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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
A cemetery owner seeks a responsible party to take the unoccupied portion of the original Oak Ridge Cemetery Lot in Block 4 west, keeping the occupied section maintained.
J. B. Skinner of Hebron Nebraska requests contact from any interested party regarding found money on show day. A. M. Shrock of Route 8 is also involved. Mrs Grubb holds a closing out sale of millinery with store hours extending to evenings. The Smith Clark Co. Home Outfit ters.
Indianapolis reports describe Tussell Gaar, about nineteen, losing clothes and valuables after bathing in Fall Creek near College Avenue. He borrowed a temporary outfit, reported the incident to police, and the thief remained at large. Also noted: ex-county auditor Coving Clark jailed on fraudulent claim charges and Dr. Lindenmuth hospitalized with smallpox.
Chicago representative W T Abbott, tied to John R Walsh and the Southern Indians Railroad, discusses rail rates for coal shipments from southern Indiana. He complains Indiana regulators and coal shipments trouble him, while noting lawyers for Walsh enjoy busy times in court. A separate report notes George Engle, 49, killed when a slab over a ton fell on him at the Zi Block.
Tasonville Indiana on June 20 Joseph Addison, an employee at Hianley's saw mill, was badly burned when pouring molten metal spilled into a shafting box and erupted, throwing metal fragments and injuring him.
Truve Scott, eighteen years old, was thrown from a horse and killed at Port, Indiana. The horse stepped on his right side, ending his life in a tragic accident.
Mrs Hanmipton Miller dies at her Angola home after long illness. Decatur enforces dog muzzling July and August. Muellering Construction completes large sewer in Kendallville. Rebekah lodge in Decatur marks 36th anniversary. Knights of Pythias abandon uniform rank in Columbia City. Mrs Marion Lee of Angola repeatedly transferred to Logansport asylum. Albert Sugar of Angola to Philippines as civil engineer. Huntington businessman Edward Dirr dies in Las Vegas New Mexico. Mrs Flavius Parks of Warsaw suffers severe burn from hot stove. Wells county 162 pupils graduate from common schools. Bishop Hughes delivers commencement address. Two Huntington men pardoned by Gov J Frank Hanly: Benj Burdette and Charles W Sparks. Charles Betz pleads guilty to beating step-son at Bluffton Elks carnival. Bluffton school board vote to end domestic science in high school. manual training to continue.
Mrs. Alice Kinney of Verdon visits sister-in-law Mrs. B. F. Kinney. Albert White moves back to his farm northwest of town. Mrs. George Ott of Chattanooga visits her parents. Mrs. Hoffman of Goshen visits Mrs. Pare. Mrs. Nusbaum of Indianapolis visits her parents. The Sudborough sisters visit their father. Louise Sanger returns from Chicago University. D. M. Hayes of Bremen visits. Miss Clara Miller returns to Paulding after trimming at Miss Lara Keenan's. Lt. Will Menges, Bristol, marries. honeymoon in the west. Parritt family hosts children. Winship of Elkhart at Longlake. Card from Mrs. S. in Haimsher from St. George, Canada, to Los Angeles. Elkhart County Fair to show new grounds. matinee July 4. Wanted: Manager for Goshen branch. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised. Fourth of July at Farr Association grounds with band and six races. Also note screening of A Night of Terror at Vaudette.
Denver June 26 Thomas Taggart chairmn of the national Democratic committee arrived with a Bryan Kern ticket forecast saying Bryan will be nominated on the first ballot with Kern as running mate He praised the Auditorium and scheduled a July 4 meeting to settle contests from New York Ohio Illinois and the District of Columbia Norman BR Mack said no government ownership of railroads will appear in the platform.
Washington reports say the Democratic congressional committee faces a money shortfall as it begins fundraising two months early. Chairman Lloyd flew to New York to solicit contributions from party leaders whose loyalty to the party is trusted, aiming to support extensive literature and early campaign plans.
The Democratic state convention ended amid cheers for Wildo Bryan and the Town state ticket after a heated debate over the Aquor plank favoring local self government. Jurists from Creston and Maquoketa won nominations for supreme court judges on a county vote, with resolutions praising Bryan and naming Claude Porter and Fred White as candidates.
Delegates from Iowa express support for popular election of senators, improved roads and waterways, and tougher anti trust enforcement. They denounce government by injunction and freight rate discrimination, urge empowerment of the State Railway Commission, and name Lincoln Price as chair and John Tatton as secretary with Jerry B. Sullivan as permanent chairman.
Clarence Fy Shearn for Hearst argues ballot boxes were stuffed as recount nears completion. McClellan leads by 2,971 after 46 of 1,984 boxes recounted. Shearn says excess ballots over voter counts seen in many districts and vows frauds strong enough to threaten McClellan's title.
The clipping mentions tremors and a Republican state tie in a political context, a health ads pitch for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea, and local business ads for Hawks Hardware Co and The Smith Clark Co Undertakers. It reads as a jumbled mix of political commentary, tonic advertisement, and vendor notices with no clear event or outcome.
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