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Newspaper
Washington Washington Democrat
Location
Washington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
2
The article reports a sensational tale of municipal corruption with Latin terms and violent imagery. It names public figures and hints at graft schemes, legislative manipulation, and widespread dissatisfaction fueling calls for reform.
Judge in Chicago Friday sentenced seventy year old John R. Walsh to five years for illegal use of bank funds. The court also ordered Walsh to pay the trial costs. Reports say railroading man’s enterprises invoked sympathy, but law stands.
Fragmentary text mentions unemployment issues and a court ruling by Judge Myers, a post office appropriation bill breaking records, fashion notes on diamonds, and local political outcomes. It reads as a jumbled historical newspaper page with references to March 24, April 1, and local township and city concerns without a clear single event.
An appellate court upholds a Dunkirk case affirming that a township remonstrance by a majority of registered voters cannot block a liquor license in a city ward. Givens retains license in Second Ward despite Richland Township remonstrance. Judge Myers notes Nicholson law treats wards and townships separately. Local notices include a remark on Dr King’s discovery and a drugstore ad for coughs and lung troubles.
The jury found Sanderson, Snyder, and three others guilty of conspiring to defraud the state by overcharging on furniture contracts for the capital, totaling about 12 000 dollars. Each defendant faces maximum two years imprisonment and a 4400 dollar fine. The case, one of the largest jury trials in state history, followed investigations into fraud connected to William Berry’s 1940 election as state treasurer.
The largest appropriation in the history of the postal service bill, totaling 190,392,000, cleared the House after a fourteen day debate. The measure increased pay for rural carriers by 24,000 and included pension and Panama Canal material provisions. Strong opposition focused on executive encroachment and legislative power.
Awashington report notes Connecticut attorney withdrawals amid committee tensions over witness examination after a hearing postponement. Separate item covers a deadly street shooting in Toledo, Ohio where multiple gunshots injure a man following an egg theft dispute. Also referenced are unconnected ads for Hall’s Cures and Cheney & Company promotions.
A scattered set of reports details a murder charge and vigilante actions in White County. Charles Oglesby, sheriff of Sotask, led a pursuit involving Frank Webb and others, with a gun duel wounding Oglesby and one assailant. Webb and Smith were captured and tried in Monticello for assault, receiving lengthy sentences. A separate Evansville assembly organized a labor conference amid temperance debates, while poker activity in Lafayette led to fines for street gamblers. Debates on conspiracy charges surfaced in Evansville as trials loom with hundreds of witnesses named.
Washington reports Dr Harvey W Wiley chief of the department of agriculture urged the nation’s mothers to keep vigilance on food sources. He spoke at the International Congress on the Welfare of the Child advocating strict labeling and enforcement to ensure fresh palatable wholesome products.
The weekly review notes general distributive tone remains steady though wholesale volumes soften since last rail period. Business volumes are larger now, wage cuts and shorter hours reduce employe power, coal trade shows wide spread suspension while steel and iron demand expand. Dry goods, groceries, hardware and prints move fairly well, jewelry weak on diamonds, and Kentucky whisky output runs at one third of last year.
At the Marion district Republican convention held March 11 1909 the contest for the congressional nomination ended with Dr Charles H Good of Huntington receiving 609 votes to 31 percent for George D B Lockwood editor of the Marion Register and private secretary in View President Fairbanks The vote was decided after days of balloting with rivals McKee Condo and Tharp withdrawing and Reeves finally giving way Murphy held a pivotal position before the final ballot securing a last minute surge for Good and Lockwood before the final outcome.
Reverend James W. Baker will deliver a temperate sermon at the First Methodist Church tomorrow evening. The message centers on health and divine blessings, suggesting health fosters other good outcomes and praising the restorative power of faith. A local pharmacy advertisement accompanies the notice.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle effective remedy for infant and child stomach and bowel troubles. It warns against salts purgatives and narcotic medicines and cites Mrs Spalding of Mayfield Kentucky as a user and advocate. The text claims benefits for constipation dyspepsia liver trouble diarrhea colic worms and skin or school issues linked to stomach problems. It urges readers to ask their druggist to buy and try the product for family use.
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