Engine Hits Trolley at Lake Shore Crossing Injury Near Miss at Crossing
At 8:20 p m on Wednesday the southbound Hickory streetcar No 87 was struck by engine No 22 as it backed toward the round house at Lake Shore crossing. The rear vestibule was wrecked, the car lifted off the rails, and Miss Hazel Anderson twelve carried away in fright with her doll. Motorman Herni and Conductor Carpenter escaped serious harm. Conductor Hershberger narrowly avoided injury. The car was moved to the barns for repairs with a new vestibule and wheels needed.
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Hickory
Lake Shore
Herni
Carpenter
Hershberger
Maude Stoner
John Stuart
Hazel Anderson
Joe Street
Suit Seeks Receiver for Elkhart Mining & Dredge Co
Milo W. Stark files in circuit court for a receiver as company offices are closed and president allegedly sold assets and hid about $700 from a tank and bank funds. Incorporators listed include M L Proctor Ellen Proctor W J Stamp and U S Enders with capital stock stated at 2.5 million. Turner is attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo W. Stark
Elkhart Mining & Dredge Co
Salvation Army Elkhart post reports Christmas relief totals
Captain Ayrea reports 130 baskets and meals for 650 people with seven garments for children and ten for a youth. Provisions and garments valued at 83.68 dollars were dispensed from street collections. members plan a South Bend meeting tonight before returning.
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Ayrea
Elkhart
Salvation Army
The
Elkhart Poat Il
South Bend Vening
Auburn Painter Wins Big Interior Contract
Rohrer, a paint paper hanger for Morris Eckhart Manufacturer of Auburn, has taken a large interior finishing job. He works with two men, planning to keep three on the crew, and may have extra help. The crew includes Hunt, Frank VanDoreen, and Yoder. Work expected to finish by March at a cost between $1,200 and $1,500.
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Rohrer
Morris Eckhart
Auburn
Cts
Beaides
Ilkhart
Frank VanDoreen
Yoder
Sykes Store Fire Near Miss Saved by Quick Action
Harry Sykes and two coworkers extinguished a dangerous fire in a boiler at the Sykes store after a dry boiler went hot and an outlet valve leaked water. He covered flames with ashes to prevent explosion and kept the building from burning while the furnace cooled. Heat was restored later that afternoon.
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Harry Sykes
Sykes
Century Train Might Tie New York Chicago Time
Railroad circles discuss a possible sixteen hour New York to Chicago service on the Pennsylvania line next summer. Local officials say time could drop at least one hour with New York City improvements, and Lake Shore may match by covering 980 miles faster. Century’s heavy traffic shows reduced delays, with cars increasing from four to eight for quicker schedules.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York City
Lake Shore
Indiana Anti-Saloon League plans twelve county elections
The Indiana Anti-Saloon League completed plans for twelve county elections to repeal the law from the September special session. After dry results in Lawrence and Wabash counties on Tuesday, the league aims to spread the drive to Hamilton, Tipton, Jay, Huntington, Randolph, Wayne, Decatur, Switzerland, Gibson, Putnam and Fountain counties early in January. Parke and Hendricks counties will vote in February with Marshall, Pulaski, Porter and Starke following soon after.
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Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Lawrence
Wabash
League
Hamilton
Tipton
Jay
Huntington
Randolph
Wayne
Decatur
Switzerland
Gibson
Putnam
Fountain
Parke
Hendricks
Marshall
Pulaski
Porter
Starke
Valuables Taken From Cottage At Wagle Lake
Harry Boles and brothers Robert and Hazen Haggerty visited the Boles cottage at Wagle Lake on Wednesday and found the piano rugs and other furniture removed. What remained showed disorder indicating rough housing after intruders gained entry by breaking a small glass from the front door.
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Harry Boles
Robert and
Hazen Haggerty
Boles
Wagle Lake
Delayed Start to Brother's Funeral
Frank Peterson of 1110 Hudson Street, warned of his brother Charles Peterson's death in a Great Northern wreck near Great Falls Montana, will not proceed beyond Chicago this evening with his son Walter Peterson. Interment plans in Great Falls are unclear.
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Frank Peterson
Hudson Street
Charles Peterson
Great Falls
Mont
Chicago
Walter Peterson
New Year Holiday Store and Bank Hours Declared
All banks and the public library, dry goods stores and barber shops will close for New Year. Meat markets stay open until noon. Except for dry goods, stores stay open until 9 or 10 p m. Post office windows open until 10 a m with one delivery on Friday.
Buckner urges quick relief funds for Italian sufferers
Reverend G Buckner of the Christian church urges the Review to organize rapid fundraising for Italian sufferers describing the plan as timely and needed.
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G. Buckner
The
Christian Church
Lights Out In Alley East As Darkness Falls
A brief item notes a power outage affecting the eastern alley area with lights out as of nightfall. No injuries or further details are provided. Utility crews reportedly respond to restore service.
Social Activities at YWCA Open House and Notable Weddings
The YWCA held an open house with about 115 members and friends, crowning a nickel gift exchange tied to winners of a recent membership contest. New classes and members were announced as the group planned New Year festivities and an informal musical program. Also reported are a marriage at 317 Hickory Street and a forthcoming engagement reveal at a luncheon hosted by Dr Elizabeth Crow, with details of attendees and gifts, and the Emanon Club Christmas dance at Anderson's Hall drawing about fifty couples.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Association
Mary Mann
Minnie Troxel
Jennie Schafer
Jeannette van Tilburg
I. H. Church
Ethel Jacobson
Emanon Club
Anderson’s Hall
Lake Shore engine hunts street car at Main crossing
Lake Shore engine pursues a street car at the Main street crossing in a terse report of urban transit disruption.
Weather Forecast: Fair Tonight and Warmer Friday
Government forecast indicates fair conditions tonight with rising temperatures and increasing cloudiness on Friday. Local reading notes cloudy conditions with a maximum temperature shown and a minimum near.5, wind at 36 mph and trace snow not specified.
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Miles Medical Co
Annual chronicle of leading events for 1908
The Review will publish at noon Friday a yearly chronicle of the year's leading events for 1908. This feature has appeared in the first paper of the new year for several years and is valued as a reminder of the year’s record. The issue promises other features and will merit preservation.
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Chronicle
Window Smasher Arrested in Elkhart Bedlam
Fred Klein an umbrella mender known in Elkhart for frequent drunken spells damaged Ginsberg's saloon plate glass by hurling a rock. Police officers captured him on Cassopolis street and jailed him awaiting a New Year dinner. Klein has been arrested twenty four times since 1902.
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Fred Klein
Elkhart
Ginsberg
Miller
Pearce
Martin & Amidon
E. & W. Ridge
St. Joseph Rivers
Cassopolis Street
Klein
Trading Stamps Licensed In City Under 1903 Ordinance
Ex city official E V Anderson recalls a 1903 ordinance regulating trading stamp firms. City Clerk Wilkinson locates the text dated June 10 1903, requiring a 75 dollar license for stamping enterprises and fines from 16 to 100 dollars per violation.
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E. V. Anderson
Wilkinson
Accidents at Roundhouse and Local Shops Cause Injuries
Charles Little, a machinist helper at the roundhouse, was severely pinched when driving wheels rolled back crushing him against a loco front. Isaiah Holderman injured when arch brick pile fell on his left foot. FEakey at Elk Hart Brass Works lacerated middle finger in a punch press. Engineer Frank Bickel damaged lip and knee after striking a bridge. Hugo Beehler damaged left thumb by a sledge. Brakeman A Sauer slipped onto caboose steps and sprained his right knee.
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Charles Little
Roundhouse
Isaiah Holderman
BE. Feakey
Elkhart Brass Works Co
Frank Bickel
Forty-fourth Street
Chicago
Hugo Beehler
A. Sauer
South Bend
Aftershock Toll Mounts in Messina and Reggio
News from Rome reports thousands of missing foreigners from Mes sina Reggio and nearby towns are presumed dead as debris removal continues. Officials warn most victims may never be identified with city streets under water and large numbers of bodies unrecoverable.
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Rome
Messina
Reggio
Customs House
Roosevelt to ask Congress for aid to Italy quake victims
Telegrams today report hundreds of decaying bodies in Italian streets with unbearable stench. Physicians nurses and medical supplies are scarce. President Roosevelt plans an urgent message to Congress for a liberal appropriation to aid Italy following the earthquake. The American fleet may be sent to assist, with navy and state department coordinating a move if approved by Italy.
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American Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Red Sea
Italy
Taft Withdraws From Senatorial Contest
C P Taft withdraws from the senatorial race saying he acts for party harmony. Hamilton county will vote solid for Burton, with Trone Baker to second Burton’s nomination. The move clears Burton’s path and follows by Senator Foraker’s similar withdrawal to back Burton, avoiding embarrassment to the president elect.
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Columbus
C. P. Taft
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Taft
Burton
Trone Baker
Foraker
Mr. Taft
Day of eulogies planned for Abraham Lincoln Brick
The House will set aside a day for eulogies to Abraham Lincoln Brick representative from Indiana who died in Indianapolis last April. Eulogies likely on Sunday with Indiana delegates and allies from other states. Mrs Brick and Miss Brick will be invited to attend. Brick served on the territories and appropriations committees.
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A. L. Brick
Washington
House of Representatives
Abraham Lincoln Brick
Indiana
Indianapolis
Congress
Brick
Celtic Sails With Aid For Earthquake Zone
New York dispatch reports the navy supply ship Celtic departed at 2 pm under rush orders from Washington carrying 6000 tons of beef, mutton, poultry, clothing and medicine for earthquake relief. In Kentucky, Gov. Wilson seeks militia after Beach Hargis bail release prompts urgent troop requests from Jackson county.
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Washington
New York
Navy
Celtic
Globe
Kentucky
Frankfort
Bell Held for Grand Jury in Death of Actor Dury
Denver officials report Burdett Bell was stood for the grand jury after shooting and killing Couvier Dury when he discovered Mrs. Bell with the actor. The incident occurred after Mrs. Bell was exposed.
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Denver
Fifth anniversary fire remembrances and charity notes
The piece recalls the Iroquois Theatre fire tribute in Chicago with Mr and Mrs Max Livingston donating fifty books to Mishawaka orphans home library in gratitude for their children's escape. It describes Terre Haute charity practices at The Friendly Inn and a Vandalia railroad contribution of old ties. It also reports a horse killed near Ligoniers by a switch arm and a South Bend Red Cross stamp sale lagging behind Elkhart.
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Chicago
Max Livingston
South Bend
Mishawaka
Lester Livingston
Madeline Livingston
Terre Haute
Vandalia
Howard Rambasby
Ligonier
Red Cross
Eilkhart
Indiana Educators Debate Merger Plan At State Meeting
Indiana teachers vote by ballot on amalgamation with Northern and Southern Indiana associations. Results to be reported at spring conventions. Speakers include Harvey, Brumbaugh, and Dr. Bryan. Booker Washington to address. Bishop McDowell cites Rugby school methods and the primacy of the teacher.
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Italy
Indiana
Indiana State Board of Health
William Matheus
Pennsylvania
Wilbur Wright
New York
Indianapolis
State Teachers’ Association
B. M. Moore
Muncie
Harvey
National Educational Association
Martin G. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
W. L. Bryan
Indiana University
William F. McDowell
Chicago
Booker Washington
Robert J. Aley
Booker T. Washington
Thomas Arnold
Bishop McDowell
Eliot
Harvard
Legislation Discussed by Indiana Health Board
Indiana State Board of Health discussed a bill to compel school medical inspection and a housing bill for tenement inspections. The board weighed supporting the housing measure and reviewed plans for a federal court challenge to the state food and drugs act filed by Detroit and Rochester food manufacturers.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Board of Health
State House
Detroit
Rochester
Smith Retains Peters Cup in Columbus Indoor Rifle Meet
Isaac W. Smith, assistant secretary of the Columbus board of trade, won the Peters Cup again in a field of 28 experts. The indoor rifle shooting championship for Ohio and Indiana was held in Columbus.
Governor Hanly Returns From Vicksburg Dedication
Governor Hanly and his party, who attended the dedication of Indiana monuments and markers in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, are expected back in Indianapolis today.
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Hanly
Indianapolis
Vicksburg
Indiana
National Military Park
Drys Win In Lawrence County In Local Option Vote
Returns from nearly all precincts in Lawrence county show the drys winning every township and leading by about 1400 votes. Also includes a guide on polishing mirrors using whiting tea and alcohol to remove stains and fingerprints.
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Drys
Lawrence County
Indianapolis
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