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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
2
The Daily Review of Elkhart Indiana notes its weekly establishment in 1859 by Charles H Sheve and its daily edition in 1672 by Chase Kent. A. P. Kent signs as author.
A New York Sun correspondent from Indianapolis notes political doubt in Indiana amid graft disclosures and party shifts. The piece highlights reform movements, the Knights of Pythias parade in Boston, and calls for prison reform and stricter justice.
The piece contrasts Mrs Maybrick's prison reform theories with mainstream reformers. It argues reforms should not turn prisons into comfortable houses for criminals and notes extreme reform ideas face practical objections, emphasizing that prisons are not meant as humane dwellings to ease life for offenders awaiting change.
Dr Woodbridge, the city’s only accredited delegate to the Independence party convention in Chicago, left with a platform plank for a dollar a day pension that officials later barred as the platform stated opposition to class legislation. Rumors swirl about Bryan and Kern club leadership, while Goshen Democrat notes W H Austin’s Mexican imprisonment and alleged wrongdoing linked to Pacific Copper and Buena Vista. Elkhart locals blame Austin for the Buena Vista decline and claim Lawrence Ross was kidnapped by schemers.
The Chicago Bartenders and Saloonkeepers Total Abstinence Society claims 2 064 members and enforces an agreement among saloonkeepers not to hire drinkers. In contrast New York lacks a similar society, though many upscale bars prohibit on duty drinking. A longtime downtown cafe drink mixer, with twenty five years in the trade, says he has never tasted his own liquors.
The St Joseph Valley Railway Co annual meeting convened in Lagrange today with secretary Straf ford Maxon reporting totals. Key figures include stock subscribed 3700, railway operation 3621.09, county aid 43464.69, and total 880427.87. Harold Keith and A J Gilbert completed a survey of the line from Bristol to Elkhart on Saturday.
The text explains the division of Indiana state senators into two classes for regular four year terms and two year terms for representatives. It notes that senators are split so that roughly half of the senate’s terms expire at each biennial election, creating hold-over senators and fresh elections.
Kendallville water management alerts residents that pending repairs will require using lake water instead of well water until completion. The notice emphasizes service continuity and safety while maintenance proceeds.
Launch owners between Ikhart and South Bend discuss options to move boats around Hen Island dam. An organization may form to push navigation, with plans including locks or a large electric derrick. South Bend and Elkheart owners expect benefits from opening the river to Mishawaka, about sixteen miles beyond.
Tents and paraphernalia were removed from McNaughton Park returning the grounds to park status though heat and trampling have browned areas. The Mediapolis Iowa tent outfit transfers this year’s Chautauqua duties, with next year’s program expected to feature stars such as Watson Johnson and Mrs Maybrick in evening performances to attract larger crowds and moonlit travel.
An old-time Coldwater mason warns that hurried mixing yields weak mortar failing to stand up to the elements. He cites the state school tunnel project where a Detroit expert mixed mortar. bricks there are weaker than the surrounding mortar. He notes many public and private Coldwater structures show the same problem and repainting costs follow.
The Weather Bureau notes July averaged 76 degrees in Indianapolis, the hottest since 1903. The thirty eight year mean is 76.1. Last month’s precipitation totaled 2.62 inches, below the 38 year July average of 4.06. Elkhart recorded 1.62 inches, versus a six year average of 3.81.
The eighth annual Artley reunion was held at the Carson home near Bristol. Nine Artley brothers faced the younger generation in a baseball game ending 19 to 8 for the youngsters, with some elders not playing in 35 years.
Elmo Dorsey twelve son of H E Dorsey Wabash road agent at West ville had a grain of wheat lodge in his ear while near a loading car. Doctors could not remove it with ordinary tools and he was taken to an aurist who under chloroform extracted the kernel.
William Stafford a 24 year old farmer from the southeast corner of Kosciusko county was drowned Sunday in the Bel river in view of companions he had forced into the water. Worth Norris made a vain attempt to save him. He leaves a wife and small child.
In Hot Springs Virginia Taft agrees to make brief talks into talking machines for repetition. Rehearsals amuse Mrs Taft who laughs at the practice. Each record holds about three hundred words and topics are yet to be chosen.
In Havana three days after voting, results remain doubtful with Conservative gains and Zayas allies weak. Fusion of Axuistas and Miguelistas seen as only chance to oppose Conservatives in December's presidential vote amid uncertain provincial outcomes.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer dialogue contrasts musicians and nonmusicians on women as pianists, focusing on perceived arm strength and skill. The exchange suggests biases about gender and musical talent without asserting scientific proof.
A humorous note from the Minneapolis Journal depicts a bear inviting an elephant on a trip, quipping about a trunk and a grip as a playful exchange in the zoo setting.
Chicago grain quotations show Sept wheat at 93 1 2 cents, Dec 95 1 4, May 101 1 2. Corn Sept 76 1 2 cents, oats Sept 46, rye Sept 9 1 2. Live stock receipts list hogs and cattle prices with prime steers around 7.50 to 8.00 and lambs near 6.50, along with East Buffalo quotes for cattle hogs and sheep.
For Rent. House centrally located six rooms with gas electric lights and city water. Also ten room house well located for roomers and boarders. Applicant to furnish references F T Simpson 21 Monger Building.
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