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Newspaper
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1908
Page
3
Chicago June 16 convention women arrive in force as hotels fill and trunks ship late. The social bustle prompts fashion worries with many women buying new outfits while politicians wives tread carefully, keeping expressions aligned with their husbands views.
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe gentle laxative that cleanses the bowels stimulates the liver and improves digestion. It claims to restore energy appetite and well being with permanent results and universal family use.
The Auditorium Annex is crowded with women attending meetings and the hotel faces a standing room only situation. For six weeks reservations have been refused during convention week, leaving husbands to seek lodging elsewhere while their wives attend events.
A sales notice invites readers to collect a pretty framed picture by sending twenty five Easy Task soap wrappers with a Ze stamp to Hewitt Bros. Soap Co in Dayton Ohio. The offer promises free framing for the image.
Hoosier delegates arrive early at the convention hall as tickets are issued for sessions and the booth of doorkeepers, led by Col. Thayer. Charley Edgerton, a longtime Wayne county figure, aids in access control before a crowd seeking entry. Indiana remains united for Fairbanks despite reasons to disrupt Taft, while some hope to unsettle the Taft run and draw Roosevelt into the fight.
Chicago June 16 Roosevelt emerged as a quiet civic reformer in 1884 at the Republican convention. John Sherman foretold that Roosevelt would become president, a prediction that resonates as Roosevelt now wields influence over this convention. The piece notes his rise from outsider to power by winning public favor and outmaneuvering bosses through civil service reform and practical politics. It also mentions Indiana delegation ticket allotments and a local store ad.
Advertisement touts paslam as a rapid eczema cure with claims of curing chronic skin diseases within weeks. It notes prior limited two dollar packaging for venereal patients and introduces a fifty cent size sold at Richmond drugstores and via Emergency Laboratories New York. Samples offered free upon request.
Councilman Von Pein called the plant odors fierce and frequent, with residents near the Richmond Abattoir complaining again. Dr. Bond said he would investigate, noting the facility has spent on odor reduction and vents refuse tank smells into the river. In ads, Lester M. Nelson of Naples, Maine praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and colds, claiming it saved his life and noting its long standing use as a throat and lung remedy with a money back guarantee.
Milton Indiana on June 1 reports a shift away from old style grave mounds toward flat surfaces at local cemeteries. South Cemetery already uses the modern flat design, with Spring Grove starting similarly. An advertising note promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea sold by A G Luken Co.
Lee Hartman of west of Jacksonburg narrowly escaped serious injuries when a horse he rode balked and backed into an automobile near Cambridge City. The horse and rider sustained minor injuries, while the horse also suffered minor harm.
The receiver of the C. C. and L. railroad continues ballast work to repair the road bed. Gravel trains haul material from a Miami pit near Cincinnati to a degraded track south of the city where ballast is urgently needed.
City officials approved a $100 appropriation to support Richmond’s Fourth of July events under the public works board. Debate centered on legality of funding a private group, Knights of the Golden Eagle, with the ordinance amended to avoid naming the group. Council members urged strong city backing to make the celebration the largest yet in the region. Representatives of the Knights said plans were near completion and urged city cooperation.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. Proponents promise to pay $100 for any failed case and urge readers to send for testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents along with Hall's Family Pills.
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