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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
2
In a withering comparison, the article critiques Bryan's reply to Taft, labeling it weaker than Taft's exhaustive letter. It cites Chicago primary analyses from the New York Times, notes low Republican turnout, and warns of cross voting and manipulation undermining reform and party choice.
The essay argues that schools divide effort between general cultural training and manual skill. It warns that modern demand favors hands on practice early, risking superficiality. It calls for maintaining disciplinary, mental culture until students choose between broad culture or practical skill.
A Thursday development caused a stir in political circles as observers noted an unexpected turn. Details remain sparse but the event drew attention from party officials and commentators alike.
The Baltimore Sun, long seen as a Democratic paper, declares support for the Republican ticket in this campaign, signaling Maryland may lean Taft in the electoral votes. The piece notes Bryan's acceptance speech as weak and reiterates calls for clearer tariff stance and substantive policy. It also covers a Chicago press critique and a General Manufacturing Co. board meeting naming officers and noting strong prospects for gas engines and auto-related services.
Large crowds from Hikhart and Goshen joined South Bend patrons Thursday to see Buffalo Bill's wild west show. Cars were packed with 100 to 150 passengers causing delays. Fans hoped for a Wednesday street parade but management canceled the displays. A note on charity collectors at Oyster Bay ends with President Roosevelt funding donations.
The speed autoist arrives here next week and may stay several days to try the Century. He plans an auto-train race along the proposed route while others tour the highway to view ground conditions. Jeo Grazer suffers a broken forearm in a park fall. Aut racing is debated as the most dangerous sport with August as a noted risk month. Real estate transfers include Bert Arch to Florence Beber in Nappanee for $1,000 and George Rowell to Charles Kohler in Goshen for $4,500.
Miss Meta Mattes of the Mattes Orchestra, famed in South Bend, swam solo from the steam dock pier to the Point and back at Lake Maxinkuckee. The two mile plus trek came Sunday with ease and without fatigue as the waters stayed calm for the performance-minded swimmer.
A janitor notes American and French dining habits reveal waste differences. In France the households he served produced little trash, while in an American home they discarded enough provisions daily to feed several French families for a week. Sir John Charles Day, the English judge famed for stern sentences, died aged eighty two. his career included 187 criminals flogged 3,766 times, and a tiresome treadmill episode in prison.
A man with a basket bought a ticket for an opera in a Long Island town. The basket cover slipped to reveal two dozen eggs. The ticket taker refused entry with a joke about eggs and footwork, and the eggs were kept at the box office until the show ended.
Ten Chinese men were arraigned before U S Commissioner Kellogg for unlawfully entering from Canada by way of Watertown. Defense sought to prove relatives, but authorities deemed necktie patterns as identification marks and ordered deportation.
Kilbourn Wisconsin August 14 by the capsizing of a pleasure launch on the Wisconsin river four Chicago people were drowned including Miss Mabel Ward Mrs W G Heath and BE Pfeiffer and his son Ralph. The nine person boat was returning from a trip through the Dells when near the dock it met the waves of a passing steamer and overturned throwing all aboard into the water.
Phillip Tully, 24, was beaten by two men and brought to Bellevue Hospital. He indicated with jaw clench that he was badly bruised and writes that tetanus risk has developed from the wounds. Doctors say death is expected.
John Plautz aged seventy a resident of Trundee Wis was found dead in a woods after a forty hour search The body shows no injuries and it is believed he died of hunger and exhaustion
Debs refuses to attend a New York unemployed conference due to campaign engagements. A fire in Luft Montana destroys the Anheuser Busch hotel and twelve saloons, with losses around 80000 dollars. The British foreign office announces a Newfoundland fisheries modus vivendi. Knights of Pythias supreme lodge votes Milwaukee as next convention site.
A humorous exchange ends with a misdirected customer asking for a steak in a lumber yard. The Lumberman responds that porterhouse belongs in the butcher shop, while the judge notes the setting mix up.
A local ad lists skirts and shirt waist suits on sale. White washable walking skirts priced at 95 cents to 1.50 undercut higher priced linen and rep garments. Linen and skirt waist suits fall to under 4 dollars while other shirts remain in the 1.69 to 3.98 range.
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