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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
7
A patron turned his ankle Thursday night needing a physician. On Monday repairman F. M. Havens stepped from a ladder onto a nail, penetrating his shoe into the right foot.
Menon S. Yoder, a prosperous farmer west of Shipshewana, is constructing a twelve sided cement barn about a quarter mile from town. The nearly circular design rises to a fifty foot peak with a twenty eight foot height on the walls and promises more floor space and durability due to its solid joint free cement construction.
Fire Chief Frank Leader humorously falls to a prank by firemen as he leaves the station to spear carp at the Elkhart dam. He slips into chilly water after an extra large fish near shore tempts him, then returns to the station unnoticed until the joke is revealed.
At a First Christian church meeting in Goshen Rev. J A Wood formerly of Elkhart offered his resignation as pastor after nearly five years in charge. The motion to accept the resignation was not acted on and the matter was laid on the table.
Articles of association filed with the secretary of state by the Associate Realty Co of Elkhart Ind with capital stock of 5000 dollars. The purpose is to buy sell and deal in real estate. Directors named are G W Greiner O A Gushe and F J Gushe.
The McIntyre and Heath company arrived in three special cars at No. 2 today. Miss Cora Himes’ elocution pupils recital at the Presbyterian church this evening. Dealers fill show windows with Fourth of July destructives. Elkhartans attend Goshen College commencement Thursday. City cleaners and dyers to close at 6 15 p m in June July August except Mondays Saturdays. Local youths plan summer beet field work in Michigan. Frank Brown buys Buck Tail Worden sporting goods store in South Bend from Kuntz. Worden balts to be manufactured.
H L Miller of 809 East Jackson Street working in the Lake Shore machine shop had the toes of one foot crushed when a heavy casting fell. He was taken home in Stephens' ambulance. A J Bassett also slipped while leaving the interurban railway station.
A marriage license was issued to Anthony C. Moyer and Elsie C G Runkle, both of Elkhart. Moyer is a clerk at St. Joseph Valley Bank.
Mrs. William Hitch cock of Jamestown Kansas formerly Cass county Michigan died June 7 after cancer illness. John R. Hess of Constantine died last Wednesday aged about 73. Mrs. Mary Stamp of Constantine died June 4 aged seven. Deaths at South Bend include Mrs A B Frank on Thursday aged 60 and Henry Short on Thursday aged 59.
Police say Sidney Weber faces a warrant after his two sons allegedly invaded the Stone premises and scattered cement sand. Complainant Harry Stone reports being told to leave when he confronted the father, triggering the case. Officer Wooley found an insecure display showcase at the department store and seized the goods.
Trains Nos 45 23 and 7 will run with extra coaches this Saturday to accommodate Notre Dame students returning west. Engine 4666 derailed near Polk street in the Chicago yards but caused no damage. Lake Shore specials carrying delegations to the Republican National Convention will run frequently from now until Monday night.
E. E. Ganger bought L. Kreider’s 30 acre fruit farm a mile south of Bristol for 100 dollars per acre. Ganger also managed Jack Stutsman’s fruit farm for six years and now lives on Al. Haines’s farm east of Middlebury. July 4 celebration planned in Bristol with business donations and events. Andrew Englert of Kendallville attempted suicide with liquor, then成功fully hanged days later. Dart Walker will join the U.S. fleet June 26 after finishing ocean work for Leslie’s Weekly.
About 135 participants enjoyed a day of food, a literary and musical program, and officer elections at Studebaker Park in Elkhart. Officers named include President John Cook and Vice President George Cook with Mrs. Helen Ritter on the entertainment committee. Mrs. Cook, nearly eighty three, center of attention, and her eleven children, eighty grandchildren, and forty great grandchildren were noted. The 1909 reunion is planned for June 14 at McNaughton Park.
The Knights Templar conclave at Winona Lake saw Knightstown Commandery lead a 70 sword line to win the $500 prize in the Thursday drill. Other entrants included Fort Wayne Plymouth Columbia City Franklin Delphi and Warsaw. Raper Commandery Indianapolis gave an acclaimed exhibition but was barred from prize contention. At the Thursday business session an officer was elected, with A Hamarsly of Washington serving as warder this year.
Rev H N Spear and sister Mrs Cora Parker return from Valparaiso where the Northern Indiana Baptist Association, including twelve area churches, met. Dr C W Haywood of Elkhart elected trustee replacing J W Wilder who died last December. Officers named include Moderator Clark R Parker LaPorte vice moderator S L Long Valparaiso clerk George Wade Valparaiso treasurer D P Closser Kingsbury and trustees J M Reese J B Dorland W D Spoor C F Holtz. The year reports show 184 baptisms. The 1909 meeting will be in La Porte.
An order from First battalion headquarters relieves Otto E. Deal as quartermaster and commissary at the rifle range during the battalion try-out on April 14 16 and 17. Second Lieutenant R H Horst is appointed to act in that capacity.
The Collinwood Apprentice base ball team arrived in the city at 16 a. m. for a battle royal on the River side diamond this afternoon amid a delegation of rooters. The Stars will play the Royal Tigers at Nappanee on Saturday. Miller and Irvin, Leesburg liverymen, tracked a missing horse and rig after a stranger took them. the rig was found hitched under a tree in Greenville school yard after a note said the customer was through with the rig.
In Mrs. Henry W. Cole's A Lady's Tour Around Monte Rosa an anecdote about the poet Rev. Robert Montgomery recalls his early pulpit days in Scotland. A farmer’s household treated him as a mere boarder, asking whether to feed the pigs first or give the man his dinner, revealing plain humor at a rural table.
Andrew S Lamb at 123 W Lexington Ave lists The Daily Review at 10 cents a week and promotes a modern home on E Beardsley Ave with an affordable price.
R H Palmer reports from Toronto during National Foundrymen’s Association meetings. He praises Welland Canal scenery and Canadian orchards, describes Toronto as clean and well served with good hotels and harbor lines, notes Gates and Pittsburg investors buying marsh land for reclamation and a planned railroad to the water front, and thanks Smith Premier staff for courtesies received.
In St Louis on June 12 Fohn Hendrickson kissed his two young daughters then sent them away before fatally shooting himself with a revolver. He had been seeking carpentry work for six months without success.
Pittsburg Kansas June 12 eighteen year old Ben Third killed his father J H Bird a well to do farmer while attempting to save his mother’s life Bird says his father returned drunk and attacked Mrs Bird in the field near the house during the incident.
The Lusitania’s official time at the Sandy Hook light ship was 1 08 a m marking a passage of 4 days 20 hours 8 minutes, seven minutes faster than Mauretania’s previous trip record.
A merry-go-round will be at the corner of South Main and Prairie streets Saturday afternoon and evening. Deffler's millinery offers 200 trimmed hats priced from 4 to 8.50 dollars at 1.95.
The preserved strawberry and fruit recipes from the Elkhart Cook Book, by the ladies of the Congregational church, are valued at more than the book price of 50 cents. For sale at Ziesel's dry goods and Houseworth's stores, 11-13.
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