Local Election Notices and Opinion From Monroe County
Notices announce candidacies for Jasper County offices in the upcoming primary. Editor urges Democratic voters to decide June 20. includes a second notice for Board of Supervisors candidacy. The Monroe County News comments that Johnson’s Illinois boom failed and predicts Bryan will win the Denver nomination.
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Hte Exterprise
Jasper County
Johnson
Illinois
Denver
Bryan
Ilinois
Minnesota
Monroe County
Ancient Chinese critique of American manners sparks debate
A Chinese writer Tokid Christian compares American customs to savagery, denouncing American eating habits and hygiene while noting perceived improprieties such as dining with women, meat served in large chunks, and unfamiliar festive music. The piece presents cultural bias and cross-cultural misunderstanding from a historical vantage.
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America
Tokid Christian
Financial reporting in Chicago Record-Herald coverage
The Chicago Record-Herald offers comprehensive market coverage with a special New York correspondent. It highlights Wall Street and LaSalle Street movements, Board of Trade prices, and banking interests, aiming to present inside market notes and corporate financial reports with an emphasis on accuracy and depth.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Record- Herald
Chicago
New York
George S. Beachela
Wbeamen
Wall Street
Board of Trade
LaSalle Street
Record-Herald
Cicago
Westworth
Coe
Des Moines Register and Leader Promises Unbiased Political News
The Des Moines Register and Leader pledges impartial political coverage with a news column free from bias while editorials express views. News will cover Iowa and national politics daily until July 4, 1906, with subscriptions priced at $1 daily and Sundays, $1.50 for both.
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Des Moines’ Register and Leader
Towans
Register and Leader
Iowa
Register and Leader Co
Des Moines
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Praised By Tracy Reader
Charles P F Budalin of Tracy California credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with curing years of itch and piles after two boxes. The ad claims the product relieved his condition when other treatments failed and notes sale at Wt Richard’s drug store under guarantee.
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Bucklen
Charles PF. Budalin
Tracy
California
Wt. C. Rirchard
May Forecast Satire From The Times Of 1907
A humorous May forecast lampoons politics and public life with mock predictions. It highlights Taft in Chicago, Bryan for Denver, and Uncle Joe and Uncle John in a playful political rumor mill, ending with an anti-spitting card pitch from Dominocarns Co.
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Dominocarns Co
Insanity finding and Mount Pleasant treatment visit
Mrs Ortha Van Domselaar was judged insane by the board on Thursday and sent to Mount Pleasant for treatment. The Sully resident’s case followed a separate note. The Lyle will jurors include Ramsey Reimer Main Kling Drake Waring Reasner Selbher Jensma Chew Charlesworth Morgan. County superintendent Laura Kilduff urged rural schools to observe Arbor Day with Miss Mae Behner’s Buena Vista No. 8 class planting 32 trees and four foxglove bushes at the schoolhouse.
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Ortha van Domselaar
Mount Pleasant
George W. Lyle
W. J. Ramsey
Newton
John W. Reimer
Kellogg
J. BR. Main
Prairie City
Phillip Kling
W. H. Drake
Waring
Reasner
John Selbher
Levi Jensma
J. H. Chew
Colfax
William Charlesworth
Orville Morgan
Laura Killduff
Buena Vista Township
Mae Behner
Harvest day notes and regional updates
Box elders and four cherry trees were planted for the day. Mrs. Harry Galusha of Wichita visits ailing sister Mrs. A Greeneleaf in Prairie township. J J Young’s health in Mt Pleasant hospital worsens. Robert Meredith, once famed for a world tour on $60, now treks Mexico on foot, shares experiences with Oskaloosa Herald. Will case on George Tyle’s will closes, jury expected late this week or early next.
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Daily News
Harry Galusha
Wichita
A. Greeneleaf
Frank Clymer
Moa
Praire
J. H. Fagard
J. J. Young
Mt. Pleasant
Robert Meredith
Lynanville
Oskaloosa
Mexico
Oskaloosa Herald
George Tyle
Thirty second Hickory Grove convention met in Newbury
The thirty second annual Hickory Grove Sunday school Association meeting drew about 300 at the Congregational Church in Newbury. A Patterson elected president and Miss Blanche Moxley secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year. The school board closed the district schools until May 11 due to low attendance caused by meningitis scare. Charlie Chindland died after a fall from a ladder while trimming a tree at Dr. Graves home. J. K. Patton family plans Marshalltown move. longtime residents praised in the community.
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Hickory Grove Sunday School Association
Congregational Church
Newbury
A. Patterson
Blanche Moxley
D. Graves
Charlie Chindland
S. A. Chindland
J. K. Patton
Marshalltown
J. F. Woodbury
Methodist Church
Laurel
Platform promises and tariff reform critique in Iowa politics
Editorial comments on Republican platform of 1904 praising protection while accusing later promises of misdirection. Critique notes pattern of unkept pledges and questions the sincerity of tariff readjustment claims. Mentions Secretary Taft and contrasts with Democratic options for reform.
Taft Hedges Tariff Reform Debate Highlights
Secretary Taft argues some tariff schedules should rise while others fall to reflect changing conditions. He notes the Dingl ey bill brought prosperity but calls for modifications to provide relief, criticizing Republicans for delaying relief and not enacting presidential recommendations.
Taft Campaign Circulars Spotlight Taft Roosevelt Split
March dispatches from the Taft press bureau in Columbus Ohio summarize circulars attacking Roosevelt era policies and defending Taft. The Washington Herald notes Taft’s long record, judgment, and independence from outside influence while contrasting Taft with Roosevelt in style and approach.
Roosevelt Era Politics and Moneyed Interests Debate
The passage argues for Roosevelt policies and criticizes moneyed interests and party bosses manipulating conventions. It claims Taft officials and insiders use wealth to control nominations, while honest Democrats refuse external funding to avoid loss of independence. It cites distrust of speculative influence and calls for voters to judge candidates by their affiliations and past records.
Bryan delegates poised to control Pennsylvania convention
Telegram from Johnstown dated April 18 1908 reports that fifty one of sixty four district delegates to the national convention chosen by uniform primaries in Pennsylvania favor Bryan. Bryan league candidates win in James M. Guffey district and most Philadelphia area races, with Donnelly Ryan aligned candidates pledging to Bryan but following Guffey. State convention delegates are largely Bryan, who will shape platform and atlarge picks. Critics warn against uninstructed delegates risking party independence to special interests.
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Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Bryan Democratic League
James M. Guffey
Philadelphia
Donnelly Ryan Organization
Guffey
Denver
Warren Worth
Bailey
Democratic League of Pennsylvania
Richmond
Times-Dispute
Ian -Bryan
Denyer
The Full Dinner Pail Debate in New York Labor
New York state labor officials report that by end of 1907 one in three union workers was idle. Unions push shorter weeks and six day limits to spread work, while debates about lawful rights and the dinner pail slogan rise amid organized labor’s demands for fair individual rights within the law.
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State Labor Department of
New York
International Typographical Union
New York State
Jebbeas
New York Evening Post
Organized Labor
The
Post
Dr King's New Discovery Praised By Omega Store Owner
Mr E Humphrey of Omega Ohio, president of Adams County Telephone and Hume Telephone Co., credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life during a severe cough. The ad claims it reaches the cough spot and heals throat and chest, sold at R C Birchard's drug store for 50 cents with a trial bottle offered.
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E. Humphrey
Omega, O
Adams County ‘Telephone Co
Hume Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. King
R. C. Birchard
Electric Bitters touted as cure for fever in highlands
The item touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for climate ailments and malaria across elevations, claiming it cleanses blood and eases debility. It urges readers to buy at R. C. Birchard's drug store for 50 cents, and mentions newspaper strikes and political stances in a scattered, opinionated crowding of facts.
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R. C. Birchard
Notice of Final Report in Adair Estate Case
Notice from Jasper County Iowa and Clerk of District Court announces final report and petition for final discharge of Chas J Irish as administrator of A W Adair estate. Objections must be filed by May 15 1908 at 9 am. otherwise court will discharge administrator release bonds and guardianships for Sarah and W S Adair and end all related matters.
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State OF
Iowa
Jasper County
Wsroat
District Court
Laws
Dinalte
Chas
J. Irish
A. W. Adair
Adair
Sarah
WS. Adair
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