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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1908
Page
1
Mrs W J Bryan shares honors with her husband in a ceremonial tribute noting their joint community service and long standing partnership as local figures. The event honors their contributions to the town and philanthropic work.
The Associated Press reports William Jennings Bryan touring Indiana drawing large crowds and lively handshakes including praise from Mrs. Bryan. He spoke in Hammond at 7:30 about labor, bank deposits, and campaign finance, denouncing bankers and supporting the Democratic platform. He urged voter support and criticized Taft and Roosevelt’s roles, with appearances by state and national figures throughout the day.
Mr Watson had a packed day at the mills with multiple tasks to complete. He met supervisors and inspected inventories as the work shifted through the afternoon.
Republican governor candidate James E. Watson toured Indianapolis Danville Knightstown and Newcastle drawing large crowds. He spoke on tariffs union labor and county option defending his stance and challenging opponent Samuel Gompers while condemning non union printing.
The sixteenth annual convention of the National Spiritualists association of the United States opened in Indianapolis. The opening session focused on committee appointments and routine business as George B. Wayne of Chicago, the national president, addressed the delegates.
Four members of the crew of the steamer New York on the Hudson river day line are believed dead after a fire destroyed the vessel while moored for repairs at the Thomas C. Marvel ship yards in Newburgh New York. The blaze began early while 73 crew slept, and four colored waiters were missing after the crew reached shore.
An accident in Savannah Missouri on October 20 left one football player fatally injured and twenty two others wounded, some seriously, when a mishap occurred at five o clock in the afternoon. Local reports note the severity of the injuries and the response of emergency crews.
John Mitchell former UMWA president refutes involvement in a poster program showing his likeness and an interview. He says he did not mail or authorize posters or telegrams supporting any presidential candidate and notes only official AFL messages reflect his views.
The Democratic National Committee released a public list of campaign donations received at New York HQ on October 17 and 19. Treasurer Riddick notes total funds around $300,000, with contributors including Tammany Hall, Pennsylvan ia, the Times-Democrat of Louisiana, Richard Croker of Dublin, Herman A. Metz of Brooklyn, Ben H. Oler of South Carolina, William J. Gaynor of Brooklyn, and others from New York Indiana Virginia and Ireland.
Lead fragment notes a October 20 dispatch from La about Father of Rivers Salty, with unclear context and missing details. No further readable facts available in the fragment.
Governor Hanly told about 3,000 at Corydon that Marshall’s charges of extravagance are mendacious and that he acts as a demagogue on temperance. He urged temperance voters to back the Republicans to keep the county local option law from repeal if Democrats win in November.
A large Democratic gathering at Carnegie Hall in New York featured three Cleveland cabinet veterans and other party leaders urging support for William Jennings Bryan. Speeches stressed business stability and industrial uplift, with Mayor McClellan reading a letter from John Bigelow and Samuel J. Tilden urging Bryan's election.
Taft plans a string of day meetings in Indiana and Ohio before a Newport night speech in Youngstown on November 2. The Republican national committee says it will not crowd Ohio but will send eminent speakers there while saving Taft’s voice for key night rallies. Hitchcock aides say New York, Indiana and Ohio remain pivotal battlegrounds with Hughes secured, and organizers pledge full party support across the three states.
George Morris and Thomas Botts were killed when props collapsed in Miami mine No. 1 in Seeleyville Ind. The body recovery took five hours and Morris’ children are traveling from England to Seeleyville.
In Hammond on October 20 a Chicago couple Benjamin Schneider and Emma Demar wed in a ceremony attended by about a thousand people. Democratic hopeful Thomas R. Marshall congratulated the couple after the kiss on the hotel balcony where he later spoke. Bryan also met Marshall on his private car in Hammond before addressing thousands. Marshall and Bryan campaigned across Hammond, Crownpoint, and Gary with addresses highlighting their campaigns.
Vice President Fairbanks will preside and speak briefly at the main meeting in Indianapolis where William H. Taft the Republican presidential candidate will deliver the principal address. Taft’s voice is not at full strength but he is expected to keep to the schedule and speak three times if his condition allows.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Indianapolis and Otto Wolf with SAE Frankfort in a truncated October context. No clear event or action readable. details incomplete.
A large tin sheet bore the inscription We have votes for you Taft implying a political message or slogan. The fragment suggests campaigning or public display during a historic era. No names beyond Taft identified. context points to a wartime or early 20th century setting.
Taft spent October 20 touring from Martinsburg to Parkersburg with packed crowds and special trains aiding his reach. He faced weariness by night yet drew large audiences in Cumberland and Clarksburg, where a tin mill group displayed 600 votes for Taft and Sherman backing protection for tin plate workers.
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