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Newspaper

The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram

Location

Richmond, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1908

Page

5

Taft General Favorite in the Quaker City

Taft dominates local sentiment at the Republican convention nomination. City residents praise Taft over Fairbanks and Knox with endorsements from Wilfred Jessup, E H Cates, A J Spekenhier, and others. An improvised Taft celebration followed at the courthouse with bands and fireworks.

Taft Quaker City Theodore Roosevelt William H. Taft Indiana Fairbanks Wilfred Jessup Republican Party E. H. Cates W. Gaar A. J. Spekenhier R. K. Shiveley W. W. Schultz Ed Cooper Roosevelt G. L. Cates J. H. Nicholson John L. Rupe Knox Foraker A. D. Gayle First National Bank Mr. Gayle Richmond Court House Main Street

Taft nomination greeted by Cortelyou and Bonaparte

Washington June 19 Among the first to congratulate Secretary Taft on his nomination was Secretary Cortelyou who hurried to the war department to offer cordial congratulations and best wishes. Attorney General Bonaparte, upon hearing the nomination, expressed great satisfaction at the result.

Washington Taft Cortelyou War Department Bonaparte

Benton Called to Old DePauw

Indianapolis June 19 A dispatch from Hamilton C today announced Guy Potter Benton president of Miami University had received a call to the presidency of DePauw University Greencastle to succeed Edwin Holt Hughes who becomes a Methodist bishop Benton declined the call.

Indianapolis A_ dispatch Hamilton Guy Potter Benton Miami University DePauw University Greencastle Edwin Holt Hughes Benton

The Berlin neldkopf tale of Old Fritz and the shrew

The New York Tribune recounts a Berlin legend of a carved bust above a goldsmith's workshop window. King Frederick William I ordered the bust to rebuke an envious rival’s wife, shaping a centuries long symbol of scorn kept in place at the workshop. The bust vanished then resurfaced in 1840 restplaced by the king in the same niche.

Berlin Heiligengeiststrasse Frederick William of Prussia Old Fritz Royal Household Frederick William Frederick William TV New York Tribune

Social News From Town And Dances In June

Mr and Mrs Walter Dean hosted a breakfast at their home 111 South Twelfth street with nasturtiums and a flower centerpiece. Guests included Annie Stubbs MecKtin stry Carrie Modlin and others. A ballroom dance planned at Jacksons Park June twenty six features Ben Foster painting and Jacksons Park hosting a large crowd. Also noted were concerts and social gatherings including the North American Saengerbund festival in Indianapolis and a May Zwissler Leona Buening party for Gesina Kennepoll with a bridal shower and dinner.

Walter Dean South Twelfth Street Annie Stubbs MecKtinstry Carrie Modlin May Zwissler Leona Buening South Tenth Street Gesina Kennepoll Clara Nichter

The Baby Helped

A brief urban note records a household claim of national ties as Jones asserts English, his wife Irish, and the nurse Scotch, while mentioning a baby, in a London Express style tease.

Jones United Kingdom Smith Walle London Express

Public Sayings on Equality and Domestic Roles Highlighted

A Cleveland Leader quote questions equal rights before marriage, while a Danish proverb notes women shaping homes. The rest mocks medical nonsense about sig tubes, root carets, and disease breath, mentioning malaria and stomach trouble without clear context.

Ee. Leaidwall Constable Head

Local notices and social events around Fort Wayne

Rhoades will establish a home in Fort Wayne. Mrs. Dell Matchett of Cincinnati attended Gaston recitals and returned home, staying with Miss Laura Gaston. On June 24 the wedding of Arthur Test and Edna Moore will be held. A members-only dancing party is planned at the Country Club House and July Fourth celebrations include a lawn picnic, fireworks, and porch dancing. John M. Louis celebrated his birthday at his country home near Earlham College with friends and luncheon. Augustus Scott and children visited Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Swayne and Juliet Swayne dined at the Country Club.

Saengerbund Coliseum Indianapolis Jaeger Schultz Louis Ehrgott Cincinnati Alexander Ernestinoff Adolph Muehlman Mme. Schuman-Heink Toledo St. Louis Benoit Milwaukee Haley Harold Lara Harold Harold-Hunt North Tenth Street Frank Harold Country Club House Gertrude Hastings Cleveland Ohio Ethel Woodard Esther Cole Will Hough Volney I Hough Cleo Hunt Harry Nicolli Harry Harold Jasaara Ariety Louisa Behring South Seventh Street Maude Mannon Mary Hebbler George Ward Webster D. T. Babie Club Walter Murray South Tenth Street Stotlemeyer Benjamin Wellbaum South Fourteenth Street Emma Huff Garfield School C. M. Rhoades Fort Wayne Centerville Dell Matchett Gaston Laura Gaston Arthur Test Edna Moore Country Club John M. Louis Earlham College Betwen Lancheon Augustus Scott Andrew Martha 5. E. Swayne Juliet Swayne

Psychic forces prove but elusive to science

Hamlin Garland in Everybody's Magazine notes that while witnesses attest to psychic phenomena, scientists remain unconvinced. He cites Zollner Richet and Maxwell, who doubt certainty follows demonstration, while predicting future, orderly discoveries may integrate these facts into knowledge.

Zollner Richet Maxwell Newton Hamiin Garland Everybody's Magazine

Cube Root. Do You Know the Method of Extracting It Without Pain

Instructional note extolling a painless method to extract cube roots. Appears as a fragment teaching readers to divide a number into periods for extraction, with incomplete steps and stray characters from a primary source. The text emphasizes practical value and saving money, though the procedure is not fully described.

London Lady's Pictorial Luke Simson Strickland W. Gillan Chicago News

A Genuine Grouch and Caesar at the Rubicon

A farmer James scolds a neighbor about weather and farming conditions in a terse exchange. The London Family Herald notes the remark about his wife and labor. The Rubicon describes Caesar crossing the stream and entering Italy, transforming into an invader.

James London Family Herald Rubicon Ancient Italy Claalpine Gaul Caesar

Measles Singularity Quips From a Chicago Tribune Clip

Merelyn Sample notes a playful exchange as a professor quips about a single measles, turning a child’s wordplay into a classroom pun in a Chicago Tribune clipping.

Chicago Tribune

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