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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
2
A compact survey forms around Elkhart politics and county finance. It critiques county spending on the courthouse, previews a Bucklen Opera House lease dispute, and discusses tariff benefits for farmers, Oklahoma politics, and reform attempts amid campaign rhetoric. It concludes with skepticism about reform promises and voter morality.
Indiana officials launch a drive to fund a $1000 trophy for the best ten ears of corn shown at the National Corn Exposition in Omaha in December 1908. County agents pledge $10 each, aiming to boost Indiana’s display and promote state corn leadership.
Decatur dispatch reports Maybelle Snell McNamara denying authorship of the Snell letters and a $100,000 gift from Col. Thomas Snell. She says visits were friendly and that she never received money, and she contests deeds to De Witt county property worth about $25,000 tied to the will case. Attorneys expect settlement at the next circuit court term.
The piece argues that Oklahoma’s new deposit guaranty law is cited as proof of the plan’s value. It notes critics point to bank deposit shifts from national to state banks and contends many transfers were state funds moved for safety, while acknowledging uncertainty about overall proof.
The discussion argues that a deposit insurance scheme would advantage insured banks over uninsured ones in Oklahoma’s speculative, high-rate environment. It notes that such a plan’s popularity harms stability, contrasts Oklahoma with New York where it originally failed, and suggests local conservatism would reject it despite any limited success there.
Sumner W. Haynes of Portland spoke to about 200 in a vacant store room on the old post office block, arguing for statewide prohibition by constitutional amendment. In South Bend, the Republican central committee met to review county reports, presided by F. H. Wurzer, with leaders including Archibald G. Graham and Samuel Thomas. The note questions county officials and praises current officeholders, while clarifying the identity of Goshen speaker Theodore A. Bell as the Denver convention chair.
The piece argues socialist propaganda shifts blame from personal effort to society, demoting thrift and fueling resentment toward successful individuals. It claims such teachings mislead the unthrifty, urging overthrow of an orderly social system and questions the rarity of widespread acceptance in the United States.
South Bend was chosen as the 1909 meeting place of the State Federation of Labor after strong bids from Terre Haute Evansville and Lafayette. In Vincennes the resolution against local option was debated by President Vanhorn and many miners delegates. The miners threat to withdraw 18000 members followed federation opposition to the temperance wave as delegates urged moderation. The convention approved a resolution favoring a law allowing a woman to be appointed deputy factory inspector.
Many Goshen people will travel to Elkhart Monday evening to hear James Schoolcraft Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate and Addison C. Harris former minister to Austria. They will discuss campaign issues and defend the Republican platform and ongoing administration policies.
Train No 10 ends its Sunday stop at New Carlisle impacting travelers and weekly schedules. Officials cited timetable adjustments and route efficiency as the reason for the change.
Chicago and South Bend investors begin construction of a concrete block hotel between Baldwin and Long lakes in Indiana. The plan envisions a seventy room resort near an electric line, with Bristol as nearest rail link, aiming to draw summer visitors and boost regional development.
A Cleveland architect warns that the barn dance craze tests building strength as crowds wallop decks on Mississippi riverboats and a Colonial Club event last season caused noticeable swaying. He argues much sturdier homes or clubs would be needed to safely host such dances.
A Liverpool barber’s chair becomes stage for a bold robber who demands silence and a shave. The armed man sits, is shaved, then pockets the revolver with a laugh. The barber stays silent, proving the joke on the deaf and dumb barber.
An East Indian Mirror account describes a Bengali widow's life after bereavement. She endures daily fasting on the eleventh lunar day for twenty four hours and faces extreme thirst in heat. She survives on one meal, rejects meat and fish, and renounces ornaments and luxuries.
An unemployed man expresses his desire to work and states he will not vote for Bryan, arguing that voting for him would oppose the quickening of factory activity, trade, and transportation.
Mrs Thomas Grundy of Coldwater may have lost sight in one eye after bending over a potted plant whose stiff upright wire punctured her eyeball. Attend the Bristol dance on Saturday October 3 with Davis App Orchestra. admission fifty cents.
Otto E. Deal of this city, former chief journal clerk, is viewed as a likely candidate for the assistant secretary post in the 1909 session. Several senate members reportedly favor his election amid praise for his journal work. A bankruptcy petition for Abe Brubaker of Warsaw was filed in federal court by Indiana Loan and Trust Co, Lake City Bank, and Ellen Ellwood of Warsaw.
A press dispatch notes W. R. Hearst was in a wreck on the Santa Fe line a common danger on the road. No further details are provided about injuries or circumstances.
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