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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1908
Page
2
Hood's Sarsaparilla has long been used in thousands of homes as a spring medicine. The ad touts its purifying, appetite boosting, and tonic effects, claiming it cures spring ailments and blood diseases. It emphasizes safety under the Pure Food and Drugs Law and offers liquid or Sarsatabs with 100 doses for one dollar.
Washington session in Seattle adopts strong Taft endorsement with one dissenting vote foreshadowing regional delegate stance. Three state conventions planned next week Tennessee Rhode Island Illinois. Rhode Island districts meet in Providence completing the delegation.
Friends of Vice President Fairbanks announce a Kentucky Republican State conference to back Fairbanks for president. The meeting is set for the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville with leaders Brad ley Yerkes and Thatcher calling for delegates supportive of Fairbanks to win Kentucky's electoral vote.
The Republican Territorial Convention in Silver City, N M on March 21 endorsed Taft for President and instructed New Mexico delegates to vote for him consistently. Resolutions also backed the Roosevelt administration, urged statehood, reclamation of arid land and forest protection.
Denver hotel operators will provide ample accommodations for delegates and visitors. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway distributes a list of over fifty hotels to show the available lodging. Railroads plan low round trip rates within Colorado to encourage visits to tourist spots during the convention. Westerners organize detailed visitor care for the host event.
Former Governor James E. Campbell receives wide county endorsements for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate. Athens County convention today added to the growing support indicating he will win the party's state convention selection.
In Scioto County Ohio an election for county central committee favors Philo Clark with 24 votes to 8 for Rep. Bannon. The new panel urged delegates to the Tenth District Congressional Convention to vote for Taft instructions, signaling strong Taft support.
The article notes coffee causes sleepless nights and drowsy days for many people. It explains caffeine in coffee leads to trouble and that unpleasant effects fade when coffee is stopped.
A health drink made from choice wheat without coffee or drugs. A ten day trial of Postum is claimed to yield valuable results for those troubled by coffee oils, aiming to steady nerves and sharpen the mind.
The House Public Lands Committee agreed to report a resolution enabling the attorney general to sue for title to 2 million acres of public land in California and Oregon granted to the Oregon California Railroad Company. The action targets lands sold contrary to grant conditions, including open sale to settlers at 2.50 per acre, with 160 acre parcels. Chairman Mondell to draft the committee report next week.
R G Dun and Co notes continuing decline in lead ing railroads earnings for the first two weeks of March. total gross earnings across reporting US roads fall 13.8 percent from a year earlier to 8 765 918 dollars. February showed a 15.8 percent drop. highlights include Eastern trunk lines and regional routes with notable declines while Great Northern and Northern Pacific continue to report.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to a crowded Covington audience in Central Garden praising the Democratic platform. He blamed the Tobacco Trust for Kentucky farmers' troubles, urged reform, and contrasted Democrats with Republicans on corporate power and tariff policy.
Warden O B Gould in Jackson County directs procedures that practically ensure delegates from the Tenth District will be selected under instructions for Secretary Taft.
The Eighteenth Congressional district of Illinois adopted resolutions endorsing Republican principles and Roosevelt's administration and presenting Speaker Joseph G Cannon as a nominee for the presidency at its Danville meeting today.
The Rhode Island Democratic State Convention in Providence voted not to endorse Bryan for the presidency. The resolution was referred to delegates-at-large, who will decide at the national convention. Eight delegates-at-large were chosen, and they go unpledged to any candidate.
Cincinnati railroad officials plan a cantilever bridge 331 feet high to replace the Kentucky River High Bridge. The 40 foot arch span would support the structure, with counties on each end anticipated to purchase it for foot and wagon traffic once completed.
The Isle of Yank Tank, to be presented at Music Hall March 30 by Cincinnati Elks, will include songs by Cincinnati writers. Pieces such as They Teach It in School and Golf Golf Golf by E. K. Bennett and The Bogie Man by Walter Esberger will premiere if the try-outs succeed. Bennett also wrote the book and co composed the score with Esberger, serving as musical director. A miniature offshore version of the show is planned for New York. Mrs Athel Erwin Rendigs stars as the principal soprano, Joseph Hennegan plays King Bolivar, and Dr F Hofer McMeachan will direct the production.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Cincinnati after speaking to the Elks' Lodge in Covington and was introduced to a large group of local newspaper men. In a brief address he said he was glad to be known as a journalist and expressed a warm regard for newspaper men.
Columbus Ohio March 21 Senator Lamb of Toledo created a sensation by saying he saw a prisoner hanging by his wrists in the Ohio Penitentiary during a visit with Toledo women The prisoner claimed he had been suspended since Thursday and fed only bread and water The warden denied the charge of torture and said solitary punishment involved standing flat footed Lamb will report the case to the Penitentiary Probing Committee The prisoner said he would answer questions to the Investigating Committee if asked
Obituary notices report Colonel Charles Everhardt who served under General Lee and went to Mexico with General Shelby dying in Sedalia Missouri born 1831 in New Orleans. James B Hill Pittsburg Pa railroad executive died in Biloxi Mississippi after a brief illness described as a paralytic attack. Joaquín E Medina first Vice President of El Salvador dies in San Salvador.
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