness through fur purchases rather than waiting for better times. Read as a promotional plea to shoppers to seize current offers without delaying.
Rupture Cure Promises One-Treatment Fix
Illinois State Specialists advertise a one treatment rupture cure with no injections, hospital stays, pain, or knives. They claim thousands of successes and urge consultations or a booklet from their sanitarium at 628 W State St Rockford Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois State
Sanitarium
State St
Rockton Ave
Rockforg, Ill
Taft and Foraker Rally in Ohio Campaign Defense
The passage records Taft and Senator Foraker praising each other and urging support for Taft's presidential bid. Foraker denies any enmity, asserts loyalty to the Republican Party, and lauds Taft’s qualifications from bench work to the Panama Canal project, urging Ohio voters to back Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
United States
Taft
Ioc
Ohio
G. A
Teleco
Senator Foraker
Superior Court of
Cincinnati
Republican Party
Mr. Taft
Chicago
Mr. Foraker
Judge Taft
Bishop Fallows
Philippines
Panama Canal
Where Sherman Stands Endorses Taft on Labor Reforms
The Republican position favors equality before the law and supports labor rights without harming others. The speaker cites the Hight Hour law the Employers Liability act railroad safety measures child labor laws and other labor improvements as part of the party record and endorses Taft's Cincinnati declaration on injunctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
District of Columbia
But He Runs on Forever
Poem fragment from the New York Sun satirizes William Jennings Bryan and his 1908 and 1912 campaigns. It imagines Bryan and Kern aboard a tired ship with Taft leading, predicting Bryan will declare optimism and readiness to try again after four years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Sun
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Taft
Sherman
Kern
Iilian Durand
Taft Promises vs Bryans Pledges on Tariff Revisions
The Omaha Bee notes a key difference between Taft and Bryan on tariff reform. Taft could redeem his pledge if elected, while Bryan would be powerless to enact changes if chosen, as a Republican Senate opposed free trade plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Senate
Omaha
Bee
Baraboo Court Date Set for Pearl Souder Estate
At the county court in Baraboo on October 6 1908 at ten in the forenoon the matter of Lillian Souder seeking Evan A Evans of Baraboo as administrator of Pearl Souder deceased is heard. Judge W T Kelsey signs the order. Attorneys Grotophorst Evans & Thomas appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Lillian Souder
Evan A. Evans
Pearl Souder
Said County
W. T. Kelsey
Grotophorst, Evans, & Thomas, Attys
Dickens on the Washington Platform in 1865
Ex Senator Cole of California recalls Charles Dickens on stage in Washington. Dickens wore fashionable evening dress with a flashy neckwear and gold chain. He read chapters from Copperfield Nickleby The Pickwick Papers and Little Dorrit with little commentary, the book open before him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
Washington, D. C
Cole
California
Dickens
Copperfield
Nicholas Nickleby
Pickwick Papers
Dorrit
Defense of the Surgeon in Medical Lecture
In a Harrd Medical School lecture Dr Mean Price argued that surgery is essential in certain cases. He said surgeons aim to prevent recurrences and treat without operation, countering the view that they seek only to stay busy and noting many deaths when patients delay surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mean Price
Harcson
Richardson
Culture and the human balance in work and life
The passage argues culture as the fusion of clear thinking, factual grounding, and moral consciousness. It asserts that men must retain full humanity beyond mere labor, valuing life’s worth over narrow gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Warren
Boston University
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James O. Davidson
W. D. Connor
James A. Frear
Andrew H. Dahli
Frank L. Gilbert
Wiliam W. Stackhouse
Rogers
Inrzewarton
Silvel
Scott
Office of Commissioners of the Public Lands
J. A. Frear
A. H. Dahl
F. L. Gilbert
W.W. Bankee
Esea
Sauk County Fair
Webb
Romolo
Western Vaudeville Association
Ooco
Charles Wild
Pres
F. E. Shults
Treas
S. A. Pelton
Feun
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