Local Brevities and Oddments From Town
Trouble on the wires caused the fire bell to tap twice Monday evening. E Hill Turnock was in Chicago Monday contracting for ornamental work for the Gossard factory. A city employee on probation was suspended pending investigation of intemperate habits. Forty five Elkhart Christians Scientists went to South Bend in a special car Monday to hear Bicknell Young of Chicago. the Oliver Opera House was filled. the train left at 7 p.m. and returned at 11.
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E. Hill Turnock
Chicago
Elkhart
New Train No 30 Adds Fast Through Chicago Toledo Service
A new train formed from former mail cars of train No 22 will depart Chicago at 5 30 p m and reach here at 7 55 p m daily. It will include a buffet parlor car and coach, with the parlor car returning to Chicago on train No 9. Train No 176 leaves Chicago at 4 40 p m and arrives here at 7 50 p m, five minutes ahead of the present schedule. The service, called No 30, runs Chicago to Toledo where the mail section attaches to No 14. The aim is to lighten No 22 which has been heavy and slow. Changes also require seven firemen on this division. G Dennison will operate Nos 33 34 26 and 48 between Wabash and Benton Harbor replacing the local daily run to Benton Harbor.
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Chicago
Toledo
G. Dennison
Wabash
Benton Harbor
Benton Har
Conductor Scott Succeeds Boughter on Big Four Runs
Conductor G A Scott takes over runs No 33 and 34 from Louisville to Benton Harbor to replace Capt Boughter the road’s oldest conductor who retires at seventy four after joining the Big Four in 1873. Firemen from Michigan and Grand Rapids division who tested at Cleveland last July will travel to Cleveland October 9 for rites exam in line for promotion to engineers.
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Bor
G A. Scott
Louisville
Benton Harbor
Capt. Boughter
Michigan and
Grand Rapids
Cleveland
Henry
Boardman
Wolf Avenue
VanVelter Pleads Guilty in Pocketbook Theft Case
William VanVelter faced city court today for stealing a pocketbook containing $3 from Mrs. Kate DeGolier. He pleaded guilty, was fined 10 dollars plus costs totaling 20 dollars, and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Two intoxicated men were arrested Monday night, and the local jail held three prisoners this morning.
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William VanVelter
Kate DeGolier
Salute and satire blur in a surgeon of words
A Montana official recalls a defense counsel using a recess to draw inspiration and rally a jury with a nationalistic salute. The piece also lampoons haste and carelessness in journalism and recounts Queen Caroline’s alleged witchcraft anecdotes from The Diary of a Lady in Waiting with humorous disbelief.
Gentleman ignores hurdy gurdy man beating
An elderly man, slow to rise, walks toward the subway when a breathless woman warns of a hurdy gurdy man being beaten nearby. He asks if the victim is large, then declines help, noting the man is small and unlikely to need aid.
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New York Press
Turkish Army Officers Lacked Love and Respect from Men
A Chicago News summary reports Turkish army officers are seldom loved or respected by their men. Officers rarely ride horses, pay disparity exists between ranks, social life is limited to assembly days, and news media face strict censorship. Officers prefer gramophones and European waltzes, which offer music without personal trouble.
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Tnil
Europe
Chicagoa News
Precautionary Superstition Governs a Woman’s Day
A superstitious woman in St. Louis troubles herself with a litany of bad omens. She forgets an item, avoids a cross eyed man, notes her good health, drops a glove, and fears a coming separation. A misstep with a stocking and a howling dog amplify dread of a death in her family.
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Twenty-third Street
St. Louis Republic
When the Noise Let Up
Two young women of common sense bearing quiet carriage company are joined by a flashily dressed girl entering the subway car with makeup like a cosmetic advertisement. The incident hints at social contrasts amid routine transit travel.
Train Car Reactions Sparked by Harsh Remark on Dainty Makeover
In a New York Globe extract a scene aboard a speeding train shows two young women conversing with a striking newcomer. A passenger overhears a cutting quip about one face and the carriage erupts in mixed reactions as the train slows.
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New York Globe
Mayor’s copperplate claim to reputation shocks readers
A self made city official, praised for his prompt reply to a portrait request, sends a genuine article instead of a photo. The note features the mayor’s pagoral signature and a boastful claim that he meets demands with a tangible symbol of authority.
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Z.s
Louwlon
Winnipeg Sermon and Clever Sayings Travel in Folk Wit
A Winnipeg Telegram anecdote tells of a farmer who refuses church, then attends one with an American pastor who praises his sermon as feast like. Also shared is a light exchange on boasting about dress making and a Lord Bolingbroke quote on wise living and doing good within one’s means.
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London Globe
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Telegram
Mary
Edith
Lord Bolingbroke
Proclaiming the Fair at Honiton and a 1000-Year-Old Parish
The Westminister Gazette describes Honiton with its lordly fair grant from 1257 and the town cry in a flowered pole hat proclaiming the fair with the glove raised. It also notes Flumstead churchyard epitaphs including Master James Darling who warns youths about cherry season.
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James
Flumstead
Bloomfield
Shooters Hill
James Darling
Vlumstead
Darling
Westminster Gazette
Dialogue on Foot Placement at a Day’s Conversation
A light exchanges scene from the New York Press with Jewett noting the speaker stood on his feet much of the time. The Daily Review reiterates the publication’s price at ten cents a week.
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Hewitt
Jewett
New York Press
Noble Bunyan Dies After 65-Foot Fall Near Power House
Noble Bunyan died in a South Bend hospital from injuries from a sixty-five foot fall when his safety strap failed on Sunday. The accident happened near the electric power house at Berrien Springs. Lake Shore company and officials have been indicted by the LaPorte grand jury for obstructing a highway near Otis by building a fence across it.
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Noble Bunyan
South Bend
Berrien Springs
Lake Shore Company
LaPorte Grand Jury
Otis
Chicken Pie Supper at Christian Church Thursday
A chicken pie supper is planned at the Christian church Thursday at noon from 1:30 pm until all are served, price 25 cents. B O Johnson and A R Tessen have started work in the roundhouse. The Daily Review cost ten cents weekly.
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B. O. Johnson and
A. R. Tessen
The
Roundhouse
Dream theatre benefit night invites Ben-Hurs group
The Daily Review reports a benefit night at the Dream theatre on October 8 for Ben-Hurs members and families with admission reduced to ten cents. E M Mudge has taken the Lambert friction drive agency and bought a new surrey style automobile, noting its novelty in the city.
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Ben-Hurs
Dream Theatre
E. M. Mudge
Lambert
Surrey
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