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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1912
Page
4
Local ticket listings for county offices and candidates
Joint ticket listing names for Fountain Warren and Vermillion counties includes Harry D Billings as senator candidate, Dr A B Carter for representative, Omer B Ratcliff for judge, Jacob Yerkes for sheriff, and a candidate for coroner. The notice presents the slate without further detail on constituencies or terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain
Warren and
Vermillion Counties
Harry D. Billings
Republican split risks Democratic rule, warns editorial
The piece argues that dividing the Republican Party would pave the way for Democratic control. It invites readers to consider their stance on such a division and its political consequences.
Better Make a Mistake on the Side of Good Times
A concise aphorism urging prudent choices to favor enjoyable outcomes. The advice favors planning for positive circumstances, suggesting more time to think and adjust before facing hard times.
The Man With Money in Campaigns Sparks Fear of Power
A historical voice warns that a candidate wielding vast funds in a campaign becomes dangerous, losing public trust and threatening democratic confidence as power concentrates among financiers.
Curtain Call Reflections From A Silent Stage
A compact meditation on stage life and memory where performers linger after the curtain falls. The piece imagines actors as the sole figures on a bare stage, with the audience gone and the curtain left to whisper of past performances.
Big Interests Vote for Their Own Interests
The passage argues that large interests pursue their agendas, and that ordinary citizens should likewise vote for their own interests. It frames political action as a matter of self interest for all participants.
Taft Backed by People Despite Opposition
The text argues President Taft supported common people yet faced their opposition. It notes that voters often prefer a second term incumbent over a new candidate and urges reflection on these political dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Stand by the republican party or reform it at meetings
A call to support Taft and the Republican Party or participate in its preconventions to resist bosses. The text argues change is possible if citizens attend meetings. staying home cedes control. It stresses action over apathy in shaping party policy and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Taft
Right to vote and civic duty urged before election
A civic message urges voters to protect their homes and interests, defy demagogues, and participate in the election. It urges forgetting politicians who seek votes only around Election Day and to consider personal daily interests beyond the ballot.
Roosevelt Showed People The Greatness of Taft
The writer contrasts two political styles, praising Roosevelt for public display and urging Taft’s long record of service to the nation. It notes Roosevelt announced Taft as “the greatest living man in America” in 1908, while Taft had two decades of public work, prompts question: what is wrong with Taft now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tailer
Mr. Roosevelt
President Taft
Mr. Taft
America
Roosevelt
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
American Congress
College Men for Taft Appeal From Harvard Letter
Indiana college graduates are urged to donate to Woodrow Wilson campaign funds. A Harvard alumnus praises Taft for truthfulness, steadfast principles, and defense of constitutional government against reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson College Men's League
League
Taft
Harvard College
Harvard
Wilson Fund
Meaning of the Recall Initiative Referendum and Recall
Elmer Bassett argues in the Shelbyville News for a combined Initiative Referendum and Recall system. He explains that citizens can petition to force a bill through the Legislature and then have it ratified by voters at the next general election. He begins a hypothetical on a suit between A and B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Party
Elmer Bassett
Shelbyville News
Great Kidney Remedy Restores Sandusky Woman to Health
Mrs. Manda Sheets of 905 Market Street Sandusky Ohio recounts a decade of kidney and liver trouble then rapid improvement after trying Kilmer’s Swamp Root. She credits a sample and bottle purchases with her recovery and now runs a rooming house with a store. Notarized testimony dated October 24 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Notion
Dr. Kilmer
Market Street
Sandusky
Ohio
Alvin N. Bierl
Erie County
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do for You
Letter urging Dr Kilmer Co to try Swamp Root, offering a free sample bottle and booklet on kidneys and bladder. Mentions Covington Weekly Republican and lists regular bottle sizes of fifty cents and one dollar at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghampton, N. Y
Covington Weekly Republican
For Sale Six Acres of Improved Land Near Snoddy Mills
Six acres of well improved land near a church and school, one mile south of Snoddy’s Mills. For inquiries contact Thomas Cadman in Covington R. D. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church and School
Snoddy
Recalling a Court Decision Threat to Constitutional Law
The passage discusses how a wealthy party could influence a recall vote to overturn a court decision and declare a law unconstitutional. It warns that such actions could bypass the constitution, undermine the state’s fundamental law, and alter the government’s form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Steel Trust
Harvester Trust
Oil Trust
Tobacco Trust
Prices of Farm Products and Wage Comparisons
A 1912 wage survey contrasts Democratic 1893 daily pay with Republican prosperity figures. Teamsters and unskilled laborers show large increases in wages over ten years, with some gains in reduced hours. The piece questions why voters should risk political change if workers prosper under Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Ate
Labor Union
Businessmen’s view on Roosevelt in a Stimson letter
J W Stimson of Huntingburg Indiana, a hardwood lumberman, rejects a $50 Progressive campaign request. He states honest men exist beyond Roosevelt, criticizes the Progressive banner, and cautions against monopolizing truth or silencing opponents with epithets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Lumberman
Progressive Committee
J. W. Stimson
Huntingburg
Ind
National Progressive Committee
New York
Stimson
Progressive Party
Wilson Before the Bar as Witness for Republicans
The article portrays Woodrow Wilson, Democratic candidate for president, summoned to answer questions as a witness for the Republican party. It cites his admission about phrases describing the 1893 to 1896 era and disputes his portrayal of later economic conditions, framing him as a political adversary witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
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Coylugios
William H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
of New York
Winfield T. Durbin
Anderson
Thomas T. Moore
Greencastle
Fred I. King
Wabash
I. Newt Brown
Franklin
Job Freeman
Terre Haute
F. H. Wurzer
South Bend
Samuel C. Ferrell
Fr. Wayne
J. L. Peetz
Indianapolis
Warwick H. Ripley
Woodfin D. Robinson
Evansville
Leander J. Monks
Winchester
Appellate Court
David A. Myers
Greensburg
Republican County
Congress
William Robison
A. B. Carter
Judge Ben, Omer B. Ratcliff
Lawrence D. Marshall
Virgil C. Frazier
Jacob Yerkes
Earl McCord
Col
C. W. Sentman
William A. Parish
T. E. Martin
Chile
Fletcher
Gry
Dr. Kilmer& Co
Binghampton, N.Y
Lehigh
H.E. Scheic
Castoria
Wilson
William Dennis
Danville
Ills
M. Boord
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