Candidacy Announcements and Campaign Notes in Elkhart County
Local notices announce Milo H. Plough and George E. Barney seeking the Elkhart County sheriff nomination, contingent on the Democratic convention. The Democratic State Committee will handle and forward campaign contributions and issue receipts. The Indianapolis Independent comments on Judge Grosscup and Rockefeller links, while Starke County Democrat critiques court battles and 1896-1900 political clashes involving Standard Oil and banking figures.
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Elkhart County
Milo H. Plough
George E. Barney
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
Starke County
Roosevelt
Crosscup
Baker
Wee Seti
Standard Oil Co
Landis
Tacob
Owdpaper
Graft Accusations Put Spotlight on Republican Campaign Tactics
A controversial exchange accuses Republican seekers of dodging graft probes and funding from Brewers to influence Democratic campaigns. The passage asserts voters are increasingly skeptical and resisting deceptive narratives this election season.
Bristol News Social Roundup and Local Incidents
Local residents visit relatives from South Bend Des Moines and Dakota Neb with several trips to nearby towns. A force of surveyors visits the area while a few residents face heat fatigue injuries and a close brush with fire at the Congdon home. L A Congdon home fire scare ends quickly with minor burns to Mrs. Congdon.
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L. E. Greenan
South Bend
Emma Garrison
Des Moines
V. J. Virgil
Elkhart
James Congdon
Earl Floyd
Don
Louis Knapp
North Dakota
Miss Long
Kantz
Blanche Dickerhoff
P. D. Schall
Kansas City
Kan
T. L. Prough
St. Joseph
Oscar Hartranft
Riverside
W. Oberholtzer
Dakota
Neb
Oberholtzer
Wm. Houseworth
Harry Simmons
Albers
Palm
L. A. Congdon
Expenditures and Tax Levies for the Year 1909
Trustee C. S. Rohrer of Jackson Township Elkhart County presents the annual budget estimates for 1909 totaling 9600 dollars. Items include township local tuition special school and round taxes plus poor expenditures with specific per cent tax rates.
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Jackson Township
Elkhart County
C. S. Rohrer
Saloon Keeper Converted by Nancy Hanks Lincoln Park Work
Freeman reports the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Park project near Lincoln City in Spencer county influenced a local saloon keeper to close and sell his building. Landscaping and fencing progress, with a spring dedication likely on Memorial Day, as visitors return to view the park.
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Indianapoli
Freeman
State Board of Forestry
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln Park
Lincoln City
Spencer County
Tie
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Farm
Indiana
Niney Hanks
Hog corners stove. house, cows burned near Owensville
In Owensville Indiana a hog locked inside John Allan’s house toppled a cook stove while the family was away. The stove toppled, five cows inside the stove area, and the house with contents was destroyed before neighbors could reach the scene.
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Owensville
Ind
John Allan
Allan
Evansville Approves Filtration Project Funding
Evansville authorizes $225 for a filtration plant construction. Work to begin without delay as the funding is allocated for filtered water improvements in the city.
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Evansville
Tad
Trinity Lutheran lawn social set at Mrs Bamberger home
The men of Trinity Lutheran church plan a lawn social at Mrs. Bamberger’s home at the corner of Washington and Tenth streets next Wednesday evening August 12. Good music and refreshments will be provided and everyone is welcome. The Smith Clarke Co Undertakers.
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Trinity Lutheran Church
Lake Shore
Main
Ninth Streets
Grand Stand
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Goshen
Attention Democrats
Indianapolis
Grosscup
Standard Ol! Co
Rockefeller
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Southern Indiana Railway
John R. Walsh
Walsh
John R. ‘Walsh
Chicago Chronicle
Bryan
the Criminal Law
Leled
Bristol News
Abb Kaatz
Newell Bros
Ligonier
Ceeper
Huntington, Ind
Huntington
W. J. Craig
Tdeentur
Tul. Ang
Endianapolis Sentinel
ISMI
Seathiel
Chicago
Bedford
Bedford Quarries Company
Tadhinapois
Ate. T
von Tadhina
Corte
Ely
Genuie
Baker's
Gem
Buckeye
Atlantic
Dwight
Paragon
Lawn Fete
The
Smith-Clark Co.Undertakers
Indiana and
Michigan
American Trotting Association
Rogers Goshen
Frank J. Irwin
Valentine Berkey
John Scranage
Joseph H. Lesh
Charles Neidig
W. W. Showatter
J. W. Ov
Joseph Yoder
Lewis McClure
Sears Gardner
D. H. Mast
Benj. Blue
Specia Lees
India
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