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Newspaper
Elkhart Daily Review
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
7
Elkhart Review lists grain and produce prices with per bushel figures for wheat corn oats and dairy items including butter and eggs, showing varied values and end-of-day notations. The readable portions indicate prices such as 36 60 45 and repeated entries like 654 794 with end marks 24 and 23.
Miss Nora Smith earned a Clark Hospital diploma Friday. Mrs. Mary Hill of No 126 State street grows a heavily blossomed pear tree. Walley’s ambulance moved Mrs. William Beroset from No 414 St Joseph street to No 710 Plum street. Street cleaning crews hauled leaves Friday on Division and State streets and may clear more tonight. Hibschman of the city fire department found and returned a lost pocketbook to Mrs J M Adams of Mishawaka. The young rescuer of a horse in a Wednesday barn fire is W J Welsh of 114 North Third street.
Elkhart architect E Hill Turnock praises the remodeled Elkhart county court house as well arranged and properly equipped with vaults fireproof and sanitary. He says it is substantial and built with top workmanship and that taxpayers get value for every dollar. A contractor compliments the court house noting Huntington has a stone building but Elkhart lags in exterior impact.
Vice Chairman William H. Shea led the Railway Men's Taft and Sherman Club gathering Friday. Speakers included Fred E. Nopper Judge J. S. Dodge and Wilson Roose. Dodge lectured on injunctions, Nopper argued for railroad worker interests and patriotism to Taft, urging wage comparisons and fair company practices.
Washington Terminal Company adopts whistle signals on signal bridges as emergency backup if other signals fail. F P Paternall of Baltimore and Ohio explains whistle meanings: long blast stop, two shorts proceed, three shorts back up, four shorts gather repair crew. George W Martin notes safety gains. An air hose burst near Millersburg derailing three cars. Conductor D Murray burned by hot soup but ok. Passenger Brakeman Emery Caldwell resumes work after illness.
Kesington resident Morgan Gardner died suddenly last Tuesday evening after helping load a water tank he had sold. Funeral services were held Thursday at Kessington A B Church.
Police ask details on $15 deposited by Ross Bowles to pay a fined man, placed in an envelope and vanished. Officer Robbins jailed Cliff Patterson of Logansport for intoxication on Main street this afternoon. Patterson is a tailor by profession.
In The Circuit Court Mrs Fannie Werner of Goshen seeks her one third share of the Werner estate valued near thirty thousand dollars. Defendants include Cora Ida and Martha Shulmier Neata Werner and others with churches and trustees named. The suit aims to take under the law rather than the will. A separate contempt case against Stephen Louthan resulted in a not guilty verdict after his wife Carrie I Louthan alleged harassment. Merchants Hotel opens on High Street west of Main. v.85 Simeral Propt
Neighborhood Circle No 3 hosted a coffee at the Beardsleys to raise church building funds with 140 to 150 guests. Other parties included Joseph Kies’s Blue and White promenade a Halloween themed set with witches devils and lanterns. Several clubs held anniversaries dinners Pedro games and new member initiations at homes across the area.
Lake Shore fireman Fred Fashbaugh of this city was severely jammed at Englewood Friday with ribs bent after being squeezed against a tank. C. B. Wear lost the first finger on his left hand at the Lake Shore copper shop when he caught it in large shears.
Walker Whiteside, once called the Logansport boy actor, has joined the Lieblers and last week in Washington staged The Melting Pot by Israel Zangwill. He plays a young Russian Jew seeking his parents killer, a role suited to him. Chrystal Herne leads with Grace Stewart in the company. the play and Whiteside earned praise in Chicago this week.
The Elkhart Athletic football squad works through a hard week of practice aiming to hold South Bend Athletic Club to a tie at Driving Park on Sunday. A Leopards vs Highland Park curtain raiser precedes the main game with a large crowd expected.
The piece rebuts a state liquor interests letter to farmers urging vote against prohibition. It argues saloon wealth is circulated locally and warns of financial disaster and moral degradation. The note questions who funds the letter and hints at Republican ties and forthcoming speech by Mr. Marshall.
Democratic state campaign managers canceled the proposed Marshall tour due to reaching too many places with one train. Speakers Sam Small P J Keleher and J J Keegan will address audiences at scattered points as Kern train trip hinges on Kern s son. Indiana National Guard muster next Tuesday enforces no drill Friday and restricts armed parades within five days of election to prevent graft.
Walter Bo Slear of Elkhart a noted ball player earned a bronze Carnegie heroes medal for rescuing a boy who fell through ice on a Tecumseh Michigan river a few years ago.
Chauncey Neff, missing from Goshen for three weeks, reappears in Iowa where he sought work and has secured employment. He plans to return to Goshen soon. business on High street, west of Main. J. & Simerai, Frop.
Detroit doctor Dr. A. J. Erwin and Kalamazoo’s Henry A. Bower were in town on Friday. Mrs. J. F. Folsom of South Bend visits her mother Mrs. I R. Van Gorder. Five men to join scrapping gang at the T-rail shop next Monday. Multiple residents and relatives from Nash ville, Farmland, Chicago and Sturgis noted visiting or relocating. railroad meet in Chicago tomorrow with Lake Shore engineers and officials attending.
Mrs. EC Markle is sick. Edward Benn and Mrs Frank Rinehart are ill. Frank Phillips suffered a hemorrhage. Beatrice Sanford improving but inactive. August Wolschleiger hospitalized with typhoid at Clark. Mrs Heier improving from critical status. Cleo Smith recovering after head injury. Mrs Sarah Conley in poor health. Assessor Aaron Baker on crutches after ankle sprain, may miss work four months. Republican candidate for re election.
160 acre irrigated farm near school rail and market includes buildings and water rights. Ever flowing artesian well supports irrigation and drought protection. Owner offers trade of Elkhart property in part payment. Inquiries to D M Best 1117 Lexington Ave Elkhart Ind.
Modern room in steam heated house on Jefferson street with or without barn. Inquire Dr. Ingalls 409 North Main street Home phone 212. Also a furnished room available at 617 Texington ave furnace heat ask $5 per month.
A Norwegian firm develops colored wood by forcing sap from green logs and injecting dyes. Treated wood gains durability, resists warping, can be polished normally, and holds colors as stable as mahogany. Useful for furniture.
A concise reflection on choosing short words over long forms and crafting memory into an oratorio. The speaker notes the value of simplicity, urging restraint in language to preserve clarity and evoke enduring joy through remembered melodies.
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