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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
6
A nostalgic scene follows a mountain morning after a storm where a couple meets at a clearing near a girl’s house and shares a tender moment. The passage shifts to a collection of homemade candy recipes including honey candy, peanut brittle, chocolate caramels, fudge, and nutty nougat.
A 19 year old shepherd in a rural mountain village attends a Christmas service with a girl who is his chosen mate. He struggles between love and duty to his sheep as a blizzard traps them at home while the minister urges action over dream. He tends the flock and confronts a possible heartbreak, choosing responsibility.
The Troy Times argues that England and other nations shift toward protectionism to safeguard home industries amid foreign competition. It cites Germany France Canada and British colonies embracing tariffs while American industry thrives under shielding measures. The piece frames this as a prudent self interest and questions if the United States should drop barriers.
The article contrasts Mr. Bryan's proposal for government backing of national bank deposits with existing safeguards. It notes August 1907 national bank deposits totaled about 4.32 billion dollars and questions what security could be pledged to protect government from depositor losses. It favors stronger bank examinations over Bryan’s plan, ending with a banker’s wager analogy.
The Clinton Herald argues monopolistic combinations arise where law fails to deter or correct misconduct. Even with tariffs, wool farming cannot be fully monopolized, but neglect or maladministered law creates chances to consolidate supply, production, or transportation, drawing in opportunists who will join in.
A Moravian Falls reader denounces tariff policy as wrecking and anti worker. The letter blames Cleveland for mislead elections and warns Republicans against another protectionist shift.
The speaker extols newspapers as noble and unassailable public institutions, rejects subsidized media tied to corrupt capital, and calls for a free press that serves public spirited citizens.
An obscure note suggests Mr. Bryan risks loyalty concerns by lingering with Washington figures who doubt his motives. The remark implies potential criticism of his allegiance to his own followers and causes.
Mr. Firyan remains determined to convey the impression that the president is among the greatest exponents of Bryantem. The statement suggests a strong advocacy for Bryantem principles and leadership.
The Tuskegee Oklahoma meeting backed deep waterway from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and urged federal action. Atlantic states favor an coastwise inland waterway from Boston to Beaufort with defense and trade benefits, while harmony on progress across regions is urged and the lakes to gulf project leads.
The United States with 86,500,000 people faces a shrinking regular army as desertions outpace enlistments. The adjutant general urges higher pay and less work, while Congress must decide pay increases. The army needs better men and must attract them with compensation.
New York's Lieut. Chanier argues tariff policy should escape politics while Congress shapes the tariff and parties pick its members, urging abolition of Congress as the proper remedy.
Senator Tillman declares Bryan the Democratic nominee next year without doubt. He asserts that united support of the Democratic party is essential, framing the outlook as definitive despite unspecified other factors.
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