Progressive Party Birth at Chicago Convention 1904
The 1904 Chicago convention marked a historic Progressive Party birth with women as delegates led by Jane Addams and Theodore Roosevelt challenging the South's influence over party proceedings. The event evoked religious fervor as the audience sang hymns and voiced strong social reform ideals amid debates over race politics and national unity.
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Julia Ward Howe
Progressive Party
Cromwell
Naseby
Roosevelt
All America
Jane Addams
Hull House
Dauphin County Ballot Printing Costs Questioned
A letter critiques the 81 701 ballots print run as excessive and overcharged at one cent per ballot. It claims prior bills were gouged, notes lack of bid solicitation, and asserts Dauphin County bears the highest per capita ballot cost among 15 counties.
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Dauphin County
Marryatt
S. Hershey’s
Taft Foe to Prevail as Progressives Rally
The piece argues Taft cannot win in November due to Republican splits and scandals. It accuses Taft of siding with predatory interests, cites Ballinger and Pinchot, Wilson and McCabe plots against Dr. Wiley, and criticizes Taft for supporting whisky interests and saccharin. It calls Republicans to join the Progressives to avert a corrupt machine.
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Taft
Chicago
Congress
House
Senate
Ballinger
Morgan
Guggenheim
Pinchot
Glavis
Colliers
Pelion
Ossa
Wilson, McCabe
Dr. Wiley
Champion
Whisky Trust
Europe
Wilson
Great Methodist Church
Minneapolis
Burchard
Blaine
Republican Party
National Committee
Fragmented Passage on North South Tensions and National Division
A historical fragment condemns the lasting impact of sectional hatred in the United States. It argues the North misuses refuge for prejudice, and that forty years of conflict have cursed the nation, reflecting on political selfishness and national discord.
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South
Yale Editor Harnish Returns to Lebanon College Studies
L. B. Harnish, editor for the Hershey Press, has resumed studies as a junior at Lebanon College after three months with Hershey. He earned the friendship of many during his stay and is praised for financing his own college education and pursuing scholastic and broader life aims.
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L. B. Harnish
Hershey Press
Lebanon College
Harnish
Hershey
Hershey’s
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Hershey Printing Company
Hershey, PA
M.S. Hershey
J. R. Snavely
Will E. Wiccar
F. B. Saxter
Hershey’s Weekly
Great Progressive Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Yale
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