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Newspaper
Marysville Republican
Location
Marysville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
The Worden Publishing Company issues a weekly notice every Thursday detailing publishing schedules and notices. The brief confirms regular Thursday releases and local distribution plans for readers and advertisers.
Cash in advance subscribers receive special rates for a limited time. The offer lists terms of one year six months and three months with a single copy price of $1.00. Availability is restricted to upfront payments.
The ballot lists William H. Taft of Ohio for President and James S. Sherman of New York for Vice President. Local offices include Sheriff in Jerome Township, Prosecuting Attorney in Paris Township, and Commissioners in Allen Claiborne and Darby Townships. Other races cover Surveyor Alvi Graham and Infirmary Directors J. R. Taylor O. Marriott Casper Ruhl, with Coroner P. D. Longbrake.
A historical note observes that a month is usually needed for a hardworking man to fully recover from a one week vacation, reflecting on labor rhythms and rest cycles.
General Grosvenor predicts Bryan's defeat but will accept the nomination. Hearst is said to have funds and ambition for a new party. Taft allegedly wrote poetry, a detail reporters hope not to publish during the campaign.
The article notes six or seven presidential tickets this year but suggests some men may choose to husk corn rather than vote, indicating voter turnout could be low despite multiple candidates.
Voters in the Eighth district show strong support for Congressman Cole praising his tenure as a top lower house member and signaling a likely victory in the upcoming election.
A Urbana Republican lawyer told last week there would be little opposition to Congressman Cole in Champaign. He dismissed talk of Neiven carrying Champaign County as bosh and said Cole would win by a large margin with the entire Republican ticket in Champaign County.
The column critiques campaign tactics by Mr. Kern and Mr. Bryan while noting reactions from business leaders and farmers. It jokes about political fever, campaign notifications, and a Timson mayor famed on a dollar salary, reflecting early 20th century political inferences.
A Cincinnati census opportunity faded last Tuesday as a large turnout gathered for a notification meeting. Amid talk of good roads and political stance, observers doubted rapid improvements. Analysts cited extensive coal and steel sector optimism despite election uncertainties involving Bryan and Taft.
Thursday night council met with little business and all members present except Richard L. Cameron. Pearl McIlroy acted as city clerk in W F Brodrick’s absence. The west Sixth and west Seventh street paving plan was referred to the street committee and solicitor after discussions with bondsmen. Welsh Jones of Marysville could finish Seventh Street before cold weather if awarded, and bond issues for West Seventh Street improvements were debated noting three bonds of 400 dollars and 100 dollars town share.
Union county braces for fall politics as temperance supporters and opponents organize. Two poll teams per precinct will survey voters, with polls conducted immediately and just before the October election. Marysville prepares speaker list for statewide campaign.
Mrs Florence Hornbeck files for divorce from Francis Hornbeck the former York township resident now in an Ohio penitentiary charged with raping her when she was under fifteen he later married the plaintiff then fled to Colorado and was indicted and pleaded guilty receiving a year and one day in prison.
Yellow pine lumber dealers state about 85 percent of mills in Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Arkansas and Texas are operating now and expect the share to rise steadily in the future.
The judges and clerks at the election will earn more than $3. Voters should not stay that night waiting for results as counting will extend past midnight in many places.
A playful jab at the press notes that during the campaign period the papers focus on the physical condition of Bill Taft and Bill Bryan with sensational headlines. The author mocks the obsession with their bellyaches as dampools in journalism and country sheets.
D. L. Alexander and C. H. Chapman assumed control of the North Lewisburg Reporter last week as L. B. Willis retires to focus on his telephone interests. Alexander, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. Alexander and former Union County Journal employee, and his partner plan improvements and seek success.
The Bland family held its annual reunion at the county fair grounds on Thursday with fifty four members attending. A large dinner was served in the dining hall, and four family deaths were reported in the past year per a memorial by Peleg Cranston of Broadway. Officers chosen for the coming year include John Hathaway as president and Mrs. Carrie McClintric as vice president, with Mrs. John Hathaway serving as secretary and treasurer, all of Mechanicsburg. Attendees enjoyed an afternoon Chautauqua, including visitors from afar.
Mrs Wierlinda M Manley a Marysville domestic was granted a divorce by Judge Brodrick from Alfred O Manley of Marion a Steam Shovel works employee on grounds of gross neglect desertion and extreme cruelty Witnesses testified Mannly associated with lewd women threatened to shoot his wife and was an habitual drunkard The plaintiff formerly named Wierlinda Payne lived with her parents in Mill Creek township before marriage E W Porter was the attorney for the plaintiff.
Endicott Johnson Co led by H B Endicott and Geo F Johnson in Endicott New York redefined shoe selling by tanning leather and finishing shoes to stores at low margins. The approach expanded from Lester boots to a full range and now brands shoes sold in over 16 500 stores nationwide.
Mrs. Lottie Bechtel of Plain City is granted a divorce from Joseph Bechtel for gross neglect of duty. She receives custody of their eight year old child. Bechtel disappeared last fall claiming to travel to Columbus to meet a man and buy a farm, later found alive in Illinois and not returning. The couple moved to Plain City from Virginia four years ago. Mrs. Bechtel works as a domestic for Cephas Atkinson.
Court house officials on the second floor can drink water freely again after two years of shortage. Officials blamed a utility company but the issue was clogged pipes below. New pipes were installed last week restoring full water pressure throughout the building.
The new heating system in the city building is completed by Church Brot. & Weld. The small boiler heats the lower floor rooms and the large boiler serves the opera house. Janitor Schlegel and assistant George Singer clean up the opera house after three months of repairs required by the state building inspector.
A Plain City delegation led by Mesdames O G Colegrove Jenny Weaver P O Robinson and Cora Knight toured Marysville Thursday to study its public library with aims to start a similar project in Plain City. They witnessed repairs to the Marysville building, noting worn furniture and a discontinued reading room, with plans to restore these features in a future library.
County commissioners award coal supply contract to William J. Conrad at 2.60 per ton for 200 tons to the infirmary and children's home. Last year coal cost 1.35 per ton with 1.30 freight, making this year’s cost five cents per ton lower.
Mr and Mrs Lorin Hord of Minneapolis were guests Saturday of Mr and Mrs J H Shearer. Mrs Hord is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Curry of Columbus where she and her husband have been visiting.
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