Aine Voters in Limelight in Maine Campaign
Maine voters face a general election on Monday including two U S senate seats four congress members governor state auditor and lawmakers Also on the ballot referendums would decide to limit labor of women and children to 54 hours weekly and to provide state aid for bridges The race features Curtis Roosevelt Milliken and Hale with speeches from national leaders and a strong focus on Wilson tariff policy and war preparedness Also 1600 Maine National Guard soldiers will vote under a special signing procedure in a return to old campaign customs.
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Portland
Maine
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Oakley
Curtis
James G. Blaine
House
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Curtis Roosevelt
Carl E. Milliken
Island Falls
State Senate
Charles F. Johnson
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Edwin C. Burleigh
Frederick Hale
Eugene Hale
Johnson
Bert M. Fernald
Poland
John A. Peters
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
John E. Bunker
Bar Harbor
Wallace H. White
Lewiston
Louis B. Goodall
Sanford
Ira C. Hersey
Houlton
Lamont A. Stevens
Wells
Leonard A. Pierce
J. Edward Sullivan
Automobile Parade Was Big Feature at Palmyra Fair
Palmyra Mo Sept 10 One of the fair’s most interesting features was Friday afternoon’s decorated automobile parade in the arena Premiums totaled 30 15 and 5 with a 50 Ovvrland prize to the highest premium Overland decorated by Mrs J H Robinson driving Mrs George Moore s car Other prizes went to J Frank Culler with Miss Henritta Best and Miss Lucile White and to Miss Ferrell Foster in a Hannibal car Attendance reached about 5000 with visitors from Quincy Hannibal Monroe Shelbina and Maywood Arena awards listed for county premiums draft cost and exhibits including J W Head Lee Gash Sam Gash and horse entries by Wesley Baker Clarence Welsz and others
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J. H. Robinson
J. M. Losey
C. P. Glahn
Sallie Nichols
Culler
The
Fair Association
J. Frank Culler
Overland
Henritta Best
Lucile White
Mr. Culler
Ferrell Foster
Quincy
Hannibal
Monroe
Shelbina
Maywood
Marion County Arena
Marion County
J. W. Head
Lee Gash
Sam Gash
Wesley Baker
Shelby County
A. W. Mackey
Clarence Welsz
Stallion and Mare Exhibits At County Fair Crown Winners
A series of horse and mule classes dominated by named exhibitors and farms. Winners include Arthur Keller stallion under 2, Wesley Baker mare 4 plus, George Vaughn second, Cliff Jacobs winning two mare classes, and multiple jacks and Jennets with diverse yardage. Roadster and saddle stallion classes awarded to local breeders. The Commercial club met at the courthouse, and political and social notes follow with Romine visiting Palmyra and Arymlap club events at the Hanley opera house.
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Arthur Keller
Wesley Baker
George Vaughn
Cliff Jacobs
Lee Gash
Scott Cunningham
Jacks
Jennets
Jack
Nichols & Fonte
Rogers and Tillett
F. M. Bates
Nichols & Bowers
Andy Lochman
Dutch Lillard
Jennet
Bryanth Farm
Matt Gash & Son
Bryandale Farm
I. J. Suter
Rogers & Tillett
County Premium
W. A. Rinehart
R. Dearing
Dan Kern
Dan Redd
A. Rinehart
Gabe Johnson
Saddle Stallion
Buckman Bros
Commercial Club
Court House
M. A. Romine
Congress
First
Palmyra
Hanley Opera House
Increase in prices of principal crops
Washington reports a 93 percent rise in August in prices paid to producers for principal crops, the sharpest eight year gain after a 2.1 percent August decline. Meat animal prices paid to producers rose 0.1 percent on Aug 15 from a month earlier, with a ten year average gain of 13 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Experienced Candidate Seeks Fresh Name on Ticket
An experienced qualified man for an important office asks for voter support for the first time. He declares independence from other candidates and urges help to present a new name on the ticket.
Widow Rituals Across India Compared
The remark contrasts a traditional practice of widow burning with a harsher, unnamed custom where a widow marries and later harms her husband. It suggests divergent abuses against widows in different cultural contexts, highlighting gendered violence and social expectations.
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India
Adams County Coroner Candidate August F. Stormer
August F Stormer, longtime Adams County resident born on an Ellington township farm and now a Quincy businessman, seeks the coroner post. He emphasizes experience as an undertaker and the need for careful, expeditious death investigations to ease grieving families and ensure proper conclusions. He argues public interest favors an undertaker for the role.
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Stormer
Adams County
Ellington Township
Bloomfield
Quincy
George H. Wilson Praised as Attorney General Candidate
Newspapers across Illinois laud George H. Wilson for his eight years in the legislature and his record of reform. Judges from Danville to Champaign describe him as steadfast, uncorrupted, and well suited to lead the state’s attorney general office if nominated and elected.
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George H. Wilson
Quincy
Illinois
Adams County
House
State Bar Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Kate Adams
Tinois Bar Association
Danville
Moline Dispatch
Galesburg
Republican Register
Watseka
Ogle County
Hinois
Champaign
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Key
Palmyra Fair
Mrs. Robinson
Dave Redd
Cliff Johnson
North Sixth St
Opticians
William H
Crumring Tne
Auditor of Public Accounts
State of
LaSalle
Shelby
Will, Edgar, Wayne and
Lee
August F. Stormer
Clay County
Southern Illinois
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