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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
7
Twenty four hours to clean up and avoid prosecution. The ordinance bans throwing ashes stone or rubbish in alleys streets or lawns and will be strictly enforced. Boys must stop playing baseball or football in the streets. S. C. Self, Marshal.
Druggists guarantee a cure or refund the money. E W Grove’s signature appears on each Cox. 25 cents. For Rent seven room house on Middlebury Street. Call at law office of Warren Berkey. Government secret service probes counterfeit in South Bend. 25 bundles for $1. Deliv ered. IXL Furniture Co. Ray Lamphere case to be appealed from LaPorte circuit court. McConahay Bros. Gas Mantles.
The Democrat announces a Christmas subscription contest where buyers who prepay Daily or Semi-Weekly subscriptions before December 24 will earn votes toward prize selections. Prizes include a Haddorf upright piano, a mahogany bedroom suite, a steel range, a Hart Schaffner Marx suit, a gold watch, a tapestry rug, a fashionable hat, theatre box seats, and a barrel of Gerbelle flour. Votes depend on subscription type and amount, with higher prestige for new subs and larger payments.
Solomon's Creek notes show Miss Mayme Alwine heading to Goshen for winter plans and a string of social updates. Mrs. Anna Good was briefly ill while Bible meeting, church services, and a Thanksgiving gathering near Topeka are recorded. Several visits, dinners, and weddings across local families are noted including Myrtle May Longer and Lee T. Decker wedding.
Indianapolis December 1 The state board of health released new rules impacting confectioners, dairymen, canners, packers, butchers and other food dealers. Foods must be protected from insects and pollution. sugar substitutes are banned in canned products. limited preservatives allowed for tomato catsup and bulk pickles. Milk must be strained and cooled within thirty minutes of milking. Hog feed may not include uncooked slaughterhouse waste or dead-animal flesh to curb tuberculosis risk.
Hammond December 1 report says Gary will not be single industry as 100 factory sites are sought by global firms. United States Steel Corp offers lands for site use and predicts Gary Hammond Whiting East Chicago and Indiana Harbor will merge into one city of about 500000 in five years.
Two phone operators at a South Bend jewelry store were invited to choose anything they liked from the show cases after they frightened off thieves by calling for police. The incident happened as the burglars twice attempted to loot the shop, and the operators' quick actions saved the store.
Dee 1 Louis D Smith announced the purchase of stock in the Terre Haute Central League Baseball club. He plans park improvements and a stronger team for next season, continuing as club president.
Bertha Kalich launches a three week run at the Grand Opera House in Chicago in the new Parisian comedy Cora by Fred de Gresac. Harrison Grey Fiske stages the piece shifting from Kalich’s usual tragic roles and the company plans two more weeks of performances. Leidner and Hascall note frames and finish quality in their framing work. The Olivers plan to rebuild their block in South Bend to adjoin the Studebaker six story building.
Police department launches a crackdown on slot machines in Fort Wayne Indiana. In Walkerton Indiana Vernon Cripe and Walter Evans were killed in a pit cave-in.
John Griffith, one of the few American actors devoted to Shakespeare, headlines Friday night in Othello at the Jefferson. He is supported by Edyth To tten and a strong company, with high expectations for a fine classical production.
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