Market Quotes From Elkhart Review
Wheat at .65, corn at .85, oats and pork prices noted with various figures. Butter and other goods show several fluctuating listings, with miscellaneous letters and garbled notes.
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1908
Page
8
Wheat at .65, corn at .85, oats and pork prices noted with various figures. Butter and other goods show several fluctuating listings, with miscellaneous letters and garbled notes.
The Wells clothing store introduces a new outside window sign as a city pioneer. Four rifle teams from the battalion depart for Goshen to contest on 800 and 1,000 yard ranges. Marion street walk patched after a street railway improvement near the freight house. Dr Fleming's auto axle breaks on Cassopolis street and a team of horses pulls the vehicle to the garage.
The Indiana branch of the National Association of Engineers elected officers in South Bend: President George O. Harris Evansville. Vice President William C. Pearce Terre Haute. Secretary Chas Streeter Evansville. Treasurer William Zipperer Mishawaka. Conductor H B Smith Terre Haute. Doorkeeper Levi Crater Edinburgh. James C. Beckerley installed them. Carter urged licensing stationary engineers after examination. Also notes Chinese minister’s interest in Michigan City prison.
Minister Wu expresses astonishment at a Chinese prison room calling it too good for inmates. He notes reform is the aim, not punishment, and says social condition reform is needed before prison reform succeeds. A Goshen cow suspected of hydrophobia is destroyed and brain tested at Purdue. other cattle to be watched for 45 days.
Joseph FaCnse sells his stake in the meat market at 123 West Jackson street to his partner after previously selling to Joseph Fields last November and buying it back with John Yantz last April.
James Pope of South Bend died at 77. Born in England in 1830, he moved to America in 1850, served in Company I of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, and settled in South Bend in 1863. Mrs. Christian Troyer of Goshen died at 67, survived by three sons and four daughters. Funeral set for 10 a.m. Friday at the Mennonite church in Clinton township. Barbara Calvert of Warsaw, widow of Rev. Jesse Calvert, died at 72. Mrs. S. D. Blough of six miles east of Goshen died at 69.
The Lake Shore and subsidiary lines are installing uniform New York Central style switch lights. Buffalo division is already equipped and L B A W lines will begin soon under Master Blacksmith Jones. W H Allen of the Trail shop leads the work with inspection engine from G C Cleveland's car in town. Freight engine 5915 was repaired after backing off the y at Waterloo with no traffic delay.
Five men were arrested for intoxication Tuesday night. One detainee found with personal effects including a pocketbook and five cents. An additional man was arrested on suspicion for loitering about the city amid a reported auto carriage incident near Goshen and Elkhart. Adamsville resident jailed for intoxication after prior Hastings incidents. Clyde Losee theft case for ice tongs dismissed to circuit court.
Clarence Brubaker and Miss Mabel Yoder of Goshen wed at White Pigeon in the home they will share. Clyde H. Johnson and Mahala Emmons of Nappanee obtained a Goshen license Tuesday. Judge Dodge joined Charles Hawk and Florence Hilton of Porter Michigan Tuesday. G M Reinoehl and Bonnie Wilson of near Nappanee married last Saturday.
At the churches on Tuesday a district Epworth League meeting was held with Iva Connor Nellie Smith Eunice and Sarah Blake Mabel White Maude Heasley and Mrs Ed Christman listed as attendees. The Knights of Pythias knighted H D Richmond and H A Swartzbaugh Tuesday evening.
Inside the Coliseum a packed crowd awaited the gavel while those with tickets settled in. The credentials committee report was presented to Chairman Charles W. Fulton and received with long, loud applause from Taft supporters.
Six marching clubs formed on Michigan avenue and passed through the convention hall led by bands and police. TheAmericas Club of Pittsburg and Blaine Club of Cincinnati led a Taft demonstration while the Marion Club of Indianapolis shouted for Fairbanks. The Columbus Glee Club sang Taft praises as rules and credentials committees reported on party representation. Belle Gunness burial plans announced in Chicago.
A South Bend woman who recently married had a baby a week after birth but the infant vanished from her side early last week after a complaint by the mother of the infant. The case involves the mother’s return from a state institution and a troubling angle noted by police. Mrs. James Briggs of Kokomo faces divorce suit from her husband who says she spends half her time in Kokomo and Logansport lodge rooms over four years. Martin Paydlock, a LaPorte county farmer, died from injuries after a June runaway caused by an automobile driven by Frank Storms of Michigan City. Attorney Joseph Walter McInerny and Miss Serena Schultz wed at St. Patrick’s church parsonage with Father DeGroote presiding. Orville Whitford’s son, 19, of Kendallville, fatally shot himself in Sioux City. A BE H Cooper of South Bend reports his little son fell from a porch, breaking an arm and leg.
Up to noon Tuesday the register at the Indiana headquarters in Chicago had been signed by Senator A. R. Beardsley, Leander Anderson of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Miller and Aaron Zook of Goshen.
Miss Inez Hecht and Ralph I Hoover wed at the Hecht home with close relatives present and two Toledo guests assisting as the couple entered. The couple will reside in South Bend after a reception at home.
The Protected Home Circle elected officers Tuesday night led by President C. M. Holderbaum and vice president Hazel Albaugh with guardian A. L. Flicker and other posts. Two new Eastern Stars were initiated Tuesday evening as part of the meeting.
Closing exercises set for next Friday at 5 30 PM in Bucklen opera house. Six graduates will receive diplomas amid a full program featuring The Double Throne drama, a flower drill by fifty girls, and dances and essays highlighting patriotism, religion, and the class of 1908. Includes presentation of diplomas and remarks by Rev. F J Jansen.
The Elkharts face the Buckeyes of South Bend at the Driving Park in a highly anticipated contest. The Buckeyes are said to be extremely fast and a snappy game is expected. Manager Unrue boasts a new southpaw joining the locals and promises the smallest ball player in the world on display next Sunday. Central League results include Dayton 8 Grand A Birds 2 Evansville 3 Zanesville 8 Terre Haute 1 Wheeling 4 Fort Wayne 9 South Bend 0 by forfeit in the fifth.
A partial solar eclipse is set for June 28 with visibility across America. The event begins about 8 15 and ends around 11 15. Weather permitting, observers can expect one of the most notable phenomena in years.
Inhabitants of this region will have an opportunity to witness a fairly good eclipse of the sun, giving residents a chance to observe the celestial event from their community with visible brightness during daylight.
An elderly man arranged to have a sermon broadcast by telephone to his ailing wife who wished to attend church. The doctor cautioned rest, but the elder’s devotion led to hysteria over missing services. The broadcast soothed her, yet she fell asleep ten minutes after the sermon began.
The narrative recalls Robert Louis Stevenson with a sharp remark by a German born musician Sir Charles Halle at St James Hall after a concert and a quiet walk to Marble Arch. A farmer jokes about eight week old piglets and keeping the cat shut up to explain his doubts about their size. The firm H B Sykes & Co denies circulating claims they employ their girls part time, stating they work full time and business exceeds expectations.
The Daily Review header indicates a pricing note of 10 cents a week. No further details are readable to identify the event or article body.
Notice lists sale of 200 brown Leghorn baby chicks at 118 West Crawford Street. Contact Home Phone 2 on 1363 for details. Local transaction appears in classified style with contact info.
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