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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
7
A. 4H Beardsley’s auto skidded on Beardsley avenue while departing Gordon street this morning and struck the curb on the south side, breaking one axle.
Mrs John H Elvidge of 1200 South Main died suddenly of heart disease at 7 30 am today. Born September 1 1857 in Michigan she moved here eight years ago with her painter husband. Survived by Frank H Elvidge Bert Hobson and Bessie Elvidge all of this city. Also notes deaths of Mrs Sarah J Meyers Mrs R W Cooper and child Clarence May and other brief notices of local deaths and a wife desertion arrest for Frank Kurtz of Goshen.
Citizens urged to attend a large meeting at the Presbyterian church in Elkhart with Elkhart County Medical Association. Doctors and other speakers will cover prevention, treatment, public duties, school and minister roles, and laws to curb tuberculosis. Admission is free.
The South Bend Tribune selects an all star northern Indiana team with three players from Elkhart, three from South Bend, three from Goshen, and one each from Michigan City and Hammond. Riblet of Elkhart is quarterback and captain, Shaffer is right guard, and Brightmire is right end. Darling competes with Paxson at fullback as a top defender. Elkhart and Goshen players dominate the lineup, with several stars from Elkhart listed.
Mrs Samuel Kepler hosted ten guests for Miss Alice Troxel and Mr George Berkey revealing their February wedding. Carnations marked each place and toasts were read. Berkey is general manager of Northern Construction Co. Troxel is daughter of Lmather Troxel.
Incorporation papers filed by Goshen Tire & Rubber Co for manufacturing buying selling importing and exporting automobile tires bicycle tires and rubber goods. Incorporators listed as W. M. Page J. A. Boozel and H. C. Zeigler. County Treasurer Charles Cropp injured by a fall while taking down a porch swing Tuesday.
Tuberculosis symposium at Presbyterian church and W T U silver medal contest at Trinity M E church are scheduled. A dramatic production is planned at the Bucklen theatre tonight.
George E. Reilly of Indianapolis named temporary special pension examiner for northern Indiana with headquarters in South Bend. First examiner to hold jurisdiction over this section. Marriage Licenses: John P. Newell and Alice Jeannette Shultz on list, plus John Schiber and Ida Shulmier.
The funeral will be from the home of stepfather William Ornt at 911 Pearl Street at 1 p m on Thursday. A special interurban car will carry relatives and friends to Goshen for burial. Five prisoners remain in the local jail and eleven wanderers seek refuge below. In Fort Wayne on Tuesday R J Bymnen a thirty year old Black man shot and killed Mrs Myrtle Evans also Black and then took his own life.
A jesting passenger spots three carriages outside a large Manchester draper’s shop. He slips into a closed brougham where the coachman sleeps. The wag arrests the door, bows, then strolls away with the empty carriage, leaving only the coachman and mistress to know what happened.
Eleanor Hope Johnson notes in Outing Magazine that Mexicans use woven sombrero baskets to hold gamecocks, with air holes cut in the crown and the brim tied to keep the birds contained. She recalls cockfighting as widespread and peasant households keeping caged birds in patios, plus a peculiar daily street scene of an elderly woman begging for coins.
The narrator describes vivid dream experiences of sight smell taste and ideas not recalled in waking life. Dreams bring independence and a sense of floating beyond bodily limits, with waking touch or spelling barely used. The piece reflects the blind author Helen Keller writing in Century Magazine about sensory perception in sleep.
Clara Butt recalls a lively scene upon arrival in a small New Zealand town. At the station a local carriage and pair awaited the group with the undertaker acting as footman. He wore a black funeral suit but a white tie, whistling cheerful tunes to ease the morbid mood as he opened the door and assisted them into the carriage.
In a Washington Star feature quote, Mr Comrox recalls playing poker with his son in law only once. The outcome proved unsatisfactory as the son in law lost and had to indorse a check back to him.
A courtroom exchange centers on a lecture titled The Demon Rum presented by a Women’s Christian Temperance Union member. The editor confirms the notice while a judge probes rhetoric about the lecturer’s subject and state of mind.
The Chicago News outlines punctuation history from Aristophanes of Alexandria to Charlemagne then Warnefried and Alcuin, noting Aldus Manutius in the fifteenth century introduced the modern system. It credits later printers with universal adoption and observes ancient texts often lacked spacing links, making reading hard.
In a dim cellar a candlelight egg candler declares every egg salable and mocks buyers. He mentions the kid glove maker using yolk baths, and notes rotted shells for confectioners, fake freshness, and plans to split yolks for bakers and whites for papermakers.
The excerpt blends cultural quips and compliments with Baganda phrases and British magazine chatter. It contrasts a formal salute Way wally with casual crush metaphors while noting social reactions to flattery and romance terms.
Paris Figaro notes Palanquin as a troublesome figure avoided by society. The exchange reveals a tale of debt and reluctance to repay a loan, reflecting public skepticism about his conduct.
Announcement of officer elections for the G I Afl to B of L E on December 3. Catholic Lady Foresters elect officers on Thursday at 7 30 p m. Congenial Club hosts Mrs Daniel Spohn on Virginia avenue Thursday. Pythian Club at Mrs D D Schwartz Kenwood avenue Thursday afternoon. Richardson Art Embroidery Club meets Mrs A W Shively Prairie street tomorrow afternoon. All Around Club at Mrs C T Swaffield West Beardsley avenue Thursday afternoon. Thursday Club holds special meeting at Mrs A E Babb home Thursday afternoon with papers by Dr Martha H Griffith. Presbyterian Young Women's Missionary Society bazar and market December 5 at Clouse millinery parlors. Forty gift articles plus baked goods, canned fruits and jellies. Men of First Christian church social Friday night with Rev George W Henry as speaker and refreshments. Hanna electric line renamed the South Shore June.
In the illustrated bits from The Dally Review, Miss Oldgirl is described as finally dropping the word excellent from her vow to marry only after a superb proposal. The gag notes her shifting standards as gossip and humor.
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