Local residents and visitors listed in today’s notes
Names and places fill today’s social notes with mentions of travels and visits. Individuals such as Spoonts Re 1 in Indianapolis and Mrs L Tippit in Olney Ill appear alongside career figures like John Mumaw and J A McCord visiting from Reeve township and Terre Haute respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mumaw
Madison Cernerity
Birs
John F. Steen
Glendale
Joseph Gilbert
Ah Carmel
Mae Robinson
Vincennes
Jean Sawford
J. C. Hagerty
Margaret
Louisville
Bessie Axtell
Indianapolis
A. E. Randall
Chicago
W. C. W. Wright
Mortuary Notice of Hazel Chattin’s Death at Age Three
Hazel, daughter of Mrs. Chattin of the South Side, died Friday night at age three. The obituary ends with a proverb about faith without perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Republican Critique of Democratic Leadership and Policy
The piece argues Democratic weakness in initiative, favors the Republican Party as proactive, mocks Bryan and the Democrats, notes the Elising bill as a trust curb, and contrasts Democratic pretensions with Republican achievements, while predicting discomfiture for prophets of the party. It frames progress as a Republican-driven course and disparages Democratic reliance on figures like Bryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christendom
Republican Party
Mr. Bryan
Our Consuls. German praise for American trade efforts abroad
The Deutsche Export Revue notes that German consuls abroad act as official representatives of Prussia while British and American consuls abroad see themselves as friends and advisors to countrymen. The piece highlights American consuls following up trade opportunities and supporting American merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Deutsche Export Revue
Municipal Socialism and Municipal Debt Growth
Hon. Robert P. Porter argues that UK local indebtedness rose from under 500 million to about 1.6 billion by 1900 due to municipal ownership of utilities. He notes the United States shows no similar pattern, with cities expanding faster than debt and private enterprise delivering better results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Porter
England
Saya
United Kingdom
United States
Lawrenceburg Press
Paternalism in Australia and mounting public debt
The New York Press argues that paternalist policies in Australia burden the federation with growing debt. Relief works and pensions are criticized as profligate, financed by British taxpayers, with debt rising from £8.3 million in 1870 to £21.15 billion in 1903. Each Australian would bear £59, borrowing continues despite economic conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Australia
Bryan backs Missouri man as Democratic presidential nominee
The record notes William Jennings Bryan grants permission for the nomination of William J. Stone of Missouri as a Democratic presidential candidate. It also mentions many other Democratic leaders from Missouri supporting this proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
William J. Btone
Missouri
Trade Review Notes Favorable Overall Conditions
Bradstreets weekly review says weather and labor disturbances create short term uncertainty, but core trade and crop prospects remain favorable. West cold weather slows farm work and retail distribution while East sees spring conditions boost distribution. Wholesale trade quiet with contrasts. iron and steel firm, corn exports rise, flour exports down from last year. Railway earnings for April-3 weeks look up about 14 percent versus last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreets Weekly Review of Trade Today
Pik Jron
Counterfeit Notes Baffle U S Secret Service in Kentucky
Secret Service detectives hunt a gang producing fake five dollar National Bank notes based on a Lebanon Kentucky issue. The forgeries feature James A Garfield photographs and crude hand colored design numbers. Affected regions include western Kentucky and southern Winds with many counterfeit dimes and half dollars circulating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Becret
Kentucky
National Bank
Lebanon
James A. Garfield
Treasury
O. D. Thomas
John D. Garrisla
Roosevelt Addresses Crowds in Topeka Across Two Venues
President Roosevelt spoke to massive audiences in Topeka Kansas delivering a cornerstone ceremony address for a Y M C A building and a second talk at the Auditorium for the International Y M C A convention. He toured Governor Bailey’s home afterward and the morning train moved westward. In Cuba the gunboat El Presidente arrived in Guantanamo with refugees including Vasquez and several Dominican officials amid reports of ongoing turmoil and dwindling resistance to the Dominican revolutionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Roosevelt
Y.M. CG. A
Bailey
Kansas
Union Pacific
Sharon Springs
Colorado We
Santiago de Cuba
el Presidente
Vasquez
Santo Domingo
Guantanamo
Guahtanamo
Bhut
el Presidento
Knights of Pythias to Hold Special Lodge Meeting
Attention members of Pythagorean Lodge No. 118 KE of P. A special meeting is announced for Saturday night at 8 o'clock to arrange for the funeral of L. P. Beitman. All members must attend under officials F. M. Jaxxson O C H A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythagorean Lodge No
L. P. Beitman
Colored fabrics and laces offered by yard and price list
A priced catalog of colored fabrics including gelated cloth mercerized shant fing veilled etamines and numerous lace trimmed and sheer cloths. Listings cover batiste lawn dimities silk grenadines velvet spots and fancy patterns with per yard prices from 4 to 64 cents and up to 50 cents for silk items.
White wash fabrics lead season in sheer goods line
A local shop promotes a wide range of sheer fabrics. India linens priced from Pesha lawns 15 to 40 cents per yard. Digan 19 inches wide at 30 cents per yard. French lawns 48 inches wide at 50 cents per yard. Mercerized batistes and silk mulls offered. Shamrock lawn 85 cents per yard. Liberty silk extras 48 inches wide at 81.75 per yard. Renaissance silk 45 inches wide at 10 cents per yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Mercerize«l Batigte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ibace
Ouch Govers
Maco Dougal
Minnesota
Dakota
Minneapolis
Zack Jones
Schnull & Co., Wholesale Agenta
Opera House
Harry Shannon Stock Company
Harry
Horrall Bros. Hook
George H. Re 1
Charlie Hart
W. R. Gardiner
Evansville
E. R. Scoville
St. Louis
Mrs. L. Tippit
Olney, Ill
J. A. McCord
Reeve Township
L. B. Hovey
Detroit
R. M
Beker
Loogoorde
William Smith
Terre Haute
Mortuary
J. Beitman
Moses
Trade Review
Bradstreet
Ill
President Roosevelt
Kansas Capital
Cuba
Attention Knights of Pythias
F. M. Jaxxson
Supor
The
Hatfield & Palmer @o
Om L. F
Farmers’ Drug Store
TOB Printing
the Gazette
Ducks
Raye la France
Primrose Batiste
Abel & Kauffman Mercantile Comp’y
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