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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
2
Essay praises Hoke Smith highlighting his anti corporate stance and temperance support, noting his 1899 role with the International Sunday School association and his Georgia gubernatorial victory. It argues a southern president would heal sectional divides and credits Smith with modern Georgia reforms and oratory ability.
A historical column argues for southern presidential inclusion, praising southern figures and proposing Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia as a strong candidate. It critiques lack of southern presidents, notes Smith’s lineage, career, and loyalty to Bryan, and imagines a Smith-led coalition of southern families.
The article traces Hoke Smith of Georgia and other Tar Heels who left North Carolina to influence national politics and the 1908 presidential scene. It profiles Smith’s rise, his family connections, and the era’s beliefs about southern electability, noting possible links to Bryan and the evolving public opinion.
A plain velvet bow with a lace jabot finishes a simple tailor gown and small pins add color to the neck. White linen braid on a Dutch blue foundation yields a washable summer frock. Dressing jackets move from boudoir to morning wear, offering easy fit and inexpensive fabrics for stylish edgings and sacks. JUDIC CHOLLET.
Easton Pennsylvania has adopted a municipal flag said to copy the flag that waved over the town during the Revolutionary era. The design features thirteen red and white stripes in the upper corner and a blue field with a circle of eight white stars at the center.
A patchwork of Ottoman era style reports spans Pittsburg Cleveland Dayton Wheeling Altoona Parkersburg Newark Irwin Harrisburg Kittanning Steubenville Sharon with crime arrests mine relief checks political signs and a sheriff’s office transfer as towns report incidents from a thumb amputation to a mine relief donation and a governor’s letter.
Colonel Robert M. Thompson of New York plans a months long voyage on a luxury floating abode. He will barter for curios in Indian Chinese and Japanese ports while selling cargo space to finance the trip. The party includes notable New Yorkers and a Toronto lawyer, Wallace Nesbitt, with aims of profit from trade and future sale of the ship.
In his inaugural address Governor John Franklin Fort urges strict supervision of large corporations and limits on stock and bond issues under a public official. The reforms aim to modernize regulation of utilities and promote conservative, legitimate business while curbing speculative finance.
The Pennsylvania Railroad relief department reports total benefits paid of 17 million 434 thousand 59 dollars and 41 cents since its 1886 inception. Of this, 10 million 316 thousand 6 dollars 50 cents covered disablements and the rest death benefits. January alone saw 166 thousand 721 dollars 16 cents in payments, including 64 thousand 216 dollars 73 cents for death benefits and 102 thousand 518 dollars 43 cents for disability relief.
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