Indiana Campaign Turmoil Highlights 1908 Party Split
Indianapolis reports fierce 1908 campaigns with James P. Goodrich and Carl Ridditch directing Republican efforts from Claypool Hotel while Stokes Jackson and J Ridley lead the Democrats from Denison Hotel. Party unity frays over local option and Bryan opposition, with Taggart’s influence drawing fire amid liquor and gambling scandals. Labor votes shift as tariff debates loom and rural dissension grows.
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Norman
Indianapolis
Ind
James P. Goodrich
The
Republic
Carl W. Riddick
Claypool
Stokes Jackson
Indiana
Denison
New York
Nose for News as Holdups Spill Bloodied Loot Across Minneapolis
A string of Minneapolis robberies unfolds as two masked bands threaten officers and citizens. Special Officer Fred Bramen loses revolver and 10 cents, a bandit pockets his star before absconding. A separate trio robs a Great Northern man, a resident, and a transient, all within minutes. Stolen loot includes a revolver and cash.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Great Northern
Central Police Station
Fred Bramen
Great Northern Railroad Company
Sixteenth
Fillmore Streets
Bramen
Northwest in Brief Sparks fire destroys grain stacks and barn
Caledonia Minnesota reports a threshing engine fire on Peter Mechtel’s farm six miles east of town destroyed thirteen grain stacks the barn and all outbuildings. The new residence was saved by heroic work. Loss about 3000 with no insurance.
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Caledonia
Minn
Peter Mechtel
August Lane
Nels Augdahl
Ruppelius
Preston, Minn
Hans Johnson
Big Hans
Rochester Asylum
Washington
First National Bank of Minneapolis
First National Bank of
Omemee
N. D
Merchants’ National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Redfield National Bank of
Redfield
Davenport
Smith McPherson
United States
United Breweries
Civic Federation of
When a man is out of a job with offers to choose
A quip on unemployment as a man, asked about plans, says he has three or four good offers but has not decided which to accept. The line hints at indecision amid job loss and the irony of choice.
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la France
LaFrance
Phere
Ward
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Democratic National Committee
Taggart
French Lick
Democratic Party
Bryan
Denver
Taft
Watson
Minnesota Prison Opens With Modern Model In Northwest
Stillwater Minnesota October reports that a new state prison will open November 15 under Warden Wolfe. The facility, touted as the most modern in the Northwest, will use sixty trustworthy inmates to start, with room for up to a hundred. Binder twine will be the sole industry, boosting yearly output by 4 million pounds. The three story complex includes a dining room and kitchen on the second floor and a dormitory on the third. A heavy plank stockade will surround the buildings. The project aims to become a national model pending future funding.
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Stillwater
Minn
Wolfe
Start
United States
Men in Jail May Be Big Yegg
Valley City North Dakota October preliminary hearing justice Deputy McIlvain Enderlin and two others near Luccain county found guilty of carrying gloves and bound over on $2,000 bonds each. The men named Charles Aaker Hart and Alfred J Lewis. Post office Inspector F H United States Marshal McKay say the trio are wanted for a robbery of the post office at four more in this state since.
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Valley City
N. D
Iff McIlvain
Enderlin
Luccain
Charles Aaker
Hart
Alfred J. Lewis
Postoffice
F. H
United States
McKay
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Pearl Street, la Crosse, Wis
National Manufacturers’ Association
Republican State Committee
Democratic State Committee
the Fashion Shop
Main Street
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Northwest
TER Rescue
Hansboro
Thurza Brown
Sioux City
Minnie Blielefield
Richardson Block
Columbus Avenue
Twenty-second Street
B. Lewis
Chicago Avenue
Lewis
Stoner Luten
Stoughton
Wis
Edward Nelson
Ern
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