Maryland Democrats declare platform for Congress in Maryland
Maryland Democratic candidates for Congress issue a platform stressing tariff to fund government and denouncing Republican protectionism. They call for a revenue tariff, critique Payne Aldrich and rising living costs, and promise investigations to curb waste, monopoly, and predatory business influence while upholding states’ rights and opposing Cannonism.
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Maryland
Congress
Republican Party
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Joseph O’ Cannon
Concaress
House of Representaties
House
Taft
Republicans Disheartened Across Maryland in 1900s Outlook
Maryland Republicans, facing a bleak forecast, fear losses in five congressional districts and a vanishing chance to win the state. Young members revolt against Rooseveltism and party machines, with several candidates discussed for mayor as dissension grows and unity wanes.
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Maryland
Baltimore Evening Sun
Mudd
Roosevelt
Republican Club
Timanus
Dr. Booze
Young Men's
Clu
Charles H. Torsch
W. W. McIntire
Abcacus Hooper
Prices rise blamed on tariff and trusts in 1909 and beyond
Washington correspondent argues tariff protection raises living costs. He cites Payne Aldrich, Dingley, and German tariff effects, noting steep price increases in steel, nails, wire, glass, and sugar. The piece links campaign funding to tariff interests and previews post election moves and Ohio politics around Harmon’s governorship.
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Washington
The
Journal
Senate
Tom P. Gore
Oklahoma
Steel Trust
Parable of the Talents Expounded in Biblical Analysis
The article interprets the Parable of the Talents with Olivet setting and Jerusalem in view, urging faithful use of divine trusts. It compares the unfaithful rulers, the apostles, and all believers to talents entrusted by God, citing Stevenson and Leighton, and notes the reward of faithfulness over measured results. It also adds miscellaneous notes on apple butter making and a football play article, plus Governor Pennewill presenting a silver service to the battleship Delaware.
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Ohio Democrats
Judson Harmon
Harmon
Baltimore Sun
Cincinnatii, Hamilton and Dayton
Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Santa Fe
Ohio Republicans
Columbus
Ohio
Taft
Jesus
Olivet
Jerusalem
Temple
God
New Jerusalem
Christ
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Handel
Leighton
Dickens
Skitzland
Ieindustani
Pennewill
Wilmington
Delaware
The Draining of a Field
Fourth page feature notes drainage work on a field, with emphasis on agricultural impact. It outlines methods and timing, and signals potential benefits for farmers facing wet soil conditions. The article blends practical tips with local land use context.
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Howard Melvin Ben
H. Johnson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
J. Harry Covington
Talbot County
Congressional Platform
Republican National Organization
Schloss Baltimore Clothes
Baltimore
Schloss
Best Clothiers
Schloss Bros. & CO
Boston
New York
BP Schloss
Sana Me
Kirschbaum
Priestley Cravenette
BES
America
J. H. Nichols & Son
Denton
France
Italy
Sugar Trust
Lumber Trust
Harvester Trust
Ballinger Investigating Committee
Lorimer
Sugar Trust-Fruit Lands Philippine
National Monetary Commission
Aldrich
Armour & Co
Stock Exchange
Landis
Chicago
J. L. Everngam
Denton, Maryland
Nisi
Edward B. Maloney
Hattie Maloney
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
J. Kemp Stevens
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