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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
1
A Chicago column argues the party’s tariff policy favors trusts like steel and watch monopolies. It cites price gaps between U S and foreign markets, farm costs, and profiteering, urging reform to aid workers and farmers alike.
President Taft plans a traveling campaign in October focusing on states the national committee deems doubtful. He may appear in both East and West, though Cincinnati will host a dignified start. Frank Hitchcock advised on reports from leaders nationwide as the campaign strategy evolves.
In Waterville Maine on September 2 Charles Oliver Jones of Hammondsport New York fell 500 feet during a Boomerang airship flight watched by about 25 000 spectators. He died an hour and a half later from internal injuries as flames erupted beneath the gas bag near the engine. The crowd aided Mrs Jones and the pair’s child reached him quickly.
In Albany Georgia Sept 5 a mob of about a hundred men overpowered deputies at the guard house and lynched John Towns a Black man accused of attempting a sexual assault on Mrs Joe Wheeler. Towns was dragged from the guard house along the railroad track and hanged bullets riddled his body near Damascus two miles from town.
An advertisement claims Kodol enables the stomach to digest all food, strengthens stomach function, and makes digestion pleasant. The product is sold locally by J. H. Gwyn.
A journalist quotes a playful exchange about Tennyson and a speculator. The joke reframes the poem’s opening as about financial ruin with the line broke broke broke. The Chicago Journal notes the quip as a witty take on sadness.
Advertisement praises DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills as antiseptic relief for weak kidneys backache and bladder inflammation. States many sufferings are relieved and lists J. H. Gwyn as the seller.
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