The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 48, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 April 1909 — Page 1

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THE UNTIMELY DEATH fOF MR. ISAAC BUHGER Expires After Brief Illness of ’ Grip and Pneumonia. The community was shocked last week at the demise of Isaac.Bunger at noon on Thursday after an illness of nine days that began with the grip and rapidly developed into pneumonia. His funeral occured oh Tuesday this week from the meeting house of the Church of God, in charge of undertaker Chas. E. Wilcox. Rev. Markley delivered an effective funeral sermon. Mr. Bunger was born on a farm north of Syracuse nearly fifty-five years ago, and was the son of the late Samuel Bunger, of Syracuse. Nearly all his life was spent in ’Syracuse and its immediate vicinity and he leaves as friends to mourn the loss of him practically the whole I community. Mr. Bunger had been a member ' of the Church of God for many years. Ten years ago he joined the Maccabee lodge here, of which he continued to be a member up to his death, and iii which he carried SI,OOO life |:e payable to his wife who him. He is also suri a daughter, Lola, who is of Mr. Art Winters, of e, California. About two 0 he sold his home here and, wife, went to California to his daughter, but becoming ied there they returned here lounger was always a consiststian and an honest man, is untimely death the coriihas sustained a distinct loss. For Sale:—Half interest in boat house, large enough for power boat, [ one new flat bottomed boat, used "no more than a half dozen times, and one good clinker boat —all together or separately. Harry Clemens Let us have your subscription.

® 1 - 5 3.6>6>-2SO WE extend to you our me st cordial invitation to inspect the new “‘Queen Quality” styles for Spring and Summer now on view. ® I They show a range and variety never before attempted. In all leathers and in cravenetted cloths of all the new colorings. Every shape and style imaginable. tub Star Gioinino store SYRACUSE, INDIANA.

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The Call. Cotne, child, home, child; I know that the garden is fair, But we .may not play • ’Midst flowers alway, With never a thought of care. Dear child, hear, child, The call of the work that waits, And learn to do With the might of you The task that is set by the Fates. Sweet child, meet, child The man you must some day prove'; ; Let boyhood days' Lead manhood ways, Full of purpose and work and love. The foregoing beautiful little poem which appeared in the Midland magazine for March, is from the pen of a new Indiana poet; Mrs. Josephine Page Wright, the wife of Thomas B. Wright of Ft. Wayne. Mrs. Wright is known as one of the most progressive club women of her city, and was lately appointed chairman of the literary department of the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs. Encourage the Birds. The Department of Agriculture at Purdue wisely urges the fanners in the interests of their crops, to encourage the birds. John M. Ott of this place, who has the business of selling fruit trees for many years and has acquired a large fund of valuable knowledge in connection with that business, strongly advocates the planting of Russian mulberry trees about the farms and orchards to furnish food for these cheer and prosperity bringers, and is willing to guarantee that if the birds be thus supplied with food they will let the other fruits alone, while on account of their great fond ness for the mulberries, they will greatly increase in numbers and will destroy the insects that injure our orchards. These trees are very cheap, are rapid growers and great bearers during nearly the whole of. every summer. Besides, the wood of them makes lasting fence posts. We are inclined to believe there is much wisdom in Mr. Ott’s claim. . 1

SYRACUSE, INDIANA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1909.

IHE OPTION ELECTION 111 ELKHART COUNTY Some Deductions From The Majorities Recorded. In the early elections held in the state under the local option law it was contended that many who favored the saloons did not go to the polls, on account of their indifference and the lack of organization among the pro-saloon people, and that these elections therefore did not fairly indicate public sentiment. No such claim can reasonably be made for the election held in Elkhart county on Thursday of last week. Both sides were well organized and many persons were kept busy canvassing the county for some time before the election, and the number of votes cast was 11,665 against 12,774 cast for secretary of state last November, or 91.3 per cent, of a full vote. Os these 6267 voted “dry” and 5288 “wet,” giving a majority in favor of the abolition of saloons of 879. There are no saloons in the county outside of Elkhart and Goshen, in the former of which cities there are 26 and in the latter 17—43 in all. Os these the first to close will be that of George Forry, of Elkhart, whose license will expire on the 6th Os April. In Goshen the saloons of Geo. I. Smith and Edward A. Romrtiel will close May 11, and the rest of the 17 expirations will occur along during the summer until Nov. 9th when the last license—that of William Fiedeke—will expire. Enemies of the saloons will find encouragement in the fact that those portions of the county where the saloons have longest been abolished by remonstrance gave the strongest “dry” majorites. Nappanee has had no saloon for five or six years, and in the two townships of Union and Locke, in which the town is situated, the majority against the saloons was 450. In Union township alone, wherein is the larger portion of the town, the majority was 311. In Middlebury, that has also long been dry, the east precinct gave the “wets” 28 votes only, and the west precinct but 27, while the same precincts gave the “drys” 118 and 192 respectively—a “dry” majority in the town and township of 225. If these figures indicate anything it is that the once abolished, will never get back. The city of Goshen and Elkhart township in which it is located gave the saloon men a disagreeable surprise. There are twelve voting precincts in the city and township, of which five—the first, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh—gave “wet” majorities ranging from 18 to 44, .and summing up 162, while the other seven precincts gave “dry” majorities of from 9 to 78, which sum up 241— a balance against the saloons of 79. It was expected that Goshen would go 300 to 500 “wet.” The city of Elkhart, which was de-. pended upon to’ save the saloons, and to give a majority of a thousand or more in their favor, went “wet” by a majority of 697. Some of the rooms in Goshen to be vacated by the saloons are already leased for. other businesses. Several barber -shops will move out of basements to ground floor quarters. It is said that the room occupied by the bar at the Hascall hotel will be fitted up for a modern case. During the campaign v the Goshen newspapers published whatever was offered them by both sides as paid advertising (to their considerable enrichment, it would appear) and espoused the cause of neither party ; editorially. The Democrat of Fri- ■ day says: “Apparently many people voted I‘dry’ just to give it a test .of two ' years and with the determination

that if the community suffers as it is represented by ‘wqts’ it will suffer in two years they will vote to put the saloons back into business in this county. It is now up to the local optionists to prove that the city is better without saloons than with them, if this contention can be sustained Elkhart' County will likely remain ‘dry. - If it cannot be sustained in two years it is practically certain the county will return to the ‘wets.’ Now that the fate of Elkhart is settled interest centers in the approaching election to be held in St. Joe county. There are many confident predictions that it, too, will go “dry.” Should it do so, and should many of the remaining larger counties of the state do likewise, it is altogether likely that strong pressure will be brought ontbenext legislature to give us state prohibition. Episcopal Meeting at Wawasee. The council of the Episcopal Church of northern Indiana will hold its semi-annual meeting with Bishop John Hazen White at his church, “Bishcroft,” on Lake Wawasee, April 28 and 29. Dr. J. H. McKenzie, head of the Howe school, at Lima, Indiana, whd is a graduate of Harvard, will read a paper on the Emanuel movement —mind healing. Bishop White has asked Rev. H. R. Neely, rectfcr of St Andrew’s at Kokomo, to give an address on “The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament Is the Word of God.” Many othqrsubjects of interest will come up for discussion, and visitors are promised an intellectual treat. .The Women’s Auxiliary of the diocese of Michigan City will also be present, the guests of Bishpp White and his estimable wife. At the K. of P. Hall. The Pythian Sisters on last Friday afternoon entertained ladies of their order from Cromwell, Albion, Ligonier and Leesburg. About sixty visitors were present. Three new members were initiated. The work was to have been performed by the ladies of Leesburg, but as not a sufficient number of them were able to be here the Syracuse ladies did it themselves, to the edification oL their visitors, who were profuse in their praises of the performance. A banquet was served at 5 o’clock p. m. and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. Members of the Knights of Pythias lodge of North Webster will visit the lodge here next week and I confer the third rank on a candidate. Refreshments will be served. The lodge has been adding a considerable number to its membership lately and if in a healthful and prosperous condition financially and otherwise. Last Number on Lecture Course. William Rainey Bennett will give the last number of the lecture course' on Thursday evening April Bth. His famous lecture, “The Man Who Can” is a great combination of humor and inspiring thought. . Mr. Bennett is a charming and eloquent speaker and in addition to his power of oratory is an exellent tenor soloist and could easily entertain the most musical audience a whole evening with song. Not Living in Leesburg. Al Goss, the auctioneer, says that he met a German friend recently whom he hadn’t seen since his youthtime. On inquiring as to how many children he had the German said “Fife—three lifing unt two in Leespurg.” A Bargain Hunter. He—“ Darling, I fear I cannot marry you. lam ruined. I have been cut down to 98 cents.” She—“Oh dearest! Be mine! Be mine!”

NEWSPAPERS BECOME PARTNERS H FRAUD How the Latest Patent Medicine Fake is Exploited. , It ought to be the duty qf every newspaper to protect it subscribers, who constitute its family, are the source of its influence, and on whom depends its existence, against frauds and fakes of whatever kind. Indeed it seems that- any one of them that failed to do this should thereafter be refused recognition as being “respectable” at all. And yet, notwithstanding their professions of solicitude for the protection of their readers, most.of our exchanges are at this time, and for along time have been, and with full knotvledg|e of what they are doing, too, parties to a monstrous fraud upon the unsuspecting, by which, for a few dirty dollars they are betraying the confidence of their best friends—the members of their families aforesaid. We will explain. It is well known that many of the so called “patent” medicines are the rankest of fakes. And the fellows who put them out are doubly reprehensible, because they not only defraud the. public out of its money, but they often endanger or rpin the health of their poor victims. But when one of them was put out under a distinctive name the newspapers, not being always able t(5 separate the good ones from the bad; were not altogether blameworthy for accepting the advertisements of all of them and putting it up to the public to make their own discriminations—at least if the advertisements were published so that they would be recognized as such. But a new and shining geniu- appeared among the patent medicine fakers a year or two ago. He originated the prize confidence scheme, and he shortly had, for pay. made most of the newspapers of theland, large and small, his allies. The decoction he put out he gave a meaningless name, and he placed if in quantities with the druggists as a drug to be prescribed. Then, in his bribed newspapers began to appear, disguised as news, and as gratuitous advice for the dear people, kindly and freely offered, without charge, prescriptions that were never failing remedies for the most common human ills. These prescriptions, containing “Harmless ingredients that can be supplied by any druggist,” named a small amount each of such simple drugs as dandelion and sarsaparilla, and included a generous amount of Kompound Katurine, the precious decoction of which the inventor and sole proprietor is the genius aforesaid, and that sells for fifty cents or so an ounce. What a beautiful scheme! Labels, t>ottles, other forms of printTfijfalTsaved, a little scented water and alcohol that cost practically nothing sold for fifty cents —the printer can be paid an extra price for his part in the conspiracy—a very extra price providing he will always publish the prescription under a news head, strictly as news matter, and never let the dear people know that it is a paid advertisement. Like the inventor of all “good things,” the genius who first had an inspiration of this scheme has many imitators. There are now numerous such prescriptions appearing; and no doubt will be many more unless the people get wise and compel the! newspapers to quit publishing them. We want to call attention to the fact that no one of them has yet appeared in the columns of the Jour- ! nal, and we hereby promise that I none of them ever shall appe.jr as ■ long as it remains under its present ■management. * If we publish patent ! medicine advertisements at all they

■ will be so inserted that they wi I i be known as such.and paid for ; 1 cur regular advertising rates —: > 1 .more no less. A Sears-Roebuck Customer. The following portion of a letu was picked up on the street ai I. handed in to this office. It e plains itself. Syracuse, Ind march the 7 19( I Seqrs Roebuck &Co those pek ; of chairs lay at the Syracuse Deo] > we wil not except them, they a ? not Satisfactory. peices is not. wh-1: I bought. I bought hole chairs f i: 1 am no cabinetmaker & those pt ces wil be Sent back to you & al i the broken chairs, now you ha- ?. been monkeng longenuff. now y< i Send us two full chairs No 1 K or $3.06. those broken chairs there is i i good about them & here they t\ i & three rounds when we buy -chai • we buy chairs. Help, the Printer. Make it a point to hand us itei > of news. If a baby comes to yc ,ir home hand it in—not the baby 1 . the item. If a friend comes ot s ? you, pass him along— not the frie. -1 but the notice of his coming. I i j marriage takes place in your fair h j send it in—with a liberal supply > cake. If you have made a busin .s , speculation and have moneyy n y ur j pocket, hand it in—not them >;c well, yes, hand in the money ; ii| the item too. We want both.

Plano EGonomu i j. depends not upor what you pay for a-! piano b . upon’wh •. ty ou get for what you ‘j pay: Ui gh t.' ■' so nsile re d , the pu r - -I chase o f a • - 4 STORY; k CLARK | or sc;-AL Ayr | piano is the tr test economy. These ;j: pianos will last more than twice as ;l; long as any piano costing half <s much,/ ■ © Cp and what is mor j to the poi.nt--they it will be worth met e than twice as- much v in satisfaction all the time. By my $ plan, they are . s easy to own as an o: ordinary piano. Let me talk it over. 0 with you;. . . A ■\ ? ’ \ J. W. Re Aenbergep, Syracuse', • VnAaa.a. |

Stock food? ■ 11 " • .zz < Q £ We have two good brands ' to elect from | ?seneca” .I'fess’ f Fleck’s’ 1 It will do wc riders for your stock in placing th in good condition. . | Your horses need something to give them s ;aying .power for the coming seas' > i of hard work, * ’ ■ ■ ; 1 | GKEEXI S DRUG STORE S i'RACUSE ' ■ I

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EXTENSION DF PLANT WILL BEGIN SOON Machinery for Radiator Plant at Sauk Centre Completed. , The Advance Radiator Comp my has finished® and is this week forwarding the third and final car containing the machinery for the new plant at Sauk Centre, Mihnes >ta. This car contains a very fine and much iiiiproved machine thu ! at one operation bores four holes of any size from 20 to 44 inches. It twas started Saturday and on its first trial worked perfectly, The machinery for the Sauk Centre plant has been set up here and tested under the supervision of Mr. E. Buck, of that city, who is To be superintendent of the new ’works, and who is much pleased with it all. The Advance Company shipped a car of radiators last week and are . shipping q ear and a half this week. Everything is running smoothly, and everybody connected with the plant is in good spirits. As soon as negotiations now under .way ate completed with the Light Company through which the Radiator Company will secure 30 feet off the west side of the mill grounds of the fojyief work will be begun oh the extensions of the plant here. The extension east will be for a warehouse aid shipping room, while the whole buHding. will be extended southfor a machine shop, office, and additional moulding room.