True Party Test on Confidence in Republican Leaders
Secretary of State Elihu Root argues the Republican record in state and national administrations proves honesty capability efficiency and patriotic public service. He urges voters to assess whether the party should stay in power based on these tests.
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New York
Elihu Root
America
Local Officials And Appointees Listed
F. J. Putnam and W. E. Clark head a slate of officers with P. J. DeSmith as City Attorney. A. N. Anderson serves as Justices of the Peace along with W. S. Manning and R. S. Reeves. County Supervisors are named for each ward: First ward Robert Corbett, Second ward J. L. Ryall, Third ward J. W. Miller.
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F. J. Putnam
Comers
W. .E. Clark
Searmesipee
P. J. DeSmith
A. N. Anderson
W. S. Manning
R. S. Reeves
Robert Corbett
J. L. Ryall
J. W. Miller
Mitchell Denies Election Posters and Dispatch Forgery
John Mitchell, longtime United Mine Workers president, told reporters in Indianapolis that he sent no posters featuring his image urging union men to vote. He rejected a Buffalo dispatch claimed to be from him and urged citizens to study candidates and vote by conscience.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Shifting opinions on railroad ownership and regulation
Excerpts show William Jennings Bryan arguing against government ownership while favoring regulation. he recalls a 1906 New York speech noting railroads as monopolies needing public ownership. the piece also discusses injunctions, asserting courts enjoin unlawful interference by both capital and labor, not labor alone.
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Bryan
New York
Taft Critiques Bryanism as Shortcut to Virtue
Judge Taft at Greensboro, N. C. warns against Bryanism as seeking a shortcut to virtuous results. He argues nothing in law or justice yields something for nothing except familial love, noting the obligation to repay parental love when raising children.
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Judge Taft
Greensboro
N. C
Governor Hughes Attacks Bryan Candidacy in Concise Statement
Hughes condemns Bryan’s campaign as memorializing fallacies and unsafe policies. He says the platform signals business uncertainty and undermines confidence essential to industry and trade. The announcement stresses the weight of each word.
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Bryan
Notable Quote on Equal Treatment of Shippers
James R. Garfield declares that investigations reveal how rebates can be halted in oil, beef, and steel, ensuring the small shipper is treated the same as the large one for the first time in twenty-five years.
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James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Party of Action Defined by Republican Platform
The Republican party is described as active and responsive to the people. It highlights support for industry and labor through immigration laws, a gold standard, and progressive stances. It cites civil and economic initiatives including the Isthmian Canal, anti corruption laws, railroad regulation, rate controls, and wartime prudence.
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Cuba
America
Republican Party
Campaign Expenditures Demands Clean Source of Funds
Governor Hughes in Youngstown argues neither major party has clean hands on campaign financing. He cites New York 1906 corporate contribution ban and Republican reforms, credits Republicans for reforms, but notes Democrats aided them and calls for federal rules on disclosures while warning some Bryan allies have blemishes.
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New York
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Labor Rift in Democratic States Cited by Iowa Miner Leader
John P. White, former six year president of the Iowa United Mine Workers and national officer of the United Mine Workers Association, cites harsh labor conditions in Alabama. He reports miners shot down and 91 union members jailed for simply joining the union, accusing Alabama of Democratic control by Bryan.
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Iowa
Alabama
Mine Workers’ Association
Bryan Democracy
GANDERBONE September Forecast Promises Election Parody
A satirical forecast mixing political satire and weather imagery. It riffs on Bryan Taft Roosevelt and Rockefeller, predicts election events around November and December, with comic personifications and a parade of seasonal signs and curiosities.
Foreclosure Sale Notice in Rusk County Wisconsin
The State of Wisconsin in Rusk County Circuit Court publishes a foreclosure sale notice for plaintiff Savings Loan & Trust Company Madison against multiple defendants including G E Newman Mae W Newman and others. The sale is set for December 12 1908 at four o clock in the afternoon at the front entrance of the Rusk County Court House Ladysmith for cash of the mortgaged property on River Street Lots 10 11 12 in Block 8 Flambeau Town Company First Addition now Ladysmith Wisconsin.
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Warner
J. H. Reed
Morris, Riley & Dudgeon
Meeting of Russian Turkish plenipotentiaries in 1739
In 1739 Russian Marshal-General Keith and the Turkish Grand Vizier negotiated peace, with afterfare leaving ceremonies. The vizier then revealed a personal memory linking him to Kirkcaldy, saying his father was bellman there.
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Snakes Hear by Vibration and Tongue Sensing
Snakes lack external ears and have crude ear bones inside their heads. They detect sound mainly through vibrations on their scales and by using a highly sensitive tongue to sense air movements. Their vision is sharp at detecting moving objects.
Human history spans 228000 years from earth’s origin
Authorities estimate the elapsed time since humans first appeared on earth at 228000 years. They assign 78000 years to the preglacial epoch, 100000 to the glacial, 44000 to the interval between glacial and protohistoric neolithic, 10000 to the last epochs, and 6000 years since the historic period began in Egypt.
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Notice To Delinquent Wisconsin Corporations
State of Wisconsin Department of State serves notice to Tom ple Stock Co and adysmith for failure to file annual reports as required by law. If reports and forfeiture fees are not paid, corporate rights and privileges will be forfeited on January 1, 1909. Dated October 12, 1908. James A Frear, Secretary of State.
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Tom Ple Stock Co., Adysmith
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