Taft campaign notes and Williams vice presidential nod
Reports from Vincennes and Chicago detail Republican campaign plans and a vice presidential nomination. Hitchcock discusses opening dates and fundraising efficacy while Hearst envoys meet privately. Samuel W. Williams accepts the Peoples Party vice presidential nomination at a hot Grand Opera House gathering. Carrie Nation disrupts a Pompeian room event in Chicago with fiery speeches and threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Samuel W. Williams
Peoples Party
St. Louis
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Georgia
Grand Opera House
Williams
Debs to Tour Nation on Special Train Starts August 30
A sixty day nationwide tour begins August 30 with Debs campaigning from three to five times daily. Bee Debs will speak across multiple cities as a party team travels by special train with reporters and officials aboard. An assistant district attorney in Allegheny County shot himself at the hospital after a medical incident.
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Milwaukee
Wit
Bee Debs
Fiton
Allegheney County
Pleasant surprise party for Everett Lett at home
Everett Lett's eighteenth birthday was celebrated Thursday evening at his south city home. A hay wagon carried classmates Ernest Emery Lota Snider Amy Mitchell Adella Casto Asa Jones Lole Callendar Ruth Courtney Josie Steele Alvin Zinkans Susie Colbert Cora Akester Lottie Foster Estella Spitz Fern Faith Ruth Myers Albert Peek Henry Butcher Nora Schillings and A O Fulkerson. Lett's parents gave him a fine piano as a gift before the guests arrived.
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Everett Lett
Lett
Ernest Emery
Lota
Snider
Amy Mitchell
Adella Casto
Asa’ Jones
Lole Callendar
Ruth Courtney
Josie Steele
Alvin Zinkans
Susie Colbert
Cora Akestér
Maggie Wimeneauer and Charles Zollars Wed at Oak Street Home
The wedding of Miss Maggie Wimeneauer and Charles Zollars was held Thursday night at the bride’s parents’ Oak Street residence before a small audience. Rev. J. M. Douglass officiated the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Wimmeneauer
Jake Wimmeneauer
Charles Zollars
Oak Street
J. M. Douglass
SALOON OWNER FACES INQUIRY AFTER MINOR LIQUOR SALE
Friday morning a coroner inquiry found probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for Jules Comparias, owner of a Globe Hotel saloon, for selling liquor to a minor. Squire J W Kellams will hear the case. Con stable Ellis served the instrument. Genevieve Frey and her thirteen year old daughter testified, the mother admitting to sending the girl to the saloon.
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Corree
Squire J. W. Kellams
Jules ‘Comparias
Globe Hotel
Ellis
Compariog
Squire Kellamis
Attorneys Employed In Odon Town Damage Case
Hastings Allen Hastings of this city and Brooks Brooks of Bedford have been retained by the defendants in the action of Bertha Messick by her guardian Earle Thompson against the town of Odon for damages.
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Hastings
Allen & Hastings
Ity and Brooks , & Brooks
Bedford
Bertha U Messick
Earle ‘Thompson
Odon
Local firm lands contract for Linton ward school heating
The M. J. Cajaden Company was awarded the heating plant contract for the new Linton ward school. The bid price is $1419, $102 under the second lowest bid.
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M. J. Ca Jaden Company
Linton
Local Names Attend Weekend Visits and Epworth League Plans
Nina Ricks Mdhel Reeve and Sally spent Sunday in Washington with Ralph John Scudder and Robert Reeve. Mr and Mrs Anatin Arthur with Mrs Arthur's parents Milton and Mrs Fitzgerald. Pert Jones visited Lopgootey Saturday to see Miss Madge Vene and Miss Louise Peek. Epworth League convention practice is underway for Mysville.
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Nina Ricks
Mdhel Reeve
Sally
Washington
Ralph
John Scudder
Robert Reeve
Anatin Arthur
Arthur
Milton Fitzgerald
Pert Jones Wen
Ld Lopgootey
Wiis
Madge Vene
Louise Peek
eMysville
Unclear Note Mentions Celeste and Rev. H. Aff
Fragmentary text references Celeste and a Reverend H. Aff with dates near Saturday and Monday. No clear event, location, or outcome is discernible from the readable fragments. Entities include Celeste and William Burse.
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Helen
Liam
Joe Herbert
Celeste
William Burse
Local notices and visits fill town news page
Residents report births visits and trips across towns and counties. Names include Mrs Pat Kavanaugh Mr Joe Healy Rev H A Barton Stephen Graber and John Rudolph with travels to Evansville Washington Mishawaka and Plainville. The leap year ball drew many attendees.
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Buckitn
Kaz
James
Dixon
Jasper
Pauletta
Beatrice Carrieo
Princeton
Joe Healy
Pat Kavanaugh
William VY. O'Neill
A. Myers
Evansville
Mishawaka
Ben
Joe Bennett
Alfordsville
C. W. Slinkard
Washington
Martin Jochum
Leo Dixon
Water Report Finds City Supply Pure Yet Polluted by Creek Runoff
State health chemists say Washington public water is pure and wholesome but Hawkins Creek above the intake dumps sewage and coal-mine drainage, threatening filtration. Tests show filtered water carries typhoid bacteria near Hawkins Creek, while river water remains increasingly polluted by city drainage.
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A. I. Donaldson
County Board of Health
J. H. Brewster
Hawkins Creek
J. H. Brewaster
White River
H. E. Barnard
Brewster
Hawkins ‘Creek
Waite
Water Plant Earns Praise But Lab Tests Urged
Brewster visits Washington and inspects the pumping station praising design and workmanship. He notes a few changes to filter beds and recommends installing a laboratory for daily bacteriological tests of raw and filtered water. State analysis shows water is often better than wells yet many wells remain polluted and unsafe.
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Brewster On - Hid
Washington
Brewster
Citiens
Brewers Active In Indiana Campaign Ties Local Saloon Interests
Louis Ludlow reports from the Claypool hotel that a Republican county chairmen meeting outlined brewery campaign progress in Indiana. Representative Watson attended. other meetings will follow. Personal canvassing by saloon workers and cigar dealers targets voters against Republicans amid a brewing influence, with temperance as the chief issue. Ex Governor Durbin predicts a solid Republican majority in November as the saloon problem grows more acute.
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Louis Ludlow
Indianapolis Star
Claypool
Indiana
Watson
Mquor
Winfield T. Durbin
Aunt Mary Palmer Dies at Home of Daughter in Linton
Mrs. Mary M. Palmer familiarly known as Aunt Mary died at her daughter Mrs. Fred Jerelds home in Linton Thursday evening at 6 45 after a period of intense suffering.
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Mary M. Palmer
Mary
Fred Jereld
Linton
Report of condition Peoples National Bank Washington Indiana 1908
The report presents the Peoples National Bank of Washington Indiana data as of July 15 1908 including totals for loans and discounts 28564950 bonds on hand 1035097 redemption fund 2500000 and liabilities with capital stock and surplus and notes due totals. It is sworn by cashier E L Hatfield and witnessed by directors F Boonshot W F McDougal James W Oxydon and notary Bessie Allen on July 17 1908.
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A. SA
Peoples National, Bank
Washington
Indiana
Beg
LOE
Weap
Crete
Mt Yeep
U. S
State of
County of Daviess
Seventy two year old Palmer dies after long illness
The deceased woman born in Peterburg on March 12, 1836, lived much of her life in Pike county before moving to this city to live with a daughter. She was predeceased by her husband Alfred Palmer and leaves two sons James and Alfred and two daughters Mrs Jerald of Linton and Mrs M R Palmer, plus five grandchildren and one great grandchild. A devoted Methodist, she died peacefully after days of suffering in faith of immortality.
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Peterburg
Pike County
Alfred Palmer
James
Alfred
Jerald
Linton
M. R. Palmer
Oine
Lovelorn Bedford Maiden Seeks Wedding License Update
A Bedford girl writes to the county clerk from Elnora, claiming the man she loves has secretly married another woman from Bedford. She asks whether a marriage license has been issued, noting no license found yet and unsure of her fate. The drama centers on a cherished Bedford beauty and the rival woman.
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Bedford Democrat
Tian
Leonard
Elnora
Elnora Young Mar
Bedford
Binora
Binona
Beal
Foley’s Feisty Finish Sprints to a Narrow Win
Foley’s feisty performance leads to a narrow victory as Gonjeay delivers a key moment. The event highlights local talent and competitive spirit with standout plays shaping the outcome.
Medicine Within Reach and Sold by Smith and Winton
The note states a remedy is within reach of medicine and asserts it is sold by Smith and Winton. It presents a promotional claim that medicine can do more, though details are minimal and no other facts are provided.
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Smith & Winton
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Relief for Consumption
A historical notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure and relief for incipient and advanced consumption. It claims comfort and claims proved results, with endorsements from S Smith and Winton and W. R. Ward of Tennessee.
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Smith and Winton
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Carrie Na‘ton
Kansas
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Parp
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Smith & Gootee
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