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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
2
A fragment from the Daily Democrat dated April 13 reports a local event in Munday with limited readable specifics. The brief notes a community action or meeting and references residents and a nearby organization.
The piece argues Republicans pushed by tariff and trust interests threaten domestic rail and paper industries. It depicts foreign competition as a scheme to benefit steel and paper trusts, while critics from both parties demand reform and accuse leaders of failing to deliver. The tone warns voters that the GOP will not fix the system and predicts a political shift as public anger grows.
Greene county central committee ordered a primary in Greene on April 26 to choose a single delegate who will cast seventeen votes for the county's congressional candidate at the Bloomington convention on April 30. The move mirrors Sullivan county where Welman wins a seven teen vote bloc. Meanwhile a major fire in Chelsea Massachusetts destroys over a square mile of industry and tenement districts, with at least five lives lost and fifty injured. Lieutenant Charles A L Totten U A retired and former Yale professor dies in Milford Connecticut, noted for his mathematical interpretations of Scriptural prophecies.
A dispatch reports Harriman envisions a transcontinental line reaching from San Francisco to the Midwest, with key links to Birmingham and the Miners Union. The plan aims to connect western ports with eastern markets, backing a future era of expanded rail commerce.
The article argues wealth concentration via railroads banks and trusts threatens republican interests. It cites public stock buying in U S Steel and major railways as a check, and links tariff policy to wealth distribution. It ends with a health ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
A fragmented historical notice shows African American community leaders condemning Taft Curley Brewer and endorsing a reform slate. It lists officers and attendees, including Milton Waldron of Washington as President and George W. Wortman, with references to Roosevelt and the national party discussion.
April grain and livestock prices across Kansas City St Louis Chicago and Peoria show mixed bids for cattle hogs and sheep with No 2 spring wheat at 202 and corn around 68 87 cents in Chicago and St Louis prices vary by class with steers calves hogs and yearlings listed alongside futures like No 2 red wheat and No 2 yellow corn reflecting regional demand and supply conditions.
Local health board reports a well developed smallpox case in Freelandville. The patient’s family and all exposed residents were quarantined. Officials fear the epidemic may spread after a street outbreak and a visit to the town.
Report describes a chaotic nighttime procession with disrupted order and crowd tensions. Names such as Michel Ryan and Iola B. Pendle appear amid unclear details as local sentiment and officials discuss the event.
A city decoration plan is under way as Denver prepares to host the Democratic National Convention July 7. Citizens form committees to greet delegates with banners and bunting while the great auditorium nears completion. Denver has pledged 100000 for convention expenses, paid in four installments to the Democratic National Committee. In Chicago, Republican leaders move to set up headquarters in May and finalize contest decisions.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as the quick cure for kidney and bladder troubles. It claims the remedy is effective for many sudden deaths linked to kidney disease, touts tastiness and ease of use, and offers a free sample bottle and an information book by mail from Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York.
Governor orders all state militia to assemble and move to Pensacola amid reports of a riot. Companies A D F to depart by steamer to join Col Leffler, with 170 men and Gatlin gun detachment en route. Other guards from Suwanee, Tallahassee, and Apalachicola also proceeding to Pensacola.
Reports from Washington to Dunkirk note a consulate attack in Mukden led by A postinar and a push for swift government action. The Jacques Cartier expedition sails to study Arctic whales and other oceanographic aims aboard Monaca leadership equipment. A New York banker linked to a lodge scandal reappears after a presumed death. Paris cinematographic duels are filmed at Grande Roue. Indiana boy drowns after a boat capsizes near Mount Vernon. Congress veteran Byron Cutchcon dies at 72 after long illness. A 600-pound woman, Mrs Nordhoff, dies in Indiana. Gube Banner receives a 30-year sentence in Tennessee. Weather outlook for Monday and Tuesday covers active fronts over the Plains and Midwest.
Readable fragments mention The Great Baby Show on Monday and Tuesday nights and acts including Pangiers Airmaing and Misa Shanora Davia. The text hints at performances titled Maltte and a program at Theatorium with musical and instructive elements.
Oyrbs B. Davis of Greene County will run for Congress in the Second District subject to the Democratic congressional convention. Alya Pridgett of Daviess County plans to seek a congressional seat in the same district under party rules. Greenwood of Daviess County and Charles T. Williams of Daviess County also announced bids for prosecuting attorney in the Forty-ninth Judicial District, contingent on the Democratic judicial convention.
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