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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1908
Page
4
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Public interest focuses on Bryan and Kern as the Democratic ticket gains attention. The piece contrasts Roosevelt and Taft comments and critiques the Baltimore Sugad analogy, urging voters toward a change in administration.
The text notes Roosevelt’s presidency created 99 319 new offices, 23 764 in 1908, costing $69 508 506.42 and making each office a Taft mission. It mentions Congress appropriating $1 18 804.57 more money in peacetime than all but Civil War years, plus treasury bonds issued by the secretary of the treasury. It warns of a looming deficit next year.
The piece portrays Joe Cannon as an elective despot in the House of Representatives. It argues he is a servant, not master, subject to removal by motion. It contrasts Cannon with Bowen emperors and notes threats from the Methodist church temperance advocates and Latinians against him.
The text describes rival groups backing a notable figure who has built powerful monopolies and enjoys immunity from scrutiny. It notes intense efforts by forces of corruption concentrated in the district, predicting they will likely win as they fight his battles.
The Petersburg Index Appeal cites Mr Olney praising the Democratic party as the country’s best organized protest against Republican misrule. It argues that Democratic support is essential to counter excesses in spending taxation and military expansion and urges voters to act by backing Democrats in the upcoming contest.
A Devoe & Co letter to Jones Knitting Co argues that words may mislead and the paint's quality shows behind them. The claim is that Devoe paint uses fewer gallons per job and offers a pay-if-saving guarantee. George E Bushnell & Co are noted sellers of the product.
Ex convict Philip Alger who served five years of an 18 year sentence for the murder of his sister in law at the Virginia Penitentiary died Thursday at his home in the mountains near Luray. The death followed a drunken meeting with his sister in law in the road when he shot her.
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