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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1906
Page
6
Voters are urged to study instructions to cast ballots accurately under the updated law. The article explains that first time voters need guidance and outlines the ballot layout with party devices, noting the Democratic rooster in the first column and the Republican eagle in the second.
The text outlines how to vote using ballots for State and county offices, checks for straight ticket use, marking rules with a blue pencil, and steps to fold and submit ballots. It also covers voting by machine, affidavit provisions, and penalties under the 1905 law for buying or selling votes.
The piece argues Democrats built and managed state benevolent and penal institutions, cites past Democratic achievements from 1875 to 1905, criticizes Gov Hanly and Republicans for alleged graft and high costs, defends Australia ballot and school book reforms, and extols Democratic morality and public works. It contrasts party records and urges a change in administration.
Miss Barbara Schuman is on the sick list. Miss Jessie Brown recovers from tonsillitis and is able to be out again. John Conrad and family were guests of George Crosby and wife on the pike Sunday. Rally Day exercises drew many from the community at Pfrim mer's Chapel Sunday night. Misses Ella and Gertrude Emily, daughters of James Emily of Breckenridge, are ill with typhoid and scarlet fever respectively.
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