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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
2
The piece notes Coroner Dr A C Mast and Allen R Bemenderfer as trustees candidates in Gosden and mentions Watson’s fiery pledge on temperance. It contrasts audiences at Anderson and the reception committee in Gosden with saloonkeepers present. It also cites Republican critics over bank deposit guarantees and public interest in the issue.
The piece notes Taft initially opposed a policy but shifted after western GOP conventions backed it. It criticizes Republican scare tactics used to spur票 support, saying past attempts to frighten voters about a panic have failed. It asserts readers are thinking and less susceptible to such arguments.
Obituaries report Daniel McMinn death in Auburn and Daniel Troxel in Huntington. Vaudeville at Harter Opera House in Wabash. Bluffton saloons closed by remonstrance. Logansport burglaries rise with three early Wednesday crimes and three last week. Horse thief Detectives adjourned after a Peru held meeting with officers Anglin elected organizer. Adams county man John Kull alleged insane with $40,000 bank claim. Huntington mayoral plan for motor car service linking Huntington to nearby towns. 23rd Ind. Battery reunion in Huntington praised. unit formed in 1862 under Capt. Myers. Ely Wells county changed hands to poultryman John Stroud for $700 and repurposing old store into chicken pen.
Taft plans a cross country speaking tour from Ohio through Indiana New York and the South with stops in Louisville Chattanooga Greensboro and Newark before returning to Washington for a Roosevelt conference. Carnegie and Mrs Sage contribute to the Republican fund while an appeal seeks 50 from 10000 businessmen to support campaign costs.
William J. Bryan toured Illinois addressing crowds from Quincy to Hannibal touting a Democratic cure for hard times. He labeled himself the Advance Agent of Prosperity and attacked Taft and Cannon while urging voters to back a Democratic victory for economic revival. Enormous crowds greeted him at every stop as he spoke repeatedly during the day.
The original authorized Nelson Gans fight films debut at the Jefferson at 8 15 pm this evening. Filmed in Colma Cal on Sept 9 last the exhibition marks the final local showing. Tickets cost 25 35 and 50 cents. The program promises every move from training to the 21st round and warns against pirated copies.
John Temple Graves of Georgia, the Independence party candidate for vice president, gave an address at SpeFort Wayne last night outlining his political platform and goals.
The Democratic candidate rode a torchlit escort through the parade route as crowds cheered. He delivered Illinois style remarks and planned a tour across Missouri visiting Paris Mobery Kansas City and St Joseph before 7 p.m.
Willam R Hearst spoke to a large unruly audience. police kept order as he presented Standard Office letters from John Archbold to A J Cassatt urging support for Sibley against Sib ley and a McLaurin letter critiquing Roosevelt and Hanna aides. The letters suggest political maneuvers to influence national races.
Detroit fans flood the city for the opening game of the world championship as captain Hugh Jennings of the Detroit club receives a telegram from Muggery McGraw of the Giants. He congratulates Jennings on the season and predicts the best for Detroit.
A reported rifle clash between United States and Canadian fishermen occurred on Lake Superior near White Fish Point. Canadian officials claim they heard of the affair but refused to discuss it. US fishermen were said to be fishing in the area with some divers reportedly going to the sea to make a seizure, but the report states the gunmen escaped.
Bridget Fetr banks, a delegate from Ohio, was killed in Detroit when she fell from an elevator shaft at the Grand Union Hotel on Jefferson Street. The accident was reported from Detroit with details indicating a sudden death in a hotel setting.
C M Harris visits South Bend while Gus Swanson backpacks Michigan lakes. Mrs BE Drake and daughter Ma mie tour South Bend. Myron Simmons visits Mishawaka for Sunday with family. Towle of South Bend visits sister Abner Blue with Miss Florence Wollam to sing at Elk hart church. Neff of South Bend visits Mamie Cook. Noel Murphy and Beryl Neterer socialize in Elkhart. Oren Ragsdale leaves for Indianapolis to reside. Carrie McClure attends Elk hart Queen Ester convention. James Arthur returns from Chicago waterways convention as a delegate. Martha Andrews returns from Huntington after visiting J B Andrews. Ralph Gattshall and mother J B Reed of Paris Ill guests of the Gattshalls. James Wead returns from Chicago after a week’s visit. M E Simmons comes from Mishawaka for illness in the family. City officials will attend Cubs game in Chicago. Misses Blis Sno barger Lambert Young travel to Klinger's lake for a few days. John Parfitt and daughter arrive from Fort Wayne to visit Luel la Barlow and Helen England. Elizabeth Aker of Tyner leaves for New Paris to visit daughter Mrs Moses Whitehead. Albert Reith returns from wedding trip and plans to resume Detroit river tunnel work. Mrs Reith stays in the city a week.
Abe C Brower of South Syracuse suffered serious injuries in a runaway at Milford Sunday. C L Leonard trustee filed suit to condemn land near Silver Lake school building. Jessie Marie Kerring wed Bennet Bostwick Morgan of Chesterton on Oct 7 at the Kerring home. Morgan son of Margaret Morgan. DePauw graduate in insurance. Jessie Marie one of Syracuse’s most popular young ladies.
On Tuesday October 13 at 8 p m Florence A Walters of Anderson and Rudolph J Yoder of Goshen will address the public on economic and political questions from a socialistic viewpoint. A pupil named Alice Walters ran away from the work school at Plymouth and was later apprehended at Michigan City. A note about Laula Haslanger formerly of South Bend now in Indianapolis is mentioned with unclear details.
For sale notices mix with coffee and cigars. The ad touts Poyser's as the place to buy genuine Seal Ship blue paint oysters and mentions a household furniture sale at 112 South Fifth Street. It also references Our Black Cross coffee blend and a Macho Havana cigar.
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