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Newspaper
English News
Location
English, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
4
James E Watson serves as Lieutenant Governor while Fremont C Goodwine takes the role of Secretary of State with Fred A Sims named in the official slate.
A hundred members of the Republican Editorial Association joined a Saturday outing to Jeffersonville hosted by W. H. Whittaker of the Indiana Reformatory. The group toured the institution, enjoyed lunch in the prison halls, and traveled by steamer City of Cincinnati from Louisville to Cincinnati. The committee members J. B. White M. C. Garber J. A. Kautz BR. E. Hale and E. A. Remy were thanked for organizing the successful trip.
Article urges Republicans to engage early with first time voters in Indiana ahead of the November election. It argues individual advocacy by conservatives can influence the electorate as party platforms and candidates are set, highlighting the impact of personal outreach on young voters.
The Covington Republican warns that saloon interests posing as temperance workers and Prohibitionists may visit during the campaign to push signing cards or agreements about voting. Do not sign and remember your vote is personal when you enter the booth.
The article argues that higher land and farm product values, along with tax increases if any, burden farmers less than other classes. It emphasizes how tax changes over recent years have borne more lightly on agricultural producers than on the general population.
The article argues prosperity is restored with farm prices higher than a year ago for wheat corn cattle and sheep. It notes railroad expansion and the Pennsylvania bond issue as signs of revived confidence and investment. It criticizes the Democrats and Bryan uncertainties, predicting a Republican win in Monroe township and Winamac.
The New Castle Courier notes 1908 Indiana GOP support for tariff revision on protection lines urged by Charles W Fairbanks. It highlights nationwide positive responses to his letter and signals momentum for his nomination as a safe courageous candidate. The piece also comments on William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic two thirds rule.
A political notice claims that every Prohibitionist vote in Indiana this year increases the chances of saloon advocates and the Democratic party gaining success.
National Anti-Saloon League leaders back Jim Watson for Indiana governorship. S. E. Nicholson says Watson has supported anti temperance causes in Congress and on the state platform. Nicholson will not speak in Indiana this year due to the Pennsylvania campaign. The League aims to defeat Foster in the First district.
A satirical note claims the Missouri Supreme Court ruled a man may loaf in public. The mock item jokes Missouri women tire of husbands loafing and imagines future family life. A Tennessee birth with three arms is mentioned as a joke about a lazy suitor.
The announcement names John A. Wright as a Republican candidate for trustee of Ohio township and Daniel S. Fields as a Republican candidate for trustee of Johnson township both subject to primary decisions. The notice also promotes prompt notarial services by Thos. Austin at the News office.
Omega Ohio store owner and telephone company president credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life. He claims it reached the cough spot when all else failed and notes it also heals throat and chest issues. Sold at Dr F B Gobbel Drug Store 50c and 1.00 with trial bottle free.
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California says a box of Bucklen’s Arnice Salve cured years of itching, piles, and discomfort. The product is sold under guarantee at Dr F R Gobbel drug store.
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