Woman Pastor Assaulted at Religious Meeting Ends in Fine
Miss Bertha Reinbolt, pastor of the Free Methodist church, reported being struck by Mrs. Shady during a Main and Franklin streets service. Mrs. Shady pleaded guilty, fined $1 and costs, and refused Miss Reinbolt’s attempt to forgive. The case, prosecuted by Samuel Bowers, raised questions over pretrial consultation and jealousy motives.
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Bertha Reinbolt
Main
Franklin Streets
Shady
Miss Reinbolt
Free Methodist
Hughes
Samuel Bowers
Mary Shady
Mr. Bowers
Bowers
Shadys
Mrs. Shady
City Should Help Pay for South Main Street Paving
A remonstrance signed by 112 property owners filed with the board of public works opposes brick paving on the proposed South Main street extension. The group cites lack of ability to bear assessments, excess city benefits, and widespread debt among owners, while offering to choose paving type and start work in 1909 if approved.
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South Main Street
Board of Public Works
Remonstrance
Board of Works
Street loafer blamed after insult to Mrs Weygand on Main Street
Mrs Joseph Weygand of 142 State Street told police Saturday night a passerby spit on her white dress as she walked past Felt's drug store on South Main Street. She asked the police to curb street loafers crowding Main Street each evening. Separately George J Williams northwest of the city reports a new barn nearly finished on the site of the former structure struck by lightning and burned August 4.
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Joseph Weygand
No. 142
State Street
Felt’s Drug
South Main Street
Miss Weygand
Main Street
George J. Williams
United Coal Yards Buys Consumers Co in City
United Coal Yards Company a multi yard operator buys Consumers Coal Company owned by George Manning and Ira Kauffman and to run it as local managers beginning September 1. The deal follows its policy of cash sales at low prices and reflects a strategy to enter the local field by purchase or by building up a rival operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Coal Yards Company
Consumers Coal Co
George Manning
Ira Kauffman
Consumers
Consumers Company
United Company
Kirby Five
Spencer « Douglass
Spencer
Kirby
New Instructor Joins Elkhart Business College
Prof. O. E. Stiffner of Kendallville has become shorthand instructor at Elkhart Business College and moved to Elkhart today to begin duties at once.
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O. E. Stiffner
Kendallville
Elkhart Business College
Daniel S. Smith Falls Dead En Route to Duty
Daniel S. Smith a 46 year old porter at the Charles Russell saloon on West Jackson street collapsed and died at the northeast corner of Jackson and Main streets at 6 10 am. Heart trouble is suspected. He had been ill since Friday with kidney and back pains and had insisted on going to work despite his mother’s pleas. Forrest Gemberling observed abnormalities and alerted Golden & Gemberling. Smith was born in Whitley county and moved to Elkhart seven years ago. He leaves his mother and a wife in Milford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel S. Smith
Clark Street
Charles Russell
West Jackson Street
Jackson and
Main Streets
Mr. Smith
Forrest Gemberling
Golden & Gemberling
Jackson Street
Mr. Golden
Smith
Golden
Dewey
Whitley County
Warsaw
Elkhart
Milford
Urges County Option in Indiana Temperance Fight
Attorney General James Bingham renominated by Indiana Republicans spoke Sunday afternoon under Elkhart auspices on temperance and county option. He argued against local option by township and urged broad county-wide measures, warning that respectable private drinking harms reform and urging unity of temperance forces across creeds and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bingham
Indiana
Elkhart Ministerial Association
Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Notable August 31 News Summary
Woman's dress spat on. lost child recovered. street religious meeting clash. Elkhart milk analysis finds no impurities. Schools set to open next Monday. boaters ducked. G A R excursionists travel. Auditor Bingham delivers address. Daniel Smith dies in street stairway. Goshen scene saved by brakeman. Ministers seek substitute evangelist. apple blossoms in August. Judge Baker says interview unauthorized. Coal dealer competition announced. Telegraphic note on Grover Cleveland and Taft. J J Ryan declines race with Old Field. New Orleans endures major fire loss. National campaign principals dispatched. Atlantic City shooting mystery. Toledo welcomes G A R hosts. President greets Oyster Bay athletes. Indiana news items. sailors refuse admittance to Oyster Bay resort. Brutal wife murder in St Louis. baseball scores. navies’ enormous cost.
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Elkhart
Bingham
Daniel Smith
Elkharton
Goshen
Nature
Judge Baker
Grover Cleveland
Taft
J. J. Ryan
Oldfield
New Orleans
Atlantic City
Toledo
Oyster Bay
Indiana
Wfe
St. Louis
Weather forecast: Partly cloudy cooler with showers likely
Partly cloudy and cooler with probable local showers tonight or Tuesday. Local conditions fair. Furnished daily by Miles Medical Co. Maximum temperature 94, minimum 66, wind up to 10 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
Milk Supply Inspectors Find One Sample Below Standard
City health officials report the August milk tests show seven samples analyzed by H E Barnard with six meeting the butter fat standard and one dipping slightly below. The short sample had three and twenty five hundredths percent butter fat. the others ranged from three and two tenths to three and eight tenths. Dairy operators are warned to raise quality, and routine wagon samples continue to be inspected to prevent adulteration or spoilage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Indianapolis
Board of Health
Elkhart
Saved by a Brakeman in Narrow Tracks Rescue
S H Brenner of Elkhart, an abstract clerk at Goshen Big Four freight office, was saved from death Saturday morning when Brakeman McConnell pulled him clear from the Lake Shore tracks at Ninth street. McConnell risked his life to shove Brenner to safety as a locomotive switched in the yards. In a separate incident, A E Stauffer and his seven year old daughter were separated on Main street near Mishawaka. the girl was found about 30 minutes later and both were unharmed after Mr Stauffer spent the night with George Smith.
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S. H. Brenner
Elkhart
Goshen
Big Four
McConnell
Brenner
Lake Shore
Ninth Street
A. E. Stauffer
Mishawaka
Main Street
Mr. Stauffer
George Smith
Sycamore Street
Hammond
Ind
Erie Railroad
Here
BE. E. Bullis
W. T. Cresmer
Chicago
BE. Bullis
W. T. Cressmer
Cedar Lake
Erie
Seeking Substitute Evangelist for Elkhart Ministerial Group
The Elkhart Ministerial Association evangelizing committee seeks an eastern evangelist highly recommended by Dr. Wilbur Chapman. The candidate is said to follow Chapman's methods and to produce remarkable results though Evangelist Sunday has been canceled locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Elkhart Ministerial Association
Wilbur Chapman
Chapman
Taft to Make Speeches Across Ohio and Minnesota
Taft travels to Ohio for campaigning near Rattlesnake Island while Republican leaders debate strategy. In Toledo the G A R encampment opens with Taft planned for Wednesday. Chicago reports Cleveland’s posthumous endorsement may aid Taft. Bryan meets Governor Johnson in St Paul, pledges support and addresses the fairgrounds crowd before moving on to Fargo and Grand Forks.
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Bryan
Johnson Center
St. Paul
W. J. Bryan
Johnson
Minnesota
Fair Grounds
Fargo
Grand Forks
Miraculous Escape in Gary Train Collision
Daniel Knisely of Walkerton Indiana escaped death after being struck by a westbound flyer while crossing Michigan Central tracks in Gary. His wagon was crushed as his horses were killed under the wheels. An eastbound passenger train had been waiting on the siding. A Gary man was killed nearby an hour later crossing the same tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Daniel Knisely
Walkerton
Gary
Knisely
Michigan Central
Gary Foreigner
Man Without a Birthplace Found in Burrow Tale
In St Louis a man labeled man without a birthplace is identified as Thomas BE Burrow. He believed he shared mankind’s heritage but discovers his birthplace was lost when he learned his first home lay on the Arkansas riverbank near Arkansas City, now flooded by the river.
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St. Louis
Aug
Thomas BE. Burrow
Burrow
Arkansas River
Arkansas City
Falls on Bed of Live Coals in Loco Firebox
Michael Waf fenschmidt, a 35 year old fireman aboard a Chicago and Northwestern locomotive, fell onto live coals in the engine firebox in a Chicago yard. Engineer William Ehrlich dragged him free after hearing groans. he was taken to the county hospital roasted from head to hips and is from Des Plaines, Illinois.
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Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern
Michael Waffenschmidt
William Ehrlich
Des Plaines
No Progress in the Board Walk Mystery in Atlantic City
Police struggle to solve the board walk shooting of George B. Roberts of Baltimore who was wounded while with Mrs. W S G Williams, wife of a Baltimore millionaire, in a wheelchair. Roberts remains in critical condition with little help from Baltimore authorities.
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Atlantic City
George B. Roberts
Baltimore
W. S. G. Williams
Roberts
Brothers Die by Own Action in Edinburg Financial Troubles
Edinburg St Aug 31 as the result of a death by own action compact Elmer and Benjamin Wolayer well known horsemen are dead today. Financial troubles believed to be the cause.
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Edinburg
Elmer
Benjamin Wolayer
Huge Naval Expenditure By Seven Leading Powers
London reports a British admiralty estimate showing $1,431,073,200 spent on navies by seven nations America England France Russia Germany Italy Japan in three years. England leads at $476,055,435 with America second at $341,310,740. figures imply England maintains naval parity with other powers.
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London
America
England
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
Japan
Admiralty
Fire Licks Up Three Blocks in New Orleans District
A major blaze in New Orleans centered at Bienville and Chattes streets burned across three blocks, destroying wholesale houses, manufacturing plants, and liquor warehouses. Originating in the commercial core, it spread to Conti and toward Royal, with losses estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars. Firefighters were delayed by a city picnic. Tenants included Central Glass, Meidenheim Levy Weiss, Kost Commission, Gelpi & Sons, and others. whisky barrels exploded as flames raged.
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New Orleans
Bienville
Chattres
Conti Street
Royal
Central Glass Company
George D. Scott
Meidenheim, Levy & Weiss
Hlodin & Jieth
Kost Commission Company
Flight a Failure Over Le Mans by Wilbur Wright
Wilbur Wright achieved fifty six seconds aloft before a rear rudder wire stretched. The aeroplane tilted and, during a maneuver to correct, landed hard and broke several wires but caused no serious damage. Chauffeur Got Lost in Valparaiso. James E. Watson Republican governor candidate visited unexpectedly, diverting to an unintended stop after leaving Crown Point en route to Winamac.
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Lemans
France
Wilbur Wright
Valparaiso
Ind
James E. Watson
Crownpoint
Winamac
Dynamic election board names spark party bids and ballot questions
Indiana Governor Hanly may appoint to the state board of election commissioners after Democratic Bernard Kkorbly and Republican Jefferson Claypool are recommended. The board meets Sept 4. debate centers on ballot distribution for voting machines and potential savings from new printing rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ave
Bernard Kkorbly
Democratic State Committee
State Board of Election Commissioners
Jefferson Claypool
Repubican Party
Hanly
Missouri
Board of Election Commissioners
Harry Slough
State Bureau of Publi Printing
Negrophobism in Indiana at Poseyville amid labor drive
At Poseyville Indiana a construction firm brought fifty black workers to improve rock roads sparking local hostility. Notices demanded they leave, authorities placed guards, and there were threats tied to a colored man’s home burning in Gibson county. Also a Erie railcar hit a Chicago bound auto near Hammond injuring three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poseyville
Ind
Rock
Jno
S.A. Thompson
Gibson County
Redford Officials Clash Over Police Trial
In Redford Indiana on August 81 a city attorney and Payne’s counsel clashed at city hall amid the ongoing trials. The dispute followed attempts to remove patrolman Lucius Payne from the force after three trials. Payne remains on the police force as tensions run high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redford
Ind
Lucius Payne
J. A. Laring
Fd Roruff
Payne
Drowning Victims Elden and Virgil Lewis in White River
Princeton Indiana reports Elden Lewis 16 and Virgil Lewis 11 sons of Thomas Lewis drowned in White river near Hazelton while swimming with three companions. They attempted deeper water than their ability. In Evansville Indiana William Scott was fatally struck by a train while crossing a railroad bridge en route to a factory job.
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Princeton
Ind
Elden
Virgil Lewis
Thomas Lewis
White River
Hazelton
Evanswile
William Scott
White Ley Moldable Castings Works Resume Operations
Muncie Ind August 31 The White Ley Moldable Castings Works, idle for five weeks, has resumed operations and is running full blast. As soon as a man acquires fairly good sense it is said that he is an old fogg. Atchison Globe.
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Muncie
Whiteley Mdlleable Castings
Atchison Globe
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Urges County
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Late Telegraph
Middle Bass Island
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William H. Taft
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F. J. Easly
Rock Island
Brotherhoods of Engineers
Easly
Melcher
Board OF Elections
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