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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1908
Page
6
Speaker quotes Pam Payne and others arguing for a unified tariff policy with a maximum and minimum to protect U S industries and labor. They contrast Republican and Democratic views, note past prosperity under the Republican era, and reference forthcoming election context and budgetary conditions.
The Philadelphia Press notes heavy Taft campaign mail to Speaker Can non's district but the speaker remains unshaken. It highlights visible Republican activity in the House, especially Rep. Kustermann of Wisconsin, who draws attention in current affairs.
A lawyer and a physician argued about their professions. The doctor admits lawyers are not all crooks but says the profession does not make angels. The lawyer counters that doctors may have the better of them in that respect.
An Irishman asks a boatman to let him work his passage to Glasgow. He leads the horse and feeds it the entire canal trip from Paisley to Glasgow, then quips that he might as well have walked it.
Notary Public A. M. Stephenson filed mortgage exemption forms as part of a property transaction. The notices indicate official filing actions by the notary, with standard legal wording and dates not specified in the readable text.
A collage of linguistic curiosities from early English usage. It lists long and rare words, pangrams, and example sentences that include every letter of the alphabet, plus notes on monosyllables, word compounds, and ingested phrases. The piece cites sources like New York Press and Youth's Companion while touching on wartime stories and a stray historical anecdote.
Ellen Beach Yaw, a Metropolitan Opera singer nicknamed the California Lark, rose from Buffalo beginnings to study in Europe under foreign masters. She sang The Star Spangled Banner at the 1902 McKinley memorial in Paris, with a storied private life via her marriage to Vere Goldthwaite.
An unnamed Cape uncle warns the gifted James to avoid predicting the future lest his prophecies backfire and ruin his social standing. The Llobart family contemplates shifting his talents to harmless mental arithmetic to spare him blame.
In a Cincinnati Enquirer feature a woman recalls a severe incident. She explains she harmed her husband by accident during a tense moment, describing the emotional aftermath and personal reflection.
George L Lilley author of the resolution to investigate a submarine boat company and Connecticut congressman at large George Leavens Tiller suddenly become national figures as events unfold.
A satire from The Scrap Book recounts a country squire dinner insult and a parrot anecdote about a kiss. Includes a Meek Curate anecdote from Dr Creighton and an 1908 sale notice listing livestock and farm implements for TF A Bailey's auction near Sheridan and Bakers Corner.
A southern Kansas politician known for avoiding debts faced a lawsuit. He hired Archie Williams to defend him. Williams won. After the verdict the politician offered $200 for the fee, but Williams refused, saying he is too poor to lose more and that $200 is all he can afford.
W. O. Stephenson announces a public sale at his Terhune area farm on Wednesday March 25. Items include 11 horses three-year-olds and yearlings, a bay Hambletonian stallion with a 22H record, a work mule, cattle including two-year-old heifers, Pall-Durham bull yearlings, 37 calves, sows and brood stock, farm equipment, 200 bushels of corn, and 3 tons of hay. The Ladies Aid Society of Terhune will serve dinner. Terms: credit under 10 months on sums over 5, cash on day for 5 and under. No property to be removed until terms complied with.
Money to loan on first mortgage on farms at 5 percent. A. M. Stephenson & Co., Agt.
Mothers and others are urged to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to treat common child ailments from constipation to indigestion. The ad extols gentle action and pleasant taste, claims health benefits for the child, and cites testimonials from Mrs. Curry of Trowbridge Illinois and Mrs. Eversole of Hinsboro Illinois. Every bottle is guaranteed to perform as claimed.
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