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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
2
A Republican program extols conserving natural resources as essential to national prosperity and home ownership. It traces Roosevelt’s Inland Waterways origin, cites the 1907 commission, and endorses Taft era conservation, urging widespread private ownership and canal and irrigation projects to foster growth.
A senator extols Tests qualities praising his poise temper, force of character, integrity and patriotism. He notes Tests public service marked by wisdom and progressive principles, citing twenty years of close acquaintance and a decade of notable work.
Fragmented reading shows Tietiaed Olney opposing Roosevelt while backing Bryan. the Bryan League reports about $20,000 raised in the state for the campaign. The text reveals factional support and questions about contributor news and individual seats.
A Saline County farmer who came to Kansas in the early days and built a large holding says he will vote for Bryan this year. He argues lower prices on wheat and corn will lower land values, enabling him to buy more farms, and says a Bryan victory would reduce prices on farm products and land. He also says a Bryan win supports free wool, the sheep and wool industry, and cites Roosevelt’s indorsement of Taft as worthless.
Quote attributed to Wiltac H. Taft stresses that presidency should not be pursued through compromise with Senator Foraker or any other figure if it breaches core principles. The remark frames commitment over political gain.
The Labor World of Pittsburg attacks Bryan and Haskell over his labor record. It cites questions on Governor Cove’s anti union actions in Alabama and Mississippi labor disputes, urging clear repudiation. Gompers' stance shifts cause mixed reactions as union leaders split on endorsing Bryan or Taft.
In Baltimore Brian recalled the party’s history and the lack of newspaper support for the presidential candidate. The note argues Bryan’s potential is not harmed by Taft’s weaker foes, noting Taft served the public at a modest salary while Bryan amassed wealth.
The United Brewery Workers of America with 40,000 workers rejected endorsing Bryan on Sept 24. At a Labor Temple convention in New York City the English and German secretaries called the resolution a joke. James Duncan, first vice president of the AFL and secretary treasurer of the Granite Cutters, repudiates President Gompers’ aid to Bryan and urges workers to vote by their own judgment.
A critique accuses the New York Democratic platform of betraying Democratic principles to favor Wall Street interests and protected interests like insurance and stock jobbers. The speaker says no Democratic candidate could win on such a platform north of the Mason-Dixon line, noting Rochester nominees’ public records as evidence against Murphy’s corporation resolutions.
Mr. Bryan says he would extirpate trusts root and branch and oppose Bergens rhetoric if it aims to seize property divide it and call it to pieces. Taft in Columbus argues large trusts, if legitimately conducted, greatly add to national prosperity.
They argue that a protective era was only for infant industries and that we have outgrown infancy. The speaker notes grown giants and warns that a mature competitor can be as dangerous as a monster, urging caution as industries develop beyond early aid.
Mrs John W Kern wife of the Democratic vice presidential candidate focuses on helping sick children in Indianapolis. A devoted mother she supports Eleanor hospital for sick children and the free playground movement. She favors practical charity over club talk and leads efforts in fresh air camps and child welfare.
A verbose profile praises Mrs Kern and the home at 1522 North Meridian. It notes three children Julia, John Worth Kern Jr., and William Cooper. Mr Kern is depicted as a caring, practical father, twice married, with a late son in the US Army. The piece touches on Mrs Kern's education and musical talents and ends amid a tangent about British egg imports.
Mrs J T Bennett of Gardiner Maine says her back and bladder trouble laid her up but after taking Deans Kidney Pills for three months she was completely cured and the ailment has not returned. Dealers laugh at this product priced at 56 cents a box from Fonter Mulburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragmentary quotation recalls a terse exchange about an uncle who remembered a person yet chose not to mention them. The line hints at unresolved family memory and the weight of unspoken past events. No further context is available from the excerpt.
J F Hennen of Milan Missouri records a long history of skin trouble starting twelve to fifteen years earlier with itching and stinging. After three doctors failed he used Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent and improved immediately with no further itching. He also had a leg breakout after grippe and pneumonia treated unsuccessfully by a doctor until Cuticura Remedies cured it. May 13, 1907.
A Washington Star remark contrasts idealist advice on truth in campaigning with a candid reply about voters shunning a man who appears maturing in nature. The piece weaves in ads and quotes on beauty, a free cook’s book offer, baking powder promotion, and a line about hard work versus idleness, ending with a snappy sales blurb for a “down grade” swift classf.
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