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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
3
A reform proposal argues elementary schools fail to prepare students for industry and urges a split public system. It envisions factory schools for cooperative factory work and independent trades schools, reduced compulsory attendance to seven, early hands on work, and distinct pathways after sixth grade toward high schools, business schools, and factory trades.
An article by G. Elliot Flint explains sunstroke, sunburn, and tanning. It describes light rays by wavelength, actinic rays as the most dangerous, and how tanning protects skin. It notes heat and actinic exposure, dehydration, and cases among American soldiers in the Philippines.
Prince of Wales George, then in Canada for the Quebec Tercentennial, may tour the United States before returning to England. The heir apparent, 27, a naval commander, is famed for plain manners and popularity. He stays at the citadel in Quebec with wife and Lord Roberts, amid guarded dignity.
Edwin W. Sims United States district attorney at Chicago plans to press fresh action against the Standard Oil Company after a judge set aside his earlier victory. Sims a Canadian by birth raised in Michigan began as a newspaper man then moved into law after graduation from the University of Michigan in 1894. He rose from office boy to county and district attorney and later solicitor for the department of commerce and labor before becoming district attorney.
Thomas L Hisgen of Massachusetts rose from a Indiana born German Protestant family to lead the Independence party ticket in Massachusetts. He worked as a clerk in Albany and Petersburg and helped develop a patent axle grease with his brothers. He married Barbara Fox in 1900 and had three children. Hisgen ran for state auditor in 1906 and for governor in 1907, winning sizable vote shares and elevating his party in Massachusetts politics.
Standard Oil chief attorney John B. Miller, 68, secured a reversal in the Indiana railroad rebate cases, lifting a 29.24 million dollar fine. Known as a key litigator in the beef trust and Walsh cases, Miller earned Roosevelt’s ire for government appeals limits and is celebrated for his immunity bath maneuver against the beef packers.
William Jennings Bryan was officially notified as the Democratic nominee for president. John W. Kern of Indiana spoke, praising Bryan and stressing the party's Jeffersonian ideals and calls for government by the people. Bryan pledged to uphold the platform and discuss key issues as the campaign progresses. Kern welcomed the Western audience and emphasized national unity beyond politics.
Higbee, a renowned tunnel builder from Denver-U and 52, perished when a derrick broke at Shoshone camp of Central Colorado Power Company twelve miles east of Colorado Springs. A fellow worker struck Higbee on the head, crushing the skull. he reportedly built forty nine major tunnels.
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