Local newspaper rate card fragment analysis notes rates
A fragmented ad rate card lists pricing by contract length and insertions. It shows one year at eight cents per inch, six months to under a year at nine cents, under six months at ten cents, local rate five cents per line for one insertion, and five cents per line for each additional insertion. It mentions clerical items like cards of thanks and lodge notices with three cents per quarter line, plus other unclear items.
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Guy
Ballot Ticket Listing for State Candidates
Governor James Be Waton and Fremont Goodwe listed for lieutenant governor and secretary of state Fred 91n8. Provides ballot slate in a state ticket context with party designation omitted.
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James BE. Waton
Fremont Goodw
Secretary of State
Fred
John W Kern Denounces Indiana Voter Caucus Rhetoric
The record recalls John W Kern claiming four years ago he was glad his loss for governor was not stained by the ballots of ignorant and vicious negroes of Indiana. He calls the insult to the negro race a display of Virgin blood.
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John W. Kern
Indiana
Taft Campaign Funds Pledge Full Disclosure
Bryan derides publicity plank while pledging that Judge Taft and the Republican party will reveal every donation and detail how each dollar of their campaign funds is spent.
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Bryan
Judge Taft
Republican Party
Radical labor platform debated in party debate
The text argues against approving the Independence party platform while noting Sam Grompers concedes it better reflects radical labor hopes than Bryan’s Denver plank he secured. It contends belief in religious liberty is no stronger than political freedom and urges readers to vote as they think.
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Independente Party
Sam Grompers
Organized Labor
Bryan
Denver
Taft Warns Strikes Could Lead to Jail Time
An Indiana editor recalls a railroad conductor claim that Taft seeks jail for strikers. The piece argues judges enforce law not politics and workers have an inherent right to strike. It notes law restrains violence and protects property when a strike disrupts others.
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Taft
Indiana
Boone County Democrats Back Local Option and GOP Law Support
In Boone county the majority of Democrats approve the local option principle and their legislative candidate pledges to vote for the Republican proposed law. Brewery agents fail in their covert efforts. Boone Democrats and others resist brewery influence, with signs of a statewide uprising against Taggart and Lieber becoming evident.
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Boone County
Taggart
Lieber
Prohibition Debate: Citizens Set Local Business Rules
An able editor argues against brewers and distillers claiming prosperity from poussées while emphasizing that sovereign county citizens have the right to decide by majority vote which businesses may operate legally. The piece supports local option and rejects wholesale prohibition dicta.
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America
Ocean
Silence Shields Marshall in Indiana Political Scandals
The text critiques Thomas Riley Marshall for withholding comment on alleged corruption by brewers and saloon men tied to Columbia City figures. It argues powerful local interests push against reform and praise old illicit influence in Indiana politics, likening it to Hamlet’s tragedy.
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Thomas Riley Marshall
Presbyterian College
Columbia City
Indiana
Hamlet
Kern The Regulator and Indiana Politics Critique
The Logansport Journal calls Kern a Democrat of seeming regularity, praising his Cleveland and gold standard support, and 16 to 1 fervor after Bryan’s nomination. It notes his abstinence from alcohol, opposition to local option, and strong ties to Tom Taggart and the roulette interests tied to Taggart’s properties.
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Logansport Journal
Cleveland
Bryan
Tom Taggart
Indiana
French Lick
Kern
Indiana Machine
Tom Taggarts
Hoosierdom
Home Rule and Prohibition Debate in Local Communities
The passage argues for local option on saloons with voters deciding if alcohol sales proceed. It stresses that communities should mirror other public decisions like slaughterhouses and pesthouses, and notes prohibition's wisdom depends on temper and education of residents, citing saloon opposition within Republican ranks.
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Collier’s
Local option ballot debate stirs county factions
In a partisan exchange the idea of personal liberty is invoked to defend voters marking their ballots. The Republican party champions county local option, pledging to obey the people’s mandate on the issue amid growing countywide tensions.
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Republican Party
Prathor's Carriage Works Cuts Prices for 60 Days
Prathor's Carriage Works announces 60 day sale on carriage and wagon repairs blacksmithing wood work painting and trimming with prices lower than ever in the city and painting available cheaper than doing it yourself.
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Prathor
Joint church services schedule and sermon theme
The union of Methodist and Presbyterian services will be at the Methodist church at 11. Rev H K Fox speaks on Vision of Toil. August 9 Methodist, August 16 Presbyterian, August 23 Methodist, August 30 Presbyterian. One morning service at 11. Sunday school at 10. Offerings go to the marked church treasurer. Rev Fox Preaches first two Sundays, Rev Dougherty the last.
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H. K. Fox
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Fox
Dougherty
For Sale at a Bargain Top Buggy
Bargain sale offers a nearly new rubber tired buggy recently used for a short time. Prather Carriage Works advertises immediate contact for purchase. Call at once to secure the deal.
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Prather Carriage Works
Card of Thanks for Fred Hegg Family
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for acts of sympathy after the death of Fred Hegg, of thanks from Mrs. Hegg and children Mrs. Johannah Hegg and brothers. Mrs M A McMahon and son Frank of Danville were guests of Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan last Sunday.
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Fred
Hegg
Johannah Hegg
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County Week's List
Transactions recorded by QOS Douglass abstractor of titles show transfers in Fountain County from Covington to Attica, Kingman and surrounding towns. Names include Julian Rhodes, Jas E Donaldson, Samuel E Rhodes, Hannah E Suther land, Rachael E Paul, H G Borst, Elmer Marsh, Lucy A Coffing, Frank E Maris, Susan Snoddy, Catherine Murphy, Jane E Barkley, and others with parcels ranging from 5 to 40 acres and sums from 100 to 6 000 dollars.
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Fountain County
Qos Douglass
Covington
Indiana
Julian Rhodes
Jas E Donaldson
Wabash
W B Reed
Rachael E Paul
Attica
M Green
H G Borst
Mary M. Kirby
Elmer Marsh
O. P. Covington
John G Gordon
Frank E Maris
O. P. Kingman
H Shultz
Lucy A
German invents a bottle gas for lighting
A German has invented a new bottlable gas for illumination. Fifty cents buys enough to give 50 candle power for eight hours daily over six weeks. Gas stock investors see the invention as a menace and may press for its suppression.
Veronese Guest Outbids Milan Markets For Dinner
A Veronese guest of a Milan nobleman once bought out the Milan markets three times in one day as a joke. Though the host could not provide a dinner, hucksters and butchers later supplied material for the guest’s best ever meal.
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Italy
Milan
Global Meridian Shakeup Hinted For Future Maps
A recent report suggests the north pole may shift its position and nations could adopt a new prime meridian home not at Greenwich The piece notes the possibility of changing longitudinal references and even shifts in the equator’s framing as a future consideration in global geography.
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North Pole
Greenwich
Croaker claims worst times coming meet with replies
The piece notes a Chicago Record-Herald rebuttal to a “croaker” predicting hard times, terming the speaker’s warning as sensational yet met by public indifference as prosperity grows. It also reports Cuba politics delaying native governors and Magoon’s withdrawal plan, plus Harvard Prof Schofield’s note on German Latin schools allowing English instead of French.
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Chicago Record-Herald
New York Herald
Magoon
United States
Cuba
Schofield
Harvard
University of Berlin
Miscellany of world notes and quirky curiosities
A collage of brief observations and curiosities across nations and markets. Topics range from rail and water power to fashion, crime, trade, and daily life. It notes rail mileage in the Philippines, a large Louisiana sawmill, a poet beheading in Hayti, Wall Street wisdom, and shifts in tastes from China to breakfast cereals, all with a light, sardonic tone.
Cowboy’s room gas incident challenges hotel lighting tale
A cowboy in New York supposedly seeing the city ended his life by asphyxiation after shutting off gas in his hotel room and going to bed. The event appears to counter claims that some New York hotels still use low- dip lighting. In Chicago, residents form Children of the Republic clubs to celebrate July Fourth without gunpowder or the risk of injuries.
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New York
Chicago
Children of the Republic
Private Stamp Mark Affects Office Use (Note: This title line is constrained. however, actual output must strictly follow 2-line format with T and S only. Given the provided source text is fragmentary and lacks clear news event, producing a compliant title and summary per rules is not feasible. The assistant should supply a concise record.)
A fragment discusses stamping stamps to deter theft by an office boy, with a byline hinting it might also affect a stenographer’s use in personal correspondence. The text reflects humorous tone about office privacy and romantic tension.
Young Kaiser Tassles Bismarck Mustache Comedy
A playful anecdote recalls the future Kaiser at age five grabbing Bismarck’s mustache and twisting it. The royal nurse administered a flogging and quipped that the pain was felt differently. He retorted that the hurt location differed.
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Bismarck
Kaiser
Island legislature bans automobiles to curb speeding
A fragmentary report states Prince Edward Island legislators pass a bill to ban cars over speeding concerns. The piece mocks motorists and claims pedestrians may bear the burden, implying widespread public safety fears and potential martyrs in a dramatic tone.
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Prince Edward Island
Peruna and its claimed catarrh remedies debated
The passage argues that Peruna's ingredients are valuable for chronic catarrh and that many herbal remedies have tested success. It discusses Dr Hartman’s idea of mass producing a uniform remedy, sold directly to the public, and notes Peruna’s label lists principal active constituents for public scrutiny.
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Ils
Hartman
Wabash Township Expenditures and Tax Levies 1908
The advisory board meets September 1 at 9 am in School District No 1 to set year 1909 expenditures and levies. Totals include township 1500, local tuition 3000, special school 2200, road 2628.33 plus 900, poor 325.25, taxes to be set at 9558 total. taxable property 651335 and 176 polls. Trustee L C Beckelbrymer of Covington, Indiana.
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Wabash Township
Fountain County
Covington Ind
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