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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1908
Page
7
Local markets list crop prices with wheat corn oats and butter figures. Wheat around 88 to 90 cents, corn near 75 to 80 cents, oats about 40 to 50 cents, and butter roughly 20 cents per pound based on the August 10 1908 Elkhart Review markets section.
The notice offers to send The Review to any address for any duration at ten cents per week and suggests using it while on vacation to receive daily copies.
Walley s ambulance moved a patient from Ligonier to Clark Hospital this forenoon. Lake Shore line repairs at Middlebury street require street car transfers. One hundred fifty nine Hik hartans rode to Benton Harbor and twenty six to Indianapolis on Sunday. Three excursions to Benton Harbor were run, one from Pittsburg Ohio. A horse owned by D R Bowles toppled onto the sidewalk after being startled by flies. minor injuries to the horse and slight harness damage. Milwausee avenue resident U S Boice lost fifteen chickens to a weasel last Saturday night.
Rex Rarick, a worker at a whip factory, reportedly fell through a damaged flooring section. No further injuries are described and the incident seems limited to the flooring mishap during regular operations.
A joist turned on Saturday injuring a man’s right eye chin and neck before he was taken home by car for medical attention. John L Kern on Goshen road pricked his right foot with a nail suffering pain yet continued work after attending to the wound. Boiler Washer Oswin Gartner cut a finger on his left hand between a wrench and engine side rods. BE Burk dislocated his right big toe while swimming in Christiana creek Saturday.
Mrs. Jacob P. Burkle died at her home 312 East Jackson street at 12 30 PM aged 46 heart disease and gall stones. Surviving daughters Mesdames Null and DeGotte of Elkhart and brothers and sister in Michigan. George W. Swartz of Wakarusa died after gall stones and kidney illness leaving a wife Amelia son Victor and daughter Mabel. Funeral at M E church Wakarusa Wednesday at 10 AM. Mrs Harriet Taylor of Coldwater died last Friday aged 89 with two children surviving.
Division Superintendent S. T. Blizard and Trainmaster J. A. Court visit Benton Harbor aboard an excursion train. Lake Shore freight No. 5688 derailed at Tenth Street when an air hose burst and brakes set. A new rotary grinding machine is installed in the Lake Shore pattern shop. BE. F. Geyer resigns as pattern maker. Foreman F. A. Batehman and Erecting Foreman A. E. Pettit take two week vacations. Baggageman William Rice out sick.
Police say E. J. Stillman claimed Evans ton as home and was arrested Saturday night. He appeared partly intoxicated and demented and was released today. An officer quieted disturbances at the M C A building Sunday evening and two localities Sunday night reported noisy youths. Jesse Shekels reported the loss of a pocketbook containing $15 Saturday night.
An Elkhart county resident sues Parris P Painter in St Joseph Michigan for 4000 in damages alleging fraud in a 10000 land sale. Plaintiff says Painter claimed the tract was clear of encumbrances except taxes and a 7500 mortgage but a separate county judgment later surfaced and was collected via sale. Al Paine named to run the Western Union office at Camp Perry during the national rifle shoot.
ADDITIONAL PERSONAL. Wilson Swartz of South Third street is critically ill. Messrs. and Mesdames F. A. Blessing J. C. Yost and W. W. Wilt spent Sunday in Detroit. John Astley and S. C. Wheeler of Cloud county Kansas are visiting friends and relatives in the city. Charles Dolan and Charles Burkhart returned Sunday from a week’s trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls.
Thirty eight Lake Shore apprentices joined a special car trip to Bawheese Lake last Saturday. They enjoyed a sumptuous picnic dinner with the Elmo Engine Works employer from Hillsdale who were also at the lake for a day outing. Fishing and swimming provided entertainment for the day.
On Saturday evening Shiloh Field Corps welcomed about a score of Howell Corps members from Goshen who had spent the afternoon on the Island. The visit included casual greetings and impromptu addresses. Mrs. Dill, aged eighty three, referred to as our infant member, spoke briefly while C. H. Maloney and H. E. Corbett, former Elkhart residents now in Gary, announced a newly formed Knights of Columbus council in Gary with Maloney as grand knight and Corbett as financial secretary.
Central League results show South Bend beating Terre Haute 6-4 and Fort Wayne 5-0, with Evansville and Dayton posting strong records. Goshen fell to South Bend’s Leeper Parks 8-7, while Elkhart lost twice to Lawton Michigan 3-0 and 7-1 in front of about 800 fans.
Aug 10. The Mexican and Civil War veteran Gen D K Wardwell and his wife, a leper with a troubled mind, face isolation near Tombstone under county care. Wardwell, 86, suffers from cancer but refuses to part from his wife, who is chained to her bed to prevent escapes.
In Methuen Massachusetts on August 10 Charles Emerson and Frank McDermott officers were discovered with bruises in a meadow outside town. They had been sent to patrol for chicken and vegetable thieves and did not return. A search found them dead with evidence of beating.
About 100 delegates attended the Haymakers National association annual convention in Atlantic City. The rolls committee announced membership reached 50 000. R Nobe of Muncie Indiana was elected national chief, Indianapolis was chosen for the 1901 convention.
London reports General Booth, leader of the Salvation Army, is said to suffer cataracts in both eyes. An officer confirms he does not wear glasses yet, can read only large type, and must hold text close to his eyes.
Three men were instantly killed and eleven wounded when striking miners fired into a passenger train near Blocton Alabama around 2 a.m. The dead include conductor Joe T Collins and deputy sheriff Willard Howell. The train carried non union men to Blorton mines under guard. eight suspects were arrested as authorities call for stronger action and militia moves.
In Zittau Germany authorities report a novel pest control using two large reflectors over a deep receptacle with exhaust fans. At night bright light lures millions of moths to the reflectors and fans blow them into the collection bin. On the first night three tons were captured.
News from Madison reports ex senator Vilas remains in precarious condition with uncertain outcome. His right side is paralyzed and he is speechless, according to his brother Dr Vilas of New York.
Boston August 10 The Aerial Navigation company of Boston has incorporated at the state house with capital stock of fifty thousand dollars to operate freight and passenger air ship service between Boston New York and other points.
San Diego officers detained three Japanese on illegal entry charges after arriving from Ensenada and crossing into California via Tijuana. In Ohio, Alois Aumer known as Louis Armour, the Toledo wife-killer, was captured on a Sylvania area farm after days of supposed flight, claiming he stayed within twenty miles of Toledo and attributing his troubles to alcohol.
William Boyd Allison, Iowa statesman, was buried in Linwood cemetery after a simple four o’clock service at his home. Citywide mourning followed with factories and shops closed and flags at half mast as Vice President Fairbanks and a congressional delegation attended the funeral cortege to the cemetery. The event drew about two thousand spectators despite private plans.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Maggie and May, captained by Erick McCathran, was sunk sixty miles southeast of Halifax after a collision with the German cruiser Freya. Eight crew members perished including Captain McCathran. nine in total drowned. Dense fog surrounded the accident as Freya, traveling about eight knots, altered course but could not avoid the crash.
Frank P. Sargent, commissioner of the bureau of immigration and naturalization, is seriously ill at his Washington residence. He suffers nervous shock from an incident at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where he was spending his summer vacation recently.
Copenhagen August 1. In response to a strike by typographers and other printing office workers, all departments of labor are to be put under a general lockout today, with only a few on socialistic papers exempt.
The annual collection of the Christian and Missionary Alliance at Old Orchard campground totaled 55220 dollars for foreign and home missions.
The South Bend Times notes a Kalamazoo groom told a South Bend preacher his pocketbook was stolen on the way to the city and questions whether the bridegroom used a cheap tactic to dodge a marriage fee.
Announced event at Anderson Hall on Thursday evening August 13 invites attendees to keep cool with electric fans. Mentions Mr and Mrs Wilt and Samuel Moyer, a long established real estate agent, opening a new office at 328 South Main Street.
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