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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1908
Page
3
The Elkhart Review notes Taft defends his tariff stance and calls for a congressional session post election. Bryan and Taft exchange positions on tariff reform while Republicans face banking fears tied to past failures by prominent party figures. The piece argues for a bank guarantee over unreliable banking.
Indiana gubernatorial candidate James E. Watson released advance copies of his keynote address but, upon seeing strong local support, removed the bank guarantee critique from the Fort Wayne version. The speech appears in two editions, one original and one expurgated for districts affected by the Indiana National Bank failure at Elkhart.
In Indiana the Republican machine is demoralized and fleeing defeat. Marion county leaders face trial for public money theft as Democrats and alleged liquor interests are blamed. The Indianapolis Star counters with charges against a Republican brewery alliance while Indiana Democrats vow to vote the straight Democratic ticket in 1908.
Hard times marked the Anderson fair last week with sparse attendance as the panic spread through the region. By contrast the LaPorté fair reportedly drew strong crowds and was a noted success for the season. The Smith Clark Co Undertakers listed in the notice.
Indianapolis reports that Bernard Worbly is nominated by the Democratic state committee to the state board of election commissioners with Jefferson Claypool for the Republicans. Governor Hanly will appoint after returning from Missouri as the board plans its Sept meeting. A bill by Har ry Slough aims to cut ballot printing costs by 25 percent over prior methods, addressing ballot distribution to voting machine counties.
A construction firm imported fifty Black workers to Poseyville Gibson county Indiana. Locals gathered at the lodging building and threatened the workers unless they left the town. Authorities set guards and pledged protection if order is kept. A past burning of a Black family home and threats to the employer are noted as escalating tensions.
A review lauds a play set in Vermont praised for its lack of melodrama and clear moral. It highlights sympathetic Cambridge characters and the engaging narrative as Theatre-goers prepare for Wednesday night performance at the Jefferson Sears venue.
Popular play Thorns and Orange Blossoms by Lem B Parker from Bertha M Clay novel to be staged at the Jefferson tonight by Rowland and Clifford with Miss Lucile Gardner leading. First directoire gown in the city and Goshen debut aside from stock companies. Cast and production expected to be excellent at popular prices.
Robert Williams presents a sensational melodrama titled On the Bridge at Midnight at the Jefferson tomorrow night. The Chicago production Klimt Gazzolo and Cohen tours fill three weeks in Chicago at Alhambra Criterion and Bijou theatres with a special baggage car for scenery and a dramatic jack knife bridge Feature. Popular prices apply. Body exhumation: John McNeill to Walkerton potters field and moved to Wheeling.
In Virginia the widow traveling from Wheeling identified the unidentified corpse as her husband who disappeared months earlier and was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train on July 4. He was buried in the paupers' field with no further identification available.
John W. Bebert purchased an undivided one half of the Egbert homestead at Third and Clinton streets. He plans to remodel the property and occupy it in the future.
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