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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
3
The article examines how ward business leaders from hardware to real estate intersect with local elections. It details how they influence campaigns, fund campaigns, and pressure for favorable policies while preferring to stay largely out of public political theater.
A Turkish soldier guards a prized camel that turns on its master at Rafieh. The camel, beaten and restrained, again attacks the saddle, prompting the Turk to fear for his life and vow to sell the beast. Then a New York lunchroom wager ends with a weigh‑in joke about pounds and a final punchline on peace groups.
The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers reports total American automobile value at $105,669,572 for 1907 with 52,302 cars built that year. All but 5,000 were gasoline powered. the remainder were steam and electric vehicles.
Among 557,737 people leaving the United Kingdom in 1907, 338,612 settled in the United States while 203,357 went to British possessions. This shows the United States as the primary destination for British emigrants that year.
City of Chariton Iowa invites sealed bids August 31 1908 at 2 pm for three blocks of vitrified brick paving on concrete foundation with cement filler and cement curbing. Plans available after August 17 1908 at City Clerk. Completion by November 30 1908. Bids may be rejected. $500 certified check required. performance bond of $465 000. J D Threlkeld OC P Connell City Clerk Mayor 8 18 21
Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports lasting relief from a summer cold and hay fever after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He says a doctor’s prescription failed to help while multiple medicines worsened symptoms. He and his wife both found quick cures with Foley's Honey and Tar.
For sale a two story house with three rooms and kitchen on the first floor and four sleeping rooms on the second, all in good condition. Located on Main street two blocks north of the public square in Charlton convenient to the railway station. Call or write Patriot Office Chariton Iowa. 8-6-tf.
An ad offers money to loan at six percent or five percent with optional payments. A. B. Gook'n Go advertises visiting cards in latest size and shape printed at the Patriot shop for fifty cents for fifty cards.
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