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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
5
Frank Brown of Wakarusa and Jon Benj Deahl of Goshen addressed 300 voters in the Bryan Kern Marshall club rooms at 614 South Main. They spoke on county option, liquor regulation, and national finance amid calls for auditorian nominations Aaron Work and Anne Clark for assessor and trustee respectively.
Sept 22 report: county commissioners approve a cement eight foot walk around the courthouse, with grading paid by the county and beautification by Goshen city using a landscape gardener. Coroner Dewey files verdicts in two violent deaths, Bertha Wantz burns and Daniel F Smith. Widow Fanny Werner contests her husband’s will, seeking about 14 000 from an estate likely worth 30 000, executor Frank A Hascall qualified. Goshen council avoids ruling on injunction against lighting plant extension.
John D Archbold of Standard Oil argues that both big and small businesses ignore laws in many towns. He says ordinances to burden big business come from small merchants and politicians ultimately profit, while paying off keeps peace until another politician seeks gains.
Washington reports a rupture in Senator Foraker's peace pact with Taft amid exposure of Foraker's Standard Oil ties and his continued campaign participation is to be checked.
Local Harvey police relayed that Chas Brower a plumber formerly of Elkhart Indiana has gone insane and is in charge of Harvey officers He claimed a brother in law William Cool living in Elkhart and agitating plumbers in town Brower formerly lived at 4101 South Fourth Street He is about 40 years old six feet tall with dark hair and grey sprinkled hair He has a brother in law in the area and the report originated from Harvey
President Roosevelt harshly labeled a judge as willful amid heated rail and insurance company funding discussions. Citizens reacted with sharp, caustic remarks as the audience listened to the exchange and debated corporate influence.
Detroit reports Bryan demanding proof from President Roosevelt that Haskell is tied to Standard Oil and that the oil firm backs Bryan. Bryan vows to expose evidence, says if Haskell is guilty he will leave the Democratic fold, while he attacks Roosevelt, Taft, and Republican managers in Buffalo and New York rallies.
A U S president appeals for Taft support while denouncing Foraker as an foe of reform. The letter from 1907 sharpens party divides, cites Brownsville and moneyed interests, and urges action against Hearst backed opposition in Ohio and Oklahoma politics.
The Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah will be observed Friday evening and October 5. Special services will be held in Chicago synagogues as the Hebrew community marks the Days of Awe and the Day of Atonement.
A visitor named Howard Bload of Kalamazoo spent yesterday with local friends in the city. The social visit featured gatherings at several homes and a casual tour of downtown venues.
The council approved a 1500 dollar county court yard project and an acetylene lighting plant for the county infirmary, part of several minor appropriations. Improvements on the court house, now costing about 150 thousand dollars, aim to reduce waste. Commissioners may act soon on repairing the North Main street bridge after a recent judicial order was dissolved. Mr and Mrs Ralph Gardner left for California for about two months. Miss Mabel McLaughlin from Hickory street returned from Decatur Indiana.
Mrs Emma Stuckman, mother of Strycker's son, had custody after a divorce years earlier. While she attended the Dikhart County fair, Strycker attempted to seize the child but was thwarted by spectators. He later abducted the boy with two men and is believed to have taken him to Chicago.
Cincinnati reports that John Robinson a 75 year old circus proprietor and real estate owner married Maud Logan a 30 year old nurse in Clarksville Tennessee aboard his circus train car after a long illness. The ceremony occurred during the circus stop with Miss Logan traveling and nursing the groom.
Rufus Kenney filed a divorce suit from his wife Lydia May Kenney in the superior court this morning. The Kenneys are from Wakurusa and were married in March 1898 with separation recorded July 1, 1308. Statutory grounds are alleged.
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