08 Mar 1906
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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1906
Page
1
Confined by sickness, Daly asks customers to call at his home to arrange nursery stock replacements or spring deliveries. Address listed as 806 EB Crawford Street. Signed by John L. Daly with the nickname Tough Elk.
Amusements notes report Manager Jack Bentham and Mrs Blanche Freeman cancel their April 9 debut at Union Square theatre in Elkhart after touring Chicago. A March 9 engagement at Bucklen features Denman Thompson and George W Ayer in Our New Minister direct from a seven month New York run.
A Boston Transcript contributor passes a white painted house with green trim and a sunlit lawn on a Cape Cod road. A local boy explains it is the town's poorhouse, noting no paupers live there but an old woman kept by overseers who rent out her care to Boston families for the summer.
A historical note on boiling water from Charles Delmonico. He stressed using fresh water in a clean warm kettle, boiling briefly and serving hot for tea or coffee. He warned against prolonged steaming which wastes water and can cause sickness, suggesting lemon drops to flavor.
A London Tatler joke recounts a doctor advising a leech for his patient Geordy’s wife. The husband, a sportsman, mishears and instead places a ferret in bed, prompting the doctor to learn she worsened, exposing rustic miscommunication and comic outcome.
The Liakovs, barren Arctic islands off Siberia near the Lena river mouth, are frost bound and lifeless except for ivory diggers. Despite this, they yield an estimated revenue of £1,000,000 annually due to enormous fossil ivory deposits, according to London Queen.
A doctor notes a lack of sense of proportion in disease perception at a Bengal hospital. One man fears not sneezing for three months while ignoring early leprosy signs. The observation highlights misplaced health priorities among patients.
A Cleveland Leader snippet notes Kjones, though polished in dress and manner, betrays his rural origins on the street car by offering his seat to a woman, prompting light amusement over the social lapse.
A brief meditation on daily toil and growth quoting Phillips Brooks. It ties moral resolve to resisting small temptations, suggesting strength builds through steady effort in ordinary tasks. The tone mirrors a didactic, period-voice sentiment about character.
The Witness Coal Operators' association in Illinois declares it will not concede to higher pay demanded by the White Miners Workers and plans to push for a renewed interstate wage conference in Indianapolis on March 10. They propose a contract clause to shield operators from losses caused by idle mines and a rebalancing of the mining rate to reflect the shot firers law. If no contract is secured, they vow to stay out of any agreement by the convention.
Associate Justice Henry Billings Brown of the United States Supreme Court plans to retire, having informed President Roosevelt. The president offered Senator Thornder C. Inox of Pennsylvania for the vacancy, who declined. Brown turns 70 on March 2 and will serve the current term, likely retiring in the fall.
Saratoga N Y March 8 In a rear end collision on the Delaware and Hudson railroad one person was killed and three others were badly injured likely to die. Miss Gertrude Esmond of Gansevoort 10 years old was instantly killed. Her mother Mrs Charles Esmond Frank A Lindecuse of Buffalo a traveling salesman and Frank Terse of Albany were probably fatally hurt.
Seattle March 8 Judge Wickman Moore has been elected mayor by a slim 15 vote margin as one of the closest city contests. Republican challenger John Rip linger fared poorly in many wards while Moore’s municipal ownership platform prevailed, with most council seats going to supporters by large majorities.
A Canon City Oregon dispatch reports Jas Montana, a Montana man, tried to hold up a saloon and was killed by Bud Greenwell, the saloon owner, in Helena Montana on March 8.
National Civic Federation conference in New York debated primary and election law reform. A permanent department will oversee ballot reform, with actions to require disclosure of campaign funds, ban corporate political contributions, and tighten penalties for corrupt practices. Direct nomination via primary was rejected for later study.
A.W. Terrell, ex U S minister to Turkey and Texas legislator, lauded Texas poll tax qualification as keeping elections clean. He argued a $1.75 tax filters undesirables while noting intimidation of blacks is over. Other speakers criticized Wisconsin primary law as costly and anti democratic, citing large campaign spending and loss of voter influence.
In Albright a suburb of South Omaha three white men halted a street car after midnight. Conductor Flory resisted the attempted robbery and was shot in the waist and side. The assailants escaped without taking any money. Flory’s condition is serious and possibly fatal.
A telegram from Dr. M. St. Ward, Schwab's physician, reports Charles M. Schwab is somewhat indisposed in Los Angeles but is improving. The message, dated Theumenic, New Mexico, notes no serious illness and that his condition is improving with mild symptoms.
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