Republican State Ticket Ends with Local Races Listed
The ticket lists James FE Watson for Lieutenant Governor Fremont C Goodwine for Secretary of State Fred A Sims for Auditor John C Billheimer for Treasurer and a joint ticket Crawford and Perry Counties James Bobbitt for representative Jerry L Saddarth for district judge William M Waldschmidt for district attorney Joseph Bell for treasurer J Percy Allen Fer Sheriff John C Bird for surveyor Jesse TL Thornbury for coroner Major B King for commissioner and John Deich for 2nd district commissioner.
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James FE. Watson
Fremont C. Goodwine
Fred A. Sims
Hackson, Crawford and
Perry
Jerry L. Saddarth
Hcdson
Crawford and
William M. Waldschmidt
Temperance Questioncentral in India a moral issue
A county local option debate frames temperance as a moral question versus political, urging voters to back local control to curb saloons. It argues brewers fight county authority and stresses farmers rely on a trustworthy county seat to protect boys and tax-funded institutions.
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Indiana
Seller warns against post-move price undercutting
A seller declares they will withdraw current prices after relocation and cautions others not to bid for goods at the present rates once the move occurs. The statement emphasizes that prices will not be honored after relocation.
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Luckett
Fittsburg
Deficiency State Aid to Crawford County Schools
The 1906 1907 and 1908 deficiency fund financed six to seven month terms for Crawford County schools from a State Reserve. Rep. Thos. R. Marshall would seek repeal of the related Republican law. The article argues voters should support education by keeping the current aid without raising local taxes.
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Crawford County
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
R. Marshall
Thos. R. Marshall
Indiana Political Tempest and Prophetic Claims Ahead of Vote
On the eve of a local option bill's passage Tom Taggart predicted its defeat, a claim contradicted by election dynamics. Republican leaders unite against the bill while Senator Beveridge lauds Watson and Hemenway, urging voters to elect Watson governor and reelect Hemenway.
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House
Tom Taggart
Tom
Indiana
Beveridge
Watson
Hemenway
Jand
The Old Joke Of Feeding And Failing In Politics
The piece mocks William Jennings Bryan by recalling an ancient parable about a horse taught to live without eating and dying when it finally learned the lesson. It compares this to Bryan’s pledge to reform and to waiting for Congress, suggesting distress for voters while praising public figures Marshall and Watson and questioning trust.
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Bryans
Bryan
Congress
Chicago
White House
Indiana race sparks debate over Watson and Marshall
The discussion questions Jim Watson and Tom Marshall, noting Watson’s younger days as a sport and Marshall’s image as a pious Christian gentleman and scholar. It asks who stands for the best things in Indiana.
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Jim Watson
Tom Marshall
Indiana
Watson
Bound West to White House Forecast for Bryan Nominations
Maj. WJ Porter, a Texas businessman in New York, says Bryan will be nominated at distant venues: Chicago in 1896, Kansas City in 1900, Denver in 1908, San Francisco in 1912, Honolulu in 1916, Manila in 1920, with further plans hinted beyond. He notes the distance from Washington for each anticipated nominating city.
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New York
WJ. Porter
City
Bryan
Chicago
Washington
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Honolulu
Manila
Indiana labor federation aligns with saloonmen in state
The state federation of union labor in Indiana leans toward brewers and bartenders led by a long-serving president. A growing rift forms as miners threaten withdrawal. Most workers oppose aligning with temperance opponents and resist political backing of brewers.
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Union Labor
Indiana
Bellathor
Tom Taggart Contemplates Senate Seat Legacy
The remark places Tom Taggart in the lineage of notable Indiana senators like Joseph E. McDonald and Benjamin Harrison as he contemplates a potential U S Senate run. The comment frames his ambition within a historic lineage of state leaders.
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Tom Taggart
United States Senate
Joseph E. McDonald
David Turpie
Benjamin Harrison
Charles W. Fairbanks
People Rule vs Taggart Drive to Control Ticket
The Indianapolis Sun denounces Taggart and his backers as trying to purge nonconformists from the ticket. It questions whether the people will be ruled by Taggart and his interests or by the voters themselves, urging resistance to the machine.
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Indianapolis Sun
Taggart
Tom Taggart
Open Season for Squirrels Clarified by Indiana Commissioner
Commissioner Z T Sweeney of Columbus Indiana states open season for squirrels runs July 1 to October 1, with penalties for cheating or possession outside that period. Section 608 bans hunting most game outside waterfowl from October 2 to November 10, while rabbits face a separate closed season October 1 to November 10. Extra deputies to enforce rules will arrest violators.
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Ocokder
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
Ind
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J.L Peetz
Supreme Court Fifth
Quincy A. Mers
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David M. Yers
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Crawford
James Bobbitt
Joseph Bell
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Major B. King
Hamilton Martin
John Deich
Oak Wash St
Oscar Longest
J. S. Noblitt
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Whisky Run
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Patoka Township
Johnson Township
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Ohio Township
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