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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1908
Page
12
Nebraskan William J. Bryan receives huge crowds and strong cheers as he tours Ohio and West Virginia. He uses the trip to attack Republican tactics and campaign finances while demanding Roosevelt correct an alleged misstatement about funding.
Fifteen men and one woman from the barges Selvin Marvin and Lizzie A. Daw were rescued after drifting all Monday night in a storm on Lake Superior. The vessels struck rocks on the Keeweenaw shore near Portage Entry early Tuesday. the rescue came aboard the steamer Edward N. Hines amid thick forest-fire smoke. The Marvin rode out the night and rustled ashore in the rocks. the Lizzie A. Daw suffered a total wreck with its crew tossed about in mountainous seas.
Miss Lillian Ross of New York and others report relief from irregularities headaches and nervous prostration after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad cites thirty years of use and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
Frank H. Hitchcock, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said New York is absolutely safe for the party and that California, Oregon, and Washington will yield large pluralities. He added Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas look favorable, Montana seems safely Republican, and Missouri Kentucky Maryland show fighting chances in the final campaign push.
Manila reports indicate the recent seismic activity has ended after thirty hours of tremors. Seismograph records show fifty five shocks in twelve hours with two strong events nine imperceptible and the rest microseismic. Experts locate the disturbance focus in the Pacific Ocean near Luzon’s coast.
A Constantinople dispatch reports negotiations between Austria Hungary and Turkey have broken off with the Porte refusing to accept Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation as accomplished fact.
Seven women were injured when a Bellefontaine car jumped the track in St. Louis. The derailment caused a crash with another automobile and brought down a telephone pole. The accident was attributed to a low mood in the track.
From the West came Packy McFarland and he hammered Leach Cross with precise counterpunching for five rounds to secure a decided victory in the six round bout. The win places McFarland among contenders for a lightweight title shot against Battling Nelson.
In Ellis Kansas on October 22 doctors declared Mrs Thomas Chap man deceased after attempting revival. She had collapsed earlier and funeral preparations were halted as physicians concluded life was extinct despite efforts overnight. Friends gathered for the service before the medical decision.
Taft rests in Cincinnati joining the Citizens' Taft club address and a Mason convention parade review before three days of campaigning in Indiana then a move to New York. Dr. Richardson reports strong recovery and confidence Taft will fill upcoming speech dates with good voice and energy.
Reports of a $500000 race track fund for Lieutenant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler were vehemently denied by State Chairman Conners and Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy. Murphy said he knew nothing and no money reached Tammany Hall, while Conners called the claim a partisan fabrication with no truth. A Democratic college men’s mass meeting is planned in New York October 27 with W. C. Bryan to speak.
Fire at Vincennes Indiana caused losses over 100000 dollars as the Bartlett Kuhn grain elevators from Terre Haute and the Empire Paper company plant burned. The inferno disrupted local storage and milling operations and prompted investigations by local fire authorities.
Knowledge Magazine notes ships far inland see few lightning injuries though dramatic flashes are common aboard. Steel wire rigging now acts as lightning conductors when hulls are metal, preventing damage unless the current is interrupted. Historical events include two Britannia and Bombay Castle mast fires in 1802 near Algoa Bay and a 1896 Victoria deviation surge from a fused fore conductor after a thunderstorm.
Four year old Clyde and his father stroll in a meadow. Clyde asks why they cannot take tadpoles home. A large frog prompts Clyde to think deeply about differences between himself and his father in a playful rural vignette.
The Baltimore American quotes a humorous exchange with Miss Azure Fiose of Boston and Mrs. Jones of Plainville about a doctor's strength and his tendency to prescribe. The brief dialogue highlights public amusement over medical advice.
Maud asks if Belle told a man she proposed. Belle replies she did propose but he was so mifted he believed he proposed himself. London era tone captured by the Moston Transcript.
A wave of defections from the Bryan wing of the Democratic Party surges nationwide. Massachusetts electors decline to back Bryan, while figures in New York Maine New Jersey and Missouri announce support for Taft. Prominent Democrats across cities join anti Bryan clubs and publicly back Taft and Sherman.
The article credits Ohio laws with advancing labor interests through employer liability reform, strict child labor limits, and public works labor standards. It notes protections for widows and orphans, compulsory proof of skill for miners, and safer practices in electricity and machinery, all advocated by state labor groups. It argues Democratic promises offer little concrete action by contrast.
The article recalls a historic practice of open confession and public penance in a white sheet for grievous offenses. It cites events in 1882 at All Saints East Clevedon, 1851 at St Bridget’s Chester, and earlier cases in Essex and Ditton Cam bridge, indicating the decline of the ritual.
Doubtful Mr. Bryan wishes the president were not so quick to respond to letters. The note suggests frustration with Roosevelt’s rapid replies and implies political tension implicit in correspondence.
A shabby traveling actor bemoans hotel clerks as cold while recounting a Red Dog inn stop. His barnstorming partner recalls asking the clerk for special terms and being told actors deserved six months in the county workhouse.
In a Detroit bookstore a prim matron asks for a book “no fiction” but true and concise. The clerk surveys the shelves and, with a flash of inspiration, selects a popular geometry volume for her son, claiming it meets her requirements.
A reflective line notes that individuals most easily accept beliefs aligned with their desires, even when confronted by contrary facts. The remark suggests bias shapes truth and self deception.
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