Platform favors full liquor ban and direct elections
In Indiana county voters are urged to back a program calling for abolition of liquor traffic, direct election of officials, referendum and recall, tax reforms, and public services including a state hospital. James S. Kirkwood writes a 1916 campaign platform urging the GOP, Democrats, and Progressives to unite for social and economic reforms ahead of the November 7 election.
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Indiana County
God Save the Commonwealth
Award to Voters by M. G. Watson
M G Watson explains how to vote for candidates while remaining in party choice. He notes discovery of his Washington ticket candidacy and urges voters to follow sample ballot instructions. He expresses Republican Progressive pride and recalls Roosevelt County victory in 1902.
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M. G. Watson
Washington
Assembly
Eddy Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Husbands Wanted and Prices Up in War Economy
Hundreds of men including fathers brothers uncles and cousins urged to take advantage of 12.50 and 15.00 suit and overcoat values as wool ens linings labor and related clothing costs rise due to the war, yet Thompson prices show a smaller increase than costs. Overcoats before purchase focus on value amid shortages.
Weddings of a Week in Pennsylvan- Kimmel Warner and Ellis-Dick unions
The week brings two weddings in Western Pennsylvania. Kimmel of Shelocta married Miss Eleanor Weroyd Warner of Pennsdale at the Friends Meeting House Pennsdale. Guest lists include Prof. Myers Berkley Horner and Norman Jones with bridesmaids from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. The ceremony followed with sermons and a reception at the bride’s mother's home. Another wedding, Steele and Ellis in Marion Center, followed by a move to Pittsburgh. Tyger and Donahey wed in Punxsutawney with plans to reside in Clymer. Intas and Dick united in Portmanteau area with plans to reside in Portmanteau. Portmanteau Theater at Normal chapel announces upcoming performance by Stuart Walker. A Blacksnake swallowed a glass egg mistaken for a real one after an hunters’ kill on Muddy Run. Railway agent L Shoemaker attended a meeting in Rochester.
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Kimmel-Warner
Harry O. Kimmel
Shelocta
Eleanor Weroyd Warner
Pennsdale
Friends Meeting House
Myers Berkley Horner
Juniata College
Norman Jones
Germantown
Albert R. Masters
Cape Charles
Georges Wood
Susan Mendenhall
Hebradea Haines
West Grove
Samuel Kimmel
Frank Kimmel
J. W. Warner
Elders Ridge
Johnstown
Tyger-Donahey
Tauber I. Tyger
Punxsutawney
Grace V. Donahey
Indiana
Co. G. Morrow
Church Street
Arthur Donahey
Town
Clymer
Intas-Dick James Arthur Lucas
Nancy Dick
B. W. Hutchinson
West Church Street
Stuart. Walker
Normal Chapel
Normal
Walker
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J. C. Bricker
Charles Miller
Gill
Charles Bricker
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Elmer Dinghr
Tony Ruby
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V. Buterbaugh
Speer-Risheberger
William A. Speer
Bertha Risheberger
Youngstown
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Sunny South Co
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W. P. Shepard
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St. Indiana, Pa
Neolite
H.C. Christy & Co
Dick” Thompson
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Iyven
Raymond Graff
Olin Williams
Blacklick Township
Muddy Run
L. Shoemaker
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railway
Rochester
N. C
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Kyeelal Prain
A.M. Meturalig Leaver
Peppsburgil To. M
Scheley Park
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Igihund Park
Seg Flyers
Pennsylvania
R. R
Dick Thompson
Thompson's Corner
Indiana, Pa
Steving
Undertakers & Embalmers
Philadelphia Street Bell
American Union
Elks
Laurel G. Dixon
M.D. Lh. I
Commissioner of Health
Troutman’s
China
Bavaria
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Pyrex
Guernsey
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