S. W. Shumard Dies Aboard Train From California Return
S. W. Shumard dies on a California return trip after a winter away with his wife and daughter. Grace Shumard relayed the telegram to Miss Lefa Pollard at Lynn Utah. The Elks Lodge in Salt Lake City to care for the remains. Shumard, born 1834 in Clermont County Ohio, lived most recently in Elkhart Indiana since 1869 and ran a grocery with partners before solo ownership.
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Lefa Pollard
Lynn
Utah
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Miss Pollard
Shumards
Marion Street
Henry Caldwell
No. 505
South Fifth Street
California
Miss Shumard
J. P. Sanders
Sawyer
Elks
Air
Shumard
Cleremont County
Ohio
Oregon
Goshen
Elkhart
Douglass Beardsley
Abe Blivenour
Pittsburg
Elza Golden
Harrison Street
Sixth
Fedder Bros
Injured by Torpedo At Work Site In Local Mishaps
Railway machinist apprentice O R Wenger suffered a deep hand wound and facial injuries when a torpedo placed under a tank exploded. Hiram Baer fell from a cherry tree injuring back and side at Cassopolis street. W H Harvey of 608 Monroe street grows a white strawberry variety claimed to be rich and well.
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O. R. Wenger
Lake Shore
Hiram Baer
W. H. Harvey
Monroe Street
Ttta
Landmark Old Bronson House Being Rebuilt in Concord Township
The Bronson house on Middlebury Street east of the driving park is being demolished by owner Ceylon Stutsman to rebuild nearer the road among mature trees. The brick structure with four inch walls and twelve foot ceilings housed J R Mather in the 1870s and featured fine white and ash timbers, a walnut winding staircase, and solid foundations. Stutsman plans a modern look while using much of the material in the new residence, relocating the height of rooms and adjusting design. He has occupied the property since March after moving from five miles east, now owned by P C Forinash.
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Concord Township
Bronson
Middlebury Street
J. R. Mather
Ceylon Stutsman
Stutsman
Bronson Place
P. C. Forinash
Island Park Appears Unharmed After Flood Rumors
Island Park shows no evidence of major flood damage despite unfounded reports. A walk around the island reveals minor defects such as unfilled holes on the south shore and high steps at the bridge approaches. Buildings have been repainted, benches and swings are in good condition, and the basin houses fish for children to enjoy.
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Island Park
Judge Dodge Acts in Emergency Custody Case
Judge J S Dodge of Elkhart temporarily restrains and awards custody of six year old Arthur S Crampton to Mrs Melvina Crampton amid a divorce petition filed in Kosciusko circuit court. The complaint alleges cruelty drunkenness and repeated threats by Anson S Crampton with the child in Elk hart Mishawaka and Michigan City while the couple were married August 15 1908 and separated February 8 1908.
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Judge Dodge
Rouse
J. S. Dodge
Elkhart
L. W. Royse
Warsaw
Dodge
Melvina Crapton
Arthur S. Crampton
Crampton
Trustee Becomes Inspector By Official Position
Law states a township trustee without a relative on the election ticket must serve ex officio as inspector in the election area where he resides. O C Puterbaugi holds inspector status by virtue of his official position.
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O. C. Puterbaugi
Electric Cars Crash Injuring Motormen Passengers Escapes
An interurban Winona limited from Goshen collided with a Goshen city car near Goshen, injuring two motormen Albert Stage and Wilbur Drake. The city car wrecked. passengers aboard escaped serious harm. A bystander described a violent scene as others fought and a rock was hurled at a passenger.
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Albert Stage
Goshen
Wilbur Drake
Limited
Winona
R. W. Monger
Glass Fragments Draw Ire of City Cyclists
Bicyclists complain about abundant glass on streets and sidewalks. They blame milkmen and the street car company for broken windows and scattered shards, with one cyclist saying he would testify against violators of the city ordinance.
New City Map Sought for Elkhart as 1891 Atlas Aged
City planning commission seeks a new Elkhart map to reflect extensions, additions, and vacated streets since 1891. The current atlas by A R Orton is outdated and scarce for purchase. In Mishawaka Louise Stickbarger seeks admin appointment for Philip Noel who vanished fourteen years ago, implying a legal presumption of death if granted.
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City of
Elkhart
A. R. Orton
Ufe
South Bend
Louise Stickbarger
Philip Noel
Mishawaka
Mr. Noel
Deaths and local notices amid June events in Indiana
Obituary notes the death of S. W. Shumard and a series of local items recount floods in Island Park, a judge operating under new law, street car collisions near Goshen, and a busy week of public meetings. Also mention rabid cow near Goshen, a band concert, engineer licensing talk, praise for Elkhart musicians, and various regional happenings across Indiana.
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S. W. Shumard
Island Park
Dodge
Goshen
Ringling Bros
South Bend
Elkhart
Valparaiso
Indiana
Old Bronson
Weather Summary for Local Area
The weather report shows a maximum temperature of 76 and a minimum of unspecified, with seas and wind at 12 miles per hour. Local conditions are partly cloudy according to Miles Medical Co.
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Miles Medical Co
Prosperous Farmers Boost Elkhart Area Outlook
The Elkhart region shows farmers prospering with new houses barns and painted homes, spurring local commerce as high prices for butter eggs and crops ease financial pressures. Open air band concert planned at Hotel Bucklen with cornet solo by Jacob Geiss. County board of review to hear objections to property assessments across eight townships. G W Barlow hired as contract agent and lighting engineer for regional electric companies.
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Elkhart
Trumpet
Hotel Bucklen
Jacob Geiss
County Board of Review
Concord
Bango
Cleveland
Osolo
Harrison
Locke, Union
Olive Townships
Taft Delegates Seated as Lodge Speech Sparks Stampede
The march of clubs and credential delays open in Boston style program but is overshadowed by Lodge speech in Chicago. Roosevelts surge of support erupts across the hall with cheers from many states while Ohio stays quiet. The crowd shouts four more years as Lodge resumes at 2 45 p m and signals the end of a volatile rally.
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Chicago
Senator Lodge
Roosevelt
Ohio
Herrick
Harris
Charles Taft
Vorys
Lodge
Charles
N. H. Fairbanks
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Taft Delegation Likely Seated as Credentials Committee Report
Chicago reports the credentials committee will seat all Taft delegates at the convention. The resolutions committee faced a long night and was besieged by special interests. its final outcome will not be made public today.
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Taft
Resolutions Committee
Fight of the Allies Fails Over National Committee Decision
The allies sought reversal of the national committee’s handling of 110 contested convention delegates. The credentials committee opened after the first session adjourned and the national committee backed Taft delegates in the affected states and districts. The allies planned to press multiple contests.
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National Committee
Credentials Committee
Credentials Committee Clears Contests Status at Convention
The credentials panel finished hearings with the original national roll approved and Taft forces untouched. Allies concede no chance on the floor, while police averted a fist fight during this morning’s session. Today, permanent organization to close before nightfall, Lodge to preside, platform and candidate nominations to follow.
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National Committee
Credentials Committee
Washington
Lodge
Cereentials Committee
Senator Lodge
Resolutions Committee Chooses Leaders and Forms Subcommittee
Senator A J Hopkins of Illinois was named chairman and Major John F Lacy of Iowa secretary of the resolutions committee. The panel met in the Auditori um Annex parlor and set up a thirteen member subcommittee to study disputed platform planks and finalize the document.
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A. J. Hopkns
Illinois
John F. Lacy
Iowa
Thirteeen
Gompers Admits Labor Plank Boosts Republican Support
Samuel Gompers presents a labor program to the resolution committee arguing Republicans back labor rights. The plank calls for wage-earner organized effort, anti injunctions in labor disputes, women’s suffrage, a separate labor department, a mines bureau, and postal savings banks. Cummins’ presidential boom is launched with Iowa factions uniting and seeking Taft’s help to nominate Cummins.
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Samuel Gompers Aday
Resolution Committee
Republican Party
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Employers’ Liability Act
Separte Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
Federal Bureau of Mines and Mining
Cummins
Iowa
Taft
Cummings
Republican National Convention Opens Second Session
In Chicago on June 17 the second session of the Republican National Convention opened at noon with temporary Chairman Burrows presiding. All seats in the Coliseum were filled as attention focused on the credentials committee report and its disposition.
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Coliseum
Burows
Senator Lodge
Committee On
Chicago
Burrows
Lodge Speaks as Republican Convention Chair
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge presides at the Republican convention pledging to name the ticket and defend a record of fifty years. He argues the party’s past and present contrasts with Democrats and urges unity to secure victory in November.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Republic
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Goodby
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Muncie
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G. W. Barlow
Kankakee
Morning Report
Resolutions
Committee On Credentials
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Gompers
Bur
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