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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
8
A vivid profile traces Senator Ben Tillman from South Carolina, once a bitter foe of Roosevelt, to a central ally shaping congressional policy. The piece surveys his magnetism, political turn, and the public misreadings that accompany his rapid rise in Washington.
The piece praises Ben Tillman for his blunt honesty and fervent advocacy of the Hepburn rail rate bill while noting the ironic push by Aldrich and other opponents to manipulate opinion. It argues Tillman’s rough style may both attract and repel listeners but presses that his principles are clear and forceful.
A detailed profile of Senator Ben Tillman displays his fierce, fighting persona and hidden warmth. The piece traces his rise from farmer to governor and senator, noting his abrasive leadership, oratory power, and mixed relations with President Roosevelt and Cleveland. It highlights his education, family background, and community ties including his devotion to flowers and the respect he earns among both black and white constituents.
The prefecture of police seeks U S help after the body of Ethel A Brown, believed American, is found in the River Seine near Charenton. A boatman reports a well dressed woman with embroidered underclothes, rings, earrings, a lorgnette, gloves, and a five inch scalp wound. No papers or money aboard. Debated whether wound results from accident or foul play. The body seems to have lain in water weeks. Also noted, Madison Wisconsin holds its annual militia officers school at the capitol with 300 attending. speeches by U S Army officers and General Charles King occur with written exams.
Bogota reports that the three men who on February 10 attempted to assassinate General Reyes were executed on the spot at the site of the attack. The republic remains calm.
The forecast covers Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa and Michigan. It calls for fair to warm conditions with variable to brisk southwest winds in Wisconsin and fresh southeasterly winds in parts of Michigan. East Iowa should turn warmer with fair skies.
A Maine man recalls three months of kidney inflammation and credits Electric Bitters with a complete cure after three bottles. The tonic is praised for liver complaint dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria and is guaranteed by J H Stewart druggist priced 50 cents.
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