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Fragment reads as a brief market note with scattered terms like pork butter oats and prices. No clear event, date, or proper names identified. readable parts suggest an agricultural commodity snippet without full context.
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
7
Fragment reads as a brief market note with scattered terms like pork butter oats and prices. No clear event, date, or proper names identified. readable parts suggest an agricultural commodity snippet without full context.
Dr. B F Kuhn buys a Reo roadster. Dr George Menges plans an ornate West Lexington entrance. Jacob Bontrager moves Independent tea stock to a Garfield area shop after acquiring a new grocery. The Merry Widow and the Corsair serve as excursion vessels on the St. Joseph river. George Reim, ex chauffeur for C G Conn, plans to open a city garage soon. League District Meeting notes follow.
The first vice president is absent due to sickness and Miss Mary Daley of Elkhart represents her. Today marks the nineteenth annual convention closing with two key talks. Hon. James E. Bingham will address on Good Citizenship and Dr. John P. D. John will speak on The Worth of a Man.
Two Elkhart men recount a Wisconsin wilderness trip with a guide who left after supper to attend a dance. He claimed he must go home because a dance was that night, arriving in town by 11, dancing until morning.
Superintendent C E Silvers Deputy Controller Will Krau Board of Public Works Chairman D B L Agnold City Clerk T G Wilkinson Street Commissioner J H Williams ride the 10 o clock interurban to see the circus but arrival in time to catch the parade fails. The street commissioner later returns empty handed after chasing elephants labeled G O P with Taft badges. The officials miss the parade but attend the afternoon show.
The battalion rifle tryout at the Elkhart and Goshen range produced three qualified Co E shooters Capt Groll Sergt Chaffee and Pvt Anderson earned berths on the battalion team for future regimental competition Chaffee placed fourth Anderson eighth and Groll twelfth in the trials.
Rail news notes June 21 changes attach the buffet parlor car to westbound Train 9 between here and Chicago instead of Train 175. The item also mentions staff changes at Englewood roundhouse and a Notre Dame student special train to Chicago.
Clyde Losee, who posted bond in a justice court for stealing ice tongs from St. Joe Ice Co and sought a venue change, was arrested by Officer Pearce, handed to Sheriff Ziexzel, and the case sent to circuit court. Mrs Tompkins reported Colonel Tompkins drove his wife from home. neighbors told officers the couple would resolve matters if left alone.
The funeral for William Allen More, killed by lightning near Nappanee last Saturday, drew a record turnout as 220 vehicles accompanied the funeral procession to the cemetery. A Goshen police force shake-up is expected soon with earlier council expectations of resignations by Officers Santachi and Landaw remaining unfulfilled.
Multiple deaths and funeral notices from St. Joseph County including Christina Jacobson of 801 Harrison, Sweden-born 1833, died of paralysis. William Main of 125 Walnut street died aged about 70. Henry Arbogast of Osolo died of dropsy. other deaths include Charles B. Brown, William Walker, Mrs. Mary Bainter, Philip Oppenheim, and Mrs. Christian Troyer with funeral details and survivors listed.
Macao China described as the east’s Monte Carlo with numerous fantan rooms. Oil lamps light interiors with Canton blackwood furnishings. ground floor hosts games while a mezzanine hosts betting books and a well overlooking the table. A banker handles brass cash, bets focus on numbers 1 through 4, and the system yields substantial income for Macao.
Miss Mary Louise Smith visits Elkhart friends and attends a string of gatherings aimed at socializing with local families. The calendar features a 5 o'clock tea for Grace Kellog e, pillow party for seven young women, Riverside Girls' Club picnic on the Island, and a large house party at Camp Contento, Klinger Lake, with plans to attend the opening dance. Notables include Eva Hazelton Kurtz of Cleveland and Gertrude Sykes Child of New York among thirty five guests.
The Presbyterian session reviewed four or five applicants for first communion to be held next Sunday, with another meeting planned tonight to consider more. The next class is expected to exceed a dozen. past sessions since October have admitted over eighty. The church, now with 400 plus members, will use supply preachers during August Sundays when Rev Mall is away. His family will spend most of August at Klinger Lake. The Goshen district Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society meet in Warsaw today through Saturday, with several local members attending. The Congregational church building committee met privately to review Treasurer Gotwalt’s report, which will be discussed at a social two weeks hence.
The Goshen Gun Club hosts its first shoot in thirteen years with about 20 participants including John Boa of Butte Montana who holds regional championships in Colorado North and South Dakota and his state. Witness L H Swayne of the Lake Shore foundry claims a record fish tale after landing two twelve inch bass at once near the Lexington Avenue bridge and says he has witnesses to back the story.
Marriage license issued today to August Fuller and Tillie Marie Schmidt, both residents of Elkhart, Indiana. The notice appears in a northern Indiana newspaper with the caption President Roosevelt's latest picture and a 1906 copyright line on the page.
A playful exchange in Puck remarks on Blinker running over his mother in law with a punny tease about not finding sporting news yet. The joke centers on misdirection away from sports.
A brief comic exchange from the Philadelphia Record contrasts Nell and Belle on marriage. Nell asserts caution while Belle quips that knowing all about a man would deter marriage. The item reflects light social commentary in a newspaper snippet.
Read about Japanese pagodas built centuries ago and their pendulum-like internal beams that resist quakes. The piece then shifts to France’s history with the number fourteen and dates linked to Henri II and Henri IV. It ends with anecdotes on Nelson and playful etiquette rules and a glass-dancing trick.
A fragmentary Gunnison Gazette style quip advises a young man to wait at the door rather than press a busy girl, implying a rival may arrive to claim the prize. The text reflects humorous anecdotes and folk wisdom typical of the era.
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