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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
7
Markets data and prices for pork and butter appear in the Elkhart Review Local Markets column with fragmented, unclear OCR text. The piece references commodity prices and shop listings but lacks readable details or identifiable entities.
Local notes report the Knights Templar will go to Winona tomorrow. Strawberries face a shortened crop due to dry weather. The school board met Monday to review city school repairs for next year. A Slusser reports the loss of two horses valued at 400 dollars after moving to a farm. M P Culp sells his horse and plans retirement due to poor health. Stephen Romenporch recovered a pile of nickels he lost on Main Street Sunday. Clover crops are unusually large this year, with land that had not yielded before producing crops. Mishawaka notes mention Marshall Cotton purchasing A B Graham’s wallpaper store, with possession set for next Thursday.
W G Bussard expresses his first regret after being seized by Atherton Club members and merciless friends who forced him into a rocking chair mounted on a wagon and paraded him through the city with horns and shouting.
The supreme court appeal in State v Weller of Bristol centers on two counts alleging unlawful sale and lack of required tags on concentrated feeding stuff. The attorney general argues the law protects the public from fraud and aligns with other inspection statutes.
The general manager's engine No. 24 is in shops for light repairs and will travel to Chicago Wednesday for a trip by Vice President Schaff. Engineer Arthur Krone works on it. Austrian machinist's helper James Pike plans to wed in Cleveland next Tuesday after a brief return trip. Valley Line engine sent to Lake Shore shop for tire exchanges and light repairs. W. W. Long departs for vacation in Denver. W. C. Simmons, Cleveland claim agent, visits Mr. and Mrs. Grover in this city.
Police were called to 2009 South Main Street Monday night after reports a man was prowling but no suspect was found. Earlier Monday, an intoxicated man was arrested on the city's south end.
R A Gaver arrested in South Bend for stealing railroad tickets pleaded guilty in Richmond and was sentenced to ten to twenty years in the Michigan City prison.
George Streely pleaded guilty to larceny in the Goshen circuit court and was sentenced to one to eight years. Accomplice Daniel Hahn also pleaded guilty and received the same term. Streely and Hahn are aged fifty seven and fifty five. Sherman Conklin posted bond on a razor threat charge and will move to superior court. James Atkinson asked for a venue change from Judge Dodge for a gambling case.
Fire on Monday afternoon in Goshen at the home of Charles Brinley started by a mattress placed against a stove pipe during house cleaning. Damage is about $50. Also reported are marriage licenses issued to several couples, a dog bite incident leading to a dog owner’s arrest and pledge to kill the animal, and local civic notes including a DePauw associate editor appointment and an open air band concert.
Nathaniel Pratt of near Coldwater dies aged 82 after moving from Elkhart in 1859. He was active in politics and fraternal groups and had two marriages, Nancy Ritter in 1851 and A P Chaplin in 1852. Claude H Johnson of South Bend dies at Epworth Hospital aged 34. service by Rev. J Rippey. William Zigler, once of South Bend and LaPorte, dies in Gifford IL aged 65. interment in LaPorte. Andrew Weinkauf of Mishawaka dies aged 71. L S Howe of Kendallville dies aged 59.
Kendallville townsfolk celebrate the carnival parting while a father battles to keep his daughter from departing on a Plainwell bound train. The death of Blanche Bates’s mother and vaudeville plans for C P Ren unfold as a Grand Rapids trip looms. In South Bend politics Charles W Weidler edges J B Stoll for the school board, with a Republican minority aiding the Democrat. Cass County Pioneer Society plans a June 17 reunion at Cassopolis with Lt Governor Patrick H Kelley as principal speaker. Plymouth sees a fire damages a home of Charles Kellison tied to a liquor case and a Fort Wayne excursion train sparks a South Bend lid tilt.
Tekonsha Michigan a four year old girl was severely injured when stepping in front of a mower while her father mowed a field resulting in amputations. South Bend held a large tag day raising 2358 dollars for two city hospitals surpassing prior years. Wawasee Inn plans a ball opening next Saturday night.
A collection of anecdotal snippets recounts a man’s misfortune with a found horseshoe and a comical clash over luck. Other items include observations on women’s reasoning, swastika meaning, a surgeon's patient dressing joke, and a Dumas-Dumas fils exchange about Monte Cristo.
Members of John Hill Division No 248 B of L E are called to meet at the hall at 2 PM Wednesday to attend the funeral of Brother J E Cloyes at 4 PM F E Smith C E officiating.
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