Editorials and political notes on weather and democracy
The piece laments unknown blame for recent weather while noting its dampness helps quell fires and cools political tensions. It questions the Panama Canal scandal, mentions Democratic gubernatorial candidate Fred E White delivering stirring speeches, and recalls Quin cy Ill marking the Lincoln-Douglas debate fiftieth anniversary under the State Historical Society in a presidential year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Ill
State Historical Society
Nebraska Republicans Debate Religion and Labor Strikes
The Nebraska Republican State Committee addresses differences with Unitarian beliefs, omitting the core denial of Jesus Christ's divinity, provoking Unitarian opposition. A State Labor Commission report notes 47,000 union workers, strikes totaling 29 in the last two years versus 831 from 1894 to 1900, with strikes per year sharply down, urging continuation of the improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee
Nebraska
Jesus Christ
State Labor Commission
Brigham
Miller visits Ottumwa on way to Sigourney
Cap E Miller Democrat candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction halted in Ottumwa on return from Greenfield lecture. He drew cordial greetings from local residents regardless of party and is regarded as a leading educator in Iowa and beyond for educational addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa Review
Cap. E. Miller
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sigourney
Greenfield
Miller
Iowa
Cass County mob in 19th century hangs judges scene recalled
The account recalls Cass County Missouri where citizens seized three judges blamed for heavy county bonding and removed them from a railroad train and hanged them. A parallel is drawn to Walnut Lodge Tennessee where Capt. Quinten Banker and Col. Taylor were seized from Nut Lodge Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass Co. Mo
Walnut Lodge
Tenn
Quinten
Taylor
Nut Lodge
Political Tickets Page with multiple party tickets
A dense list of political tickets and offices from both the National and Republican lines, naming presidential and vice presidential picks, state officers, attorneys general, clerks, commissioners, and local officials. The text includes candidate names such as William Jennings Bryan and James S. Sherman alongside many county and district posts with start years 1909 and 1910.
Democratic Party Speech at Cedar Rapids on Prosperity
In Cedar Rapids Mr. Bryan argues for balanced growth through labor and capital cooperation based on justice. He warns that selfishness leads to desperate acts and urges harmony between employer and employee for lasting prosperity and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Bryan
Cedar Rapids
Taft Trusts Exposed in Republican Committee Leadership
Chicago dispatch outlines the Democratic National Committee critique of Republican figures close to trusts. George R. Sheldon, treasurer of the Republican National Committee, is linked to Wall Street attorney William Nelson Cromwell and major interests, with Sheldon holding 21 corporate directorships including American Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, Detroit Edison, Milwaukee Electric, and more. The piece notes a $60,000 Cromwell contribution to Sheldon and frames the issue in the broader trust influence debate ahead of the 1906 election.
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Chicago
Taft
Bryan
Democratic National Committee
Republican Committee
George R. Sheldon
Republican National Committee
Great Corporation
Wall Street
Panama Canal Company
Sheldon linked to railroads and wall street financiers
A lengthy profile describes Mr. Sheldon as closely connected to railroads and Wall Street banking interests. It notes his roles with the Locomotive Trust and North American company, his presidency of the Union League club, and his reporting as treasurer of Republican committees. A partial list of contributors includes J Pierpont Morgan and John D Rockefeller among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Copper Bank
New Jersey Terminal Dock and Improvement Co
North American Co
Republic Steel & Iron Co
New Jersey
Rogers Locomotive Works
St. Louis Transit Co
Union Bag & Paper Co
Union Electric Light & Power Co
St. Louis
Sheldon
Locomotive Trust
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Shipbuilding Trust
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Union League Club
Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie
New York State Republican Committee
Cromwell
National Committee
Jacob H. Schiff
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Chas
W. Setwab
Steel Trust and Other Trust Corpa
R. Mackey
Postal Telegraph CO
John Jacob Astor
Nelson Cromwell
Tawyot Ceeeeenevevereas
Corneline Vanderbilt
W. K. Vanderbilt
Fred W. Upham
Chicago
Republican National Committee
County Board of Review of
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve for Piles
Advertisement touts DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve as the best remedy for piles, promising swift relief and healing. This plant-based salve is promoted as a trusted household medicine with emphasis on its antiseptic properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Golden Medical Discovery Ad and Political Allegations
An 1908 era advert promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic tonic with root extracts and a gratis booklet, then shifts to a political exposé alleging Republican fundraiser misconduct. It names several corporate figures and discusses campaign contributions and a Roosevelt remark on a Democratic treasury finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Bartholow
King
Scudder
Coe
Ellingwood
Four Year Old Mabel Holds Tight Downhill
A safety minded four year old named Mabel runs downhill while holding her dress. Her mother warns to be careful and avoid a fall. Mabel replies she will stay safe by holding on to herself, showing childhood optimism.
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Mabel
Not What He Meant Patient Doctor Exchange
A humorous exchange contrasts a doctor asking about pains with a patient noting breath trouble. The passage shifts to a financial scene describing a clearing house in associations handling collateral securities and assets, often serving notice to banks to change methods or be refused clearance.
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Pella Chronicle ComMicial County Paper
SADLER, SHUTTS @ CO
H. J. Shutts
Pella
Pella, Marion County
Panama Canal
Fred. E. White
Democratic
W. J. Bryan
John W. Kern
Wa Aaee
Fred E. White
D. A. Ray
Julius Rage
Ceecaddas
C. E. Munroe
James Cunningham
Charles A. Rogers
Cap
E Miller
Supreme Court
Geo. B. Whittemore R
Mack J. Groves
Congressional
C.O. Holly
Johno T. Clarkson
George W. Crozier
W. S. Bilby
Don Smith
Bert Kersbergen
E. T. McLaughlin
W. F. Wetheral
Nora E. White
M. M. Swanson
W. J. Wilson
L. R. Clements
D. G. van Zante
C. E. Smith
Vice Press
Republican
William H. Tafv
James S. Sherman
B. F. Carroll
Geo. W. Clark
W. C. Haywood
John L. Bleakly
W. M. Morrow
H. W. Byers
John F. Riggs
H. L. Bousquet R
Dist
J. A. T. Hull
F. D. Everett
L. D. Teter
R. L. Welch
Enbsesaade W. H. Conrey Clerk District Court
Geo. W. Long
A. E. Reiter
Bistiweitsa Ashlie Welsher Supt
Josephine Smith
Jap Nye
Joe Templeton
McCoy
J B. Vriezelaar
J. W. Fisher
Bulfoot Lake
Bheldon
Standard Oil
Milwaukee
MAS Re Light
Finois
Upham
Board of Review
Republican Fund
Charles F. Brooker
Connecticut
N. Y. Chamber of Commerce
New York, New Haven Railroad Co
Brave Trust
Frank O. Lowden
PuHmah Palace Cargo
B. C. Duncan
Atlantic & North Carolina Railway
Seaboard Air Line
North Carolina
T. Coleman DuPont
Powder Trust
Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Roy 0. West
Republican State Committee of
County Board of Equalization
Fred A. Sims
Indiana
DuPont
Brooker
Roosevelt
Woodruff
Harriman
Republican Campaign
Business and Professional Directory
H. C. Payne
M. D. Ada M. French
M. D
Drs. Payne & French
Citizens National Bank
S. G. Vander Zyl
C. E. Martin
S. S. Still College of Osteopathy
Des Moines, Iowa
Boat’s and
Vanderpol’s
Geo. J. Thomassen
W.G. Vander Oeg Thomassen
Vander Ploeg
Pella, Iowa
F.w.frahm
Wormhoudt
Garden Square
Bair
6Th Ave
Des Moines
Chichester
Choacter
Ruf Kennedy
DR. Aschenbrenner
Veenschoten
M. Porter Auctioneer
Kleins Shoe Store
East Side
Square
M. Porter
Pella Poultry Association
H. Rhynsburger
Chas Porter
T. T. Bakker
J. C. Mitten
Plette & Vander Linden
Lake Prairie District
Fair Pella
C. M. van Cleave Chas, Porter
Pella Public Library
Carolyn van Vliet
H. C. Verploeg
Lowa
East Franklin Street
John van Nieuwenhuyzen
West Side Square
Fary
Chisat
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