Grateful Rains Boost Elkhart County Crops Across Area
Rain from early morning drenched Elkhart and surrounding areas, aiding corn and melons while late potatoes may benefit. Early potatoes show black rot fears, and some fields remain too dry for recovery. Reports from Bristol Adamsville Dunlaps and Goshen note heavy showers with noon redew, northern Indiana and southern Michigan.
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Michigan
Bristol
Adamsville
Dunlaps
Goshen
Profitable Potato Crop Report From Harlan Culp Farm
Harlan Culp owner of a Michigan farm near the border visited the city with a fine potato load. He has ten acres producing about 100 bushels per acre at 1 dollar a bushel. Rain reached his area and the region, benefiting local corn.
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Harlan Culp
Michigan
Man barely escapes when dog is shocked by 23000 volt wire
Bell telephone lineman R. K. Sanford and his small dog were near a fallen high tension line at a street intersection when the dog touched the live 23 000 volt conductor. Sanford, unaware, prepared to repair the wire and avoided injury after inspecting the fault. The incident remains partly mysterious as the dog’s fate could have been fatal.
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R. K. Sanford
Bell Telephone Company
Eighth
Ninth
Marion
Harrison
Sanford
Jury Deadlock in Smith Liquor Case After Two Hours
The jury split nine to three on the C. A. Smith liquor case, prompting Prosecutor Darling to seek a new trial. Smith's attorney warned he should close the saloon if convicted, and an appeal would follow a conviction.
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Smith
C. A. Smith
Darling
James H. State
Justice Oberholtzer
Man Defends Patch After Trespassers Reach Adamsville Road
P A Hamilton, a former Lake Shore Engine worker, spotted three or four trespassers in his melon patch along Adamsville road late Tuesday night. He armed himself with a club, knocked a man down with a revolver he then seized, and chased the others off. He turned the weapon over to police this morning and identified Carl Coleman as the man he knocked down and Floyd Smith as another participant.
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Meson Patch
Lake Shore
P. A. Hamilton
Adamsville Road
Hamilton
Carl Coleman
Floyd Smith
Asphalt Man Seeks Specs for South Main Paving Job
Mr Saxon of Barber Asphalt Paving Co visited Elk hart to view specifications for a South Main street asphalt macadam project. The visit follows years of Barber attempts to win a city contract and echoes past disputes over asphalt work on Second Street and Lexington Avenue.
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Saxon
Barber Asphalt Paving Co
Elkhart Boy Confesses to Recent Theft Case for Juvenile Court
Carl Redmond fifteen years old was arrested by Officer Robbins after a trap at the Postal Telegraph Co local office. He confessed to stealing a fountain pen and a stick pin on Tuesday and to taking money and checks on June 11. He says the pen was mailed to himself and the checks hid on Harrison street. The company may seek leniency if restitution is made and the case will go to the probation officer.
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Elkhart
Carl Redmond
Robbins
Charles Mowery
Postal Telegraph Co
Redmond
Mr. Mowery
Johnnie Jones
Johnnie
Harrison Street
Fraternal reunion after Civil War clash recalled
William Philips of Springfield Tennessee, a Confederate veteran, dined with Union veteran John Bowen after attending Kreighbaum family reunion on the Island. Both men fought opposite sides at the Battle of Eastport Mississippi where six Northern regiments were captured. Bowen and a few others escaped when a white flag failed to save them.
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William Philips
Springfield
Tenn
Kreighbaum
John LaRue
John Bowen
Eastport
Miss
Tennessee River
Philips
Bowen
Grass and Rubbish Fire Spreads Near Division Street
An 8 p m alarm called Central company to a grass and rubbish blaze at the foot of Division street. The fire, burning for hours, spread rapidly reaching a road embankment atop burning rubbish. Firefighters took forty minutes to control it. Dotson and Chief Leader left a picnic but did not reach the scene.
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Division Street
Central Company
Earl Dotson
Firemen’s Benevolent Society
Dotson
Elkhart Woman Discharged After June Auto Crash
Mrs Mayme Douglas Mercereau formerly of Elkhart and a Luna Park performer in Chicago was released from Emergency Hospital after recovering from internal injuries from a June 9 Michigan Avenue crash. She rode with Luna Park manager Williams and family when steering gear failed and occupants were thrown from the car. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Douglas of Riverside.
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Elkhart
Mayme Douglas Mercereau
Chicago
Luna Park
Michigan Avenue
Mercereau
Williams
Frank Douglas
Riverside
Sam Bates Improves After Rheumatism Treatment
Yardmaster Sam Bates, who traveled to Benton Harbor last week for rheumatism treatment, is rapidly improving and may walk later this week for the first time since May 1.
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Sam Bates
Benton Harbor
Mee
Three Black Suspects Arrested Over Pine Robbery Tangle
In Elkhart gravity yard three men from Chicago were arrested after a Lake Shore detective was held up near Pine. Charles Allen Alfred Smith and Edgar Merritt face questioning as investigators link them to a Pine assault and related robberies at Griffith and Crown Point. Foster Shields Rank and other detectives confirmed Allen as the gunman, with the trio later released.
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Sergt. Whiteman
Supt
Dawson
Lake Shore
Pine
Elkhart
Robbins
Pearce
Dreak
West Franklin Street
Charles Allen
Alfred Smith
Edgar Merritt
Allen
Smith
Merritt
Chicago
Ringling Bros
Ringlings
Shields
Foster
Indiana Harbor
South Bend
Grand Trunk
Griffith
Erie
Crown Point
Lake County
Indiana Avenue
Thomas Street
Samuel Rank
R. E. Foster
C. G. Shields
Gary
Rank
Prosecutor Seeks Disorder Case At Island Park
War rant issued for Harry Cooper this forenoon on complaint by Park Superintendent J. W. Slear charging assault and battery. Slear says Cooper and associates tried to force order at Island Park during the firemen's social Tuesday night and that Cooper assaulted him. Warrants may be sworn for others in a small group said to loiter on the Island all summer causing annoyance to women and girls.
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Island Park
Darling
Harry Cooper
J. W. Slear
Cooper
Hughes & Arnold Buy 25 Lots in Moral Park Addition
Hughes and Arnold purchase twenty five lots in Moral Park Addition near Indiana Avenue and West Franklin Street from Harvey E Dinehart for 5000 dollars. A Chapmans Rosedale Addition lot valued at 1300 dollars is accepted as part payment.
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Hughes & Arnold
Moral Park Addition
Indiana Avenue
West
Franklin Street
Harvey E. Dinehart
Chapman
Rosedale Addition
Osolo township Republicans name candidates
Michigan farmer reports fine results in potato patch. Rain this morning and at noon aided crops. A young man is clubbed by the owner of a melon patch he invaded. Jury in Smith liquor license case disagrees. Park superintendent causes arrest of unruly visitor. Brakeman dies in northern Indiana bog fire. Oldfield proposed race against the Century Limited. Brush fire on Division street end. Elkhart girl recovering from auto injuries in Chicago. Telephones lineman saved by shock from his dog. Pennsylvanians picnic program. Carl Redmond confesses to theft. Indiana cities exceed constitutional debt limit. Hotel at Sullivan burns. one guest dies. Birds shown as farmers’ best friend. Street car collision in Detroit injures sixteen. Chicago grateful for rain today. Big loss in destruction of Chicago garage. Connecticut baseball player dies from injuries in game. Interesting Indiana news.
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Osolo Township
Michigan
Smith
Lake County
Wanatah
Indiana
Oldfield
Century Limited
Division Street
J. A. Eby
Pennsylvania
Elkhart
Chicago
Carl Redmond
Case
Bryan
Brodie Duke
Sullivan
Ind
Burns
Hobson
Detroit
Harry Thaw
McCrea
Pennsylvania Railroad
Connecticut
Weather forecast for tonight and Thursday
Government forecast shows generally fair conditions with lower temperatures in the central portion tonight. Local skies cloudy with Miles Medical Co furnishing daily data. Maximum temperature shown as 0.5 and minimum as 0.4 inches of rain are unlikely. wind velocity around 25 mph.
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Miles Medical Co
Horrific Brake Man James Downs Dies in Bog Fire
James Downs a brake man on the C. L. S. & E. leaped from a box car on a curve near Gary and fell into a marsh already burning for three weeks. The blazing bog swallowed him as the train, at about forty miles per hour, halted ten minutes later. Downs, twenty eight, resided in Whiting Indiana.
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James Downs
Gary
Indiana
Downs
Whiting
Ind
Goshen Citizens Debate New Water Pumping Station
Residents express worry about electric light and water in Goshen. A movement supports building a larger lighting plant while many argue a new pumping station is more urgently needed for the town.
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Goshen
Indiana Cities Broke Debt Rules. Evansville Overran Limit
Reports to the state statistician show five Indiana civil cities exceeding debt limits with Evansville borrowing 1,300,000 over and Madison over 150,000. The law permits two percent of taxables. verification is sought. Elkhart, by contrast, holds a fair margin with net debt under the constitutional ceiling.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Evansville
Madison
Elkhart
Bryan Notified in Lincoln with 46-Gun Salute
In Lincoln Nebraska on August 12 the Bryan notification ceremony opened with a 46 gun salute as Bryan and Kern arrived from Fairview. About 20 000 people attended the capitol grounds event with a full day program from sunrise to dinner including speeches and receptions.
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
Kern
Fairview
Lincoln Hotel
Capitol Grounds
Bryan and
Stern
Cleveland
Mr. Bryan
Sarcastic Over Hobson Angers Japan Press Reaction
Japanese papers reply to Hobson speech at Denver convention noting prior visit to Kobe. Japan Chronicle questions what changed him from friendly to censorious about Japan and predicts possible turning point after Y M C A address. Paper suggests influence of Japanese Christian hosts and wonders about the duty of loving enemies.
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Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Alabama
House
Denver
State Department
Japan Chronicle
Hobson
Kobe
Japan
Fatal Hotel Fire Kills Unidentified Man in Sullivan Indiana
A fire at the Mc. Camma Hotel in Sullivan Indiana destroyed the three story brick building after two explosions thought to be kerosene. An unknown man perished and the guest register was not found, leaving no trace of his identity as guests escaped in their night clothes.
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Indiana
Sullivan
Ind
Mc. Camma
Wright Sets Aeroplane Record in Le Mans Flight
Wilbur Wright of Dayton Ohio on August 12 flew his aeroplane for three minutes and forty four seconds at a speed of thirty six miles per hour demonstrating unusual control of the machine in Le Mans France.
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Wright
le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Auto Garage Destroyed in Chicago Fire
Fifty eight automobiles were destroyed or damaged and the loss cited at 500000 dollars when the Coey garage on Indiana avenue burned today.
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Chicago
Coey
Indiana Avenue
Praise of birds, except the English sparrow
Biologist Henshaw argues birds mainly benefit farms by controlling insects, with woodpeckers warblers and swallows cited as vital guardians. He warns that destroying birds upsets nature’s balance and may trigger insect plagues, while slamming the English sparrow as harmful.
Notorious Divorcee Convicted in Hotel Swindle
Chicago August 12 Mrs Alice Webb Duke ex wife of Brodie Duke millionaire tobacconist was found guilty of swindling the Great Northern Hotel with worthless checks She nearly fainted in court when the verdict was announced.
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Chicago
Alice Webb Duke
Brodie Duke
Great Northern
Duke
Chicago Rejoices After Destructive Drought Rainfall
Chicago reports relief as a rain storm with wind and lightning brings over one inch of rain ending a twenty year drought. In London, the Earl of Yarmouth fails to reopen Alice Thaw's divorce decree seeking a larger settlement as the petition is refused by the court.
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Chicago
London
Earl of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
Sixteen Injured in Detroit Ypsilanti Car Crash
A collision between Detroit and Ypsilanti cars on a Detroit avenue today left sixteen persons injured.
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Detroit
Ypsilanti
Detroit Avenue
Raising the Wind In Republican Campaign
New York Aug 12 the Republican national committee faces money raising for the campaign as HWitcheagh discusses with Cornelius Bliss likely joining a nine member advisory ways and means committee in Hot Springs Va. Taft manager Arthur I Vorys and publicity aide Gus J Karger accompany national chairman Frank H Hitchcock as focus shifts to the Virginia mountains. Vorys will devote most time to his chief from now on.
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New York
Hwitcheagh
Republican National Committee
Hot Springs
Taft
Cornelius N. Bliss
Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Gus J. Karger
Frank H. Hichcock
Virginia
Vorys
Taft Buys Plantat ion Horse in Lexington Auction
Judge Taft via an agent purchased a southern plantation horse from Shelby T. Harbison of Lexington. The sixteen hand, 1200 pound winner of the Blue Grass fair was bought in August.
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Taft
Lexington
Why
Shelby T. Harbison
Every Bone in His Body Broken
New York August Does, forty five, fell nine stories down an elevator shaft in a Broadway skyscraper and was killed instantly with every bone broken.
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New York
Broadway
August Does
Romance of a Lifesaving Courtship and Wedding
Jesse Wright a farmer saves Alice Noel from drowning after a sand tank incident. She initially refuses to speak to him for two years. She later saves his life by fending off a mad bull, then reconciles and they marry, ending a sensational romance that began three years earlier.
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Elwood
Jesse Wright
Alice Noel
Wright
Fatal shooting and severe injuries in Indiana incidents
At Lyford near Clifton Charles Jacobs, 28, a miner from Rosedale, shot Benjamin Smith, 20, of Seeleyville after a beer bottle dispute. Smith was badly wounded but survived. Jacobs surrendered and is jailed in Rockville. In Hammond, John Gast, 43, a farmer, was gored by a bull, with severe injuries and multiple wounds. he remains in critical condition.
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Smith
Jacobs
Rockville
Hammond
Ind
John Gast
Gast
Disastrous Demonstration Ends With Shootout
In Winchester Indiana on August 12 Charles Miller seventeen year old son of John Miller shot and wounded Harry Dull eighteen year old son of Levi Dut during a demonstration of what he would do if attacked by footpads Miller did not know the revolver was loaded and the bullet entered Dull s left foot potentially requiring amputation
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Winchester
Ind
Charles Miller
John Miller
Harry Dull
Levi Dut
Miller
Richmond Chautauqua Bans Dancing for Aug Event
Richmond Ind August 12 There will be no dancing at the Richmond Chautauqua directors have clamped down on levity and will permit no dancing. The younger attendees asked for an evening pavilion party but permission was refused.
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Richmond
Ind
Richmond Chautauqua
Storm Toll: Three Children Dead in Evansville Collapse
A Monday night storm in Evansville Indiana killed three children. William Burggerf, a boy, was crushed when a barn blew over. Two Detroy children perished when a houseboat they lived on was swamped after flooding.
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Evansville
Ind
William Burggerf
Jack Detroy
Autoists Grievance Over Broken Glass Bottles
Terre Haute Indiana August 12 auto mobilists complain about large amounts of broken glass bottles in the treated roadways and at streets.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Frugality as Fortune and Habit of Industry
Quotation notes Franklin stating frugality is a fair fortune and a habit that builds a good estate. The aphorism links thrift to success and disciplined work. This compact reflective line emphasizes practical virtue over wealth accumulation.
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Franklin
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Biologist Henshaw
Department of Agriculture
Henshaw
Hitchcock
Tie
Crom
Sud
Miss Noel
Storm
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