Republican Convention Delegates Set for Sullivan County
Sullivan county Republicans meet in township conventions on Saturday March 26 1910 at 2 pm to elect delegates to the state convention. County gets 15 delegates apportioned by township and vote totals. Delegates listed by township include Cass Dugger. Cury Shelburn. Virbanks Fairbanks. Gill Merom. Haddon Carlisle. Hamilton court house. Sullivan. Jackson Hymera. Tefferson Pleasantville. Turman Graysville. T. Ed Hoover chairman and Dirrelle Chaney secretary. Tariff debate follows with arguments for and against protection and free trade.Farmers and workers face price shifts amid tariff removal talk.
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Sullivan County
Winfield T. Durbin
Cass
Dugger
Cury
Shelburn
Virbanks
Fairbanks
Gill
Merom
Haddon
Carlisle
Hamilton
Court House
Sullivan
Jackson
Hymera
Tefferson
Pleasantville
Turman
Graysville
Villification in Politics and Party Rivalry
The text analyzes vilification as a tactic aimed at defeating opposing parties. It notes current trends in democratic vilification under insurgent opposition and discusses how this rhetoric targets political groups rather than individuals.
Republican State Convention Delegates Called
The official call for delegate selection to the Republican state convention appears in this issue. Township conventions to pick delegates meet Saturday March 26. The state convention is set for Friday April 5. Sullivan county holds 15 delegates.
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Sullivan County
Taggart and Beveridge in Indiana Senate Race Clash
The Martin County Tribune notes the Indiana Democratic struggle over the U S Senate seat with Tom Taggart and Senator Beveridge as the two leading figures. Slack of Franklin is seen as a candidate only if the party shifts, while Taggart consolidates machine control and aims to block Beveridge.
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Taggart
Beveridge
Tom Taggart
Indiana Democrats
Slack
Franklin
United States
Constable
the Tribune
Indiana
Senator Beveridge
People’s Rights
Thomas Taggart
Crawford Fairbanks
French Lick
Pluto
Martin County Tribune
Era of High Prices and Prosperity Reflected in 1910
The 1910 era is described as a time of high prices and bounded prosperity. The piece notes enduring political slogans and the era’s impact on economic sentiment as the tiller of the nation navigates through inflationary conditions.
Cul lop Swats Speaker Cannon
The Washington Herald recalls an Irish tale of a man trying to throw a bull over a fence by its tail as commentary on a political clash.
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Washington Herald
Independent Me rom Herald Draws Beveridge Critique
Senator Beveridge may feel chagrined by the Me rom Herald, a paper described as independent. The editor's stance is expected to influence readers in Gill township and Merom.
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Beveridge
Merom Herald
Gill Township
Merom
Republican Attitude on Liquor Question
W D Crow argues in Petersburg Press that the Indiana county option law should stand and warns the Republican Party against renewed temperance Planks. He says last election shows temperance voters split and predicts a Democratic gain would repeal the county unit law while a Republican win would sustain it.
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W. D. Crow
Petersburg
Indiana
Watson
Spring Harness Up For Grabs At Campbell and Douthitt
Local note invites shoppers to Campbell and Douthitt for Spring Harness while listing store location and a presented price point of 31 21 for the item.
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Campbell & Douthitt’s
Campbell & Douthitt
Mortgage Exemption Blanks For Sale At This Office
Mortgage exemption blanks are offered for purchase at this office. Researchers and title clerks may obtain forms and guidance on exemptions, with staff available to answer questions and assist in filing.
In Memoriam Alfred Eugene Jared Infant Death
Infant son of Mr and Mrs James Jared died February 25 1910 at age five weeks two days from lung and bronchial trouble. The family asks readers to remember our Savior who does all things well and that the darling is gone to a higher happy place.
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Alfred Eugene Jared
James Jared
Card of Thanks for Sad Loss of Darling Baby
We thank kind neighbors and friends who assisted during the illness and death of our little darling baby. Mr. and Mrs. James Jared.
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James Jared
The Dutch Painter
In a quiet village inn, Fritz promises his daughter Lula to painter Tunder who clashes with a city artist Rollo. The rival signs provoke a comic misrepresentation of Archduke Leopold. Lula loves Rudolph the gardener, a court artist named Rollo fears loss. The archduke promotes Rollo to Baron and chief physician, then approves Lula and Rudolph’s marriage.
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Fritz
Tunder
Lula
Leopold
Rollo
Raphael
Rudolph
Lulu
Archduke Leopold
de T
Archduke
The Alumnae Luncheon That Became A Bridge Party Crisis
Patty hosts a nearly hundred guest bridge party planned around a alumnae luncheon. Plans collapse as excepted RSVPs shift with last minute changes, then the luncheon is postponed triggering frantic telephone disruptions and a frazzled scramble before the event finally begins with 58 attendees.
Dircksen Founded New York Ferry System in 1637
Cornelius Dircksen became the first official ferryman on Manhattan. He began the ferry network with a mooring near Water Street at Peck Slip. Passengers signaled by horn when the skipper was away, and his skiff evolved into the city’s ferry system.
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New York
Cornelius Dircksen
Manhattan
Water Street
Peck Sip
Dircksen
Quote Exchange Over Hasty Speaker Sparks Banter
A brief exchange jokes about a talkative person who never stays still long enough to hear himself speak. The lines illustrate a playful roast and light newsroom banter between colleagues.
Pick-Ups Around Town and Notable 19th Century Figures
The column recalls Thatcher A. Parker new Terre Haute postmaster and son of J Anson Parker founder of Eagle Machine Works in Hutsonville. It notes Parker and Preston families, their fortunes, and wartime pork trade. It also marks the death of Thomas Collier Platt, longtime New York Republican leader, and sketches early party dynamics and rivalries with Conkling and Morton.
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Thatcher A. Parker
Cof
Terre Haute
J. Anson Parker
Eagle Machine Works
J. A. Parker
Hutsonville
Prestons
Hutsonvile
Preston
Uncle Sam
Wabash
New York State
Parker
Maine
Anse Parker
Geddes
Havens, Geddes & Company
John Warren
Vigo
Oldest County Republicans Reminisce on Birthdays and Party Roots
William W Higdon of Shelburn, age 82, celebrated his birthday on February 12, the same day as Abraham Lincoln. Higdon recalls voting for John C Fremont in 1856 and speaks of long Republican loyalty. Kenneth W Self of Jackson township is about 87 and also among the county’s oldest party members.
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Sition
Cannon
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
John C. Fremont
Grant
Horace Greeley
McKinley
St. Louis
Teller
Mark Hanna
Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Roosevelt
Taft
House
Bray
William W. Higdon
Shelburn
Union
Mr. Higdon
Abrahamincoln
Billy
William W.higdon
New Books at Campbell and Doutbit Library
Carnegie library adds several new titles including Boys on the Railroad Seawell and others Making Wireless Outfits and The Age of Electricity by Benjamin Red Book of Heroes and Spirit of Youth and the City Streets Jane Wright and Burnett Sunday edition names Higgins A Man s Christian and Saturday Barry Crusoe.
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Carnegie
Seawell
Harri
White House
Johnson
Benjamin
Lang
Jane
McCutcheon
Dan Matthews
Wright
Jamison
Patty
Wells
Paris
Higgins
Christian
Duncan
Barry Crusoe
Burnett
Boys Book of Airships
Delacombe
Dickens
Hughes
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Sullivan Union
Dirrelle Chaney
Robert P. White Publishers
John C. Chaney
T. ED. Hoover
Democratic Party
Mr. Farmer
Igail
Martin County
Opp
Hawkins, Haddon and Bailey
Hawkins, Haddon & Bailey
Ghudren Cey
Fletcher
Kate Luby
Rita
Helen Cook
Luvera Snow
Telephone Company
Thomas Collier Platt
Mr. Platt
Fremont
William H. Seward
Platt
Conkling
Union Christian College
Merom, Indiana
C. B. Whitaker, A.M, D. D
E. A. Billman
Billman & McBride
Automobile Service
Silver Chaney
Citizens Trust
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