Street Car Schedule Sparks Public Complaint
Discontent grows over a fifteen minute service with calls to add cars and sidings or revert to the old timetable. Factories in outlying districts report disruption to work as three Marion and South Main line cars crawl at twelve mph. readers push for a return to the twenty minute schedule. A new interurban timetable may take effect next Monday with a longer Winona line and Northern Indiana changes expected to mirror it.
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Marion and
South Main Street
Winona
Indiana
Former Elkhart Boy in Trouble
Paul Raifsnider sixteen the son of Lake Shore Conductor William Raifsnider of Goshen formerly of Elkhart was arraigned in Justice Whisler's court on grand larceny after allegedly stealing brass worth 146 90 from Ibing Bros three Elkhart boys were suspected He was bound over to the superior court in 200 bond pledged not guilty plea and 4000 bond set other prior thefts were noted including a watch taken from a fisherman's coat and brass thefts in Elkhart the November 28 theft affidavit states he spent 9 at Push billiard hall and was turned over to police by his father
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Paul Raifsnider
Lake Shore
William Raifsnider
Goshen
Justice Whisler
Ibing Bros
Petty Grafts Report Shows Tricks of Beggars
A woman toured businesses with a typewritten plea claiming she was moving and needed aid. A doctor offered work for her husband but waited for no longer than lunch. A younger woman posed as a deaf mute collecting dimes, exposing past hearing ability in several offices.
Dream Theatre Claims Filed in Justice Court
Claims against Dream Theatre manager W F Hulsher were filed in Justice Allen's court. The rent is protected by the lease. Performers from last week sought 29 dollars but could not file due to a 50 dollar bond requirement. Clifton Cole, who tried to carry away the goods, is protected by a bill of sale from Hulsher. A woman unnamed is said to own one sixth of the business. The Daily Review 10 cents a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dream Theatre
W. F. Hulsher
Justice Allen
Clifford Cole
Hair Whitening Thrills At Gossard Corset Factory
C J Floyd an officer of the company narrowly escaped a twelve foot elevator fall at the Gossard corset plant. In a dash to alert the engineer he opened the wrong door and plunged into the shaft. He was rescued, with a sprained left ankle and a minor head bruise, and will remain home two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Floyd
Gossard Corset
Charles J. Floyd
Floyd
Morton Avenue
Valley Line Construction Delayed Until Spring Says Secretary
Secretary Maxon of the Valley Line said construction is unlikely to start before spring though Bucklen expects some work may occur this year. Some ties arrived today and rails were unloaded last week, but steel shortages hinder progress. Maxon notes many men have applied for jobs and urge beginning the project now if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Line
Maxon
Bucklen
County Commissioners to Meet For December Sessions
Elkhart county commissioners plan regular session next Monday to let the lighting plant infirmary contract and stationery contract. Some elections including county attorney and board roles may be deferred to a December special meeting. Superintendent of the county farm and infirmary is due to be elected next June.
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Elkhart
Pobr
County Board of Health
County
Business Rival Assualt Ends With Fine
Riney Menges of Bristol faced Justice Brumbaugh on a charge of assault and battery filed by C A Dusser. The two rivals had long business conflict. Menges pleaded guilty after an alleged Saturday assault and was fined $1 plus $11.85 costs.
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Riney Menges
Bristol
Ifi
Five Minute Stop Honors Traction Line Leader J B Murdock
Interurban and city cars on the Northern Indiana line halted for five minutes at 10 a m today in tribute to J B Murdock head of the traction line syndicate. City cars paused near the hour but avoided stopping on crossings bridges hills or railroad crossings.
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Indiana
J. B. Murdock
Traction Line
Runaway Team Runs Down Main Street Crowd on Monday Evening
A team of horses bolted on Main Street Monday evening and ran to Ninth Street on Harrison before a horse fell. Owner D. W. Wegner arrived soon after and controlled the outfit with little damage reported.
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Main Street
Ninth Street
Harrison
D. W. Wegner
Baggage Car Carries Countess' Body Through City
A private baggage car bearing the remains of Countess DeCartier passed through the city attached to train No. 16 on Monday afternoon en route to Boston.
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Countess DeCartier
Boston
Woman killed as Lake Shore train strikes Van Houten
A Lake Shore passenger train struck and killed a woman named Van Houten in Holland Ohio this morning. She was identified by officials at the scene and authorities are investigating the incident.
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Lake Shore
van Houten
Holland
Ohio
Costly losses prompt Lake Shore workers to curb damage
The Lake Shore bulletin warns employees to reduce freight loss totaling 635545.72 dollars for year ending Sept 30 1908 due to pilferage rough handling improper loading and other causes. Increased freight traffic especially cattle shipments drive overall growth across lines with nine stock trains passing through city and mail clerks handling record volumes on Thanksgiving Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Elkhart News Roundup Highlights Local Events
Summary of today’s items notes c G Conn as senator candidate and local issues in Elkhart including freight handling cattle shipments and mail, lease complications for Ziesel Bros, and reports on gusts of gossip and notable visitors. Also mentions Russian refugee certifier, 15 minute car service complaints, and health of the pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Conn
Lake Shore
Carless
Ziesel Bros
Weather Forecast From Government Office
Fair tonight and Wednesday with colder night. Local conditions show fair skies. Furnished daily by Miles Medical Co. Maximum 60, minimum 66, wind 80 mph with no precipitation reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
Ziesel Brothers Win Conn's Auto Lease Dispute
Referee Lambert awards Ziesel Brothers 1240 damages for lease breach by A F Underwood Co in Elkhart store receivership. Damages cover torn partitions shelving plaster. Judgment nonpreference. payout ~40 percent. New stock owners A Cohn & Son must renegotiate lease. Also notes Conn car Simplex test from Chicago to Detroit aimed at beating ten hours twenty seven minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert
Ziesel Bros
A. F. Underwood, & Co
Elkhart
Diesel Bros
H E. A. Skinner
W. B. Hile
G. R. Sawyer
Lambert's Court
South Bend
Col. Conn
Col. C. G. Conn
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Detroit
Maxwell
Simplex
Walter Wood
Conn
Wood
Mishawaka
Workers suffer injuries at city plants and shops
F O Landis, of Lake Shore, on Bristol road east of town, was struck in the left eye by a broken burr while hammering this forenoon. Frank Gordon, at the hump, pried and fell, splitting his lower lip. Carl Victor Johnson of 708 Marion street injured his right thumb in an air rigist at the Lake Shore shop. M Hoyt cut the end of his right thumb while honing his razor on Saturday.
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F. O. Landis
Lake Shore Company
Bristol Road
City
Frank Gordon
Gleveland Avenue
Carl Victor Johnson
Marion Street
Lake Shore
M. Hoyt
Fall Tax Collection Report Totals by County Treasurer
County Treasurer Croop reports fall tax collection at 196 614 75 with allocations of 59 318 66 to the county 41 165 10 to the state 82 444 91 to county schools and 13 627 08 to townships.
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Croop
Licensed to Wed Names from Indiana Towns
A newspaper notice lists Ira Siiver of Baintertown and Maud Elliott of Goshen along with Henry Reichanadter and Gladys Jackette, both of Elkhart, as licensed to wed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Siiver
Baintertown
Maud Elliott
Goshen
Henry Reichanadter
Gladys Jackette
Elkhart
Jewish Women Meet Today at Cincinnati Convention
The fifth triennial convention of the International Council of Jewish Women opens in Cincinnati for ten days. Leading Jewish women from across the United States attend to discuss philanthropy, immigrant aid, peace, education, reciprocity and cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Council
Cincinnati
International Council of Jewish Women
United States
Congress of Jewish Women
International Parliament of Religions
Council
Restitution Offer Over Fox Scalp Bounty Tied to Welfare
La Porte Indiana December. J C Wall a Colby Kansas contractor sent a draft for 11.90 to George Link clerk of the La Porte county circuit court claiming the amount was wrongfully collected from the county. He added a letter saying he obtained a bounty on seven fox scalps as a lad and now seeks restitution to secure his eternal welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte
Ind
Dee
J.C. Wall
Colby
Kan
George Link
la Porte County
Departure of American Battleship Fleet Passes Quietly
Manila reports Governor General Smith will file a formal complaint with Washington over Admiral Sperry's indifference to local entertainments as the fleet weighs anchor in heavy rain for the homeward leg of its world cruise. No American spectators or official farewells were observed.
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Manila
Smith
Washington
Admiral Sperry
Mystery swallows San Francisco police chief death
Chief of Police William Biggy vanished overboard from a patrol boat between San Francisco and Belvedere after saying he was unwell. Theories point to suicide amid officials’ cloud over him for neglect of duty and Haas linked incidents. Deputy Murphy alerted the city. Heney may run the department with A D Cutler named acting chief.
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San Francisco
William Biggy
Belvedere
Biggy
Morris Haas
Honey
Haas
William Murphy
Francis J. Heney
Heney
A. D
Payne weighs compelling attendance before Ways and Means
Chairman Payne considers asking Congress for power to compel attendance before the Ways and Means committee. The panel has struggled to gather witnesses, notably Andrew Carnegie, whom the commissioners wish to hear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Payne
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Andrew Carnegie
New Navy Secretary Sworn In at White House
Newberry was sworn in as secretary of the navy succeeding Victor Metcalf. He attended his first cabinet meeting at the White House after taking the oath. Herbert Satterlee of New York accepted the post of assistant secretary of the navy.
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Washington
Dec
Truman Newberry
Navy
Victor Metcalf
Memphis mother kills daughter then herself in hotel
Mrs. N. P. Errington, wife of a Chicago traveling salesman, murdered her daughter by giving a large dose of carbolic acid and then took the same poison, killing herself, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis on December 1.
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Memphis
Tenn
N. P. Errington
Chicago
Hotel Peabody
Roosevelt extends Civil Service Protection to fourth-class postmasters
Washington December 1 Roosevelt issues executive order to place all fourth class postmasters in New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan in the classified service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Michigan
Burton Likely Cabinet Appointment After Speakership
Washington reports congressman Burton will not seek the speakership against Cannon and is expected to join the Taft cabinet leaving the Ohio senatorial race open to Charles P Taft. The move signals a shift in Republican leadership as Taft consolidates the administration.
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Burton
Washington
Cannon
Taft
Ohio
Chas, P. Taft
Pope’s condition worsens slightly. rest urged for a week
Rome reports the pope’s improvement did not hold through the night and he is not as well today. Doctors say a week of complete rest is needed to recover.
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Rome
Dover Fog Collision Sinks Two Vessels
In Dover on December 1 a dense fog collision off West Bay wrecked two ships with all hands lost. Lifeboats search the area but no wreckage is yet found.
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Dover
West Bay
An Unenviable Role in Paris Murder Case
Paris report from December describes Mme Steinheil repeating the tale of the death of her husband and her stepmother as magistrate Andre questions her about the May murders.
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Paris
Mme
Steinheil
Andre
Robbers dynamite bank safe. posse in pursuit
Masked robbers blow open the Port Byron State Bank safe in Sterling Illinois and flee with 1500 dollars. Citizens form a posse and pursue the gangs as authorities search for leads. Daniel J Keone of Detroit, president of the Longshoremen's union, accepts the role of commissioner general of immigration succeeding the late Sargent.
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Sterling, Ills
Port Byron
Washington
Daniel J. Keone
Detroit
Longshoremen’s Union
Immigration
Frank Sargeant
Cattle Quarantine Extended In Wisconsin
Madison governor Davidson extends cattle quarantine to Michigan New York Pennsylvania and Maryland due to foot and mouth disease, barring import into Wisconsin to prevent spread. The order applies to cattle from those states as of December 1.
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Madison
Wis
Davidson
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Wisconsin
NEW PURE FOOD LAW Must Be Cooled and Regulated Dealers
Indianapolis December 1 The state board of health releases new rules for confectioners dairymen canners packers butchers and other food dealers. Violations may lead to prosecution. Milk must be strained and cooled within 30 minutes. feeding hogs uncooked slaughterhouse waste or dead animal flesh is unlawful due to tuberculosis risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
J. N. Hurty
Gary Sites in Demand as Steel Firms Eye 500000 City
Hammond December 1 report notes 100 factory sites seeking firms worldwide. United States Steel owns 5000 acres ready to sell for plant locations. Prediction that Gary Hammond Whiting East Chicago and Indiana Harbor will merge into one city of 500000 within five years.
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Hammond
Ind
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Whiting
East Chicago
Indiana
Flarbor
ALERT GIRLS REWARDED FOR FOILING JEWELRY HEIST
Two telephone operators in South Bend Indiana were rewarded with freedom to choose any item from a jewelry store show case after they frightened off burglars. While the thieves attempted to loot the shop the two girls used their wires to summon police, deterring the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Hello
Terre Haute Club Sold. Park to Be Upgraded
Terre Haute Indiana December 1 Louis D Smith announced purchase of all stock in the Terre Haute Central League Baseball club He said the park would be improved and the team strengthened for next season Smith has been president of the club Roads Must Interchange Traffic Indiana December 1 A decision by the Indiana Railroad Commission requires a steam road to exchange car traffic with an inter urban company regardless of prior agreements to not exchange traffic Mayors plan study of high pressure fire systems Indianapolis December 1 Mayor Bookwalter will visit New York and Philadelphia after the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington December 9 to study high pressure systems used there for fire protection Appoints Judge Samuel Artman Indianapolis December 1 Governor Hanly names Samuel R Artman a special judge of the Lawrence circuit court
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Cincinnati
Standard Oil
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court
Mark Twain
Magoon
Cuba
Indiana
South Bend
Chicago
Castro
San Francisco
Terre Haute
Ind
Louis D. Smith
Smith
Indianapolis
Dec
Indiana Railroad Commission
Bookwalter
New York City
Philadelphia
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Washington
Samuel Artman
Hanly
Samuel R. Artman
Lawrence
Crusade Against Slot Machines ENGAGES Fort Wayne Police
Fort Wayne Indiana reports a police driven crusade against slot machines has begun. The effort aims to curb illegal gambling and gambling houses across the city, with enforcement actions to follow. The campaign is backed by local authorities seeking to reduce crime and public disorder associated with slot gaming.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Police Department
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Lake Shore Bulletin
Toledo
Kedallville
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warren B. Stone
Railway Exchange
Hudson Lake
New Carlisle
Tom Williams
Tom Cheney
Terra Coupee
D. Lt. Dryburgh
the Tribune
Dryburgh
Post Office Department
Lipshitz
Meaday
EE. Wilhelm
O. J. Babcock
Norman Kreider
Roscoe Gingerich
Glenn Parkhurst
Lloyd Stiftier
Juvenile ‘Court
Isummary
J. Floyd
Dove of Peace
Ziesel Brothers
Walkerton
Vernon Cripe
Walter Evans
South America
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