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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
7
A poem evokes a fisherman's homeward boat against dawn light and lighthouse glow, amid sea wind and hopeful courage. The passage shifts to a community notice listing salaries, accounts, and expenses from a county poor farm and bridge works, with scattered town names and figures.
The piece argues James E. Watson does not favor prohibition and accuses him of pandering to liquor interests. It cites his congressional record and associations with the Columbia Club and local options, warning voters against trusting his promises, followed by an ad for pocket knives at Batterton's.
A quotation from Mr. Marshall's Salem Speech urges that the many must rule over the few to restore constitutional government, preserve rights, and rebuke arrogant elites. The speaker calls for God’s help and notes the fall timing as pivotal for a people's rights restoration.
A Bridgeport Connecticut sewing machine maker sells models for 35 to 40 dollars locally while the same firm offers them in London at 20 dollars. The note argues tariffs are crucial to shield manufacturers from foreign competition and sustain local industry.
Denatured alcohol is used in a Manchester factory that makes bats. The manufacturers recover the spirit and restill the product in their own plant, reusing it until it is exhausted.
A local political event opened in the afternoon with Tom Tomlike bands and schoolchildren dismissed to swell the crowd. James E. Waton, candidate for governor, led the program after Senator Hendee delivered a long, antiquated set of remarks that failed to engage the audience. The report ridicules Hendee and criticizes his appeal to old soldiers, noting Waton attacked the Democratic Party and praised his own party’s record while gesturing theatrically.
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