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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
2
A reprint from Elkhart dated August 25 1908 discusses education for farmers and government paternalism. It praises agricultural work and criticizes political tariff arguments as partisan, arguing for a fair Republican tariff approach balancing trusts and labor while warning against special interest influence.
Osceola cemetery trustees Solomon Holden John H Martin and Milton Proudfit faced charges of malicious trespass for starting a grass fire to clear the grounds. Holden and Martin were fined after admitting facts, while Proudfit was acquitted for lack of testimony on his presence. appeals to the superior court followed.
The speech denounces trusts and private monopolies while urging reforms like income and inheritance taxes. It argues for industrial and political independence, warns that wealth concentration harms workers, and supports government action against corporate extortion. Thomas M. Marshall also spoke briefly between Kern and Bryan.
The piece argues that Oklahoma’s deposit guaranty will test the shift of 54 national banks to state charters. It warns of high loan rates, risky liberal lending, and public distrust as speculators and new money interests control the banking system in the developing state.
The speaker warned that successive bank collapses will test depositors and reveal the premium on risky banking and personal dishonesty. The metaphor of riding a toboggan illustrates the accelerating decline and public suspicion as the fund shrinks and confidence erodes.
Socialists tout Eugene V Debs riding in jumper and overalls in the Red Special from Chicago to Lemont with tickets at $2, while railroad officials bar him from active engine work. Debs will only stoke the coal briefly at start as an ostentatious gesture.
Experts from the Department of Agriculture dismiss claims of a four times larger Alaska wheat yielding 200 bushels per acre as a fake akin to the Cardiff giant. The Alaska variety has long been known in the US and Europe, with limited trials showing no superior yield, and it struggles in poor soils and moist climates.
The ban on sterilized cotton follows French savant M Nonnette s findings that many commercial brands labeled as aseptic or sterilized harbor molds yeasts and microbes. Cultures grew from thirty random packages, with two yielding typhoid bacilli prompting Scientific American to warn against using such cotton on wounds or inflamed skin.
A botanist uses a microscope to reveal plant beauty to a rustic shepherd who discovers a hidden gentleness beneath his rough exterior. A Chicago woman fined for wearing trousers as a hod carrier faces changing dress rules for female mail carriers, prompting critique of arbitrary decisions.
Senator and Mrs Beveridge announce the birth of son Theodore R Beveridge prompting curiosity about the R middle initial. Mrs August Kant of LaPorte dies at age thirty three.
The Elkhart County Old Settlers third annual basket picnic will be held in Court Park Goshen on Saturday September 5 with a full program from 10 30 a m to 4 30 p m including enrollment committee appointments address by Elder F T Simpson and Hon J B Stoll German address and multiple musical interludes plus group photos and benediction The event invites all county residents including those over eighty five to become life members and notes the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs T J Jones with a mock marriage ceremony and celebratory gifts and entertainment from relatives and friends with guests from several nearby towns.
Annie M. Galata to Catherine Wyant transfers a lot in Elkhart for 1 dollar. Martha Cox to William Gouker sells land in Middlebury township for 375 dollars. Sol Shrock to Aaron Martin conveys land in Clinton township for 175 dollars. Sam Kuder to Elmer J. Kuder transfers land in Washington township for 1000 dollars. Hollander notice: fine asters available at 205 North Second rear by call or drop-card.
Kern’s address drew liberal applause before Piese praised the nominee. Devin defended the trust issue while Bryan charged the Republicans with indifference to reform. He cited Sherman Act flaws, warned of private monopolies, and urged Democrats’ remedies including director limits, a federal licensing scheme, tariff removal for competing imports, and strengthened public protection.
Cincinnati Aug 23 The decision by Judge Thompson in the U S court upholds the government victory in its suit against local distilleries to brand the rapid process product as imitation whisky The case arose from the enforcement of the new pure law as authorities sought to make it effective with expert testimony from Wy Wiles chief chemist and other specialists.
George W. Fitzgerald former assistant teller at the United States subtreasury in Chicago is arrested on a state charge of stealing 173000 believed missing from funds overseen by United States Assistant Treasurer Oldenweck for about a year and a half. He posted bond of 10000 with Madge Chetkin and the case was continued until next Monday. Fitzgerald denies the charge.
Eugene W. Chafin, Prohibition candidate for president, declares in Minneapolis that he will be elected on November Sd and inaugurated on the following March. He pledges to urge Congress to legislate the liquor traffic out of existence the day after his inauguration.
In Alavana on August 25 the national convention of the Conservatives nominated General Mario Menocal for president by acclimation and Rafael Montoro for vice president. Menocal heads the veterans' association.
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