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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
8
Grandmother recounts a Colorado mining family trip with a Masquerade ball, a masked dance, a Mexican style disguise, romance with a mining engineer, an elopement plan, and a staged stagecoach robbery ending with the lover captured as a road agent by authorities. The tale blends romance and danger in a frontier setting.
Annie Stokes Sykes recounts a stagecoach robbery where a masked robber seized valuables including a ring handed down through generations. The storyteller describes recognizing the ring as her own and setting a trap for the thief while noting no one was harmed.
The Chicago Record Herald states that finding valuables on streets or transit requires attempts to return them. If owner cannot be located after using lost and found and newspaper ads, the finder may claim the item, but avoiding effort is nearly dishonest.
Practical tips for caring for infants including convulsions first aid with a hot bath, gum pain relief with glycerin and cloves, cavity remedies with oil of cloves and myrrh, wound care with coal oil, sprain treatment with hot water and liniment, and guidance on baby's bath temperature and room warmth. It also lists common causes of crying and fussiness such as hunger, improper sleep, overeating, tight clothing, and excessive sweets.
The dialogue shows Mr Subbs revealing his wife is a chronic invalid confined to her room. Miss Flannigan reacts with concern, joking about chronic kickers confined to the kitchen, as the scene suggests domestic tensions and comic miscommunication.
An exchange quoted from the Baltimore American shows a student accusing a teacher of improper conduct and the teacher retorting that stupidity runs in the family. The remark highlights ongoing tensions in a school setting and reflects local reaction.
A quotation from the Cleveland Plain Dealer about gendered approach to packing a trunk. It contrasts a woman's soulful effort with a man's practical stance. The piece also quotes Retz on enmities, noting how founded feuds endure.
Elkhart listings include Queen Insurance Company of America Otto E Deal Odd Fellows Home phone 295 along with multiple insurers brokers architects abstract offices and service providers such as Elkhart County Abstract Co Monger Building 321 and 425 Oberholtzer Justice of the Peace Earl C Rice Abstract Office and other local trades and professionals across Main Street Lexington and Dodge Street areas.
The D. and C. Special Steamer City of St. Ignace offers three weekly trips to Mackinac with added capacity this season. Only passengers with sleeping accommodations may travel, making the voyage exclusive. Departures are Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from Detroit. Send for pamphlet to Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Co. 10 Wayne St Detroit Mich.
Fragmentary timetable entries show time stamps across morning and afternoon hours. No clear event or activity details are provided, leaving a partial snapshot of a daily schedule with multiple 04 minute markers. The text lacks identifiable organizations places or persons to anchor a fuller summary.
On and after May 1st 1908 Lake Shore and Michigan Southern trains to and from Elkhart will run as follows Font Panes Big Four Going south 5 am 7 am 1 25 pm Going north 12 05 pm 4 45 pm 9 35 pm The last train ends its run here.
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