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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
4
Luther D Braden announces a bid for a county office seeking one year in the county. The notice appears in the Greensburg Standard with price and subscription details listed for single copies and advance payments.
The final session of the current Congress will convene next Monday. Details on agenda or attendees are not provided in the text.
Considerable progress is reported in tariff hearings and officials express optimism that an honest revision will emerge. The remarks emphasize a desire for transparency and accurate adjustments benefiting consumers and industry alike.
Claude Stitt, deputy postmaster at Wabash, disappeared last week leaving a shortage of 2622 dollars to be made good by his bondsmen and Postmaster Parmenter.
The House shows Republicans 73 and Democrats 69 while the Senate has Republicans 11 and Democrats 23. Democratic majority on joint ballot is 8.
Gov Albert B Cummins was selected as U S Senator by Iowa lawmakers with a 106 to 35 vote He is described as a reformer of the La Follette type and would bolster the new reform current in the Senate.
Official returns from Kentucky list Bryan at 244,243 votes and Taft at 235,334 with Bryan ahead by 8,909. Prohis 5,866 and Socialists 4,037. Past elections show Parker carried the state in 1904, Bryan carried 1900 by 8,098, and Wilson won last year by 18,053. The state appears contestable.
The article notes a proposed new state named Pecos with El Paso as capital, spanning about the size of Illinois and west of the Pecos River. It comments Texas’ vastness and contrasts climates, but cautions division is unlikely soon.
The Decatur County Farmers Institute meets this morning in Letts for a two day session. The second session will be held in the city next Friday and Saturday. Farmers are urged to attend to gain benefit from state funded institutes.
Batesville Tribune questions why criticisms of J Frank Hanly for wrecking the Republican party are voiced while William Jennings Bryan is not similarly censured for alleged damage to the Democratic party. The piece contrasts partisan commentary among Democratic contemporaries and calls for balanced critique.
Evangelist Charles Scoville holds a revival at the Alderson Christian church. A native of Steuben County, he has twenty years in evangelistic work and last year led nearly 10,000 souls to Christ. He is counted among the country’s most successful evangelists and is a close associate of Billy Sunday.
Hon Joshua M Spencer of Rising Sun died on Thanksgiving in Cincinnati while visiting friends. Born seventy years ago, he served as Rising Sun mayor and was the Republican congressional candidate in 1904 and ran for the legislature this year. A respected, old school Republican and community leader.
The piece argues the Democratic party forced temperance into politics, defeating Republicans who advocate repealing the county option. It asserts liquor remains an evil regardless of last fall’s vote and defends the principle of giving the people power to regulate saloons. It contrasts this stance with Bryan’s political shifts.
The Connersville Times editorial urges Republicans to hold their ground and wait to observe Democratic moves, arguing for steadfastness in current position as opposition plans unfold.
President elect Taf and Frank H Hitchcock met to discuss March inauguration plans. Military features are likely with Troop A Cleveland National Guard seeking to serve as escort. Colonel Webb C Hayes, son of the late President Hayes, is a member seeking favorable consideration.
The Franklin Republican questions Mr. Jones on Prohibitionists and Democrats aligning in Indiana. It argues Republicans sacrificed for temperance, but Prohibitionists showed little interest, with voters largely preferring non-interference in saloon control and opposition to a united Prohibition ticket in 1912.
The patent medicine industry serves a public need as long as illnesses exist and people seek comfort and life-sustaining remedies. Doctors are not always accessible or affordable, and families rely on home knowledge and trusted remedies. Manufacturers supply a public necessity and deserve support like any other essential business.
The government forms a country life commission to study conditions in agriculture education labor and sanitation. It collects hundreds of thousands of letters from farmers teachers ministers and others asking what should be done to improve farms communities and the overall rural experience. A farm hand notes long hours poor sanitation and lack of order push capable workers to cities, underscoring the need for systemic reform.
A Kansas editor extols the newspaper as essential to family life, noting it chronicles births, marriages, graduations, and local deeds from childhood onward. It frames the press as a constant beacon through time and crisis, recording virtues, omitting meanness, and linking generations.
A warning that frequent colds or a prolonged cold can lead to chronic catarrh, with advice to treat each cold seriously. Promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, citing Mrs. M. White of Butler Tennessee who reports rapid relief and improved throat and lungs. Sold at Batterton's drug store.
A satirical lament predicts a city in ruin as four guests pass away and old institutions fade. The Franklin Club records crumble while a local paper man, amid asbestos presses, ponders a forwarding address for readers in a fiery, end‑of‑world scene.
Ninety three of Kentucky's 119 counties are totally dry and twenty one are partially dry while four remain wholly wet. One county voted on prohibition as a unit and its outcome awaits court ruling. Jefferson Kenton Campbell and Nelson counties are wet. Scott county's option election is contested in court. The Anti-Saloon League notes Kentucky drinks less whisky than most states.
New Castle Courier argues against repealing the county local option law. Brewers and allies push to wipe it from statute books while moral forces should unite to oppose repeal. Republican holdovers support retention. new senators’ platforms imply constituents favor keeping the measure.
County Civil Engineer William H. Rights reports on the Hawcreek ditch petitioned by John Newton and others in Bartholomew circuit. The six and three tenths mile channel from Hope toward Columbus township line aims to straighten Sawcreek, prevent flood damage, reclaim farm land, and raise property values. Assessments total 20412 for benefited land with 470 for damages.
The season for coughs and colds rises and quick treatment reduces risk of diphtheria or scarlet fever. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is trusted by many mothers, including Mrs. F. F. Starcher of Ripley West Virginia, who favors it for children and adults. It contains no opium and is sold at Batterton's drug store.
Batterton's offers a range of Bibles from teachers Bibles and Testaments with flexible backs to large family Bibles, catering to varied reading and gifting needs.
The Saturday corn show at the court house attracted many entries with 29 total in yellow and white classes. Judges M. E. Newhouse T A Coleman Ira G. Budd Roy Kennedy and Don Webb selected winners in both colors and Coleman gave a lecture on corn raising. Winners advance to the Omaha exhibition in December with exhibitor names listed for yellow and white categories.
At the regular Friday night meeting, the Sexton Encampment elected its officers for the ensuing term. Asa Bockover named G. P. Charles J. Peall as lines, H. P. John D. Walker, S. W. J. E. Gaunt, J. W. Robert W. Watson as Treasurer, W. T. Cones as Scribe, L. H. Roszell as Trustee.
Newpoint Lodge No. 656 S O O F elected J ohn Schilling N G William Pohlman W G John H Hilliard Recording Secretary Logan Williams Financial Secretary Adam Shazer Treasurer Clarence Colson Trustee will serve the ensuing year.
A Nova Scotia reader testifies that Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets ease a heavy dull after eating feeling. The product strengthens the stomach improves digestion and regulates liver and bowels. Free samples available at Batterton's drug store.
The Primadonna and Divas Ruby both by Marion Crawford priced at 1.18 each at Batterton's.
A Des Moines mother credits Peruna with curing her son Herman after scarlet fever and a lingering cough thought to be consumption. She recalls watching him near death, discovering a Peruna almanac, and giving the remedy which she says saved him. The ad ends urging readers to ask for a free Peruna almanac for 1909.
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