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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
5
The ad promotes Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver, and bladder issues. It claims prevention of sudden deaths from kidney derangements, urges proper kidney treatment, and offers free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Kilmer & Co. Binghamton NY.
Miss Lelia Miller attends a Cincinnati music college. Judge Robeson visits Watseka. Greenville hosts many visitors from Portland and Brookville. First frost hits gardens. Local fare, marriages, lawsuits, and a fire at Pottsdam are noted along with school enrollment rising. Community events include a band concert and pioneer meeting. James Kiehl, a Horatio native, dies by Paris green. Public notices cover construction bids and anti liquor activism.
Probate Court statistics cover year ending March 1, 1908 with 361 deaths and 857 births. Records show 404 marriage licenses, 50 guardianships, 32 wills, 106 estates, 26 committed to the asylum, 9 epileptic hospital inmates, and 7 girls sent to the Industrial School.
The first savings bank was founded in Berne, Switzerland in 1787. Named Calase de Domestiques, it targeted servants only. Five years later another bank opened its doors to all depositors.
Mrs BE Pierson of Auburn Centre Pa extols Dr King’s New Discovery as the healing remedy others fail to provide For long standing threat and lung trouble it is curing her and she expects full restoration with continued use Sold at Wm Kipp’s Sons drug store 50c and 1.00 Trial bottle free
The Darke County Horse Thief Detective Association adopts resolutions upon the death of member Henry W. Grote. He was faithful in duties and accepted assignments. The community loses a fine citizen and his family a loving husband and father. The minutes will note the resolution and copies sent to the press. W. D. Crate, Ezekiel Fitzgerald, Sylvester Rynearson, Committee.
Hon William H Buchanan a leading western New Yorker and 1907 Democratic assembly candidate in Cha tanq ha county says union labor will not move to the Democratic camp. He asserts three fourths of union men will stay with the Republicans for business stability and freedom from disruption he believes Bryan cannot guarantee for four years if elected.
The piece cites Mr. Bryan accusing Mr. Taft of shifting ground on corporate campaign contributions made illegal by a Republican Congress prior to the Denver convention. It defends Taft as a law abiding citizen and questions Bryan’s honesty.
Verona Clarke describes fall and winter hats with turn down brims and varied sizes, including cocktails of feather trims and luxe fabrics like Bengaline Ottoman silk and satin. She notes empire coats, broadcloth suits, and toques with braiding, plus bold color contrasts and elaborate braiding for home-made elegance.
Taft, then secretary of war, overruled a removal of souvenir cards placed atop Washington Monument by Columbia Polytechnic Institute. The institute aids blind adults toward self sufficiency. Principal Cleveland credited Taft for restoring the sale of these cards, praising his compassion.
The platform includes a dim crow plank urging separate coaches for white and colored passengers on common carriers. An elective franchise plank claims that extended suffrage would be risky for poorly prepared voters, signaling a racial and educational restriction stance.
The piece argues religion should not affect fitness for office and cites Taft's beliefs as irrelevant. It contrasts Taft and Bryan as different leaders, condemning Bryan's populist rhetoric and defending Taft's straight talk and record. It notes party power shifts and warns against unconstructive policy if Bryan wins.
Congressman James Francia Burke of Pittsburg argues in an address on The Powers of the President that the American people err greatly to elect Mr Bryan, denying that Bryan could do no harm and asserting the President holds infinitely more power than Congress.
Senator Foraker spoke at the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce on July 1. He praised Judge Taft, saying a convention has nominated the candidate and that he is known to everyone who beats me as exceptionally agreeable. He cited ability character and qualifications.
A Virginia Democratic association meeting in Washington DC adopted resolutions criticizing William Jennings Bryan as a presidential hopeful. The text printed in the Washington Post brands Bryan as lacking a political record and mocks his chances. Also noted is a description of Franklin’s London printing press preserved in the US Patent Office.
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