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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
Local notice states the Wheat Oats Corn Pork rates and subscription terms. It mentions the Review will be sent to any address for any length of time at ten cents per week and a note about daily delivery while on vacation.
Maj Freyermuth of South Bend will inspect Co E at the armory tonight. The cousins reunion of Holdeman Heizer Lechlichtner families is set for Island Park on Saturday September 6. A farmer hauling rye and wheat into town broken rear axle wheel near Sherman street bridge forced grain transfer to another wagon and blocked the streetcar track.
Lake Shore workers report thumb injuries to W H Shaffer and H E Cheetam while W W Weaver sustains a head gash from a sledge in the roundhouse. Miss Moore slips and sprains an ankle after a fall at the John McNaughton home. Mrs Frances Riegel dies at Lafayette Soldiers Home aged 103, remembering the War of 1812 and survived by her fifth husband who is over ninety.
Mrs. Sarah A. Reid of Elkheart died at her daughter’s home on Tibbitts street after paralysis stricken six weeks earlier. Survived by sons Samuel D Brice H Reid Marcellus Reid William C Reid and daughter. Abbie Bugbee of Bristol died aged 73 after illness. Survived by Esther Ann Bishop Mary B Wooden Henry Robbins Clara Doldee Chester Robbins. John Gehring of Millersburg died at 84, born in Germany with six siblings nearby.
Inspector A P Lloyd returned from Joliet after inspecting track material for the New York Central Lines and O S Swartz from South Chicago to check tie plates for the Michigan Central. Three large freight locomotives were pulled from storage on Thursday, increasing engines out of storage to eighteen since the low mood. A C Rose and G C Horton became freight brakemen on the Lake Shore.
Merritt A Price and Mary Cassel were arrested for a statutory offense, pled guilty, and each fined 15 dollars with 10 dollars costs. Price also received ten days in jail. Both sent to jail. The case described as unusually flagrant. J L Wright reported a break in at the Big Four car inspector's shanty near the roundhouse with brass stolen Tuesday night. Mrs William Harper reported a prowler on Tipton street. nothing found.
Reports of a large brown pear in marshes near Mudsock school house northeast of Millersburg alarm locals who spotted a strange animal in the woods, with observers unsure if bear or large dog. Fassett A. Cotton spoke to Elkhart county teachers at Goshen High School. Millersburg harvest jubilee planned next Thursday with races and band music. Marriage announced for Goshen College Professor E J Zook and Miss Mary A That of Middlebury for September. Elkhart township tax levy trimmed from 85 to 84 cents per 100 value.
The Winona Assembly management reports an immense season total of signatures at its registration bureau with visitors from thirty eight states plus Canada Porto Rico Korea Cuba Ireland England and Siam. The Truth notes civic league sympathy and quips about burglars Toms drunks and Detective Dreak.
A small fire broke out at noon today on the roof of a house at 27014 Aspenwold avenue. No. 2 company extinguished the blaze with a three gallon chemical. The Martins family occupied the home.
In Justice Brumbaugh's court this afternoon garnishee proceedings were brought against Laura Parker by Mrs. Bessie Wright to collect a grocery bill totaling 40 dollars and 44 cents.
The Elkhart area hosts multiple gatherings from Thursday including weddings for Charles Middleton and Susan App at 8 PM with about twenty relatives, a ceremony for Helen Cronk and Rex Buell at 12:30 PM, and other social events. Attendees travel from nearby cities. reunions, club meetings, and a large Island Park concert also draw crowds.
A meeting is called at the old Congregational church on September 3 to reorganize Elkhart basketball and athletics. The Delta team will represent the Elkhart Athletic Association with the same lineup aiming for the city title and state honors. Other teams mentioned include the Imps Athertons and Ramblers.
Miss Bertha Kimball of West Lexington avenue hosted a gathering for her cousin Miss Jennie Huron of Chicago on Wednesday. Mrs James Herrick's Grace Lutheran Sunday school class enjoyed an all day picnic at Springbrook Park with eighteen members attending.
A string of deeds records transfers of land and lots in Elkhart Goshen Nappanee and Mishawaka with sums from 1 to 3 thousand dollars. Several pairs show buy and sell relations including Franklin Holderman Mary Stouder Bertha Myers and Anna Kilmer among others. A Mishawaka fire destroyed Alder man Lee Minzy s house while furniture largely survived. cause undetermined as Mrs Minzy and a friend watched from the porch.
New York August 28 the suspension of the firm of C. W. Davis was announced on the Consolidated Stock Exchange today.
A cloud burst at Folsom New Mexico on August 28 floods the town. At least eleven people are killed and many injured. Among survivors is young Agnes Gardner of Goshen who had a famous earlier escape from a window fall at Mrs. Ragless’s home on Main Street.
The piece argues the Issach uponu Fort William and Mary site marks the first victory of the American Revolution. It notes earlier suppressions of British vessels, the Alamance clash, and the Boston incident, highlighting the events as precursors rather than direct war factors.
A renowned fisherman, resting by a lakeside tree, battles a huge sunfish that drowns the nearby grass in heat and blinds the man with its glowing rays. After a twenty minute struggle the fish is landed and the man is sunstruck, dying on the bank.
A private note to a son reveals a friend’s grim advice for a novel plot including threats and a forged dagger. Canterbury records from 1535 list Costs of burning heretics under Henry VII, then a humorous exchange about hope and illness, and a Twelfth Indiana reunion in Warsaw with local Home Guards gathering.
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