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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
1
William S. Taft informs the conference committee in New York that he cannot attend the national unemployed conference set to start in New York on September 26. Bryan had been invited but his reply was not yet received.
Bryan plans visits across the South and West after conference with the national committee. He declines a Nebraska led invitation to rally supporters and receives a ceremonial gourd inscribed Billys Dig Stick while noting he will rely on popular support over fear. Clayton praises hospitality at a Fairview dinner for the notification committee.
Special story from Hot Springs Virginia notes rumors of discord among Chairman Hitchcock Ohio Manager Vorys and Witchork with Judge Taft later closing the matter as harmonious. Taft read Bryan speech and may speak later. Also mentions a horse incident with Taft and potential Senate candidate rivals Lacey and Cummins.
Toledo Ohio August 14 Leaders William H Taft and William J Bryan are expected to attend the G A R encampment the first week in September according to executive meeting notes Article notes Taft Bryan expected to appear at the veterans gathering in early September in Toledo Ohio.
The article lists standings and daily baseball results across leagues. Notable entries include Pittsburg 1 0 0, Chicago 0 0 0, Brooklyn 0 0 0 at New York 5 2 0, St. Louis 7 1 0 at Cincinnati, Philadelphia 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 x 2, and Kansas City Toledo 9. It also notes hitters and errors for several games and mentions western games in progress.
Chicago prices on wheat corn oats and hogs cattle and sheep show mixed movement with bids and ranges across commodities. East Buffalo sale reports slow cattle demand and lower hog prices with steady sheep and lamb quotations and calf values.
A Maine or eastern storekeeper would inspect customers bags for safekeeping. He opened a tied bag and released hornets that swarmed him, prompting a fast exit and a lasting disinclination to question others’ contents.
The article outlines an old method for refining and assay of gold and silver. It describes melting the sample in a furnace, quenching in water, boiling in sulfuric acid to dissolve silver and precipitate gold, and then transferring to copper plates and lead vessels. Copper sulfate forms, silver deposits as thin sheets, and a 200 ton hydraulic press forms cakes. Metals are melted again in separate vats, refined, and cast into ingots ready for market.
Amusement note previews Meadow-Brook Warm a pastoral play to be staged at Bucklen theatre. The cast led by H Swartwood features The Cow-Puncher with performances on August 25 and August 19. Hal Reid wrote it and W F Mann manages the show.
A Fourth of July London show features American visitors, flags, and songs. A "human encyclopedia" answers audience questions while an American asks what happened on July 4, 1776, prompting a playful response about a horrible outrage.
Dr Francis I Kerrick describes bird reactions to emergencies. A sparrow plucks a nestling’s mouth with a horsehair, a bird like an orge stands by until its mate dies. A robin tugs a string but fails to release it or use knots. The gull drops shellfish from height to crack them, repeatedly testing this method.
A French chef en route to celebrate the Paris to St. Germain railway opening prepared a banquet. Potatoes were briefly boiled in butter, removed during a delay, then reboiled and found light and inflated, revealing the pomme soufflee’s virtues.
The article notes that a referendum like the historic practice has existed in parts of Switzerland since the sixteenth century and that St. Gallen adopted its current form in 1880. By 1848 the referendum entered the federal constitution, expanded in 1874, and it is established in all cantons except Fribourg.
A humorous exchange quotes a wayward son urging allowance for youth follies and a stern old man replying that without his allowance the boy would be folly. The Chicago News uses a playful tone to frame generational tensions and parental patience.
The piece recalls severe weather cycles from 1824 to 1832 causing corn failures and wheat damage. It ties a later drought with biblical famine images and notes locals recalling Egypt to describe agricultural distress in the southern part of the state.
A Chicago Tribune Ocean excerpt recounts a neighbor moving from a building and recalling how they were summoned to check an unlocked flat during a suspected burglary. The neighbor praises their loyal, helpful companionship and readiness to assist in emergencies.
A busy man fled by a horse drawn vehicle stopping before an office. An inventive urchin asked to hold the horse, pressing for a charge. The man resisted and set the horse loose with a wary remark about the animal possibly falling.
The New York American notes that Plato believed in a supreme power and intelligence linked to wisdom and goodness. It questions whether Plato viewed the Deity as personal or impersonal and cites his doctrine of future retribution while exonerating God from physical and moral evil.
A London Telegraph excerpt where two speakers greet Pat and discuss not recognizing themselves without whiskers, noting their voices reveal them. The exchange highlights identity and humor in a playful conversation between friends.
Mr W Stone of Hastvoland Maine praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as proper treatment for sore feet burns cuts and abrasions and also effective for piles. Sold under guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug stores 265c.
John Banks of Elkhart Indiana advertises a selection of pickles in all sizes available at his address Ta 12d4 noting variety and local availability.
Johnson planned a three year task with six assistants but took nine years and paid his helpers from a $7,500 reward. Webster worked 24 years before his dictionary appeared, being punctilious in definitions. Single syllable Saxon words pose the most trouble, their histories reaching back to the Saxon era.
A young man on a sailing trip with his sister and her friend mispronounces sailing terms while attempting a landing. He quips that it is better to have luffed and jost than never to have lufféd at all, reflecting spontaneous verbal missteps and wit.
Mrs Chas E Smith of West Franklin Maine says she likes good things and has adopted Dr King s New Life Pills as the family laxative because they are effective and work quietly. The purifiers are sold at Houseworth Bros drug stores.
High class piano tuning service offered by J W Reading. Home phone 1328.
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