Tested and Untested in the Presidential Contest
The piece contrasts Taft and Bryan, praising Taft’s record and associates while denouncing Bryan as a radical agitator with mixed past alliances. It argues Bryan would lack harmonious Congress, lead to deadlock, and fail to act decisively, urging voters toward Taft’s proven leadership.
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Mr. Taft
Mr. Bryan
Taft
Philippines
Cuba
Panama
Bryan
McKinley
Roosevelt
Root
Hughes
Fairbanks
Cannon
Knox
Weaver, Altgeld
Tom Johnson
Tom Watson
James K. Jones
William J. Stone
George Fred Williams
Greenback
Silver
Hearst
Congress
Ballot Choice Debate Cited by Globe-Democrat
The Globe-Democrat cautions voters against blind faith and argues Bryan is unlikely to win. It frames Taft as a steady forward path while Bryan signals doubt and a cautious pause until clarity returns.
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Bryan
Taft
Globe- Democrat
State Constitution Amendments Shrink Elections and Extend Terms
Three proposed amendments alter election timing and terms. First amendment ends spring elections, sets even year statewide and county contests in November, odd years for municipal races, and adjusts term lengths for various offices. Second allows municipalities to incur debt up to ten percent of assessed value. Third consolidates courts in Philadelphia and Allegheny into a single court each.
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Justices of the Peace
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Trade improves but gains vary across regions
Trade reports show moderate net weekly gains with irregular progress. The Southwest leads with better exhibits while the East lags. Despite uneven industry returns, overall business volume rises and year over year comparisons are cheery. Harvests advance with fewer weather disruptions as labor supply improves amid factory contraction. Railways expand to move crops and boost July earnings, down 13.1 percent from last year.
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Southwest
Sim
Buoyant Markets Amid July Trade and Failure Figures
Dun's Review notes foreign commerce in the latest week shows exports down 2.3 percent and imports down 3.3 percent versus the prior year. Securities and money markets remain stable with abundant liquidity. Bank exchanges fall 4.9 percent year over year. other cities drop 13.5 percent. July commercial failure liabilities total 12.02 million, with manufacturing, trading and other lines each represented. Failures tally 275 in the U.S. and 23 in Canada, up from last year in the United States and Canada.
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Ilar
New York
United States
Canada
Dun
Democrats Carried New York and Indiana in Presidential History
The record shows Democratic candidates who won New York and Indiana often achieved victory. failures and seats varied. From McClellan in 1864 to Parker in 1904, only one party failed to win the presidency when both states were carried. In fifty years no Democrat carrying both states was elected.
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McClellan
New York
Indiana
Seymour
Tilden
Hancock
Cleveland
Bryan
Parker
Jackson
Irving Montague Practical Joke Turns Fatal
In Scott's Drama of Yesterday and Today Irving and Montague stage a joke that ends with Montague appearing dead under leaves while Irving confesses murder. Friends fear tragedy as Smale seeks the missing pair, only to uncover Montague alive and laughing with a gag handkerchief.
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Scott
Henry Irving
Harry Montague
Hiood
Eugene Aram
Smale
Ile
Tom Smale
Irving
Montague
Foods of Italy Showcases Friggitrici Street Treats
Leslie's Weekly details Italian street cooking with friggitrici selling hot fritters and artichokes. Vendors fry golden cheese and artichoke balls, chestnut kernels, rice and chicken fillings, keeping fried foods hot on steam trays and on portable kettles for late customers.
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Italy
Genoa
Naples
Leslie’s Weekly
Pennsylvania Railroad reports June 1908 earnings drop
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company directory shows June 1908 gross earnings down 2 722 300 and expenses down 2 011 500 with net earnings down 710 800. For six months ending June 30 1908 gross earnings down 15 120 900 expenses down 11 421 600 net earnings down 3 699 300. West of Pittsburg and Erie June 1908 gross earnings down 1 760 000 expenses down 1 850 700 net earnings up 90 700. Six months ending June 30 1908 gross earnings down 11 214 000 expenses down 2 927 500 net earnings down 1 916 000.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Erie
First Prosecution Under New Pollution Law Against Penn Tanning
Under a state law pollution of streams from factories is now an offense. Fish and Game Warden W J Alberts will begin proceedings against the Penn Tanning Company for allegedly dumping refuse into Dutchmans Run and causing many fish to die.
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Fish and Game
W. J. Alberts
Penn Tanning Company
Dutchman
Solenodons Two Species In Haiti And Cuba
Two solenodon species exist in sectivorous mammals, one in Haiti and one in Cuba. They differ mainly by fur color and texture. They are nocturnal, dig for insects with long flexible snouts, and have small brain capacity. When hunted, they hide their heads in holes while exposing their bodies.
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Haiti
Cuba
The Clock Was Wrecked and Alarm Clock Misfire
A humorous exchange recounts a startled wake up when an alarm clock rang loudly. Biway jokes about alarm usage while Jigsup recalls his first experience and telling Maria to be quiet, illustrating a comic early morning mishap from the Liverpool Mercury.
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Maria
Liverpool Mercury
Chivalrous Chicago Echoes on Ladies Esteem
A Chicago Inter Ocean quotation extols women as a beauty and joy forever praising how men in Chicago value feminine loveliness above price. It portrays men who love strive suffer and would die for it reflecting the era’s tone on gender admiration in the city.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
A Historical Mystery Solved The Man in the Iron Mask
A fragment from the New York Sun quotes a sobbing man asking his wife to cut his hair, and notes that he was tenderly treated with empathy as the mystery is explored.
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Man In the
Iron Mask
Hle
New York Sun
Public Documents Available for Subscribers
The paper lists public documents on hand for subscribers at the office. Items include Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States and The Net Result at the Hague, plus works by Andrew Carnegie and Slason Thompson. Also noted are reports on mechanical cow milking, railways value, spraying and fumigation, woodlot guidance, Paris Green inspection, pine blight, tuberculosis prevention, and potato beetle.
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United States
Hague
League of Peace
Andrew Carnegie
Penn
Slason Thompson
Pa. Dept. of Agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Surface
Paris Green Inspection
Dept. of Agriculture
U. S. Forest Service
Penn’a Society For Prevention of Tuberculosis
Dep’t of Agriculture
Farm Journal Praise of Dr C D Smead
The New York Tribune Association formed the Farmer to cover all agricultural topics. Dr J C Currier of Minnesota recommended Dr C D Smead of Logan New York as the leading writer on horses and veterinary practice for the journal.
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New York Tribune Association
New York Tribune Farmer
J. C. Currier
Minnesota
C. D. Smead
Logan, N. Y
Currier
Smead’s Veterinary Work Honors Animals and Readers
Dr. Smead built a veterinary department teaching care and feeding of domestic animals. A lifelong farmer and breeder, he pursued veterinary study to help neglected animals, earning recognition as a leading veterinary surgeon in America. Subscriptions offered to The Tribune-Farmer and The Mail.
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Dr. Smead
Smead
New York Tribune-Farmer
America
The
Tribune-Farmer and the Mail
Crop Yields Report Across the Nation Rise
Reports from all parts of the country indicate heavy crops this year with spring and winter wheat better than 1907. The largest corn crop ever harvested is expected, and cotton yields exceed last year. Potatoes, apples, peaches and grapes show 25 to 100 percent larger outputs.
Post office bans cocaine and derivatives from mails
The post office department issues an order denying the use of the mails to cocaine and its derivatives. Cocaine circulated in medicines will also be barred as part of the widening crackdown on the drug trade in major cities.
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Post Office Department
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