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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
7
The First State Bank touts its strength and conservative management while inviting new depositors. It urges savings and checking accounts and invites business customers to open accounts at its liberal terms.
A notice outlines 3 percent interest on savings and certificates of deposit. It states CDs earn interest from the date of deposit and funds may be withdrawn at any time.
Elkhart Review notes rough market items for wheat oats corn pork and eggs with scattered figures and a notice about subscription delivery. It invites readers to have The Review mailed to any address for ten cents per week and offers daily delivery during vacations.
Mrs. George G. Congdon of Bristol died at 8 20 in the morning after a long illness. She was sixty six and survived by her husband a retired farmer. Funeral set for Saturday at 3 p m in the M E church. Christena Heim of Allegheny Pa four and a half died of meningitis and funeral is planned for 10 a m tomorrow at her grandmother Mrs Christena Mangold’s home 1006 Hudson street. William Kiplinger formerly of this county died at Burket Ind last Saturday at about seventy three. The body to be brought to Waterloo for burial. The widow and two daughters and their husbands accompanied the remains.
Lake Shore officials praised the new volunteer fire department after a 4:30 p.m. Wednesday test. An alarm was sent from box No 12 near the shop area, and the company responded promptly with a quick display of efficiency.
The report notes a quick one and quarter minute response with an attachment to a city hydrant and a pump test. The fire department is split into four districts with four alarm boxes and signals by air whistle during day and steam whistle at night. Two Niagara Falls excursions will run tonight on the Lake Shore lines, one starting here and the other from LaPorte, with about 1100 passengers expected. O M Foster is in Chicago today.
About seventy five members of the Northeast Elkhart Sunday school held a picnic in McNaughton Park with a special car ride from the Main street bridge and river outings. Separate notes cover a Trinity M B E church group visit, Lake Shore firemen’s picnic at Bawbeese lake with two special coaches and 250 attendees, and a Metropolitan dancing party planned for Hoffman's hall with Mishawaka marriage news and local social events including a birthday party for Dora Roberts and the Scott family reunion in South Bend.
Williams the clever pitcher for Three Oaks Greens spun a no hit no run effort last Saturday against the South Bend Eagles, winning 2 to 0. Only one runner advanced to second as Williams dominated the game and kept pressure on the opposition throughout.
Special correspondence notes the Army and Navy club will not begin construction on a new clubhouse at Seventeenth and I streets for at least five years, preserving the current Myer property building. The Gothic Myer house, once English and Russian embassies, designed by Renwick, houses about twenty five rooms and links to General Albert J. Myer, founder of the US Army Signal Corps. The piece also covers a Fort Worden monument, Union Station plaza beautification, treasury guards, Danish American service medals, and Washington's summer population with parks and bands.
About 150 Witwer relatives gathered on the Island for the third Witwer reunion with impromptu talks, music, and a family history read by A. C. Witwer of Mishawaka. Attendees hailed from Indiana Michigan Illinois and Ohio. Officers names include J. B. Witwer president Edith Witwer secretary treasurer and A. C. Witwer historian.
About 130 Shuman family members gathered at Island Park for recitations music and a hearty picnic. Hari Shuman was elected president Eli Lentz vice president Mamie Inbody secretary and Charles Dausman treasurer. Local police report James O Connor of Chicago known as Fainting Jim was found by Elkheart officers at the Lake Shore station after a fake faint ride and later revived by a surgeon. He claimed recent appendicitis surgery and showed an old scar. Earlier he staged fits in a La Porte restaurant en route to Elkhart and South Bend.alluni
Harry Sunney of South Bend bought the stock of Harlan A. Stauffer and E. E. Mummert in the Jefferson Theatre Company in Goshen for about 1500 dollars. The Goshen News-Times lampoons the city water system calling Rock Run an open sewer and questions municipal ownership benefits.
In the Tatler issues from October to December 1709 a cane is blamed as a prig’s dress symbol. A townbound rural squire mimics a pavement nuisance with wide arm swings and a cane. A fresh colored youth seeks license to use canes and other life ornaments, his cane on his fifth button, an Oxford scholar newly entered at the temple.
The piece traces the May wedding superstition to ancient Rome's Lemuria festival honoring departed souls. It suggests marrying in May offended the dead, leading to tales of vengeful ghosts and misfortune, shaping the long standing belief in bad luck for May marriages.
A brief literary quotation from the Atlanta Constitution notes that youth should learn to judge what they receive, whether plain fare or finer terrapin, reflecting a view on value and discernment.
The mock dialogue shows Mrs. Caterby and Caterby joking that they will heat homes with alcohol and connect Uncle Jake to the furnace and range as a humorous, domestic quip.
A brief quip from Illustrated Bits features a boy reluctant to admit danger after falling into an open coal hole. He claims he was already inside when passersby covered the opening with pavement, prompting a wry joke about avoiding responsibility.
A Forest and Stream observer recalls Alaskan scenes near salmon camps. Indian dogs and children amuse themselves trapping salmon along stream mouths. A moment shows two Indian boys riding a halibut tow across the harbor, their boat line attached to the stern. An elder finally assists to land the fish.
Eight room brick with modern improvements offered for sale or rent by J. W. Fieldhouse at 113 Lexington Ave. House sits third on north side of Lexington Avenue from Sixth Street and is advertised for immediate consideration.
Classified notice lists a barn for rent behind 209 Marion Street with the Simpson Abstract Office contact. Also seeks a confinement nurse position by Mrs. M. Carter at 410 EB Beardsley Ave, 2043.
Dr Frank Randolph states after studying in Vienna and Moorfields Hospital London he will devote all his practice to diseases of the eye ear nose and throat and will not engage in general practice, and will be in his office every day.
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