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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
1
Taft outlines presidential aims praising Theodore Roosevelt. He condemns corporate abuses, pledges tariff reform, and income tax by statute. He supports anti trust enforcement, pure food laws, and meat inspection. He discusses physical valuation of railways and stronger standards for future stock issues.
Civil War veteran Captain Andrew Nuhfer collapsed and died while kneeling in prayer at the Evangelical Lutheran church in Toledo. Nuhfer organized Company H of the Seventy-ninth Ohio and endured a long confinement in Andersonville prison.
The Independence party held its first national convention at Orchestra Hall Chicago with delegates from across the country. Hearst arrived to applause and was named as temporary chairman. a balcony heckler shouted Bryan, prompting a brief hiss storm. Union label gavels were presented to the chair as committees were formed with no seat contests expected.
Senecaville residents report visits and recoveries as Mrs. Bates and daughter visited relatives near Cumberland last week. Niagara Falls trip completed by Mr. and Mrs. Shear and Miss Huffman with brother Fred. Injuries include Lewis Secrest biting thumb in rip saw and H F Gordon with a badly mashed thumb. Prof. W O Moore finished studies at Muskingum College and returned home. K P officers installed by Dr C Bates with several posts to install next meeting. O O F officers also installed with multiple names listed for future appointments. Kearner and wife visiting J W Hutchison’s. Page notes reference to recovery and room return.
Pollock and family from Illinois visiting relatives and friends on East Wheeling this morning before returning home to Pennsylvania with Pollock's mother Mrs. cade.
Washington ponders if Netherlands aims beyond protecting Dutch interests as cruiser Gelderland sails toward Venezuela. Analysts note Venezuela’s ongoing debt payments and prior European pressure, with naval strength calculations weighing against Dutch tonnage in a potential rupture.
Gen S H Hurst former postmaster in Chillicothe and political figure died today in Chillicothe Ohio He was Ohio s first dairy and food commissioner and a prominent public servant in the state.
Testimony at Averill park inquest into Hazel Drew’s death shows she was murdered and her body placed in Teall pond to mislead as a suicide. Earlier allegations of death by own action were contradicted by the evidence presented.
In Buffalo West Virginia the steamer Neva burned to the water’s edge after an exploding lamp started the blaze. Captain Stadler and the crew jumped into the river and swam to shore for their lives. The incident occurred July 28 in Gallipolis Ohio area reporting.
Soprano Melba says she cannot sing in America next season. She has eighty concerts planned in Australia after finishing her English tour in December. The Melbourne native explains her father wants her in Australia, guiding her return rather than performing for Oscar Hammerstein in New York.
The Rev. Arthur Gee of Arlington Street Baptist Church resigns after a farewell sermon criticizing church creeds and government. He says salaries measure ministers and many clergy chase money, lamenting commercialism in churches and seeking liberty to preach with freedom of speech. He relocated from Sistersville, West Virginia to Akron, Colorado.
Oyster Bay July 28 due to urgent need for gunboats in the Caribbean President Roosevelt has ordered the cruiser yacht Mayflower out of summer service. The Mayflower under Captain Thomas Snowden sails south to Haiti to relieve the gunboat Paducah at Port au Prince preserving American interests amid tensions with Haiti Venezuela and Central America.
The notices record births and deaths near Barnesville and Salesville during July 1908. A baby boy born July 14 to Mr and Mrs Derwood Williams lived only a few hours. W H Little died July 14 of heart trouble, leaving a large family. Woodard Williams of Pennsylvania died July 24 at his home from liver enlargement, with four living children. Mrs Daniel Linn returned from Cincinnati hospital in poor health with her daughter Pearl. Relatives from Cameron Ohio Dennison Ohio Slater Missouri and Newark Ohio visited or stayed with local families.
T. J. Norris departed this morning to visit Columbus friends, planning several social meetings and days of sightseeing during the trip.
Cincinnati observes a general holiday marking William Howard Taft's nomination for president. Cannon salutes from four hilltops, martial music, and fireworks light the day as Charles P Taft receives a city presented flag at Pike Street residence. The festivities include parks bands and public gatherings across the city.
Angelina Evangelista age unknown, an Italian resident of Coney Island Avenue, fell into a twelve foot deep sand pit with five feet of water in her yard. Policeman Oscar Rothman leaped after her but both were buried by mud. Rescue ropes pulled they to the surface. Evangelista died shortly after. Rothman was hospitalized from exhaustion.
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