Christmas Wishes and Court Rulings Highlight Elkhart Review
In Elkhart on December 24 1908 the Review urges cheerful giving and public virtue while commenting on a legal clash over labor leaders. It defends court authority and condemns violent rhetoric, linking it to broader labor relations and the need for lawful action. An Indianapolis dispatch reports United Mine Workers President Thomas L. Lewis warning of internal dissension and false statements aimed at undermining the union.
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Mine Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Christmas as the anniversary of new human relations
The passage frames Christmas as both a religious and humanist milestone, marking the call to sacrifice and the birth of a new order rooted in sympathy and tenderness. It emphasizes Christmas as a children’s day celebrating birth, child-life, and the hope these bring to parents and society.
Christmas Eve Reflections on Family Joy Across Generations
A reflective piece celebrates Christmas Eve joy across generations. It recalls elder happiness, a babe’s smile, and parents hearing their children’s voices, framing the day as shared delight among the young and old, with angels in the air and a call to join in spreading happiness.
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M. P
Angel Voices
Emma Sohm
Harold Forrey
Maynard Gable
Bachman
Henrietta Schafer
Helen Bachman
God
Russell Brownell
Ruth Bock
Julia Dunton
Neva Robbins
Milburn Tobias
Family Orches
Regulations Tighten Cattle Shipments Amid Quarantine
Government inspectors enforce strict cattle shipment rules as Lake Shore workers face penalties for missing disinfection certificates and notes. A separate report covers a Parke, Davis herd culled for foot and mouth disease and related actions by federal agents. An examination of local political corruption tales contrasts Republican and Democrat tactics in Lake County. Also noted are state health rules for transporting a child’s remains after diphtheria and required funerary disinfection protocols.
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Lake Shore
East Buffalo
Cleveland
Michigan
Parke, Davis & Co
Rochester
Shaw Brothers
Livonia Township
Wayne County
Robert Holmes
State Board of Health
Indiana newspaper index to aid state history work
The Indiana State Library Commission publishes an index to Indianapolis newspapers to aid history, art, and geography research. Archivist Artena M. Chapman of Muncie Public Library prepared the listing, appearing in Library OC current, the commission's official quarterly.
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Indiana
State Brary Commission
Indianapolis
Artena M. Chapman
Muncie
Christmas observances and church programs cited
Christmas activities fill several local churches with cantatas, recitations, and community services. Ongoing notices include library heating repairs delaying opening, and a breach of promise suit filed by Georgia Cadwaller against Jacob Ackerman. Property transfers and local deeds are listed, along with a missing person found visiting relatives.
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Georgia Cadwaller
LaPorte
Jacob Ackerman
Kizzie Ackerman
Xmas Flowers and Plante for Gifts at Van Aken Bros
Christmas shoppers visit Van Aken Brothers in 1905 to browse flowers and plants for gifts. The store showcases seasonal bouquets and greenery, appealing to patrons seeking decorative arrangements for holiday giving.
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van Aken. Bros
Labor leaders face DC Supreme Court sentence in Buck case
The DC Supreme Court, Justice Wright, rules against Gompers, Mitchell, and Morrison in the Buck Stove and Range boycott case. Gompers gets 12 months, Mitchell 9, Morrison 6, with bail set at $5,000, $4,000, and $3,000 respectively pending appeal. The ruling cites defiant conduct toward the court and upholds earlier injunctions on lists used against firms. In reaction, union leaders urge presidential clemency while Illinois mine workers denounce the decision as a breach of free speech.
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McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Standard Oil Co
Missouri
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Famous Bucks Store and Range Company
Bali
Washington
Buck Stove and Range Company
Presdent Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wright
Gompers
United States Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Federation
Justice Gould
Federationist
James Duncan
May Pardoun
Federal Union
Tlinois United Mine Workers
John Walker
Illinois
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Heard in the Bookshop My new book fourteen out
A brief item notes in the Atlanta Constitution that an author announces release of a new book with the author joking about an unpaid publisher bill after the question of price.
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Atlanta
Too Much For Her Says Pittsburg Poet
Verses warn that a woman can improvise makeup and figure but rarely can decide. A Pittsburg poet notes the stubborn error of overconfident judgment, contrasting surface craft with firm resolve in a pointed, cautionary couplet.
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Fittsburg
Decision stirs unionists protesting to Roosevelt
Indianapolis, Dec 24. The U S district court ruling sentencing Gompers Mitchell and Morrison to prison shocks Indianapoli s labor circles. W W D Ryan national secretary treasurer UMWA protests to President Roosevelt, denying any law violation and asserting Mitchell’s innocence.
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National
Roosevelt
Indianapolis
Ind
United States District Court
Washington
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
W.W. D. Ryan
United Mine Workers
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
Thief Clouted by Hair in Indiana Home Invasion
Elwood Indiana December 24 Mrs Frank Bradley woke to a thief stealing her purse of 148 dollars. In pajamas she chased the intruder as he leaped from a window and she grabbed his red hair, holding on until the desperate escape left her with a handful of socks.
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Elwood
Ind
Frank Bradley
Balloonists plan Atlantic crossing flight from U S port
Indianapolis December 24 A balloon trip to cross the Atlantic is being arranged by Car G Fisher and George L Bumbaugh. The flight would depart from an eastern U S port and land in Europe drawing aeronauts and scientists worldwide. Also noting local Christmas and New Year dances and South Bend schools reopening January 4 after holidays.
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Europe
Indianapolis
Car G. Fisher
George L. Bumbaugh
Springfield
Atlantic Ocean
America
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McKinley
Federation of Labor
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Ness
Lake County
Sovereign Free Men
Taft
Hungary
Watson
Bethlehem
First Evangelical Church
First Evangelical Sunday School
Clara Ruch
J. O. Mosier
Charles Breish
Heavenly King
Albert A. Schafer
Mandy
Mary Paul
McLaughlin
Ruch
Schafer
Baker
Shanower
A. C. Kalb
Breish
Marie Anderson
Leta L. Lickey
Pearl Shafer
Katherine Shafer
Maybelle McLaughlin
Marvin Frederick
Be the
Lord God
Presbyterian Church
Trinity M. E
St. Vincent's Catholic Church
Tlizabeth Christner
Marshall
Cotton
Osolo
William D. Ferris
Lewis K. Hentz
Elkhart Industrial Association
Hile & Baker
Hudson-Sterling
Abe N. Wertheimer
Ada L. Long
Millersburg
Hattie B. Yeakel
Ephraim Hess
Wilden
Walnut Hill
Goshen
John F. Walmer
Otto A. Goshe
Chapman
Rosedale
Cora A. Schutt
Benj F. Schrock
Strong
Riverside
John F. Rhodes
Arthur E. Darling
John G. Strickler
South Bend
Grompers
Cobalt
Ont
William Hamilton
S. McNulty
Columbus
Wilt
Anderson’s Hall
Shafer & Schult
Choice
Keene Bros
Everwear Sox
Ziesel
Specia
pontro-Gark
Scranton
C. C
Pocahontas
Grace Mine
Jackson Hill
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W. R. Lavender Coal Co
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