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Newspaper
Cambridge Jeffersonian
Location
Cambridge, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
1
Baltimore and Cincinnati dispatches show Taft and Bryan trading sharp critiques over Roosevelt’s endorsement. Bryan urges measures and anti trust views as tests of Taft’s labor policy while Taft counters with Bryan’s long political record and past stance on free coinage and labor issues.
Rochester N Y Sept 15 After a day of state leader talks the Democratic gubernatorial nomination fight narrows to a choice between Lieutenant Governor Stuyvesant Chanler urged by State Chairman Conners and Justice James W Gerard of New York City urged by Tam many Hall leader Charles F Murphy.
J H Stewart, Winterset undertaker and prominent local figure, was seriously injured last Friday when a wagon rear ended a tug on a steep approach to a bridge. He suffered a spinal injury but showed some improvement the following day. He is the father of Dr. Harry L Stewart of the city.
Miss Alice Rosemond travels to Lynchburg Virginia to enroll as a student at Randolph-Macon Woman's College marking a new step in her education and life.
Washington reports that at the international congress on tuberculosis to be held this month an electrical device will flash a light for every death from consumption in the United States. The display aims to shock attendees by showing the nation’s death rate, based on Census Bureau figures, through automatic flashes.
A Fort Huachuca dispatch says Col William F Stewart is ordered back to Fort Grant without the ninety mile test prescribed by the War Department. He plans to ride to Wilcox Arizona then return with a cook and a civilian to exile. He will resist retirement and seeks a court martial hearing. Havana editorials accuse the US army of smuggling meat into Cuba to dodge duties.
Maine's 460 of 619 communities report Bert M. Fernald (Rep) defeating Obadiah Gardner (Dem) for governor by 7,229 as Republicans win all four congressional districts. Democratic gains widen the party vote by over 13,000, while Republican turnout falls slightly. legislature leans Republican. Gardner boosts rural support amid high turnout.
Rochester leaders report early Maine returns showing large gains for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. National Chairman Mack says the gains reflect a strong drift of Democratic sentiment observed on his travels. Separate note from Chicago reports Oklahoma Governor Haskell says campaign funds from $1 to $100 donations arrive at about 3000 daily, excluding finance committee totals.
Blanche Ferbrache, four, of East Steubenville, was playing Band with sticks in her mouth when she tripped and a stick drove into her throat causing a deep, bleeding wound. Dr F M Mitchell treated her, saying the wound is not serious though very painful. The concert was stopped and she rests this afternoon.
Police guarded Collinwood schools as the fall term began after threats by grieving parents. Janitor Hirter and several teachers previously at the burned school were rehired in other district schools despite protests. An injunction blocks building a new structure on the burned site's lot.
The docket lists cases including the Incorporated Village of Pleasant City vs Dwight Flanagan an appeal and a foreclosure The Cincinnati Distilling Co is named in another case with an attorney Sheppard for plaintiff A minor Ray S Clark sues Pearl A Clark in a divorce petition filed July 13 1907 alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty with no children reported and claims the wife left home frequently and used vile names All facts are from the docket listing with no further details provided
Rock Ark Sept 15 Returns from the state election are meager and only a few scattering precincts have been heard from. It is known the entire Democratic state ticket headed by George W Donaghey for governor has been elected by a majority likely around 50000.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 15 Attorney Albert F Myers asked Judge Archbald for a rule to show cause why Harry K Thaw murderer of Stanford White should not be held in contempt for missing a hearing in Pittsburgh Thaw’s bankruptcy case The court granted the rule setting Monday at ten in the morning for argument Myers represents Thaw in bankruptcy proceedings The move is viewed as an effort by Thaw’s counsel to secure his release from Poughkeepsie jail via the federal system Judge Archbald questioned how Thaw could appear in Pittsburgh while jailed in Poughkeepsie with no official jail record known to the referee or the court
The memory of Bishop Henry C. Potter of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York will be honored with an imposing funeral and public services at Grace Church on October 20, following his death at his Cooperstown summer home on July 21.
In Saratoga New York on September 15 the Republican state convention faced a fight over Governor Charles E. Hughes renomination. Opposition failed to unite on a different candidate as Secretary of State Elihu Root declined to accept and urged loyalty to President Roosevelt.
Edward McDonald a suspended Hyde Park High pupil filed a mandamus petition in circuit court challenging expulsion for refusal to sign a pledge renouncing fraternity membership. The dispute centers on the right of students to retain secret society membership against school authority.
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