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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
3
A long roster lists district representatives and members across Hartford New Haven and nearby towns. The piece comments on the 1904 campaign noting lack of torchlight processions and cites tainted funding talk and labor leaders criticizing Republican efforts while praising Robertson for governor.
The piece notes Lilley’s election and editors backing Taft while opposing Bryan. It warns of editorial stances shifting if Lilley and Bryan win, and mocks lobby politics in Waterbury and Hartford. It references a Japanese pamphlet on volcanic ash cement use and touches on Monsignor Slocum’s death and hospital project.
The text notes nations restricting arms due to mutual distrust, warning war may not come but costly armaments and taxation will. It predicts Europe’s people groaning under expenses, while Americans boast immunity from such protections against jealous neighbors.
Ansonia Sentinel notes Connecticut state campaigning diverges from national efforts with Chanler and Hughes in focus. New York managers push Chanler while Bryan and Hughes face headwinds, signaling a cautious mood over the coming ten days. Connecticut politics are treated separate from national aims by editors across papers.
A cutter in a luxurious Parisian style apartment contemplates love and the misquotation about nine tailors making a man. He argues the saying misreads history and bell tolls. The tale frames folly in linguistic corruption and bachelorhood.
In a personal crisis report a vessel in the Indian Ocean encounters numerous flying fish drawn to a lantern on the foremast. The stunned creatures crash onto the deck and resemble sand mullet, with wing-like fins that open and close like a fan. They are described as edible and offered as a dish for an epicure.
An escort explains a safe hit to a damsel who critiques a base runner's speed and skill in a Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt. The exchange emphasizes the runner earning second base on a safe hit, with banter about their base running ability.
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