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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1908
Page
4
Entry at the Goshen Post Office shows subscription terms for Rentana with three months options and carrier delivery. The notice lists prices: fifty cents for a year, one dollar twenty five cents for a shorter period, and a telephone contact. The date portion appears as Monday August 9, 1909.
The text alleges American investors lost millions from United States Steel stock and claims King Edward has gained over a million due to Morgan's tip. It also criticizes young naval officers, saying the phrase officer and a gentleman cannot describe some who bully and misbehave, urging removal from service.
The passage criticizes the American Newspaper Publishers Association as tariff makers and argues the press gains little from a proposed $3.75 per ton print paper rate, noting editors' waning political support and the long campaign by Republicans.
The Philadelphia Record denounces the Payne Aldrich Taft tariff bill with a banquet scene where Taft and major trusts are portrayed as fat and happy while the consumer sits apart with an empty plate. James H. Watson calls the tariff fight a bluff and criticizes the bill’s hidden bargains and money-driven details.
Report notes Brick selected as the paving material for Elkhart High Street. Local sentiment favors brick as the best paving for longevity and appearance reflecting general experience. Smith Clark Co Funeral Directors and Geo W Herr are mentioned in connection with local services.
President Taft fixes census appointments by region with a bipartisan split in the South and Republicans favored in debatable states Virginia South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas. Franklin MacVeagh will select five experts to form a tariff commission under the new law.
Chicago announces a citywide cleaning day set for Thursday by Mayor Busse. The proclamation urges residents to sweep yards and alleys and gather all refuse into one disposal point to improve municipal cleanliness and public health.
In Toledo on August 9 a launch capsized in Maumee bay killing two men and a woman. Seven men were rescued. Victims named include Harry Dill and Frank Tehaney railway workers and Mrs Mabel Hudson, all in their thirties.
Closing arguments in the Mattawan asylum sanity review for Marty K Thaw are heard. District Attorney Jerome says all spoke truthfully except Evelyn Nesbit Thaw. Justice Mills expects a decision by Thursday as Thaw remains in White Plains jail awaiting mental status ruling.
The Standard Oil Company is said to be earning dividends of 80 to 85 million dollars yearly while disbursing 40 million to shareholders. Reports suggest a capital readjustment next year to raise stock from 100 million to 600 million, potentially valuing shares at about 115 dollars if authorized.
Two masked men robbed the Montgomery post office after binding and gagging postmistress Mrs V X Beher. They took $155 in stamps and cash. Beher and her husband woke around daybreak. he rushed to summon help as the thieves restrained his wife in the rear of the store connected to the post office.
Washington reports seven of twelve members chosen by Congress to study European Canadian and U S waterways will sail for Europe to inspect rivers harbors and canals. The party includes Senators Burton Gallinger Simmons and Alden Smith as well as Representatives Stevens Ranger Sparkman Cassidy and Johnson professors McPherson and Smith and Army Engineer Col Bixby and Herbert Knox Smith. Additional members plan to join September 8 in Strassburg to begin Rhine investigation.
Helen Mattox, fifteen, locked in her bedroom, dressed in white, knelt before a mirror and shot herself with a rifle after a quarrel between her mother and stepfather. Her mother raved and attempted suicide upon learning of the tragedy.
Augusta residents report R. T. Dunnington, an armed insane man who barricaded his house and wounded a deputy, has departed with his father. Women and children stay indoors while men head to arms.
Atlanta Aug 9 Private Edward We Coulter was shot and killed by Private G Z Elany at Fort McPherson after a regimental command to halt failed. The incident is under investigation by military authorities.
Auditor D O Batchelor certifies the complete 1909 August allowances list from the Elkhart board of commissioners, Elkhart circuit and superior courts, and county auditor covering July 10 to August 5 1909 inclusive. The entry names numerous individuals, banks, and businesses receiving per diem salaries, fines, ins, repairs, and supplies, including Culp Son burial, J M Gowing bailiff, State Bank interest, and Home Tele Co service.
The trustee of Bango township Elkhart county Indiana calls an advisory board meeting at the schoolhouse to estimate year expenditures and levies. The plan includes township expenditures 1600 with 20 cents tax, local tuition 2500 with 80 cents tax, special school tax 25 with 8 cents tax, building 43% cents per dollar, road expenditures 730 with 20 cents tax, additional road expenditures 720 with 10 cents tax.
Benjamin W. Porter an insurance agent vanished after drawing $200 from his accounts last May. He wrote to EH J. Nealy describing being seized in a park, held in a closed cab, moved to an old building, kept twenty four hours, then shipped toward Frisco before escaping. His wife had died during his disappearance. He claims to not know he is a widower.
A papier mache mummy of a woman and child, built in Los Angeles by J B Fisher, was found in a pine icebox and shipped to Iowa buyers for exhibition. Fisher has long sold faux ancient mummies to markets. In a separate note, Chic Darrvinge, third baseman, sold for a record price to an unspecified California team.
National League and American League results list team records and key pitchers. Standings highlight Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati St Louis New York Philadelphia and Boston with win totals and percentages, while schedules note no Sunday games and minor league results from Indianapol is Milwaukee Louisville Minneapolis and St Paul games.
Indianapolis August 9 Shu maker state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league unveils a state map for statewide prohibition. The map marks wet and dry zones and shows steam and electric rail lines as arteries from the capital. He cites Indianapolis and major cities like Terre Haute Evansville South Bend Fort Wayne as centers sustaining liquor circulation.
Columbus outfielder Kruger leads American Association batters with an average around 317. Indiana area star Hallman hits 402 for Earsas City. Thielman of Louisville sits mid pack at 312 after 29 games, while top ten includes King 317 and several others.
Indianapolis Aug 9 Nathaniel Parker Willis was killed in a courtroom in Arkansas during a fight over his seven year old daughter. His will provides $5000 to the child if she is raised by her mother or $100 if given to Willis’s mother. The estate, about $1000000, mainly goes to Mrs Frances Ellen Willis of Indianapolis.
A debate between Jeffersonville and New Albany high schools in Indiana devolved into a physical clash. Several participants were injured with blackened eyes, and Silver Creek water ran red from bleeding noses as tensions flared during the event.
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