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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
2
Entry notes mailed matter and weekly issue schedule. Terms specify rates for one year six months and three months. Date shown March 6 1908 in Sheridan Indiana.
A disputed county race scene is described with Republican ticket holders including county judge Ira W. Christian and sheriff Walter White. The piece counters claims of a leftward primary outcome and accuses opponents of spreading false reports about the Boone county vote.
The Democrats of Adams Township will hold a mass convention in Sheridan on Tuesday March 17 at 10 A.M. to select delegates to conventions and choose township committeemen. T. S. Spencer, Chairman.
A compact piece surveys red as primordial color in theory and art. It cites Simroth on red’s primitiveness, notes red seaweed in deep oceans, and references savages and ancient cultures praising red in joy and religious rites. It ends noting human vision can distinguish about 100000 hues.
The London Telegraph recalls Bob Palmer the comedian once a billsticker. Dressed as Sir Brilliant Fashion he boasted real diamonds while others noted past paste, sparking a heated exchange with Bannister until Mrs. Jordan intervened with a sharp quip.
Union Loan and Trust Company in Sheridan Indiana advertises loans on mortgage security at a five percent rate. The notice seeks borrowers seeking reliable financing and presents the firm as lender.
In Washington Rep Champ Clark of Missouri ridiculed Rep Frank Dalzell as a steadfast stand patter in the tariff debate calling him a star of portentous magnitude. The exchange followed a speech in the house amid humor about tariff revision and political reform.
Dr. Leon M. Landone of Los Angeles survives two weeks on spineless cactus developed by Luther Burbank. The cactus, once prickly, is bred to be safe to eat, suggesting potential emergency food for deserts and grazing lands. Burbank’s work aims to expand arid-region nutrition and wealth.
Representative John G McHenry of Pennsylvania pushes a bill to create a national bureau of mines to investigate coal mine accidents and aid victims. The plan includes a 1 cent per ton coal tax to fund relief and cites rising mine fatalities and the December Pennsylvania disasters. Washington Is Dead note discusses Mount Vernon ceremonies for ships passing the tomb.
Governor Smith lobbies Speaker Cannon at the capitol to back forest preserve legislation. He argues lumber inroads but Cannon questions timber loss claims and mentions Illinois timber gains. A New York dinner reflects dry law debates with Georgia pledges and remarks on Lem DeForest and prestigious lineage.
E D Stair of Stair & Hlavlin, Detroit, heads a firm with theatrical interests from Nova Scotia to the Pacific. He allegedly contemplates breaking into the senate to oust veteran Julius Caesar Burrows and is associated with the show Barrel of Money, reflecting a career from printer to popular melodrama promoter.
Advice urges choosing one doctor, consulting promptly when ill, and seeking the opinion of a physician on Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for coughs and colds before deciding to use it.
Household reminder to keep Aver's Pills in the home for nighttime use to ward off biliousness indigestion and headaches. Claims from the J C Aver Co Lowell Massachusetts.
The Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station will furnish a limited number of farmers in Indiana with leading corn varieties and test crops such as oats cowpeas and soybeans at no cost. Each participant plants a quarter acre of corn varieties and a tenth acre of other crops, following instructions and reporting results. Interested farmers may write to A. T. Wiancko at the Lafay ette station for full details and bulletin copies.
The Sheridan Town Board of Trustees Hamilton County Indiana invites sealed bids for cleaning specified brick streets including Main Third Fourth Cora Georgia Seventh Park from 7:30 PM March 16 1908. Bids require bond and specify one year contract with right to reject all bids. Town Clerk J W Lindley and President W Young attest.
The Town of Sheridan in Hamilton County Indiana passes an ordinance declaring spitting or expectorating on cement sidewalks a nuisance and banning such acts on public highways. Violators face fines up to ten dollars as determined by a Justice of the Peace or the town clerk. Passed March 2, 1908.
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