Republican Platform Draft for 1908 Party Agenda
The rough draft platform prepared by Ohio Attorney General Wade Ellis outlines key planks. It endorses current administration policies, calls for tariff revision, railroads to gain traffic freedom, national control over ownership, anti monopoly trusts stance, currency bill praise, navy expansion, Arizona and New Mexico statehood, ship subsidies, and labor protections against injunctive action. It reportedly has Roosevelt and Taft support.
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Republican National Platform
Congress
Navy
New States
Arizona
New Mexico
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Roosevelt
Taft
The Race Problem in the Nation’s Crisis
A Julius Thomas Nixon Jr statement condemns a New York social equality dinner at the Cosmopolitan club. He cites two editors Hamilton Holt and Oswald Garrison Villard, denounces mixed race ideas, argues for white racial supremacy, praises pioneer white stock, and lauds Pacific coast patriotic stance as national gratitude.
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New York
Thomas Nixon, Jr
Cosmopolitan Club
Mst
Hamilton Holt
The
Independent
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post
America
Pacific Coast
Workers Wanted Amid Bread Riots In Crowded Cities
The clipping notes scarce job openings as large cities face unemployment and bread riots, signaling social tension and labor market strain during a period of unrest. It highlights a demand for workers despite widespread hardship.
Kansas labor famine prompts immigration plan for farms
The Topeka Capital notes Kansas faces a farmer labor shortage during wheat harvest. It proposes creating a temporary state employment bureau or cooperative agency among landholders to recruit skilled farm workers from abroad, selecting worthy migrants from Europe like South Carolina and Maryland do.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Immigration Bureau
South Carolina
Maryland
Europe
East
Fire and flood threaten American prosperity, urges reform
The author argues fire and water are the nation’s main destructive forces, surpassing European losses. He cites New York and Chicago fire tallies, urges fireproofing, flood control, and stronger urban planning to reduce damages and equalize costs across society. He contrasts Europe’s fire safety with American negligence.
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United States
Wall Street
Europe
America
Berlin
New York
Chicago
Holland
Word boom and legal risk surround Idaho Supreme Court ruling
The Idaho Supreme Court questions the elevation of the slang term wraft into standard English usage. It warns that declaring the word nonlibelous risks inviting libel suits as the term could be used to produce damaging verdicts when presented to a jury.
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New York Post
Supreme Court of
Idaho
Pocatello voters to decide on school bond issue
The Pocatello community considers issuing $15,000 in bonds to install a modern heating system for the high school. The editorial argues bonds would ease future taxes by spreading payments over 20 years, contrasts with city sewer plans, and urges taxpayers to support the school bond for a lasting public benefit.
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Ato of
Pocatello
Iton
Tribune
Gate City
Board of Public Works
Wright brothers show promising progress in airship control devices
Reports on airship progress describe new tests and devices. The Wright brothers in Ohio are noted for a satisfactory showing in lifting and maintaining control, though practical success remains distant. Locals face travel inconvenience due to a regional embargo amid a storm.
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Wright Brothers
Ohio
Twin Falls airship wish and Idaho Falls Fourth toast
The Shoshone Journal calls Twin Falls disturbances a duel convention while Montpelier Examiner notes Idaho Falls raised 2500 for a July Fourth celebration. Leading merchants gave up to 300 each to fund the event, praising civic spirit and local growth.
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Twin Falls
Montpelier Examiner
Idaho’ Falls
Idaho Falls
Hill sails for Europe after criticizing Democratic party history
Former U.S. senator David B. Hill, long a Democratic leader in his state, sails on the Baltic to Europe. He reflects on retirements in politics saying there is no Democratic party and accuses William Jennings Bryan of forcing himself on the party in 1896 1900 and 1908 while claiming to have kept the faith.
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David B. Hill
United States
Europe
Baltic
Mr. Hill
Altgeld
Chicago
Bryan
Nebraska
Democratic Party
Editor Refutes Mormon Influence Claim on Brady Nomination
The Idaho Falls Register disputes a Citizen editorial alleging Mormon church pressure on Brady’s nomination. It asserts north Idaho Republicans did not push such demands, Brady would win without Mormon counties, and Republicans will vote for Brady in protest at the polls.
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Idaho Falls Register
Brady
Republican Party
the Citizen
Idaho
James H. Brady
Republican State Nominating Convention to Convene in Boise
Pursuant to the Republican State Central Committee a State Nominating Convention will meet in Boise Idaho on September 1 1908 at 11 am. Delegates from counties are listed for representation and primaries and county conventions are to select delegates. James H Brady is chairman and Addison T Smith secretary of the organizing body.
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Republican State Central Committee
Boise
State of Idaho
the Supreme Court
Congress
Ada
Bannock
Bear Lake
Bingham
Banner
Blaine
Canyon
Cassia
Custer
Elmore
Fremont
Idaho
Kootenai
Tatah
Lincoln
Nez Peree
Lemhi
Oviyhee
Thinks It Saved His Life Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed
Lester M Nelson of Naples Maine writes his belief that Dr Kings New Discovery saved his life. He praises it as a reliable remedy for throat and lung complaints and a preventive of pneumonia. Ferguson Jenkins drug stores offer trial bottles free and sell it with a money back guarantee in Pocatello and McCammon.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Dr. King
Ferguson & Jenkins’ Drug Stores
Pocatello and McCammon
Improving the srand in the Philippine trade
A satirical poem envisions using Philippine outposts to raise “dukes” as trade stock. It mocks colonial pretensions by promising homegrown, well-bred heirs instead of foreign imports, urging readers to await a fertile island supply and to beware unsuitable suitors.
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Philippine Isles
Sharp Wit Exposed in Quick Quip Exchange
A pair of quick lines reveal a humorous backhand about a husband with no wife. The banter plays on a playfully blunt notion of singleness. The exchange carries a light, old timey comic tone typical of newspaper quips.
Close Intimacy and the Scientist Who Names Microbes
A humorous exchange notes a man of notable scientific attainments who is said to be acquainted with microbes. The remark playfully claims he calls the microbes by their first names, highlighting quirky intimacy with science.
Suitors Upend Consent In Bold Household Exchange
In a terse exchange a suitor demands the daughter’s hand and the father retorts firmly that he cannot have it. Undeterred, the suitor declares he will press his case, signaling a dramatic challenge to the proposed match.
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Weill
The Merry Widow Hat Causes Silly Doorway War
Enter Hat, Have you seen it Yes I mean it The Merry Widow hat fills the floors with outdoor styled hats Yet to wear indoors you’d need a derrick to lift the attic roof Or risk a merry war by jealous portals of the doors
Foley's Kidney Remedy Praised by Satisfied Customer
Mrs Joyce of Claremont New Hampshire reports buying two bottles a year ago and says Foley's Kidney Remedy cured a long standing kidney problem. She endorses the medicine as grand and good. Temple Pharmacy mentions the testimonial.
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Joyce
Claremont
N.H
Foley
Temple Pharmacy
Haste Thee Home To Thy Mountain Dwelling
Poem fragment in old verse laments longing and separation. The speaker pleads for the beloved to return from a distant mountain dwelling lest sorrow and tears overwhelm the heart. A meditation on fleeting happiness and hoped reunion.
When navies vanish and nations share a banner
Poem fragment by Frederick Lawrence Knowles praising universal peace and unity as fleets fade and memory of dates grows dim. The speaker envisions a world with one banner and one creed where sects and swords are hushed.
Allen's Foot-Base powder promises comfort for tired feet
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Base as a powder shaken into shoes to rest swollen nervous feet and ease tired feet. It claims to cure sweating blisters callous spots and chilblains and promises comfort with use. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a trial package offered.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
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DeWitt , Co
U.S
By Duncan M. Smith
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George Meredith
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Cannon
Joseph
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the New Age
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