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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
7
Local notice describes The Review newspaper delivery, offering to mail the Review to any address for any duration at ten cents per week. It invites subscribers to have the paper follow them during vacations and travel daily.
Meadow-Brook Farm acts at Bucklen tonight while a label prank hints at Jake Thomas identity. A train with Polly of the Circus passes through Friday en route from New York to Chicago. A Hickory street trolley stand break caused brief traffic delay. Lew Lavelle, agent for J Frank Hatch Shows, stays at the Golden Hotel to finalize August 31 to September 6 appearances.
Goshen carpenter B F Garman was thrown about ten feet aboard a Lake Shore car at Wawaka when a Switch engine coupled onto the train. He struck his head and was unconscious before arriving home at 11 06 on No 157. only severe bruises were found. Other car passengers escaped injury. Foreman Charles G Perry suffered eye injuries from a foreign substance while riding a speeder west of Rolling Prairie. Charles Whitmyer, Bristol Board Co. mill worker, sustained a left...
Lake Shore Yard engineer Frank Sigerfoos crushed left thumb in a reverse level incident Monday night. Goshen news boy Claude Brainard fell from his bicycle fracturing his right forearm. Boiler Maker D Bauer injured left thumb when struck by a glancing drill Monday.
Lake Shore Detective Young plans to meet a machinist at Whittaker station tonight to identify two men who attempted to wreck train No 22 last Wednesday. The men allegedly recruited the machinist for safe breaking and train robbery, aiming him for their gang.
Mrs Elizabeth Curl a pioneer resident of the south county died Monday at her Hawpatch home aged 75 Funeral services set Wednesday Chauncey J Cornell of near Coldwater died last Saturday aged 75 Alonzo Mains of near South Milford died Sunday
Conductor on Lake Shore train No 47 finds ticket case and punch missing while near Burr Oak. Train returns to depot. case rifled but money in pockets left thieves empty handed. Detroit-bound Traveling Engineers' Association attendees listed include Nelson, Carroll, Bickel, Nopper, Towsley, Fleming and Calkins. Mentzer off on vacation. Bosringer fills in at roundhouse.
Miss Madge Manahan daughter of Mr and Mrs John Manahan Goshen and Charles Greer formerly of Peru were married Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church parsonage in Benton Harbor. Eli Ames Jefferson township threshed 195 1 2 bushels from five acres of wheat, about 39 1 2 bushels per acre. A marriage license was granted to Earl W Bennett and Miss Hazel I Davis both of Goshen. Application filed for Elizabeth Beck Goshen to Longcliff.
Mrs Alice Carpenter and family express gratitude for the bereavement support after the death of their husband and father. They thank neighbors and local groups including the Masons and various neighbors for floral offerings and assistance.
Mrs W S Pancost hosted the Missionary Reading Circle at Trinity M E Church with eleven members and six guests reading the opening chapters of The Sky Pilot. Ice cream and cake followed a social hour. Mrs Franklin Miles and Mrs John H Collins entertained seventy five friends at Pedro and Bridge at the Miles home on Franklin Street. The event ran from 2 to 6 pm with ten served near departure. Attendees included guests from Goshen and South Bend. Samuel Swinehart hosted three aged guests at No 219 Alford Street, with Samuel Holtz aged 76, his wife aged 89 and Jonas Markel aged 91 visiting. The Holtz couple have lived on their farm for sixty years. Mrs Charles Brick and Mrs Hugh McLachlan Jr attended the Calvert family reunion in South Bend last Saturday.
Preparations are underway for a first class program at the driving park next Saturday afternoon when the locals meet the Goshen Grays. The event includes balloon ascension, motorcycle and horse races to accompany the game. If successful, promoters plan to continue the attractions throughout the season. Central League results show South Bend beat Fort Wayne in ten innings, Evansville defeated Wheeling, Dayton edged Grand Rapids, and Zanesville topped Terre Haute. Nappanee Gun Club plans a shoot starting September 1 with likely local contestants.
Charles Tiffany, roommate of Charles Oxander on Commercial street, found his room unlocked after returning from the lake Monday evening. Police investigated but found no sign of a break-in. Four vagrants were arrested Monday night and released this morning. Stone yard operations have been suspended for some time.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Trinity M. E. church hosts an ice cream social Wednesday evening at the home of F. A. Blessing located at the corner of State and Prairie streets. Everyone is invited.
May Plummer of Springfield volunteered for a balloon ascent and parachute leap but failed to release the parachute mechanism. She soared to thousands of feet, was found exhausted in a meadow twenty miles away, and described drift through the clouds. Carrie Nation chilled in Kalamazoo as she planned further temperance addresses after a church meeting where she was barred from speaking.
In New York City on August 25 A C Brown and Company, a leading brokerage firm, suspended operations. The firm played a principal role in Saturday’s dramatic wash sale, executing an exchange of over one million shares within two hours.
St Louis August 25 J C Vandla room president of the National Bank of Commerce died today at Old Forge New York. He led one of the wests largest financial institutions and was a prominent figure in banking.
An army captain returns from India with souvenirs including a pair of laughing jackasses. Tom Pinch, a sailor, cares for them but they pine away and die. Tom fears telling the captain, but a friend advises honesty and gentle delivery to avoid blame.
An illiterate bully M Victor Noir provoked a French statesman with a misspelled duel challenge. The statesman replied that he chose the spelling book as weapon and that Noir was a dead man. The duel was never fought.
A Newton Massachusetts resident, described as a character, jokes about family counts when asked how long he has been married. He totals his children Eu gene, Norah, and Lizzie with numbered ages and math, implying a playful age-based sum.
A compact, dated reflection traces blue naval uniforms to 1747 when King George II chose blue after seeing the Duchess of Bedford in a blue riding habit. The text cites Pall Mall Gazette and notes blue navy influence spreading to other navies. Includes a classroom vignette about Latin motto meanings and a student retort about tyranny.
A noted diplomat traveling from Tokyo to Yokohama faced a blunt racial jab as an American in the car asked if he was Chinese or Japanese. The diplomat replied in sharp English questioning the speaker’s own identity as a Yankee or monkey, highlighting sensitivities over racial terms.
A witty exchange contrasts Paw and Chicago Tribune’s quip on the eastern question. The dog recalls spending a year in New York, then notes the only eastern question heard concerns value. The joke underscores attitudes toward urban life and worth.
A light exchange from St. Paul Pioneer Press notes that neighbors in the next block may misjudge each other as uppish, only to discover they are both decent. The Cynic's Calendar adds that there are already serious matters without assuming personal gravity.
The Woodman Circle, Companion Court Samaritans, Ladies Guilds and several church groups announce regular sessions this week. Meetings include St Johns Episcopal guild at 2 pm Wednesday, Jefferson Street Bible Class at Mrs. Snyder's home, Baptist Missionary Society at 2:30 pm with Mrs. Strres, Brethren church EC with Mrs. Mountjoy, and Grace Lutheran women at Mrs. Benham 2 pm Wednesday. Attendance urged.
Riverside Cleaning Works operated by D. L. Martin at the Maple Row and Michigan Street corner, with home phone listed as 3 and address 1375. The entry appears as a brief business notice conveying contact details.
In 1612 Dr. Frank Randolph announces he will abandon general practice to devote all time to diseases of the eye ear nose and throat. The statement outlines a professional shift toward specialization.
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