Kosciusko County Democrats Seek Clean Victory in 1908
In Plymouth Indiana June 18 1908 a Democratic convention is urged to nominate a candidate who will faithfully represent Kosciusko County and the Thirteenth district. The piece notes past Republican control and calls for a house cleaning and honesty in government while contrasting wage and price trends in 1907. It cites labor and retail price data from the Bureau of Labor and criticizes Republican methods at the Plymouth convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thirteenth
Indiana
Plymouth
Bureau of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Not Guilty For Sale Of Dry Beer In Indiana Test Case
A Monroe county jury of twelve men found that selling dry beer from Capital City Brewing Co of Indianapolis is not illegal. Eleven jurors acquitted Charles Murphy after four hours, while one held out for conviction. Testimony showed the beer contained 0.43 percent alcohol, less than Frankfort’s 0.63 percent, challenging the state’s malt liquor definition.
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Bloomington
Ind
Frankfort
Monroe County
Capital City Brewing Company
Indianapolis
Charles Murphy
Beng
James Bright
Dr. Lyons
Indiana University
John G. Grelson
J. E. Henley
Mr. Wetzel
United States Revenue Officers
Tupper Let Go Too Soon and Wanted for Rascalities
Columbus Indiana July 22 reports Harry E. Tupper a 26 year old forger embezzler and crook who escaped due to a misprung jail door and boarded a interfinancer triggering telegrams from several places seeking his capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Harry E. Tupper
Tupper
Despondent Farmer Ends Life During Sheriff Sale
In Pleasant township Fort Wayne Indiana on July 22 John Pistt a farmer tied to a sheriff sale was found hanging from a tree by neighbors alerted by his absence. The death is attributed to despondency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Pistt
Mpleasant Township
Death of Bishop Henry C Potter in Cooperstown
Bishop Henry Codman Potter of the New York diocese, age 74, died in Cooperstown after weeks of illness. He led the diocese since 1887, succeeded his uncle Horatio Potter, and was active in labor and city politics including backing Seth Low’s mayoral bid. He is survived by his second wife Elizabeth Clark.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Henry Codman Potter
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Henry C. Potter
Schenectady
N.Y
Ife
Horatio Potter
United States
Potter
Seth Low
Elizabeth Clark
Chicago Grain and Live Stock Prices on July 21
Quotations from the Chicago Board of Trade show wheat oats corn and rye futures with closing ranges. Cash sales cover winter and spring wheats and various corn and oat grades, while live stock and hay markets report receipts and price bands for hogs cattle sheep and calves.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Wees
Ras BO
East Buffalo
Lynning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. Y
Pga
Owen
Bristol News Roundup and Local Incidents
Bristol items report summer visits by Chas Watkey and others, fishing in St Joe yields large pickerel, Y M C A relay passed through Bristol, local social visits, a new band, and residents at Klinger Lake. Crimes include Joseph Miles drunk arrest, George I Smith saloon case with trial set for August 7, and William Gilbert assault charge settled with fine. St Mark's Sunday school to serve ice cream on Dr Peck Bruce lawn.
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Chas. Watkey
Lagrange, J
Jas. Congdon
Chas. Stutsman
Gale Mfg. Co
Enter
Hilbish
Dean
Chicago
St. Joe
New York
Bristol
Edith Adams
Atkins
Klinger Lake
Effie Sudborough
Goshen
J. E. Barbour
Clark Hospital
Elkhart
Joseph Miles
Marshal Self
George I. Smith
West Lincoln Avenue
BE. A. Dausman
EL Mott
Smith
Jacob Ratz
John Sutherlin
Sutherlin
William Gilbert
W. W. Hatch & Sons
Fifth Street
Offcer Greenwood
Cornelius Adeline
East Goshen
Gilbert
Adeline
Dr Miles Heart Cure Adacity Card
An old advertisement describes weak heart action and nerves affecting heart performance. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a strengthening tonic for the nerves and heart, claiming speedy relief and urging sufferers to try the medicine. The ad cites a Covington address as contact.
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Miles
Main St
Covington
Plough seeks Elkhart sheriff seat at Democratic convention
Milo H. Plough announces his candidacy for sheriff of Elkhart county pending Democratic convention action. The sixth Geo Shoeman family reunion is set for Island Park, Elkhart, August 20, 1908, with Mayme Inbody as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County
Milo H. Plough
Geo. Shoeman
Island Park
Elkhart
Mayme Inbody
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Nebraska
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Thomas R. Marshall
Frank J. Hall
Secretary of State
James F. Cox
John Isenbarger
Marion Bailey
Walter J. Lotz
Supt. of Public Instruction
Robert J. Aley
P. J. Kelleher
Supreme Court
M. B. Lairy
Diana
Congress
Kosciusko
Marshall
Bt. Joseph
Guerke
Congressional Committee
Birteenth
N. Stevens
John R. Jones
Sec
Denver
New York Realty Journal
Bryn
Brynm
Special Privileges Party
Roosevelt
Hearst
Mark Hanna
The
Democrats of Kosciusko Coun
John Rousseau
Morton Norman
Harry Rott
Theodore Treadway
C. H. Marxson
A. H. Beldon
Jimes Right
P. H. Kerr
O. B. Lampkins
Fred Garrison
Isaac Goodwan
Maurice Demaree
Charles Blakely
Bringhurst
Eringhurst
Vandilla
Wi Hinkle
Caldwell & Bridges Dry Goods and
E'r. I
Tedrick
M. PeMar
Ag Il
Lad
Clyde Hartline
Vincennes
Vincenne
Seoren
Dreseh
Ames
M. Wagner
V. Wy
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Episcopal
Boston U
Toronto
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Winona
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Roy Leist
Studabaker
Justice
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
Lowney
BIG Four
Benton Harbor
Oswego N. Y
Jenner
Umbrellas
Keipp’s
Umbrella House
South Main Street
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
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Thousand Islands
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