Many Candidates at Work in Warren County District Contest
Warren county divides into five districts for a contest with a set of dishes and a couch as prizes. The five grand prizes will go to the top five receivers by count. Districts cover Sugar Grove Freehold Columbus Pittsfield Spring Creek Brokenstraw. Deerfield Eldred Southwest Triumph Limestone Watson. Farming ton Conemaugh North Warren Pine Grove Elk Corydon. Pleasant Mead Kinzua Cherry Grove Sheff ield. Warren city North Warren village and Glade township.
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Warren County
Sugar Grove
Freehold
Columbus
Pittsfield
Spring Creek
Brokenstraw
Deerfield
Eldred
Southwest
Triumph
Limestone
Watson
Farmington
Conenango
North Warren
Pine Grove
Elk and
Corydon
Pleasant, Mead, Kinzun
Cherry Grove
Sheffield
Voting coupon and payout schedule appearing in The Mail
A page 3 item announces a voting coupon offering 100 votes for writing a candidate's name and sending it to The Mail office. It lists a per vote payout scale with multiple fixed totals ranging from 500 to 25000 votes, detailing payments for different amounts.
Contest Nominating Prize Offered for Top Vote Getter
A gold prize of five dollars will go to the first person nominating the candidate who receives the most votes. Nominations may be for yourself or a friend. Winners or nominators receive the prize if they were first to nominate the eventual top vote recipient. The contest manager invites calls, phones, or letters with no cost to enter.
Fair Prizes Spread Across Five Districts in County Contest
A reader praises the contest plan with fifteen prizes distributed across Warren county. Five districts will each award two prizes a coach and a set of one hundred dishes, ensuring fairness for rural and city entrants. Five grand prizes go to the top standings.
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Warren County
Free SVERSHARP Shears with One Year Subscription
With every one year subscription a free pair of SVERSHARP SHEARS is offered, for new or renewal payments. The patent tension spring and thumb screw keep blades sharp, capable of cutting heavy fabric to thin silk. Enclose six cents to mail if paid by mail. otherwise no extra charge for delivery from office or via candidate.
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Sversharp
Special Ballot Offer Extends Votes for Subscriptions
A notice explains a special ballot on page 2 offering five thousand extra votes when a candidate name is written in a blank space and a one year subscription is paid. Ballot valid until July 10 and must accompany the subscription payment. It aims to boost candidates entering the race.
Dream Yourself to Sleep and Dreaming While Awake
Public health note from Health Culture advises relaxing the mind at bedtime. Retire and shut out thinking to drift into sleep through awake dreaming. The piece extols letting fancies roam as a path to sleep without planning or worry.
London Coal Consumption Shown By Weekly Burn
London uses about three hundred twenty seven thousand tons of coal each week as shown in the report.
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London
Harding's Speech Nominates Taft At National Convention
In Chicago on June 23 Warren G Harding extols William Howard Taft as the best progressive Republican and urges renomination. He argues the people's rule, condemns expediency, and praises Taft's character, leadership, and record.
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Taft
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Republican Convention
William Howard Taft
Platform of Taft and Sherman Nominated
The Republican platform proclaims government of the people by the people for the people. It renews allegiance to Republican principles and institutions, recalls a proud record, and looks forward with hope. It affirms support for state and federal courts and their power to enforce processes and protect life, liberty, and property.
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Chicago
Taft
Sherman
Republican Party
Republican platform on judiciary, tariffs and economy
The platform urges judicial independence and swift removal of derelict judges, supports recall as unnecessary, and favors a federal trade commission to curb delays. It reaffirms protectionist tariff policy, calls for tariff adjustments via expert review, condemns Democratic tariff bills, and links rising living costs to global factors rather than tariff policy.
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Republican Party
Tariff Board
House of Representatives
Taft Profile: Twenty-Seventh President and Early Career
Taft is described as the twenty-seventh U S president aged fifty five. The text notes his 1908 election with 7 678 908 votes and a 1 269 804 plurality over Bryan. It lists Cincinnati birth Yale graduation in 1878 Ohio bar admission in 1880 and service as judge governor of the Philippines and secretary of war 1904 08.
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Mr. Taft
United States
William J. Bryan
Cincinnati
Mr.Taft
Yale
Ohio
Sixth Judicial Circuit
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt
James S. Sherman Biography Highlights Career Milestones
James S. Sherman born in Utica New York. Admitted to the bar in 1880. Served as Utica mayor 1881 to 1885. Represented New York in Congress 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909. Now a candidate for Vice President at fifty seven years old.
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Sherman
Utica
N. Y
New York
Republican Platform Emphasizes Sound Currency and Civil Service
The party calls for a gold standard oriented banking system with responsible payments and measures to stabilize money and employment. It urges international comparisons, agricultural credit reform, and stringent supervision of farmer loan organizations, plus civil service strengthening and broader coverage of the federal employees liability law.
Clean Campaigns and Rural Post Reform Proposed
The group calls for laws to ban corporate political contributions to federal campaigns and supports a parcels post with zone graded rates. They back the administration and Congress on pursuing a treaty with Russia affirming annotriation rights and broader international accords.
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Congress
Russia
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Lincoln
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William H. Taft
Moffett Studio
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Pittsburgh
Washington
News Service
Associated Press
New York Sun
New York Times
New York Herald
Pittsburgh Post
Pittsburg, Pa
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