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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
2
The Goshen Indiana Post Office listing shows second class mail handling and subscription terms. Rates include one year and three months options with weekly carrier delivery and a contact telephone number.
Elkhart Review notes the U S treasurer’s report showing a likely fiscal year deficit over 143 million, contradicting the president’s rosy statement. Judge Alford of Indianapolis is expelled from the Marion club for backing Democrats, triggering a purge amid reported wholesale graft by the local Republican ring.
Real estate transfers list multiple individuals and amounts for parcels in Concord Locke Elkhart Olive and Benton townships with values from 70 to 9 600 dollars. Also announces Farmers Mutual Aid Association annual meeting January 2 at 10 a m and officers to be elected.
Indiana appellate court denies Talbot’s bid for separate trial in disbarment case with Laporte Mayor Lemuel Darrow. Defendants found guilty of conspiracy and subornation of perjury. retrial ordered in lower court with both defendants.
The Rev. C Fenwick Reed is hospitalized in Indianapolis with throat injuries blamed on a hazing incident by DePauw University students in Greencastle. He says he was attacked after answering a door telegram while ill from quinsy and was dragged outside where blows affected his jaw and throat, forcing him to cancel engagements.
The cornerstone of the New theater in New York will be laid this afternoon in a ceremony attended by authors, dramatists, city officials and distinguished guests. Mayor McClellan will speak, joined by Augustus Thomas and City College President John H Finley. Richard Watson Gilcre will read an ode for the occasion.
Mrs. Mary S. Roper testifies in the supreme court about being caught by a rope from an ascending balloon at a Kingston event. She was pulled upward over 500 feet as the crowd gathered, her finger entangled and she was hurled unconscious. The trial resumes with Maggie Daley to recount her own experience.
Paris reports Abbes Bouysson and Bardon digging at Chapelle-Aux-Saints uncover what are believed to be 170 000 year old human remains from the middle of the Pleistocene era. The skull resembles a monkey and other bones are arched, suggesting quadrupedal gait.
John Bruce Woodward, a University of Kentucky student, died when a blood vessel burst in his lungs while viewing a lung tester. The incident occurred in Lexington on December 15. Police and university officials are investigating.
Washington Dec 15 The house approved a bill imposing an annual tax of 106 dollars on all cigarette and cigarette paper dealers in the District of Columbia.
Weather bulletin notes generally fair conditions for Indiana Wisconsin and Iowa. Lower Michigan expected partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures.
N S Leek was in New Paris today. Mrs F Gordy spent the day in South Bend. Mr and Mrs D A Sanders went to Chicago this morning. George A Snyder of Warsaw was here on business today. Mrs W O Elliott spent the day with friends in Milford. Mrs Albert Rothrock and daughter visited in Elkhart today. A J Ford returned to Indianapolis after visiting family. Joseph C Kimmmell of Ligo nier was in Goshen en route to Winona. Rev W Hess has returned to Chicago for Bible institute. Mrs H R Whitmer went to Decatur to see her nephew David E Staudebaker who is seriously ill. S F Spohn left for Gas City then Chicago before returning home. Mr and Mrs D W Neidig returned from Sanabel Fla where they had been visiting Mr and Mrs Wm Hoffman. Miss Lucile Kirkdorfer and Miss Mamie Kirkland returned from a visit with Lester Frank at Elkhart. B F Deaklis in Albion. Neil Felkner was here yesterday from Dowagiac and visited Milford and Warsaw.
Lou Criger, the baseball catcher recently sold by the Boston Americans to St. Louis, aims to establish a large summer resort near Bear Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Elkhart. The plan centers on developing leisure and lodging facilities for visitors during the season.
A present attractively wrapped is twice as much appreciated. Hawks Hardware Co offers pocket knives scissors and shears in holiday boxes at no extra charge.
The St Joseph Valley Chautauqua plans its fifth annual event in Elkheart beginning July 29 for ten days. Negotiations target Gov Joseph W Folk Billy Sunday Krill's band and Senator Borah with Caleb Powers also possible. High heat and hard times cut last summer’s profits. Also promoting Red Cross stamps to fund tuberculosis relief in Indiana. Stamps sold at drug stores book shops and Wean's cigar stand.
Prof E N Mathes of Bellingham Wash brother of Rev N B Mathes of Goshen will lecture in the Goshen High School assembly room Thursday at 7 45 pm. The talk will be illustrated with stereoptical views showing the Columbia River salmon fishing industry and topics on Washington and Oregon. Admission ten cents.
The William Delph murder trial at LaPorte stalled as both sides failed to obtain a jury. The state sought the death penalty while the defense urged insanity. LaFayette guests Mrs. Sam T. Murdock James T. Murdock and Gordon Murdock visit Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Schaefer.
G W Prickett and family moved to Goshen. Leander Cripe traveled to Warsaw on business. Nettie Zollinger will winter in Chicago. Frank Reynolds visited his father in Goshen. Cynthia Lords stayed with her daughter in Goshen. Ly Dia Brown’s funeral drew Roy and Sam Brown from Chicago and Wabash. Mrs. Sarah Butler and Mary Snyder visited James Weddell family. Mrs. Warren Berker’s party visited during illness. Maud Wilson Ruth Atkinson visited Lee Cripe and Alexander Reynolds. Royal Neighbors elected officers for the year, led by Nettie Clapp as oracle and Cynthia Lords as inner sentinel. Box candy galore-Clyde.
A $40,000 payment will be made to the Marion county superior court by Pailander H. Fitzgerald ending long running suits involving the American Tribune New Colony company and sixty thousand acres of Texas land. Purchasers had claimed unclear titles and funds cover settlement costs and claims from the colony ventures.
Indianapolis plans a tariff discussion with speakers named by Chairman Eisenberg including Taft Bryan Carnegie Hill Mitchell Gompers Cummins Bevendge Neill and Governor Marshall Kibbey Gillet. J W Van Cleave says 100 or more manufacturers will attend and thousands invited to attend the event on tariffs drawing labor leaders and merchants.
Wheat and oats prices show mixed bids with No 1 red at about $1.03 to $1.04 and No 3 spring around $1.04. Hogs and cattle receipts steady as buyers seek good to choice stock. lambs and yearlings commanded higher bids. East Buffalo prices echo regional softness with cattle and hogs trading slow and lower, butter markets firm with creamery grades strengthening.
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