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Newspaper

The Joliet Weekly News

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1908

Page

8

Woodruff says Bryan not dangerous in tariff era

President George Woodruff of the First National Bank and family return from a European trip. He notes labor and trade conditions, warns tariffs may shift markets, and predicts a cautious business path with potential stock reductions and loan activity. Bryan is not a dangerous man.

George Woodruff First National Bank F. W. Woodruff Fred Florence Gertrude Joliet Europe Woodruff Munich Germany England Belgium Rhine Switzerland Neuremurg Paris Jease Collings Nord Tech United States America Mr. Woodruff Condi Bryan Taft France

Flying Wedge Visits Joliet Education Labor Tour

William Randolph Hearst sent his Flying Wedge to Joliet to praise labor and attack Taft and Bryan. Four union speakers Edwin Strauss J C Close E B Smith and George Chesildine spoke on state national issues and party politics at ten and Chicago streets before about 100 people. The tour then continued to Rockford and will move through Illinois Kentucky and Indiana.

William Randolph Hearst Joliet Taft Bryan Hearst Edwin Strauss Garment Worker of New York Typographical Fort Wayne Aera

How Industry Has Developed

A reprint of an editorial argument by Harry S. Pletcher defending Socialism and its call for collective ownership of means of production. The piece critiques private property, wealth inequality, and the influence of plutocrats, asserting socialism offers economic freedom and equality of opportunity.

News America Steel Morgan Harriman Harry Thaw Harry Pletcher

Street Car Man Finds Fifty Dollar Pocketbook

Motorman George Tinder found a folded fifty dollar bill in a pocketbook along the Rockdale car line near American Refractories. The book contained the card of Newcomb Clark and the Chicago hotel address. The owner was to be contacted by express delivery.

Rockdale George Tinder American Refractories Company Tinder Newcomb Clark Hotel Warner Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago Huen Cannan Perive Express

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