Lake Shore Lick Benefit Society Holds Successful Meet
The Lake Shore Lick Benefit Society held a Saturday meeting at the local Y M C A with about eighty members attending. R Hugh Ward of London entertained with solos before a business session reporting a strong year with seven member assessments and about fifty beneficiaries totaling around $600 in benefits and a $595 surplus. Officers elected were M T Nichols president N J Rowe vice president H B Shelley secretary and J W Jacobson treasurer. A class of twenty eight new members joined and an Oyster supper followed, with George Emerson as head cook. Also noted, a man named O Connor was found on the westbound Century tender and later ill, boarding to Mishawaka after restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore Lick Benefit Society
R. Hugh Ward
London
M. T. Nichols
N. J. Rowe
H. B. Shelley
J. W. Jacobson
George Emerson
Train man aids injured passenger with cot and aid
A train incident near Omaha describes baggageman Fred W. H. Tracy helping an incapacitated traveler by obtaining a cot at his home and calling a physician and a priest. The patient, named O Connor, used the cot and was covered by two Tracy coats. O Connor has not returned the coats or the cat. An electrician in Union Pacific shops outfits a locomotive with wireless signaling. Lake Shore traffic grows and two more engines enter service, totaling six since Saturday. Freight engine 5772 sideswiped a yard car, causing minor damage. Claim Agent Grover attended Lake Shore agents meeting in Cleveland. Ira Barrows, roundhouse stenographer, out sick. Pay checks arrived for shops and engine houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. H Tracy
O’connor
Chicago
Tracy
O'Connor
Lake Shore
Grover
Cleveland
Ira Barrows
Roundhouse
Mishawaka alerts for missing Mrs Mistrowka escape
Local police were notified to search for Mrs. John Mistrowka said to be insane and escaped from her husband. She had recently returned from Longcliff and is considered dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawaka
John Mistrowka
Longcliff
Aymer McKean
Cleveland Township
Local Obituaries And Court Notices From Elkhart Area
Funeral details report Lydia Brown forewoman of the Elkhart carriage works dies of pneumonia at 3 p m Remains to Benton after services at N B Corns home Tuesday Mourning notices list Barclay Kemble William Wenger Steven V Borden John T Starr and others with ages and affiliations In court Goshen divorce case over alimony and final judgment Jordan Miller case wrapped with 40 acres and cash totals Jury trial William Arnold vs Shafer damages heard There is Victoria Varga suing John Varga for divorce Emergence of cases in Justice and Juvenile courts including assault charge against fourteen year old William Shultz pending two weeks for J P Reynolds vs W T Hulsher Dream theatre closing tied claim Juvenile court cases filed by L L Burris involving Sheldon Stratton family witness and charges against minor defendant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Brown
Trim
Elkhart Carriage Works
Benton
N. B. Corns
William Wilden
Goshen
Jordan-Miller
William Arnold
Henry C. Shafer
Shafer
Arnold Rig
Victoria Varga
John Varga
Victoria Kiss
Justice Courts
Skinner and
Sawyer
J. P. Reynolds
W. T. Hulsher
Dream Theatre
L. L. Burris
William Shultz
Elkhart
Samuel Stratton
Sheldon W. Stratton
Pleasant surprise birthday party at 211 Edwardsburg avenue
Grace Cressler hosts a fourteenth birthday gathering with twelve schoolmates at her home. Games, music, and a three course repast fill the afternoon as guests leave gifts. Mrs. Livy Chamberlain also hosts a Saturday party at the Beardsley avenue home. Olive May Gemberling and Albert B. Klinger plan a December 30 wedding at the Gemberling residence. The Century Club announces a card party for tomorrow evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cressler
Edwardsburg Avenue
Olive May Gemberling
Albert B. Klinger
B. F. Gemberling
Hickory Street
Fraternal Notes and Music Cost Increases For 1905
Fraternal notes report a Chicago lawsuit over K of P Detroit election turmoil and a Minneapolis officer challenge to authority. Also details new 1905 musicians union rules raising park band pay to 1.50 per man with fifteen players and director and orchestras to eight players at 2 each plus leader pay, plus higher per-piece and opening costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musicians’ Union
Realistic Touches of Winter Bring Snow to City Streets
The Northern Indian snow sweeper appeared on city lines this morning and moved through Main street, sending snow in heavy clouds. Traffic on steam and electric roads slowed as winter arrived, with interurban cars and Lake Shore trains running late, including No 15 due at 10 a.m. being over thirty minutes behind schedule.
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Lake Shore
Local Injuries Reported In Lee s burg and South Bend
Mrs A L Goshorn and her niece Mrs Charles Morris traveled to South Bend after learning of a serious accident involving Mrs Goshorn s father E D Carpenter of Leesburg who fell and broke a hip at his granddaughter s home. Sunday afternoon T G Oliver a traveling fireman severely bruised the index finger when it was caught in an air pump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Goshorn
Charles Morris
South Bend
E. D. Carpenter
Leesburg
T. G. Oliver
John Smith
John
August Boozy
E. E. Price
Ella Thomson
Avon
N. Y
C. C. Raymer
Lorena Lacey
Lansing
Mich
Catherine Raymer
Nancy A. Eyer
Los Angeles
George W. Stealy
Gussie Stealy
C. A. Nusbaum
Lexington
Feast of the Immaculate Conception Observed at St Vincent’s
Catholic church St Vincent’s holds holy day masses for the feast of the Immaculate Conception with services at 5 and 8 a m to accommodate all Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vincent’s Church
Representative-Elect from Elkhart County Featured
The Indianapolis Star runs a photo of W. E. Wider, the sole Republican legislator from Elkhart County, with the other representative and the senator shown as Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
W. E. Wider
Elkhart County
Elkhart Department Store owners treat staff after big Saturday
Cohn and Son, new proprietors of the Elkhart Department Store, were pleased with last Saturday's business and treated the entire staff to ice cream after closing. Baptist Music Guild's musicale set for Tuesday December 8 at 7 30 p m with admission and refreshments for ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohn & Son
Elkhart
Baptist Music Guild’s Musicale
Personal visits and arrivals noted in city social column
The column lists P. L. Turner and J. R. Watson in Chicago Saturday, Mrs. Homer Ward traveling to Sunbury Pa to join her husband, and numerous others visiting or staying in the city. It mentions arrivals from Toledo Newark N J Avilla Batavia Mich Three Oaks and more, plus family news including a birth and a sighting of former local residents now in Birch Tree Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Ward
Sunbury
D. D. Nemeth
South Bend
Jane Tucker
Chicago
Ebbe
Grover
John Weller
Alex. Sievers
Jack Smelsor
Wheatfield
F. Stoll
Toledo
C. F. Stoll
Donald Smith
Ray Bennett
Three Rivers
C. F. Heasley
Newark
N. J
J. T. Stryker
Batavia
Mich
H. H. Baum
Lou Criger
Tennessee
Ellen Burns
New York City
Markel
Middlebury Street
W. H. Hoover
New Berlin
Ohio
Northern Construction Co
D. C. Myers
Three Oaks
Myers
Edna McFarren
William Kehres
Joel Kehres
Kehres
C. H. Leonard
Birch Tree
List of the sick in Middlebury area
Joel W. Kellogg is sick. Mrs. E. J. Finehout is sick. Lloyd, son of George Minnix of Thomas street, is sick. Miss Pearl Leedy, teacher of room No. 3 of the Middlebury street building, has tonsillitis, and Mrs. S. H. Church is filling her place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
George Minnix
Thomas Street
Local fraternal elections list officers and a wagon accident
Shiloh Field Post G A R elected officers to be installed in January including H W Godfrey as post commander and D E Long as commander. Shiloh Field Corps elected officers led by Susan Lloyd as past president. A G Amsden Lodge 23 selected officers to be installed later this month. Several horses sustained bad falls on slick pavements with a milk wagon injury and wagon damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiloh-Field
H. W. Godfrey
D. E. Long
Jesse Drake
J. L. Wright
John C., Stuck
J. W. Titus
J. M. Lounsberry
J. L. Miller
W. H. Watson
John Lloyd
L. M. Smalley
Crawfordsville
Elisha John
Breininger
Shiloh Field Corps
W. R. GC
Susan Lloyd
Stella Huston
Hattie HE. Wynant
Emma Dewey
Susie Lloyd
Jean Lamb
Jennie Tousley
Susan Millard
Nellie Hazen
Kate Nichols
Lizzie Kinzie
Hattie Hougland
Brotherhood of Railway
L. B. Blickenstaff
W. S. Martin
B. N. Dalee
G. E. Gardner
W. J. Smith
H. Morrell
Columbus
Ohio
Second Street
Local basketball league forms with three teams
Efforts underway to create a city basketball league with three joined teams and a potential fourth. If agreements hold, a schedule will be drawn and the first game targeted for December 15. Competing clubs include the Elkharts A K of H and the Deltas with a double header planned in association rooms this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Elkharts
A. K
Deltas
Association
Elkhart
Athertons
Fancy French Ball At Hoffmans Hall
An invitation to a Tuesday evening December 8 French ball at Hoffmans hall promises much fun. The notice is signed by Mr and Mrs M R Hopkins and includes a hat sale pitch from H B Sykes millinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffman’s Hall
M. R. Hopkins
Hats selling fast for Christmas gifts in Elkhart sale
A brief notice from H. B. Sykes urges timely Christmas shopping. Hats are selling quickly while good items remain at low prices. The Elkhart Cook Book edition is advertised for sale at Houseworth Bros. and Ziesel Bros. as a potential gift option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Sykes
Elkhart
Houseworth Bros
Ziesel Bros
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St. Joseph Valley
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First National Bank
St. Joseph Valley Bank
John W. Fieldhouse
T. Thornton Snell
Herman Borneman
Walter S. Hazelton
Elkhart Review
Sanaa
News OF the Railroads
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Silvers
Darling
Sergt. Whiteman
Robbins
Mortuary Record
Barclay Kemble
William Wenger
Wisconsin
Auten Post
Steven V. Borden
Hartford City
Indiana Maccabees
Detroit
John T. Starr
Coldwater
Century Club
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Elizabeth Rodgers
Rose Ritman
Minneapolis
Rodgers
P. L. Turner
J. R. Watson
R. M. Enos
George Hoyt
Emma Hines
Ella Henney
Avilla
J. H. Corey
Joel W. Kellogg
E. J. Finehout
the Daily Review
News OF Sports
F. W. Club
William Fawcett
Marion Street
Castle
U. B
Price
Young Women’s Missionary Society
W. B. Hile
Harrison Street
West Camp No
M. W. of A
Ex- Soldier’s & Sailors’ Association
Goshen Avenue Brethren Church
J. Sigerfopose
K.O.T.M.M
Odd Fellows’ Temple
F. A. Blessing
South Main St
PIAA
Hamilton- Carhart
Prof. Detoure
South Main Street
W. C. Woodbridge
Bhick
Compulsion
Timmins
Diamond Show Case CO
Willard
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