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Newspaper
The Joliet Weekly News
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
6
A fragmented notice notes charges for postpaid service outside U S territory with a stated rate of $1.55 and an advance payment requirement. Details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate international billing terms.
Copies on rural routes who miss Daily or Weekly News should notify publishers at once. Carriers now carry an extra copy for emergencies and readers should ask the mail carrier if they do not receive their paper.
The piece weighs the Illinois governor contest with Yates and Deneen. It notes Yates strong anti-saloon stance, a rousing Coliseum rally in Chicago, and shifts in support in Will county. Deneen’s reform image is questioned amid unsettled cases and party splits.
Des Moines Commercial Club promotes a new city organization plan adopted by the state. The plan outlines a mayor and four aldermen for two years, with no mayoral veto. It includes statistics on banks 44 insurance firms 750 acres of park land an auditorium for 3000 and press opinions on the plan.
A discussion of recall thresholds and voting rules for officials, mayor and aldermen, with penalties for graft or improper control of appointments. It notes petition requirements, ballot wording, and the right to revoke laws and contracts, plus a critique of party politics and reform movements.
A Chicago convention scene heats up the 1908 race as Taft backers hope for victory while Bryan gains unity and momentum. The piece notes Republican divisions over Roosevelt La Follette and party planks, contrasts with Democratic vigor, and predicts volatile efforts ahead with money and factional shifts.
The Chicago convention confirms Taft as the nominee while the conservative faction remains in control. They aim to block Roosevelt's influence and push Sherman for vice president, signaling a unified but guarded party path.
E C Simmons chief of Simmons Hardware presides over a St Louis meeting of business leaders forming a prosperity association. They pledge to keep dinners stocked wages steady and factories busy while urging optimism about crops and national growth inviting all businessmen and patriots to join.
A fragmentary editorial voice discusses Roosevelt's stance on Taft and the 1912 nomination. It claims Roosevelt would have rebuilt the party framework, sidelined the Democrats, and prepared an endorsement praising Taft as a fit president for plain people.
The text traces Oregon county votes on liquor dryness from 1904 to 1908, noting which counties went dry, which remained wet, and how precincts within wet counties could still vote dry. It highlights groups such as Benton Lane Linn Yamhill Tillamook Sherman Wallowa and adds 19 counties plus Klamath as potential dry areas, with June 1 1908 described as a frosty day for liquor interests.
C J Cutler of Lehigh Oklahoma comments on the recent bank failure in Oklahoma City. He praises the up to date deposit guarantee and claims it calms depositors while criticizing bankers who he says follow Wall Street. He labels himself a Democrat though calls himself a Populist.
At the national Democratic Convention in Denver in July a request for a liquor concession in a section of the auditorium was denied. The committee on arrangements voted unanimously against allowing any bar or liquor selling inside the venue.
The Joliet Herald claims a great victory for Taft, praising the editor who labored to secure the nomination. The piece credits immense personal effort, noting the editor’s exhaustion and humility, and jokes that the motto supporting Charles S. Deneen was a misdirection.
An article notes Mayor Price of Elgin, backed by saloonkeepers, seeking United Societies support for Congress. He is shown as unable to win the Joliet endorsement and struggles to gain votes in town, with critics claiming lawless influence by saloonkeepers.
Local supporters announce Hon. A hzo Wilson will again run for the legislature to defeat Huey. Friends have begun reorganizing efforts to lower the district’s barriers and ensure a successful campaign.
A blurred passage claims two men sought to sell a woman to Austria, asserting they were not Austrians and that they would not sell their wives. The text remains ambiguous about who they are and the exact motive.
A Bolle family resident northeast of Elwood was struck by lightning during a midnight storm while seeking shelter in a shed near Gillar's farm. He was unconscious for over three hours, marking a second shock in recent days, as Charles and Arthur Bolle accompanying him narrowly escaped injury.
John Mitchell will not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor. The announcement disappointed many of his local friends and admirers and numerous Democratic leaders.
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