Endorsement of Beveridge divides Indiana Republicans in 1908
The Tenth district Republicans praise Senator Beveridge as a capable leader while omitting his legislative work, contrasting Crumpacker’s specific tariff efforts and Taft's record. The piece argues the Beveridge endorsement is hollow and merely a blemished certificate of character, not praise of policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Beveridge
Beveridge
Tenth District
Tenth
Indiana
United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
Rhode Island
Aldrich
Edgar D. Crumpacker
Congress
Ways and Means
Crumpacker
President Taft
Taft
Is This Mayor Shank's Idea of Patriotism
A harsh critique of tariff politics in Indiana centering on Beveridge and Payne tariff. The piece attacks harmony rhetoric from Watson and Hemenway and argues Beveridge must defend his tariff record against party platform shifts. It ridicules touring conventions, warns of Republican divides, and condemns political maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Shank
Taft
Beveridge
Payne
Indiana
Jim Watson
Congressman Crumpacker
Tenth District
War and Peace By Elbert Hubbard
A pacifist manifesto arguing that ninety nine men oppose war while a privileged class pushes conscription and conflict. The piece urges education to reject militarism, promote the golden rule, and leave society to pursue peaceful work and self improvement instead of bloodshed. It condemns standing armies as a threat to liberty and calls for a global shift to nonviolence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleeding Christ
Christ
France
Germany
England
America
Europe
Wolff Wolf
Editorial Afterthoughts On Payne tariff and Indiana politics
The piece criticizes Jim Watson, Senator Beveridge, and Indiana insurgents over the Payne tariff, notes past voting tradeoffs with Bryan, and questions motives behind reform moves in Washington. It questions Taft’s standing, mentions Hitchcock, and mocks a patriotic Fourth by Indianapolis leaders. It also hints at a tariff commission as a potential remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Watson
Washington, Ind
Hammond
Gary
Taft
Indiana
Beveridge
Watson
Bryan
Hitchcock
Accommodating Clerk Arranges Pinochle Match in Hotel
A Chicago traveling man Abe Perlmutter asks a desk clerk to find someone for a pinochle game. The clerk summons Mr Gutwillig, a pinochle partner appears, while a drunken bar patron shouts for a fight and a craps game, prompting further desk calls.
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Abe Perlmutter
Chicago
Mr. Guatwillig
Perlmutter
Mr. Gutwillig
Shay
Chinese Superstition About Body Parts Revealed
A Pittsburg Dispatch note states Chinese superstition holds the body must remain whole. If misfortune causes loss of a limb by amputation, people often request the severed part to keep it in a box and bury it with the owner at the proper time.
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Pittsburg
The Wrong Tip on a Fad
A retired merchant recalls the drift of a traveling salesman and a hotel clerk who lampooned vegetarians. An Iowa customer’s shift exposes how zeal for diet trends can wreck a business plan and end with the merchant tossed into a coal hole.
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James HE. Watson
James A. Hemenway
Harmony
Amasa
Republican Party
Cndorse
la Follette
Ahrieb
Ballinger
Maine
Jim
Nate
Massachusetts
Elbert Hubbard
Etter
Canse
Payne Tariff
Ohio
Washington
Indianapolis
Joppy
Iowa
Tion
Thes
Nebuchadnezzer
China
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