News Snippets Reflecting Public Mood and Politics
A collection of brief items discusses farmers, sermons on future punishment, a Florida town regulating airship speed, and questions about Tom Watson’s Georgia electors. Other notes critique Cincinnati parks policing, Roosevelt’s rising deficit near twenty million, and hints at funding tactics for the Standard Oil campaign interests through magnates like Rockefeller Rogers Archbold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Republican
Rockefeller
Rogers
Archibald
Standard
The World Owes the Young Man Nothing, Says Doctor
A Texas physician argues that over eating is impossible and that the true path for youths is not entitlement. He urges the young man to abandon the belief that the world owes him a living and to develop active, noble manhood through study, toil, and honest thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
No Trading Philadelphia Record
The piece condemns a populist tactic to swap Bryan electors onto the Watson ticket with a pledge of support depending on Bryan’s outcome. It calls the move discreditable political jugglery and says Democratic electors should back the Democratic candidate while Georgia electors refuse involvement. The populists should supply their own votes without trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Watson
Mr. Watson
Georgia
Hearst Independence party reveals ticket and platform
A Hearst Independence convention nominates Thomas Hiegen for president and John Temple Graves for vice president. Graves is lauded as a gifted wordsmith while Hiegen remains largely unknown, igniting doubt about the ticket and mocking the pairing with Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Randolph Hearst
Independence Party
Thomas Hiegen
Massachusetts
John Temple Graves
New York American
Hisgen
Hearst
South Carolina
Georgia
New York
John Temple
Laurent
Hiegen
Charleston Post
Burglars Raid Acree Store and Post Office
In Acree Georgia on August 1 a break in at T M Wilder's store near the post office saw cash drawers rifled and merchandise stolen including canned goods. Post office drawers were opened but empty. The A C L freight depot was entered with nothing taken. A notice from F M Barfield Pinehurst GA offers coffins and burial robes with hearse upon request.
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A.C. L
C. C. Wilder
F. M. Barfield
Pinehurst
Loans on Farm Lands Offered Across Several Counties
We are prepared to make loans on improved farm lands in Dooly, Pulaski, Crisp, Wilcox, Turner, Irwin, Ben Hill and Worth counties with reasonable rates of interest and commissions. We deal directly with the lender and do not divide commissions. If you need a loan, it will pay you to investigate our terms. Also, STUARTS BUCHY AND JUNIPER is advertised as a remedy for various ailments, with claims of restoring health.
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Dooly
Pulaski
Crisp
Wilcox
Turner
Irwin
Ben Hill
Worth
Eczema Remedy Ad From Wecureu Medicine Co
An eczema warning urges prompt treatment for itchy skin on face head or body before it spreads. The ad promotes Positive Skin Remedies from Wecureu Medicine Company located at 058 Jacksonville, Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wecureu Medicine Company
Jacksonville
New Improvements for Old Hickory Wagons Highlight Merit
New and desirable improvements recently adapted have added greatly to the merits of Old Hickory wagons. Examine them carefully before buying a wagon. J. P. Heard & Sons.
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J. P. Heard & Sons
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W. Horne
Vienna
THE
Vienna News
T. A. Adkins, Jr., Ba. & Pub
Brd
Kern
Florida
Tom Watson
Macon
Cincinnatti
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Philadelphia Record
Hearst's
Little Men
Taft
ES Tomoes
Helena
Acree
London
George & Woodward, Attorneys-at-Law
Vienna, Ga
Stuart
Buchy and
Juniper
Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co
Atlanta
Jooerazeutyy Og
Sro
Eioseee Viholsvd
Vienna Bakery
Jeff Williams
Baker
W. U. T. Office
W. B. Lewis
A. J. Shel
Dr. King
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