Local Briefs From Localities And Regions
A carload of New York delegates passed through toward the convention on No. 15 Sunday. A Cornell alumni special train from Chicago to Ithaca will pass Elk Hart tonight. Jacob Bontrager bought the Garfield avenue and Eighth street grocery and meat market and took possession today. Ringling Bros circus, Toledo today, Goshen tomorrow, seventy nine cars in three Lake Shore trains Goshen to South Bend Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
No. 15
Cornell University
Chicago
Ithaca
N. Y
Elkhart
Jacob Bontrager
Garfield Avenue
Eighth Street
Ringling Bros.’ Circus
Toledo
Goshen
Lake Shore
South Bend
Evidences of Prosperity at Oliver Plow Works
Capt Edwin Nicar told Minister Wu that a four week work suspension for inventory and repairs was shortened to a two week limit due to increased business. Some departments will continue operations during the period. Also the post office ordered bright green paint to repaint city letter boxes, with work to start soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
South Bend
Edwin Nicar
Pasteurized Buttermilk Offered by Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co
Local dairy firm Wambaugh Sanitary Milk Co advertises pasteurized buttermilk at 3 cents per quart for home use. The note appears as a brief shop listing in the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wambaugh Sanitary. Milk Co
Brumbaugh Injunction Details County Bid Process
County Attorney Gottschall explains the counties bid and contract rules under a 1907 law. He notes plans and specifications must be duplicated and sealed, bids bonded, and lowest bidder awarded unless regulations differ. The discussion covers eight bidders, National Company plans, and the necessity of prior appropriations for contracts including arches and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gottschall
Auditor’s Office
Auditor's Office
National Company
Board of County Commissioners
Chicago
Elkhart Bridge and Iron Works
KILLED BY LIGHTNING AND OTHER ACCIDENTS
A series of mishaps are reported including a fatal lightning incident with a motor man attempting to stop a car before striking a child crossing a track. Additional notes cover Mrs. Wedge burned by gasoline, Carl Anderson wounded by a blank cartridge, John Haley's leg fracture from an ice box accident, a man injuring his shoulder during a woodchuck encounter, a horse kicking a boy causing facial wounds, two girls injured by a broom, a fireman’s eye injury from a glass shattering, and a boy collapsing from heart strain while en route to church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haley
Jacob Goldberg
High Street
Drayman
James Overlees
Haley
Mr. Overlees
South Main Street
S. S. Studebaker
Bristol
H. W. McClellan
Hubbard Avenue
Felow
Helen
Daisy Brown
Marion Street
Daisy
Lake Shore
W. D. Pier
Harrison Street
Elkhart
Russell
Mary Huntington
North Third Street
Conrad Ziesel
Second
Jefferson Streets
St. Vincent's
Ziesel
New Gents' Clothing Store to Open by Local Firm
Fred and Edward Keene and Hugh Miller form a company to open an up to date gents clothing and tailoring store. Incorporation papers prepared by Church and Shaw and sent to Indianapolis. Store room on South Main Street former Hoffman grocery leased and to be remodeled for August opening. Keene brothers currently work in Hill store clothing department with Keene as manager. Miller a railway mail clerk residing here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Edward Keene
Hugh Miller
Church & Shaw
Indianapolis
Hoffman
South Main Street
Messrs. Keene
Hill
Miller
Run Ten While Rival Goes Eight Foot Race Planned Between Shively Clerks
Walter Roose and Gale Cronk of Shively's shoe store plan a July 1 foot race from Goshen to Elkhart as a test of rivalry. Roose will give Cronk a two mile start, then Roose aims to finish about ten miles while Cronk covers eight. Race may be run or walked. both have begun training. Roose was a former top distance runner in the Northern Indiana High School League. George Cuppy visited Klingers Lake for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Roose
Gale Cronk
Shively
Roose
Cronk
Goshen
Elkhart
Michigan City
Clothes Thief Caught After Elkhart Arrest
A youth confessed to breaking into a tailor shop with another man and stealing a Gummer suit among other garments. He later claimed solo involvement and reported work for Edward Waters before committing the theft. Maltz pleaded guilty in city court, receiving a $15 fine plus costs and ten days in jail.
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Elkhart
Darling
George Cuppy
Edward Waters
Marion Street
Siebler Tailoring Co
Maltz
Mortuary Notices From Osceola and Goshen
Miss Ruth tanna Bancroft died at her sister’s Osceola home at 10 a m from Brights disease after two months illness born April 4 1842 funeral at 2 p m Wednesday at the house led by Rev Knox and Rev Simpson Mrs Jacob H Brown of Harrison Center died last Saturday aged 36 daughter of Mr and Mrs David Kintigh longtime county resident left a husband six children two brothers and two sisters survive Mrs Frederick Koehler of South Bend died last Purday aged 49 leaving husband and four children Samuel Harris a Goshen native died in Minneapolis last Friday Joseph Coash of Goshen died Saturday aged 35
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Ruth Tanna Bancroft
Milton Proudfit
Osceola
Bright
Miss Bancroft
Louise Pierce
Mr. Knox
F. T. Simpson
South Bend Policeman Treated for Blood Poisoning
Samuel Berrant, a South Bend policeman, is hospitalized at Epworth Hospital with blood poisoning in one leg from dye entering a small wound. He remains under medical care as doctors assess his recovery.
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Samuel Berrant
South Bend
Epworth Hospital
Starlight Chapter O. B. S. Regular Session Announcement
Regular session of Starlight Chapter O B S set for 7 30 p m Tuesday initi ation. Elkhart Owls depart at 7 p m tonight for a nest meeting in South Bend. Hudson Street Junior Loyal Temperance Legion cancels meetings during vacation months. Boys Wonder Band of twenty six pieces to give free concert on lawn at 920 West Franklin Street Friday evening June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starlight Chapter
O. B.S
Elkhart Owls
South Bend
Hudson Street Junior Loyal Temperance Legion
Boys’ Wonder Band
Franklin Street
News of the Railroads Blown cylinder head delays train at Waterloo
The cylinder head on engine 4836 attached to the Twentieth Century blew out at Waterloo on Sunday morning forcing a freight engine assist to Elkhart. The train arrived forty one minutes late. Discharges followed for the engineer and fireman involved in a prior incident. Yard engine relief has ended and carpenters are repairing the passenger turntable at the round house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Elkhart
Secret Service Chief In Indiana Seeks Counterfeit Den
Capt. Tom Halls head of Indianapolis secret service bureau traveled to Elkhart and North Manchester seeking a counterfeit coin den on the Eel River banks. A raid found no suspects but molds and tooling were seized. Halls pursued reports of fresh counterfeits in northeastern Indiana but was said to be unsuccessful. A. J. Lamb mourns the theft of his bicycle from Lexington Avenue office steps. Three men faced intoxication charges and four vagrants were detained Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Halls
Secret Service Bureau
Indianapolis
Elkhart
Eel River
Manchester
Indiana
Capt. Halls
A. J. Lamb
Lexington Avenue
Goshen Boy Named Clover Hay In County News
A Goshen boy is named Clover Hay. Parents may have called him Timothy and saved Clover for a sister. Oscar Castle of Frankfort and Alvena Witmer of Wakarusa secured a marriage license at St. Joseph.
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Clover Hay
Timothy
Clover
Oscar Castle
Frankfort
Alvena, Witmer
Wakarusa
St. Joseph
Target Shooting Tryouts Open Across Battalion Teams
Co E of the city Co F from South Bend Co H of Plymouth and Co I from Warsaw arrived to practice as battalion tryouts begin at 8 am. A four-man team will represent the battalion in the regimental shoot on a date yet undecided. South Bend and Co K also practiced. In Michigan City water shortages prompt a call to halt sprinkling during fire alerts and consideration of a districted watering schedule.
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Co. E
Co. F
South Bend
Co. H
Plymouth
Co. I
Warsaw
Co. K
Michigan City
A Water Way Wedding Trip Across Lake Erie
Newly married couples ride the D and B Daily Line steamers between Detroit and Buffalo offering romance and seclusion aboard Eastern and Western States boats. Staterooms reserved in advance, call Detroit & Buffalo Steam Boat Co. at 5 Wayne St Detroit. Also, St John’s Church Ladies Guild hosts an ice cream strawberry cake social on Wednesday evening June 17 at the rectory with a musical program.
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Lake Erie
Detroit
Buffalo
Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co
Wayne St
Mich
Ladies’ Guild of
St. John’s Church
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