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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1908
Page
2
A garbled advert summarizing relief claims for Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. Read testimonies praise quick relief from headaches and rheumatic pains, with cautions about dosing and availability. Mentions locations Battle Creek and Elkhart and distributors.
The Goshen Democrat editorial laments the Gompers Mitchell and Morrison verdict as a blow to labor, worries two million workers distrust courts, and warns of implications for the judiciary and national unity pending the U S Supreme Court decision.
Rome reports that Joan of Arc appeared to the Pope in a vision urging him to persevere with his policy, promising soon triumph. The Pontiff emerged pale from prayer and kept quiet for several days after the beatification ceremony.
New Year’s Night marks the debut of A Woman of the West with Arisi Berlein in the lead role. Chicago critics hailed the production for originality and natural staging with Vaughan’s direction and a capable company promising a strong western life portrayal.
Washington Pa December 28 Bewildering ties arise from three marriages within two months linking Henry Dillinger an aged farmer with his two sons Charles and David and the Richmond daughters Lucy sixteen and Jennie nineteen. Mrs Maria Richmond became housekeeper then wife to Dillinger. Lucy wed Dillinger and later David Dillinger wed Jennie Richmond.
The Cent Labor Union of Philadelphia adopts a resolution denouncing the Bucks Store and Range company as unfair and attacks on free speech and assembly. Delegates say they are ready to go to jail for the cause with Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. A separate New York note reports plans for a 200000-man demonstration next Sunday over jail sentences for Gompers Mitchell and Morrison. The Central Federated Union sends resolutions to President Roosevelt and says no crime was committed and pardon is improper.
Franklin Fox returns from Chicago to select new comic pictures for Irwin Week and to arrange another Goshen engagement with Mr. Chub Hill. The program features Dr Jerkil and Mr Hyde and Francesca de Rimini as lecture subjects. Chub Hill slated to return Jan 4 for an indefinite Irwin run. Tonight’s feature is Danton and Pythias with Fowey lecture and Goshen baritone Drake singing Sailor Boy. Local ads note beef, pork, bread prices and Quaker Oats.
Theodore V. Johnson left for Trinidad, Lower California, to aid William G. Morse, Taft classmate at Yale, who is jailed in a Mexican town on a charge related to killing a Mexican. Morse is son of telegraph pioneer S F Morse. Coal mine fire renewed after five days at Hastings. Niagara Falls enforces Sunday Closing law as saloons stay shut.
A long list of residents travels and visits from Newark Nappa Montpelier Green Castle and nearby towns. People like Wilbur Fuller Miss Inez Corpe Miss Gladys Cornelius J. M. White Dr W H Eby and others are noted visiting relatives, returning home or going to cities such as Chicago Indianapolis and Warsaw. Several trips to Michigan and Indiana locations are mentioned.
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