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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
2
The Elkhart Daily Review discusses abolishing post office patronage, adding street wheel tax to fund paving, and regulating social venues for youths. It also notes Yale students’ suicides as a concern and praises a Presbyterian meeting on tuberculosis prevention, stressing clean habits and public education.
President Roosevelt set up a commission to study rural social and educational life and calls for December meetings in local communities to discuss progress. He argues changes must come from within the rural people or be backed by law, citing telephone and rural delivery as examples of practical reforms and the loss of isolation.
The piece argues that improving farm life comes mainly via better schools and teaching, aided by rural free delivery. Reading daily papers and city social life expands farmers’ views and increases demand for education. Benefits are indirect, with less drudgery and more social opportunity driving progress.
The Elkhart Truth denounces Benj F Shively as unfit for the U S Senate and commends the paper's stance against his candidacy. The piece notes Democrats in Indiana reject Shively despite earlier ambivalence and urges party integrity.
Governor-elect Marshall said he would appoint police commissioners as local leaders recommend, but require at least two of three to be democrats. He also denied favoritism for the senatorship. In South Bend, Saturday night dances are banned as police close dance halls linked to saloons.
A resident argues streets like Franklin Marion High West Jackson and Vistula should be paved despite hardship from paying one tenth annually. He urges officials to prioritize paving to attract business and keep pace with neighboring towns. Also notes two car loads of rails distributed on East Jackson and ties moved from near the Elkhart river fills.
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