Elkhart Review History Notes and Local Notices
A compact Elkhart page notes Dec 17 1908 history events and local items. It lists births of Deborah Sampson and Ludwig van Beethoven, Bolivar y Pointe, centenary Whittier, an astronomical note on sunset and Mercury aphelion, a Congregational bazar/menu, Father Williams Tea advertisement, and notice of Home Telephone Company annual meeting set for Jan 8 1909 at 1 p m with office at 113 High Street Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Sampson
Clinton
Mass
Ludwig von Beethoven
Bolivar (Simon) Or
Bolivar Y Pointe
John Greenleaf Whittier
New England
Congregational
The
Congregational Church
Mayflower Chorus
Home Telephone Company
Elkhart County
High Street
Elkhart
Ind
W. L. Shoots
Sec
Early Christmas Shopping Urges Considerate Timing
Shop early to spread gifts across December and help workers at counters and on delivery wagons. The message emphasizes starting first thing in the day to ease holiday service.
Piano Tuning Taught in City Studio
Private piano tuning lessons offered by a competent teacher in a city studio. The studio is specially arranged for instruction and provides hands on guidance. Address listed as B for contact.
Senate after the president sparks insult debate in congress
Washington December 17 the senate moves to investigate the presidents critique of congress over secret service details to other departments. Aldrich resolution favored with Culberson provision. Bailey objects citing the presidents insulting words. Tillman Newlands Culberson and Bacon denounce the message as a deliberate insult to parliament. House committee meetings adjourned without a unanimous decision.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Aldrich
Culberson
Democrats
Whch
Kean
Tillman
Newlands
Secret
House
McLaurin
Mississippi
Bacon
England
Castro Unperturbed By Caracas Riots Report
Berlin December 17 President Castro remains calm amid alarming Caracas unrest reports. Dispatches claimed people rose against him burning portraits and attacking buildings including stores of allies with several deaths, but Castro dismissed the accounts as incorrect saying he had dispatches from Caracas none mentioned such events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caracas
Berlin
Castro
Venezuela
Rate War Declared Wabash to Sell Chicago Pittsburgh Tickets
Pittsburg December 17 news that the Wabash Pittsburg Terminal Railway will impose an eight dollar fare from Pittsburg to Chicago as tariffs are filed. The move signals a broader rate and speed war among railroads serving the route. General Inouye of Japan is reported dead in Kioto.
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Wabash
Pittsburg
Chicago
Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal Railway Company
Inouye
Kioto
Japan
Christmas Time and Freshman Prayer in Browning’s Magazine
A festive note cites Browning’s Magazine lines about Christmas Time and the Freshman Prayer. It contrasts holly beads of fire with Earth in holiday attire and echoes student life with a playful engineer’s wink at the sophomores from Wisconsin Snhinx.
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Browning's Magazine
State Opens Today in Trial of Hains
Flushing New York December 16 a jury of twelve was chosen to try Thornton J Hains as a principal in the killing of Willam E Annis shot by Captain Peter Hains. The state will present its case today. A water tank and miniature boat scene will illustrate the shooting with manikins representing the principals moved in the marine theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Willam E. Annis
Peter Hains
Thornton Hains
Marine Theater
Taft to Speak at Ohio Society Dinner in New York
Ohioans now residents in New York and visiting Buckeyes will gather for the Ohio Society of New York annual dinner tonight. President elect Taft will deliver the address with Governor Hughes and Mayor McClellan in attendance.
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New York
Mr. Taft
Buckeyes
Ohio Society of New York
Hughes
McClellan
Taft Uses Mumble-Puppy Simile in Travis Talk
President Taft commented on a conversation with golf expert Walter J. Travis, describing the exchange as a talk between an authority and a player who, he joked, "plays golf like a mumble-puppy."
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Taft
New York
Walter J. Travis
W. H. Taft
Mrs Martin Guilty in Dynamite Plot Against Judge Ogden
In Oakland on December 16 Mrs Isa belle J Martin was found guilty of conspiracy in dynamiting Judge Ogden s home. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment. The motive cited was revenge for a adverse insurance suit ruling. The dynamite act was allegedly carried out by Baby John, who testified that Martin compelled him to blow up the judge s house.
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Oakland
Cal
Isabelle J. Martin
I’. B. Ogden
Ogden
John
Purs and Barks Mingle at Chicago Cat and Dog Show
In Chicago the Coliseum Annex hosts a three day cat and dog show beginning today. Exhibits from the Beresford Cat club Western Boston Terrier club and the American Toy Dog club fill the event. Officials report more entries than ever and call it the finest Chicago has seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coliseum
Beresford Cat Club
Western Boston Terrier Club
American Toy Dog Club
Express Wagon Robbed of Gems in Peoria
A package bound for a local jeweler in Peoria Illinois containing diamonds valued at 1500 dollars was stolen from an American Express company wagon. Driver Edward G Dalton reports theft occurred during delivery of other parcels.
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Elkhart Review
Mercury
Aphelion
William
E. D. Miller
South Main
F. H Bentz & Co
Bailey
Wisconsin
Mrs. Martin
Holly
Frank Laidlaw
Clark Street
Elihart
Indiana
Ayer
J_O_ ATER Company
Lowell, Mars
Spalding
TURNOCK @ SONS
Main St
Wabash Steel
Flinch
iLarger
Penn
Tim
Edison Phonograph
Edison
Edison Gem Phonograph
Edison Home Phonogr
Barnhart & Meyers
Piano Company
Inc
Gas Co.'s
East van Buren Street
Reading
Shefield
Shefield Steel
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