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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
5
A physician links Wall Street panics to psychasthenia, noting stressed minds overtaxed by income fears. He cites cases of overburdened individuals fearing taxes despite high earnings, with insomnia and risky acts that verge on insanity.
Cayuga Ind May 1 The private Malone Son bank closed by state examiner Charles W Camp after finding a $55 000 shortage on $48 666 deposits. Owners James Malone Frank Malone Maggie Malone and Rebecca Malone pledge to make good every dollar owed using their 400 acres and other holdings.
In Martinsville Indiana May 1 the presentment against J M Blair and testimony were adjourned under advisement by James T Clarke The state must show intent to defraud in county supply purchases Matthews proposes quitting if the court does not claim fraud by commissioners Marion Indiana May 1 board of managers orders free transport to Mountain Branch Tennessee for home members with limited ability to procure intoxicants within 100 miles of camp Postal Inspector Wall investigates anonymous threatening letters in Pierceton Indiana May 1 arrest expected Miss Simbra Hibbard 24 attempts suicide by morphine in Columbus Indiana after four months of grief Milton Indiana May 1 Charles Davis reports catching a large black bass in Whitewater Milton Indiana May 1 and a brief joke note from the Baltimore American about a fortune teller and her target.
Freddy asks what a social scale is and pa replies that it is a place where money is weighed in a Bohemian Macazine setting.
A list of visits and events including W J Collins and Mrs J I Bassett in Chicago, J B Gafill of South Bend in the city, J T Keene to Bristol on business, C N Willis of Kokomo on city business, Carroll to spend Saturday in Chicago, a daughter born to Mr and Mrs I S Pippinger, Harry Carpenter returning from New York, Mrs Mary Little and daughter Mildred in Mishawaka, Robert Dalton and Roy Riblet in South Bend, S L Wyland burned at Waterloo visiting Lagrange, J T Marl and Ira Zigler at Klinger Lake for the weekend, J B Lantz returning from Chicago, Mrs B Yokel visiting her daughter in Chicago, Miss Anna Trainor resuming duties in Goshen, Greek laborer John Kontos resigning, Benton correspondent Ivo Kern family at Barbara Musser's bedside, a child recovering from poison eggs, Henry Comer returning from Ohio trip after a winter injury, Maude Fuller graduation invitations for June 14 in Chicago, Antonio Para moved to county infirmary after amputation, W J Schulz and companions on a 80 mile auto trip, Epworth Hospital stop to see C E B Frank.
A Bohemian Magazine excerpt shows two grandchildren debating historical killings with their grandfather. They argue whether Cassius or Brutus killed Caesar and whether Marie Antoinette or Mary, Queen of Scots, faced execution. The grandfather concedes he may have missed the latest newspapers.
The excerpt traces tobacco for children from Hawkins introducing tobacco to England through royal attitudes from Elizabeth to Charles II. It notes Raleigh observing royal smoking habits and cites a 1702 Leeds coffee house account of a three year old boy smoking a pipe with apparent ease, illustrating long standing smoking culture.
Receipts 16 000 with heavy shippping demand for choice Hight and mixed packing. Cattle receipts 6 009 with prime fat steers at 6.80 to 7.25, cows 47.56 to 56.25, prime heifers 6.00 to 6.75, calves 5.00 to 5.75, feeders 3.75 to 4.00, stockers 3.75 to 4.00. Sheep receipts 15 000 with good to choice clipped wethers 5.75 to 6.00, ewes 5.00 to 5.25, Colorado lambs 7.85 to 7.50. East Buffalo market: cattle receipts 2 cars steady, hogs 6.25 to 6.50, calves 4.00 to 6.50, lambs 7.25, yearlings 6.00 to 6.50, wethers 5.50 to 5.75, ewes 4.75 to 5.25.
Samuel Gayman has lumbago. Benjamin Riggle of Thomas street is sick. W. W. Sterling went to South Bend this afternoon. Clarence Mast is able to be on the streets after a short illness from tonsillitis. L. W. Bossinger of the Lake Shore engine dispatcher's office is off duty due to sickness.
Attorney Charles E. Sweet of Dowagiac is named to succeed the late W. T. Leckie as esteemed loyal knight of the grand lodge of Ellis. The Dowagiac lodge honored Sweet by the appointment. Goshen E aal Eagles plan to attend memorial exercises for the Elkhart Eagles next Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Breish will discuss The Gospel of the Atheist at the First Evangelical Church next Sunday evening, arguing from the atheist position to its logical conclusions. Max Minney, a Sodus farm hand, was denied a new trial and sentenced to two to five years in Jackson prison for mutilating horses. he reiterates innocence and plans an appeal to the supreme court. The Rose Maiden’s songs feature Mrs. Lehrman, Mrs. Baltor, and Mr. Crawford with Mrs. McCracken and Miss Leah Drake providing fine accompaniments.
A sketch of William Hogarth as a gifted yet vain painter. He sold prints but struggled with paintings, sparking tales of sharp wit and defiant pride. Whistler hailed him as the greatest. anecdotes include an unpaid portrait and a lost carriage in rain.
A well known actor recounts a dinner party where he allowed a life mask to be made. He describes the process with vivid discomfort as plaster is applied to his face and nostrils while he endures heat pinches and restricted breathing before the mask is removed.
Advertisement note promotes Evangeline at Globe Theatre this Saturday with a product line from Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co. and an old phone contact 1175. Pasteurized Buttermilk priced at 3 cents per quart.
The article traces practical photography beginnings with Talbot and Daguerre, noting Ponton’s 1830s discovery on print insolubility under light. It then surveys Kentucky’s historic conflicts among tribes and later settlers, naming the region as The Dark and Bloody Ground for its violent history.
An anecdote recalls Talleyrand telling a confidant that not knowing whist would lead to a dismal old age. The remark emphasizes the game’s perceived social and intellectual value in aristocratic circles.
Concord Chapter of the R A M holds a stated convocation at 7 30 this evening and works on mark. W C T U schedules a Sabbath observance conference at 2 45 p m next Tuesday with informal discussion and an evening meeting at Mrs M A Deal s home featuring speakers from South Bend and Wikhart. First Christian church members are invited to an informal reception for Rev S Griffith Buckner and wife tonight with Buckner preaching Sunday morning and evening.
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