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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
2
A June 20 1908 issue discusses Bryan's Commoner and the Republican stance on party strength. It cites Taft as McKinley’s successor and questions representation based on state plurality. It notes Fairbanks support, the Coliseum crowd insult, and La Follette’s influence amid party tensions.
Local social notes recount a wedding at 7 30 PM at H M Snellenberger home where Tillie Schmidt wed August Falke with Rev H Prange officiating. Attendants Lena Pankow and Theodore Geiser, with home decor in pink white and green. Additional events include a reception for Mr and Mrs Albert J Keyser, a large ice cream social by Walter Junior Temperance Lodge, and several engagements and gatherings featuring residents like John Young and Mary Carey, Velma Shriner, and May Clausen.
A historianly reflection on a midwestern or eastern Republican convention last Wednesday describes a forty five minute burst of uncontrolled emotion. The piece contrasts stampede panic and calm expression, noting the crowd’s wild, ecstatic applause and the impossibility of such frenzy in other nations. It argues only sports or presidential records spark similar extreme excitement among Americans.
The passage argues the episode showed a strained case for presidential popularity or policy endorsement. It describes the crowd as a mob driven by emotion and hysteria, not a genuine third term endorsement. It asserts organizers exploited the moment, but events proved no official backing for Roosevelt.
The author argues for wide engagement with life beyond wealth and social pleasure. Education opens doors to literature, history, philosophy, and distant lands, feeding the soul through memories, art, and companionship with great minds across ages. Expanded horizons promise enduring joy now and in the future.
A review praises Chapple Publishing Co for issuing William Howard Taft American by Robert L. Dunn. Dunn, a photographer who traveled with Taft and other presidents, combines text and illustrations to present a human, nonpartisan portrait of Taft. The book features gilt cover, coated paper, and a popular price of $1. Delicatessen Store.
A Tolchaco missionary speaker told Elkhart women that the Navajo population has grown from eight thousand in 1868 to about twenty eight thousand today. The tribe spans northern Arizona, New Mexico and Utah with a large reservation, many Christian missions, and limited schooling. The talk noted self sufficiency and crafts including weaving, silversmithing, and livestock.
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