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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
2
The Daily Review notes Indiana as a pivotal battleground in the November elections. Republicans feel heightened urgency to secure success locally and nationally, aiming to shield the ticket from adverse state conditions and press Indiana politicians to reform.
The piece highlights GOP actions favoring labor including railroad safety devices, a federal eight hour law, graft-driven public printer removal, Beveridge child labor law, Rongevelt coal strike settlement, state eight hour law, and ending prison labor on goods. It credits national and state Republicans with fair treatment of labor and earned gratitude from labor unions.
At the White House, President Roosevelt introduced labor leader John Mitchell to Hon. J. B. Watson and credited Watson with earnings labor reform through his earnest backing. Roosevelt praised Watson as worthy of labor support for Indiana based efforts.
In Nappanee Mose Wraver postpones a planned trip to Pennsylvania until after the election and states he has voted Republican for years noting he voted for Lincoln at Elkhart long ago.
The Nappanee Advance urges voters to support Vernon W. VanFleet for the Elkhart superior court, praising his clean and honorable record and urging a vote this fall.
Ex-councilman Adam M. Smith enters the Democratic primary for northern district county commissioner seeking party backing. Nearby figures Henry Helfrick J P Sanders and Ira Kauffman are named, with Kauffman also discussed as sheriff candidate. The Bryan Marshall Club of Goshen formed a permanent campaign group with B F Deahl as president and other officers elected.
Ex-Treasurer A. E. Harley of Kosciusko county has turned over 250 dollars to the current treasurer. A movement is afoot to force several former county officers to return large sums alleged to have been illegally collected.
United States Circuit Judge F E Baker heard six Indiana distilleries seek an injunction against an internal revenue agent enforcing the pure food law. The dispute centers on labeling goods previously marked spirits as alcohol. A temporary restraining order was issued, with a final ruling expected in October.
Street work included alley and street rebuilds on multiple blocks and crosswalk repairs on Hudson. sewers flushed on West Franklin through North Main. Animal burials recorded as seven dogs and three cats. Fire department answered eleven calls. total property loss about $25. Expenditures totaled $6,150.29 across salaries, parks, cemetery, street work, bridges, and city services.
Twelve thousand Canadian Pacific workers walk out after a disputed conciliation board ruling. Montreal leads with 2,200 strikers, followed by 1,500 in Winnipeg and others from Fort William to Vancouver. Company-view disputes and limited government intervention follow as shops stay idle.
A quirky look at pests and their spread by human activity. The potato bug multiplies as civilization expands into Colorado and worldwide potato fields, while the San Jose scale arrives from China and is checked by the ladybug. The piece frames pest control as a curious sport of science.
Two drivers vow to challenge Bar key Oldfield at Elkhart Driving Park on August 15 with a 40 horsepower bet. George Reim, a local, plans to wager on the outcome, while a rival from a neighboring town expects to beat Oldfield after faster exhibition heats. Oldfield will use a 100 horsepower car. advance man T W Moross awaits Elkhart next Tuesday for Oldfield’s reply.
At the Boston gathering of Knights of Pythias the supreme chancellor announced membership rose from 644239 year end 1906 to 768612 in 1907 with a first half gain near 14000. The Pythian Sisters union grew to surpass 150900 members after organizing five states into grand temples. Nellie E. Merriam of Muskegon was elected supreme chief without opposition.
J ed Shaw returned from a southwest trip seeking Texas land. He acted as scout for Cincinnati and Indianapolis partners, viewing a 6000 acre tract sixty miles from the gulf with 2500 acres prairie 2500 timber and 100 acres cultivated. Two houses with windmills and improvements sit near a railroad. Shaw took a thirty day option at 46 an acre, with a quarter section if capital fails. small tracts sell around 12.50 per acre.
Northern Indiana Brethren Sunday schools hold an Island Park picnic with over 400 expected. Goshen delegates number around 300 with 175 adults aboard, joined by about 150 from Elkhart. Rev. G. W. Rench and Rev. J. A. Garber lead the program with a noon dinner and afternoon exercises, readings, and a sermon. Milford Napa nee and South Bend pastors were delayed by late trains.
Government scientists plan a two year study at the Salton Sea to derive evaporation rates under given conditions. Six to eight men will monitor water supply and measure atmospheric loss, led by Professor F T Bigelow of the Weather Bureau with local bureau assistance.
A horseshoe bearing the inscription Traveling across the continent to bring good luck to Billy B. and the Democratic party arrived in New Orleans after a cross country trip. It was started here and traveled to San Francisco stopping at railroad stations along the way, with messages from railroad men attached.
Joseph Bufink, a prominent Noble county farmer, harvested between 1500 and 1600 pounds of honey this year. He sold the crop at 150 cents per pound, mainly from twenty hive stands. Years of excess rain reduced yields, but a dry season with abundant white clover boosted production.
The Frank Cline ditch petition was referred back to the commissioner for reassessment after a finding of facts. The Lake Shore railway company is not benefited by the drain and has provided for surface drainage. damages are set at 175 dollars. A barn owned by Joseph Speicher near Urbana Indiana was struck by lightning Tuesday evening, burning for a loss of 3,800 dollars with 1,400 dollars insured.
A fire sparked by a threshing engine gutted a large barn and threshing machine at the Libby Fulkerson farm located four and a half miles southwest of South Bend. The blaze consumed a significant wheat stack and numerous farm implements. No injuries reported.
P G Page left for Kentucky after visiting Mr and Mrs J G Shreiner. Mrs Henry Worman of Chicago visits her parents Mr and Mrs John Shearer. Mr and Mrs 0 J Landon visited Mr and Mrs Harry Melvin last Sunday. An ice cream social is planned at John Shearer's home next Friday evening. Helen Aigood visited Mary Louise Page and Mr and Mrs J G Shreiner. California church services next Sunday morning and harvest home services in the evening.
Cecil Reams landed a ten-pound carp in the lower St Joseph near the Sherman Street bridge on Wednesday evening. The fish measured a little over two feet, the largest carp caught in this river section this season. Witnesses report another carp in the area that could weigh around twenty pounds.
A brief promotional notice for a delicatessen store appears in The Daily Review offering goods at affordable prices priced in cents per week, indicating a newspaper advertisement format for consumer shoppers.
Five carloads of news print paper were auctioned in New York under John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers' association committee. The entire lot sold for $1.90 per 200 pounds f o b Natural Dam New York.
The ram first saw action in 1862 during the Federal fleet battle with the Confederate ironclad Virginia Merrimac at Hampton Roads.
Mercury threatens health for workers making mirrors barometers and thermometers and for those exposed to nitrate of mercury in dental work. The article notes harm to teeth gums and body tissues from such exposure and calls attention to the risks in these occupations.
A Notice urges sending The Review to any address for any time at ten cents per week. If you are traveling, have it follow you daily. Also a reminder about the pand concert on Thursday.
The Bango township trustee of Elkheart county calls a September 1 1908 meeting at his home to set yearly expenditures and tax levies for 1909. Proposed items include township expenditures 1400 with 14 cent tax, local tuition 1650 with 22 cent tax, special school tax 1100 with 6 cent tax, road tax 100 with 2 cent tax, additional road tax 700 with 10 cent tax, and poor expenditures 14125 with 14 cent tax. Net taxable property totals 757770, pols 103. Signed C O Erhet August 1 1168.
The Concord township trustee in Elkheart County Indiana submits the yearly expenditures and tax levies for the upcoming year. Estimates include township expenditures 1418 dollars and 6 cents tax per hundred. local tuition expenditures 3000 dollars and 16 cents tax per hundred. special school tax 1200 dollars and 5 cents tax. road tax 4000 dollars and 20 cents tax. additional road tax 1400 dollars and 8 cents tax. poor expenditures 1200 dollars and 2 cents tax. Total expenditures 12418 dollars and total tax 56 cents per hundred. Signed O C Puterbaugh dated August 4 1908 Trustee.
Ordinance No 432 restricts street cars to 12 miles per hour within Elkhart city limits. Violations by companies or individuals carry fines from 1 to 100 dollars per offense. Adopted August 1908 by Mayor T Greene and City Clerk T G Wilkinson.
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