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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1908
Page
7
Fragmented local market notes list wheat at .65 per unit and corn and oats prices with unclear units. Butter and pork figures appear, but figures are garbled. No clear date or full entities are readable.
Local notices include a family seek for a houseworker at 310 South Third Street and Township Trustee O C Peterburgh named to a committee in South Bend. A store case with Receiver Light reports no developments, a smoke scare prompted early morning searches, and Truth parodies a Democratic demonstration as a clever burlesque by County Chairman Proctor’s office.
Minnie Wertz Barnes died at Delphi at noon Monday from asthma, a long-time illness. Her burial will be in Delphi beside her husband Albert Barnes, who died March 18. She is survived by her mother Rebecca Wertz of this city and a sister.
The notice column lists deaths of Mrs. John Shafer and Mrs. William Fisher aged 24, Jacob Schwarm’s daughter, Mrs. David Ott aged 75, Lena May Conklin’s daughter born 1908, Charles W. Graves formerly of Warsaw, and Hallene Leininger with funeral details incomplete. Surviving relatives include spouses and numerous siblings. Funeral arrangements are pending for Leininger.
William E Rickett a Collinwood special apprentice arrives in the city to work with the motion gang in local shops after years in Collinwood departments and on a test train. A westbound derailment near Kendallville delays several trains and injuries are not reported. Altoona drought may force temporary shop closure as the city lacks water, with rail line aid considered. Chief Coal Inspector Scribner and other railroad staff visit. sickness affects Harold Smith. Y M C A shop meeting led by Rev Brightmire tomorrow at noon.
Police report two intoxicated men were arrested Monday night. One suspect, Dean Chamberlain, is an old offender who had just returned to the city after a several weeks absence. A bicycle found behind Winey Bros planning mill was claimed by E Hill Turnock. the wheel had been stolen days earlier.
Louis Routsong worked extra with a Big Four section gang at Go shen when a Sunday scuffle broke out. One man threw gravel, another grabbed a discarded signal torpedo, striking Routsong on the jaw and leaving a large bandage. County commissioners rejected Elkhart Iron & Bridge Co.’s bid for the county line bridge as exorbitant.
Mrs Belle Dilley of Trafalgar Indiana reports her husband Eugene Dilley missing since July 25. He is 39, 5 feet 8 1 2 inches, 160 pounds with blue eyes black hair a horse shoe scar on the head and a brain operation history. A $25 reward is offered for information leading to his whereabouts and readers are urged to detain him and contact the family.
Mrs Charles W. Shearsley was accidentally shot in one leg when a revolver discharged as her daughter handed it to her. The weapon exploded during the transfer, causing the injury to the elder Mrs Shearsley.
Reports from the Circuit Court show several items including an ordered appraisement in Henry A. Nymeyer et al. versus Bart Nymeyer et al. and a continuance in Herbert Arnold et al. versus John A. Arnold et al. A receiver for American Register Co. filed an inventory of 6041.87 dollars while the Turner case against Elkhart Hydraulic Co. is set for the sixth Monday. Contempt in the Louthan matter was continued. Louthan, a carpenter, was not present when judgment was returned. Judge Dodge overruled Goshen city’s demurrer in the electric light plant contract suit, sustaining the citizens. Hulwick versus Stauffer damages case is with the jury for six hundred dollars claim.
Governor Hanly calls a special election during the general election to fill the late A L Brick’s unexpired term in the Thirteenth district. Major parties name the same candidates for both the special and regular races. minor parties like Socialists run for short and long terms. Elkhart County Clerk Fleming has received the notice.
A local socialist meeting on Sunday planned a street parade and demonstration for next Saturday night with principal speaker J H Hollingsworth and guests Robin E Dunbar and John Snook, all socialist congressional nominees. The room for speeches is unsettled and organizers expect a large turnout. The petition to council sought to change the house numbering ordinance to hold only the agent or owner responsible, striking the word occupant, and this demand will be pressed at the next council session.
Senator Beveridge will tour Indiana for five days starting next week with stops in Elkhart on Friday October 30. His itinerary lists Muncie Marion Wabash Peru Rochester North Manchester Glaypool Milford Goshen Elkhart Mishawaka South Bend and La Porte.
Miss Ella F. Corwin librarian of the Elkhart public library will travel to Richmond tomorrow to attend the seventeenth annual meeting of the Indiana Library Association of which she serves as secretary. The session will be held on Thursday and Friday.
Amusing excerpts from Kaffirs love letters portray a surface romance of a cheerful nation. The notes joke about ink, paper, and longing, comparing love to a burning paraffin stove and a clock that keeps time while poking lighthearted contrasts.
A telepathic woman recounts an incident with her sister undergoing surgery. She describes sitting in the anteroom while the operation occurred and falling asleep, feeling her sister’s mind at rest as the ether took effect, then waking when her sister emerged.
Amateur actor after a Hamlet performance asks a friend to guess the actor’s name. Friend responds that the name is Shakespeare, and congratulates him on his unavoidable absence, in a vainglorious moment of humor.
A discussion cites the plural sense of collective pronouns like everybody and examines three solutions. It notes masculine he uses, he or she forms, and sense-based plural pronouns, with examples from Jane Austen. The piece concludes no fully satisfactory solution exists. Thomas St Lounsbury, Yale, in Harper's Magazine.
A compact, vivid line of old Chicago News verse listing tasks like supplying clean aprons for lapse time, cleaning wind, curing blisters on misfortune, wiping tunnel mouths, tugging a yachting course, breaking sea arms, combing river heads, feeding wagon hounds, and fitting braces on a mountain shoulder.
Fragmentary remark appears to discuss church fire damage and employment impact. It cites Punch and a factory reference, noting one man left out of work and receiving compensation while authorities assess losses. The exchange reflects period concern over destruction and economic effect.
A brief note from the New York Sun states Bella explains that the rule of three means one ought to go home. The exchange contrasts wryly with a mention of Btella and a call to return.
Neighborhood news notes the South Bend Y M C A sending invitations for an interurban reception at the new building next Monday evening. Seventy five business and professional men serve on the reception committee. The Y W C A opens its new building for inspection that evening. Dr Milton B Pine resigns as works manager at Singer Mfg Co South Bend to focus on personal affairs.
An eastern woman has been appointed sanitary inspector and her forthcoming report on a neighbor’s kitchen is highly anticipated. Auction at Micks Jewelry Store all week with two and seven thirty p.m. sale times. entire stock to highest bidder.
Micks and Son announce ongoing auction sales of watches and jewelry from their stock. Bidders may bid daily this week at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on all goods available.
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