Local Brevities and Society Notes
Lillian Russell is to perform at the Bucklen tonight. A Goshen commission house may be started by Mr. Church. Socialist speaker Howard E. Caldwell drew about 100 Tuesday and will discuss What Socialism is and is Not tonight. The Review staff enjoyed refreshments from Madame Travis after a W C T U meeting. There is a boom in restaurants and cheap eating places in the city. Jones Darling Camp No 5, United Spanish War Veterans, held a lively meeting Tuesday evening with sixteen members from Harry O. Perkins Camp in uniform. The gathering, originally planned for Otto E. Deal’s office, needed the banquet room due to large attendance. Commander T. J. Tearney presided. speeches were given by Tearney, F. S. Smith, C. F. Zilmer, I. H. Church, W. Hopkins, O. E. Deal and Commander Overly. Plans for a general turnout of Spanish War Veterans are in the works for next Memor-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Goshen
Howard EE. Caldwell
Jones-Darling
United Spanish War Veterans
Harry O. Perkins
South Bend
Otto E. Deal
Odd Fellows
T. J. Tearney
Tearney
F. $. Smith
C. F. Zillmer
I. H. Church
W. . Hopkins
O. E. Deal
Overly
Jones-Darling Camp
Elkhart
Deal
Elkhart Club Lectures Planned For Guthrie Series In 1909
The Fifteen Circle Art Club and the Twentieth Century Club will host Prof. William Norman Guthrie of Chicago University for a six lecture series in Elkhart in January 1909 on The Racial Aspects of the World's Great Dramas. The arrangement follows prior visits by Edward Howard Griggs in 1905 and Dr. Richard Morton in 1907, with a committee drawn from all three clubs coordinating details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Norman Guthrie
Chicago University
Elkhart
Fifteen Circle
Art Club
Twentieth Century Club
Edward Howard Griggs
Richard Green Moulton
Prof. Guthrie
Guthrie
Art—Mesdames Briggs
Bowman
T. T. Snell
Fire alarm stalls after stuck lever at box
A morning fire alarm caused more alarm than damage when the lever at the box stuck and kept sounding. The blaze, confined to a smoke house on Mason Street between Seventh and Eighth, was quenched by chemical and garden hose. The house is occupied by Paul Cherry. A. B. Mitchell, a freight brakeman from Middlebury Street, slipped on the engine’s left pilot step at Pine and bruised his left leg above the knee, but he returned to Elkhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Street
Seventh
Eighth
Paul Cherry
A. B. Mitchell
Middlebury Street
Pine
Elkhart
Sudden Death of Elkhart on First Page
Elkhart resident Mrs. Aber dies suddenly two hours after giving birth to a daughter. She had lived in Elkhart eight years and worked in Chicago before marriage to Mr. Aber, a Nickle Plate conductor. Funeral planned in Decatur, Ind., with family from Elkhart and nearby cities attending. Carlo Fritze of South Bend dies suddenly at sixty. Daniel Neenen of South Bend dies at seventy-six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Casbon
Mishawaka
I. Cohen
South Bend
Sameul Unger
Unger Bros
Casbon
Sakhart
Indiana
Unger
Charles D. Kern
Fulton Street
Edith Pettifer
Franklin Street
Bessie Baker
Elkhart Avenue
Decatur
Ind
Aber
Johnn A. Mumaw
Elkhart
Kern
Chicago Telephone Supply Co
Fort Wayne
New Mexico
Carlo Fritze
Daniel Neenen
Jota Alpha Class Club Social Notes and Upcoming Meet
The Jota Alpha Class Club met at Miss Mae Mann’s home on Tuesday evening for business then a social session with piano selections by Misses Florence Blough Catherine Kaufman and Grace Boomershine. Boomershine won the contest. Next meeting will be with Miss Myrtle Fuller. The Swedish Lutheran Friendship Club hosted about twenty five people at Miss Hulda Johnson’s home on Lafayette Street Tuesday. Hoffman's Hall dance by Mr and Mrs M R Hopkins drew a large crowd despite bad weather. A moonlight dance is planned for next week and Elks lodge organizers schedule a dance for Thursday evening.
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Jota Alpha
Mae Mann
Florence Blough
Catherine Kaufman
Grace Boomershine
Friendship Club
The
Swedish Lutheran Church and Men Friends
Hulda Johnson
Lafayette Street
Hoffman’s Hall
M. R. Hopkins
Fraternal Congress opens in Garrett with Ben-Hur delegates
The seventh annual Northern Indiana Fraternal Congress of the Tribe of Ben-Hur convened in Garrett with over 200 members and delegates from many Indiana courts. Mayor Thumma missed the opening due to wedding plans. welcome address given by Atty W W Sharpless. Elkhart figures prominently in afternoon sessions. J P McGee named to law and order committee. E P Schwartz to order of business. executive work dominates the program. South Bend sends about fifteen delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett
Indiana
Anderson
Fort Wayne
Hartford City
Jonesboro
Kokomo
South Bend
Decatur
Elkhart
Angola
Peru
Avilla
Logansport
Columbia City
Kendallville
E. P. Schwartz
Order of Business
Eichler
BE. A. Stockwell
W C T U Holds Busy Sabbath Meeting at Mrs Travis Home
The W C T U gathered about fifty members including eight from Goshen and six from South Bend at Mrs Travis on Main Street. Mrs McCasky presided as Mrs Young read a Sabbath observance piece. A question box answered thirty questions. literature was distributed. refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Holler
South Bend
M. A. Deal
High Street
Incendiarism Suspected in Walkerton Fire
Mr Herbert Witherspoon of New York and Mrs Schwin handle season ticket sales. The Walkerton blaze, blamed by some on incendiarism, is estimated to have cost the town about 50000 dollars. A spark from a Lake Erie and Western engine was also suggested as a possible cause. The Star Hotel survived but suffered water damage inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Witherspoon
New York
Mrs. Schwin
Walkerton
Lake Erie & Western
Star Hotel
News of the Railroads
Two cars of the Coming Through the Rye company arrived from Chicago on No 10 this morning and will head to South Bend on No 7 this afternoon. George Keppler foreman of the passenger roundhouse resumes work today after a month sick. R Bassett resumes work after a week vacation. F W Perry chief clerk at the M M office is in Cleveland today on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rye” Company
Chicago
South Bend
Geo. Keppler
R. Bassett
Round House
F. W. Perry
M. M
Cleveland
Arrests and charges in local police news
Arthur Bennett colored faced a charge change from intoxication to assault and battery with Lulu Green as the complainant. A woman reported a man loitering near 512 Marton Street but no one was found. Three intoxicated men and two vagrants were arrested Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bennett
Lulu Green
Samuel Wolf
Marton Street
Township Trustees Meet in Goshen for June Graduation Plans
Town of Goshen hosts a Goshen meeting on Tuesday May 19 to finalize June graduation exercises. Elkhart and Harrison township trustees question declining student numbers. A fire at Max Myer’s cigar factory in Goshen was contained by the fire department after starting at 8:30 p m Tuesday. The new K P club rooms in Goshen are to be formally dedicated next Tuesday evening with many officers and delegations expected. A class of fifty will be initiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leaming
Showalter
Blacher
Goshen
Elkhart Township
Bechtel
Harrison Township
Max Myer
K. P
Session redistricts city for elder oversight and pledges drive
At a Presbyterian session meeting Tuesday evening the city was redistricted for the nine elders to oversee, benevolences to be collected before each quarterly communion, and a pledge canvass for a proposed new edifice reported progressing. The Ladies Auxiliary supper for St. John’s Episcopal Church Tuesday evening was well attended and enjoyed by patrons, netting $25.
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Ladies
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Property transfers and high school double header discussed
Willis O Schrock sells land to Joseph D Gardner in Middlebury township for 2300. Newton J Rowe sells a lot in Elkhart to Samuel Hollinger for 150. Interurban Land Co sells a lot in Goshen to George G Barber for 75. A planned double header between Elkhart and Goshen high schools is under discussion with the morning game likely canceled due to Coach Lent fearing overwork for his players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis O. Schrock
Joseph D. Gardner
Middlebury Township
Newton J. Rowe
Samuel Hollinger
Elkhart
Interurban Land Co
George G. Barber
Goshen
Lent
Evening notices and club meetings announced
The Baptist choir meets at 7 pm replacing 7 30. Regular Owls meeting tonight. No services at St Johns Thursday. Catholic Lady Foresters meet at 7 30 Thursday. Pythian Club meets Thursday at Mrs P F Himebaughs. Indiana Hive guards practice at Hoffmans Hall at 7 30 Thursday. Richardson Art Embroidery Club meets at 2 pm Thursday with Mrs Maine Paulus. Red Men hold a meeting this evening with three candidates to receive the work. Follow the crowds to Crystal theatre nightly for the best bill. O G Curtis advertises quality furniture and colonial window display. Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co Pasteurized Milk and Cream phone 1175. Hoosier cabinet advertised. Attend the Royal theatre to see Walk Over shoes made.
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Baptist Choir
Order of Owls
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Catholic Lady Foresters
Pythian Club
P. F. Himebaugh
South Main Street
All Guards of
Indiana
Hoffman's Hall
Richardson Art Embroidery Club
Maine Paulus
No. 404
Myrtle Street
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St. Joseph Valley
John W. Fieldhouse
T. Thornton Snell
Herman Borneman
Walter S. Hazelton
First State Bank
Norman Sage
J. Goldberg
Chas, T. Greene
Elkhart Review
Lillian Russell
Lewis Berkey
Concord Township
Charles Ludwig
Cleveland Township
Cass County
Michigan
Berkey
Ludwig
Osolo
Joseph G. Shhreiner
John DeBow
John Brower
Jackson
Charles Elliott
Middlebury
William Gilbert
Aldis L. Peoples
Jackson Township
Henry Miller
Marion Stover
James K. Gore
C. S. Sage
J. B. Moyer
Morris
C. C. Raymer
Wickwire
Harper
F. W. Wickwire
W. H. Harper
Plymouth
Bernetha
South Bend Superior Court
van Fleet
Elks’ Lodge
Eastern Stars
Masonic Hall
W. CG. T. U. Meetings
Theodore Thomas
South Bend Choral Club
Coleridge Taylor
Goring-Thomas
Corogne Ryder Kelsey
Janet Spencer
Edward Johnson
News OF the Railroads
County News
Crystal Theatre
O. G. Curtis
Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co
Royal Theatre
COR
Main & Hig
Shafer & Schulz
Panama
Onur
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