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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
Classified notice from The Greensburg Standard offering subscription terms: one year in county or out of county, with advance payment price of 11.50. The ad lists Luther D. Braden as editor and includes a $100 item notice.
The report notes 878 smallpox cases in Indiana for April with only six deaths. It also asserts St Louis as the most corrupt city in the world during Friday June 6 1902.
Delegates cheered for Bryan at the state gathering though his name was not included in the platform. The omission sparked surprise while supporters pressed for recognition of the leader amid the party activities.
A minister of the M. E. Church South delivered the invocation at the Democratic State convention, a noteworthy moment highlighted in the report.
The British suffered 22,206 officers and men killed in the Boer War. Total expense of the conflict is reported at 1.25 billion dollars.
O M Tichevor a prominent Republican politician of Princeton drowned Saturday while attempting to rescue a little girl Beth went down to rise no more.
KeEnEsAwn LaAndis of Chicago brother to Congressman Charles B Landis and Hon Fred Landis is discussed as a potential candidate for Congress. Noted as a Democrat though the mention raises surprise about party alignment.
Dr John Henry Barrows, president of Oberlin College and noted preacher, died. He led the World's Religious Congress in Chicago in 1893.
A Shelbyville Republican critique argues the party relying on an anti tariff stance overlooks the publics approval of the economic prosperity produced by the protective system.
The Anderson Herald reports the Democratic State committee faced a major challenge in the past week trying to reconcile factions, as about half the party moves in a different direction, complicating unity efforts.
The state convention hailed a reorganization win while critics who backed Bryan and silver were asked to retire and step aside, signaling a shift in party leadership and strategy.
The Shelbyville Republican reports that if elected Auditor of State Hon. David E. Sherrick will likely appoint Warren Bigier of Wabash as chief deputy. Bigier was reared in Shelby county, taught school, studied law and was married there.
In Indiana last year about 30,000 fewer persons received state aid than in 1907 and the state saved nearly $400,000 in aid expenses. The Madison Courier notes these figures, while arguing they do not prove increased prosperity.
The Rushville American notes a sharp contrast in reactions to suffering. It claims Democratic statesmen show little sorrow for the South's "sand cure" but weep long for a poor Filipino, and that familiarity breeds contempt, as the negro's suffering in the South moves observers to tears.
Corydon Republican notes anger of old veterans from the Civil War era as current critiques of the army in the Philippines recall painful memories of 1861 to 1865 when they fought to uphold the flag and the Union.
The author notes the U S Army totals 66497 with 14040 cavalry 17742 artillery and the rest infantry. He questions the danger of a large standing army and argues one third should be kept in the Philippines until a stable government is formed. He suggests future self-reliance for Filipinos akin to Cuba and calls the policy honorable and just.
The commissioners met Monday to approve bills and plan to finish Tuesday. They inspected Jackson township pikes and opened bids for Poor Farm provisions, with A M Reed and Donnell & Son among low bidders. several items listed with amounts. John E Mull of Adams named administrator of Emma Doggett's estate after a long dispute, referred to Judge Hord.
Taxables figures from Township Assessors filed with the County Auditor Monday. Local notes report corn planting finished by C A Brown and cattle sales attended by W1118 Robbins in Iowa. Church services set for Liberty Sunday at 10 30 AM. Shippings and developments include J G Robbins Sons sending cattle to Iowa and Robbins Wright shipping stock to Cincinnati. Other items mention workers, visiting relatives, fence work by Geo Styers, and rumors of A G Taylor buying the Bunker farm near Greensburg.
A Sandusky Indiana farmer promotes Bowker Fertilizer Co as a trusted supplier with three factories and strong service terms. The column then lists town notices from local residents about a barn project, a strawberry festival, social calls, market activity, travel, a death, a stone quarry contract, and notes on ongoing wedding coverage.
The grand jury will probably adjourn today after visiting the Poor Farm yesterday. Trials set include McCoy on appeal from survey Monday and State vs Riley Barnes for petit larceny Wednesday. Judgments in favor of Solomon Miers and William Bellis against George M Ray. Ray tied to fraudulent township warrants. he is in State Prison. Andrew Goodpasture acquitted of carrying concealed weapons. New case filed Tuesday by Lewis B Jones Admr estate of Cynthia A Jones vs Sarah Johngn et al. Probate claim filed by W J Norton against Harriet Norton. Court adjourned at noon yesterday. Anna Jones granted divorce from John F Jones. Grand jury failed to indict four Goodpasture brothers and Charles Filler. they were released yesterday afternoon.
John Goodnow U S Consul General at Shanghai will receive a Chinese decoration for peacekeeping efforts in central China in 1900. He is the eldest son of James Goodnow, a Madison printer and editor, and the Goodnow family once lived in Greensburg during the 1850s before moving to Minnesota.
The list shows new marriages including George Smaith and Rose Hedges, Halsey Hastings and Balle Higgins, Henry Redelman and Ida Ticker, William Kanouse and Clara Brown, Lonnie Ray and Ethel Morford, John Gilchrist and Alice Wildman, Herman Laudick and Anna Meinkhaus, Alonzo Clary and Mary Smith, and Henry Cutter and Margaret Weisback.
The advertisement promotes Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as a remedy for billiousness. It claims the tablet cleanses the stomach regulates the liver and bowels and offers a quick and permanent cure. Batterton sells the product.
The florin, famed modern coin from Florence, possibly gave the city its name or named for the flower de lue. Austria and Holland still use the florin as a monetary unit, a relic of Europe’s coinage era driven by northern Italian states and a flawed continental system.
Friday last marked the 40th wedding anniversary of Rev. Jesse Miller and his wife. They wed in Clarksburg and with two other couples traveled by way of Rushville to Connersville, listening to Gen. Hackleman’s final public address at Rushville before returning to Clarksburg via Laurel.
Tuesday night Pequannock Tribe No 185 IRO R M elected officers Prophet John Allen Sachem C F Northern S 8 Fred Israel J 8 Will Little Trustee Lon Arbuckle.
A Greensburg Indiana advertiser urges residents to buy life insurance from State Life of Indianapolis, claiming the state plan is superior, pays larger dividends, and keeps money in Indiana, with a coupon to J. E. Caskey.
A Philadelphia Record item notes cooks negotiating wages and grease as a perquisite. The cook can gain about four dollars and fifty cents weekly from waste bones sold at half a cent a pound. A separate quip from the New York Commercial Advertiser jokes that Providence deprived women of humor to curb men's absurdity in love.
A light quip from Puck on inviting many guests to dinner sparking fear for cooks in polite society. Mr Isolate of Lonelyville embodies the delicate dining dilemma with thirteen at the table.
Witty exchange quotes Mrs Newlywed mocking her partner for proposing as he pretended to be a fish out of water. He admits feeling awkward yet humorously claims he landed the moment in a clever way.
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