Unknown Niagara excursionist’s death near Dunlaps
A young unidentified man was found dead beside a rail near Dunlaps after a fall from a moving freight train. Coroner Dewey noted a fractured skull and head wound, with no identification except initials on a watch. He may have been an excursionist returning from Niagara Falls.
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Big Four
J. W. Pyle
Dunlaps
Dewey
Stephens
M. H
Niagara & St. Catherine Navigation Co
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Grand Trunk
Granger
Blanket Remonstrance Filed Against Ward Liquor Licenses
J M Simpson and Charles Brackett filed a blanket remonstrance with the county auditor at 9 p m on Friday opposing any liquor licenses in the Third Ward. The document, effective for two years if valid, lists 295 names, a ward majority of 31 based on 527 ballots cast in the 1905 city election.
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J. M. Simpson
Charles Brackett
E A Schafer Married After Divorced Claim
E A Schafer a South Bend insurance man married in Chicago on Friday to Miss Marie Bless whose family lives in Mishawaka The bride formerly worked in a 16 groom was present The official notes he plans to speak later in 1908 at Tillman Street Commissioner Williams entertained Sen
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E. A. Schafer
South Bend
Elkhart
Chicago
Marie Bless
Mishawaka
Tillman
Commissioner Williams
Secretary of State Relents on Corporation Reports
Fred Sims announces a grace period for reports filed with the secretary of state as Wednesday’s deadline passes. Deputy Frank Grubbs says many corporations did not receive blanks and about 4 000 reports have been received so far. The law exempts banks railroads insurers and charitable or non profit groups from filing.
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Fred Sims
Office of Will
Frank Grubbs
Grubbs
Secretary of State
How Automobiles Are Marked and the Warsaw Accident
A Warsaw dispatch reports J C Murray of North Manchester was likely fatally injured when thrown under a horse as an automobile marked 199 Indiana and linked to an Elkhart man spooked the horse. Sheriff Haas has a warrant. witnesses say the auto sped away. The article also explains Indiana vehicle marking practices from A to AQ and beyond.
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Warsaw
J. C. Murray
North Manchester
Indiana
Elkhart
Haas
Secretary of State
May Demand Explanation From Bronson Undertaker
Mrs Myra Joles waited in vain at Lake Shore station Thursday for Doc Turner Bronson undertaker who laid away her late husband. She returned to South Bend, planned to demand explanation in Bronson after changing cars at Hikhart depot en route. She says Turner proposed after impressing her with tenderness. She is about forty five.
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Myra Joles
Lake Shore Station
Turner
Bronson
South Bend
Hikhart
Arm Broken Second Time
The report notes Frank Calvert son of R H Calvert suffers a broken arm for a second time. It records his injury and family relation in terse terms. Further details are not provided in the fragment.
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Frank Calvert
R. H. Calvert
Colored speaker defends race at Chautauqua after Tillman address
Attorney A B George of Chicago addressed a sizable crowd at the Chautauqua in defense of African Americans to counter Senator Tillman’s Thursday speech. George, arriving from Chicago, was greeted by Chautauqua officials and escorted by Attorney E B Zigler in an automobile, described as a tall athletic Blackstonian in a Prince Albert coat.
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A. B. George
Chicago
Chautauqua
Tillman
South Carolna
George
C. M. Eisenbeiss
Chautauqua Association
E. B. Zigler
R. BE. Proctor
Mr. George
Depot Hotel
Mr. Zigler
Pythias
Calvin Center
Lincoln Evolution Narrated by Rev Dr McIntyre At Elkhart
Rev Dr R S McIntyre of Los Angeles spoke on The Evolution of Abraham Lincoln at a Friday session introduced by William Whitney. He traced Lincoln’s life from poverty to martyrdom, noting humor honesty and humanity as key forces guiding his rise, emancipation and final acts.
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Whitney Brothers
R. S. McIntyre
Los Angeles
William Whitney
Elkhart
Abraham Lincoln
McIntyre
Lincoln
Dennis Hanks
Illinois
Sagamore County
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
Grant
Yosemite
Mirrorlake
White House
Gossard Factory to Rise in Elkhart with Reinforced Concrete
The Gossard company announces a new model factory in Elkhart designed by architect E H Turnock. The three story, 202 by 40 foot building will be fireproof moisture resistant with reinforced concrete and no internal pillars. Wages range from 6 to 12 dollars weekly for women workers. Training and initial employment for 26 applicants begin Monday in the Peirce building.
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E. H. Turnock
Turnock
Lake Shore
Chicago
Park Avenue
Deversey
Steinway Hall
Gossard
Samuel Gossard
Peirce
Gossards
Elkhart
City Boys Camp Enacts Profanity and Tobacco Bans
The Wi nona Boys' City council passes two camp laws prohibiting profanity and tobacco use within the camp. Leaders say the rules are unnecessary, as no profane words have been heard. Violations could force a camper to leave for home. The article notes daily mail volume and bank deposits.
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Common Council
Winona
Divorce Petition for Rosa Cook in Elkhart Superior Court
Mrs Rosa Cook of Elkhart seeks a divorce from her husband William. The filing appears in the Superior Court records, noting service of papers and a pending decree. The brief notice reflects a marriage dissolution action initiated by Rosa Cook.
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Rosa
Cook
Elkhart
William
Notable Coincidences in Elkhart History July 1877
Thirty years ago Elkhart faced a July of tornadoes and big railroad strikes. A fierce tornado swept west and south of the city causing extensive farm damage but no fatalities. The month also saw a violent strike season, Barnum circus excitement, and a surge in tramp activity as robberies increased.
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Elkhart
Mr. Warner
Collins
Mr. Wentworth
Prichard
J. W. Walters
Samuel Thornton
Joseph Bowen
G. W. Walters
Goshen
F. B. Pratt
Elkhart Buggy Mfg. Co
Golden State
Review
Pigeon Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Edwardsburg Doctor Injured in Marion Street Car Fall
Dr. A J Criswell of Edwardsburg was hurled from the vestibule door of a closed Marion street car near the Marion Franklin curve and severely injured. He lay unconscious, later taken to Clark Hospital, with a brain concussion and unknown long term outcome.
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A. J. Criswell
Edwardsburg
Marion Street
Franklin
Whitehead
Calvin Robbins
Clark Hospital
Stephens
Young Savage Escapes Reformatory Time for Embezzlement
Clarence Savage of Green Bay pleads guilty to embezzling 20 dollars from Hears E Wilson of Wilsons dairy. Judge Monshan sentences him to one year at Waupun, avoiding continued time at the state reformatory due to parole history and a prior term of two to fifteen years. Savage cites a desire for an automobile trip as motive.
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Green Bay, Wis
Hears E. Wilson
Wilson's
Clarence Savage
Wisconsin State Reformatory
Young Savage
Reformatory
Monshan
Waupun
Sige
Savage
Fairbanks Makes Quick City Call Amid Midwest Tour
Vice President Fairbanks was in Chicago yesterday and plans stops in Lincoln Nebraska Put-in-Bay Ohio and Indianapolis. Reporters pressed on his silence about a rumored Wisconsin Michigan trip while noting progress on a new county building.
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Chicago
Fairbanks Wis
Lincoln Neb
Put-in-Bay
Indianapolis
Wisconsin
Michigan
Wis
Oklahoma Republicans Adjourn After State Convention
Tulsa August 3 The Republican state convention adjourned after electing Charles Turner as chairman of the Republican state central committee noted as Theodore Roosevelt Rough Riders writer Theodore Roosevelt.
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Tulsa
Repubiican
Charles Tunter
Rough Riders
Theodore Rowevelt
Republican State Central Committee
Wrecked Steamer Teutonia Leaves 16 Missing
London reports the steamer Teutonia has wrecked with sixteen missing. The disaster follows other maritime mishaps cited in early August notices.
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London
Standard Gets Limit Fines for Rebating in Indiana
Federal Judge K M Landis fines Standard Oil Co of Indiana $29,240,000 the maximum legal penalty for rebating on shipments from Whiting Indiana. The Illinois court orders a grand jury panel of sixty to probe related parties including Chicago and Alton and the A Booth Co and Lake Shore RR indicted for rebating.
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Chicago
K. M. Landis
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Whiting
Ind
Elkins
Chicago & Alton
Landis
Starr
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
F. E. Baker
Goshen
Federal Grand Jury
Fish Trust
A. Booth & Co
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Chinese Murder Mystery Enlarges Chinatown Case
Five Chinese arrested since midnight over a murder and raid in Chinatown. Report says a pretty woman Che Fah Wong is central to the plot. Highbinders allegedly fired in the street and were tied to Hep Ding Tong society. Mong Duke hired to move Ohe Wah Wong from San Francisco. she was later found murdered. Pooh-Hooks State's Rights.
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Boston
Chinatown
Che Fah Wong
Hep Ding Tong
Mong Duke
Ohe Wah Wong
San Francisco
New York
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Milford
Dr McIntyre
Gossard Company
Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Gambertiad
Old School Presbyterian
United Church
Marl Spaulding
Watertown
N.Y
Wnarth
Sarah J Crawford
South
Belfast
Carters
L. B. Puan
Williams Rockefeller
Springheld
Mass
Laura Matthews
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas City
Minot J. Savage
Europe
United States
Spain
Gettysburg
Pooh-Hooks
Townsend
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