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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
7
Conspicuous for its strength the bank with conservative management offers liberal terms and invites new sav ings checking and business deposits, seeking to draw in customers with broad account options and favorable conditions.
The notice states 3 percent interest on savings and on certificates of deposit drawn from the date of deposit. Money may be withdrawn anytime without penalties.
Have the Review Follow. The Review will be sent to any address for any length of time at the usual rate of ten cents per week. If you are going on a vacation let it follow you daily.
Officer Robbins arrested a twelve year old for stealing six sacks of peanuts from the Timmins store but the case was temporarily suspended. Prosecution may be avoided to spare parents costs, with future action planned to curb petty pilfering. Mrs. Jesse Whitmer reported noisy boys. police dispersed none found. A prowler disturbance led to a shot fired by Mrs. Whitmer previously. Peter Williams was acquitted for intoxication in private space. Johnson & Roger plumbing shop door found open. no disturbance. Hub restaurant disturber removed. two vagrants jailed briefly and released this morning.
Not confirmed that Elkhart ministers solicited Sunday invitations. Rev. W H Brightmire relayed to the Goshen Democrat that some Elkhart ministers remain favorable to Billy Sunday and that a Winona conference offered him a second invite. Other reports from Nappanee and Warsaw quote mixed reactions to Sundays methods and statements.
Obituaries report Johannes Swanson of Elkhart buried near family in Illinois after cancer treatment and hospital care in Chicago. Ida Paulina Paulson dies at 23 from peritonitis. J R Watson of White Pigeon passes after stomach cancer. Herman Klopfenstein of Flint & Walling dies in Chicago. Amos Chapman, 92, and Mrs Charles Thompson, 63, also listed with no funeral details.
The report covers the marriage of Miss Helen Cronk to Rex Buel in Albion, Michigan with Elkhart connections and family ties. It also notes multiple Elkhart social happenings including surprise farewells for W. Raymond, a soap and towel shower for Mr. and Mrs. Gehman, birthday observances for J. R. Harris, upcoming weddings, club meetings, and church society activities reflecting a busy social season.
Engineer Arthur Krohn misplaced a pocketbook in the depot lunch room Wednesday afternoon. Miss Myrtle Keyser found and returned it with a reward. E. O. Essberger and W. S. Schafer resigned. C. W. Johnson and Ray Myers were promoted. Master Mechanic C. M. Foster and Roundhouse Foreman C. B. Nelson returned from a Detroit engineers convention. Brakeman R. W. Bishop fell ill at the hump and went home. Special engine No. 24 was taken from the shops on a trial trip.
Miss Blanch Brenneman of Ohio wed this morning in Goshen. The couple will reside in Cambridge Massachusetts where the groom will study at Harvard University.
The article notes rising interest as students return to school and begin hard practice. Last year’s players are training, several potential newcomers seek spots, and weights have increased by five to ten pounds for most veterans. Central League results show Evansville and Dayton atop the standings, with others close behind. Elkhart athletes and recruits are called to a 7 o’clock meeting at Star billiard hall for tryouts and team business.
After a milk adulteration fine, Jesse Ulery claims his ally Jacob Ulery endorsed the card. Miss Bernice Keipp and Rev. Andrew M. Sappenfield will wed September 2 in South Bend. Frank A. Rood drowns at a Conglake lodge picnic near Reading, Michigan with $1,000 life policy. The Rule Distemper Co. formed in Goshen by Sears Gardner, Charles Neidig, and Thomas Rule. Paul Kinney’s eight year old son underwent a delicate operation with Zeidler of Elkhart as nurse.
The Michigan City council refused two requests to transfer saloon licenses between buildings, citing legal requirements and public remonstrance rights. The decision challenges decades of transfer practice, with the city long known for saloon dominance and a mayor who owns a tavern.
R H Collins of Goshen reports his white and lemon Llewellyn dog disappeared from his home two weeks after being muzzled. Two weeks earlier Henry Horning near Elkhart shot and killed a supposed mad dog described as a white bird dog with pink ears and a muzzle that had slipped. Investigate to learn the dog’s fate.
Marcus M. Whitcraft aged sixty six and Mary E. Simpson aged fifty five of Jones Michigan wed by Justice Whisler. John Franklin Ebersole of North Tonawanda New York and Blanche Emma Brenneman of Smithville Ohio listed in ceremony records.
After two summers studying eye and ear diseases with leading specialists in Vienna and a summer at Moorfields Eye Hospital London, Dr Frank Randolph returns to set up and will be in his office daily. He will no longer do general practice and will devote all his time to eye ear nose and throat diseases.
Six room house with large lot offered for 850 dollars. Contact M W Stark and D L Martin, proprietors. Location listed as 2706 Riverside Cleaning Works at corner Maple Row and Michigan Street. Home phone 3 on 1375 24att.
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