Large Alimony Granted in Elkhart Divorce
In Goshen circuit court Judge J S Dodge granted a divorce of Harriett B Snell from Thornton v Snell of Elkhart. He approved a property settlement valuing the defendant s assets at 200 000 and ordered payment of 75 monthly along with 40 60 60 staged sums and allotment of 125 shares of St Joseph Valley Bank stock plus all household goods secured by a mortgage on a 400 acre Illinois farm. The plaintiff receives the stock and goods. neither party is restricted from remarrying. testimony from three witnesses detailed marital strife and infidelity concerns while the defense offered little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
J. S. Dodge
Harriett B. Snell
Thornton v. Snell
Elkhart
P. L. Turner
J. L. Har- Ahan
St. Joseph Valley Bank
Illinois
New York
Dodge
Ead
Fire Ravages Goshen Garage and Twin Branch Barns
A fire started at 1 p m in Goshen at Teegarden and Putt automotive shop damaging the garage for an estimated 8 000 to 10 000 dollars. A White steamer car belonging to Harry Whitmer, valued about 3 000 when new, was completely destroyed. The garage building owned by H S Kidder suffered heavy damage while other cars were saved. Two Langdon farm barns at Twin Branch burned by 3 a m with 18 cattle rescued. total loss about 3 500 dollars. Fire origin traced to chimney over Nash Mrs Beckner residence. Fire units from two companies responded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Teegarden & Putt Automot
Hile
Harry Whitmer
H. S. Kidder
Insur
Langdon
Aris
Nash
Beckner
Automobile Crash Near Klinger Lake Injures Two
The H S Hubbard auto carrying Mr Hubbard Mrs Albert and Miss Della Buntin and young Edward Clark wrecked near Klinger Lake. Mrs Albert and Miss Buntin sustained bruises and abrasions. The auto skidded at speed, hit a pole before overturning, throwing occupants to the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Wns
Klinger Lake
Mr. Hubbard
H. H. Albert
Della Huntin
C. H. Buntin
Little Edward Clark
Miss Buntin
Petition to Resurface Lexington Avenue Circulated
A petition to the board of public works is circulated among Lexington Avenue property owners. It asks for resurfacing, arguing costs will be lower before the two year guaranty expires and the company may include repair work in a future resurfacing price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington Avenue
Board of Public Works
Ban on Bachelors in Medicine Prompts Elkhart Academy Talk
Dr. J. C. Fleming hosted the Elkhart Academy of Medicine for a Friday banquet at the Fleming home 808 Marino Street. Thirty members attended the closing meeting before summer, with a lively debate on whether bachelors have a place in medicine and discussions on improving hospital facilities and the academy’s role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Fleming
Elkhart Academy of Medicine
Fleming
Academy
Marino Street
W. A. Stauffer
A. A. Norris
J. A. Work, Jr
J. B. Porter
Stauffer
Harriet B. Jennings
M. M. Eckelman
G. W. Hauenstein
Ophelia Staufft
J. A. Work
E. M
I. W. Short
C.W. Haywood
C. D. Goodrich
Confronted intruder and two burglars captured
Mrs. Karl W. Simonton woke at 2 30 am to discover a stranger in her hall. The man fled down the stairs and out, leaving theft unknown. Police searched neighborhoods but found no match, while two burglars were later arrested nearby with stolen twine in a separate burglary case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl W. Simonton
Beardsley Avenue
Mr. Simonton
G. A. Brigs
Curtis Tallerday
Baldwin Street
Vincent Winger
South Clark Street
Winger
Otis
Otis Robinson
East Jackson Street
W. H. Dunbar
Reich Blacksmith
Dunbar
Reich
Robinsons
Roth
Tallerday
Bristol
Washington
Iowa
Winget
Summary of Today's News June 27
Today reports a divorce and alimony for Mrs. T T Snell and a variety of local incidents. A fake arms solicitor is exposed and shipped out of town. Robbery scares, car accidents, a smallpox quarantine note, and oil application debates appear among police and city notes. Major items include a fatal Erie wreck near Garrettsville and drownings in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. T. Snell
Karl Simonton
Weather Forecast for Indiana Turnpike Region
Fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday and likely showers in the northwest. Miles Medical Co furnishes the daily forecast. Maximum and minimum temperatures not provided. Winds light around 10 mph. Local conditions expected to be fair overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Miles Medical Co
Review Follow Ad Service Notice
The Review will be sent to any address for any length of time at ten cents per week. If you are going on vacation let it follow you daily.
Fake Bigamist Grifters Defeated in Elkhart Cash Scam
A well dressed young man with one leg exposed a lodging scam at Christiana lake then used a false wife and mother-in-law story to squeeze donations from hotel patrons. Police tracked him as A. J. Compton or Resing, aided by mock checks and a Western Union ruse. He pleaded poverty to avoid arrest and promised to leave town for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birkhart
Christiana Lake
Elkhart
A. J. Compton
Conn
Mr. Gronert
Western Union
Chicago
Compton
Indiana Still in Fore Objection to Him as Head of the National Committee
Denver reports sentiment among a sub committee opposes Tom Taggart retaining as head of the national committee. Bryan reportedly does not favor him and the committee lineup is seen as likely to yield Taggart’s re election unless Bryan opposes the choice. Partial victory for Harry Thaw in upstate New York as habeas corpus granted and sanity trial ordered by jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Committee
Denver
Tom ‘Taggart
Bryan
Tagegart
Harry Thaw
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Thaw
White Plains
Taft to Decide National Chairman Today at Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay June 27 Taft arrived to visit the president and none of the national chairman plans were settled yet. A decision was expected today before Taft leaves for Sagamore Hill. Villagers gathered as Ifill, with about 200 locals, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Taft
Sagamore Ifill
Ife
Smallpox Quarantine Rumor In Three Rivers
Three Rivers rumor claimed Charles Landers faced quarantine before marrying Mrs. Pearl Myers in Elkhart. Officials found no quarantine risk as Landers wore clean clothes after exposure and was allowed to depart, while a local joke spurred alarm about potential smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Rivers
Charles Landers
Pearl Myers
Landers
Elkhart
Mr. Landers
West Crawford Street Macadam Plan Discussed
Residents of West Crawford Street held a meeting at E C Rice to review macadam paving plans. A committee will ask the public works board why oil is used on the pavement instead of sand as specified. The engineer says the change benefits the pavement and property owners approve the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford Street
West Crawford Street
E. C. Rice
Board of Public Works
Lake Shore car repair shop to resume eight hour days
Foreman F H Hanson orders the entire repair force to report for eight hours daily continuing weekly. About eighty five men affected after prior four day weeks. He may add workers as needed and expects a ten hour day soon. Sixty cars were moved from Mishawaka pit for rush repairs and 100 box cars on Lansing division siding are under rush orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hanson
Lake Shore
Hanson
Change of Time on Big Four Trains
A timetable update adjusts arrivals for the Big Four. No. 48 will now arrive at 12 05 p m and run through to Benton Harbor. No. 34 moves to 4 45 p m. No. 25 from Benton Harbor arrives at 1 25 p m, twenty five minutes later than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton Harbor
Verdict Against Big Four in $50000 Damage Suit
Rockville Indiana June 27 jury returned a verdict for plaintiff John Saw yer in the $50,000 damage suit against the Big Four Railway for the Sandford powder car explosion of January 1907. Jury awards $5500 precedent making the company responsible. Defense argued Henry McDonald dynamited a church and stores and a mine for the train, but evidence ruled irrelevant. An appeal will be taken. Latest Thing in Society Columbus Swimming Parties. Sullivan Lawyer Suggs aged 103 died after two years illness born in 1805 in North Carolina came to Indiana 1858 served in Seminole Indian war Mexican and Civil Wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockville
Ind
John Sawyer
Big Four Railway Company
Sandford
Henry McDonald
Sullivan
Suggs
Sullivan County
Aeea
North Carolina
United States Steel to Build Plant at Stinesville
Bloomington Ind June 27 The United States Steel Corporation has optioned 861 acres of stone land at Stinesville and announced plans for a 1.5 million dollar plant employing 500 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
United States Steel Corporation
Stinesville
Taft Delays Departure in New Haven Stays for Correspondence
Secretary Taft remained in New Haven to handle neglected correspondence and planned to spend most of the summer at Hot Springs Virginia with the Taft family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Taft
Hot Springs
Thieves Raid a Post Office in Harvey
Three hundred dollars in cash and stamps were stolen from the Harvey Newfoundland post office by men last night. Police pursue leads as the raid disrupts local mail service in the coastal town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey
Oil Sprinkling on Plainfield Streets Sparks Dusty Uproar
In Plainfield Indiana the business group backed spraying Main Street with tarred oil to curb dust spending 700 to 800 dollars for seventy thousand gallons. Residents report sticky streets and oil transferring to shoes and carpets, with many removing rugs and leaving town until conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Ind
Plainfield
Opera House
Main Street
G Cc. Cumberworth
W. A. Rushton
Jos. Prewitt
Mexican Revolt Flares Across Border With Heavy Losses
Reports describe a major clash near Los Vacas, Mexico, with about 5000 shots fired, 40 to 50 killed, and the fort and quarters burned. Mexican revolutionaries attack Juarez guard posts as arrests ripple through Chihuahua and northern Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fl Paso
Tex
Los Vacas
Mex
Texas
Cusstom House
Bandits Raid Northern Mexico Town Loot Bank and Stamp Office
Telegraphs from Coahuila report fifty armed bandits raided Viesena causing killings and jail breakouts. They robbed the Bank of Nueva Leon in Monterey, looted the stamp office and express office, cut telegraph wires, and fled toward Durango after a clash where a trooper died and one bandit was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Cardenas
Coahuila
Corral
Viesena
Bank of
Nueva Leon
Monterey
Government Stamp Office
Miguel Cardenas
Secretary of the Interior
Hornos
Matamoros de la Guna
Durango
Torreon
Heaviest Boy in Indiana Weighs 425 Pounds
Oakland City Indiana reports sixteen year old Everett Mason as possibly the state's heaviest boy. He weighed 365 pounds eleven months ago and has gained 60 pounds since, reaching 425 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland City
Ind
Everett Mason
Indiana
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Thornton. Snell
Lilly & Sons
Marion Street
Fred DeMusey
Mr. DeMusey
Luther Troxel
Mr. Troxel
Troxel
DeMusey
Lilly
Joseph Barnes
Pitti
K. W. Simonton
Big
T. D. Cook
Prairie Street
Cleveland
Erie
Garrettsville
Ohio
Mankato
Minn
Roosevelt
State of Texas
Portugal
Brazil
J. S. Sherman
Indianapolis
Plainville
Big Four
Oakland
Harry
Man
Columbus
Steel Trust
Mr. Taft
Yale
Viesca
Revolutionista
el Paso
Juarez
Custom House
Chihuahua
United States
Oliver
Ferment
Banco de Nacional
Banco de London
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