County Ticket Listings Put Forward by The Rockport Democrat
The Rockport Democrat lists candidates for county offices including Representative Thomas E. Chrisney Clerk Fred H. Crowder Recorder Peter T. Huffman Treasurer Frank C. Kincaid Sheriff Albert A. Kemp Surveyor George Krexker Coroner Dr Samuel L. Carson and Commissioners Thomas H. Axton Augistr Riceman. The item questions why Republican managers push a re employment day and talk of prosperity amid hard times.
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Thomas E. Chrisney
Fred H. Crowder
Hitchcock Taft’s manager proposed blocks to organize the country
The article notes that Hitchcock, Taft's manager, plans to organize the country in blocks and mental images of "blocks of fire." It mentions Jim Bingham, newly named attorney general, who vows to tear up the earth when he gets going.
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Hitchcock
Taft
Jim Bingham
Democratic plank backs national bank deposit guarantees
The article asserts the Democratic National Convention endorses a platform plank guaranteeing bank deposits. It urges depositors and bankers to support the plank and vote for Democratic candidates to ensure passage of the law.
Conn Declines Independent Party Governor Nomination
Indiana reports via Republican papers under Hearst managers claim Colonel Charles G. Conn will be the Independent Party candidate for governor. The Elkhart Truth notes Conn would not accept the nomination and appears unaware of the decision.
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Hearst
Indiana
Charles G. Conn
Independent Party
Colonel Conn
Elkhart
Roosevelt remarks on oil fine case and court attack claim
The president questioned whether a different defendant, a common litigant, could have altered the $29 million Standard Oil penalty. He suggested Republican papers would label it an attack on the courts if a Democrat spoke similarly, accusing him of unuarchy.
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Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Trusts and Labor Politics Stir Newspaper War of Labels
Samuel Gompers urges workingmen to back the Democratic ticket while trust owned papers portray him as an outlaw. The same papers call Taft backers patriots when allied with trusts, and citizens are said to see the point.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shim
Taft
Eastern trust organs doubt Bryan win in Midwest states
The Indianapolis Star quotes an Eastern trust source saying Bryan has a better chance in Pennsylvania than any big middle West state. The piece mocks Eastern financiers and predicts the West will learn more after the election.
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Indianapolis Star
Bryan
Middle West
Pennsylvania
East
Wall Street
West
Taft Speech Defends Record While Framing Choice
Mr Taft delivers a lengthy acceptance address defending his party’s record and urging votes for the Republican party and prosperity. He apologizes at times, praises trusts, and contrasts Republicans as constructive with Democrats as destructive, noting the strain of heat and his weight of about 300 pounds.
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Taft
Taft Campaign Manager Criticized by Indiana Paper
The Indianapolis Independent, an independent Republican paper, derides Hitchcock as a smart aleck and questions his plan to organize people in blocks. It notes his boastful Telegraph to Taft from Pike's Peak and his reliance on federal officeholders to back Taft's nomination.
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Indianapolis
Republican
Taft
Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
Pike’s Peak
Indiana Republicans Use Secretary Of State As Acting Chairman
Indiana Republican managers appoint Secretary of State Sims to lead the state committee while he draws a $6,500 salary and serves as chairman of the state tax board. Upham of the Republican national committee also sits on the Illinois tax board, linking campaign fund collection to tax decisions. Do taxpayers notice?
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Indiana
Sims
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Upham
Republican National Committee
Illinois
Republican State Committee of
State Tax Board
Roosevelt Statement on Oil Fine and Justice
President directs Loeb to issue views on reversing the 29 million dollar Standard Oil penalty. The excerpt asserts defendants are guilty and warns against miscarriages of justice due to technicalities. The piece notes Republicans would label such remarks an attack on the courts if a Democrat spoke, with the Rockport Journal predicting upheaval.
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Roosevelt
Mr. Loeb
Rockport Journal
Chrisney Fair Offers Balloon Races and Special Train Service
Exciting races balloon ascensions and other attractions headline the Chrisney Fair. A special train will depart Rockport for Chrisney at 1 30 p m and return at 5 30 p m on Thursday and Friday August 13 and 14, linking with the E and E traction line to Evansville and nearby points.
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Chrisney Fair
Rockport
Chrisney
E. & E. Traction
Evansville
Fertile Land of Peru Rich in Coastal Valleys
The Peruvian agricultural heart lies in a chain of fertile parallel valleys along the coast and extending 1,300 miles to the Andes. These valleys run 25 to 75 miles wide and form the chief farming region of the country.
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Peru
New York's Big Savings Bank Claims Global Largest
New York City based New York's Big Savings Bank markets itself as the world's largest savings bank with over 150 000 depositors and deposits exceeding 100 million dollars.
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New York
New York City
Bride Refuses Wedding at St Stanislaus Church
At St Stanislaus church in Fall River Angela Pawlow daughter of a merchant refused to marry Basyl Malinski who claims Polish noble status and Russian estate. The ceremony had been set for eight with the church full as the bride declared her fiancé unfaithful and fled to her mother. Church officials then cleared the building.
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St. Stanislaus’ Church
Fall River
Mass
Angela Pawlow
Basyl Malinski
Russia
Father Basin
Wealthy Tax Dodger Mulls Historic Burden of Levies
A capitalist boasts of swearing off 340000 in taxes and recalls English seventeenth century birth, burial, marriage taxes. He notes nobles paid higher rates while laborers paid little, and lists taxes on servants, dogs, horses, carriages, hearths, windows, wigs, and more.
Bill Nye Letter to Queen Victoria Inspires Authors
A historical note recalls Bill Nye writing a complimentary letter to Queen Victoria urging her to visit America for authors readings supporting the international coupright movement. It circulated as a newspaper column and highlighted her tireless work ethic during a long reign.
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Bill Nye
Queen Victoria
America
United States
Putnam’s Magazine
No Harmony in Him from a New York Dinner Party
A New York dinner party remarks on an independent official influence on the party vote. A guest notes Mayor Blank’s course failing to secure harmony, likening his church hymn singing to a tune of his own that never matched the right one.
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New York
Blank
Sunday Magazine
Buckwheat Cakes of Steel Blue Color and Tradition
The piece traces buckwheat cakes to New England lore describing genuine cakes as steel blue and very tough. It notes modern flour mixes corn meal and household cooks add molasses, browning the cakes and tempering the meal, claiming partial civilization of buckwheat.
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Old
New England
Faults of Friends and Hair Policy in Korea Daily News
A Holmes quote warns against airing disagreements with close intimates. The Korea Daily News reports that vice magistrates An Byen and Chung Pyeng have not cut their hair, prompting the provincial governor to urge the home department to dismiss them.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
An Byen
Chung Pyeng
Kap Sen
Home Department
Korea Daily News
Enduring happiness amid folly and fleeting joys
A reflective note contrasts lasting happiness with transient folly. It urges weighing happiness against enduring values and steady, lasting sources rather than passing fancies. The tone echoes a didactic cue to favor substance over momentary lightness.
Quiet Rhetoric and Trusts Alleged in Public Uproar
A fragmented verse laments powerful trusts and their schemes while urging public display and vocal dissent. It contrasts doughnut and hole imagery with calls to expose misused coffers, naming rail, ice, coal, and steel trusts as threats to the common good.
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Brother
Sheldon
Ice Trust
Coal Trust
Steel
Medical societies of Warrick and Spencer unite in Degonia
The Warrick and Spencer counties medical societies plan a joint meeting at Degonia next Tuesday with addresses by Dr. Thomas Wright J C Jolly Edwin Walker of Evansville P N Hoover of Boonville and H Q White of Grandview.
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Medical Societies
Warrick
Spencer Counties
Degonia
Thomas Wright
J. C. Jolly
Edwin Walker
Evansville
P. N. Hoover
Boonville
H. Q. White
Grandview
Hayward’s Heath Horticultural Society Offers Penny Reward
The Hayward's Heath Horticultural Society announces a penny reward for every queen wasp brought to the summer show to curb a wasp outbreak in the district.
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Hayward’s Heath
Parafin-Driven Tractors Plow Deep in Lincolnshire Fields
Recent experiments in Lincolnshire show paraffin engine traction can plow six inches deep in stubble fields at an average cost of 60 cents per acre.
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Lincolnshire
England
Viscount and Viscountess Falkland Move in London
London Morning Post reports the Viscount and Viscountess Falkland leaving 76 Eaton Square for 26 Upper Grosvenor Street and arriving in mid November. The relocation marks a noted change in the capital’s social scene and street presence.
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London
Falkland
Eaton Square
Upper
Grosvenor Street
London Morning Post
When He Wine
A compact old saying notes that a woman can pack a trunk well but a man unpacks it faster. The quip contrasts packing and unpacking speeds by gender in a humorous exchange.
Definition of bachelor from schoolboy report
A schoolboy handed in a written definition of bachelor describing a man with no wife who does not want a wife and cannot obtain one. The phrasing reflects dialect and double negative usage.
New York City Hosts One of World’s Largest German Populations
New York City ranks third worldwide in German population after Berlin and Hamburg. The city’s sizable German community reflects long term immigration and cultural ties across neighborhoods and institutions.
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New York City
Berlin
Hamburg
Work. Even the lazy man will work if he can pick the task
A compact motto about motivation and choice in labor. The saying implies that when given options, even a reluctant worker will engage in productive activity, highlighting autonomy in employment decisions.
Political taunts and calls for reform framed in 1908 Indiana meet note
A clipped political broadside condemns Wall Street overreach and tariff ties while urging square dealing amid corruption charges. It rails against trusts and crowds, urging rally rhetoric, publicity, and smoke screens before announcing county delegate selections and a July 24 1908 meeting in Boonville Indiana with T D Scales and F H Hatfield signatures.
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Uncle Joe
Wall Street
Kingdom Come
Sheldon
Democratic Convention Set for August 11 in Boonville
Notice for a Democratic delegate convention of Indiana's First Congressional District at Mathews on August 11 1908 at 1 PM to nominate a candidate for Congress. Counties earn one delegate per 200 votes plus a 50 vote fraction based on 1906 secretary of state election results. delegate counts listed per county.
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Indiana
Mathewson Opera House
Boonville
James F. Cox
State of
Rockport Fair Sets Dates in Southern Indiana
The Rockport fair plans a five day run from August 17 to August 22 in one of Southern Indiana's prettiest grounds. The association deems the event better than ever and a desirable day out.
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Rockport
Indiana
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