End May Trial In Elkhart Liquor Appeals Before Special Judge Kellison
Remonstrators and applicants in the Plymouth liquor license appeal of F. W. Wickwire and William Harper presented witnesses today. Special Judge Kellison hears without a jury. four remonstrators testified this morning. about six applicant witnesses expected this afternoon as final pleadings near.
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Plymouth
F. W. Wickwire
William Harper
Third Ward
Kellison
St. Joseph Superior Court
W. W. van Fleet
D. D. Bates
Bries
Marshall County
Bates
Regular Council Meeting Tonight Faces Small Agenda
The common council convenes in regular session with little expected to be decided. A school trustee may be elected to succeed E G Machan, whose term ends this month. The Board of Public Works seeks additional appropriation for the miscellaneous fund due to spring flood costs. May treasurer and controller reports show $44,449.78 in current taxes and $348,988.73 total receipts. Balance April 30 was $30,521.06, grand total on hand and received $79,509.78. Paid out $64,523.34, leaving a June 1 balance of $14,986.44.
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E. G. Machan
Stricken at Class Banquet At Northwestern Medical College
Alumni meeting in Chicago hosted over 900 guests who received pictures of the buildings. A classmate from 1904 appeared in good health until suddenly stricken with appendicitis during the banquet and operated on two hours later by two classmates chosen by lot.
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W. A. Stauffer
Northwestern Medical College
Chicago
At & A.m
Wallace Grayson
Marion
Lot
Elkhart Board of Charities Reports County Infirmary Conditions
County visiting committee likens conditions at the Elkhart infirmary to be improving yet notes 182 feeble men and 22 weak women with helpers, plus unsafe lighting and cramped coal oil lamp use. Jail holds 25 but room for 24, sanitation poor. Mishawaka orphanage well kept but overabundance of placeable children. A proposal to form a Board of Children's Guardians was approved.
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Elkhart County
Atne Elkhart City
Mishawaka
A. C. Yoder
Goshen
Yoder
W. L. Stonex
S. B. McCracken
Bedmate Ignorant of Death in Longcliff Insane Hospital
Charles C. Harrison a former Elk Hartan and Singer Sewing Machine Co. agent died by suicide at Longcliff insane hospital after being confined since March. He was forty, survived by wife and four children, with twins aged seven. Harrison had recent insanity onset and a family history of mental illness. He was buried in Donaldson, Indiana, with services planned near his mother’s home.
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Charles C. Harrison
Maple Row
Harrison
Singer Sewing Machine Co
South Bend
Argos
Ind
Longcliff
W. O. W. Lodge
Michigan City
Donaldson
Building Boom Persists in Elkhart Despite Slump
A South Bend traveling man who sells building materials notes Elkhart is busy with new construction while nearby South Bend lags. The observer calls the activity encouraging amid a generally dull business mood.
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Elkhart
South Bend
Alumni Reunion at Bucklea Hotel Celebrates Blue and White Ties
Nearly 200 alumni enjoyed the annual reception and banquet at the Bucklea Hotel. The event honored January and June graduates, featured solos, speeches, and toasts, and urged ongoing alumni support to uphold the school’s blue and white heritage.
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Bucklea Hotel
A. J. Baumgartner
Mary Brennan
Payson Schwin
BE. H. Drake
George E H. Shaw
Vera Spohn
Robert Winslow
C. E. Boyer
High school alumni refreshments and court fights
A collage of brief items reports pleasant refreshments by the high school alumni association, a death by suicide at J Longcliff, and various local notices including marriages, meetings, and community events.
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C. Harrison
J Longcliff
County Charities Board
John Stalker
Elkhart
Leslie Carter
Goshen
South Bend
Porter
Lake Shore
America
Ed Thomas
Indianapolis
Plymouth
Otis Schuler
Mack
Jaurlet Court
Pratt Street
Council
Knights Templar
Winona
Weather Summary Peckville Daily
The report shows a maximum temperature of 78 degrees and a minimum of 60. Wind speeds reach 12 mph with 0.4 inches of rain and a trace of precipitation. Local conditions are cloudy.
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Miles Medical Co
Two Children Drowned in St Joseph River Tragedy
Elsie Miller thirteen and Robert Miller eight, accompanying their father R A F Miller of South Bend on a weekday outing, vanished from Leeper Park island as the parent searched the mainland for them. They were believed swept away by the swift river while the sister attempted to guard the boy after a drink break and fishing outing.
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Elsie
Robert Miller
R. A. F. Miller
South Bend
Leeper Park Island
St. Joseph
Mr. Miller
Robert
Brinningstall Gives Thanks After Liberty Declared
James Brinningstall bowed in prayer after being told he was at liberty by Justice Edwards in Dowagiac. He declared no malice toward his wife, spoke of divine mercy, and displayed intense religious fervor in jail, disturbing nearby prisoners with nightly supplications. A separate report notes 21 year old Joseph Cominski of South Bend died from blood poisoning after a splinter wound.
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Brinningstall
Justice Edwards
Dowagiac
James Brinningstall
Lyle and
Gage
Joseph Cominski
South Bend
Roosevelt narrowly escapes death in horse accident
President Roosevelt survived a dangerous fall from a horse at Rock Creek yesterday. He was bruised and momentarily lame but managed to remount, ride for an hour and a half, and return to Washington. He joked about the scare and noted the horse was unharmed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Rock Creek
Heroic Conductor Rescues Teen on Tracks at Carbondale
James Dunlap conductor for Ontario and Western railroad leaped from a fast moving locomotive to reach Frances Walker who stood in the middle of the tracks. He pulled her to one side as the cowcatcher grazed his heels in a daring rescue witnessed by about a score of bystanders.
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Wilkes-Barre
James Dunlap
Ontario & Western Railroad
Carbondale
Frances Walker
Landis says no chance Roosevelt nominated at national convention
Indiana Congressman Landis states there is no chance the national convention will nominate Roosevelt. He adds that if the convention ignored Roosevelt's statements and nominated him, Roosevelt would have no option but to accept.
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Pittsburg
Landis
Indiana
Roosevelt
Detroit Leads Choice for Next Locomotive Engineers Convention
On a late Tuesday test vote the choice of city for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention shows Detroit in the lead, followed by Birmingham Alabama and Harrisburg Pennsylvania. In England, Signorinette won the Derby at Epsom Downs with Primer second and Llangwam third. Signorinette was a hundred to one shot.
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Detroit
Columbus
Brotherhood of Locomotive J Engineers
Birmingham
Ala
Harrisburg
Epsom Downs
England
New Foreign Postage Rate Agreement Announced
Postmaster General Meyer announced an agreement with the British government establishing two cents per ounce letter postage between the United States Great Britain and Ireland.
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Washington
Meyer
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Hitch cock Arrives to Lead Taft Headquarters in Chicago
Frank B. Hitchcock, Taft's political manager, arrived in Chicago and assumed control of Taft's headquarters. He stated Taft's nomination remains as certain as ever and offered no further comment.
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Taft
Chicago
Frank B. Hitchcock
Four Die in Gas Tragedy in Chicago Home
In Chicago on June 3 a family tragedy unfolded when Mrs William Dornman and three children were found dead from gas asphyxiation in their residence. Neighbors detected the odor and forced entry to discover the scene.
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Chicago
William Dornman
Jeff Davis Defeated for Delegate at Arkansas Convention
The Democratic state convention in Little Rock elected delegates to the national convention and adopted a resolution binding them to support William J. Bryan. Senator Jeff Davis, listed as a candidate for delegates-at-large, received 183 votes out of 55.
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Jeff Davis
Little Rock
Ark
William J. Bryan
Fire Wipes $200000 From Erie Foundry
Fire heavily damaged most of the Erie foundry on June 3 inflicting an estimated loss near $200000. The blaze gutted the plant, one of the region s largest manufacturing institutions.
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Erie
Erie Foundry
Awaiting the Stork's Visit in Madrid
The Official Gazette reports Queen Victoria's accouchement expected at the end of June with the birth anticipated in Madrid.
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Madrid
Tane
DUNKARDS AND DRESS Expulsion for modern dress in church
Nearly 160 members of the German Baptist Brethren church in Dayton Ohio were expelled for refusing to wear old-fashioned dress. Women wearing spring hats of the Merry Widow style drew strong condemnation as wicked and worldly. The issue will be reviewed at Des Moines Iowa by the general conference.
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Dayton
German Baptist Brethren Church
Des Moines
Women Spy on Odd Fellows in Wabash Indiana
Members of the Odd Fellows lodge asked Prosecutor Eberhard to act against Brown's Corners women who spied on secret proceedings. During an initiation a man noticed women in trees and a second story window overlooking the lodge hall. Village boys also followed their mothers' example.
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Odd Fellows
Wabash
Ind
Odd Fellow's Lodge
Eberhard
Brown’s Corners
Allison Probably Wins Senatorial Primary in Iowa
Dubuque reports Allison leading Cummins in the state primaries with a likely majority from ten to twelve thousand. The Cummins committee disputes early figures and cautions that results will be close.
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Allison
Dubuque
Iowa
Gov
Cummins
Taft platform hidden with Wade Ellis en route to Chicago
Belief that Taft's platform is concealed on Attorney General Wade Ellis of Ohio is reported. It is being seasoned at Virginia Beach for a few days before shipment to the Chicago resolutions committee.
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Washington
Taft
Wade Ellis
Ohio
Virginia Beach
Resolutions Committee
Chicago
Hughes to seek presidential nomination at convention
Governor Hughes consulted with General Woodford about his presidential boom. Woodford said Hughes’ name will certainly be placed before the national convention.
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Hughes
New York
Gen. Woodford
St Louis braces for rising Mississippi floodwaters
St Louis reports the Mississippi River swelling after two weeks of rain. The city prepares as water nears flood stage, with an expected rise of about six inches by morning according to the weather bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
Detroit Next. Brotherhood to Hold Next Biennial Meeting
Detroit won the bid to host the next biennial meeting of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in Columbus Ohio with dates announced in the dispatch. The announcement confirms Detroit as the host city for the upcoming gathering of railway union members.
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Detroit
Columbus
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Great Medical Meeting Opens in Chicago Convention
The American Medical Association opened its fifty ninth annual convention in Chicago with about 3000 attendees from across the United States and abroad. Governor Deneen gave the welcome speech and Bishop Cheney offered the opening prayer as leaders emphasized plans for a national department of health.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Amuditorium
United States
Joseph D. Bryant
New York City
Department of Health
Deneen
Cheney
Balloon Flight Sets World Speed Record Over 800 Miles
The Chicago balloon driven by Captain G L Bimbaugh Charles Leichteiler and owned by Charles A Coey landed near Clear Lake South Dakota eight miles south after 11 hours of flight from Quincy Illinois. The crew claimed the world speed record though rain prevented a longer distance. They rode west to Kirkville Missouri then north, at one point dropping 1600 feet in a minute.
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Watertown
S. D
Chicago
Charles A. Coey
G. L. Bimbaugh
Charles Leichteiler
Quincey
At & P
Clear Lake
Bumbaugh
Quincy
Aeronauts
Kirkville
Must Haul the Goal Railway Board Gets Court Order
Indianapolis June 3 A Marion county judge issued a temporary restraining order against the Big Four and Southern Indiana railroads to halt their coal embargo. The order lasts until June 22 when a hearing is set as the rail lines dispute rate divisions. If no agreement is reached, funds from coal shipments are to be deposited with the court.
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Railway Board
Indianapolis
Indiana Railroad Commission
Lawson Twarvey
Marion Superior Court
Big Four
Southern Indiana Railread
Indiana
Sui cide and strawberry notes from Indiana fields
Edwood Indiana June 3 Ross Florence Tyner twenty five daughter of Ira Tyner wealthy farmer near Curtisville killed herself by carbalic acid while her parents were away in Evansville disposing of farm products. She had tuberculosis and planned a possible marriage to a local farmer. A letter from the fiancé regarding her health is thought to have prompted the act. Miss Tyner was known for beauty and had taught in Norton County schools. Evansville June 3 Henry Roeder farmer near Evansville reports 80 gallons of strawberries from three quarters of an acre with expected 500 more. Prices average 24 cents a gallon yielding about $192 so far. patch to be planted with late potatoes with 200 bushels anticipated.
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State Railroad Commission
Indiana
Indiana Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
Lafayette
New Albany
National Association of Doctors
Chicago
Quincy
Ill
Clear Lake
Oregon
Allison
Cummins
Iowa
Hughes
John Hays Hammond
Edward A. Steiner
Cleveland
Signorinette
St. Louis
Detroit
Edwood
Ind
Ross Florence Tyner
Ira Tyner
Curtisville
Beng
Yennus
Miss Tyner
Nator County
Evansville
Henry Roeder
Lave
Roeder
Dream Came True at Last
Marion Indiana June 3 Albert Shirely night watchman at the Keller chair factory had a dream fulfilled when the calf of his leg was pierced by a rifle ball. Twenty years ago Shirely dreamed he would be wounded by being shot. The dream worried him for some time and he never forgot it.
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Marion
Ind
Albert Shirely
Keller Chair Factory
Shirely
Military Reunion Opens in Lafayette Ignites City Spirit
Lafayette Ind June 3 Lafayette welcomes Indiana Sons of Veterans and the Ladies Auxiliary of the S O V as the annual encampment starts. Business streets glow with colors flags and bunting, signaling the gathering.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana Sons of Veterans
Two Friends Die Within an Hour and Are Buried Together
In New Albany Indiana on June 3 Mrs Catherine McBarron and Mrs Maggie Hughes died within an hour of each other and were buried at the same hour in Holy Trinity cemetery. The note ends with an inserted adage from the New York Press about debt.
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New Albany
Ind
Catherine McBarron
Maggie Hughes
Holy Trinity
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