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Newspaper
Checotah Times
Location
Checotah, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
7
Local brief notes report Sam Ackleson returning to Pittsburg after a visit. Miss Waits announces a fall millinery opening on Sept 24 with a complete display. Muskogee visitors, travels to Denver and Denton noted. Har ness and Saddlery advertised at Checotah Hardware. Several residents and guests from Wagoner, Muskogee, Denver, and Kansas City mentioned with shopping, visits, and school plans.
Optician Dr Levy will visit Checotah to test eyes and fit glasses for all eye conditions. He will be at the Gentry Hotel on October 16 and 17 for examinations and fittings.
Henryetta visitors and local residents share weeks of travel and gatherings. County Commissioner G S Crane remains home sick but improving. Rev R C Taylor and others plan Methodist services next Sunday. Various residents report trips to Missouri and Texas, future harness shop moves, and district court activity in Eufaula.
Taft argues for wage earners to receive equal opportunity and statutory protections. He cites Republican labor reforms such as employers' liability for interstate railroads, an eight hour law for government workers, and compensation and safety measures, stressing union strength and protections for unorganized workers. He notes future measures to extend government worker compensation and the ongoing employer-employee balance in shared profits.
The piece argues the central issue is whether to reelect President Roosevelt with his proven administrative team or to trust a group labeled as experimental and disloyal. It praises four decades of Republican legislation and administration, urging voters to render a verdict in November.
On Monday afternoon from 4 30 to 6 30 Mr and Mrs Ira Marsh gave a childrens party in honor of their daughter Lucile s sixth birthday. About 30 children attended and enjoyed ice cream cones cake punch and grapes. Attending were Marion Young Army Stevens Eilee Lear Vesta Lear Hazel Jones Vero Tucker Vernie Tucker Gladys Jarrett Jean Paul LaFay ette Herman Long Robert Hutchinson Francis Beeler Lolo Lanning Dunval Lanning Dean Ward Theodore Griffing Josie Naron Chas Lowry Jim Price Lowry Roy Huffman Lulu Maude Huffman Adeline Rutherford Carroll Cook Helen Wicker Helen Forsyth and Winifred Forsyth.
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel is recommended as the best salve for piles and suitable for any salve use. Beware of imitation brands and seek genuine products sold by H. D. Kniseley.
Taft while secretary of war ordered restoration of souvenir cards sold atop Washington Monument. The cards, from the Columbia Polytechnic Institute for blind adults, had been removed after some deemed them undignified. Principal F B Cleavland credited Taft with ensuring the cards could be sold again, praising his sympathy for the visually impaired.
Congressman James Francis Burke of Pittsburg argues in a speech that the president holds vastly greater power than Congress, warning that electing Bryan could yield harmful outcomes. He notes Bryan’s leadership reduced party control and cites fiscal and political concerns amid a volatile national mood.
The Concord Monitor notes the Labor World endorses Taft as a true friend of labor and predicts Gompers attacks will not split organized labor. It argues that Taft will remain a friend of wage workers despite criticisms and urges wage workers to avoid factional division.
The article reports William Jennings Bryan accusing William Howard Taft of reversing a pledge on corporate campaign contributions. It cites Taft as a law abiding citizen and notes a 2 Republican congress and administration previously passed a law six months before the Denver convention, suggesting Bryan aims to paint Taft as dishonest.
In Lancaster Precinct No 4 at Fairview Ne, the recent primary showed W. J. Bryan precinct casting 35 Republican and 26 Democratic votes. The same precinct later recorded 43 Republican votes in an unspecified fall tally.
The Baltimore Sun reports that Democrats push a localist tariff view while aiding black organizers in West. West Virginia, Nebraska, Kansas form Bryan clubs to mobilize black voters, Ohio seeks black support for Roosevelt era issues, and amid Browns ville fallout, Southern Democrats oppose local race politics.
Mr Bryan questions Mr Test Tom's additions to the Republican platform. The remark follows probing comments on policy direction and party unity. He argues changes may shift emphasis away from core conservative goals, highlighting the friction within the campaign and calls for clarity on positions.
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