Godwin's dual treasurer role praised for saving taxpayers
The article lauds George Godwin for serving as both county and city treasurer under the depository law. It notes daily balancing, deposits to designated banks, and interest refunds totaling about 1,763.73 in ten months, with predictions approaching 5,000 over two terms. Washington Herald cites solid, businesslike management.
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George Godwin
Court House
Godwin
Indiana
Treasury
Lawyer Alvin Padgett Marries Helen Gibson
Washington lawyer and politician Alvin Padgett wed Saturday morning to Helen Gibson, a Washington teacher. The ceremony linked two prominent local figures with ties to public service and education.
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Alvin Padgett
Washington
Helen Gibson
Wash
Woman Sues for 2000 Damages in Riverside Liquor Case
Mrs Q Charlotte Carr sues James Johnson and bondsmen Arch Yatel and United States Fidelity Co in Greene County circuit court alleging unlawful liquor sale led to her husband’s intoxication and death after a fall from the White River bridge at Riverside. She seeks 2000 dollars in damages.
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Greene County
Q Charlotte Carr
James Johnson
Riverside
Arch Yatel
United States Fidelity Company
Watson for Indiana Governor Emphasizes Loyalty and Reform
The Indiana Republicans back James E. Watson of Rushville as their governor candidate. The piece lauds his rise from local beginnings to Congress, his temperance stance with county local option, and his integrity and leadership in public life.
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Rushville
Indiana
Watson
Congress
Crawford Fairbanks-Lieber
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Rousuville
Hfe
Virgil W. Tevis
St. Paul’s
M. E. Church
Winchester
Ind
Enos L. Watson
Pythian Order
Detroit
Red Men
Phi Kappa Psi
St. Paul
Enemies of tariff plans warned by editorial
The editorial argues that a Bryan presidency would threaten the tariff system by favoring revenue duties only, harming protected manufacturers and Republican states. It warns that reduced demand for home goods would displace American labor even as imports rise, and questions how a revenue tariff would revive shops and mills.
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Mr. Bryan
Appeal for Republican campaign funds eyed at Taft Sherman push
A call to loyal Republicans urges giving one dollar to the national campaign fund to cover printing, postage, salaries, and travel for Taft and Sherman. The message notes legal limits on corporate gifts and directs contributions to state finance committee chairmen or directly to the assistant treasurer Fred W. Upham.
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Sherman
Republican National Committee
Congress
State Finance Committee
Fred W. Upham
Taft Religion Clarified by Unitarian Calendar
The Unitarian Calendar defends William H. Taft’s membership in All Souls Unitarian Church Washington, denying charges about his beliefs. It stresses Unitarian creed freedom and unity through shared aims rather than creedal uniformity.
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All Soul
Unitarian Church
Washington
Unitarian Calendar
Our Church
Jesus
Potato King Jim Keach Endorses Bryan Vote
Jim Keach says he will vote for Bryan to remove him, arguing that electing Bryan is the only way to achieve that result. His statement urges thoughtful readers to consider the political consequence of the choice.
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Jim Keach
Bryan
Roosevelt Urges Taft Victory and Republican Congress
President Roosevelt appeals to citizens to elect William Taft and a supportive Republican Congress, urging unity between the President and Congress to continue current policies. The note lists regional campaign contacts in Kansas Kansas City Topeka Detroit St Louis Helena Omaha Santa Fe Seattle Chicago and more.
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William B. McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Committee
Congressional Committee
William H. Taft
Republican Congress
Taft
Congress
Maines
Kansas
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Topeka
Michigan
John N. Bagley
Detroit
Missouri
O. L. Whitelaw
North Second Street
St. Louis
Montana
Thomas A.barlow
Helena
Nebraska
John C. Wharton
New York Life Building
Omaha
New Mexico
J. W. Reynolds
Santa
Marshall and ministers clash over politics in Terre Haute
The Newcastle Courier and Marion Chronicle report on Marshall evading questions from Watson about a county local option bill. The controversy stirs public laughter and leads Marshall to lecture ministers for meddling in politics, with churches and saloons cast as rival political forces in town.
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Watson
Taggart
Terre Haute
Newcastle Courier
Marion Chronicle
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