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Newspaper
Russiaville Observer
Location
Russiaville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
7
John D. Rockefeller defends Standard Oil in his first authorial work, arguing the company has not crushed rivals and that many competitors exist. He discusses the rise of direct selling, public interest safeguards, and the permanence of modern corporations.
Andrew Carnegie plans to endow a hero fund in his native Dunfermline with 1.25 million dollars. He will serve as administrator alongside trustees of the Carnegie Dunfermline Fund, which received over 2.5 million dollars in 1903 to bring more light to workers. The fund will aid widows and orphans of heroic acts and physicians and nurses who serve during epidemics.
August Eberhardt, on trial for the murder of his aunt Mrs Ottlie Eberhardt, pleaded guilty and received a 30 year State prison sentence. He lured his aunt and cousin from Austria to America, planned to marry the cousin, persuaded the aunt to surrender money, then shot the aunt in a railroad yard and wounded the cousin who recovered.
George IL Grant superintendent of the 1194dnch mill of Carnegie Steel at Homestead resigns his $10 000 a year post to pursue the ministry. He has been admitted to Western Theological Seminary and has begun studies.
Lady Francis Cook formerly Tennie C. Claffin will depart Liverpool aboard the Cedric and travel to stump the United States in support of Bryan.
Chicago reports the Prohibition party adopts the camel as its ballot emblem replacing the fountain and rising sun. State chairman Alonzo Wilson cites the camel as a water wagon symbol able to locate water, faster than rivals, and not needing a hump.
Western voters favor Roosevelt on the stump to rally support for Taft, with national Republican leaders hinting at a Mississippi Valley West tour. The Roosevelt visit is seen as a potential landslide factor, spurring campaign activity and excitement at Republican headquarters.
President Roosevelt telegraphed to disprove W J Strvan's demand a link between Governor Haskell and Standard Oil as charges persist from W R Hearst. He notes court records show Haskell halted Prairie Oil and Gas action. Standard Oil partly owns the company. He contrasts Taft's deeds with Bryan's words, alleging Bryan flips positions and risks disaster.
Paris gossip ties operatic star Mary Garden to a possible engagement with Prince Mavrocordato a Russian resident of Paris who has a fortune around five million dollars. The actor Hammerstein protege does not confirm nor deny the engagement amid strong rumors.
Graphical unions from Indiana and nearby states forward resolutions to W. J. Bryan demanding the union label he placed on his newspaper The Commoner. The action aims to pressure the Democratic presidential nominee to maintain the label on his publication.
In New York Special Justice Gerard in the Supreme Court signs the final decree of absolute divorce for Elsie French Vanderbilt from Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt on the recommendation of Referee David McClure.
The county meal option bill became law at 4 36 Saturday afternoon Governor Hauly signed it amid cheering temperance workers The session featured charges of vote trading over the local option bill and an dramatic House morning result The House passed a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for state wide prohibition by 71 to 28 with bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats
In Lenox Massachusetts J Pierpont Morgan and Edwin V Morgan visited a local barber. Morgan calculated the shave at 6000 dollars noting a half hour wait and a small tip, joking about the expense while staying with Charles Lanier.
Moscow police uncover an organized gang forging postage stamps. The gang cleaned used stamps for reuse and sent out about 6.9 million counterfeit stamps in the last two months.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is to begin service with the Hartford Carpet Works at Thompsonville. He recently visited the plant and was shown over it by General Manager Higgins. It is not yet known what his duties will be but it is thought he will enter the operating departments.
The duke of the Abruzzi will marry Miss Katherine Elkins in November in the United States. On returning to Italy the couple will be escorted home by several warships.
Edward Moot of Weatherfield proved the boast true by chopping and splitting five cords of wood in under the allotted time near Windsor Vermont. He finished an eighth of a cord ahead and left an extra half cord chopped and split on the ground. Maxwell Evarts had boasted of a Vermont wood chopper who could perform the feat.
A blinding snowstorm halted warning signals as a freight and a passenger train collided near Young's Point on the Northern Pacific. Twenty five people were killed or injured in the wreck, with the passenger striking the freight engine and telescoping cars. Conductor Hickey led the westbound freight. wreckage blocked the line as snow prevented fire and aided survival chances.
Authorities report cholera in Russia with 15 685 cases and 7 102 deaths since the epidemic began. In St Petersburg alone 4 951 cases and many deaths have occurred since official admission. Officials praise efforts by Stolypin and others improving sanitation and lowering deaths. Difficulties remain with workers and widespread ignorance and superstition hinder precautions.
Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma resigned as Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee amid pressure from both parties. He cited not wanting to embarrass the party and to avoid entanglements with Standard Oil and related industries. Reports indicate efforts to remove him involve widespread messages to Bryan supporters and calls for his departure from campaign circuits.
Werman Ridder editor of the New York Staats Zeitung and vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee public bureau has been appointed by National Chairman Mack as treasurer of the national committee to succeed Governor Charles N. Haskell of Oklahoma who resigned.
Gay Parvinger, a young man from New Carlisle, is jailed in Springfield on a lunacy charge. He believes he is a partner of the Holy Ghost and often appears to see cobwebs, which he continually scratches at.
Arthur Hawkes of the Canadian Northern Railway reports Western Canada will yield 120 million bushels of wheat this year with 95 thousand bushels earmarked for export.
A group of 12 young ladies in Bueyrus Ohio has formed to adopt the new sheath gown. The gowns are the original pattern rather than a modified version.
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