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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
7
The Elkhart Review lists grain prices with Wheat at 96 cents per bushel and Corn around 60 cents. Oats are at 45 cents, Pork at a steady rate, Butter 24 cents, Eggs 23 cents per dozen, reflecting local market conditions.
Local items report Schafer & Son expanding in the Monger building. A teacher’s remark on Taft. ordinance against posting ads on poles. Bonfire danger from leaves on lawns. Beatrice B. Heck sues for divorce from Robert F. Heck alleging non-support. married July 17 1890. separated March 17 1905. no children. Elkhart County Trust Co trustee in bankruptcy for Shoemaker Automobile Co sues Edward L. Shires for 750 on note.
Eton George Lopira and Lottie May Stutsman of Goshen have been licensed to wed. Isaiah Flowers of Nappanee displays a sixty one pound pump kin in a side item. The Daily Review notes a ten cent weekly price.
Mrs Rebecca McDonald former mother of Cyrus F Mosier dies at 200 State street Bristol after brief illness She was born July 16 1811 in Balston NY and was descended from Thomas Benedict The funeral will be at Mr Mosier’s Bristol home with burial there Other obituaries list Enma Agnes daughter of Whislers dead at one year cholera infantum and the infant child of Nusbaum died Also J C Eberhart Sr of Mishawaka and Dr Jacob W Welle of St Joseph pass away The Apprentice Club relocates to Y M C A space with lectures available to all apprentices Rostered railroad gatherings and a Chicago speaking event for government ownership of railroads are noted plus a private car passing through town and staff changes at the Lake Shore foundry
Residents report doorbell ringing pranks on South Main Street with several youths. Officers seize a go cart in front of a store and handle disturbances reported across three sections of the city. Benjamin Kender is arrested for assault and battery and turned to probation. A Chinese arrow incident ends with surgical help but no extraction.
Native myth recounts how the Great Spirit formed plants animals and humans at Mount Tahoma. The grizzly bear is master over all, the Great Spirit resides in a wigwam within the mountain, and a stormy spring leads to the first humans. The tale notes the white man’s arrival alters the land.
A Cleveland Leader item notes a man discovering a method to turn scrap iron into gold with a few financially involved friends. The report emphasizes prior similar schemes and hints at a small circle of investors.
In a dialogue from the Kansas City Independent a student questions whether hard times cause bankruptcies or bankruptcies cause hard times as he struggles to grasp political economy under the guidance of a professor. The exchange highlights economic causality and uncertainty in periods of financial stress.
A humorous market anecdote from the era contrasts a young housekeeper’s price concern with a poulterer’s reply about selling chickens with feet. The piece also notes insect wing vibration, citing frequencies for house flies bees and tired bees.
A Bacon quotation notes that the finest beauty lies beyond what pictures can express, emphasizing an abstract, timeless ideal rather than visible form.
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