Taft's Role Lauded in Panama Canal Progress
A tribute lauds William H. Taft for directing the Panama Canal project, noting his insistence on cost oversight and sanitation. It cites 33,193 workers in 1908, wage increases for long service, six weeks paid vacation proposed, and Taft’s focus on health, efficiency, and American labor welfare on the isthmus.
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Panama
Taft
Isthmus
Mr. Taft
Department of Sanitation
Department of Municipal Engineering
Building Department
Roosevelt
Isthmian Canal Commission
New Orleans
New York
Appeal for Republican fund drive to back Taft and Sherman
A 1912 era call urges loyal Republicans in the Western Division to donate one dollar each to fund the campaign for Taft and Sherman. The appeal lists state finance chairmen and directs contributions to Upham, assistant treasurer, or to the chairmen, noting legal limits on corporate solicitations and promising receipts.
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Taft
Sherman
Republican National Committee
Congress
Jone
State Finance Committee
Fred W. Upham
Roosevelt Urges Vote for Taft and Republican Congress
In a letter to William B. McKinley, President Roosevelt urges citizens to back William H. Taft for President and elect a Republican Congress to support his policies, arguing harmony between executive and legislative branches is essential to continue reforms and avoid a partisan clash.
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Roosevelt
William B. McKinley
Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Committee
Congressional Committee
William H. Taft
Republican Congress
Taft
Congress
True Prophets and False in Bryan Balti Speech
William J. Bryan argued that prophets exist today but distinguishing true from false is crucial. He cited the biblical test by their fruits and urged discernment to avoid deception.
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William J. Bryan
Baltimore
Bryan Prophecies The Answers Tariff Will Crush The Farmer
Quote from William J Bryan on tariffs from 1892 cited in 1908 publication The Answer. Claims tariffs doom farmers by increasing tenancy and landless farmers, contrasting with post speech landowner prosperity due to rising grain prices and farm products. Notes irrigation act and Republican conservation push to make the West a major agricultural region.
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William J. Bryan
National House of Representatives
Bryan
Republican Conservation Movement
United States
Debate Over Gold Standard Sparks Hoarded Memories
A 1896 speech excerpt by William J Bryan denounces the gold standard as a mortal threat, claiming it destroys homes and families. A 1908 counterstatement praises the gold standard as a foundation of prosperity, mortgage relief, and expanded schools, contrasting the earlier claims.
Bryan speech hints at imperialism in 1900
In Lincoln Nebraska July 1900 William J Bryan urges defending the spirit of 1776 and Fourth of July celebrations against imperialist trends. He contrasts a waning patriotism with growing pride in American citizenship and calls to preserve the nation’s founding spirit.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan Home Guards
Lincoln
Neb
United States
Roosevelt the Spirit of War and Peace in 1908
The broadside argues against William J. Bryan by recalling 1904 quotes condemning Roosevelt as warlike and praising Roosevelt as a peacemaker in 1908. It praises Roosevelt and Taft for continuing policies that elevated the United States to a leading world power.
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United States
Central
South America
Panama Canal
Taft
Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
Indiana
Bryan
Rovvelt
Government Ownership of Railways Debate in 1906
The document records Bryan era calls for government ownership of railways, arguing railroads are monopolies and regulation impossible. It cites conclusions that rail systems must become public property and managed by officials to curb transportation abuses.
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Bryan
Peoples Saturday Fair Awards and Premiums
A list of prizes with first and second premiums for categories at the Peoples Saturday Fair. Includes Best Han and Best Light Harness Stallion, Best Brood Mare and Colt, handkerchief, drawn work, chicken coops, beets, onions, horseradish, sugar pumpkin, Kodak pictures, a Crazy Quilt, and a hand drawing by a youth. Committees in charge.
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Sullivan County
Wyandott
Kodak
Sullivan County Fair Saturday Contest Highlights
Program for Saturday October 20 lists Best Heavy Draft Stallion any age with 1st prize $5 and 2nd $2.50, Best Heavy Brood Mare and Colt with $5 and $2.50, Best Embroidered Corset Cover from Sullivan county with $2 and $100, Best Specimen Crochet Work $2 and $1, Best Pair of Bantams $1 and 50, Best Coop of Minorca Chickens with $2, Best 10 Ears of Yellow Corn $2 and $1, Best 10 Ears of White Corn, Oldest Old Fashion Shawl, Greatest Novelty in Fruit or Grain for men over 70 with $10 and $5, and Best White Holland Turkey with $2 and $1.00.
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Sullivan County
Minorca
August Health Report Totals Deaths and Causes
State board of health monthly report for August lists total deaths and causes. Notable figures include tuberculosis 290, typhoid 81, scarlet fever 1, diphtheria 12, measles 1, whooping cough 38, diarrheal diseases 405, cerebrospinal meningitis 10, influenza 9, canker 145, and violence 220. County totals and farm loans note appear in the same fragment.
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State Board of Health
Allivan
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