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Newspaper
Greensburg New Era
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
8
The piece denounces Republican rule in City and county highlighting high taxes and graft claims after Tuesday’s sewer explosion. It asserts politicians seek personal gain with little return to citizens and cites a racially charged anecdote about Eugene Chafin and the 1906 campaign trail.
A chatter about Adams township influential republicans questioning if they truly governed in the Shiloh road matter. The column critiques county debt and asks how commissioners’ road schemes impact townships amid public concern over unnecessary costs.
Three quarters of a four mile measure leads to longer routes for farmers trying to reach a county commissioner’s home. Residents fear increased walking time and hardship for women due to poor roads disrupting rural mail access.
Robert Bryan heads to Cincinnati for a new home. Adetta McLaughlin hosts a party for Nell Drake. Kate Haas visits sister in Franklin, then returns home. Dot Haymond visits Mrs Gayner and Miss Minnie Crews. Mrs Harrison Foster travels to see her father A. J. Cooley in Chariot Stury. Ed Fee of Clarksburg and Ed Moore and Anna Moore from Letts shop in town. Will Rohrer and Will Riner of Hope visit for shopping. Miss Wheelock of Anderson was a recent guest. Mr and Mrs E. J. Herrington and Mr. Frage Herrington stay with the senior Herrington family. Sun dial motto urged youth to focus on hours of sunshine. Armour fertilizer cars add to Decatur county farmer supply. Diphtheria cases trigger visit postponements. one fatal case. Mr and Mrs Alex Stevenson return from Indianapolis. Mrs Stevenson anxious over sister-in-law Mrs John Petty’s nervous condition after a traction-car accident.
M Nothe Walt Jackson reports a shooting accident near his farm on Monday. A well casing blew out, damaging the windmill and scattering its tail. He urges others to move windmills farther from wells to prevent further destruction.
United States inspector visits Zoellner premises on a Tuesday afternoon and commends the honesty and reliability of the business. The inspector praises Zoellner syrup as pure and wholesome and notes the ice cream grading, with Mr. Zoellner expressing evident pleasure.
The 94 Club held a Tuesday afternoon session with Mrs Stimson leading a varied program including roll call, papers on Acquisition of Territory Since the War, Scientific Discoveries Since the War, and recitations by Mrs Meek John Brown and Carrie Nation. Delegates Henry Thomson, T. C. Havens Will Davie and Mary Gray and Annie Rowe travel to Bedford for meetings through next Monday. Local items mention Edmeades buying a prune arch, a house contract, and the Second Annual Feast Show at Purceu during the Farmers Short Course week January 11-16, 1909.
A rambling collage of quirky notes and jokes about poker in Ark, a Texas marriage, drought, milk from cows in Ohio, flirting, fashion, cadged donations, religion, editors in heaven, legal notices, advertising, and a humorous scene at a band concert with a cheeky remark about a baby’s teething.
Reports from Indianapolis include John Craig on business and birth of Roy Rybolt’s son on October 6 1908. Mrs Edgar Lacham and daughter Mise Molina shop in town. Democratic candidates gain encouragement countywide. Jease Whitten visits her parents H M Dobbins in Clarksburg. Rev Brown and Centenary family face delays in household goods arriving. goods stuck in Cincinnati box car. parishioners care for pastor’s family. The Browns split time between Crocka and Kemble homes. children with Mrs Will Watson. Charles Caskey’s remains laid to rest in Greeley Colorado with Odd Fellows rites. Lon B Parker presents The Fighting Parson at Greensburg October 23 18 W F Hane Melodrama, cast led by John A Prestor and Sirab Maronia.
An advertisement describes weak heart action and related symptoms such as short breath and palpitations. It promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a strengthening medicine for nerves and heart muscle, with a testimonial from Mrs D Barron of Covington Kentucky and a money back offer on the first bottle.
Col M C Welsh and his wife will celebrate sixty years of marriage on October 19. The couple have a large family with four sons and many descendants. only two deaths have occurred in the relationship.
Leslie Came sat at his office near the square when a man stepped from a passing buggy and lifted a new whip from his rack. The thief fled on foot and vanished. Came vows to identify the culprit if seen again, while onlookers note the incident is no casual gathering.
A collection of miscellaneous quotes and observations on money, storage, personal worth, security, deceit, faith, aging, sales, and love. The items include notes on Indiana horse valuations and scattered proverbs about prudence, honesty, heartache, and temptation.
A fragmentary quip decries rumors of a hair shortage affecting fashionable women. The writer mocks panic over hats and curls while invoking classical authorities to argue courage and human distinction, contrasting nature’s creator with human folly.
A Chicago despatch reports Prof. William M. Martin, a Democratic delegate from those Islands, charging Republican candidate Taft with complicity in a $330000 theft while Governor General of the Philippines. Martin alleged money was stolen and hidden, challenging taft and others to prove or face libel in court.
On Thursday Eugene V Chafin, Prohibition candidate for president, spoke to a crowd in Greensburg after arriving by train. He argued that Prohibitionists could win enough electors and criticized Democrats and Republicans as failing to advance issues. He pledged to remove intoxicants from the White House and to close saloons, while noting support from Local Option Republicans and Democrats.
Mrs Clarence Haiward and Mrs Anna Murphy entertain a number of friends this evening at Mrs Murphy's home to honor Mina Nell Drake, reflecting the warm regard in which she is held by her circle of acquaintances.
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