Hospital plans emerge as committee weighs near McNaughton Park sites
An Elkhart Academy of Medicine committee met to craft funding and site plans for a new hospital. Proposed locations north of the St. Joseph river include the Strong residence on Strong avenue and properties near McNaughton Park. Col. Conn supports aiding the project. Clark Hospital is deemed too small and poorly situated for future needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Academy of Medicine
St. Joseph River
S. S. Strong
Strong Avenue
C. G. Conn
McNaughton Park
Col. Conn
Clark Hospital
Association For
St. Joseph
River Ave
J. M. van Fleet
Elkhart
Runaway horse collides with push cart near Goldberg store
A horse driven by Mrs. George W. Myers bolted after an unknown bicyclist struck it near Lake Shore Main Street at 9 30 this morning. The horse skidded into a painter's push cart by the Goldberg clothing store. both the rider and passerby escaped injury while Mrs. Myers and her daughter were unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Myers
Lake Shore
Goldberg Clothing
Attorney Conducts Business Again in Shamory Estate Sale
Dc E Frank administrator of the Anna Shamory estate sold the property at 902 South Second street to Christian Hartman for 2500 dollars. Hartman bought it as a residence. Frank continues improving and now can walk on his knees and stand erect with help, swinging his feet forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dc. E. Frank
Anna Shamory
South Second Street
Christian Hartman
Mr. Hartman
Mr. Frank
Plan to Build De Nomination Building at Winona Lake
Plan by Methodists from across the United States during the Winona Bible conference to form the Methodist Building Association with capital of 350 000 in 50 shares. They voted to erect a de nominational building costing 50 000 at Winona Lake next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
United States
Stolen Luggage Recovered In Chicago Baggage Heist
A Chicago dispatch reports Louis Barnbouth, a gang leader, arrested in St. Louis and plunder recovered. Belongings of Elkhart resident Mrs. Richard Turnock Jr and Mrs. Reginald Dekoven identified among the lot. Turnocks absent in Chicago. loss centered on a Chicago depot waiting room suitcase with apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Chicago
Louis Barnbouth
St. Louis
Richard Turnock, Jr
Jas. Turnock
Reginald Dekoven
Turnock
Bachman Returns to Elkhart as Methodist Protestant Leader
At Middletown Indiana Conference sessions Rev. M E Bachman is reassigned to the Elkhart church. Rev Samuel Heininger, now in Adrian Michigan, is left without assignment. His son Rev C B Heininger is returned to the Anderson circuit. L J Clamp? Mar clay of Indianapolis named conference president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Bachman
Elkhart
Indiana
Methodist Protestant Church
Middletown
Ind
Samuel Heininger
Adrian
Mich
C. &. Heininger
Anderson
H. Schwartzkopf
Adrian College
L. J. Marclay
Indianapolis
Klinger Lake to Elk Hart Monday Train Discontinued
Local Ticket Agent Gotwalt reports that the Klinger Lake special from Klinger Lake to Elk Hart, run every Monday morning, will be discontinued with the last trip on August 31. The service proved convenient and popular with Elkhart residents who could stay overnight at the lake, and managers hope to reestablish it at the start of the 1909 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotwalt
Klinger Lake
Elkhart
Public Works Hearing On Primary Assessments
The board of public works set a hearing today for objections to the primary assessment rolls for macadam pavements on West Lexington Avenue East Beardsley Avenue Grove Street and West Crawford Street. No objections were offered. The board adopted the primary assessment rolls for walks on Leonard Avenue Blaine Avenue South Sixth Street and Vine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Lexington Avenue
Beardsley Avenue
Grove Street
West
Crawford Street
Leonard and Blaine Avenues
South Sixth
Vine Streets
First Car Reaches LaPorte On Murdock Line
The first car on the Murdock line between South Bend and LaPorte arrived in LaPorte at 1 45 p m Tuesday with a party of officials aboard. Trains on the western extension of the Chicago South Bend Northern Indiana line began running to LaPorte today under a two hour schedule until new arrangements are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
South Bend
LaPorte
Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway Co
Divorce Petition Filed by Mrs Bowman Webb in Superior Court
Mrs Bowman Webb petitions for divorce alleging cruel treatment non support and a worse offense. Married August 15 1902 the couple has recently separated. Attorneys Hile and Baker filed the action and seek alimony of 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Sarah) Webb
Hile & Baker
Goshen Officials Inspect Indiana Water Works Plant
Mayor Kohler and the Goshen city council visited Greenfield Indiana to inspect a water works plant built by the Ironton Iron Co of Ironton Ohio. The company has proposed a new pumping station for Goshen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler
Goshen
Greenfield
Ind
Ironton Iron Co
Ironton
Ohio
Local Accidents Include Woman Injured by Motorman and Gas Explosion
Mrs BE C Markel of 416 Middlebury street suffers serious injuries after a motorman allegedly starts a street car while she alights. Floyd Leonard burns from a gas explosion while inspecting a meter in a residence cellar. D S Young loses the end of his second left finger at the Lake Shore machine shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. C. Markel
Middlebury Street
Middlebury
Markel
Floyd Leonard
D.S. Young
Lake Shore
Thief Persists. Woman Fires Revolver in Bluff at Intruder
Mrs. Jesse Whitmer and Miss Lucy Hanford awoke to a break in at a Middlbury Street home. Whitmer fired a revolver at a hidden intruder, later saw an arm through a kitchen window, and fled to her brother’s house with Hanford. Police found no one. The intruder wore a white shirt with a red cuff holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Whitmer
Middlebury Street
Whitmer
Lucy Hanford
Foster Brandon
Brandon
Suspect Held Over Post Office Stamp Scam Looting Rumor
Sheriff Ziesel received notice from Chicago postal inspector Stuart to detain Charles B. Childs arrested at Goshen for attempted stamp discount sale. Believed to have looted the Knowles Wisconsin post office. released Saturday for lack of evidence, he disappeared. California officials say he is suspected in a post office robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziesel
Postoffice
Stuart
Chicago
Charles B. Childs
Goshen
Knowles
Wis
Childs
California
New Case Against C A Smith
An affidavit and warrant were issued today in city court charging Charles A. Smith with liquor law violations for selling without a license. Smith, out of town, was reached by telephone and agreed to answer at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Smith
Charles A. Smith
Salvation Army Camp Meeting Downstate Report
Capt. and Mrs. Otis Ayres of the Elkhart Salvation Army barracks returned from Anderson where they attended a ten day Indiana division camp meeting. About twenty five of Indiana’s twenty seven barracks were represented by fifty army workers at Mounds Park. Col. Scott of Detroit and Maj. Escott of Indianapolis led sessions, with more than 1500 in attendance over the weekend. The ten day series yielded forty to fifty conversions, with Ayres predicting at least thirty to remain steadfast in their pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Otis Ayres
Elkhart
Anderson
Indiana
Army
Mounds Park
Col
Scott
Detroit
Maj
Escott
Indianapolis
Ayres
Special Prizes Secured by Elkhart Poultry Directors
Elkhart Poultry Association directors secured five silver cups as special premiums for the January poultry show. Plans include 150 additional special prizes. W G Finney 1019 Center street will solicit memberships and ads. Membership fee is $1. Directors meet Friday evening at president A J Felthouse office in the Monger building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Poultry Association
W. G. Finney
Center Street
A. J. Felthouse
Monger Building
J N Moorman Narrow Escape On Hill Drive
John L Moorman of Knox and companions escaped serious harm when their touring car failed on a hill near Petersburg White River bottoms and plunged off an embankment after the occupants jumped free. only minor bruises reported Road Foreman James Lynett resumes duties after two weeks at Klinger Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Moorman
Petersburg
John L. Moorman
Knox
Edwin S. Shepard
White River
James Lynett
Klinger Lake
Nocturnal intruder frightens Mrs Whitmer. lake project canceled
Mrs. Jesse Whitmer recounts a nighttime intruder incident. Klinger Lake special to be taken off. Captain Ayers returns from Salvation Army camp meeting. July Indiana disease deaths are discussed as preventable. Several Indiana fair features previewed. Halley’s Comet near. Band concert tonight. Sykes store opens new millinery department. Property of Mrs. Richard Turnock found among baggage thief’s booty in St. Louis. Economic and national news noted with floods in the South and political updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Whitmer
Klinger Lake
Ayers
Salvation Army
Indiana
Halley
Sykes
Richard Turnock
St. Louis
South
Montana
South Chelsea
Mass
Battle Fleet
Sydney
Weather Forecast Brief
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Local conditions fair. Furnished daily by Miles Medical Co. Maximum and minimum temperatures not listed. Wind velocity not provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
July Health Bulletin Warns Indiana on Food and Water
The state board of health secretary Dr J N Hurty urges sanitary care of food and water as July sees diarrhea as the leading disease, followed by cholera morbus dysentery and infantum. The report lists deaths from tuberculosis pneumonia typhoid violence and other causes with county figures and notes Clark Marion and St Joseph as hardHit counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
J. N. Hurty
Hurty
Indiana
Clark County
Marion
St. Joseph
Floods Cause Major Losses in the South
Telegraphic report from Columbia notes floods causing many deaths and millions in damage unseen since 1840. In Camden nineteen people die on a toll bridge. Pacolet mills near Spartansburg face extreme danger with previous drowning tolls, while Camperdown mill in Greenville sits under five feet of water. Railroads halt traffic and interiors lose all communication as crests approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
Camden
Pacolet River
Spartansburg
Pacolet Mill No
Camperdown
Greenville
Norfolk & Southern
Southern Railway
Athens
No Marriages Allowed at Indiana Soldiers Home
LaFayette Ind Aug 26 Cupid takes a knockout blow as the board of trustees of the state soldiers home forbids marriages of home members. The order bans marriages between home members and with outsiders and is mandatory. Previously veterans married and brought wives to the home, a practice the widows opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFayette
Ind
Cupid
State Soldiers’ Home
Board of Trustees
Fugitive Jesse Coe Shot Dead by Kentucky Sheriff
Indianapolis report explains Jesse Coe, the man who murdered Patrolman C J Russell two years ago, was killed in Kentucky as Sheriff Bryant led a posse in a remote hillside. Coe raised a rifle to shoot when Bryant fired and killed him. He had been pursued nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Jesse Coe
C. J. Russell
Kentucky
Tompkinsville
Coe
Sheriff Bryant
United States
Wanted Home Folks to See Him in Salem
Salem Indiana August 26 Rather than disappoint townspeople of his birth area W J Bryan mounted after only three hours sleep. He left Indianapolis at midnight and waited in a small junction at St Elmo Illinois where Bryan and his party passed a few hours with a sleepy ticket agent the only awake person at the junction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis
St. Elmo
Bryan
Daring escapes from Eastern Penitentiary reported
Philadelphia August 26 two inmates serving life sentences escaped this afternoon and police from the city were summoned. Authorities feared a possible breakout involving about 1,400 prisoners at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Eastern Penitentiary
Walked Here in Early Day Fort Wayne Pioneer Dies at 92
Louis Griebel Sr. a Fort Wayne resident for seventy years died yesterday at age ninety two. He walked to the city from Chambersburg Pennsylvania in 1838.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Louis Griebel, Sr
Mr. Griebel
Chambersburg
Odium Remains After Seventh Regiment Departure
Springfield Illinois newspaper notes the final vestige of wartime display left the city as the Seventh regiment's remnants depart today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Beating Case Ends With Guilty Plea in Goshen
Ferdinand P. Earle pleaded guilty to grievous assault on his wife in Goshen New York and was jailed to await October grand jury action. He was separated from his wife Julia Kuttner after deserting his family to marry her soul mate. The couple’s child, his wife, and others describe repeated beatings and confinement at the Earle home as neighbors report. Legal steps for separation and property division were expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
N. Y
Perdinand P. Earle
Julia Kuttner
Orange County
Jeff Monroe
New York
Earle
Earle Place
Amelia Kuttner
Alfred
Charles
Balance of trade shows sharp July imports fall and exports decline
Washington reports July 1908 imports at 86 million dollars versus 124 million the prior year while seven months to July total 608.9 million against 875.9 million in 1907. Exports also drop with July at 102.2 million compared to 129.5 million and seven months to July 808.1 million versus 1,069.0 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Nathan Straus Honored for Milk Depot in Dublin
In Dublin on August 26 Nathan Straus of New York was warmly thanked by the Countess of Aberdeen and the lord mayor for presenting a pasteurized milk depot. Irish physicians lauded Straus for supplying pure milk to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Nathan Straus
New York
Countess of Aberdeen
Lord Leutenant
Ireland
Straus
Arrest of Frank Stark in arson attempt at Lowrey and Alaska
Aberdeen 8S D Aug 20 Frank Stark arrested at Java in connection with the attempt to burn the towns of Lowrey and Alaska Monday morning. Stark reportedly was arrested last winter for assaulting a boy, jumped bail and fled to Canada, threatening to return and burn the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Frank Stark
Java
Lowrey
Alaska
Stark
Canada
Mob-Murdered for Homicide in Georgia Town
Louisville Georgia August 20 Vance Williams a Black man accused of killing R G Brown at his home earlier was found hanged from a weak tree near town with bullet wounds in his chest. Neighbors within a hundred yards heard nothing of the brutal act as plans were carried out in secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Vance Williams
R. G. Brown
Barber’s Despondent Death Linked to Safety Razors
In St Louis on August 26, W C Conlee a Market street barber killed himself with his own razor. He had been despondent over business decline blamed on safety razors used by former customers, authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
W. C. Conlee
Market Street
Conlee
Various Associations In Session Across North America
The American Bar association meets in Seattle Washington while the National Society of Sons of Veterans gathers at Niagara Falls. The International Typographical Union’s pension scheme begins with a four dollar weekly grant for printers sixty and twenty years in the union. The National Editorial Association tours British Canada’s grain fields reaching Winnipeg. Half of Toronto’s Union Stockyards is burned in a fire estimated at one hundred fifty thousand dollars. Tolstoi improves after a vein dilation in his foot. Georgia calls an extra session over the convict question. Traveling Engineers convene at the Hotel Cadillac Detroit. The American Health Association opens its thirty sixth annual meeting in Winnipeg Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bar Association
Seattle
Wash
Sydney
United States
International ‘Typographical Union
National Society of Sons of Veterans
Niagara Falls
Jordanville
N. Y
National Editorial Association of
Winnipeg
Man
British America
Union
West Toronto
Ont
Leo Tolstoi
General Assembly of Georgia
Engineers’ Associations
Cadillac
Detroit
American Health Association
Not A Popular Law Sparks State Street Paving Debate
Greenfield Aug 26 The state law allowing township funding for paving a street through a town may trigger a court test if the council consents to paving the entire length of State Street at 40 600. Farmers oppose funding luxury projects with township debt while Fortville and other towns consider similar apply. If consent is given a suit will challenge the measure in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Aonorth
South Bishway Trate
County Commissioners
State Street
Counter Township
Fortville
SQUIRREL ENDS A QUARREL IN COLUMBUS FARM FIGHT
In Columbus Indiana John Roll bans hunting on his farm but Henry Horn hunts anyway. A fox squirrel is shot then the hunter is attacked as the animal is killed. The dispute over ownership ends with both men leaving to drink luttermilk. A burglar in Brazil steals porch chairs and tries to loot the Standard Oil office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
John Roll
Henry Horn
Relf
Warn
Brazil
East National Avenue
Standard 677
Evansville Teen Fined For Wearing Directoire Gown On Main
Miss Alice Powell aged eighteen was fined four dollars and costs by Judge J G Winfrey after appearing in a directoire gown on Main Street and other main Evansville thoroughfares. She said she did it because she could not take a dare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Main Street
Alice Powell
J. G. Winfrey
Miss Powell
Wife of Two John Raisers in Unusual Marriage Case
In Muncie Indiana on August 26 Mrs John Raiser reveals she has been married to two men named John Raiser who are unrelated and have never met. One was a Kentucky man whom she divorced, the other a local Muncie man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Raisers
Muncie
Ind
John Raiser
Raiser
Kentucky
Resumption of Hoosier Bottle Plant to Aid 300 Petersburg Workers
Petersburg Indiana reports the Hoosier Bottle company will restart operations on September 15 after months of shutdown. About 300 workers are affected by the reopening and return to work. Charles A. Johnson of Wauseon and Mabel Augusta Faulkner of Goshen have been licensed to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
Hoosier Bottle Company
Charles A. Johnson
Wauseon
Mabel Augusta Faulker
Goshen
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Indiana Soldiers’ Home
St. Clair, Mich
Anna Margaret Bloom
Paris Green
Warsaw
Kosciusko County
Marks
William Mabie
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