United on all issues in Republican campaign
Republican leaders in Washington consolidate editorial work under Francis Curtis. They forecast unity, argue against wage cuts, and expect Taft and Sherman to win. Colored vote unlikely to favor Democrats. independents and third parties unlikely to derail the ticket. Prospects seen as bright for November victory.
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Bryan
Denver
Washington
Hitchcock
Congressional
Francis Curtis
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Prohibition
Independence League
Panama Canal
Taft
Sherman
William H. Taft
James 8. Sherman
Bryan the Demagogue and His Consistency Questioned
The piece accuses Bryan of unchanging political views and demagogic tactics aimed at stirring class envy. It cites his lectures charging high fees and warns that his promises to re-balance wages would lead to socialism and anarchism.
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Bryan
Democratic Party
Dry But Not Dead Abolishment Keeps Town Prosperous
A Lebanon town reports no economic decline after saloons shut down. Merchants credit rising business and prosperity despite a national panic. Court fines for illegal sales rose, and sheriff records show fewer drunken arrests after the crackdown. Interurban trips to nearby cities continue, yet alcohol violations remain low.
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Lebanon
Indiana sheep losses rise while flock grows
Indiana records show 57,905 sheep lost this year, 3,933 more than 1907, due to dogs and disease. Nevertheless farmers report 673,572 sheep on hand, up from 636,094, with fewer sales and lower wool production at 3,829,015 pounds clipped this year.
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Indiana
Board of Statistics
Bureau
Electric Bitters Praised as Grand Family Medicine
Mr Frank Conlan of 436 Houston Street New York endorses Electric Bitters as a supreme remedy for dyspepsia liver troubles lame back and weak kidneys. The tonic purifies blood regulates digestion and renews vigor for both sexes. Sold with guarantee at F M Henry Co drug store priced 50 cents per bottle.
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Frank Conlan
Houston Street
New York
F. M. Henry & Co
Ordinary Politician Cited In Charleston Commentary
An 1900s Charleston article notes William Jennings Bryan as an ordinary politician this year, contrasting his status when not campaigning with miscondos in other states. The piece cites Tom Watson’s view of Bryan as merely an ordinary political figure in the current season.
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Bryan
Tom Watson
Charleston News
2Nd Cour
Inspector Urges Cautious Meat and Milk Purchases
State pure food inspector offers tips on selecting meats by color odor and firmness and explains beef marbling varies with feed and age. He warns milk can carry disease, advises boiling and chilling, and urges certified tuberculosis free herds or pasteurized milk to reduce infant deaths.
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State Pure Food
Wisdom of Republican Policies Proved by Nation’s Growth
The piece extols the 1896 Republican program highlighting gold standard parity, protective tariffs, and public works. It credits increased trade, wages, postal efficiency, and diplomacy, arguing the party builds, not tears down, with concrete achievements and a pro growth stance.
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Republican Party
Postal Service
United States
Supreme Court
Chicago
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Taft on presidential duties as party head and legislator
Taft argues that under the system the president leads the party that elected him and bears responsibility for executive work and legislative policy. He says the president, as head of the party, must engage in shaping laws and enforcing pre election promises, or he fails the people's expectations.
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Congress
William Howard Taft
The Sun's Heat
The Sun's Heat explains the vast scale of solar energy NASA style figures. It states earth’s coal output would only fuel solar radiation for a fraction of a second and that sun heat captured by earth is about 2 250 millionth part, enough to warm 2 250 000 000 worlds the size of ours.
Granulated Sore Eyes Treated with Salve
Martin Boyd of Henrietta Kentucky suffered granulated sore eyes for twenty years. In February 1903 a man urged him to try Chamberlains Salve. He bought one box used two thirds and his eyes have been free of trouble since. The salve is sold by Battertons drug store.
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Martin Boyd
Henrietta
Chamberlain
Batterton’s
Anti Bryan Movement Spreads Among Railroad Workers
The Nebraska State Railway Employees association formed to oppose William J. Bryan expands to Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana Kansas and Colorado with headquarters in Omaha led by Union Pacific conductor 8 C Mecomber. The Nebraska unit has 15000 of 22000 railroad workers and new members join daily, alarming Bryan supporters.
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Nebraska State Railway Employees’ Association
Nebraska
William J. Bryan
Iowa
Miinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kansas
Colorado
Middle West
Omaha
C. Mecomber
Union Pacific
Bryan
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Lindiana
Luther D. Braden
United
Farmer and Labor
Bryan the Demagogue
William BH. Taft
Ohio
James S. Sherman
William O. Barnard
Albert W. Phillips
Jethro C. Meek
Oscar B. Trimble
Lindsey C. Jackson
Bruce Craig
T. B. Gullefer
Frank Alexander
William G. Updike
Washington Township
Will C. Ehrhardt
Henry C. Snell
Inspector
Heal People's Party
Dorothy Dodd
John Cross
Hanan’s
Emerson
Guthrie & Mitchell
North Side Square
Indianapolis News
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C.H. Thomson
East Side Square
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