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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
2
In a 1908 Elkhart Daily Review column the writer notes Japanese farmers doubling wheat yields from sixteen to twenty bushels per acre to sixty to one hundred with better fertilization and cultivation. The piece also critiques party platforms on anti injunction and jury trials in labor disputes, arguing such changes threaten judicial power and due process.
Reports by Carl W Rid dick show the next General Assembly would be filled with lawyers and farmers if Republicans win. The party lists 19 lawyers and 19 farmers for the House and 9 lawyers and 3 farmers for the Senate, plus a broad mix of professionals. Prohibitionists in the Thirteenth district schedule a Springbrook Park convention featuring TH W Chapin and FL W Lough with a banquet at American Wall. Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin withdraws support for La Follette and plans a statewide primaries campaign. Gov. Hughes of New York offers services to the Taft campaign and will tour Indiana locations.
Elkhart city schools issued the assignments for the term starting September 7. The board of education includes A. L. Gotwalt president E V Anderson secretary and B C Godfrey treasurer Ei H Drake is superintendent and Miss Wilma Stultz is office secretary. The list covers principals teachers and janitors at Central New Building and branch schools with room numbers and staff roles, plus a note on Mrs John Dotson and Mrs I B Pancoast as janitresses and a report on a local plumbing disappearance.
A critique of Senator Allison noting forty four years in public life and a potential fortune around $100000. It argues most senators are not financially guileful and counters muckraker claims. The Indianapolis Star and Brighton, England expose municipal lighting deficits totaling 318000 in the year and 75000 over three years.
Julius Claeys was shot at his Mishawaka home by Simon Cleays around 10:20 pm Tuesday. The bullet struck him near the right ear and lodged in a wall after a glancing pass. Simon Claeys, claiming intent to kill Julius’s wife, fired three times. he was captured by Pat Johnan Frick and jailed awaiting condition updates.
Mishawaka moves toward securing a major manufacturing facility from McCord & Co of Chicago. The firm operates four plants including Hegewisch and Joliet sites, with officials reportedly inspecting Elkhart and South Bend before choosing a site. A freak musk melon exhibit by John Snook highlights local agriculture. Godfrey & Sons wins a contract to manufacture and sell concrete burial vaults in Indiana and Michigan, with manufacturing to begin soon and a patented waterproof airtight process.
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