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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1908
Page
3
Miss Florence Dickey and other residents from Kentucky and Indiana recently returned home after Miss Hazel McCoy s house party in Martinsville. Local clubs hosted events including Mothers Club and The Club of 94 with speakers, luncheons, and gatherings at multiple homes North Broadway North Franklin Street and DeArmond hotel referenced.
In Vermont last week George H. Prouty won the governorship by 26,862 votes. The GOP captured major statewide offices led by Prouty with a Republican legislature consisting of 28 Republican senators and 2 Democrats, and a House of 180 Republicans and 37 Democrats.
With a forthcoming message to Congress President Roosevelt advocates raising the regular army from 60,000 to 100,000 men. The plan reportedly calls for at least ten more infantry regiments, five cavalry regiments, and several coast artillery companies. European powers currently maintain large standing forces, including Germany, Britain, Austria-Hungary, and others, far exceeding the United States.
Mrs. Nellie Floyd Mueller of Lafayette writes THE STANDARD to correct an item about the county commissioners and Floyd estate. She says the Floyd heirs did refuse the initial offer but later accepted a proposed settlement after conditions changed, correcting the mistaken claim of the succession.
Peter Brown age sixty three died at noon Tuesday from heart paralysis after a brief illness. A lifelong Clarksburg resident, he suffered heart trouble for years. He leaves a wife two sons and a daughter. Funeral services were held yesterday at ten in the morning with burial in Clarksburg.
Of Interest to Many, Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more. J. H. Batterton, ml] fae.
Attractive Rowland and Clifford comedy drama "Thorns and Orange Blossoms" arrives Tuesday September 15 with Lucile Gardiner leading the cast. Seats go on sale at 9 am with prices 25c 35c and 50c.
Total appropriations amount to 44 485 50 dollars with special allocations for bridge projects. Four thousand dollars fund a new bridge on the county hill southwest of Burney. Nine hundred fifty dollars cover banisters at the fill along the Sancreek pike southeast of the city. Three hundred fifty dollars finance a fill at the Hooten bridge in Marion township.
The commission selected a 527 acre site three miles south of Rockville in Parke county near Sand Creek station on the Vandalia railroad. The land costs $24,000 and deeds will be drawn for immediate transfer to the state. Several sites were toured, but this Rockville location best met overall advantages.
A gunman fired at President Roosevelt as he rode near Sagamore Hill on the Cove road. The bullet passed over his head and the assailant escaped. Secret Service arrested John Coughlin, found armed and apparently insane, while seeking the president.
A sequence of land and lot transfers listed with buyer seller and price across Jackson Adams Sandcreek Letts and Burney townships and city parcels. Transactions include Minnie Eubank to Merit Webb for 6300 and Emma A Logan to Geo Willey for 24, plus several others ranging from 300 to 11000 dollars.
A sprained ankle may heal in about one third of normal time by applying Chamberlains Pain Balm freely and giving it absolute rest. The remedy is for sale at Batterton's drug store.
A historical critique argues that William Jennings Bryan repeatedly foretold disasters tied to protection, gold standard, and imperialism, but those prophecies failed. The piece recalls speeches from 1892 to 1964, noting no verifiable calamities and refuting his dire predictions with calm evidence.
Washington correspondent Raymond of the Chicago Tribune says Vermont's margin shows a safe Taft majority may follow in November. He notes limited campaign activity and compares current results with 1900 and 1904, observing Democratic resistance and Bryan’s influence in state politics.
The Philadelphia North American argues Taft's Unitarian upbringing and his wife's Episcopalian faith are irrelevant to his fitness for the presidency. The piece cites the constitutional ban on religious tests and condemns opponents for exploiting religious questions to prejudice Taft, asserting his clean record speaks for itself.
William H. Buchanan, a leading western New York union man and 1907 Democratic assembly candidate in Chautauqua County, argues Gompers cannot unite labor behind Bryan. He says many workers will stay with Republicans to avoid Bryan era business disturbances and wage losses.
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