Whitecaps Riot Trial Opens in Rush County
Rushville Ind Dec 2 John B Tribby testified at the riotous conspiracy trial of six defendants. Prosecutor Hack blamed Tribbys wife for organizing the mob and exhibiting marital strife while photographs of Tribbys battered back are to be shown as evidence.
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Rush County
Tribby
Rushville
Ind
John B. Tribby
Whitecaps
Gurney Drysdale
Posey Township
George Krammes
Munford Stevens
Lafayette G. Hall
John &. Harrison
Jacob Clifton
G. P. Mauzy
Fred A. Sisson
Morton Gray
FE. B. Hood
Albert Morrison
Joseph A. Pike
Oscar Gardner
Hack
Fire Racking Interurban Wreck Fatal for Frey
In Union City Indiana on December 2 an Indiana Union Traction line car jumped the track near Arcanum. Frey of Darke county Ohio died from burns caused by hot coals from the car stove. Ten other passengers were seriously injured when the high speed car toppled after a broken axle is blamed for the accident.
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Stove
Indiana Union Traction Line
Union City
Ind
Frey
Darke County
Arcanum
Emmett Short Dead by Acid After Note of Age
Emmett Short, thirty one, was found dead in his bed at the Osborn boarding house from carbolic acid. He left a note stating that he had lived thirty one years and that was long enough. He had recently recovered from a timber accident. a brother had committed suicide at Salem about a year earlier.
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Emmett Short
Bedford
Tod
Osborn
Salem
Mad dog terrorizes Knightsville townsfolk
A mad dog roamed Knightsville Indiana for two hours biting many dogs. Town residents used shotguns to chase it. the animal escaped into the woods and remained at large. All bitten dogs were killed or tied up.
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Knightsville
Ind
Standard Oil Foreign Trade Reveals Major Export Share
John D. Archbold testified in the government’s anti trust case that in 1908 sixty three percent of Standard Oil’s refined lamp oil was sold abroad. He noted year to year exports of illuminating oil were the majority and that the foreign business faced competition from about four hundred foreign firms.
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New York
Standard Oil Company
John D. Archbold
Standard
Archbold
The
Payne After Van Cleave Seeks Subpoena in Tariff Inquiry
Washington December 1 The House Ways and Means Committee plans to ask Congress to grant subpoenas to compel testimony in the tariff revision hearings. Targeted are J. W. Van Cleave president of the National Association of Manufacturers and C. H. Miles tariff committee chair, who have criticized Payne's methods and did not appear before the panel.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
House
Congress
J. W. van Cleave
National Association of Manufacturers
C. H. Miles
Serena Payne
van Cleave
Miles
Captain Mowbray Cleared After Sinking Steamer Collision
New York dispatch reports Captain M W Mowbray of the steamer Finance was exonerated by the local board of steamboat inspection after the Finance sank in a lower bay collision with the White Star freighter Georgie. Captain Seeley praised Mowbray for ordering a crewman to return to the ship and surrender the boat to rescue women and children. Stella Iarding voices block youth slang and dignity talk in a domestic vignette from Youth's Companion.
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New York
M. W. Mowbray
Finance
White Star
Georgie
Board of Steamboat “Inspection
Seeley
Mowbray
Foxes Scalp Tax Debate Sparks Salvation Voice
A Kentucky legislature session debated repealing a foxes scalp bounty law. A mountainous partisan speaker argued the move would deprive constituents of foxes for hunting and thus prevent preachers from visiting and delivering gospel without payment. The law was not repealed.
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Kentucky
aArgonaut
Hairs on minerals and fibers in asbestos described
A passage explains that fibers in asbestos resemble hairs found on nearly all growths and extend through mineral forms. It compares asbestos to a feather’s structure, noting a central midrib with vanes and beards, and suggests rubbing a mineral sample reveals fine, feather like edges.
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Nicholas
At the Foot. Pater and the Med Student
A brief exchange shows a father lamenting his son’s two years in medical school with low rank, while Perrius quips about choosing a chiropodist as a future. The snippet ends with literary references and a shadowed line from Longfellow.
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Pater
Perrius
The Brainy Snob in Women of the Art Class
A critique of women who, immersed in art and opera, judge others by a narrow cultured standard. The author argues such snobbery hides ignorance of other values and limits respect for what others know beyond their chosen fields.
Dancing girl figures in biscuit de Sevres grace table decor
French artists Pierre Carrieer-Belleuse and Gregoire Calvet designed a dozen Beaux Arts dancing girl statuettes in biscuit Sevres for the art market. Each figure captures a premiere ballet pose with motion in gauze skirts and graceful lines, ideal as table centerpieces or souvenirs.
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M. Pierre Carrieer-Belleuse
M. Gregoire Calvet
Biscuit de Sevres
Sevres
Preserving Lingerie Waists and Fashion Hygiene
The piece advises mending broken lace with waist material strips sewn under the lace, improving open patterns with net, and using various hairpins and veils. It stresses cleanliness and neat neckwear with careful self inspection, noting the Lot’s wife warning as a sharp moral reminder.
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Iousekeeper
The Ruling Passion Inks Quiet Kansas City Scene
A tense exchange unfolds as a wife awakens her husband to a man downstairs. The drunken intruder nears the dining room, prompting the baseball player to demand removal as he lies in bed in Kansas City.
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John
Lucy
Kelly
Kansas City
Independent
Candlefish Oil Medicine Among Alaska Natives
Describes candlefish used as illumination and medicine by Alaska Natives. Candlefish oil is prepared from decomposed fish boiled in oil from logs or dugout canoes and then given to consumptives as a universal cure. Accounts note dramatic health improvements after weeks of treatment despite repugnant preparation.
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Alaska
The Tardy Guest And Pie With The Knife
A dinner guest rushes in late excusing an office detainment but the truth reveals the wife and children vanished then returned. The piece cites early presidents from Washington to Monroe as lemon pie knife users in Utica Observer style.
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Kansas City Star
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
White House
America
France
Massachusetts
Utica
A Doctor's Disadvantage in Debt Collections
A collector notes doctors are easy targets for debt collection since they can’t easily deny funds, as patients in reception rooms wait and cash payers share payment terms, challenging the doctor to prove he has no money. The New York Times quotes a collector describing the nerve required for a doctor to claim insolvency after interviews with paying patients.
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New York Times
Wandering tramp boasts of endless travel across the United States
A policeman questions a tramp who grumbles that he has no place to go yet claims the entire United States lies before him. He says he is overwhelmed deciding which way to start his journey. The exchange captures a brisk street vignette with a humorous flourish.
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United States
Misguided Charity Seen In A Peculiar Exchange
A playful exchange questions the value of a $50,000 donation to an old men’s home. One speaker suggests half the sum would have better served another home for a unnamed man, prompting a sharp, teasing reply.
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Papa
A Permanent Arrangement Conductor What
A dialogue in which a passenger and conductor discuss travel for two half sisters aged about fifteen and thirteen, with the passenger noting their relation and the conductor questioning the arrangement. The piece presents a light situational scene from Chicago News.
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Chicago News
Widower Proposes to Widow in Scotland Wedding
A widower in Scotland asked the widow's daughter what present she wanted. She first declined but then asked that, if money is spent, a heldstone be set up for her father. The note reflects a wedding proposal and modest wish reported by the London Telegraph.
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Scotland
London
Telegraph
Sickness Across Town Notables and Residents
A list notes several local illnesses and health events. Mrs Homer Hetrick of Conestreet is quite sick. Arthur and Vera Bash are sick with the grip. Marjorie Stem recovers from pneumonia. Mrs A E Weaver of Goshen formerly of Elkhart relapsed in serious illness. L W Welker of Albion sick in court. Mrs John Albers of Bristol seriously ill. Frank Primley injured hip six weeks ago and now walkers with a chair. Doctors Dean and Walton report thefts of dental office orders between Saturday and Monday.
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Arthur
Vera
Henry Bash
Marjorie
Charles Stem
A. E. Weaver
Goshen
Elkhart
L. W. Welker
Albion
Jordan-Miller
John Albers
Bristol
Frank Primley
Personal notices and social updates from local residents
Mrs. G. G. Collins spends the day in South Bend. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. James Bonfiglio Tuesday. Albert Vetters returns to Monroe after a short visit. Miss Ethel Griffin of Adrian visits sister Mrs. B. V. Force. Jonas O. Hoover leaves for New York on extended business. Miss Phoebe Laughlin of Cleveland visits Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hazell. Mrs. A. A. Elliott and daughter Charlotte Elliott return from Chicago and Milwaukee after two weeks.
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James Bonfiglio
Albert Vetters
Monroe
Ethel Griffin
Adrian
B. V. Force
Jonas O. Hoover
New York
A. A. Elliott
Charlotte Elliott
Chicago
Milwaukee
Great Play Praised by South Bend Tribune at Oliver Opera House
An editorial hails a modern drama presented at Oliver Opera House in South Bend as spiritually profound and morally uplifting. The piece urges all to see it, noting its depth, lines, and timeless lesson for personal reform and home life. The run continues through the week with a matinee Saturday. Elkhart residents are urged to attend.
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The
South Bend Tribune
Oliver Opera House
Christ
the Oliver
Bank Report for The First National Bank Elkhart 1908
Report of condition as of November 27 1908 for The First National Bank Elkhart Indians detailing resources including loans and discounts bonds securities and notes from other banks cash items and reserve funds. Also lists capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits with figures for circulation and deposits.
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First National Bank
Elkhart
Ernee
Savecaee
Vyteeseeerense
U.S
Aerine Ee
Thpean Aden
Eeee
Es National Bank
First State Bank
Bk At
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Cassell
Kokomo
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Standard’s Foreign Trade
Payne
Stella
Glenn
Tie
Mammal
Snob
Samuel McChord Crothera
Atlantic Monthly
Botticelli
Bisque
Lot
Homer Hetrick
Conestreet
Dean
Walton
Mishawaka
Mrs
G. G. Collins
South Bend
Phoebe Laughlin
Cleveland
Pir
W. J. Hazell
No. 407
North Main Street
Harry Jennings
Jennings
Oliver Brooks
Lakeville
Bank Report
State of
Indiana
Elkhart County
C. H. Winchester
Cooper Derby
Banka & Trust Companies
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