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Newspaper
Chariton Patriot
Location
Chariton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
1
Display advertising costs ten cents per inch and locals at five cents per line per insertion. The locals header uses bold type. church notices and society notices have a division fee of five cents per line per insertion.
A series of GOP candidate notices from Lucas and Wayne districts announces runs for state senate sheriff and district clerk. Names include Geo McCulloch S H Moore J D Clark E A Duckworth M M Jerry and Geo F Carpenter, all pledging nomination via the June 1908 Republican primaries.
L B Bartholomew seeks a second term as County Attorney of Sucasonal Iowa pending the June 1908 Republican primary. H Jones announces candidacy for Republican nomination for Constable of Chariton township subject to the June 1908 Republican primary.
Justice of the Peace race in Chariton township targets the Republican nomination with J C Seward of Chariton expected to seek the post subject to 1908 Republican primary results.
Farmers and auctioneers increasingly rely on newspaper ads to attract buyers and secure higher prices at public sales. Ads across weekly papers reach homes, with sizes ranging from small to quarter-page in the Patriot. Larger sales with livestock or farm implements justify broader publicity.
President Roosevelt argues that education should train youths toward farm and workshop labor rather than away from it. He stresses self-reliance for boys and pride in domestic duties for girls, condemning avoidance of hard work and calling for society to confront corruption and moral rot.
Supreme Court Justice Brewer urged restraint in national and municipal borrowing. He noted post Civil War debt rose from 3 million to about one billion, warning against speculative spending and future burdens on coming generations in a period of rapid growth.
In Congress Dalzell argues no general tariff overhaul is needed yet acknowledges calls for revision. He predicts a Republican pledge to consider change at a special session after the next inauguration. He says a revised tariff would follow Republican protectionist principles to protect American industries and workers.
Washington dispatches report a banking bill chaired by Fowler will be favorably reported next week. The 39 section measure retires all outstanding bond secured currency and issues currency backed by national bank assets, effectively gold backed. It also provides a federal guarantee of national bank deposits.
Do not run from doctors or delay in consulting the best one. Choose a trusted physician early when sick and follow his advice. Then decide to use or ignore Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds based on his opinion.
Oklahoma becomes the first state to enact a law guaranteeing bank deposits against insolvency. Senator Owen argues for both depositor protection and emergency currency while opposing rail bonds as security. The editorial note calls for a nonpartisan, practical solution to insure deposits during panics.
The passage notes the end of the business panic and slow but steady revival. It stresses that debts are being readjusted through liquidation and extension, American assets remain intact, and farms minerals waters and forests are unchanged. It urges confidence and collective effort to restore prosperity.
Commander-in-chief Burton at a G A R reunion in Washington on Washingtons Birthday compared foreign honors to American wealth and institutions. He said the bronze button of the G A R cannot be bought by Rockefeller wealth Carnegie endowments Cardinal Gibbons Bryan or Roosevelt, while the veterans in blue wear it proudly.
H E Howe publisher of the Press Highland Wisconsin reports his family used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with good results in summer complaint. For sale by Williamson Drug Co. Twenty five cents pays for the Patriot for three months.
Property records show numerous transfers including JP Carnahan to Jennie Anderson 14 percent in Chariton and Etta Bass to T J and A W Gusta Simes for land in Whitebreast. Several 80 to 124 acre parcels change hands across Lincoln, Warren, English and Jackson counties with prices from 1 to 9800 dollars. Notable deals include James E Stanton to T P Stanton 23 acres in Lincoln for 2500 and J B Dean to Susan A Barger 120 acres in Whitebreast for 7400.
The Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency certifies Lucas County National Bank of Chariton Iowa is authorized to commence the business of banking. Deputy Comptroller Thomas P. Kane signs the document dated February 7 1908 with official seal.
Lucas county Democrats urge Centerville figure Claude Porter to seek the Democratic nomination for Congress. In Chariton caucuses Hardin Exley was named envoy to persuade him, but Porter declined to commit, citing prior pledge to another candidate.
The will probated leaves 500 dollars to Andover Massachusetts for prizes in the town’s annual old fashioned spelling matches.
The currency debate reveals the old greenback plank remains central to the Democratic Party with William J. Bryan firmly controlling the presidential nomination. The speaker condemns political bossism while noting Bryan’s dominance and the party’s boss-ridden nature.
The Royal Neighbors announce a triennial meeting in Town scheduled for March 10 and 11. Details are limited in the fragment.
John Downie of the state board of control cites careful estimates showing Iowa farmers lose about 45 million dollars in 1907 due to poor seed corn. He urges every corn grower to test seed and plant only the best to insure maximum yield.
An advertisement touts Foley's Orino Laxative sold with a positive guarantee to cure constipation, sick headache, stomach trouble and indigestion in any form, promising relief through its claimed efficacy.
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