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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
2
Readable text notes the mailing status of a Sheridan Indiana item entered as second class mail matter. No further details are available in the fragment.
For Congress Charles B Landis and E J Mendenhall. Judge Ira W Christian. Prosecutor C M Gentry. Auditor Geo Griffin. Treasurer John Bauchert. Sheriff Walter White. Surveyor Hugh Johnson. Coroner C C Ray. Commissioners J E Clark and J Hamilton Metsker. Trustee Geo W Scott. Assessor R C Kercheval. Brewers slogan noted. both sides claim victory and returns may surprise.
The best informed political writers of the country concede Taft's election, and the official count is deemed all that remains to clinch their arguments.
A political exhortation urges every Republican contemplating voting for a Democratic candidate to pause and reflect, urging self discussion and counting the number of Democratic votes as the election approaches.
Readers are urged to vote for the straight Republican ticket as the temperance question dominates Indiana politics. Local option in temperance laws is contested by brewers and saloons, with farmers warned about the moral climate at county seats. Notable quotes stress hard work as the price of success and reject living off others.
Hamilton County lawyers deny false rumors opposing Ira W. Christian for Judge of the Hamilton Circuit Court and formally endorse his candidacy. The signatories, including T. J. Bishop A. Guy O. H. Mendenhall Albert C. Pearson Ralph E. Pearson E. E. Newby C. W. Griffin and others, urge voters to back Christian.
R Foland Frank Campbell Er nest E Cloe W E Hershman C G Reagan Christian Christian Joel Stafford Otis M Burnett Robert Denny Edward E Neal are named as participants in the court matter according to the readable lines.
A recounting of the Taft lineage from Uxbridge Mass and the 1874 Taft reunion. Alphonso Taft traced branches, noting a tradition of magnanimity and civic involvement preceding the 20th century Secretary of War William Taft.
A political column contrasts Republican and Democratic pledges and records. It cites Hon. James Sherman praising the party and argues Taft has executive experience while Bryan has none, urging voters to compare capabilities before Election Day.
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