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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
4
Democratic candidate William J. Bryan campaigns in Camden Burlington and Philadelphia arguing Taft mirrors Roosevelt’s record. He denounces trusts tariff and bank reports while rallying 35 000 supporters and denouncing Republican leaders as he presses for Democratic policies and reform.
A crowd of over 36000 in Washington Park Delaware greeted William J. Bryan. James R. Nugent of Essex County chaired the New Jersey Democratic executive committee as Monard Carrow presided. Bryan urged unity on a platform addressing national issues and masses across regions.
Taft declined to extend a newspaper exchange with Bryan over campaign issues. He warned Bryan should have the last word on Roosevelt’s Taft letter. Taft spoke to ministers at the Ohio conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church, delivering his first campaign address to Black listeners.
In Glen Campbell Indiana county Pennsylvania a fire destroyed the Summers home and three other residences. A four months old child of Mrs Mary Summers died after cremation and the mother was badly burned. Two other houses were blown down by dynamite to halt the blaze. Mrs Summers poured off an abstract fire in the kitchen store. The mother died in Punr atitawney hospital.
Smallpox appeared in Enola, Gamberland County, near Harrisburg, prompting quarantine orders by the state health department. The source of contagion is under investigation as Enola, a railroad town with hundreds of daily rail traffic and over 16,000 workers, remains a center of activity.
Miers Tenrietta Crosman under Henry G. Ciarris and Mou rice Campbell will star Friday night at the City Opera House in Mystery Nell portraying Nell Gwyn. The engagement follows Crosman’s New York success and widespread acclaim in the role, boosting her national reputation.
Quaint old parish lockups or roundhouses survive in several villages near the South Derbyshire border. Descriptions include a 13 foot diameter stone cell with thick walls and oak door, and a seven-sized brick building at Workington needing restoration. lockups stand roadside near pinfolds with constables guarding rogues.
A chaotic dialogue recounts Frederick the Great challenging generals to accept plans. Von Zieben presents a black blot diagram with four smaller blots representing attack fronts. The king scolds and Von Zieben explains the enemy could be any of the four, leading to a strained defense and a quip about vaccination.
A reader ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh as a constitutional disease. It asserts internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease's foundation and boost overall health. The notice offers a $100 reward for proof of ineffectiveness.
A Scotland born Australian writer notes that droughts persist in Australia yet rain can be intense and prolonged. He recalls eleven weeks of rain in Sydney within a past winter and a strange period when the city ran out of gutters before a new ship brought supplies, then rain ceased again according to the London Mail.
A reader-sourced seamy vignette contrasts a fat neighbor’s nocturnal husband with a house held by restraint. The piece ties commentary to social gossip and hints at surprising domestic arrangements as the story thread winds through city life and sports chatter.
Saratoga New York Sept 16 Charles Eval Hughes of New York was nominated by the Republican state convention on the first ballot with 827 votes to 151 for James W Wadsworth Jr and 31 for John K Stewart. The ticket favors Taft Sherman Hughes administration and endorses the party platform. Other items note a fatal tree accident in New Rochelle and Giovanni Morosini the banker’s death.
A parcel of 842 100 acres of rich limestone land with a dwelling, two 30 foot lots, and the last 60 feet of the Novi tiate property at the corner of East Third Street and Chapel Alley will be sold at public auction September 17, 2008, 11:30 a.m. at the Court House lot by The College Place Co.
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