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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
3
The clipping shows varied grain and feed prices with units and ranges. Wheat around 91e per barrel, rye near T5e, oats 457, corn 90c, barley 5r, timothy seed 1.00 to 1.50, clover seed 5.00 to 5.50, chay 6.00, bran 1.35, mick lings 12.40, wool 15e to 18e.
EAST BUFFALO cattle export per head prices and shipping rates for steers, heifers, cows, calves and hogs across multiple markets. CHICAGO and CLEVELAND show varied values for steers, cows, heifers, bulls, calves, and hogs with wheat and corn quotes. PITTSBURGH and other cities list mixed sheep, lambs, and hog categories.
Taft travels from Sandusky to Cincinnati amid crowded stations Castalia Randoms York Clyde Green a peace fend large crowd greets him on arrival. The Republican candidate addresses veterans at Soldiers Home and thanks supporters aboard the Big Four train scheduled to stop at Forest Caray Kenton Bellefontaine Urbana Springfield and Dayton before 7:45 PM arrival.
Judge William H Taft delivered two speeches in Sandusky Ohio this morning. He spoke at the old soldiers home to veterans on patriotic and historical topics and addressed a packed opera house about campaign issues. Former Governor Myron Herrick spoke on bank deposit guarantees and General Ketter on tariffs. Taft planned to depart at 1:40 PM aboard the Big Four for Cincinnati, with a stop at Dicus along the way.
Governor Andrew J. Harris drew about 10 000 people to the Lancaster camp grounds to hear him defend temperance laws including the Rose county local option law. He urged electors to back laws enacted by the Seventy seventh General Assembly and condemned liquor interests efforts to repeal or modify them. Democrats pledged support while criticizing their party’s liquor ties.
The party calls for a financial system aligned with Republican achievements and currency law changes to meet commerce demands and serve all sections of the nation while maintaining unquestioned security.
Fragmentary letter questions why Democratic state campaign managers fail to expose alleged misdeeds by Republican officials linked to Howe senate investigations. It defends Governor Harris as standing for decency and honesty, and voices a broader critique of political accountability and public money management.
Governor Harris calls on residents to observe September 7 as a legal holiday, praising workers and urging suspension of business to honor the laboring classes. The proclamation cites the first Monday in September as Labor Day and extols labor as the creator of homes, railways, ships, and the nation’s wealth.
Senator Charles Dick plans to stump for the Republican ticket in state and national campaigns this year. He will align with Chairman Henry A. Will and spend time outside his national duties in Ohio, predicting a Taft Harris plurality. He hoped to join the Youngstown opening campaign, but Ohio National Guard duties at a two week camp in Indianapolis as state commanding officer require his presence.
A collage of political quips and editorials from Ohio periodicals critiquing Democrats and Republicans. It questions Taft and Bryan stances, notes Governor Harris's temperance defense, mocks Hearst and Higen spokespeople, and references ballot dynamics and campaign rhetoric across Cleveland, Charleston, Steubenville, and Chicago press outlets.
A fragmentary New York newspaper item recounts a homicide case from December 21 in the three house district. Deceased, a laborer named Best Nygren, 28, was struck near his home at 223d Street and Third Avenue, died January 5 of skull trauma. Manley was named as principal and Daniel Sullivan as accomplice. coroners records are cited and a hypothetical $3 for a full copy of testimony is noted. The text hints at connections among suspects and a missing witness, Ralph Eddy, on August 22 wedding day, with implications about loyalties within a gang and inquiries into the men’s whereabouts.
Last Saturday at Pleasant Home Kline day drew a large crowd with a dinner that left baskets of leftovers. Afterward an auditorium program featured songs and recitations by Martha Manueles Couhsrne and others. Old officers were reelected and plans set for next year in August. Two deaths and several births and marriages were reported among distant attendees.
A Wooster baseball squad visiting Gltg Prairie Monday was routed 37 to 7. The item notes local social happenings including visits by families such as C N Aylesworth and wife and Bob Lake and wife, plus church activities and guests staying with friends as the community records a mix of sports results and social news.
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