Local Officials and Appointed Roles Listed in District
The article lists names and positions for the Joint Representative and district officers across Morrison Crawford and Perry counties. Names include Oscar Hadley James Bingham George Soli Lawrence McTurnan James Bobbite Jerry Sudfarth William Mo Wala Joseph F5ll John Bird J. Percy Allen and John Deieh.
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Oscar Hadley
James Bingham
Supreme Court
George W. Soli
Lawrence McTurnan
Crawford and
Perry
James Bobbite
Jade
Morrison, Crawford and
Jerry I. Sudfarth
Harvie Oa Crawfordt
Perry -- Wiliam Mo Wala
Anuditor
Sihahat
Temperance Question Drives County Local Option Debate
The temperance issue dominates the India na debate as a moral and legal choice between brewers and saloons versus the people. County local option is urged as progress in temperance law, amid fierce opposition from brewery interests. Farmers fear saloons undermine county life and youth. voters urged to protect homes and boys.
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Indiana
Taft Poised as Greatest President Since Washington and Lincoln
President Roosevelt praises William Howard Taft in an interview excerpted by Success Magazine for October. He calls Taft thoroughly prepared for the presidency, a national man who transcends regional differences and seeks justice for all.
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New York
Taft
Washington
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Success Magazine
Creed
Linony Colin
Bryan on pensions and wartime veterans debt
The piece recalls William J. Bryan as a former editor and congressman, who warned in 1895 about pension deficits. He argued Congress would face at least 36 million in unpaid obligations, predicting next year’s pensions would not be under 15 million and total next session at least 186 million, calling the amount ruinous and unearned by patriotism. The Orleans Proviso-dixaminer notes the critique.
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Democratic Party
William J. Bryan
Omaha
Congress
Cone
Orleans
Hearst Supports Bryan in 1890 and 1894 Campaigns
The article notes Hearst backed Bryan in 1890 during the free silver race and again four years later, with Hearst papers and Democratic fund contributions. It describes Hearst as a long-time intimate friend who grew disillusioned with Bryan, and offers a harsh caricature of Bryan as a trickster and political manipulator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Vipers Smiths
North Tahaatee
Etan Aid
W. Robeust
Hearst
Democratic Fund
Flenrt
Tharst
Weisit
Hrv
Creanowsll
Indiana Conference Appointments Listed for New Albany District
Reliable energetic young man sought to represent a manufacturing company in Crawford and adjoining counties. One owning team preferred. Salary or commission.
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Shelbyville
New Albany
Birdseye
L. G Black
Campbellsburg
Archibald Erickeon
Cannelton
W.A. Walker
Corydon
E. I. LaRue
Crystal
Penrod
Jennie de Pauw
H.S. Headen
Mainstreet
W. B. Grimes
Trinity
F. O. Beck
Wesley Chapel
W. R. Plummer
George McWilliams
New Middleton
E. G. Jann
New Philadelphia
Ernest Meginery
Newtonville
R T. Lashie
Orangeville
Valentine Delch
Orleans
L C
Mfg
Crawford
Farmers Reject Return to Democratic Days
A Corydon Republican column notes Harrison and Spencer county farmers once dumped Irish potatoes in markets for low prices under a Democratic administration. The piece argues farmers do not want to return to those days and cites Bryan's campaign sign reading “Paramount Issues Made While You Wait.”
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Carnelion Enquirer
Harrison County
Falls’ Cities
Corydon Republica
Neck of the Woods
Spencer County
Anderson River
Mr. Bryan
Paramount
Bryan Reflects on His Place in History and Appendix
The remark suggests Bryan believes his legacy will be recognized, with emphasis on later documentation in an appendix rather than the main narrative. The statement hints at archival consideration and historical interpretation of his life's work.
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Bryan
Indiana voters urged to press representatives for reform
The piece accuses brewery aligned Democrats in Indiana of blocking people’s will through legislative tactics. It claims brewing interests use traveling salesmen and a network of gamblers to smear Jim Watson and influence policy, under King Tom of French Lick Valley’s direction.
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State House
Bacdle
Indiana
Tageart
Democratic Party
Indianapolis
brewery-Democrats
Bewers
Jim Watson
Democratic Brewer Combine
King Tom
French Lick Valley
Marshall accuses ministers as temperance debate heats Indiana
The piece portrays Marshall as angry over county local option debates in Indiana. He faults preachers for backing temperance while slamming brewers and saloon interests. W.B. Reppeto defends sermons as gospel not politics, urging unity for local option.
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Indiana
Greece
Rome
Jim” Watson
Marshall
Terre Haute
Crawford Fairbanks
W. B. Reppeto
Mr. Marshall
Watson
Bryan and Labor Speech at Chicago Stirs Class Debate
The article recounts William Jennings Bryan’s Labor Day remarks in Chicago arguing workers deserve fair rewards and government action to raise living standards. It contrasts Bryan’s calls to help laborers with William Randolph Hearst’s presence in town promoting his own labor record and critiques of Bryan's rhetoric.
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Chicago
Bryan
Democratic Party
Weges
Chile
Free
Land
Mr. Bryan
William R. Bharst
Towa
Hearst
Asavites
Firyan
Eumeress
T Bryan
William Jenni
AT HIS OLD GAME
In Lincoln Nebraska Mr Povan attacks class prejudice and farmer hardship claiming government favors farmers. He argues Republican tariff laws created markets for farm products and supported factories and home markets. He asserts the present critique is unfounded and attempts to stir discontent.
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Indiana
Ohio
Farmer-Statesman
Harris
Youngstown
Povan
Linccoln
Neh
Hitle
Propaganda on Currency Devaluation and Farm Prosperity
The speaker argues for 100 cent dollars replacing 50 cent dollars urging a new monetary standard. He claims prosperity has doubled land and farm product prices in recent years and asks which other class has benefited as greatly.
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Bryan
Heads of the Democratic Procession In Indiana Parade
A vivid account describes a large Democratic day in Indianapolis led by Crawford Fairbanks’s sixty-horsepower car. The vehicle carried Fairbanks, King Bee Brewer of Indiana, William Jennings Bryan, Tom Tascart, Tom Marshall, Norman Mack, and Theodore Bell, with commentary on temperance and politics.
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Kern
Indianapolis
Crawford Fairbanks
King Bee Brewer
Indiana
William Jennings Wryan
Tom Tascart
West
Tom Marshall
Norman Mack
Aerchat of
Buffalo
Theodore Bell
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J. L. Peetz
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