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BOQUETS FOR NEXT POSTM ASTER ifS Senial, courteou8 and pleaairg ad-FROM HOME FOLKS r,r'ss aI1 a!Cuad. These are among the(Bloomington Telephone) |niost ftercs«ary requi. ements of a success-In making the appointment Congress P°strnastcr* man Cullop followed the general mle of giving the post office \,ostvton to news] cr men who have fought the party’6 battles ear in and ea out. Editor Cravens, through The World, has been waging the good fight for Democracy fpr many long lean years, and when victory came his friends insisted that he should be rewarded. Over a dozen leading Democrats —all of them good men—were candidates for the post office, but the appointment of no one of them could have given more general satisfaction than that of Mr.Cravens. Those who opposed him, pointed out that his relatives were al eady cared for with offices, and that the family should ask for no more, but Mr.Cravens asked the office on the record of his own party service and Congressman Cullop gave him the appointment on these grounds.Mr. Cravens was recommended most highly by residents of the city. Leading professional and business men wiote letters of recommendation for him. including W. N, Showers, and all 11 lt;banks all gave him cndot6ements. In one day 105 telegrams wctc sent to Congressman Cullcp at Vincennes asking tlat he be appointed.Oscar H. Cravens lived in Hendricks county until twenty )ears ago when he located in Bloomington and established a printing office. He is the publisher of the Daily World and Weekly Courier, and enjoys the confidence and good will of every citizen of Monroe county.His brother-in-law, Samuel M. Ralston, is governor-elect of Indiana; his brother,John W. Cravens, has been registrar ol the State University fcr over fifteen years; his younger brother, Arthur Cravens, is state bank examiner.Mr. Cravens is a deacon in the First Presbyterian church, a Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias. He married the accomplished daughter of ex-Congressman Robert W. Miers.\Bloomington Star). Mr. Cravens may have some enemies, politically and even otherwise, for it is hard for a man to edit a paper without making some enemies. However, when it ccmes down squarely to personality,Mr. Cravens probably ha6 as many friends as any other man in Bloomington. He has had long experience as a business man, and in touch with public life. HeYou Know the Delight off a“John Kelly” Boot?,If not, you'd hotter got acquainted with It at once. We sell the John Kelly boot* because we know thel value.Wo know you got back 1CI cants worth of value for every dollar you put into them.Besides that, you got unusual stylas, a delightful comfort and tha sattsfac-tl n of being correctly shod.$3 to $4.50PRYOR m STOREWest Sid# Square
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Bloomington Indiana Student
Bloomington, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 04, 1912
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