Peculiar mishap may cost teen his eye in store accident
Otis Robinson eighteen son of groceryman G W Robinson of East Jackson street may lose sight in his left eye after a freak accident in the store. His brother twelve year old Oscar kicked him in the face causing a nose bleed and his eye burst from the socket. He pushed it back and a local oculist found a broken blood vessel. Robinson was taken to Niles for treatment by Dr Bonine with hope to save the sight.
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Otis Robinson
G. W. Robinson
East Jackson Street
Oscar
Robinson
Niles
Bonine
Milk thefts by tramps haunt Elkhart milk wagons
Elkhart milk wagon drivers report recurring losses as alleged thieves shadow routes early each morning. Patrons blame missing bottles on drivers, while milkmen insist shortages come from petty pilferers. Several residents on South Third and High streets report milk, meat, and dairy losses in recent days.
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Elkhart
Heald
Lexington Avenue
Knell
South Third
Patterson
Wilcox
Fish
Alumni Banquet Set for Hotel Buckten on June 2
The high school alumni association will hold its annual banquet at Hotel Buckten on Tuesday June 2 with a musicale in the hotel parlors before the feast and a series of toasts afterward. Tickets cost 1 each and are available from Fred Reich at the State Bank or Miss Amy Gravit at the St Joseph Valley Bank. About 200 tickets are expected to be sold.
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Hotel Buckten
High School Alumni Association
Percy Kinyon
Fred Reich
State Bank
Amy Gravit
St. Joseph Valley
Trouble With Tramps On Lake Shore Line
Lake Shore Detective James Young confronted two tramps on Tuesday after they started fires in a Lake Shore box car to cook a meal and keep warm. He expelled them from the car and later found them at interurban station No 16 near his home, where they again lit a pan fire. He drove them off, noting the pair were in an ugly mood and a fight could have erupted.
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Lake Shore
James Young
May Bring C. E. Frank Home Soon
Relatives of C. E. Frank were informed that he may be brought home on the first warm days after stitches on his back are removed. Doctors noted no significant changes in the patient's condition after a forenoon day inspection. final visit awaited.
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C. E. Frank
Allowed Minors in Billiard Hall Leads to Arrest
B F Rogers proprietor of the billiard and pool room at 616 South Main Street was arrested this forenoon by Sergeant Whiteman on a warrant from Superintendent Silvers charging him with allowing minors to loiter in his place. He faces a hearing tomorrow. Rogers has been arrested twice before for the same offense on August 3, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Rogers
South Main Street
Sergt. Whiteman
Supt. Silvers
Rogers
How Campbell Escaped From Fort Wayne Hotel Fire
Fort Wayne hotel blaze left Frank Baxter dead and Lyman Campbell of Elkhart Elks among four in a fourth floor room seeking an escape. With no fire escape visible they leaped to a baggage chute cellar, crawled under a Berry street sidewalk, and were rescued after striking the coal hole lid. EK Ellis of Chicago narrowly survived when he missed the escape. Mrs Hendricks warned him but he stayed.
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Fort Wayne
E. J. Ellis
Lyman Campbell
Elkhart Elks
Frank Baxter
Auburn
Baxter
Berry Street
EK. J. Ellis
Chicago
Mrs. Hendricks
Mr. Ellis
Vines Nipped by Frost Hit Farmer Near City
Valentine Marx a farmer west of the city near the St. Joseph county line reports frost last Saturday night ruined at least half his one acre strawberry vines and unprotected beans. He notes neighbors faced similar loss but argues growers gain higher prices to offset labor, recounting last year’s berries and a 14 cent wholesale peak.
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Valentine Marx
St. Joseph
Wikhart
Marx
Deceived His Friends In Goshen Bigamy Case
W V Marsh a Michigan man stood accused of bigamy by marrying Mrs Rathka-Davis of Goshen while his legal wife Etca Stuckman Marsh lived. His second wife resided with Mr and Mrs F B Sanderson in Collinwood after the Sanderson children were buried in Goshen on March 8. Marsh kept Cleveland business, while Mrs Marsh lived with the Sandersons by night. The Goshen wife will join the real wife in pursuit of punishment for the illegal marriage.
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W. V. Marsh
Michigan
Goshen
Mrs. Sanderson
Cleveland
Marsh
Effect of Saloon Fight on Indiana Politics
Supt Schumaker of the Anti Saloon League argues that remonstrance laws expose pro prohibitionist managers as inconsistent as saloons vanish at four per day and over 400 since year start. Republicans confirm anti saloon claims about heavy drinkers signing remonstrances after local investigations. They hope anti saloon shifts in cities will yield a statewide margin, betting on farmer support to push victory by about 40 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumaker
Anti-Saloon League
Indiana
J. W. Fieldhouse Returns Home From Elk hart
J W Fieldhouse came back to Elk heart on Tuesday night after leaving for Epworth Hospital last Wednesday forenoon. He is much encouraged over C E Frank’s condition and will not return to Epworth Hospital before this evening.
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J. W. Fieldhouse
Elkhart
C. E. Frank
Epworth Hospital
April Expenditures and City Meeting Preview
April report from the board of public works itemizes street, sewer, and park work plus totals for the departments. The mayor criticizes one appointee’s handling of city property as council plans a regular session tonight with possible ward boundary changes and a Grace Lawn cemetery retaining wall funding.
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Greene
Board of Public Works
Franklin
High
Vistula
East Crawford
Johnson, Jefferson
Washington
Third
Fifth
Baldwin
McDonald
South Main
Michigan
North Main
Elkhart Avenue
Jackson Streets
Lexington Avenue
South Second Street
South Main Street
Fifth Street
West High Street
Middlebury
Division
Hickory
Marion
Lexington
State
St. Joseph
Harrison
Milwaukee
Kilbourn
Pinm
Johnson Street
Stone Yard
Central
Department of Public Works
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Ellhart River
O. C. Puterbaugh
J. H. Cannon
B. L. Arnold
C. M. Lounsberry
Goshen
Puterbaugh
Eighth grade grads slim at Elkhart Business College
Six of twenty country school pupils passed the eighth to high school exam at Elkhart Business College on April 18. William J. Walter and Lydia K. Hege of Elkhart obtained a marriage license this afternoon.
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Elkhart Business College
William J. Walter
Lydia K. Hege
Elkhart
Mayor Cabinet Meets and Council Tonight In City Briefs
Tuesday night mayoral cabinet session and tonight’s council meeting outlined in city briefs. Alumni association plans banquet at Hotel Bucklen. Fire in Walkerton blamed on incendiary causes.
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Hotel Bucklen
Walkerton
L. M. Simpson
South Bend
Weather Forecast This Day In City
Government forecast furnished daily by Miles Medical Co. shows maximum and minimum temperatures and wind velocity. Rain precipitation is listed as 2 to 160 inches.
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Miles Medical Co
Sudden death of Elkhartan J. G. Brown in Michigan hotel
J G Brown, longtime Lake Shore and B& O supervisor, was found dead in bed at the Detroit Hotel in Mount Clemens Michigan. He was sixty four and believed to have died of heart disease after years of declining health. He leaves a wife and daughter Miss Belle Brown and multiple sons in Illinois Indiana and Colorado. Remains to be brought home tomorrow with details pending.
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J. G. Brown
Elkhart
Lake
Earl Brown
Lafayette
Wayne Brown
Mount Clemens
Charles Brown
Chicago
Jacob Brown
Chicago Junction
Colo
Brown
Lake Shire
Waterloo
Jacob
Henry Wagner
Death of Former Elkhart Girl Miss Clara Mumaw Aber
Mrs. Carl H. Aber once known as Miss Clara Mumaw of Elkhart died at her Tucumcari New Mexico home last Sunday. Her marriage occurred in Goshen on June 20 1907. Continued on fifth page.
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Elkhart
Carl H. Aber
Clara Mumaw
Goshen
Tucuncari
New Mexico
Horror upon horror five bodies unearthed at Gunness farm
LaPorte May 6. New horrors deepen the Gunness murder mystery as a sixth body is found and a human rib plus bones disclosed in nearby holes. Authorities fear up to a dozen deaths connected to Mrs. Gunness and a possible second Holmes Castle in Chicago, with the killer possibly fleeing to Norway.
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LaPorte
Gunness
House of Horrors
Holmes Castle
Chicago
Norway
Gunness Home
Hikhartan
Western Union
Lake Shore
Elkhartan
Revelations in Gunness Case Unearth Five Bodies Near LaPorte
An earlier report details five bodies found while LaPorte investigators along with Coroner Mack search for more alleged Gunness victims. Two bodies are identified as Andrew Helgelein and Jennie Olson. three others are badly decomposed. A. J. Helgelein, brother of Andrew, prompted the discovery by tracing his brother’s marriage plans and Gunness fraud. Hired hand Joseph Maxson is suspected in the digging and later burial of the remains.
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LaPorte
Ind
Wherid Smutzer
Mack
Belle Gunness
Andrew Helgeein
Mansfield
Jennie Olson
Gimness
A. J. Helgelein
Aberdeen
Andrew Helgelein
Andrew
Taft endorsed by Republican convention in Hartford May 6
Ohio Democrats boost Bryan and console Cleveland. Republican convention in Hartford indorsed Taft. Senators Bulkeley and Brandage refuse Chicago delegation places. Sharp words at Niles church lead to death of Mrs. Devoe after insult by evangelist and minister. Blood pressure burst a blood vessel.
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Evangelist
Michigan
Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Columbus
Croker
New York
Stone
Church
Marion
Indiana
Ohio
Purvis
Cleveland
Harmon
Connecticut
Bryan
Hartford
Conn
Taft
Bulkeley and
Brandage
Chicago
Niles
Mich
George Devoe
Glendora
Evangelist Brown
Fleet Arrives in San Francisco Bay for Historic Cruise
Anchors of the Atlantic battleship fleet reached San Francisco Bay marking the completion of the first half of a famed world cruise. Forty four warships led by the Connecticut with Fighting Bob Evans on the bridge parsed the bay amid an immense public welcome, a spectacle unmatched on the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Connecticut
Bob” Evans
Pacific
Harmon Named Governor Hopeful by Ohio Democrats
Ohio Democrats nominate Judson M Harmon of Cincinnati for governor and endorse Bryan for president. The platform avoids national questions and sends sympathy to Grover Cleveland, first platform mention of Cleveland in years. Harmon won on the second ballot by five votes.
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Ohio Democrats
Harmon
Columbus
Judson M Harmon
Cincinnati
Bryan
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Governor Escapes as Bomb Explodes in Voronesh Carriage
An unsuccessful assassination attempt on the Voronesh governor occurred today in Moscow. A bomb hurled at his carriage exploded with force, killing a woman bystander and injuring others as the governor and his wife traveled through the main street.
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Moscow
Voronesh
Crazed Italian Murders In New York Barber Shop
A sixteen year old Amela Cantania sprang from a barber shop cot on May 6 seizing a razor and attacking six other occupants. Two victims were hospitalized in critical condition as police investigated the crazed incident in New York.
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New York
Amela Cantania
Antona Perace
Silver Lake riot blamed on youth curfew foes
Neighborhood notes describe a quiet Silver Lake morning turned chaotic as wagons and debris blocked banks and shops. Police aided by Warsaw officers made arrests amid youth objections to older residents opposing fraternizing and curfew rules. Nearby towns report population shifts and housing counts as hospital and funeral notices surface.
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Silver Lake
Glen Park
Warsaw
South Bend
Mishawaka
Goshen
Elkhart
Epworth Hospital
Miss Hathaway
Miss Burkett
Jody
Also Mentioned on This Page
Campbell
the Daily Review
Council
Casbon
Hikhart
Plymouth
Clara Aber
Garrett
Son
Carl Aber
la Porte
Neighborhood News
J. O. Mosier
The
Evangelical Association
Lake’ ‘Shore
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