Elkhart Liquor License Battle Draws Crowds
Applicants Bierman Joseph win licenses in Elkhart via county commissioners court as factions clash on saloon permits. Sherman case ends with license granted after evidence of rear partitions and dice games. Gerster delay noted. fourth ward contest centered on Krumpetz link. Courtroom packed and remonstrants represented by Hile Baker and Deahl firms.
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Court House
Charles 4H. Russell
West Jackson Street
George IE. Sherman
Bucklen
Amiel H. Bierman
South Main
Edward R. Joseph
John A. Gerster
John Krumpetz
Old Place
Fourth Ward
Charles A. Williams
South Main Street
Frederick Saville
Julius Schumm
Saville
Frank Overseas
L. B. Tracy
William A. Stimer
Bierman
Joseph
R. @. Proctor
Gerster
P. L. Turner
Sherman
E. A. Baker
Second Ward
Charles Dreak
Glenn Shook
Wiliams
Hile & Baker
Deahl & Deahl
Burglary Clue Found After Hamiston Home Ransack
Mrs George Hamiston reports burglars robbed her ransacked rest avenue home last Tuesday while she was away in Valparaiso. A small key dropped near the walk and a torn cloth snagged on a window may identify the intruders. The loss includes a watch and rings belonging to her deceased husband.
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George Hamiston
Valparaiso
Theft at Rogers cigar and billiard hall on South Main
Burglars entered the Rogers establishment at 614 South Main before midnight Sunday, stealing eight dollars from two tobacco bags of loose change. Entry was gained through a rear north-side window. Police were notified this morning and will investigate. Mr. Rogers suspects a culprit but has no definite lead.
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B. F. Rogers
South Main Street
Rogers
Rails Down on Hickory Street Extend City Railway
Rails are down on Hickory Street nearly to Sixth Street and work on the south side extension of the city railway is pushed faster than ever. The force at work has been increased and prospects for street car service in this direction within the next two or three weeks are bright.
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Hickory Street
Sixth Street
City Railway
Narrow Escape From Fire Sparks Curtains On Kenyon Ave
Mr and Mrs Orrin McManus of Kenyon avenue woke to flames in a doorway where chennielle curtains burned after a match was struck for the clock. They quickly extinguished the fire before it spread, though a match head had fallen into the curtain folds. A diverse clump of items follows in the clumsy OCR batch, including a note about the Twentieth Century Limited running time and a tax collection decision, but the readable incident centers on the fire escape by the McManus home.
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Orrin McManus
Kenyon Avenue
McManus
Mr. McManus
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
New York
New Elkhart Gas Holder Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Elk hart Gas Holder were filed showing capital stock of 10000 dollars. Directors are Eugene D. Conger George Clapperton and Frank M Ayer all of Grand Rapids. Purposes of the new corporation are not yet given for publication.
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New Elkhart Corporation
Elkhart
Eugene D. Conger
George Clapperton
Frank M. Ayer
Grand Rapids
Balance figures show county clerk fees and salaries
County Clerk George W. Fleming reports quarterly receipts for the circuit and superior courts from September to December. Circuit court fees paid to the treasurer totaled 1171 with a 940 salary leaving a 221 excess. superior court fees total 386.45 with a 150 salary leaving 236.45 excess. The piece notes delays in fee payments and forecasts rising superior court receipts, plus details from divorce and several cases venued from St Joseph to Elkhart county superior court.
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George W. Fleming
Circuit
Superior Courts
Circuit Court
Fleming
Superior Court
Jennie
Howard L. Haines
Diehl & Diehl of
Goshen
St. Joseph County
Calvert H. Defrees
Alphus A. Zimmerman
George A. Kurtz
Ida M. Kurtz
Charles P. Doummond
Rebecca Certin
Viola Rockhill
Anderson, Parker & Crab
Stork Leads in Births as City Records Health Report
The November health board report shows nineteen deaths, three due to accident, tuberculosis and cancer, with diphtheria, measles and smallpox outbreaks. Births totaled forty five, more than twice the deaths, and twelve houses quarantined though only four remain under quarantine. The note praises overall health as exceedingly good. A Century Club meeting failed to finalize Lake Shore check cashing, pending further talks with R P Ahrens, with banks and citizens offering to cover checks above 75 000 if the company supplies that sum.
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Board of Health
R. P. Ahrens
Lake Shore
Century Club
C. H. Winchester
T. T. Snell
F. A Sage
W. G. Hill
Edward D. Ziesel
Ahrens
Vienna hospital noted for world class specialists
The Indianapolis News highlights the Vienna general hospital with photographs of professors. Adam Politzer is praised as the greatest ear specialist, with similar tributes to Dr. Ernest Fuchs, eye specialist. Dr. Frank Randolp of Elkhart is among eighty American physicians who have trained at Vienna clinics in the past two years.
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Elkhartan
Indianapolis News
Vienna
Austria
Adam Politzer
Ernest Fuchs
Frank Randolp
Elkhart
Streets Opened for Traffic in West Crawford area
West Crawford street East Beardsley avenue and Grove street were opened Saturday after being closed for some time. W. W. Hatch & Sons Co of Goshen hold the macadamizing contract and will finish in spring when weather permits. The work has progressed enough to allow winter use without damage.
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Crawford Street
Beardsley Avenue
Grove Street
W. W. Hatch & Sons Co
Goshen
Telephones for Dispatching Trains Trial on Lake Shore Line
Experiments in dispatching trains by telephone replace telegraph on a subsidiary line of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Eighteen stations now have telephone instruments and trains are dispatched by spoken word. Officials say telephones may prove safer and more effective than telegraph.
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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad
Five Cent Theatre Planned At Main And Franklin Corner
Grant S Boice and his company have leased the Main Franklin corner store room vacated by Goldman drug store and will fit it for a five cent theatre. Remodeling of the front began this morning. Personal Injury Accidents include Mrs George Scoles injuring a hand and Edward Cone with C G Bossinger suffering hot cinders in the eyes.
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Grant S. Boice
Main
Franklin Streets
Goldman Drug Store
George Scoles
Edward Cone
C. G. Bossinger
Trustee Zigler Plans Resignation Over Move to Burkhart
Andrew Zigler, trustee of Cleveland township, intends to resign when he files his annual report next January. He plans to relocate to Burkhart where he will build a residence.
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Andrew Zigler
Cleveland Township
Burkhart
Comrades of Elmer Post Elect Officers in December Meeting
The post calls members to a regular meeting on Tuesday evening December 3 for the election of officers.
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Elmer Post
Weather halts macadamizing opens streets after rain
Today’s news notes weather stopped macadamizing yet streets are opened to traffic. A second nickel theatre to open and Weston explains his walk. Superior court nets county more than circuit court in last quarter. Elks pay tribute to their dead amid ongoing notices. About one hundred bicycles stolen here in recent months.
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Weston
Superior Court
County
Circuit Court
Elks
John Hull
Memorial tribute to Elkhart Elks marks 19 departed members
Elkhart Elks Lodge No. 425 held memorial services for nineteen departed brothers including D E Bigam Harry S Chester William Chatterdon and John Cummins amid a large display of nineteen lights and an hour clock. Lemuel W Royse of Warsaw Lodge spoke on brotherhood and unity citing Rome Germany and American unions to illustrate shared duty and fellowship.
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Elkhart Lodge No. 425
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
New Elks’ Temple
Elkhart Lodge
D. E. Bigam
Harry S. Chester
William Chatterdon
John Lin
Lemuel W. Royse
Warsaw Lodge
James A. Bell
Rome
Germany
Ellis
Elks
President Roosevelt Backs Third Term Stance
Washington dispatch quotes President Roosevelt reaffirming he will not deviate from his earlier announcement on the third term, answering Nebraska Representative Hinshaw amid calls for a reelection. Also reports explain private gas plant explosion in Adrian Michigan killing Dr Artemis Wotring and injuring guests.
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Washington
Roosevelt Thloay
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Senate committee backs president on Brownsville affair
Washington December 2 Senate committee concludes the Negro troops fired in the Brownsville affair and urges a bill allowing those proven innocent to reenlist. Houston December 2 Fire in the business district damages 500000 in losses including the courthouse and a theatre. Kansas City December 2 H Groves editor of the Post dies after being shot by R C Horne.
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Senate
Brownsville
Houston
Tex
Government Court House
Kansas City
The
Post
R. C. Horne
Congress assembles to open the sixtieth session
The 60th Congress convened in Washington at noon with Speaker Cannon and the Senate president calling the chamber to order. Brief readings of deceased members marked the start, with Gore and Owens of Oklahoma drawing notable attention. Attorney General Bonaparte tempered his annual report, declining to propose changes to antitrust law, citing policy beyond his department.
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Cannon
House
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Owens
Bonaparte
Congress
Bryan Sure of Nomination in N Y World Poll
Washington dispatch reports that W. J. Bryan is believed certain to secure the Democratic nomination. A New York World poll of 44 senators and representatives answered affirmatively on Bryan, with 13 against and a few declining. Only Gov. Johnson of Minnesota was named as another possible candidate, and most respondents felt the financial panic aided the party's outlook.
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Bryan
Washington
W. J. Bryan
Congress
New York World
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Sixty Miners Entombed In Pa Coal Mine Blast
Fayette City Pa Dec 2 Rescuers race to save a group believed to number about sixty after an explosion at Naomi colliery United Coal Co near here collapsed the mine entrance trapping workers. Officials say fans remain active but the fate of the entombed is grim with initial counts varying.
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Fayette City
Naomi
United Coal Co
Resumes Harriman System Construction Across Line
Chicago December 2 work on the Harriman system, recently discontinued, was resumed along the line today. Officials say about 5 000 men will be put back to work.
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Chicago
Thief Fears Contagion as $5 Bill Sparks Quarantine
A thief entered Frank Smith’s home at 1621 North Street and stole a $5 bill from his trousers. Smith, a smallpox patient under quarantine, had a watchdog in the room, which was found stupored, possibly drugged or mesmerized. Fears arise the bill could spread contagion, and fumigation of incoming bills is now practiced. James Knotts, traveling with a dog and pony show, fled to a detention hospital after contracting smallpox.
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Elwood
Ind
Frank Smith
North Street
Smith
James Knotts
Opened Fire With a Revolver in Bloomington Killing Two
In Bloomington Indiana on December 2 Edward Ford armed with a revolver shot and killed Frank McCoy age 40 and fatally wounded his father Joel McCoy following Ford’s claim that the McCoys poisoned several of his horses. Both McCoys were well-to-do farmers. In Columbus Indiana a traction engine and corn shredder owned by John Yaley near Newbern fell through a steel bridge on December 2 destroying equipment but causing no injuries.
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Bloomington
Ind
Frank McCoy
Joel McCoy
Edward Ford
Ford
Columbus
John Yaley
Newbern
Terrible blast in Naomi mine entombs 25 to 30 workers
A mine explosion near Fayetteville, Pennsylvania trapped 25 to 30 miners at the Naomi mine of Unite Coal three miles west of Fayette. Deadly gas filled passages after an open lamp triggered the blast. one unidentified man reached the airshaft and died there while others perished trying to escape.
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Fayette, Pa
Naomi
Unite Coal Company
Saddest scene at Fayette City mine blast described
The explosion shook Fayette City as miners homes emptied, women and children cried, and rescuers fought an immense debris barrier. Aid arrived from nearby towns while torpedo boat destroyers departed on a Pacific voyage, with air systems and water rushed to reach any trapped workers.
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Fayette City
Monongahela
Belle Vernon
City Dads Denounced by Grand Jury Report
The October grand jury submitted a written report to Judge Muench detailing its progress and delivering a scathing denunciation of the house of delegates, the lower branch of the municipal assembly in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Muench
House of Delegates
True Tales From The Pied Piper Questioned
A London Answers excerpt presents a child asking if the Pied Piper tale is true and a father recalling Uncle George’s flute evoking animals. The piece notes belief in legendary feats and treats rumor with cautious amusement.
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Rollo
Hamelin
George
London
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