Island Park Concert Then Sidway Band Visit at Inn
Elkhart residents have a Sunday afternoon concert at Island Park at 3 pm. The Sidway Concert Band of twenty will play at The Inn Lake Wawasee next Wednesday evening for Indiana Pharmaceutical Association members, departing at 5 pm from Milford Junction. Ex Judge Henry D Wilson visited Elkhart Friday, noting his sprightly days and current Illinois law practice with a son urging a return to Elkhart County.
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Elkhartars
Island Park
Sidway
Miles Medical Co
Lake Wawasee
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
Milford Junction
Wilson
Henry D. Wilson
Elkhart
Goshen
Ilinois
Chicago
Elkhart County
Elkhartty
Fisherman forgets tackle becomes unwitting joke centerpiece
Charles Sage, famed for his hearty laugh at a friend's joke, becomes the butt of laughter after misplacing his tackle and memory slips, leading him to forget his watch and wander off to fish, creating a comic yet gentle incident that circles his forgetful moment.
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Charles Sage
Tackle Missing After Early Morning Grand Rapids Trip
A man left his fishing tackle valued at 50 to 75 dollars at Grand Rapids depot. He called a friend by long distance to ship the gear, which was later found inside the See Second Street entrance. In a separate outing, Ford Henderson Shorty Virgil and Harry Wilkinson stole food and用品 from Simonton Lake, planning to cook using a cookbook.
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Grand Rapids
Clinton Shafer
Ford Henderson
Shorty
Virgil
Harry Wilkinson
Simonton Lake
Utica Genealogy Highlight Prominent Men Born Here
Rev J H Breish extols Utica N Y as birthplace of greats naming James Sherman Roscoe Conkling Horatio Seymour and Breish himself He recalls Sherman loyalty amid party praise Then a tale of Dr Baumgartner Clouse Swanson chased by a bull frog and a dog Then Island Park Pavilion Sunday service invites male choir members and Christian community to attend all welcome
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J. H. Breish
Utica
N. Y
James §. Sherman
Roscoe Conkling
Horatio Seymour
Mr. Breish
A. J. Baumgartner
Charles Clouse
Mr. Swanson
Funeral for Henry S Arbogast Held at North of City
Funeral services for Henry S Arbogast will be at his home three miles north of the city at 2 pm Sunday with Rev A A Ogilvie of the Congregational church delivering the sermon. Interment will be in Cleveland township Lutheran cemetery. Justice Court proceedings heard the paternity suit Martha Kluth versus Ralph Wilhelm with Wilhelm bound over to the superior court on $200 bond.
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Henry S. Arbogast
A. A. Ogilvie
Congregational Church
Cleveland Township Lutheran Cemetery
Justice Court
State of
Indiana
Martha Kluth
Ralph Wilhelm
Justice Best
Mary Wilhelm
Estate actions and guardianships listed in probate docket
Estate of David Bughman and others granted petition to use 3300 for main maintenance and care of Margaret Bughman. Estate of Samuel Y. Zook shows balance on hand 2030.15. Estate of Rudolph J. Weith inventories $93 filed. Guardianship of George Straub discharged. Guardianship of Elmer Mabel and George McDowell shows balance on hand 2554.40 and due ward 2578.
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David Bughman
Ananias Bughman
David Snively
Margaret Bughman
Samuel Y. Zook
Victor D. Smith
Rudolph J. Weith
Christiana R. Weith
George Straub
Mary Straub
Hiram Pont
Jewelry theft at residence on West Jackson Street
Mrs. Coleman reported jewelry stolen from her home at 119 West Jackson between Monday and Thursday. Items included a lady’s diamond watch set, a bracelet, a pin from a silver half dollar gold plated, and a brooch. Also noted were nude swimming youths in Christiana creek and local police activity with 14 men in jail that morning.
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Carl Coleman
West Jackson Street
Christiana Creek
Willowdale
Big Four Plans July Fourth Excursions
News of the railroads reports Conductor Carpenter and crew agitated as No. 154 reaches Kendallville with no women aboard. The Big Four offers one and a half fares for round trips system wide on July 4, with two excursions to Benton Harbor and one to Indianapolis on Sunday.
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Kendallville
Carpenter
Big Four
Benton Harbor
Indianapolis
Do Messages From the Dead Come From Living Minds
Hamlin Garland suggests a universal mind reservoir as a test of psychic claims. A doctor relates a sealed letter read by a celebrated medium who cannot read it unless a living mind elsewhere decodes and reseals it. The passage questions if spirits or minds on earth produce supposed messages.
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Reed
Hamlin Garland
Everybody’s Magazine
Local residents and visitors note list for weekend trips and moves
Personal items show Mrs. R. T. Proctor traveling to Toledo, many guests at Klinger Lake, Chicago visitors like John Young and Don Snader, and several trips to Mishawaka Goshen Reading and Warsaw. Notables include Prof E B Myers Oberlin reunion and James Walley moving to Indianapolis.
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F. W. Perry
Klinger Lake
John Inbody
John Young
Don Snader
Chicago
Chelius Shea
L. J. Tuel
Nebraska
Melvin Hines
Albion
J. H. Cory
E. B. Myers
Oberlin
Native costume band concert visit to Goshen and regional bids
Fifty full blooded Indians in native dress attended a Goshen band concert Friday evening, traveling from Winona where they played Hiawatha at the park. County bank appraisals list Elkhart Valley Bank at 112 500 and Exchange Bank at 16 100. Commissioners set July 9 bids for coal for the courthouse jail Goshen and the Dunlaps infirmary. E R Joseph of Chicago will run a moving picture show at the Jefferson theatre in Goshen this summer.
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Goshen
Winona
Hiawatha
Elkhart County
St. Joseph
Local Fire Chief Dies By Own Hand In Chicago Home
D W Gillen, native of South Bend and former Chicago volunteer fire department chief, died Friday by self inflicted gunshot in his Chicago residence. He was forty three, plagued by illness and despondency, and had been active with firemen’s papers and secretary of the Illinois Firemen’s Association. Fire at Mishawaka Metal Shoe Last Co. caused between 1000 and 1200 dollars in damage early Friday. Fritz Baer, a delivery man for Anheuser Busch, fell twelve feet from a pig load of empty barrels in South Bend, sustaining serious facial injuries. Nicholas Oppelt of Mishawaka died Friday after a fall from a drag. age forty six, survived by wife and eight children.
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Lee Biddle
Cleveland
Andrew Power
West Franklin Street
Marie Courtney
Bell Telephone Company
Indianapolis
Daniel Kreuger
Henry Guipe
Oroville
Cal
Charles Floyd
No. 1610
Morton Avenue
Kansas City
M. W. Stark
Mishawaka
D. W. Gillen
South Bend
Chicago
Illinois Firemen’s Association
Fritz Baer
Anheauser-Busch Brewing Co
Nicholas Oppelt
Fraternal Owls Split Over Insurgent Faction
An Indiana insurgent claims forty five of fifty one Owls nests join the new American Order of Owls after a Knoxville report. Elkhart Nest with seventy five members is undecided amid a split sparked by President John W. Talbot of South Bend.
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Indiana
Knoxville
Order of Owls
New Order
American Order of Owls
Elkhart
John W. Talbot
South Bend
Buckeyes of South Bend prepare for Elkhart clash
The Buckeyes of South Bend, riding a nine game win streak over top South Bend teams, head to Drilling Park to face Elkhart Sunday. Pitcher George Beck has fanned 95 batters in his last 11 games while yielding only 11 hits. Apprentices depart on No. 9 Sunday for Chicago to meet Englewood at Washington Park. Lineup includes Krinke, Gary, Truex, Donohue, Schuler, Moulton, Willis, Brown, Ball.
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Buckeyes
South Bend
Elkhart
George Beck
Chicago
Englewood
Washington Park
Krinke
Gary
Truex
Donohue
Schuler
Moulton
Willis
Brown
Ball
Runaways Arrested In Lake Shore Yard
Detectives arrested Joseph Foley aged twelve Thomas Grozbecker aged seventeen and Frank Smith twenty four colored after noon in the Lake Shore yard. They were held on advice from Youngstown Ohio that they were runaways wanted there. The youths say Smith caused their departure from home. Phyllus Middleton ten daughter of W F Middleton 110 North Sixth street ran a needle in her left foot this afternoon and a doctor was needed to remove it.
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Joseph Foley
Thomas Grozbecker
Frank Smith
Lake Shore Yard
Young
Youngstown
Ohio
Smith
Phyllus
W. F. Middleton
North Sixth Street
Property Transfers in Elkhart and Elihart
Fred E Mathias transfers to Sven A Gustaf son a lot in Elkhart for 750 dollars. John A Smith transfers to Louise Roswell a lot in Elihart for 1 dollar. Tula B Weaver transfers to John A Smith a lot in Elkhart for 100 dollars.
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Fred E. Mathias
Sven A. Gustafson
Elkhart
John A. Smith
Louise Roswell
Elihart
Tula B. Weaver
German Proverb Reflections on Hope and Bitter Disappointment
A melancholy old proverb about hope, noting there is no sweeter suffering when bitterness from defeat lingers and hope remains as memory for hearts cured by disappointment.
Not Entirely Automobiles Replacing Horses In Talk
Moe Rose and Jon Cose discuss whether the automobile will fully replace the horse. The exchange, printed in Browning's Magazine, hints at limited adoption and skepticism about substitution, with light humor about compiling life items and letters. Washington Herald quotes the exchange.
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Moe Rose
Jon Cose
Browning
Child of Miller family improves after bowels illness
One year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Miller of Middlebury street has shown improvement after two weeks of critical illness from inflammation of the bowels Visit the Delicatessen Store.
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Charles Miller
Middlebury Street
Longevity Rankings of Animals From Ancient Records
Minneapolis Journal lists animal lifespans with the whale at 800 to 1000 years and tortoise 100 to 200 years, while elephant camel eagle crocodile carp tigers leopards jaguars hyenas swans parrots ravens pelicans hawks geese monkeys baboons squirrels rabbits queen bees working bees drones and others assigned ages from decades to centuries.
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Minneapolis Journal
East African Highlands Spartan Style and Mammal Marvels
Excerpted from Strand Magazine notes a young Englishman’s sparse East African attire and sun hardened skin. It compares the largest mammals, whales, to elephants, and explains whales are mammals feeding young with milk. A quip about MSS and a doctor’s temperament closes as a daughter is born to Mr and Mrs Roy Sanford of Cassopolis Street on Friday.
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Strand Magazine
Roy Sanford
Cassopolis Street
Friday
Island Band Concert Sunday
Wanted seeks man in Elkhart to manage expiring subscriptions and gain new business for Success Magazine. Permanent position with salary $2 per day plus commission. experience preferred but all qualified applicants considered. Send references to R C Peacock, Room 226, Success Magazine Bldg., New York City.
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Success Magazine
Man
Elkhart
R. C. Peacock
Success Magazine Bldg
New York City
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Elkhart Review
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Abraham S&s. Shelly
Lake Shore Company
Judge Dodge
Lagrange
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John BE. Lower
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St. Joseph River
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St. Joseph Street
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Toledo
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Strong Avenue
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