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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
2
A period notice praising Barper laundry for spotless colors and finishes. It invites readers to bring shirts collars and cuffs for clean linen at a small establishment, appealing to refined society and overall neat appearance.
Fort Wayne Sentinel reports the Charles W. Miller gubernatorial canvass claims nomination readiness and a homeward tote. Capt Jack Gowdy cites James E Watson fate ahead of the state Republican convention in two weeks. Marion county Republicans plan earlier delegate elections aiding W L Taxlor though doubts persist. Federal office holders split over Beveridge Fairbanks and Hemenway loyalties, aiming for Taylor delegates to forestall post election trouble.
The Indianapolis News is accused of supporting Fairbanks and his political machine by opposing local liquor action. They charge the paper with bartering for brewers and lying about Democratic editors. The Editorial Association condemned the News as false and biased.
Kenneth Lehman son of Henry Lehman has joined Henry W. Savage's Woodland company now touring in the south. Mary Quivey William Heidluff and Harry Benham, Goshen notables, are part of the cast. Lehman has been in Phoenix Ariz for health.
A fatal accident at the Republic Creosote Plant on Miley Avenue near Pearl Street killed engineer Fortune and burned bystanders after a creosoting process tank overheated. The eighth recorded explosion in company history occurred as fumes ignited near a boiler fire box, engulfing Fortune and injuring coworkers Arustrong Minh and Adios Minh.
A trio of brief items: in Owensburg two men Babb and Boruff fought after a bullet struck Babb during a walk. Babb jailed after the dispute. In Phitfork township Jefferson Collins injured by a lightning strike near his home, recovering. In Kane a debt dispute ends with a payment of twenty dollars. in Dud Mattel a linen fire destroys goods from a bolt. In Elizabethtown Henry Ogden reports a hen laying two eggs daily for a week.
Tomorrow morning tickets go on sale for Henry Miller's superb production The Great Divide by William Vaught Moody at New Jefferson Theatre next Tuesday. Lester Lonergan and Adelaide Nowak star as Stephen Ghent and Ruth Jordin in this acclaimed New York hit praised as a theatre triumph.
A Mexican Catholic newspaper republishes a New York article urging Mexico to prepare for war with the United States over the sale of the Lower California peninsula and its harbor Magdalena Bay. The piece speculates on a potential great power confrontation and mixed outcomes.
Blanche Walsh and Rhineche Walsh star in Jacob Gordin's The Kreutzer Sonata at New Jefferson New York venues. Critics hail the production as a powerful drama with Walsh delivering a premier performance. Seats go on sale Monday signaling a major theatrical event of the season.
An excursion train on the International and Great Northern railroad derailed fifty two miles south of San Antonio after a broken rail. Victims include W O Myers and M E McElroy. Dr. Cagper and J P Robuck among the injured. several others hurt lightly. Another blast near Las Palmas, New Mexico, kills two and injures three when seven dynamite sticks thawed in a stove explode at Loxos Tumos.
Berlin report states 47 arrests were made during a suffrage demonstration on Wednesday. Nine policemen were injured in clashes with protesters. About fifty demonstrators were wounded, with many more likely hurt as many left before being recorded.
A news agency reports that Miss Elking may become a royal highness in her own right upon marrying the Duke of the Abruzzi and that any sons could have succession rights, a claim contested by Corriere della Sera. The filing references The Smith Clark company undertakers and Window Shader Leidner & Hascall.
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