Goshen County Democrats Conclude Morning Convention
A drizzly Goshen crowd gathered at nine A M for the Elkhart county Democratic convention with speakers including Henry A Barnhart and declarations of plans for nominations. The day’s tension centered on whether to rush proceedings to noon or adjourn for races, ending in an afternoon adjournment amid disputes over timetable and rules.
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Court House Yard
Goshen
Rogers
Charles Dolan
Elkhart
Fred A. Palmer
The
Edwin Bartholomew
Edwin Elsen
W. H. Shultz
C. £. Nolan
M. B. Hochtatler
E. L. Arnold
C. C. Raymer
J. T. Longacher
George Beck
Albert Cook
John Tarnman
Henry A. Barnhart
Congress
Whch
Daniel Bechtel
Committee On Rules and Order of Business
B. F. Deahl
George A. Briggs
Preacher to Conduct Funeral for Lake Shore Engineer Schuler
Rev W H Brightmire of St Pauls M E church will lead the funeral service for Lake Shore engineer Charles Schuler at his home 205 Middlebury Street at 10 a m Monday with interment at White Pigeon. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Elks and Masons attend. Fifty words detailing past rescue and praise from Ligonier Leader included.
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Schuler
W. H. Brightmire
St. Paul's M. E. Church
Lake Shore
Charles Schuler
Middlebury Street
White Pigeon
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The
Elks and
Masons
Ligonier
Brightmire
Mr. Schuler
Mr. Brightmire
Elkhart
Michael Jow
Toledo
Crow
Schuyer
T. L. Boyd
Engineer Schuler
Limited
Kendalville
Horse and buggy taken then returned as a borrowed rig
Police feared further horse thefts after Ernest Hammon reported his horse and buggy missing from in front of 123 South Main Street Friday night at 10. The rig was later returned and Hammon said a relative had borrowed it.
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Ernest Hammon
No. 123
South Main Street
Hammon
Damages Sought Over Blaine Avenue Sidewalk
Residents allege Blaine avenue sidewalk is two feet below street level and regularly waterlogged. A street grading petition was sent to public works, but no action has occurred yet and locals threaten a damage suit.
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Blaine Avenue
Board of Public Works
Every Boy an Automobiilist in Town Stirs Rides and Gags
The town has caught auto fever as youths convert old carts into makeshift cars. Many carts are rigged to resemble automobiles and some imitate the flashy racing machines, reflecting a wider local stir over the automobile craze.
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America
Elkhart Race Day Draws Thousands Despite Rain
The Mishawaka to Elkhart highway show drew about 3,000 in Elkhart Driving Park with 100 autos on display as Barney Oldfield and Charles Soules prepared for a high speed race schedule. Weather dampened turnout but crowds from Mishawaka, South Bend and nearby towns pursued view points along the route. Oldfield and Soules teased a clash, while a misled press campaign triggered disappointment among hundreds awaiting the match race.
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Barnum
Elkhart
Barney Oldfield
Charles Soules
Yoder
Weatherhead
Buick
Ford Cars
South Bend
Oldfield
Fnish
H. Keyser
South End
N. T. Wilson
St. Joe
Mishawaka
Century Limited
Hotel Bucklen
Mark Floyd
Weather forecast by government office
Government forecast furnished daily by Miles Medical Co reports maximum temperatures around six to seven degrees, minimum near ot, wind at ten mph, and slight rainfall about one tenth of an inch.
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Miles Medical Co
Question of Sewer Easement Comes Up in Unexpected Form
Mrs M Sibyl Maxon files a $1000 damage suit in superior court against Dr J F Werner over a sewer outlet easement. The West High street lots, once Swift then Clark Lane, were divided by Herman Borneman Jr. Maxon altered the line to pass around Werner’s corner. Werner blocked the curve claiming the outlet is his frontage. Plaintiff argues Borneman’s deed implied protection of the easement.
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M. Sibyl Maxon
J. H. State
J. F. Werner
West High Street
Swift
Clark Lane
Herman Borneman, Jr
Mr. Borneman
Werner
Auto makers Lindsley exhibit in Elkhart
Dowagiac based J V Lindsley Automobile Co arrives with delivery wagons and runabouts. J V Lindsley and F A Lake discuss establishing an agency in Elkhart. Lake designs all cars, firm expanding plant and manpower to meet demand. Guests of General Manufacturing Co president D E MacCarthy.
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Lindsley Company
Dowagiac
Driving Park
J. V. Lindsley
F. A. Lake
J. V. Lindsley Automobile Co
Mich
Lake
Oldfield
Lindsley
Mr. Lake
D. E. MacCarthy
General Manufacturing Co
Elkhart
Riverfront Residence Sketches by Turnock for Pounder
Architect Turnock prepares sketches for Mrs Dr Malcolm Pounder for a new residence on the St. Joseph riverbank, to be erected on her lot just east of W F Stanton’s residence, outlining design concepts and placement.
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Turnock
Malcolm Pounder
St. Joseph River
W. F. Stanton
Lithographs for Taft and Braun stalled by union label issue
Chicago August 15 lithographs of Taft and Braun will not be posted abroad unless the AFL president endorses the union label. Orders totaling 15 million pictures are held up due to open shop lithographing. The union label requirement caused contractor delays and a rejected Poster Artists' Association application. Officials hope Gompers intervenes to speed posting. Ponce de Leon ashes re entombed in Porto Rico with a formal 400th anniversary procession led by Governor Post.
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Chicago
Taft
Braun
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Republican Campaign Committee
Democratic Organization
Poster Artists’ Association
Federation
Ponce de Leon
San Juan
Porto Rico
Governor Post
Church of San Jose
Miners Ordered Out In Sullivan County Strike
In Sullivan county a miners strike disrupted a Road mine after a driver was discharged. Operators of the United Mine Workers district no 11 announced they would suspend dues collection from wages, risking a complete idle period if members join the action.
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Terre Tarun
Idk. Aue
Elroahor Bype
District No. 11
Tadinia
Road
Sullivan County
Pussociation
Oimade
United Mine Workers
Ceae
Indiaia
Rood
Largest chicken snake killed near Boonville Ind
In Boonville Indiana a 16 foot long chicken snake was shot on Elien Justice’s farm by Elmer Holder who lay in wait after chickens vanished. The snake, eight inch thick, was caught in the act of swallowing a hen. It was tied to a wagon and paraded for neighbors.
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Boonville
Ind
Elien Justice
Doitney TM
Elmer Holder
Tolder
Chigger Story Stuns Oakland City Man
J T Lamb, a prominent local businessman, displayed a fly with four full grown chiggers feeding on its back. One chigger bored into the glass as Lamb examined the creature under magnification, highlighting a surprising discovery in a street exhibit.
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Oakland City
Ind
J. T. Lamb
Lamb
Wanton Mischief Punished in Trafalgar Plant
Summers and Hamilton cannery in Trafalgar Indiana faced vandalism as youths used rubber slings to break glass at the new Greensburg moved plant. About 20 panes were shattered, with five days given to repair or face prosecution. The youths returned with glass as a solemn processions ended banning the slings.
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Trafalgar
Ind
Summers & Hammilton
Greensburg
Loys
Iiter
Bumble Bees Force Farmers to Alter Fall Plowing
Greenfield Indiana August 15 farmers face a boom in bumble bee activity. To finish fall plowing some abandon fields while others press on with mosquito-netting veils over hats and strings on trousers to deter stinging insects.
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Greenfield
Ind
Centenarian enjoys car ride in Orleans Indiana
Auto ride for a centenarian reports Mrs. Perme Via Turley, seven months past 100, was taken for a motor tour in Orleans by Dr. W. H. Patton. The elderly woman stood the trip remarkably well and enjoyed it greatly.
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Orleans
Ind
Perme- Via Turley
W. H. Patton
Father’s Dry Book Bathtub Gag Becomes Family Jest
In a family vignette, Bobby explains how his father’s new book became wet and wryly dry. The child recounts that the author complained the book was too dry, so Bobby submerged it in the tub to soak the humor into the tale.
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Papa
Bobby
Mamma
Slow and Sure in a Joking Family Exchange
In a lighthearted moment, a dialogue plays on engagement and certainty as a daughter hints at a pending match with young Johnson, while the elder remarks that the courtship is slow, and she remains unsure. The exchange blends humor with cautious optimism about the future.
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Johnson
White mob ransacks Springfield as riots claim lives
Aug 14 15 reports list dead and fatally wounded after white mobs attack black residents. Loper’s escape plan and mob violence trigger martial law. three dead and many injured, with arson and looting across Washington street and surrounding negro quarters. Troops deployed from Camp Lincoln. guards block further bloodshed while authorities plan shelter and prevention.
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Louis Johnso
D. J. Scott
Charles Hunter
Decatur
Jacksonville
Gloomington
Peoria
Fire Department
Venetii
Loper
Washington Street
Twelfth Street
St. Nicholas Hotel
Jim Hays
Madison Street
Madison and
Twelfth
Harry T. Loper
Cincinnati
Deneen
State Arsenal
Camp Lincoln
Arsenal
Lewis Johnson
Fred Ramsey
Gatling Gun
Illinois National Guard
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the Daily Review
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