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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
3
The piece denounces Republican panic rhetoric against Bryan, arguing prosperity vanished under current rule and predicting renewed losses if Republicans stay in power. It asserts voters should trust Bryan as honest and rejects claims that his election would worsen business.
Josephus Daniels denounces Prof J Laurence Laughlin of the University of Chicago for opposing the bank deposit guaranty. He notes Rockefeller funded the university and suggests the institution supports the candidate he backs in the campaign.
Wenry Clews, a Wall Street promoter, endorses Taft and attacks Bryan as unsafe. He told eastern bankers that Taft would be an ideal president and denounced the guaranty of bank deposits as socialistic and contrary to true democratic principles, insisting against centralization of power.
Taft supporters warn that a Bryan victory would oppose Democratic goals, admitting that their claim of rule by the people clashes with Bryan’s view. Hat in your hat Johnstown.
Resolutions passed by Washington township farmers in Marion County condemn statements attributed to P M Sharples about closing Sharples separator works, calling them partisan and harmful. The group drafts an endless farmers’ chain to oppose such methods and urges national farmer unity for fair play, signed by Albert Blue and Ross S Ludlow.
A political argument accuses Taft of serving trusts and special interests while opposing consumer protections and a broad income tax. It contrasts Taft favoring the few with Bryan’s pledge to the people, equality, and democracy, asking readers which side they support.
Johnstown Democrat cites a letter noting Canadian print paper costs at 1.75 dollars while U.S. papers pay 2.35 to 2.60 dollars. The writer claims Canadian paper matches domestic quality and wages, arguing price differences affect American newspapers.
Barbara Mathews eludes Bertram Mathews through a library chase played out among reading rooms and legal references. He trials a fake romance, she questions his suit, and their mutual attraction culminates in a sunset moment that hints at true feelings yet to be voiced.
Barbara Mathews and Bertram become accidentally confined in a reading room just before closing. Barbara pretends to be Barbara King to hide a telltale magazine. A guard on the outside demands explanation as the door stubbornly stays shut.
From Era magazine Wade Mountfortt contrasts two youths seeking fame. One strides through battle and blood to win a bronze hero’s fate, the other to sculpt a silent marble face. Both chase public glory, one through war’s din the other through artful fame, both paying with life.
Advice from a Belientlic American excerpt explains coating the inner umbrella surface with a cornstarch paste to create a white raised name or initials using white lead paint. After drying and removing excess starch, the name remains visible against the black cover, serving as a discreet contact reminder for borrowers or finders.
A discussion on balloon ascents states that with calm weather and orderly passengers the sport is safe even in strong winds. Costs per passenger range from 35 to 75 dollars in the United States, cheaper in France, with varying fare home and ascent duration.
The article notes African elephants in the Congo with very large ears that extend past the neck and cover part of the flank. It describes color as grayish blue, estimates heights over fourteen feet at the withers and weights around eight tons, with tusks sometimes exceeding 200 pounds and over six feet long. No sacred white Indian elephants have been reported there.
Professor Nasterman of Cambridge warned that Hyde Park Sundays breed treason enough to salt a German fortress yet speakers return home to tea. He noted Europe has few states where attacks on the sovereign are so rare or so resented by the people. London Graphic reports.
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