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Newspaper

Elkhart Daily Review

Location

Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1908

Page

7

Interest on Savings and CDs

The notice describes 3 percent interest on savings and certificates of deposit drawing interest from the date of deposit. Withdrawals are allowed any time.

Elkhart Review ad follow service notice

The Elkhart Review announces a follow service for readers. The newspaper can be sent to any address for any duration at ten cents per week and will travel with readers on vacation days.

Elks Flag At Half Staff For Local Figure

The Elks’ flag flies at half staff following the death of Mr. Charles Schuler. Art Wilson reports Col. Conn shipped his automobile home and will stay on the Pacific coast four to five weeks more. A five-foot-five man in a three-foot peaked hat, calling himself the human calliope, C. C. Gregory of South Bend, a chimney sweep, toured town today and claims to perform in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.

Elks Charles Schuler Art Wilson Col. Conn Pacific Coast Calliope C. C. Gregory South Bend Indiana Ilinois Iowa Abigail Sell Mary J. Kright St. Joseph Street Stark County Ohio K. Snyder Louisville Z. Rice Canton Lyda Kramer Goshen D. L. Kramer Ligonier Robert Roe Niles

Live Insects Found in Carpet Sweepings

A Review office sample of carpet sweepings contained mainly clean sand with carpet lint and live insects. Close inspection showed active motion and many small, lively creatures under magnification. initial guesses of buffalo moth or carpet beetle did not fit.

Wey

Cooper Acquitted in Park Superintendent Assault Case

Harry Cooper was acquitted of assault and battery on Park Superintendent J. W. Slear before City Judge Hughes this forenoon. Prosecutor presented weak evidence while Cooper’s attorney R. E. Proctor argued he acted in self defense. Slear testified that Cooper pushed him.

Death Claims Several In Elkhart Region Obituaries

Multiple obituaries outline deaths in Elkhart and vicinity including Charles Schuler a longtime Lake Shore engineer who died after a long illness and Kuszmaul a Plymouth area resident noted for civic ties. The notice details funeral plans survivors and affiliated orders and notes interment in Edgerton and White Pigeon.

Charles Schuler Lake Shore Middlebury Street Mr. Schuler Latsburg White Pigeon Elkhart C. J. Hayes Fred Schuler Charleston Ill George Schuler Adam Schuler Toledo J. Wark Douglass, Mich B. of L. E The Elks and the Masons B. of Ll. E Ligonier John Schuler Chicago

Mysterious Scream Stirs Police at Hotel Bucklen

Merchant policeman Dunbar on Main and Jackson streets at 4 a m heard a scream like murder from the second floor of the Hotel Bucklen. Officer Withers and night clerk Decker searched the hotel and alley, near the Elkhart river, but found nothing. A guest claimed the noise may have been a nightmare.

Dunbar Main Jackson Streets Bucklen Withers P. M. Decker Elkhart

Local social events headline small town gatherings

Miss Janette Hartsough hosted a surprise party at Mrs. J. E. Alford’s Aspenwold avenue home in honor of Frances Allen of Warsaw. Guests included Minnie Gorsuch Maude Stutsman Ethel Grimes Mabel Grimes Edna Livengood Echo Grimes Pearl Mann Muriel Mann Hazel Stevens and more. Ten Five Initial Club members visited South Bend for a dinner and social time hosted by Mrs. John Metcalf. The Stutsman family held an island reunion electing officers. A large crowd attended Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wilt’s dance at Anderson’s hall. the next dance is in two weeks.

Janette Hartsough J. E. Alford Aspenwold Avenue Frances Allen Warsaw Minnie Gorsuch Maude Stutsman Ethel Grimes Mabel Grimes Edna Livengood Echo Grimes Pearl Mann Muriel Mann Hazel Stevens Frances Aller Messrs Otis Shuler Leslie Pancost Reno Martin Harold Williams Rex Barrick Walter Holloway Lester Cannon South Bend John Metcalf D. Hatch C. Tully A. Trump C. R. Stewart Charles Cressler L. VanDorn Adam Long H. L. Long W. W. Wilt Anderson’s Hall

Fraternal meetings noted after death of member

The L A to QO R C held a brief regular business meeting Thursday afternoon with large attendance following the funeral of member Mrs Prentice. Later a social session L A to B of L E featured a picnic supper with well filled baskets and good attendance.

L. A QO. R. C Prentice L. E

News of the Railroads in Indianapolis and Race Talk

Machinists in Lake Shore shops vote on strike amid accusations of being forced to do piece work. A national union official says no strike order will be issued before officers investigate. Local rail circles discuss the Oldfield Century race with engineers noting Century’s near record speeds and a view that Oldfield faces a defeat if Century leads.

Indianapolis Star Lake Shore International Association of Machinists Oldfield Century

Injunction and Bridge Repairs Highlight Local Proceedings

A new injunction seeks to bar costs in a pending dispute while the North Main street bridge remains damaged after a horse broke through the floor. the board of public works may close the bridge again. The seven teen page complaint argues twelve reasons to annul contracts. Judge Dodge sets a August 17 hearing for the temporary restraining order in Ikhart with County Attorney Gattshall and M C Saah of Indianapolis representing the concrete company. Clerks at the Hill store attended lectures by King and Keener on salesmanship and energy as essential for efficiency, endorsing the Sheldon School of Scientific Salesmanship correspondence program.

North Main Street Board of Public Works Hill Messrs. King Keener Sheldon School of Scientific Bucklen King

Lake Shore workers injured eye and finger incidents

Lake Shore employees F. Potter F. E. Reece and C. H. Hussey sought company surgeon care for eye injuries with Hussey’s eye severely damaged by steel needing magnetic treatment. James Leicester Jr. suffered a left eye gash from a sledge. Dominick Talto jammed his left middle finger, nearly torn off. Mrs. Charles Weaver of Cleveland visiting her mother at 811 Marion street sprained a knee entering the house Thursday night.

Lake Shore F. Potter F. E. Reece C. H. Hussey James Leicester, Jr Dominick Talto the Round House Charles Weaver Cleveland Berkey No. 811 Marion Street

Smoke Reported in Warren Hill Co Store Fire Alarm

Clerks detected smoke at 6 30 p m Thursday in a Warren Hill Co store but did not find its source. A still alarm summoned Central fire station and Assistant Chief Wilcox and crew. Investigation traced smoke to a burned out arc light on the second floor north room owned by the Grimes estate.

Warren Hill Co Central Fire Station Wilcox Grimes

Warehouse Track Undergoes Rehearsed Switch Rebuild

The street railway company reopened Marion street track work today moving switches and rails to the warehouse corner at Marion and Second. Crews re lay rails to form a longer curve. Reported the iron used came from South Bend and was borrowed rather than owned.

Street Railway Company Marion Street Marion and Second Streets South Bend

Why We Sleep Darkness and Our Eyes the Answer

Scientist argues sleep tied to vision with day night cycle. Animals with eyes split activity into waking and rest. plants live by light for growth and digestion. Eye-less creatures show no regular rest periods, while sighted beings develop distinct waking and sleeping times.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

A Strong Hint and Stage Talk in 19th Century Gales

They recall their school days and exchange tales of acting careers. One man quits after a hint he was unsuited for the stage. They joke that perhaps little birds knew more than they admitted, a light exchange in a memory of old theater life.

Lightning Fires Hit Farms Near Shipshewana and Elkhart

Neighborhood notes report Levi Domer's barn burned by lightning with a cow burn case at Shore two miles south of Shipshewana. Jacob Lupold's barn and contents destroyed. Frank Hieber's barn nine miles east of Elkhart also burned with a dog lost. Louis Grimm of Scottsdale Michigan dies from lightning shock after barn strike while asleep with his son, tending stock.

Levi Domer Shipshewana Jacob Lupold Frank Hieber Elkhart Louis Grimm Scottsdale Berrien County Mich Mr. Grimm

Old Cy Young Celebrated as 20 000 Attend Benefit Game

Boston dispatch reports 20 000 fans at the American League grounds for Cy Young’s testimonial game. The All Stars defeated the Red Sox 12 as McGuire led in Uncle Sam attire and Young dressed as a farmer. Central League results include Fort Wayne 2 2 Wheeling 1 0 South Bend 1 Evansville 2 and others.

Boston Dispatch Cy’ Young All-Stars Red Sox McGuire Uncle Sam Criger Fort Wayne Wheeling South Bend Evansville Dayton Zanesville Grand Rapids Terre Haute

Vagrant Arrested On Suspicion For Tobacco Sales

Police report a vagrant named George Dougherty was arrested Thursday night for selling tobacco and begging. Two intoxicated men were also taken into custody that night with one of the arrests cited for public intoxication.

George Dougherty

Nomination Debate at Illinois Convention Praises War Record

A political convention in Illinois heard a speaker renominate a personal friend for a close district role. An audience member challenged with a demand for the best runner, prompting the orator to defend the nominee’s war record as proof of fitness for the position.

Inllinois

County News Fatal and Injurious Farm and Harbor Incidents

George Berger, a Napanee area farmer, was badly hurt unloading oats when a hay sling rope broke and he fell several feet striking his head and shoulders. George Schaefer of Goshen suffered a scalp wound after a head impact during a reaction of laughter. Claude Walburn, 28, an electrician from South Bend, drowned in Michigan City harbor. his body was recovered Thursday.

George Berger Nappanee Berger George Schaefer Goshen Claude Walburn South Bend Michigan City

Auto driver intentional ditching injures boy at Milford Junction

Edward Litzenberger linked to Elkhart garage steered his auto into a ditch at Milford Junction on Wednesday to avoid hitting Herbert Brundage a local boy who sprang from the weeds. Litzenberger says the boy was not seriously hurt though rumors claimed severe injuries.

Edward Litzenberger Elkhart Milford Junction Herbert Brundage Litzenberger

The Meaning of Green Color Across Myth and Nature

The piece explores green as a mysterious color with wide variety in nature and culture. It links green to Venus and Freya, Friday name day, and to traits like intellectual power among clairvoyants. notes green eyes as significant and contrasts with blue, rose, and scarlet symbolism.

Venus Freya

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