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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
5
Listing of toy ranges including printing presses blocks trains ladders lanterns and books with prices from .05 to 4.88. Includes Santa Claus nursery books magic lanterns edison phonograph and numerous dolls and blocks. Terms offered as $1.00 weekly payments.
Albany announces a nine member commission to study the exchanges in New York and to advise on needed changes in securities and commodities laws for investor protection. The appointees include Horace White Charles Schieren David Leaventritt Clark Williams John B Clark Willard V King Samuel Ordway Edward Page and Charles Sprague Smith. The group prepares for competitive tests with scout cruisers Salem and Chester with speed runs averaging 24.326 knots. A standardization trial for the Salem is planned on the same course.
Six children aged four to fourteen will testify against Michael Noeth in Monticello New York as part of the murder trial of their father Philip Sullivan. Sullivan and his children were playing ball when the ball rolled onto Noeth’s grounds and Sullivan was shot with a shotgun.
Rockland Maine December 15 The scout cruiser Birmingham completed her standardization trial in Rockland. Officials report the exercise tests propulsion performance speed and steering accuracy under observed conditions. Results will determine readiness for broader deployment with the fleet.
President Roosevelt is understood to have promised Commander-in-Chief Newton of the Spanish War Veterans to favor a law arming 556 camps with Mauser rifles now taken out of use in the regular army. The move would create a large reserve force for possible war.
Danville Kentucky December 15 Elmer Hill the man accused of murdering twelve year old Mamie Warnock was moved overnight from Jamestown to Monticello jail as officers escorted the prisoner through the mountains. A mob is said to plan to seize Hill at Monticello jail and burn him alive.
Berlin reports a German aerostation company plans seven airships with headquarters at Frankfort-on-the-Main to operate regular sailings among twenty four German cities. Capitalists and sportsmen are said to be interested in the venture.
George L Lilley the governor elect announced Theodore Roosevelt Jr as an aide de camp on his staff with the rank of major Roosevelt resides in Thompsonville where he is learning the carpet making trade Cervera resigns from Spain's navy citing ill health after commanding the Spanish fleet at Santiago Madrid reports Dec 15
The method uses placing each end of an egg against the tongue tip or cheek to judge freshness. If both ends are the same temperature the egg is not fresh, and even on ice one end of a fresh egg remains warmer than the other.
M A Netts is in South Bend with others in Chicago and Goshen residents visiting the city. G Milton Schafer and Miss Bernice Crowell travel. Morningstar and Reed family members are noted. Att. George Shaw in Plymouth on business. Trustees Bristol and others move or travel. several visits to Chicago, Indianapolis, and Akron noted. A fatal accident involves a Big Four train near Chicago Junction Ohio, killing a man named Crabb and his horse.
Charles Stem and Mrs. Mary Blough report grips while Martin Cronk near Osceola suffers heart trouble. Hazel Shriver on Harrison street battles an abscess in the head. W Morris, injured at Kalamazoo on November 13, will resume work tomorrow. Frank Mooney endures brass injury to a finger at Angdile. C H Dellinger, after a Chicago hospital operation, shows rapid improvement at home.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles hosts its annual dance on Wednesday evening December 16 at Eagles hall. Grand march begins at 8 30 PM. Public invited. Admission fifty cents per couple.
Century Club bowling alleys reopened Monday evening for Members after two weeks of repairs. The facilities were planed and varnished and now in excellent condition. Dr. F R Carson of South Bend, Central League president, denies rumors he may become next president of the national baseball commission.
John Chapman and Maude Carroll of Baroda Michigan wed a justice of the peace in South Bend on Monday just twenty minutes before the groom’s sister arrived in pursuit. An intoxicated man found asleep in a rough box startled two undertakers. Congregational Bazaar and Market planned Friday at 5 30 with a Dutch menu and sale of Congregational Cook Books at 50 cents each.
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