Taft and Bryan clash over tariff and bank guarantees
The article outlines Taft and Bryan positions on tariff reform and a bank guarantee law. It notes Taft’s pledge for a special congressional session, Bryan’s call for tariff revision, and Republican concerns about banking with references to Indiana bank failures involving party figures. It mentions James E. Watson’s initial critique of guarantees and subsequent expurgated edition of his keynote speech.
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Taft
Congress
Elkhart
Bryan
Indiana National
Walter Brown
Renssalaer Bank
James E. Watson
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis Star
Thirteenth
Indiana National Bank
Elkhar
New State Election Board Appointments Reported
Democratic and Republican state committees name Bernard Worbly and Jefferson Claypool to the state board of election commissioners for Governor Hanly to appoint. Board to meet for organization, with Slough as clerk, and debate over ballot distribution to voting machine counties and printing savings from a new allot law.
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Indianapolis
Bernard Worbly
Democratic State Committee
State Board of Election
Jefferson Claypool
Hanly
Missouri
Board of Election Commissioners
Harry Slough
State Bureau of Public Printing
Campaign of Deception in Indiana Politics
A Charless town Citizen opinion piece accuses the Republican machine in Indiana of desperation and deception as it faces defeat in 1908. It claims Marion county leaders face trial for public funds theft, while Democrats and liquor interests are blamed by the machine. The piece urges voting the Democratic ticket unspatched.
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Marion County
Indianapolis Star
Marion
Democratic Brewery Alliance
Indiana
Treasury
Fair attendance shrinks at Anderson event amid hardship
Hard times loom over Anderson fair with declining attendance and noted panic in the region. The LaPorté fair, by contrast, drew strong crowds and was described as a big success. Toe Smith-Clark Co. undertakers listed in the local notices.
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Anderson
LaPorté
Negrophobism in Indiana sparks threats and violence
In Poseyville a labor project imported fifty negroes amid strong local hostility. Notices demanded they work or be harmed, prompting guards and assurances of protection. Separate notes report a car-train collision near Hammond injuring three from Chicago, and a Bedford city hall scuffle over a police officer.
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Poseyville
Ind
Voseyville
Toseyville
Jno
A. Thompson
Gibson County
Poserville
Seated Tomorrow A Vermont Play Draws Crowd
The Volunteer Organist offers a drama set in Vermont with warm Cambridge folk and a clear moral. Critics praise its departure from melodrama and its lifelike characters, predicting strong public appeal for Wednesday night at the Jefferson Seals venue.
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Vermont
Cambridge
Jefferson Seals
Thorns and Orange Blossoms Presented at Jefferson Tonight
Lem B Parker's stage drama adapted from Bertha M Clay's novel arrives at the Jefferson tonight by Rowland Clarke's company led by Miss Lucile Gardner. The show promises a first directoire gown in Goshen and an excellent cast for a popular price performance from Rowland & Clifford.
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Lem B. Parker
Bertha M. Clay
Jefferson Tonight
Rowland & Clifford
Lucile Gardner
Goshen
Rowland & Cofford
Directoire
Sensational Melo drama at Jefferson tomorrows night
Robert Williams presents On the Bridge at Midnight in a Klimt Gazzolo Cohen Chicago production arriving to three weeks in Chicago venues Alhambra Criterion Bijou with a large scenery baggage car and a dramatic jack knife bridge as the featured element Popular prices set for the show. Wife identifies body as John McNeill exhumed from Walkerton field and moved to Wheeling West Virginia.
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Jefferson
Robert Williams
Klimt, Gazzolo & Cohen
Chicago
Alhambra
Criterion
Bijou
John McNeill
Walkerton
Wheeling
Widow Identifies Body of Husband Killed by Train
In Virginia the widow, arriving from Wheeling, identified the unmarked corpse found after months as her husband. He disappeared earlier and was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train on July 4. With no prior ID, the man was buried in the paupers' field.
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Wheeling
Local Social News Mix From Bristol to New Paris
Cal Bainter on sick list. Visiting relatives from Bristol and Miss Lena Whitehead seen at Durmiaps. Fred Neill returns to Clinton WL. Surprise party held for Miss Hazel Juntz with about twenty friends. Wabash agent Luther Martin visiting relatives in Missouri. Edward Alwine and David Immel to remodel homes soon. George Shumaker back from Angola where he studied. Mrs. James Leedy and daughter visiting in New Paris from Mississippi. Virgil Sawyer visits aunt Mrs. Nettle Shaltz in Leesburg. Grover Engle and son from Ruddlebury guests of Jomtzs. Ira Rohrer at A. J. Pickering’s south of New Paris. Mrs. Lewis Smith of Rushville visiting relatives in New Paris. Cal Rohrer returns from Wisconsin poultry buying. Levi Kohn and Silas Gilbert families at Dunlaps camp meeting. Christin Carr and Alfred Showalter visit Milford area. M E church service to be held at Benton with communion. Baby of James Whitehead buried at Whitehead cemetery. Child had been cared for at John Stump’s after mother’s death. Family from Union township attend Goshen deaf and dumb children picnic. Youngest daughter mute will attend Indianapolis school.
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Calvin Bainter
Ross Immel
Mabel Stivers
Bristol
Lena Whitehead
Durmiaps
Fred Neill
Clinton
Hazel Juntz
Luther Martin
Wabash
Missouri
Edward Alwine
David Immel
George Shumaker
Angola
James Leedy
Mississippi
New Paris
Virgil Sawyer
Leesburg
Nettle .Shaltz
Grover Engle
Ruddlebury
A. Jomtz
Ira Rohrer
M. E
Benton
James Whitehead
Union Township
Whitehead Cemetery
John Stump
Louis Stouder
East Goshen
Indianapolis
Egbert Buys Half Interest in Old Edgebert Homestead
John W. Egbert purchases undivided one half interest in the Edgebert homestead at Third and Canton streets. He plans to remodel and occupy the property in the future.
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John W. Egbert
Haines Ebert
Edgebert
Third and
Canton Streets
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