Frosts Come Early Amid Weather Forecasts and Leaves Falling
Farmers north of the city report two light frosts in August with no damage. Weather watchers predict an early winter and fall. Crops and home garden produce are ahead of normal, while leaves are dropping earlier across Indianapolis due to a mix of rain, drought, and heat. State forestry officials cite excessive rainfall as a key factor in premature leaf decay.
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Indianapolis
San Jose
Will Freeman
State Forestry Commission
Freeman
Sidway Band Concert Draws Crowd on Cool Island Afternoon
A Sunday afternoon performance by the Sidway Concert Band on the Island drew a fair sized crowd. The selections were well played and artistic, with many in motion while others sitting realized the lingering sting of winter in the breeze.
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Sidway
Mother Fires Revolver at Tramps on Kaley Addition Lands
A Kaley addition mother shot at trespassing tramps about a mile west of South Bend after they taunted children near a ant’s house. She retrieved a large caliber revolver and fired. the intruders fled and one was wounded, with bloodstains noted on the fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaley
South Bend
Litigation Order Faces Next Term Against Mutual Life
Indications point to a full circuit court docket next term with lawsuits against the American Mutual Life Insurance Co. by policy holders. An Elkhart attorney plans to file 300 claims. Elkhart County Trust Co. acts as receiver for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
American Mutual Life Insurance Co
Elkhartt
Elkhart County Trust Co
Stranded trio seeks transport to La Porte from police station
A man and woman with a baby applied at the police station this morning for help saying they were stranded and wished to reach La Porte. The man said he was a farm hand working near Columbus Ohio. They were referred to Trustee Puterbaugh and described as clean and genteel looking.
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la Porte
Columbus
Ohio
Puterbaugh
Woman Catches Silver Eel Near St. Joe Dam
Mrs. Jacob Nicholson of 104 Clark Street, summering in a cottage above the St. Joe dam, caught a two and a half foot silver eel this morning above Bower's boat landing. It is claimed to be the first silver eel caught here in at least ten years.
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Jacob Nicholson
Clark Street
St. Joe Dam
New Grocery Building Rising on Cedar Street
A two story and basement brick structure measuring twenty by forty feet is being erected by W. E. Bickel of Bristol for the Aydelott brothers to use as a grocery.
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Cedar Street
Michigan and
Myrtle
W. E. Bickel
Bristol
Aydelott Brothers and Grocery
Proposals Open Sept 4 for South Main Street Pavement
Proposals to pave South Main Street with asphalt macadam will be received on September 4. The engineer’s estimate for the project is 34 297 dollars.
New Telephone Directory Expected This Month
The Home Telephone Co plans a new directory with many new names and is preparing for distribution within a month.
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Home Telephone Co
County Teachers Institute Set for Goshen High School
Elkhart County Teachers Institute convenes in the Goshen high school assembly room from this morning through Friday with two evening sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. Faculty includes James A Woodburn Indiana University Edwin Diller Starbuck State University of Iowa and Carrie B Adams Terre Haute. About fifty teachers ride in. opening attendance 175 with 50 from Elkhart. total membership 274 and expected rise in attendance.
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Goshen High School
Elkhart County Teachers’ Institute
James Albert Woodburn
Indiana University
Edwin Diller Starbuck
State University of Iowa
Carrie B. Adams
Terre Haute
Ind
Elkhart
Paving of Central School alley faces council action
The board of public works approved paving the alley between High and Franklin streets from Second to Third, urged by the school board due to entrance access and mud. Property owners objected earlier. if they object again, the board may seek council legislation with a two thirds vote to override objections.
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Central School
Board of Public Works
High
Franklin Streets
School Board
Trinity M. BE. Church Society
D. §. Burris
BR. Q. Haggerty
Hurdles En Voyage Down Christiana Creek Trip
Roy Hendershot Ley Nelson Kenneth Brightmire Robert Dalton and Frank Heitman endured a creek voyage from HKagle lake to the city Saturday afternoon. Two canoes reached town after Nelson’s craft wrecked midway. A trio of boys tipped their boat seven times and counted twenty three fences they crossed along the way.
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Roy Hendershot
Ley Nelson
Kenneth Brightmire
Robert Dalton
Frank Heitman
Christiana Creek
Hkagle Lake
Nelson
Horse Theft Reported Near Goshen In County
Daniel Leer, two miles west of Goshen, reports his eight year old light bay mare stolen Sunday night. Sheriff Zie sels notified the local police this forenoon. A gray mare, nine years old and weighing 1300 to 1400 pounds, is also involved in the theft reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Leer
Goshen
Ziesel
Abandoned Reunions on Island Park Tradition Fades
The Comptons started the first Island Park family reunion and inspired others. Attendance dwindled over time and these gatherings were finally abandoned with none held last year or this year.
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Comptons
Island Park
Work Overtime at Mammoth Dam Project in Indiana
The Indiana and Michigan Electric Co. building a mammoth dam on the St. Joseph river at Berrien Springs has told its 800 workers to start fourteen hour days from September 1 for an indeterminate period.
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Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
St. Joseph River
Berrien Springs
Accidents Cause Injuries at Lake Shore Shops
Dee McDowell of the Lake Shore car department lost a nail on the little finger of his right hand when it was caught between a brake lever and the car end. Peter Lekes in the roundhouse had the fingers of his left hand badly mashed, requiring amputation of the third and fourth fingers. Signal Helper Hart Sailor mashed the third finger of his left hand when he dropped a rail splice on it Saturday.
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Dee McDowell
Lake Shore Car Department
Peter Lekes
Roundhouse
Hart Sailor
Autoist Narrowly Escapes Streetcar Collision
Prof. Milton B. Griffith director of the South Bend conservatory and a well known local figure escaped unharmed after his automobile was struck broadside by a street car at Lafayette and Washington streets. The engine escape valve was torn off and the car suffered heavy damage.
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Lafayette
Washington Streets
Milton B. Griffith
South Bend Conservatory
Runaways and Thefts On East Jackson and Lake Shore Street
On East Jackson street a runaway wagon led to a woman fainting in front of the Conn factory after a fright from a passing car. A Mrs Cauffman’s horse then balked on a Main Street streetcar track but caused no injuries. In Lake Shore Yard Toledo fireman L Sawyer was robbed of $20.25 and a watch. police detained ten tramps, all released later.
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East Jackson Street
Probst
Conn
Ohio
Samuel Cauffman
Jefferson
Main
Lexington
Lake Shore
L. Sawyer
Toledo
Roundhouse
Sawyer
Tramps Likely Steal Valise From Bridge Inspector
H Grytness of Cleveland, a Lake Shore bridge inspector, was robbed while inspecting the old road bridge over the Elkhart river. He left a valise with a steel tape and bridge blueprint on the west abutment. two men seen leaving the area carried the satchel.
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H. Grytness
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Elkhart River
John Ortt
No. 169
State Street
Theft at Lake Shore Depot Sees Handbag Stolen
Mrs. H. J. McKnight of Toledo reported a handbag stolen from a seat at the Lake Shore depot while she waited for a train at 6:45 a.m. Sunday. The bag contained a gold monogrammed watch. Police were notified.
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H. J. McKnight
Toledo
Lake Shore
County News: Goshen detains man over burglary search
Co B Childs dubbed the human post office was held five days in Goshen as authorities sought to locate his wanted status. He released Saturday afternoon after refusing to talk. Milkman Jesse Ulery fined for selling impure milk, Jacob Ulery confesses he bought adulterated milk thinking it pure. Frank Riley, 14, found at his uncle’s home after a three day unexplained absence. Lake Shore No 46 delayed over three hours due to a threshing outfit breakdown at Riga Michigan.
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Jacob Ulery
Jesse Ulery
Jacob
Frank
George F. Riley
Goshen
Chautauqua Could Have Had Sun County Teachers Institute
A list of varied local items appears on the Chautauqua schedule with Frost farms on the lowlands north of Elkhart and early winter predictions. E L Sawyer is reported held up in a Lake Shore yard. A party of notices includes family reunions and grocery plans for Cedar Street.
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Elkhart
E. L. Sawyer
Lake Shore
Island Park
Cedar Street
Weather Forecast Summary
Government forecast reports generally fair and cooler night. Tuesday: fair with rising temperatures. Local condition fair. Miles Medical Co. furnishes. 76 maximum, unspecified minimum, light to moderate wind. Trace rain.
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Miles Medical Co
German widow cuts throat in Elkhart home tragedy
Mrs. Catherine Jane Quillian fifty nine from Milwaukee who came to Elkhart after her husband’s death attempted suicide by knife and razor on Middlebury street. She was found by her daughter in law with deep throat wounds and is unconscious with death likely. physicians fear fatal bleeding.
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Catherine Jane Quillian
Germany
Elkhart
Milwaukee
John Killey
Indiana Buggy Co
Middlebury Street
Quillian
Clark Hospital
Hains in custody amid mad shams claims and fund drive
New York August 24 Captain Peter Hains, accused of murder, appears insane or feigning. a double watch is kept in his cell as Army officers raise about $100,000 to assist General Hains in rebutting allegations of degeneracy. Preliminary examinations of the Hains brothers were postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Hains
Wm. E. Annis
Fort Hamilton
Hains
Reilly
Harris
Fitzgerald in Bond for Subtreasury Robbery Case
Geo Fitzgerald, charged with robbing the subtreasury of 178, was released on 10,000 bond as his case was postponed to next Monday before Judge Chestain in Chicago. He had been an assorting teller for Assistant United States Treasurer Boldenweck, with suspicion arising after the February 20, 1907 theft.
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Chicago
Geo. Fitzgerald
Chestain
Fitzgerald
United States
William Boldenweck
Congress
Boldenneck
Herbert F. Young
Young Secret Service Agency
Bolderwick
Big Appropriation for Amusement at South Bend Exposition
More than 300 manufacturers and merchants have reserved booths for a September 7 exposition in South Bend. The event, promoted by the Home Exposition company, is under the city’s commercial organizations with Henry B. Marks of Chicago directing the arrangements. Twenty five thousand dollars is set aside for amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Home Exposition Company
Henry B. Marks
Chicago
Baptizes 219 in One Day at Bremen Creek
In Laport Ind Aug 24 the Rev N L Stambaugh United Brethren church baptized 219 people. Thousands lined the creek shore to witness the two hour ceremony as the pastor, exhausted, completed his baptismal work. Among the baptized were young women in society gowns and participants from nearly every station in life.
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Laport
Ind
Bremen
N. L. Stambaugh
United Brethrens Church
Sydney Bloodiest Fight Ends in Burns Knockout
In Sydney Australia American heavyweight Tommy Burns defeated Australian Billy Squires in the thirteenth round. Squires raised a strong challenge and had Burns groggy in the tenth. The bout was described as one of the bloodiest ever staged with odds at six to one.
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Sydney
Tommy Burns
Bill Squires
Squires
Burns
Gruesome Finds Baffle Cincinnati Police
Police remain baffled after the desiccated skull of a woman was found twelve feet under water in the Ohio river at Rising Sun Indiana and a grisly leg found on a river sand bar at Bridge street. Authorities conjecture the victim may be Elizabeth Hanson a Presbyterian missionary who vanished here six months ago.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Rising Sun
Indiana
Bridge Street
Elizabeth Hanson
Marshall and Superstition Open Campaign in Salem
Democratic candidate Thomas R. Marshall opened the state campaign in Salem Indiana. He avoided strong temperance pledges, endorsing township or ward local option over county option and asserting Moore remonstrance law will stay. Local superstition influenced the town’s iffy turnout and stage.
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Salem
Ind
Thomas R. Marshall
Williams
Claude Matthews
Marshall
Bryan Aide Team Heads to Indianapolis by Train
Bryan and entourage depart Chicago at 1 p m via Big Four for Indianapolis arriving about 6 pm The group includes Chairman Mack Vice Chairman Hall Mayor Brown Lincoln and national committeemen Johnson Texas Sullivan Illinois Tomlinson Alabama Ewing Louisiana Daniels North Carolina and Hascall Oklahoma
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Bryan
Indianapolis
Chicago
Big Four
Mack
Hall
Brown
Lincoln
Johnson
Texas
Sullivan
Illinois
Tomlinson
Alabama
Ewing
Louisiana
Daniels
North Carolina
Hascall
Oklahoma
Saloons Reopen as Springfield Restores Normalcy
Springfield Illinois resumes normal order with saloons opening at 7 PM after a shutdown. Twenty three liquor-law arrestees from yesterday are denied permission to operate and will face further action. The grand jury also resumes sessions at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprinfield
Ill
Springfield
Thomas Brady Found Dead In Springfield Shop
A 65 year old man Thomas Brady was found murdered in a second-hand clothes shop with his skull crushed by an ax. Police seek Frank Schivan who is missing. No link established yet to recent riots.
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Springfield
Thomas Brady
Frank Schivan
Woman Justice of Peace Drugged and Robbed
Westville Indiana August 24 Mrs C D Hess the only woman justice of the peace in Indiana and former department president of the W R C was drugged and robbed of 400 dollars worth of jewelry in her home early today.
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Westville
Ind
C. D. Hess
German Ambassador Speck von Sternberg Dies in Heidelberg
Berlin reports Freiherr Speck von Sternberg, German ambassador to the United States, died in Heidelberg today after cancer operation. The diplomat had served as envoy to Washington and faced a long illness.
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Berlin
Freiherr Speck von Sternberg
United States
Heidelberg
Labor union urged support for geanpers aid effort
In New York on August 1 the Central Federated Union debated a recommendation from Samuel Geanpers, president of the American Federation of Labor, urging labor bodies nationwide to donate to aid friends and oppose the enemy of Tabs.
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Gomtiors
New York
Central Federated Union
Samuel Geanpers
Lebar
Taft to St. Joe Rail Route Cost and Tunnels Stated
TY ONeal a right of way agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail line says the Taft to St Joe pond project spanning sixty miles will cost 11 400 000 dollars. The route will include thirty five tunnels.
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Wallace
Ida
TY O'Neal
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Taft and
St. Joe
Counterfeit Suspects Name New York and Dayton Officials
Detroit Aug 24 Tyvo men arrested on counterfeit charges provided names Lucien J Tull auditor New Amsterdam Gas Co New York and Richard W Meacham traffic manager National Cash Register Co Dayton C They claim these two are involved in the scheme amid ongoing investigation.
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Detroit
Mich
Tyvo
Lucien J.tull
New Amsterdam Gas Company
New York
Richard W. Meacham
Dayton, C
National Cash Ttegister Company
Is He in a Sanatorium Near Milwaukee
Milwaukee August 24 Ralph W. Eddy of Chicago who vanished before his wedding in Wooster Ohio is believed to be in Sacred Heart sanatorium Milwaukee. Sanatorium authorities deny he is there.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Ralph W. Eddy
Chicago
Wooster, O
Sacred Heart Sanatorium
Sousa's Mother Dies in Washington at 82
Mrs Eliza beth Sousa mother of Letin Phillip Sousa the bandmaster dies at her home in Washington aged eighty two.
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Bandmaster
Sousa
John Phillip Sousa
Washington
Elizabeth Sousa
Letin Phillip Sousa
Alfonso Hastens to Victoria and Paris Bound
Alfonso hastens from here to Victoria and San Sebastian on August 24. He proceeds to Paris to join the queen before continuing to England.
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Alfonso
Victoria
San Sebastian
Alfonzo
Paris
England
Savage gun attack ends in family tragedy in Indiana
Mrs. Sarah M. Meacham, 48, was shot to death by her son in law William Delph in a farm yard near Westville Indiana after a quarrel with Meacham and others. Five children survive her. Sheriff Anstiss arrived and Delph offered no comment. Frances Topper, six weeks old, was uninjured nearby.
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Delph
Edward
George Meacham
Mark Fighner
Edward Meachim
Pighner
Edward Meacham
Topper
Mrs. Meacham
Frances Topper
Coal Firms Face Federal Foreclosure Action in Indianapolis
Foreclosure proceedings have begun in the federal district court against the Southern Indiana Coal Company and the Indiana Southern Coal Company. First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago holds bonds totaling about 100 million dollars. John J. Seifert is named receiver by Judge Frank F. Baker. The coal firms were linked to the Southern Indiana Railway and the Walsh interests, with Seifert long serving as Indiana Southern Coal Company manager. The filing and receiver bring these coal entities under federal jurisdiction, already extended to the Southern Indiana Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis, Ave
Southern Indiana Coal Company
Indiana Southern Com Company
United States
First Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago
John JK. Seifert
Frank F. Baker
Southern Indiana Railway Company
John RR. Walsh
Indiana
John WK. Seifert
Trusty Jail Break Plunders Greene County Jail
In Tinton Indiana on Ane 24 the most successful jail delivery in this part of Indiana occurred just before noon. Marion Trathiel of Bloomfield released the cell door while a trusted inmate was in the front room, enabling six prisoners to escape. Among the escapees is Alfred Jones a tramp tied to alleged rape of a nine year old near Bloomfield.
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Tinton
Ind
Ane
Induina
Marion Trathiel
Bloomfied
Alfred Jones
Bloomfield
Twelve Thousand Miners Return to Work in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on August 24 twelve thousand miners resume labor after the Operators' association accepts the United Mine Workers demands for district No. 11. Only the Hudson mine dispute remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Tinute
Ind
United Mine Workers of
District No. 11
Hudson
Tragedy Near Greencastle as Teen Killed in Farm Engine Blast
At Greencastle Indiana on August 24 Earl Kizer aged fifteen was instantly killed when a traction engine attached to a clover huller exploded on the Charles Hutchinson farm. The blast hurled the boy 140 yards and mangled him beyond recognition.
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Greencastle
Ind
Earl Kizer
Charles Hutchinson
Champion Horseshoe Pitcher Samuel Butts of Colfax Township
Champion horseshoe pitcher of the county is Samuel Butts from Colfax township. At twenty two yards he recently threw nine ringers in succession and says the feat has occurred frequently in his play.
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Morocco
Ind
Samuel Butts
Colfax Township
Fatal Crossing Tragedy in Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana on August 24 Ralph Metz 20 was killed instantly by a Lake Shore passenger train while attempting to cross a cow guard before the train arrived. He was the son of Mrs G Metz.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Ralph Metz
G. Metz
Lake Shore
Earrings a Phoenician badge of servitude in ancient days
Among ancient Phoenicians, the wearing of earrings signified servitude, a distinctive cultural mark noted in historical accounts.
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County Teachers’ Institute
County News
Riga
L News
Ugust
Chautauqua
Poultry Association
Mary Mills Patrick
Helen Gould
American Mutual Life Insurance Association
Indiana G. A. R
America
Matthews
Hitchcock
New England
Stamboul
Constantinople
Norway
Des Moines
Richfield
Westfield
Jackies
N.S. W
St. Louis
Son
Fort
John J. Thomas
Kendallville
Womon
Walsh Coal Mines
Detief
John BR. Walsh
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