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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
2
A 1908 Elkhart Post Office entry outlines the paper’s origins by Chase and Kent, notes Governor Hanly pressing candidate Marshall on repealing the local option law if passed, and comments on Chicago’s school lunch relief and charity tensions driven by beggars fraud and socialist critiques.
The seventieth annual session of the Board of Missions of the Evangelical Association convenes this week at the First Evangelical church in Elkhart. Four bishops, editors, secretaries, and delegates from Canada and overseas will attend, with up to forty accredited delegates representing global missionary work. Sessions include talks on Europe, the Canadian Northwest, and missions to Japan, China, and local immigrant communities, with public meetings in the evenings.
A large Bucklen opera house crowd greeted vice presidential candidate James S. Sherman, drawing attention to the partisan contest of 1908. The brief speech contrasted Republican records with Democratic failures, urging future steps to curb abuses and promote prosperity amid changing economic conditions while noting Sherman faced a long day and limited elaboration.
An eastern magazine writer argues literature has greatly broadened from newspaper pieces to books, with magazine writing and book production leading growth. He contends aspiring writers can earn while gaining experience, though cautions against exploiting literature and notes wide range from trivial to high art.
The piece argues that true literature requires genius and hard work, not mere commercial instinct. It distinguishes real literature from sensational or false magazine writing and asserts literature should pursue art for art’s sake, truth, and public instruction rather than mere sustenance.
Judge L W Rouse sits as acting superior court judge while Van Mleet serves as special judge in Kosciusko. Goshen leaders Wider Zook and Roose plan a Wakatusa meeting with other Republicans. Thirty Democrats attend New Jefferson theatre meeting with Ro. EL Proctor and speakers Bell Hering. Gov Claud Johnson of Virginia to speak in Elkhart Bucklen theater Wednesday. Port Wayne & Wabash Valley Traction adds safety rule for sidings requiring four whistle blasts and two bells before passing siding.
An Atlantan recalls Jock Chandler and a famed apology incident from a Transvaal paper. The tale features Uncle Remus reading a genuine retraction by A C du Plessis against G P Bezuidenhout, declaring himself a liar and retracting accusations.
In a campus style recap, youths study political texts as elders grade Bryan chapters. The record notes two exams passed with Kern claiming leadership of the Bryan forces while acknowledging both wings of the Bryan army remain active.
A long list of local residents is named as those who will entertain distinguished visitors. Names include William Shafer, Bishop Thomas Bowman, G. W. Frederick, Bishop S. P. Spreng, George Johnson, and many others across multiple streets. The passage ends with a humorous anecdote about a minister who halted a coughing congregation by stopping his own sermon.
Weston's will recalls acting ties with Thomas Jefferson founder of the Jefferson family of players. The item notes Jefferson’s politeness and grants him all of Weston's "pic of prudence" as the sole good quality Weston believes he needs, reflecting Garrick era theater connections at Richmond.
A proverb from Carlyle warns that anger ends the search for truth and begins self-serving fighting. The saying stresses restraint and rational thinking in disagreements to seek objective understanding.
A sailing ship near Cape Horn rode a rare dead calm as a violent shock toppled masts and sank many sea creatures. Within minutes thousands of fish and dozens of whales rose, were stunned, then died or vanished, while the crew pondered the mystery of a submarine-like whirlpool. The episode, tied to a weather anomaly, followed by a day of calm before resuming a normal course.
A Brooklyn Life comic frame shows a mother pleading with Johnnie about a boiler leak and a day at home. She describes the pressure of two men to dinner, an absent cook, and a missing butcher as she urges him to run and play.
A humorous dialogue about horses and a gag about two horses sharing one tongue. Includes a quotation from Yonkers Statesman and a remark about private action by Bovee.
A man who has hired others will not likely burden himself with suspicions that his boss aims to wrong him. The remark notes how firsthand experience shapes trust and suspicion in workplace relations.
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