Lawrence county county political fray sways vote
The piece attacks the Democratic ticket in Lawrence County opposing Bob Miers and accusing a Brewery Combine influenced campaign. It cites local figures like Dick Gyger Cal Harrell Jack Harrell and John P. Frey, mentioning Roosevelt Taft and a labor dispute as context for the election and local option laws.
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Lawrence County
Weyerbacher
Butler
Combine
Gyger
Cal Harrell
Bedford
Jack Harrell
Marshall Township
Harrell
Dick’’ Gyger
Democracy And Labor In A World Of Class Distinctions
A column argues Samuel Gompers oversteps by claiming workers will back Bryan, warning against labor leaders who pursue self interest. It asserts natural social inequality, the value of ambition, and that all laborers seek employment and strive through hard work, discipline, and perseverance in a system defined by merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gompers
Bryan
Lafayette Cour Letter on Workingmen’s Pauperism
A clipped letter laments that certain forces have driven workers toward extreme poverty. The writer questions truth and accountability, invoking a historic editor’s voice to criticize economic conditions and political actors.
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Criea
Lafayette Cour
Labor World backs Taft Sherman in labor lanes
The Labor World, Pitts based union paper, endorses Taft and Sherman, arguing Republican policies benefit wage earners. It praises William Howard Taft as a friend of organized labor, citing his roles as judge, governor of the Islands, and secretary, and his record supporting workingmen’s rights and harmony between bosses and workers.
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The
Labor World
Pitts
Taft
Sherman
Wiliam Howard T
Tne Islands
Panaima Canal Zone
Mr. Taft
L’ Ire
Ben Hur Lodge Insurance Trial Vanquishes Ben Hur Case
Kate Lennert sought 1600 dollars after her husband Adam Lennert, a Ben Hur member, died in 1908. Vanderburg Supreme Court case moved to Boonville reached Circuit Court, where evidence was brief and legal disputes dominated. Jury returned verdict for plaintiff for 1600 after interest. Defendant plans new trial and likely appeal.
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Kate Lennert
Supreme Tribe
Ben Hur
Boonville
Vanderburg
Kate Lannert
Swes
Mvansville
Lennert
Bedford election returns by Central Union telegraph service
Manager Higman of Central Union Telephone Co announces complete election returns for Bedford on election night November 3. Subscribers may receive results at home via extra operators. Returns will be flashed from Stone City Club rooms at 16th and K streets. Long distance access will also be at the Opera House for the Stone City Lecture Course, linking news directly from the wire between numbers.
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Higman
Central Union Telephone Co
Bedford
Central Union
Stone City Club
16Th
K Streets
Opera House
Stone City
Birthday Surprise Honors Miss Nellie Pace at Home
A festive gathering on Saturday night celebrates Nellie Pace turning seventeen. Friends including Edna Steele Cora Pierce Hazel Ray and many others attend at North O street for music games and late lunch. Attendees include John Dennison Herschel Baker Dale Payne Loyd Hoopingarner Joe Manzenberger Charlie Stasney Wayne Stone and families Pace and Hoopingarner.
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Nellie Pace
North O Street
Edna Steele
Cora Pierce
Hazel Ray
Cletice Baker
Ethel Beyers
Jennie Baker
Grace Fultz
Minta Stone
Mrs Lucretia Roberts Dies After Tuberculosis Illness
Mrs Lucretia Roberts, 54, widow of Moses I Roberts, died at her Williams area home after a year long tuberculosis illness. Funeral was held this morning from her late residence and interment planned at Mt Olive. Williams, visiting his parents Col and Mrs V Williams, came from Indianapolis to be with family.
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Lucretia Roberts
Moses I. Roberts
Williams
Mt. Olive
Gekng
Indianapolis
Col
V. V. Williams
Voting Instructions For Australian Ballot System
Voters receive three ballots and must follow precise steps to mark them. Instructions cover straight party voting with the eagle and circle, proper use of the blue pencil, how to mark individual candidates, and prohibitions on outside ballots and stray marks. It also explains procedures for disabled voters, folding ballots, and penalties for voting misconduct. The text includes the 1905 law on buying and selling votes with fines and disenfranchisement.
State Board adopts rule to protect foods from insects and vermin
The State Board of Health adopts a rule requiring manufacturers dealers and vendors to keep ready to eat foods securely protected from insects vermin dust and pollution. Dr Hurty cites a crying need after inspectors found cats in coffee bins and vermin in various foods. The bulletin notes September 1908 deaths at 2755 with typhoid foremost among diseases. city death rate 18.8 and country rate 11.6. A shake up on the Monon railroad sees veteran trainmen dismissed with more to come while engineers remain untouched.
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State Board of Health
Hurty
State Board
Harry Belivves
Indianapolis
Evansville
Ft. Wayne
Terre Haute
South Bend
East Chicago
Vincennes
Monon
Tiven
Roosevelt says Taft best for wage workers in 1908
President Roosevelt writes to P. H. Grace defending Taft on labor issues and injunctions. He cites Taft’s record, calls wage workers the nation’s focus, and recounts a Milwaukee injunction case won on appeal. The letter argues Taft will protect labor while countering court abuses in labor disputes.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
P. H. Grace
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mr. Taft
Mr. Grace
President Roosevelt
Brotherhood of Railroad
Binghampton
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Parlor City Lodge No. 86
Binghamton
Great Free Republic
Iron Moulders Union
United States Circuit Court
Milwaukee
Iron Moulders’ Union
Allis- Chalmers Company
Beaides
Allis- Chalmers
Long service key to House chairmanship says Nebraska omitted
The Nebraska State Journal notes that prestige in the House often rests on years in service, with chairmen of major committees averaging 16.3 years. Only two chairmen hail from west of the Mississippi, implying eastern and central states keep power as western states cycle representatives. Nebraska is excluded, as Congress prizes experience and promotion follows a waiting turn mentality.
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Nebraska State Journal
National
House of Representatives
Iowa
Unos
Dist. of Columbia
Michigan
New Jersey
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Judiciary
Merch. Mar
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Ee Postoffice & P
Indiana
Grads
Missouri
Landa
Wyoming
Ohio
Ways & Means
Missouri River
Congress
Washington
Nebraska
Hemenway Re-Election Backed by Indiana Republicans
Indiana Republicans endorse James A Hemenway for re election to the U S Senate. The platform praises Beveridge and Fairbanks, urges continuation of their public service, and warns voters against Democratic calls for popular vote for Senators. It emphasizes Republican unity in Indiana for the 1909 legislative election.
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Republian
United States
Indiana
Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
James A. Nemeaway
Charlies W. Fairbanke
Boveridge
Hemenway
Congress
General Assembly
James A. Hemenway
United States Senate
Republican Party of
Democratic Party
Prohibition Boosts Topeka, Kansas City Economy Says Letter
A 1908 Topeka letter argues Kansas City's prohibition enforcement benefits the city morally educationally and financially. It cites Kansas City Commercial Club circulars and W Trickett remarks showing reduced crime and rising business. Banker C L Brokaw notes over half the city’s business houses banked there and records the strongest period of growth in seventeen years.
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Topeka
Kansas
Indiana
Kansas City
Commercial Club
Brewers
W. Trickett
C. L. Brokaw
Commercial National Bank of
Breken
West
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Brokaw
Brewer influence and defiance in Kansas City Kansas politics
A discussion of Governor Hoche references Kansas constitutional prohibition on alcohol and notes saloons in Kansas City Kansas operated unlawfully. It credits an attorney general with stripping the breweries’ power, arguing similar brewers’ dominance exists in Indiana. The piece links temperance reform to political greed and law evasion by breweries.
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Hoche
Kansas
Kansas City
Indiana
Kansas Town
Bold Daylight Robbery at Dussard Home in Bedford
A bold daylight theft occurred Sunday at the John B. Dussard residence in Bedford. About 11 am a thief entered through a removed sitting room window, taking 50 dollars from a tin box and missing 75 dollars more. Mrs Dussard slept nearby unaware of the intruder. Cecilia Dussard had earlier returned around 10 20 and found 90 cents missing. No clues yet, though the family suspects.
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Bedford
John B. Dussard
23Rd
O Streets
Cecilia Dussard
Chairmanship price set as service time rather than cash
A bizarre note states that at the ticket window the price for a Chairmanship is to be paid with time of service and experience, threatening session thugs with handicaps if Congress members do not provide payment. The report mentions Cody Nebraska, a Hill Top dairy remodel with a hydraulic pump, and a Riverside California water works inspector visiting Bedford. It also covers Mrs. J W Hanners and family returning from Skurtz with Ernest Utterback as a guest.
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Congress
Cody Nebraska
Hill Top
Bedford
Charles Trueblood
Riverside
Cal
Columbus
Ind
Democrat
E. E. Trueblood
Mr. Trueblood
Betting on Taft Dominates Circles in State and Nation
A lengthy betting survey shows Taft favored in national and state bets, with odds 7 to 3. Bryan money is scarce, and Marshall and Watson face dwindling action. Reports from Bedford and Indianapolis note Taft carry the state in several boards, while Watson gains ground in some areas amid cautious Democratic betting.
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Taft
Bryan
Freeman’s
Bedford
Freeman
Watson
Marshall
Indianapolis
Indiana
Dallas Tyler
Legislative
Teachers Aid Probe On Tobacco to Teens in Shelbyville
Shelbyville teachers and the school board with parents have collected pipes cigarette paper and tobacco from over 200 students aged 14 and 15. A court of inquiry sits as seven tobacco dealers were fined $20 each and prosecutors vow to pursue dealers who supplied minors. The group stresses why youths obtain tobacco and use it publicly remains puzzling.
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Shelbyville
Indiana
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Verma
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Bob Miers
Miers
John P. Frey
Brotherhood of Railway
William H. Taft
Frey
Democracy and Labor
Ben Hur Lodge
Johnson
Borden
Wileese
Democratic
DEM
Adam Heimberger
REP
Winfield T. Durbin
State Board of Health Issues
Wnonth
Gompers
Fry
Union
I. i. Judson
St. Louis
Brotherhood of
Hoch
Dussard
J. W. Hanners
Skurtz
T. Utterback
Hanners
Ernest Utterback
Puri
Danford National Bank
Init’s Savings Department
Marley
Ebb’s Store
South Side Publ
Walls & Walls
H. BH. Walls
Insurance and Loans
Hodge &Walls
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