This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
4
City Treasurer E A Campbell warns taxpayers of the 1908 levy totaling 1.26 dollars with a one dollar poll tax for males 21 to 50. Paving, sewer, sidewalk assessments and street openings due now. Delinquent after May 4. Office hours 8:00–11:30 and 1:00–1:00 and 7:00–3:00 Monday and Saturday evenings.
Kansas experiment station reports surface planting of corn surpassing listed methods in four-year average yields with 6.63 extra bushels per acre and 469 pounds more stover. Early listing improves yields by 3.02 bushels per acre. disk plows and furrow openers also show benefits. Selection of well-formed house ears with deep kernels is advised. variety list includes Fieldreth and Hiawatha Yellow Dent among 112 tested. Rhubarb harvesting debate favors longer stalks for quality. Beets require thinning to eight to ten inches between plants and thorough weekly cultivation to keep fields weed-free and level. CG 8. Kraight Kansas State Agricultural College.
Details of necessary work during beet growth. Begin cultivation as soon as beets are large enough to mark rows using horse or hand hoe. Do not delay cultivation unless soil is unfit. If grass and weeds appear above ground with the beets, proceed when conditions allow.
Garden peas may start in May or earlier, with careful variety choice and repeated sowings. Planting early, intermediate and rare sorts at once ensures a continuous supply of peas at the right ages.
Orchard practice stresses annual thinning of new shoots and back pruning to sustain fruiting. It highlights popular peach varieties like Greensboro Carman Belle of Georgia Elberta Crosby and Hill's Chile and notes labeling and potash use in fruit trees.
A midnight diner explains a tipping system where small workers gain nothing as tips are diverted to a privilege buyer who pays up to five thousand a year for the right to pocket the tips. Spare minutes are gold dust, said Mrs Thrall, highlighting life’s fruitful gaps.
Invalaids favor negligee corsets trimmed with embroidery sell for $1 while linen suitings face a rival in new pique fabrics. Pique in stripes and checks looks smart and mrumple free. Trimming jumper waists with narrow soutache braid may win over hand embroidery for busy women.
The article discusses expensive stiff linen collars with Irish lace insertions, noting lace fragility after washing, and praises hand embroidered collars. It describes a white shirt waist with four inch plaits edged in apple green, pearl buttons, and new ring wear for the index finger and thumb. It notes semiprecious stone sets for cuff links and scarf pins, and cites Paris versus American skirt styles with clinging circular cuts and various panel designs.
An indignant man confronts the editorial staff of a daily journal claiming the paper mislabeled him as the "well known lightweight champion" after an athletic entertainment. He denies the claim and explains he is a coal dealer, insisting the description is awkward and incorrect. He asks for a correction and clarification.
A Turkish bath's new rubber, once a barber, greeted his first client with a quip about washing, provoking a scene in Louisville. The incident shows a humorous clash between roles as the newcomer jokes about self care.
May 1 in history notes Pamfilo de Narvaez discovery of Pensacola Bay in 1528 and painter Munkacsy’s death in 1900 preceded by Dvorak’s 1904 death. Astronomical outlook for May 1905 lists constellations visible at 8:30 p.m. and bright stars, with planets Mercury invisible, Venus in west, Mars around 9:45 p.m., Jupiter visible westward, Saturn a morning star, Uranus and Neptune unseen. Sun in Aries until 14 then Taurus. Sun declination 15.2 degrees north.
A mid 20th century style health notice promotes Mi o na Stomach Tablets as a cure for indigestion with testimonials from W A Ennis of Syracuse and a Houseworth Bros. offer. It also advertises Hindipo for kidney and nervous troubles from F H Bentz Co and E D Miller, plus a health department notice urging cleanup of yards and rubbish to avoid epidemics.
Harold A Keith will be presented to the Republican county convention as a candidate for Elkhart County surveyor. Voters are asked to remember this candidacy at the convention. Public notice includes unrelated local advertisements for milk and flour.
D M Best advertises remaining five lots for sale at 50 by 120 feet on Lusher Avenue. Price listed as forty five dollars cash. Buyers urged to come at once before all are gone.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.