Weekly Sentinel Faces Post Office Arrears Rule
The Weekly Sentinel informs subscribers of a Washington post office ruling forcing payment of past due subscriptions to continue mail delivery. Arrearages over one year for weekly papers and three months for dailies must be settled, or papers stop. The note urges prompt settlement and cooperation to avoid loss of service.
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Postoffice Department
Washington Daily
Weekly Sentinel
Post Office Department
Indiana Democrats Name Stokes Jackson State Chairman
Greenfield’s Stokes Jackson wins a stubborn battle to become Indiana state chairman after a prolonged struggle by about six members of the new state committee. The effort to enthrone Tom Taggart as boss fails, leaving Jackson in control of the party organization in Indiana.
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New Democratic State Committee
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Stokes Jackson
Greenfield
Push the Canal Project Sets Fort Wayne Effort in Motion
The Toledo Fort Wayne and Chicago waterway faces varied views but gains momentum as public sentiment grows. Fort Wayne leaders plan a meeting at the Commercial club rooms and Indianapolis hosts a general conference with further gatherings to unite supporters and push congressional action.
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Toledo, Fort Wayne and
Chicaga
Congress
Fort Wayne
Commercial Club
Indianapolis
Mayor Hosey’s Sunday laws bring Fort Wayne saloons to heel
Under pressure from Mayor Hosey saloons in Fort Wayne observed two consecutive Sundays with virtually no business. The paper notes the dry Sundays show potential for reform and praise the mayor’s administration, urging continued enforcement through the remainder of his term.
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Hosey
Fort Wayne
Big Stick Hints at Civil Service Census Reform
President Roosevelt asks Congress to place four thousand extra census workers under civil service rules. He argues noncompetitive exams protect spoils appointments and fail to ensure competence, potentially reshaping patronage across Congress as the 1920 census approaches.
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Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
Census Tests Scrutiny As Civil Service Debate Rages
The article notes sixty-seven percent of noncompetitive applicants fail the same exams while praising the census value tied to public trust. It cites General John C. Black and Darrell B. Wright on costs, arguing noncompetitive entry funds the temporary rolls before civil service.
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John C. Black
Civil Service Commission
Darrell B. Wright
Death on the Rail Figures from 1907 Railroad Casualties
Washington released 1907 railway death and injury totals from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Total casualties 108324 with 10618 killed. passengers 359 killed and 10764 injured. Most deaths involved railroad workers and trespassers, with rail crossings and stations listed among the major danger points.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judge Taylor Defends Roosevelt Era GOP Vision
Judge Robert S. Taylor voices bold political opinions on Indiana Republicans. He opposes Fairbanks Foraker and Cannon as Roosevelt successors, arguing the party must align with a Roosevelt-like leader. He claims Roosevelt’s work should guide the party and praises courage to speak out.
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Robert S. Taylor
Judge Taylor
Indiana
Fairbanks
Foraker
Cannon
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Roosevelt Hatred in Wall Street Amid Financial Change
In a Chicago Record Herald letter Walter Wellman argues Roosevelt is deeply hated by Wall Street, blamed for woes across the gambling sector, while the public grows to distrust finance and recognize a national shift in attitudes and verities. The piece notes the president’s contrasting reception in broader opinion.
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Chicago Record Herald
Walter Wellman
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Wellman
Wall ‘Street
Reform the Big Business War in Public Trust
The passage argues that insurance disclosures and corporate crimes have stirred the nation and the president. It calls for honest Wall Street prosperity and notes broad support for Roosevelt despite attacks from opponents.
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Wall Street
Roosevelt
Indiana Democrats pledge independence from brewery influence
Tom Taggart disputes Stokes Jackson as his man for state chairmanship but statewide sentiment favors an agenda free of Taggart’s brewery ties. Voters expect Jackson to place the party’s interests above personal power, signaling a shift away from bossism and toward district autonomy.
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Tom Taggart
Stokes Jackson
Jackson
Indiana
Taggart
Indianapolis
Democratic Party
Chicago’s mayor bids canal plan to link Toledo Fort Wayne
The article discusses Mayor Busse exploring a formal proposal to improve Chicago harbor and revive lake traffic by creating a Toledo Fort Wayne waterway via the Maumee river to Lake Michigan. It frames a Lake Erie Michigan canal as a solution to dwindling commerce and a prestige project for the city.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Busse
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Maumee River
Government to sue Harriman railroads in Utah court
The Department of Justice will file a bill in equity in the United States court of Utah within thirty days to force the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific to change current management under E. H. Harriman. The suit, likened to the Northern Securities case, claims the roads are natural competitors and violate the Sherman anti trust law. Harriman acknowledged control of both lines during Interstate Commerce Commission hearings.
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Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
E. H. Harriman
Soit
Department of Justice
United States Court of Utah
Equity
Northern Securities
Knox
Third Class Passenger Rush to Europe Outpaces 1906
The report notes 57 238 third class passengers left America in 1907, up 215 865 from 1906, with November and December driven by holiday travel. For early 1908, 1 859 more third class travelers sailed in two days than 1907, and one company’s ships sent 1 506 more steerage passengers in the first week of 1908 than the prior year, while overall immigration continues to decline.
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Europe
America
Connecticut Senator Proposes Currency Bill Amending Banking Act
Senator Morgan G Bulkeley proposes an amendment to the national banking act adding United States and Panama bonds as security for circulation by counties cities and towns with populations over fifty thousand. Bonds must yield 3.5 percent and have no defaults. The bill also taxes the ten percent emergency circulation on holders, not just banks, and was referred to the currency committee.
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Morgan G. Bulkeley
Connecticut
Senate
Aldrich
United States
Panama
Committee On Currency
Columbia University Receives Humane Education Endowment
A $100000 gift was made to Columbia University to establish a chair of humane education. Director F Augustus Schemerhorn stated the donor remains unnamed. The department will study causes of animal cruelty and serve as a memorial to Henry Bergh, founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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Columbia University
F. Augustus Schemerhorn
Columbia
Schemerhorn
Henry Bergh
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Judge Erwin Missed as Indiana State Democratic Leader
Democrats in Indiana and across the party regret that the state committee did not select Judge Richard K. Erwin of Decatur as chair. He appeared the ideal choice to unite factions around the so called Taggart candidate, but a lack of a majority doomed the effort to back him.
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Indiana
State Committee
Richard K. Erwin
Decatur
Germans Nearing Manhood Suffrage As Mob Reforms
A 50 000 strong socialist mob gathered before the imperial palace in Berlin to press for manhood suffrage. The crowd’s size and the increasingly gentle handling signal a loosening old German order as ministers become answerable to parliament rather than the emperor, hinting that government may soon answer to the people.
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Imperial
Berlin
Germany
Roosevelt Predicts Taft On First Ballot Nomination
President Roosevelt blends political prophecy with influence as a president maker. He forecasts Taft will secure the nomination on the first ballot while Fairbanks Hughes Cannon Knox and others remain silent in response.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Fairbanks
Hughes
Cannon
Knox
Dems Wishful Siding for Bryan Car Persists
In Maine the Democrats cling to a harmless delusion of sidetracking Bryan. Four years ago Bryan approved such a plan and the 1904 returns show the disaster. Bryan is not the only Democrat, but he is currently the most available and suits twenty of the party’s twenty-one members.
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Down East
Bryan
Democratic reactionaries rail at Bryan with Tilden quotes
A political column links Democratic critics to Samuel J. Tilden while praising Bryan as honest and fearless. It argues reactionaries in the East seek a president like Tilden, but with Roosevelt in the White House Bryan’s appeal remains strong as they push back.
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Bryan
Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden
East
White House
Roosevelt
New York Hotel Tests Nobility Guests With Upfront Guarantees
A prominent New York hotel reportedly requires male European nobility to provide personal chattel guarantees or pay board in advance as part of its New Year resolutions. The move is criticized as a direct insult to the entente cordiale and to international peace efforts.
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New York
Call for strict liquor-law enforcement and full law obedience
The speaker argues that enforcing a single jail sentence for liquor-law violations will more effectively ensure general obedience to the law than many fines. He commends police performance and urges complete execution of all duties to prove the supremacy of law.
Trial of Evelyn’s Husband Opens at Thaw Session
The Thaw trial moves with sentiment and morbidity kept at bay. First place in evidence and focus is Evelyn’s husband, not the intended angel-child, on the stand this session, a fact that may aid the blindfolded patroness of justice.
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Evelyn
Justice
Martial law ended in Muncie as troops depart
Civil rule is restored in Muncie and troops are leaving after an enforcement effort costing about 25 000 to 30 000 dollars. Authorities say there was never a time when civil officials could not have handled the situation with persistent, determined effort.
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Muncie
Diamond firms in financial trouble blamed on hoodoo diamond
East coast diamond companies face financial distress. The trouble is linked to a so called hoodoo diamond in the country, though the real pattern shows many homeowners mortgaging farms to buy cars on the same credit plan.
Currency reform debate centers on avoid harming specific groups
Congress weighs currency reform with tariffs as a guide but sharply divides on whom it should not affect. Leaders forecast little agreement amid strong opposition and cautious optimism.
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Congress
German Socialists Display Zeal in Ongoing Activity
Fragmentary note describes German socialists as busy and full of zeal amid continuing activity, with unclear context and few concrete details.
Henry Chosen District Chairman in Twelfth District
J M Henry of Allen County wins district chairmanship after a county vote contest with John G Yeagley of Steuben and DeKalb delegations. Henry dedicates victory to Republican unity as Yeagley gracefully concedes and pledges support. Regulars mused over Allen county’s influence and regional splits as county chairs are named across northern Indiana.
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Henry
Steuben
Whitley
Congress
Harry K. Scott
Steuben County
Allen County
Yeagley
Fort Wayne
New Aveline Hotel
Aveline Hotel
Logan Staples
Columhia City
Carlin
Capt
G. P. Alexander
Kendallville
J. P. Chapman
Rome City
J. W. Pence
Angola
L. W. Welker
Albion
Louis Kers
J Gonier
Noble
Lagrange
DeKalb
Noble County
Lagrange County
Mr. Yeagley
Allen
Gilliams
Babcock
Whitley County
F. 8. Roby
Indianapolis
James of
Rose
Auburn
G. Will Wilson
Hig
Indiana
John W. Farle
John W. Brown
Columbia City
A ‘Huntington
C. BE. Wintrode
Huntington
Adams
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Hitchcock
Clay
Georgia
Frank H. Hitchcock
MR. Taggart
Mayor
At. Ae
J.M. Henry
Mann
A. J. Vesey
James M. Henry
Clyde Carlin
John G. Yeagley
A. B. Darby
DeKalb County
Frank S. Roby
Judge Roby
W. L. Taylor
John H. Yager
Walconville
Walcottville
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Twelfth District
Robinson
Taylor
William Ballou
J. M. Henry
C. M. Goheen
Ninth Ward
Garnard
Ballou
W. F. DeVilbiss
Dr. Goheen
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