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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1908
Page
1
The article reports a dire forecast of up to 100 deaths from fires in Michigan, with over fifty likely, as towns like in the Millersburg area burn. Relief pours in from forces of charity, railroads, and local authorities coordinating aid and shelter for the homeless and injured.
William Jennings Bryan begins a final campaign swing with four addresses planned in Chicago after a stop in Omaha. He travels by special car with wife Mrs Bryan and aides, aiming to reach Lincoln by November 2.
Reports from Alpena Michigan describe forest fires in Presque Isle and Alpena counties with more than fifty expected deaths and up to one hundred possible. Henry Hines his wife and two children are believed cremated near Cathro. Seven more bodies found between Metz and Rogers City bringing known losses to twenty six. Rogers City reports imminent danger but is saved. Alpena surrounded by flames with five hundred to one thousand firefighters fighting the blaze. Dwellings and barns destroyed in Alpena county and livestock and timber losses. Colonel Rogers urges clothing provisions and aid for the burned district.
The Detroit News reports six victims burned to death near Prentice Landing along Lake Huron. Mrs Herman Erke and their three children plus two hired men John Lamp and Leo Busch died in a lumbering camp operated by E M Lewis. Herman Erke and the eldest daughter survived. The charred remains were transported to Rogers City from the isolated site twelve miles east of town.
Sixteen United States battleships anchor before the Imperial capital as Japan’s fleets greet them with salutes and fireworks. Admiral Sperry leads a presidential-style reception, while crowds, schools, and officials extend honors during ceremonial visits and tours of Tokio.
Ail Drouvelit notes broken records in Kansas City Missouri as weather reports show only a fraction of expected rainfall. In the last forty eight days less than one third of an inch of rain has fallen.
Judge Taft arrived in Washington at 2 10 am and dined with the president as they conferred on political matters. He predicted election to the presidency and spoke to large crowds in North Carolina and Virginia before leaving for Newark New Zealand.
The United States battleship fleet has reached Yokohama and was greeted with enthusiasm by the populace. General Count Kobitsura Nodan is dead at Yokio after distinguishing himself in the Russo-Japanese War at sixty eight years old. The King and Queen of Spain departed Paris for Madrid after a visit there. The International Road Congress adjourned in Paris and will meet in Brussels in 1910. Western New York shows higher 1904 registration totals than in prior years. Fire caused 3125.00 damage to the Youngstown Iron and Steel Troofing plant. Cincinnati registration shows a rise of 8,002 from the previous period. George Day of Kingsville Texas killed his wife and died by suicide after a domestic quarrel. Balloons in the Berlin race are listed. The Hergesell has been picked up in the North Sea with pilots missing. A public funeral for Bishop Henry C Potter is set for Grace Church in New York City.
Mrs. Martha Brown aged 32 in Pittsburg killed her three months old daughter during a dementia episode and attempted to take her own life. Doctors report she believed her husband was dead and urged fleeing to him with her three children.
News from Scottsboro Alabama reports night riders burned the large cotton gin of Butler & Co. at Newhope. The gin had been posted to process no more cotton at the current price.
Nathan Straus, Democratic Business Men's League chairman, accuses George R. Sheldon, Republican national committee treasurer, of making a false statement at Hoffman House. Straus claims the remark is inaccurate and speaks publicly without resolution.
New York reports the annual meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church administrative boards will commence three weeks from Oct 24. The boards include bishops officials ministers and lay members and will convene in different cities.
City, Pa. Oct 19 Four persons were killed in a nitroglycerin explosion that demolished the Harper factory at Kaneville seven miles north. Workers Peter McGuire and Daniel Feeley died. Arthur and Carl Feeley, sons of Daniel, aged nine and eight, perished as well. Two men were mixing high explosives at the time. a dropped measure is thought to have triggered the blast. About ten pounds of skin bones and hair were recovered from the two men. The boys’ bodies were found nearby with severe injuries as they traveled to walk home with their father.
Lieutenant Frank J. Evans of the battleship Louisiana was found guilty on two charges including absenting from his post and disrespect to a superior officer. He was acquitted on intoxication. The verdict was announced by Rear Admiral Sperry as ships were at Manila. Evans will lose 150 numbers and be publicly reprimanded.
At 72:01 this morning the 5-cent passenger rate began on Arkansas trunk lines replacing the 2-cent rate. The switch follows a U S court injunction preventing enforcement of the state 2-cent rate law by the state railway commission.
John M. Sammis, eighty eight, longtime friend and neighbor of President Roosevelt in Oyster Bay, died on October 19. Known for greeting the president at the polls, he never cast his own ballot until Roosevelt voted.
Pittsburg on October 12 reports Barney Dreyfus president of the Pittsburg Baseball club arranging a deal worth about $4000 to acquire several acres at the entrance of a chenley park for an athletic field.
London reports a dispersal of the cloud over the Near East with denials of mobilization from Turkey and Bulgaria. Officials cite progress by Britain and Russia toward a conference while warnings of massacres in Bagdad and Viran Shehr contrast with hopes for continued peace.
Rowe and Currier present A Corner in Sweethearts a musical farce comedy with comedy without vulgarity and lively musical numbers. The Aubrey Stock Company comes next week starting October 26 with a special bill and new scenery costumes and effects promised. Toe Hortiz the yodelling tenor headlines Friday October 23 in Fritz the Wandering Musician a Cr ard entertainment with singing dancing and surprises.
A farmer from Empire Georgia praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as priceless after curing two severe sores. The ad promotes daily auctions at Micks & Son with prices based on bidders, urging readers to save money and consider mortgaging the farm for the salve, while noting 25 cent price at Houseworth Bros.
The writer informs fire insurance customers that Charles H. Field at 113 Lexington Avenue will handle fire insurance business until the writer can return to the office. Charles E. Frank signs the notice.
An article cites professors Anna of Hamburg and Dr Sabourand of Paris as discoverers of scalp microbes said to cause baldness over years. It touts Rexall "93" Hair Tonic with germ destroyers and antiseptics promising hair regrowth. offers money back if unsatisfied. Houseworth Bros. druggists, Elkhart.
A Detroit society woman endorses a daily skin wash recipe to remove freckles tan and sunburn using Rose Water Cologne Spirits and Eppotone. The blend claims to brighten tone soften and protect skin and costs about 25 cents at drug stores.
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