Villa Poinsetta: Dr Miles's Florida estate gains planned grandeur
Architect Turnock praises Dr Franklin Miles for remodeling his Fort Myers region estate and developing a 100 acre Caloosahatchee frontage site. The project includes a 1000 foot dock, integrated lighting and refrigeration, and a grand riverfront home named Villa Poinsetta. The climate and abundant sub tropical flora support extensive fruit plantings and wildlife, with the Miles family set to inhabit the riverfront residence.
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BE. Hill Turnock
Fort Myers
Fla
Franklin Miles
Dr. Miles
Gulf of Mexico
Miles Place
Miles
Villa Poinsetta
New York
Gulf
Commissioners Meet Busy on December Term Opening in Goshen
Goshen county commissioners opened December term with extensive business. They discussed courthouse corridor decor plans, granting liquor licenses to Elkhart residents, rejected a late license application, accepted quarterly reports from county officials, and approved bonds for Sheriff Ziesel and Coroner-elect Stauffer. A Pine Creek ridge project was ordered for estimates, and Elsie Mercer was placed with adoptive guardians Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kindig.
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Elkhart
Goshen
Court House
George E. Sherman
Charles Russell
James V. Grimes
South Main Street
W. C. Cline
D. Q O. Batchelor
John Ziesel
Ziesel
W. A. Stauffer
Conrad Ziesel Jr
Edward D. Ziesel
Bert Houseworth
Stauffer
J. B. Davidson
Isaac Staffer
Pine Creek
Middlebury
Elsie Mercer
Charles Kindig
Girls Trapped Themselves in Boat Near Beardsley Mill
Police received a call after a woman heard cries from a houseboat moored near Beardsley avenue. Three girls ages eight and nine had climbed aboard while playing and locked themselves inside. they remained imprisoned for about two hours before officers arrived. The children, warmly dressed, suffered no cold exposure.
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Beardsley Mill
Beardsley Avenue
Fonda
Withers
State Likely Picked as County Attorney by Board
Rumor says James H. State is favored by county commissioners to become the board’s attorney. His reputation for integrity and ability is cited as ensuring good public service. A fire destroyed 1000 graphophone records valued at 700 dollars at the bachelor quarters of Ww J Neth of Bend Saturday.
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J. H. State
Board of County Commissioners
James H. State
Lkely
Bend
Doll on Engine Pilot Sparks Fatal Accident Fear
Train No 15 from here to Chicago found a small doll on the engine pilot as it arrived in Chicago Sunday morning. The incident caused alarm the men and staff feared a child might have been crushed. Telegrams spread along the Lake Shore line seeking any report of a real accident. The employer suspects the doll was placed to create a scare with no explanation yet.
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Lake Shore
Here
Chicago
Franklin Street Paving By Public Works Board
The board of public works considers paving Franklin street from Second to Indiana avenue with sheet asphalt. A petition by C H Brauer and assistants was not filed to allow more work on preferred methods. Seventy nine names on petition, sixty three residents on the street. 109 resident property owners may speak. Action postponed until Monday to hear all. material type undecided. Primary assessment roll for the Madison street sewer receives no objections.
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Franklin Street
Board of Public Works
Second Street
Indiana Avenue
C. H. Brauer
Asphalt Company
Harry Arnold
Charles Dinehart
Second
Marion
Arnold
Madison Street
Heating Plant Repair Delayed at Depot Hotel
A consignment for the Depot Hotel heating plant arrived from Syracuse by express on Saturday but was incomplete. A message requested the missing part at once, leaving the hotel without heat until Sunday night when the part arrived.
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Syracuse
Express
Corn Shredder Victim Seeks Arm Salvage Near Nappanee
Jesse Oswalt twenty two son of Frank Oswalt of Leesburg suffered a severe mangling of his right arm in a corn shredder at the Stackhouse farm several miles southeast of Nappanee. Doctors fear amputation.
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Jesse Oswalt
Frank Oswalt
Leesburg
Stackhouse Farm
Nappande
Tribute to Their Dead Fine Addresses by Clarke at Elks Memorial
The Elks lodge held memorial services in the temple with twenty four departed brothers listed on the tablet. Hon George E Clarke of South Bend gave the principal address urging living by Elks principles and avoiding gold as a god. The program included orchestra selections, prayers, and tributes from Rev A A Ogilvie and I H Church, concluding with Nearer My God to Thee. The memorial committee was led by C B E Kirkwood and included George Briggs Tom Keene and Karl Nast.
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The
Elks’ Lodge
Temple
Ira BE. Merritt
Thomas R. Pettifer
Charles D. Rushton
Francis Shafer
T. J. Woodard
John Linderman
Harry O. Smith
James Wei
Charles Schuler
George E. Clarke
South Bend
Elks’ Concert Orchestra
Karl Nast
Lodge
Jodge
A. A. Ogilvie
GC. Keppler
R. E. Proctor
Our Departed Brothers
I. H. Church
Timothy
C. B E. Kirkwood
George Briggs
Tom Keene
Dr. Carlton
W. H. Patterson
Amandus M. Smith
E. A. Campbell
George Manning
Fred Palmer
Peacemakers Avert Severe Alley Beating in Tyler Area
A well known town figure stopped a fight in an alley off Tyler Avenue at 5 30 am today. A machinist from Three Rivers, after drinking heavily, was severely beaten but saved from worse injuries by peacemakers who separated the combatants. The attacker is described as a very powerful man.
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Tyler Avenue
Angldile Computing Scale Co Expands After Election
Following a national event about a month earlier the Angldile Computing Scale Co reports booming business. The firm has installed nearly $10,000 in new machinery and added twenty workers along with expanding its office staff.
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Angldile Computing Scale Co
Flushed Out Water Mains
High pressure was applied to the water works system on Saturday evening to flush mains in parts of the city.
Elkhart and county news round up for December 7 1908
Summary of Today’s News reports school board debates facilities for outlying districts. Lake Shore employes’ benefit association holds annual meeting and banquet. Births outpace deaths in November. New manufacturing venture for Elkhart and Purdue University with an old locomotive. Dolls cause engine concern and thieves frightened from Home Telephone warehouse. Elks pay tribute to the dead. Rural teachers present gifts to trustees. Angldile Scale Co expands machinery and workforce. Architect Turnock praises Miles holdings in Fort Myers. Ministerial association meets busy. Lutherans extend call. other church news. Three girls held two hours on a houseboat. Winter weather hinders transportation. Bankruptcy referee probes discrepancies in Underwood showings. Goshenite killed in Arkansas. Local organization elections noted. Band costs rise. Elk Hart Franklin street petition due next Monday.
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Lake Shore
Benefit Association
New Manufacturing Company
Elkhart
Purdue University
Home Telephone Co
Fort Myers
Fla
Underwood
Goshenite
Arkansas
Franklin Street
Rockefeller to build marble palace in London
Congress meets today as various items crowd the agenda. Reports note a Panama bond sale with bids exceeding required amounts and Mine Workers President Lewis threatening action to compel response.
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J. D. Rockefeller
Marble Palace
London
Congress
Herman Billik
Panama
Lewis
Taft
Missouri
Minnesota
New York
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Castro
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Weather Forecast Brief for Tuesday
Government forecast notes fair tonight with warmer readings in the northwest. Tuesday looks fair and warmer with Miles Medical Co. furnishing daily data on maximum and minimum temperatures and light wind at 25 miles per hour.
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Miles Medical Co
Religious movement urges new morning family worship in Elkhart
J D Devor leads a drive endorsed by the Elkhart Ministerial Association to restore family altar prayers in homes. Ministers to urge daily scripture and prayer, six to seven joint union services planned for the first week of January across multiple churches. A city religious census will be conducted under Rev Breish Spear and Beeks after January 1 by volunteers. Thanksgiving offering of 17.18 was given to Rest Cottage after last year’s Clark hospital donation.
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J. D. Devor
Elkhart
Breish
Spear
Beeks
Clark Hospital
Former Goshenite found murdered on Arkansas railroad tracks
W. T. White, 37, formerly of Goshen, was found fatally mangled along Rock Island tracks in Biscoe Arkansas last Saturday night. Authorities believe he was assaulted and robbed. Relatives had not known his whereabouts since he left Goshen two years ago. the body is expected to arrive in Goshen on Wednesday.
New Business Project Eyes Local Factory for Gas Engines
Articles filed by Industrial Manufacturing Company of Wikhart with capital of 10000 to manufacture and sell gas engines for farms. T. J. Shanahan, W. S. Long and L. D. Hall are incorporators. The firm plans contracted production first, then inhouse manufacture, targeting dairies and farms for engines from three to ten horse power and beyond.
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Industrial Manufacturing Company of
Wikhart
T. J. Shanahan
W. S. Long
L. D. Hall
Shanahan
Polo, Ill
Silkhart
Long
Salvage from Central Building Aids Willowdale School Plan
The Willowdale Improvement Association pushes for new facilities to ease Willowdale school congestion. The school board investigated and optioned the DeCamp property north of Willowdale church on Michigan street. If built, much of Central building material could be reused, reducing city costs. The plan includes a two room addition to the South Side building next year, using salvaged furnishings like window sashes and glass.
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Willowdale
Willowdale Improvement Association
Willowdale Church
Michigan Street
Improvement Association
Underwood Co Affairs Probing Missing Funds
Summoning of bankrupts connected with A H Underwood Co in South Bend sought to uncover the fate of at least 13000 dollars between assets and liabilities. Liabilities totaled 33600 with store goods valued 20000 at cost and about 15000 at inventory. Referee Lambert and creditors hope to trace where the money went after collapse. many check stubs were incomplete, and weeks may pass without clear answers.
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A. H. Underwood & Co
Lambert
South Bend
Gillette Takes Over Golden Hotel from Riblet
J N Gillette, long timeDivision Street boarding house keeper, acquired the Golden Hotel from W H Riblet after a Saturday deal. Possession occurred Sunday with the first meal under new management that evening. Gillette plans a thorough overhaul to run a first class establishment with about seventy boarders transferring. Riblet has no definite plans.
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Hotel Golden
Golden Hotel
W. H. Riblet
J. N. Gillette
Division Street
Gillette
President Roosevelts attack on Panama paper sparks libel talk
News editorials from Indianapolis claim the president misrepresented the Panama canal affair and refuse to bow to patronage. Washington reports say libel suits may follow. United Mine Workers head Lewis vows to expose perfidious leaders at January convention.
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Indianapolis
Panama
United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Panama Canal
Real Aim
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Lewis
Congress Meets Today in Washington as Speaker Hopefuls Debated
Congress convened at noon with Representative Townsend stating he will not run for speaker. A bill introduced by Representative Rainey proposes a five member committee to investigate canal property purchases and to determine any allocations to an American syndicate.
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Congress
Washington
Townsend
Rainey
Oflinois
Rockefeller Buys Queen's Anne Gate for Marble Palace
John D Rockefeller plans a London residence by purchasing Nos 36 and 40 Queen's Anne Gate and starting demolition to build a marble palace. In Washington, Congress opens with allocations totaling 824 million dollars sought for government programs.
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London
John D. Rockefeller
Queen’s Anne Gate
Panama bond bids total 102 million for thirty million issue
Secretary Cortelyou reported 831 bids for the Panama bonds aggregating 102 million dollars. Of these 150 bids were accepted. In St. Louis Swedish consul Charles Eks tromer killed himself by cyanide after a race loss. Acting Governor Sherman granted Herman Billik a reprieve to January 29.
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Panama
Washington
Cortelyou
Kilis
St. Louis
Charles Ekstromer
Billik
Springfield
Sherman
Herman Billik
Law Upheld in Findlay Local Option Case
Judge Duncan upheld the constitutionality of the Rose local option law in a test case decided in Findlay Ohio. The ruling affirms the authority of local jurisdictions over liquor controls under the state framework.
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Findlay, O
Duncan
Hains Brothers Must Be Tried
Justice Crane orders the trial of the Hains brothers to proceed next Monday. The same date sees the Supreme Court uphold Chicago's Pure Food Law as constitutional.
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Hains Brothers
New York
Crane
Pure Food Law Good
Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago City
National Exchange Bank Closes in Springfield
Springfield Missouri bank secretary reports that the National Exchange Bank closed its doors today. Local customers seek guidance on deposits and pending transactions as authorities announce the shutdown.
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Missouri Bank
Springfield
National Exchange Bank
Break-in at Home Telephone Co. building in Mishawaka
Night operators alerted police when intruders forced the alley door to the Home Telephone Co. supply room at 3 a.m. Police found the door ajar but no one present. A supply of copper wire was found in the room and ordered inspection showed nothing missing. William M. Clark, longtime Mishawaka civic leader, long time treasurer, is noted as a prominent local figure.
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Home Telephone Co
Editors Are Flayed Writes to Dudley Foulke Over Panama Canal Charges
Richmond Ind date line reports a public release of Roosevelt and William Dudley Foulke correspondence. Foulke accuses The Indianapolis News of falsehoods about Panama Canal documents. Roosevelt defends government payments and criticizes Delavan Smith and other editors for mendacity.
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William Dudley Foulke
Panama Canal
Richmond
Ind
Der
Roosevelt
Editor Laffan Refuses Roosevelt Controversy
New York December 7 Editor Laffan declines a controversy with President Roosevelt saying the president shows an advantage in clashes with distinguished figures and lacks personal obligation to truth. Delavan Smith of Cleveland adds that the Panama editorial cited by the president came from the Indianapolis News and not the New York Sun.
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Poulke
Indianapolis News
Delavan Smith
United States
Taft
Booth Tarkington
George Ade
Laffan
New York Sun
New York
the Sun
Roosevelt
The
Cleveland
Panama
Sweet and Low Wedding Puns Echo in Church
A young man named Sweet engaged to wed a young woman named Lowe. While walking to the aisle they heard the choir sing Sweet and Low creating a humorous musical pun noted by The Daily Review.
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Sweet
Low
Lowe
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Elkharton
Meeting OF Commissioners
Elkhart Elks
G. E. Clarke
Elknorians
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Underwood Co. Affairs
the Daily Review
William M. Clark
Mishawaka
I. M
Carlton
George H
Henry D. Clark
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