Elkhart City Faces Suit Over Bond Coupon Payments
Michigan Trust Co files suit in Elkhart Superior Court seeking principal interest costs and fees on twenty five funding bonds issued November 27 1895 payable December 1 1915 at four and a half percent. Bonds 6 7 and 14–25 claimed unpaid since December 1 1908 with protest costs totaling 1.20 per coupon. Case cites city treasurer Campbell and Hanover Bank payment dispute.
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Michigan Trust Co
Michigan
City of
Elkhart
Dednerant
Hanover National Bank
New York
Hanover Bank
Trust Company
Campbell
Smith liquor case favors applicant as judge rules on remonstrance
Special judge Stuart McKibbin of South Bend rules in Smith's favor by overruling demurrer to the remonstrants paragraph arguing remonstrance timing. The ruling suggests the case may end in Smith's favor unless a special term is held to reconfirm the decision. minds remain unsettled on the matter.
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McKibbin
Smith
Stuart McKibbin
South Bend
Smith Liquor
Local burglaries blamed on possible local talent
Residents familiar with the cases say the burglary of George Doll at his residence occurred early evening while the family was away. Bits of paper from a tin box were found on a window seat, suggesting the thief broke it open. A suspect seen near Rev Dr Beeks' parsonage was released after lack of evidence.
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George Doll
L. A. Beeks
Doll
Elkhart Gas Co to Light Main Street with Arches
Arrangements by the Elkhart Gas Co. will light Main Street from High to Franklin with six or eight 300 candle power gas lights suspended on arches across sidewalks. The plan, debated by block business leaders, aims to illuminate the entire block. The city has seen rapid lighting progress including electric arches at Main and Jackson and brighter store signs.
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Main Street
Elkhart Gas Co
Franklin
Elkhart
Two Physicians Fail To Verify Schmeling Birth Claim
Doctors assigned to report to the circuit court at South Bend on Mrs. Gustave Schmeling’s alleged recent motherhood had not filed by Friday night. A attending physician says the child is at least two weeks old, while Mrs. Schmeling says it was born last Monday. Her husband seeks a divorce and accuses her of deception.
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James E
Jennie J. Whittaker
Eli Garrison
L. D. Brockway
Lemont Bacon
Benjamin F. Whipple
Gabriel Ebi
Charles M. Kreighbaum
South Bend
Carl W. Johnson
Matilda Johnson
Hawks Furniture Co
Goshen
Joseph D. Ryan
J. L. Harman
Victoria Vargo
Jon Vargo
Gustave Schmeling
Billing Clerk Error Bets Loss On Sheep Consignment
A Lake Shore billing error routed 1,142 Lima cattle to Michigan instead of Kendallville, triggering quarantine delays that may cost the railroad. Michigan quarantine disrupts trade and prompts widespread layoffs and costs, with ongoing winter restrictions and daily stock-car disinfection expenses in Elkhart.
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Michigan
Indiana
Lake Shore
Lima
Ind
Kendallville
Lake Shore Company
Sturgis
Lake Shores
Chicago
Elkhart
Entertainment Funds Curtains for Central School
Friday afternoon at Central School room 18 hosted a Christmas program and a playlet titled Little Men. An orchestra of seven eighth grade boys played ten instruments under Miss Margaret Wilson, with funds from admission nearly covering the event and curtain costs.
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Central School
Louisa May Alcott
Margaret Wilson
Man Recovers After Belt Injury At Sidway Plant
Roy Lem ly suffered a head injury when a belt pulled him under a pulley at the Sidway plant on Friday. Doctors found no serious bruises and he was taken to Clark Hospital before returning home. The fall aggravated a prior head injury, affecting nerves more than tissue or bone.
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Roy Lemly
Sidway
Clark Hospital
Five Times a Bride and New Marriage License
Alvin Bunch of Lakeville and Mary B West of South Bend obtained a license Friday afternoon and wed Justice Oberholtzer in conventional fashion. The groom is 38 and the bride 41, her fifth marriage. An officer responded to a possible break in at C N Niver’s North Second Street home Friday night.
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Alvin Bunch
Lakeville
Mary B. West
South Bend
Justice Oberholtzer
C. N. Niver
North Second Street
Local high school event and community notes highlight December 1908
Saturday’s items include R H Carlson high school marriage today and Central school room entertainment. Other notes report burglaries linked to local talent, Christmas programs, W T U and Y W C A affairs, and Purdue annual report. Page references indicate broader regional items from Lake Shore bill issues to national and international news.
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R. H. Carlson
South Bend
Central
Lake Shore
LaPorte
Elkhart
Oberholtzer
Weather Forecast Pair Tonight and Sunday
Local forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Sunday. Miles Medical Co provides the daily weather update with high around 4 and low near 0. Wind speeds up to 25 mph.
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Miles Medical Co
Signal Department to Fit Workshop in Storehouse
A new workshop will be fitted in the signal storehouse to handle wrapping and repair of motors and electrical gear starting early next year. Previously this work was contracted to external electric firms to the Take Shore, increasing costs. The signal department’s stores, once shared with other sections, were transferred to the storehouse, freeing space for the repair shop while keeping signal gear under its control. A supply car trial is underway between Buffalo and Chicago, but users are slow to adapt to monthly ordering. The department nears completion of an upper quadrant interlocker at Pine, the Lake Shore’s first, with a single arm design replacing the older dual-arm mechanism. another unit is planned for Indiana Harbor.
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Buffalo
Chicago
Lake Shore
Pine
Indiana Harbor
Willowdale Association Clears Land Rumor
Rumor that Big Four officials sought to option land near Edwardsburg Avenue for a snap and large roundhouse reached Willowdale Improvement Association. Members concluded the tale was baseless and unfounded.
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Edwardsburg Avenue
Willowdale Improvement Association
Federal action eyed to curb night riders in Tennessee region
Union City dispatch reports widespread threat letters to prosecutors and judges, with post office inspectors reviewing the mails as federal officers may intervene. The piece also describes a court scene in Union City where Col. Taylor mourns the loss of Capt. Rankin as eight stoic prisoners listen. A Washington note covers a tariff debate over lumber duties and taunts H. H. Tift about regional tariff voting patterns.
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Union City
Tenn
Col. Taylor
Capt. Rankin
Judge Jones
Strong Point for the Defense in Dunn Case
Fort Wayne reports Mrs. Mains testified that Charles Dunn drank from a cistern water pail used for Alice Cothrell's body later found there. Defense attorneys argue the crime is not proven by circumstantial evidence as they present innocence proof. Congress assigns Barnhart to elections committee No 3. Clark expects better in March.
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Fort Wayne
William Mains
Charles Dunn
Alice Cothrell
Young Man, 19, Ends Life Before Christmas Wedding
Lawrenceburg Indiana reports Geo Tilford aged nineteen who planned to wed Tillie Connor on Christmas night killed himself with carbolic acid last night. Financial troubles are cited as the alleged motive.
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Lawrenceburg
Ind
Geo. Tilford
Tillie Connor
Narrow escape for Plainfield curb broker in Broad Street shooting
New York December 19 Harry Suydam a curb broker of Plainfield with office at 89 Broad Street was shot as he left the building by a man whose identity was not established. Suydam was wounded in the stomach and will die.
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New York
Harry Suydam
Plainfield
Broad Street
Suydam
New Withdraws From Democratic Race for Reporter of Supreme Court
North Vernon Ind Dec 19 Burt New who stood as the Democratic candidate for reporter of the supreme court withdrew from the proposed contest. He said the office was not worth the expense entailed.
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Bluff
North Vernon
Ind
Burt New
Supreme Court
Judge Declares Indictments Quashed Against Cicero Banker
Noblesville Indiana December 19 Judge Nash announced the indictments against W H Ronr Cicero banker charged with embezzlement will be quashed ending the cases.
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Noblesville
Ind
Nash
W. H. Ronr
Cicero
Christian Science Upheld In Missouri Healing Contention
In Warrensburg Missouri Judge Thurmond upheld Christian Science healers claim that their practice does not conflict with state law, affirming their right to operate within Missouri.
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Warrensburg
Mon
Thurmond
Missouri
Teutonic Delayed by Heavy Gales in Rough Atlantic Passage
Steamers arriving in New York report the roughest trans Atlantic crossing in years. The White Star liner Teutonic was held back two days by heavy gales.
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New York
Fire destroys Home Union store in Pennville
A large blaze in Pennville Indiana destroyed the Home Union department store and several office buildings. Estimated loss totaled about 15000 dollars with the cause not yet determined.
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Indiana
Pennville
Ind
Home Union
Ruef's Sentence Postponed Until Christmas Week
San Francisco December 19 sentencing of Abe Ruef was postponed to Thursday next week the day before Christmas as court officials scheduled the delay.
Congress Adjourns Between Sessions Until January 4
Congress adjourned this afternoon in both houses until January 4. The notice comes from Washington with lawmakers ending business for the year.
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Congress
Washington
Nine Men versus Four Women Arrive in New York Harbor
Bilis island statistics report nine male immigrants landed in New York City to four female arrivals. Officials note the gender balance in the latest inbound cohort, highlighting broader migration patterns and processing.
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Bilis Island
New York City
Wright Establishes New Aeroplane Time and Height Records
Wilbur Wright sets a new world record by staying aloft 1 hour 53 minutes 59 seconds covering 62 miles in Le Mans France on December 19 while pursuing the Michelin cup. He also attains a 360 foot height winning the Sarthe Aero club prize before a gust caused a brief plunge. An Aeroclud banquet followed the double victory.
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le Mans
France
Wilbur Wright
Wright
Sarthe Aero Club
Aeroclud
Count Zeppelin Has a Rival in Airship Project
Berlin reports Count Zeppelin's rival will be Professor Schutte who plans a rigid airship using wood for the frame instead of aluminum. The cigar shaped craft will measure 328 feet long with a 51 to 54 foot diameter, aiming for speeds of 45 to 50 miles per hour, contrasting Zeppelin's wrecked 446 foot by 43 foot craft.
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Count Zeppelin
Berlin
Professor Schutte
Zeppelin
Schutte
Three-Cent Fare Change Urged By Judge In Cleveland
In Cleveland the 3-cent car fare faces collapse as Municipal Traction receivers fail to meet a $78,333 monthly rental to Cleveland Railway. At a creditors' hearing Judge Taylor called for a rate change, noting the Municipal owes about $1.4 million.
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Cleveland
Municipal Traction Company
Cleveland Railway
Taylor
Municipal
Want Flour Ban Lifted By Nebraska Millers
The Nebraska milling industry protests Secretary Wilson’s order banning bleached flour in interstate commerce. Millers say bleaching is necessary to produce white flour from winter wheat and to compete in the market, noting bleaching is common in most state mills.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Wilson
Stevens Pities Assassin In Murder Trial
In San Francisco on December 19 the trial of In Whang Chang for the murder of Durham White Stevens heard Policeman Henry Owens describe Stevens words to the defendant. Stevens said he forgave the man and that he did not know what he was doing. Chang replied that the man took money from his country and handed it to Japan.
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San Francisco
In Whang Chang
Durham White Stevens
Henry Owens
Stevens
Five Million in Gifts Sent to Europe via New York Post Office
More than $5,000,000 in money orders were sent to foreign countries through the port of New York between December 2 and December 16. Britain and Ireland received more orders than any other country, with Italy Sweden and Germany following.
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Europe
New York
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Our Wonderful Railroads and the Founding Vision
Leslie’s Weekly notes early American rail history with the Baltimore and Ohio launch in 1828 and credit to Carrollton for the first shovel of earth. It credits Stevens Cooper Thomas Baldwin and others for laying foundations of a nationwide system ahead of major nations.
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Gail Hamiton
Columbus
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
United States
Baltimore and Ohio
England
Russia
John Stevens
Peter Cooper
Evan Thomas
Matthias Baldwin
Leslie
Invention Key Lets Typist Spell Blur With Four
A Boston Transcript item notes a peculiar typewriter key labeled as an Invention. When pressed a word cannot be spelled, it supposedly causes four blur to appear, offering a humorous take on novelty keys.
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Boston Transcript
Taft Prefers Golf but Keeps Panama Project Closely Watched
Judge Taft plays at the Augusta club and notes the need for independent supervision of the isthmus project design. He plans annual Panama visits with top engineers to monitor Gatun dam engineering features and administrative work while avoiding cabinet chatter. Senator Knox named secretary of state, other appointments undecided.
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Augusta
Taft
Augusta Club
Panama
Gatun Dam
Philander C. Knox
Canal Dams Undergo Independent Review Plan
The president weighs a thorough examination of Panama canal foundations by independent civil engineers to assess locks dams and Gatun lake hydraulics. A $55,000 survey and a $1,150,000 deficiency request cover needed studies and Culebra cut excavation overruns.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Goethals
Gatun Lake
Central Division
Culebra
Root knee injury slows Secretary's return to duties
Washington reports say Secretary Root considered resigning his cabinet seat due to a knee injury from a Taft speech but rumors are denied. He remains off his feet as treatment proceeds slowly, with no rapid recovery in sight. Also noted is continued consideration of libel prosecutions in Panama canal coverage and news that George Wickersham is picked as attorney general designate.
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Taft
Washington
Root
Bonaparte
Department of Justice
Panama Canal Purchase
Wickersham
New York
George W. Wickersham
Strong & Cadwalader
Would Merge Europe Into a Republic With King as President
Sir Max Waechter travels Europe urging abolition of monarchs and emperors and a United States of Europe. He supports King Edward as the proposed first president in meetings with M. Pichon, French foreign minister, in Paris. Mirror Helps Broker Kill Himself in Joplin. Colonel Henry B. Marchbank dies after shooting himself before a mirror.
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King of
England
Paris
Max Waechter
Europe
United States of Europe
M. Pichon
Max
King Edward
Mirror
Joplin
Henry B. Marchbank
Earthquake Breaks Dishes In France
A minor tremor in Coutances France caused crockery to break but no structural damage was reported. A Marrianna mine blast verdict finds a blown out shot ignited gas and dust caused 154 deaths. Altoona high school fire forces dismissal of students with no injuries reported.
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France
Coutances
Washington, Pa
Marrianna
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