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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
7
A fragmentary Elkhart Review item notes fluctuating prices for oats pork butter and eggs with tentative figures and terse market cues. The readable lines hint at trends but lack full data for precise values or dates.
The books for the payment of delinquent state and county taxes have arrived at The Simpson Abstract Office. The last interurban car from Goshen broke down Monday night between here and that place and failed to arrive until after 2 a.m. The Washington Times, once owned by Col. C. G. Conn, will publish a Sunday afternoon edition starting next Sunday by transforming its Sunday morning paper.
Virgil Alwin of 911 Pearl street died of lung congestion at 6 40 am. Funeral at his home Thursday at 1 pm with Rev J H Breish, burial in Goshen. Levi Yoder of Elkhart prairie died Saturday at seventy eight, four children survive. Michael Yoder died in a past Burn accident. Mrs Joseph Shirley of Chicago formerly South Bend died Sunday at age sixty nine. Franklin G C Pletcher of nine miles east of Goshen died Sunday of pneumonia at twenty eight. Paul Smith of Portland Ore Notre Dame student died at the university Sunday. Four year old daughter of Charles J DeGroote Mishawaka died Sunday. Jacob J Bickel near Ligonier died Friday at eighty six. Charles Garwood LaPorte died Monday at twenty seven. Henry Cunningham Warsaw died Monday at eighty.
In a packed Superior Court, the ejectment case Lewis H. Jordan et al vs David K. Miller et al continued. New filings include Dorcas Dolan administrator of John Kern's estate against George Sargent for a $200 note. Hortense Hahn seeks divorce from Clarence Hahn after desertion and non support. Salina Wilden sues Will Wilden for divorce and $10,000 alimony amid farm life in Elkhart township since their 1895 marriage. Frank Deahl represents the plaintiff in the Kern note suit. Luther Troxel faces a friendly partition suit with consent to divide property among himself and his daughters. The court weighs ownership of 434 J. R. Mother's addition lot valued at $1,800 and may appoint sale commissioners. Details recount cruelty, alleged insanity feints, and a violent history as part of Wilden's divorce petition. Additional property holdings include Benton and multiple township lands totaling thousands in value.
George Delo pleaded guilty to larceny and received a one to eight year term in Michigan City prison with a $1 fine and costs. He was paroled on condition of steady work and support for his widowed mother. He stole a $20 box of overshoes from the Lake Shore railroad, consigned to Joseph Shively & Co, taken from a car but not delivered.
George Warner, accused by his wife of desertion on April 1, pleaded not guilty in Justice Brumpaugh's court and asked to postpone the preliminary hearing until Michigan witnesses could be deposed. He sought bondsmen under court supervision as the hearing date was to be set. Two intoxicated individuals, including a woman, were fined a dollar each plus costs after arrests Monday night. Chick Richardson, habitual offender, was fined 50 dollars and 10 dollars costs, and jailed 30 days. Two beggars were arrested, fined five dollars and costs, and locked up. Lloyd Stiffier, wanted in Plainfield for parole violation, is still at large.
A. F. Stevens of Ben Lomond California, long in the city as a friend of Supt. Silvers, has gone to Pittsburg to attend the American Mining Congress. Stevens, an expert mining engineer, was appointed by Idaho governor to represent the state and its mining interests in a mine project.
The Methodist Protestant Sunday school elected officers: Superintendent Louis Zuber for the fourteenth term, assistant superintendent Charles Mitchell, treasurer Ernest Gygi, librarians Harry Bachman and Paul Kornman, and organist Miss Leah Lauby.
S. A. Thompson of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress told a Review reporter that the voluntary association seeks universal river and harbor improvements, not specific projects. He urged cities and business groups to send strong delegations to the December Washington convention, citing large past attendance and potential growth.
The Red Cross stamp campaign targets Elkhart with renewed support and praise, urging financial aid as essential. First consignments to Elkhart near exhaustion, with more stamps promised to follow.
Indiana railroad commission rules in favor of Winona Interurban Co. against Big Four. Big Four must interchange traffic in carload lots with the interurban at Warsaw for freight to or from Spencer, ensuring continued rail service.
The Mishawaka Business Men's Association advocates a peddlers license for the city modeled after the measure before the Elkhart council, aiming to regulate itinerant traders and enforce local rules.
Acting on mayoral orders and health concerns over two dogs running amuck in Goshen last week Special Officer Oliver Greenwood hunted the streets Monday shooting unmu zzled dogs. Charles Berry arrested at Frankton Ind for stealing Chris Yoder s horse and buggy in Goshen proved to be former Goshenite Lewis to be brought to Goshen today Yoder from LaGrange county paid the $25 reward and is driving home
Indianapolis man reports loss of his trousers pockets to wife and another woman is arrested. A. Mutz, a rubber plant worker, identified as the man killed by a street car in South Bend on November 22 after being found on the track. Jacob Buchheit dies from shock after his home burned. born in Germany in 1837 and a St. Joseph county pioneer. LaPorte county clerk receives $11.90 check for back bounty on fox scalps, 40 years late. Addie Burket seeks divorce from John Burket. three children. married by Goshen mayor in 1900. Warsaw to install meter system for cheaper water service.
Judge Francis D. Merritt of LaGrange is chosen as the Twelfth district elector to help formalize the president and vice president electors Taft and Sherman. The water quality at the Granger County plant is described as inferior and measures to improve it are under consideration.
Newport dispatch says the ocean race of scout cruisers Salem Chester and Birmingham to the Azores cannot be held around Christmas. Naval officers estimate at least a month before any cruiser is ready, delaying the great race until the new year. In Sergent Kentucky, Allen Wellston 50 a Baptist minister seeks divorce after claiming his wife will not attend church.
Elkhart Packing Co advertises a wide range of discounted meats including sugar cured hams bacon beef veal chops and steaks with prices per pound and pails. The listing highlights home made sausage lard and butterine with delivery to all city areas.
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