Lake Shore Conductor Calvin Feirick Dies At Grand Crossing
Calvin Feirick conductor for Lake Shore, 911 South Main street, was struck by Nickel Plate engine No. 243 at Grand Crossing while crossing to telegraph office. He died from skull injuries. married to Maggie Arbogast, survived by parents, four brothers, three sisters, and stepson Albert Garman. Funeral plans and quarantine of Garman noted. body to be brought to Elkhart.
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Lake Shore
Calvin Feirick
South Main Street
Grand Crossing
Feirick
Hiram Andrews
H. H. Andrews
Western Division
Mr. Feirick
Snyder County
Pennsylvania
Maggie Arbogast
Ferrick
Harrisburg
Albert Garman
H. E. Stephens
A. C. Brown
Order of Railway Conductors
Elkhart
A New Phase of Personal Liberty
Two Italians injured and admitted to Clark Hospital faced a bath proposal after admission. Doctors suggested a second bath Thursday, but one patient refused and locked himself in a room. Officials noted the man’s appearance showed soap and water had not been used for months or years.
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Clark Hospital
New City Directory Ready for Elkhart County
W G Finney of Interstate Directory Co Marion Ind announced a new Elkhart city directory covering most of the county except Goshen. Books were due today or tomorrow and distribution starts next week. Subscriptions were 3 dollars. non subscribers will pay 4 dollars.
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W. G. Finney
Interstate Directory Co
Marion
Ind
Elkhart City
Goshen
Marion Company
This Year's Sleighing Record by D M Best
D M Best notes the 1907 08 winter yielded sixty three sleighing days with fourteen in December seventeen in January twenty seven in February and five in March marking a record pace according to his reckoning.
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D. M.best
Elkhartan Named Clinical Assistant in London Ophthalmic
Dr. Frank Randolph, after two summers at Viennaclinics, accepts a clinical assistant post at Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital in London England. He begins May 21 and sails April 21 aboard the Iverna from Boston to Liverpool.
Dog in street is put down after being chloroformed
A small black dog described as a tramp was hit by a North Main Street city car in front of the Hill store shortly after 8 a m. The hind legs were nearly severed and the animal had to be killed by Officer Simpson after chloroform was administered by Dr. Sehwin.
Thaw Causes High Rivers and Street Flooding
Water levels rise across Elkhart as thaw and rain swell the Elkhart and St. Joseph rivers. Streets on Cleveland avenue flood six inches to a foot, forcing two-car operation on Wolf's addition line amid electric and fire hazards. Yellow Creek and White River tributaries run high, with Bangoawaga plunging waters roaring between banks.
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Elkhart
St. Joseph
Sixth Street
Cleveland Avenue
Yellow Creek
Here
Goshen
Indiana
Slight Runaway Damages Carmine Scott Moving Van
A Carmine Scott moving van was damaged in a runaway around 6 30 p m Thursday. The horses left at Lake Shore depot bolted through the valley between Main and Second streets and struck a telephone pole on High to Lexington. They were tied on East Lexington, with the rest found blocking an alley for hours. The cover broke, but the van itself was intact.
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Carmine Scott
Lake Shore
Main
Second Streets
High
Lexington
Lexington Avenue
Studebaker Auto Reaches Goal at Fort Leavenworth
Practically every motorist in Leavenworth Kansas turned out to welcome the Studebaker army car bearing a message from New York to Fort Leavenworth on arrival day. The 15 day trip endured severe weather and road conditions along the route.
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Studebaker Auto
Leavenworth
Kan
Studebaker
New York
Fort Leavenworth
School Board Seeks Safe Conditions in Nine Buildings
At a specially called meeting Superintendent Drake and the school board decide to issue a circular to principals asking urgent reports on fire safety in nine buildings. Questions cover furnaces pipes chimneys electric wires doors exits fire escapes litter oil matches leaks and storage with rapid action promised after responses.
Bail Granted In Overlees Murder Case In St Joseph
Habeas corpus proceedings led to bail set at 10000 dollars for J H Overlees, indicted for murder, after state did not object. Bond signed by several businessmen, with defense counsel turnover and March term anticipated. court docket lists 117 cases including four criminal, one murder.
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J. H. Overlees
A. E. Darling
J. L. Harman
Mr. Overlees
Albert R. Beardsley
Bert D. Houseworth
John Houseworth
Charles S. Burhans
Sener
Overlees
P. L. Turner
Ff. &. Hughes
VanFleet
St. Joseph
Silas H. Joseph
Joseph
Co. C. Raymer
Civic League
Jonathan Morris
Chapman
Landis
Van
May Retard Y M C A Project
A ministerial committee reports rooms in H W Godfrey's block near the Review office were leased to others, risking a setback for the city Y M C A project. State Secretary Stacey will arrive from Indianapolis next Monday or Tuesday.
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H. W. Godfrey
Review Office
Stacey
Indianapolis
Wiley's Body Arrives at Cedar Rapids Theaters
Fred Mack, manager of the Van Pyke Haton company, received a Cedar Rapids letter from Clarence Wiley's relatives stating Wiley's remains had arrived and asking details of his personal affairs.
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Wiley
Cedar Rapids
Fred. Mack
van Pyke-Haton Theatrical Company
Clarence Wiley
Elkhart News Briefs Highlight Local Actions And Disasters
Day of sleighing signs spring as rivers rise and streets worsen. Elkhart school board acts promptly. county home for neglected children favored by Judge Dodge. Collinwood burial begins. Grand Crossing conductor Calvin Ferrick killed. Elkhart counts store closings and outdoor rifle range for Co. E. bonds, ibid.
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Calvin Ferrick
Grand Crossing
Elkhart
Collinwood
Elkhart School Board
Judge Dodge
U Elkhart
Elkhart Farmer’s Home Insurance Co
Clark Hospital
Weather Forecast for City and Lake Michigan Area
Government forecast issued by Miles Medical Co. calls for mainly fair and colder conditions tonight and Saturday with snow near Lake Michigan. Expect a high near 64 and a low around 34 degrees, with light 1 percent rain chance and light to moderate winds.
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Lake Michigan
Miles Medical Co
Not G. Thompson's Children In Collinwood Disaster
Foreman Hanson of Lake Shore shops in Elkhart confirmed that John and Harriet Thompson, children of Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson of Elkhart, were not among the dead in the Collinwood disaster. The only Thompson children among the deceased were from another family. The story notes local reactions, help given by W F Tyler in Collinwood, and a funeral planned for the Sanderson children in Goshen.
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Collinwood
Thompson
Glen Sanderson
Elkhart
Jennie Sanderson
Leesburg
James Sanderson
Sanderson
Goshen
Elkhart High School
W. F. Tyler
Lake Shore
The First Industry and the Mystery of Agriculture
The essay reflects on why farming, though the oldest fundamental industry, was last developed. It notes ancient Egypt’s simple tools found in Seti I’s tomb and contrasts them with Egypt’s complex government, art, and literature, illustrating centuries of neglect of farming problems. It cites many nations’ histories where farmers remained serfs or tenants and early settlers labored without plows.
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British Museum
Seti I
Egypt
Isolated Greece State Faces Trade Barrier
Greece, a small country of about 25 41 square miles with 2 500 000 people, has no rail link to other nations and relies on sea commerce. Mountains and Turkish Macedonia block land routes, leaving Piraeus Patras Volos Syra and Corfu as main ports. The text suggests Greeks total around 8 000 000 with roughly 4 000 000 in Turkey.
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Greece
Europe
Turkish Macedonia
Piraeus
Athens
Patras
Volo
Syra
Corfu
Turkey
Outdoor rifle range planned on Jacob Church farm lands
The state leases thirteen acres near Elkhart for Co E and militia use with a new rifle range. Equipment includes steel targets at 200 500 and 60 yards up to 600 yards, with easy interurban railway access and a safe high eastern bank background. An indoor range offers similar practice without wind variation.
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Co. E
Old Jacob Church Farm
I. H. Church
Excelsior School
Elkhart
South Bend
Goshen
Elkhart Company
Elkhart County Medical Society Meets for Goshen March 26 Plan
The Elkhart County Medical Society gathered in the Academy of Medicine rooms at Dr Stanftfs office. Physicians from this city and Goshen attended. Dr Frank Randolph and Dr A A Norris read papers followed by discussions. The committee reported plans for the Goshen meeting on March 26 and to invite high class medical talent from major cities. Invitations extended to St Joseph County Society and to invite northern Indiana physicians.
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Elkhart, County Medical Society
Academy of Medicine
Stanfft
Goshen
Frank Randolph
A. A. Norris
Chicago
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
St. Joseph County
News Bits From Everywhere
A roundup of disparate notes from around 1900 includes Senator Proctor's death announced to U S military via Taft orders, a wife murder suicide in Ohio, a 60 000 ton rail rails order, gains in window glass trade, J Pierpont Morgan’s London arrival, Collinwood school safety drive, Abe Atteil to fight Jerry Driscoll in April, Mongolia ship fire at Marseille, King Edward's Mediterranean cruise, a Trenton jail riot attempt, Congo Free State transfer agreement, Van Wert death by strychnine poison, and a new railroad law enforcing stricter crew hours tested in Pottsville.
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Lave Martin
Wirtland
Great Northern Railway
Elwood J. Welser
Blowers’ and Gatherers’ Protective Association
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Collinwood
Abe Atteil
Jerry Driscoll
Peninsula and Oriental Line
Mongolia
Marseilles
France
Edward
England
Biarritz
Mediterranean
Trenton
N. J
Lynching Report From Hawkinsville Ga.
Two negro men Curry Robertson and John Henry were lynched near Hawkinsville and burned after being charged with killing Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hart. One confessed, the motive given as robbery.
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Hawkinsville
Curry Robertson
John Henry
Warren Hart
Sam
Causes for divorce Living Beyond Their Means in Indianapolis
Indianapolis March 6 Instalment houses and mortgage loan companies are blamed for domestic unhappiness and many divorces says William Garber official court stenographer in a paper to the Indianapolis Bar Association. He cites evidence from Marion county cases over four years and argues poverty, lack of education and volubility fuel rising rates among the poor, with some impact on the well to do.
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Indianapolis
Wiliam
Garber
Indianapodis Bar Association
Maarou
Digverre
Marion County
Remarkable miniature penmanship feat by Indiana man
Lafayette Ind March 6 George T Chenoweth ex constable of West Lafayette writes the Lord s prayer the scriptural line The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want and his name and address on a postage stamp sized slip of paper total 1768 letters 441 words at age sixty he wears two pairs of glasses and uses the finest pen He is now penmanship instructor at Zion City Ill New City Improvement Idea Delphi Ind March 6 dramatic club of Rockfield adopts plan to raise funds for street and sidewalk improvements rehearsing Imogene or the Witch s Secret will stage it at Rockfield and nearby towns money raised will pay for cement walks
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Morris
Randolph
London
M. C
Collinwood
New York State
San Francisco
Detroit
Depew
Wall Street
Bryan
Omaha
New York
Indiana
Rockfield
Ind
Harry Thaw
Lafayette
George T. Chenoweth
West Lafayette
Chenoweth
Zion City, Hl
New City Improvement Idea
Delphi
Would Shoot Anarchists in Indianapolis Sparks Debate
March 6 dispatch reports tension over anarchist roundups with the Secret Service chief declining comment and the police chief urging harsh action against known anarchists. The piece also profiles John Wickliffe, a 69 year old coal miner who walked from Xenia to Jasonville and claims he has never ridden a train.
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Indianapolis
Secret Service
Jasonville
Ind
John Wickliffe
Xenia
Landis Renominated by Ninth District Republicans
Frankfort Ind March 6 The Ninth district Republican convention renominated Charles B Landis for congress by acclamation.
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Landis
Frankfort
Ind
Ninth District
Charles B. Landis
Congress
The Wicked Husband
A Duluth Herald fragment presents a woman writer asking why a man acts as he does, reflecting on marital doubts and social views within a brief column piece.
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Duluth Herald
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BOARD
James Overlees
Superior Court
Dodge
Johnson
Henry C. Dodge
R. M. Johnson
J. M. van Fleet
O. M. Conley
J. D. Osborn
Dodge Block
Johnson Block
Edward Anglemyer
Michigan City
Anglemyer
Justice of the Peace
Whisler
Arthur Peters
Henry Wells
Bristol
L. L. Burris
John McMahon
Tillman Hire
George Funk
Iday
T. Murdock
Aldrich
Eady
G. Thompson
Cleveland
Emma Goldman
Elwood T. Hance
Union Trust Company of Detroit
Union Trust Company
Henry Ledyard
Michigan Central
Washington
Senate
Chauncey M. Depew
Thaw
Albany
Ferriss
State Commission
House
Lilley
Committee On Rules
Score
Dunkirk
N. Y
South Wheatfield
Nodasoy
Japan
Great Northern
Belgium
Congo
Senator Proctor
United States
Taft
Pottsville
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