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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
7
The notice lists Joseph A. Beane as editor and states the Goshen Indiana post office entry as second class matter. Subscription terms include one year for five dollars and three months for one dollar and twenty five cents.
The Washington correspondent calls the new tariff bill studded with jokers meaning serious deception. He claims conference leaders hid provisions under various covers more scandalous than highway robbery, using sneak thievery as their method. The full extent of the villainy may not be known for a long time.
The New York Sun argues Democrats hold a singular opportunity with broad voter support, while Republicans face internal disarray. It notes tariffs as a point of Democratic strength and predicts a crucial test for the party in the state.
The trustee Lewis Barthel of Jefferson Township Elkhart County Indiana calls an annual meeting of the Advisory Board to discuss estimated expenditures and tax levies for the year. Proposals include township tax 15 cents per hundred dollars local tuition tax 27 cents per hundred dollars special school tax 20 cents per hundred dollars road tax 285 cents per hundred dollars additional road tax cents per hundred dollars total tax 95 cents per hundred dollars.
Government advertises eight thousand positions for men over 18 with common education. Examinations set in the vicinity on November 17 for listed posts, promising high pay, short hours, yearly paid vacations, and no layoffs. Instructors provide exam preparation.
Dr. Marcellus M. Adams, 75, longtime Greenfield physician and noted bibliographer, died at home after ptomaine poisoning from potted ham. Hancock county’s oldest practicing doctor, he served in Civil War units and later worked with the Indiana sanitary commission before settling in Greenfield in 1865. He was known statewide for his relic collection and for voting in every presidential election since Fremont.
Hartford City Indiana August report shows four liquor licenses granted by the county board to applicants. First ward Wartford City includes a large remonstrance, while Montpelier Second ward shows a strong wet vote with twenty four majority. All wards in Montpelier now wet and Wartford City Second ward also wet.
Terre Haute Indiana news records James H Pickerell a one armed man who declined the license clerk’s help to fill his marriage license form. He wrote with his teeth and said he would marry Wora Hare while planning to keep his grandmother in Paris unaware of the marriage. Pickerell lost his arms in a railroad accident sixteen years ago.
Jasonville, Ind. Aug 3. Bridegroom Chester Wadsworth and John Fongercussee were initiates in a marriage celebration by friends. They were doused with shoe polish, stripped of trouser legs, and ducked in a pond amid swings and cheers.
In Richmond Indiana on August 5 Mr and Mrs John Lipscomb welcomed their nineteenth child. The infant is described as lusty crowing and bald, matching the traits of many newborns. Lipscomb is fifty six and his wife forty nine, with nearly twenty children contributing to the local community.
A distressed community gathers as authorities investigate a fatal attack linked to Milo Howe, following a forged document scandal. Investigators pursue leads while relatives seek justice and public reassurance amid the turmoil.
Washington reports that nineteen Maoris from New Zealand were detained in San Francisco quarantine by immigration authorities after being found to be afflicted with disease. They were denied admission by Assistant Secretary McHarg of the department of commerce and labor. The tribe was to be used for exhibition by a hippodrome company in New York City.
Persian government offers ex shah Mohamed Ali a 75000 dollar annual pension if he returns the jewels listed in the nationalist inventory or explains their disposition. He is believed to accept and may depart Persia for Russia within two weeks.
Weimar Aug 5 Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar Heisenau heir presumptive to the grand duchy renounced succession to the throne and its property due to his extravagance. The act affects his heirs if any and ends his claim to the throne and related assets.
Paris witnesses a public execution at Saint prison fronts amid heavy police guard. Duchemin a 23 year old butcher, stabbed his mother in 1908 and strangled her during a robbery. President Fallières refused to commute the death sentence despite public revulsion.
Senate debates the leather schedule and tariff adjustments as Aldrich cites 500 rate reductions. Civic strife over McKinley tariff politics surfaces amid late-night session and calls for free cotton bagging.
Curtiss prepares today for a noon attempt at Rheims France as part of a world record try before sailing for Europe. He will fly a new aeroplane along a twelve mile course aiming for the international cup in favorable weather.
Sommers, using Henry Farman's bi plane, completed a night flight at Chalons sur Marne lasting two hours and ten seconds, surpassing French marks except Wilbur Wright's two hours nine minutes at Le Mans. In Albany, Homer Santipher, 24, shot himself in the breast after a struggle with Walter Keaton. both victims expected to die.
Ads note Plaut's discounts on wash goods and corsets at 15 yards heavy unbreached muslin for $1 per yard. Plant's offers spun glass linings at 15c, and a 50c corset with two pair supporters. Also mentions Carbo-Menth for catarrh and various local notices and performances.
A Huntington crusade to disrupt social gatherings draws attention amid church steps spats. Kendallville plans a 50 foot wide concrete bridge over Dei bele creek Main street crossing. Jim Chapman of the Auburn quartet receives jail time for disturbing the peace. Bryan to speak at Wabash Chautauqua next Saturday. Anguin Hall Martin reunion aimed at Winona Lake on September 1. Mrs. J C Love dies after a stroke from a cellar step fall. Huntington County population set at 30 158 for health officer salary with new law. H S Hippensteel leaves Auburn schools for Stevens Point Wis. J A Langston eyed for successor. J J Bryant named head of Tri State college Angola with strong recommendations.
Henry H Fales 90 dies in Spencerville Indiana, father of Orange Fales of Nappanee and brother in law of the Freeses. Tax levy remains at 1.95. Local chatter mentions dry era suitcase sales and Express Company activity. A tramp seller of Lehman's patent medicine moves 14 000 cases. John Doering of Wakarusa pays eight dollars fifty cents in justice court. Slouse's court action for speeding against Harvey Hughes and Oscar Jay of Goshen is noted.
State health authorities will hold two meetings in Indianapolis on September 7-8 to discuss better milk safety and supply conditions. McConahay Gas Mantles is not related to the health topic.
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