Indiana Democrat publication detail and address note
The Indiana Democrat lists its publication details including the Democratic affiliation, publishing company, and address at 728 Church Street Indiana Pennsylvania. It notes second class matter status and provides contact belts and telephone line information for the era.
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Indiana Democrat
Rueheefy, Wednsaday
Prmocrat Publishing Company
Church Street
Indiana
Belt
Terms of Subscription for Yearly In Advance
The notice states subscription is $1.60 per year when paid in advance and $1.60 per year when not paid in advance. The paper will be mailed regularly to subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all arrears are paid in full.
Advertising Rates for Legal and Obituary Notices
Advertising rates listed include Mates Administrators Executors Auditors and Dissolution notices at $3 per inch, other legal ads at $2.60 per inch, figure and table work 26 percent, Estray and Caution notices at $0.00 each, all Reformations Obituary Notices and Poetry at $3 per line, cash accompanies the order.
Taft Campaign Financed by $1.7 Million Large and Small Donors
The report filed with the State Auditor details a Republican fundraising total of about 1.7 million dollars for Taft’s campaign. Charlie Taft, brother of the candidate, led heavy contributions, with about 250 thousand dollars including pre election and post election spending. The donor list features Roosevelt among thousand dollar sponsors, Carnegie, J. P. Morgan, and Whitelaw Reid contributing four times at 25 thousand. Roughly 20,000 contributors are listed, 6,000 from the West, and Chicago bankers restrained to smaller gifts. Women like Mrs. Marshall Field Sr. and Mrs. A. N. Eddy also contributed.
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Charlie
George R. Sheidon
Republican National Committee
Albany
William H. Taft
Charlie Paft
Charles P. Taft
Andrew Carnegie
William N. Cromwell
J. P. Morgan
Whitelaw Reid
D. O. Mills
New York
R. C G. Kerens
Adolphus Busch
W. C. Dickey
Missouri
William R. Ridgely
H. K. Cochran
President Roosevelt
Lst
Democratic Party
Marshall Field, Sr
A. N. Eddy
Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
C. A. Severence
E. N. Saunders
Thomas F. Cole
Edward R. Stelinius
Robert T. Lincoln
James A. Patten
John G. Shedd
Marvin Hughitt
N. W. Harris
Charles R. Crane
Samuel Insull
John C. Wharton
Charles Page Bryan
W. H. Bartlett
I. P. Frazier
Joy Morton
F. A. W. Kieckhefer
Symbolic animals in 1840s political cartoons
The piece traces the use of the donkey and elephant in 1840s caricatures as political symbols. It notes Democratic donkey origins in Balaam stories and shinplaster designs, with Tyler shown balancing a whip horse and donkey, while Nast later revived the Democrat and Republican symbols alongside Jackson era depictions of the U S bank as an elephant.
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van Huren
Balaam
W.W. Clay
Tyler
Nast
Democratic Party
Jackson
United States Bank
Republican Party
Real estate transfers list with multiple deeds
A long list of real estate transfers from Blaine Manner to Edgar Reithmiller and many others. Properties include lots and acres across White Garfield Conemaugh Marion Center and other towns with prices ranging from $1 to $4,800. Transactions feature numerous individuals and companies including Garfield Fire Clay Co, Cherry Hill, and Cherry Hill to Russell Coal Co. Several entries specify acres perches and 907 acres in Green with varied sums.
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Washington
B. F. Wise
Martha P. Caig
White
Ila Donalson
Jacob Halaburda
Burrell
Elisha I’ Dickey
William
Cherrytree
Dixonville
R. R. Co
Green
E. B. Widdowson
Russell Coal Co
Cherryhill
Clara Alcorn
W. A. Martz
Conemaugh
James Kier
Billiewing
Saltsburg
R. J. Beck
J. R. Peterson
Malinda Lytle
Anna
W. H. Robinson
R. Robertson
William McKeage
Mary H. McKeage
Elizabeth Moorhead
E. B. Campbell
Party Emblems Reignited in Harper's Weekly Letter
A reader cites a September 19 Harper's Weekly item clarifying Thomas Nast's role in popularizing the donkey as a Democratic symbol. The letter notes an 1837 cartoon depicting Jackson as Balaam on an ass, representing the Democratic-Republican party, with an angel halting its progress.
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Harper's Weekly
Albert Bigelow Paine
Thomas Nast
Democratic Party
Paine
Jackson
Wills Probated in Local Townships
Wills probated for George S. Ray of Armstrong township Lizzie Ray receives all estate dated October 25 1968 witnessed by James H. Miller and R H Cunningham. Joseph Burkett of township leaves farm and personal property to wife Rebecca Burkett remainder to children dated December 18 1887. William Fleming of Conemaugh township probate grants: wife household goods son William farming implements children George Knox Adaline Phoebe Nancy Nettie equal shares rest to all. Codicil by Mr Fleming divides money between Adaline and Emaline leaving $1 aside.
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George S. Ray
Armstrong Township
Lizzie Ray
James H. Miller
R. H. Cunningham
Joseph Burkett
Rebecca Burkett
Wm. Fleming
Conemaugh Township
William
George
Knox
Adaline
Phoebe
Nancy
Nettie
Pleming
Democra t Office Adverts for Engraved Cards and Invites
The Democrat of fice in Indiana Pa promotes engraved cards and invitations with latest stationery and engraving styles for readers placing orders.
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Democrat
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Indiana
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