Indiana in the 1908 race seen as Bryan favored by Wellman
Walter Wellman of the Chicago Record-Herald reports that Indiana is highly organized politically and leans toward Bryan. He warns only a radical shift in sentiment in two weeks could alter the result, while both parties claim different outlooks. A freight train hold related to Gov Folk incident is noted in passing.
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Walter Wellman
Free-Lance
Chicago Record-Herald
Indiana
Bryan
Union
Commonwealths
Political notes on tariffs and party shifts in 1900s era Missouri
A collage of editorials and letters from multiple Missouri papers criticizing party control and reforms. Mentions Taft, Hadley, Folk, Burrows, and Hadley’s Chicago proxy. Discusses post office frauds, calls for administration changes, and suspicious voting in St Louis precincts. References Worth County, Platte City, Edina, Glasgow, Sedalia and Savannah papers.
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Folk
Thomas J. Adams
Worth County
Tom
Hadley
Worth
County Times
Why Bryan Should be elected adlai e stevenson speech
Analysis of Adlai E Stevenson’s platform praising Bryan noting opposition to trusts and unlawful capital combinations. The piece argues tariff reform, trust destruction, and protection as keys to fair government, describing trusts as the era’s monster evil and consumer price escalator. It links Bryan to a Democratic Congress and anti trust stance.
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Bryan
Hadley Promises Open Sunday If Elected Governor
In Huntsville Herald notes Hadley told St Louis brewers and saloon keepers on Friday and Saturday nights they would receive a perfectly square deal if elected governor. The crowd cheered, interpreting square deal as an open Sunday policy, while the Democrat covers the field.
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Hadley
St. Louis
Echo
Huntsville Herald
Woman's Home Companion at New Price
The Woman's Home Companion will raise its price from 10 cents to 15 cents a copy and from 1.00 to 1.25 a year in a few weeks due to larger issue size and higher paper costs. The move mirrors nationwide publisher price increases driven by higher paper prices.
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New Price
Woman's Home Companion
United States
New London Ghost Stirs Local Fear In Odd Tale
A New London resident reports a ghostly visitation in the east end after supper last Tuesday. While reading a letter, the specter whispered from under a bed calling John, prompting him to check with a poker. Believing his wife had crawled beneath the bed, he found no one. The ghost repeated the phrase and the couple fled to a friend’s house, deciding to spend the night as the eerie visitor lingered.
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New London
East End
John
New York Population Pulse and Demographics
New York is described as a hub of constant arrival and events with visitors every second four arrive daily immigrants every 42 seconds births every 6 minutes and marriages every 13 minutes. It notes debts of accidents and deaths and records higher Irish and Italian populations than Dublin and Rome with German population twice Bremen.
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New York
Dublin
Rome
Bremen
Local residents note visits and travel in brief
A. J. Frazier conducted business in Lakenan on Thursday. F. M. Rohr was a business visitor in the Gem City. Friday saw Mrs. C. A. Lawson visiting friends in Wichita Kansas. Mrs. Brack O'Brien stayed with the homefolks in Shelbina. W. H. Engle and family traveled to Palmyra to visit relatives Friday. Dr. J. C. Reiley and wife of Fulton returned home after a visit with Mrs. Reiley's parents Senator and Mrs. W. S. McClintic.
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F. M. Rohr
Gem City
W. H. Engle
Palmyra
J. C. Reiley
Fulton
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LaFoLlette
Cooper
Wisconsin
Ohio
Taft
W. A. Patterson
Monroe City, MO
Monroe City
Democrat
Henry Lauder
Ely, MO
Dr. S. Maddox
Wierann
Buffum Tool Co
Loummana, MO
Katy
Gov. Folk
Wonder
Pirit of the State Press
Adlai E. Stevenson
Success Magazine
Teddy
Washington City
Telephone and Telegraph
Boonville
Savannah
Burrows
Sedalia Democrat
Mr. Taft
Missouri
Glasgow Missourian
Chicago
Centralia Courier
Republican Party
Congress
Post-office Department
Kansas
Platte City
Adams
Edina Democrat
The
New London's
A. J. Frazier
Lakenan
C. A. Lawson
Wichita
Kan
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