Half a Million Added to Elkhart County Taxables
The Elkhart County Board of Review reports about $500,000 more in taxable property due to audits of notes real estate transfers and mortgage exemptions. The increases come from Goshen and Elkhart additions and are welcomed by taxpayers hoping for a lower rate. The board urges the public works to adopt a systematic approach to dirt street upgrades rather than scattered patchwork. The current patchy road work yields little real improvement and is viewed as deplorable.
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Elkhart County
County Board of Review
T the
D. O. ‘Batchelor
C. A. Croop
Charles Bryner
John Pence
Benton
Joey E. Dinehart
Hikhart
Goshen
Elkhart
Board of Public Works
Union merger marks end of two year effort at Indianapolis convention
Delegates from Castle Church women Mrs Charles Davis and Miss Zoa Rowe attended the biennial international Young People’s Christian Union convention in Indianapolis. The gathering approved a near unanimous merger with the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor, centralizing denominational ties and removing fines. Urion Quartet members Rev C S Parker and Rev Ray Upson participated alongside the delegates. Separately, Fire Insurance men gather at Bucklea Hotel for a joint meeting with Indiana union and non union leagues. The purpose was undisclosed and described as possibly for adjustments and general discussions on fire insurance.
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C. S. Parker
Ray Upson
Charles Davis
Zoa Rowe
Young People's Christian Union
Indianapolis
Urion Quartet
Davis
Miss Rowe
Union of Castle Church
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
Hikhart Fire Insurance
Bucklea Hotel
Indiana Union
Non-Union
Church basement flooded after heavy rain
During Monday morning rainstorm the Congregational church basement flooded due to an inadequate sewer trap. The basement of the Jones flats on Marion street also flooded.
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Congregational Church
Jones Flats
Mari
Crushing accident injures Niles worker at paper mill
Eli Elsauer of Niles suffered severe injuries when a bale weighing about 1,000 pounds fell on him at the French paper mill on Saturday. His spine was injured and internal injuries are not yet known. Nearby, John McDowell, two miles north of the city, strained chest muscles while lifting a large stone on Thursday and has been under a doctor’s care since.
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Eli Elsauer
Niles
John McDowell
Streetcar repairs near bridge to be complete by Fourth
Readable fragments indicate the streetcar company plans bridge repairs with red-painted cars and a target completion around the Fourth. Details are sparse but point to scheduled work affecting transit routes the city will monitor.
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Treet Car Company
Next Year to Be Good Says Lake Shore Official
A Lake Shore official predicts next year will be highly prosperous for railroads, with strong crop prospects and renewed activity in shops. Vice-President Brown of New York Central cites fall as start of prosperity, citing West crop gains and increased coal orders from Hocking Valley. Railcar demand rises. idle cars return to service as Collinwood and car repair shops resume operations.
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Lake Shore
Brown
New York Central Lines
Wall Street Journal
West
New York Central
Hocking Valley
Collinwood
Local Man Clears Decades-Old Pipes With Steam Power
John Horner of 506 South Second street devised a method to clean years of pipe buildup using steam pressure from a traction engine. After prep work to connect the boiler to the yard hydrant, about 100 pounds of pressure was applied to his residence. The steam cleared the pipes completely and the system now operates well, solving a long-standing household problem.
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John Horner
South Second Street
Horner
Fatally Crushed Under Sill in Nappanee House
Harvey Housouer of Nappanee died instantly when a frame house recently bought by Henry Landis settled as a jack slipped. Two assistants, Henry Hahn and Goodman, aided in the lift. Housouer, 32, weighed about 200 pounds and left a wife and child plus his father Christian M. Housouer.
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Harvey Housouer
Nappanee
Henry Landis
Elkhart
Housouer
Mr. Housouer
Henry Hahn
Goodman
Christian M. Housouer
Man with Cork Limbs Rescued From Wabash Dye-Works Fire
During a blaze at the Wabash dye-works owned by Harvey Utley he tried to escape but fell through a porch hole. His two artificial legs became caught, leaving him enveloped in smoke. Firemen pulled him free. he suffered severe nervous shock and was taken home for care.
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Harvey Utley
LaPorte Young Man Disappears in Strange Absence
Charles Zent, 19, assistant bookkeeper at LaPorte First National Bank, vanished after boarding a Michigan City car. Foul play suspected as his accounts remain intact. He left LaPorte with about $90, recently paid $40 salary and a probate check nearing $950 from his father's estate.
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LaPorte
Charles
Zent
LaPorte First National Bank
Hymen Busy as Elkhart Couples Wed This June
Several Elkhart pairs unite in marriage as June ends. Anna Kantz weds Avery DeGolier at the Kantz home with Rev. C E Rice officiating, then honeymoon at 510 Gladstone. Barndollar and Elizabeth Gary marry at their Eden street home with Rev. Rice as witness. Hamsher and Huber wed near Nappanee with 50 guests. Kerstetter and Mary Wells to marry at 305 Marion street tonight. Floyd McKay and Vera Kizer, Michigan City natives, visiting Elk hart after a South Bend wedding.
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Anna Kantz
Avery DeGolier
Samuel Kantz
James Street
C. E. Rice
Gladstone Avenue
DeGolier
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Fremont DeGolier
Miss Kantz
John Kantz
Center Street
Walter H. Barndollar
Elizabeth Gary
Eden Street
Kentucky
Grace Lutheran Church
Ralph Rush
Barndollar
W. P. Barndollar
Lake Shore
Elkhart
Victor Gary
Millersburg
Ziesel Bros
E. L. Heestand
Edgar L. Kerstetter
Mary Wells
L. C. Wells
Marion Street
Floyd F. McKay
Vera Kizer
Michigan City
South Bend
Horse Stealing General Receives Reward Notice
The sheriff offers a $50 reward for the recovery of a horse and capture of the thief. Horse theft is rising across the county due to high horse values of $175 to $250. A Ward horse and a new buggy valued at $350 are thought related to a prior theft near Bristol. Deputy Sheriff Chatten reports no word on Ward as of 2:30 p.m. Today. Also, David Zuckerman, late manager of Peoples Credit Clothing Co., vanished after a sudden management change and a $5 loan to Louis Wingerhoff. Harry Freeman of Chicago now runs the store.
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Silvers
Anen County
Franklin Street
Bristol
Chatten
David Zuckerman
Peoples Credit Clothing Co
Zuckerman
Louis Wingerhoff
Blessing’s
Marion
Harry Freeman
Chicago
Miss Dodge Resigns as Latin Teacher at Goshen High
Miss Berenice Dodge daughter of Judge J S Dodge resigns her role as Latin instructor at Goshen High School to spend next winter in California. Mrs Webster Davis will fill the vacancy.
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Miss Dodge
Berenice Dodge
J.S. Dodge
Goshen High School
California
Webster Davis
Elkhart Daily Roundup of June 30 Highlights Local Happenings
Tuesday summary notes Elkhart areas from Main Street bridge opening by the Fourth to water pipe clearing methods and basement floods. Reports include Mishawaka kidnap attempt, Goshen farmer injury, Elk hart store manager David Zuckerman’s departure, and civic meetings with the mayor’s cabinet. National items cover Denver politics, New York heat wave, and a series of sensational notes on marriages, crime, and notable deaths.
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Main Street
Trafic
Weather forecast from government source
Showers tonight and Wednesday fair with partly cloudy local conditions. Miles Medical Co. furnishes the daily forecast with temperature and wind data not specified in full.
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Miles Medical Co
Disdains Marriage Bells In Michigan City Romance Breaks
Miss Rose Somebody refuses at the eleventh hour to wed Albert Glenn Newbell of Chicago and returns home unmarried. Newbell had escorted her to the office of Marriage License Clerk B F Veal and planned to obtain a license, but the girl balked.
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Michigan City
Rose
Albert Glenn Newbell
Chicago
Mr. Newbell
Newbell
B. F. Veal
Movement to Erect Grover Cleveland Monument in Buffalo
Buffalo June 30 a movement to honor the dead president Grover Cleveland with a monument. The city aldermen adopted a resolution calling for a monument commensurate with the dignity and importance of his station in life.
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Buffalo
Grover Cleveland
Board of Aldermen
Tired of Life at 104 in Kentucky
Henry Miller 104 died by Paris Green poisoning at Harrodsburg Mercer County after suffering fatigue with life. The incident occurred in June with Miller reportedly distressed over aging in Lexington area.
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Lexington
Henry Miller
Harrodsburg
Mercer County
Paris Green
Anarchistic Soldiers Riot In Port Townsend
Port Townsend Washington June 30 a large number of federal troops at Fort Worden are held in the guard house after last night’s riot in the city during which they wrecked the Evening Call office and beat Chief of Police Barclay and three policemen. A court martial is threatened and provost guards detained roaming soldiers as tensions rise with Mexico revolts.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Fort Worden
Evening Call
Barclay
Torron
Mexico
Las Vegas
Mexico City
Washington
United States
Poisoned beer mystery linked to fashionable circles
Philadelphia reports reveal a poisoning that killed Dr William Wilson. Police identify a possible motive linked to a young woman's brother in revenge. An express firm aided investigators after a brewing company emailed warnings. Separate items note the Democratic National Convention dynamics in Denver with Parker and Bryan supporters, plus a sensational Elgin marriage swap saga involving William H Warner and Libbie McPherson.
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Philadelphia
William Wilson
Express
Express Company
Wilson
Bishop Potter Seriously Ill in Cooperstown
Bishop Henry C. Potter remains critically ill at home with his wife and family at his bedside. Doctors report a comfortable night but his condition today is practically the same as yesterday, requiring oxygen to sustain him amid liver and stomach troubles.
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Bishop Potter
Cooperstown
Henry C. Potter
Indiana court bans pool tables in saloons statewide
Indianapolis judge rules billiard and pool tables are amusement devices tied to saloons and must be removed. Mike Garvey earlier arrested for operating an amuse ment device in a licensed room was found guilty in police court and appeals to the criminal court upheld the ban, affecting saloon keepers across Indiana.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Pritchard
Criminal Court
Mike Garvey
Ile
Revenue Cutter Pursues Sailor in Lake Michigan Theft Case
Milwaukee reports Captain A H Ueberroth of the Revenue Cutter Tuscarora captured John Seavey who stole the Nellie Johnson with lumber from Montague Michigan on May 11. Seavey fled to his own Wanderer after leaving Nellie Johnson at Frankfort Michigan. A lively, hours long chase burned paint off the funnel as Loquist and Colton, both sought for counterfeiting, vanished.
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Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
A. H. Ueberroth
Tuscarora
John Seavey
Nellie Johnson
Montague
Mich
Seavey
Frankfort
William Loquist
Chicago
Hugh Colton
Senseless Proposition in Chicago Strike Talk
Chicago on June 20 reports radicals discussing a general railway workers strike led by freight handler leaders. The plan would involve union members including warehousemen clerks switch men and foreigners leaving work to disrupt systems as a political move.
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Chicago
Louisiana to remain high license state for two years
Baton Rouge announces that Louisiana will enforce a high license liquor system for at least two more years as the assembly and senate approve the Shat tuck Gay bill by a 20 to 24 vote. The measure has passed the house and earned the governor's approval.
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Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Assembly
Senate
House
New York Struck by Worst Torrid Wave of Summer
New York records seven deaths in twenty four hours as hospitals overflow with prostrations and no relief appears likely. The heat wave grips Greater New York with mounting casualties and rising distress in June.
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New York
Greater
Brunaugh Sent to Prison in Fraud Case in Indianapolis
Harry Brunaugh, convicted of defrauding the city in asphalt cases, was sentenced by Judge Carter to the penitentiary for two to fourteen years. The court overruled motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment. Brunaugh claimed newspapers influenced the verdict and asked for delay of departure to seek custody arrangements for his child.
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Indianapolis
Tudge Carter
Harry Brunaugh
Carter
Brunanagh
Brunaugh
Helen C. Beunaigh
Batavia, O
Patrols reinforce Texas border to aid civil authorities
President Roosevelt orders troops from San Antonio to Rio Grande and El Paso to aid local officials in preserving order after Mexican requests to enforce neutrality laws. Authorities expect possible arrests of Mexican revolutionists crossing the border, while Mexico reports quiet and denies sensational western U.S. claims.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft
Department of Texas
San Antonio
Jie
Texas
United States
The
Campbell
It Is No Fake Revolution In Mexico
Sam P. Yarrison a five year resident of Olanco arrives in Dallas with his family en route east after being wounded by a stray bullet. He believes the revolution is serious and that President Diaz may be nearing end, predicting a post Diaz uprising led by revolutionaries. other Americans claim they have not interfered. He hopes President Linz can cope.
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Dallas
Tex
Sam P. Yarrison
Olanco
Cuidad
Harrison
Iarrison
Diaz
Senator Platt Warned as Witness in Divorce Perjury Case
New York June 30 Senator Platt was a witness before the grand jury in the Mae C Wood divorce case charged with perjury. He was brought into the grand jury room in a wheelchair.
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Senator Platt
New York
United States
Platt
Grand Jury
Mae C. Wood
Three Owls Attack Watchman at Sharon Cement Plant
Night watchman James J. Jamison fought off three large owls at the Stewart Cement company plant in Sharon Pennsylvania. The birds attacked his face and hands before he killed them with his mace after a prolonged struggle.
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Sharon
Stewart Cement Company
James J. Jamison
Jamison
Sherman Improving After Illness as VP Bid Progresses
Sherman, Republican vice presidential hopeful, is reported to be recovering rapidly in Cleveland with normal temperature pulse and respiration. The item also notes a Golden Wedding anniversary celebration in Greencastle, Ind., with Mrs. Mary A. Hurt among the guests, who was a bridesmaid fifty years ago.
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Sherman
Cleveland
Representative Sherman
Greencastle
Ind
W. P. Wood
Mary A. Hurt
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Philip N. Moore
St. Louis
Women’s Club Federation
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Spain
Prince
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Boston
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Bryan
Democratic Committee On Resolutions
William H. Warner
Libbie McPherson
St. Joseph
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McPherson
Warner
Branaugh
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