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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1908
Page
2
The Thrice-a-Week World promotes its cheaper price and full coverage for 1907 with impartial political news, expanded news service, markets, cartoons, and fiction by standard authors. A one year subscription costs $1.00 for 156 papers, or $1.65 for both the World and the Democrat, compared to $2.00 separately.
The Indiana Democrat, a weekly Wednesday paper from the Democrat Publishing Company, lists circulation above 1,000 and records second class mail status at the Indiana Pennsylvania post office.
The paper costs $1.00 per year in advance or $4.60 per year if not paid in advance. It will be mailed to subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all arrears are paid in full.
Advertising rates listed for administrators executors auditors and dissolution notices at $3 each all other legal ads $2.50 per inch. figure and table work 25 percent more stray and caution not less $2 each. all resolutions obituary notices and poetry charged at three cents per line. cash must accompany the order.
The piece attacks the Spirit editor for perceived distortions on William J Bryan and the money question. It argues Bryan advocated more money and quotes the editor’s stance on government ownership of railways, asserting misrepresentation and political economy concerns shaped public opinion. The article cites McKinley and Roosevelt eras and notes editor W. QO. Smith involvement.
Reflections of a Bachelor offers witty quotes on weather and marriage, noting a wife’s attire as a sign of a husband’s generosity and self contentment. The item mentions a Fourth of July celebration at Lipiner City and Roberts' lot sale scheduled for July 3 and 4 as a major feature.
A reader brings a worn 1834 Indiana Tree Press page showing Whig and Democratic era politics, early post office names, and prices. It reprints a Pennsylvania bankruptcy scare alleging the state would mortgage itself to Europe, labeling “cormorants” who pluck the treasury.
A discussion on the presidency age and suitability highlights Roosevelt as the youngest president to take office, with historical examples from Washington Adams Jefferson to Cleveland. It notes a perceived middle‑age advantage for effective administration and cites Charles P. Taft preferring to support from the outside with his checkbook rather than as national chairman.
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