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Newspaper

Denton Journal

Location

Denton, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1908

Page

4

Democratic Leader Predicts Bryan Victory in East and West

Norman E. Mack, Democratic National Committee chair, asserts a nationwide Democratic tide and predicts Bryan will win the presidency with broad support in Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Pennsylvania. He warns the fight is not over, urging continued aggressive campaigning for two weeks and highlighting perceived Republican weaknesses and union opposition. The piece notes Republican attempts to discredit labor leader James Duncan and lists signatories from corporate and financial circles backing Taft.

Norman E. Mack Democratic National Committee Bryan Pennsylvania New York Ohio Indiana Democratic Party Republican Party James Duncan American Federation of Labor Gompers Duncan Charles F. Brooker The Brace Trust New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Charles Nagel Missouri Standard Oil Company Standard Oil Chicago Frank O. Lowden George M. Pullman Pullman Palace Car Trust T. Coleman du Pont Powder Trust Boise Penrose George S. Sheldon J. Pierpont Morgan Hughes William Nelson Cromwell Edward H. Harriman United States Fred W. Upham Republican West Board of Review

The Bachelor’s Button in Wartime Humor

A clipped quip exchange compares a bachelor’s button to a derelict student. The Cleveland ender and Baltimore American tone reflect humorous steel in wartime life. The crowd laughs at the notion that praise from teachers makes a boy’s mother proud.

Desecrators and the Poet's Imprecation on Shakespeare Tomb

A New York Tribune summary recounts legends of desecration attempts at Shakespeare’s tomb and the claimed power of the curse. Tales describe 1700 vault digging near the bard’s grave, riders of lanterns at night, and workers deterred by the anathema carved on the tomb.

Shakespeare Calkiwell-Phillpps Ines London Athenaeum Issi Monthly Magazine Davenport New York Tribune

Convincing Certificate On Bank Deposits Guaranty

A certificate from Guthrie Oklahoma in 1908 argues deposits are strengthened by the depositor protection law. It notes that secured banks gained deposits while unsecured banks lost, with figures cited for national and state banks. Signed Roy C. Oakes and George W. Bellamy as State Banking Board officials.

Yaft Commoner Guthrie, Okha Oklahoma

Sherman Endorses Antiunion View At Akron Meeting

James S Sherman echoed a trust leader's attack on labor unions during a visit to Akron Ohio where Diamond Match Company president O C Barber praised a policy of not tolerating union labor Barber stated that directors have never tolerated union labor in its shop and have set wages hiring and hours without union dictation stressing unions are largely anarchist socialist and demagogic in nature

Willam H. Taft Ohio James S. Sherman O. C. Barber The Diamond Match Company

Tie That Stutters Sticks To His Word

A quirky quip from the New York Telegram notes that Tie is a man who sticks to every word he sits, with the punchline that his stuttering keeps him faithful to his utterances.

New York Telegram

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