Former resident dies Gen Ira C Abbott remembered in Elkhart
Gen Ira C Abbott, 84, a longtime Elkhart area figure and early resident, died in Washington DC after a 50 year career with the pension bureau and U S government service. Born in Burns Nebraska, he lived in Buchanan and Burr Oak before a wartime rise to general in the First Michigan Infantry and later posts as postmaster and internal revenue collector. He served in the Civil War, was wounded at Bull Run and Gettysburg, and remained active in Odd Fellows and Michigan DC circles.
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Irac. Abbott
Washington, D. C
Elkhart
Cyrus D. Roys
General Abbott
Burns
Buchanan
Buchana
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Michigan
Internal Revenue
Washington
The
Pension Bureau
Philo Moreheus
Roys
Odd Fellows Lodge
Burr Oak
Michigan State Association of
District of Columbia
U. S. Grant Circle No
Abbott
United States Government
Adhe
Union Army
Morehous
Ziesel Brothers contest for control of building with bids at bankruptcy sale
Referee Lambert will rule on the B A Defiler bid for the A H Underwood stock at 10 a m Saturday. Creditors are expected to speak and bids are slightly under the appraisal. Ziesel brothers claim occupancy uncertainty defeats higher offers and plan to take over the building from trustee Skinner if possible. Turpentine accident injures Adam Ludwig at West Lexington Avenue store after a rat trap incident.
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Underwood Company
Messrs
Ziesel
Skinner
Adam Ludwig
Lexington Avenue
Dr Hani Becomes Dangerous In Hospital Incident
Dr Hani adjudged insane at Clark Hospital became violent on Thursday and assaulted his attendant Williams. He toppled and choked the attendant until C A Sanford intervened and freed him. The doctor was placed in the sheriff’s custody today.
Missing bicycles reported near Mason street saloon
Five unclaimed bicycles are at the station after reports of thefts from in front of A&B drug store Weiler Bros saloon. J Collett of 1103 Mason Street and Felt report their cycles stolen.
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A&b
Felt
J. Collett
Mason Street
Weiler, Bros
Century train wreck report refuted by Elkhart Telegraph
Chicago excitement rose over a sensational claim that the eastbound Century train carrying William Randolph Hearst and wife had an accident. The telegraph office and inquiries in Chicago confirmed the Century was all right, with reports tracing the rumor to Chesterton, LaPorte area before the 4:23 p.m. arrival.
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Elkhart
Chicago
Century
William Randolph Hearst
South Bend
O. K
Chesterton
LaPorte
Distinguished Speakers to Address Elkhart Audiences Soon
Senator Beveridge will tour Indiana and speak in Elkhart and Goshen among other large cities in the state using a special train arriving late next week. Gov. Hanly will address a union mass meeting at Trinity M E church in Elkhart on October 25 under the Anti-Saloon League, not as a political worker. Other league speakers will fill morning and evening pulpits locally.
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Elkhart
Beveridge
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Goshen
Gov. Hanley
Anti-Saloon League
Gov. Hanly
Trinity M. E. Church
League
George E. Hicks
South Bend
7.@ league
Deserved Promotion for M C Landis to Prudential Manager
Elkhart friends learn that M C Landis, former associate editor of the Goshen News Times, has rapid promotions culminating in his appointment as manager of the Prudential Insurance Co state agency for the ordinary department in Newark New Jersey. He will move to Indianapolis next week and assume duties October 19 resigning his Pittsburg posts. A Kalamazoo police report also notes a man named John Pressnell linked to a watch theft case in Kalamazoo and Elkhart, with an alleged Army deserter as another identity.
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Elkhart Friends
M. C. Landis
Goshen News- Times
Prudential Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Gibraltar” Company
Pennsylvania Securities Co
Pittsburg
Elkhart
Kalamazoo
Lman
John Pressnell
West
Simonton Street
United States Army
Gompers in Elkhart Speaks for Democracy Visit Draws Mixed Crowd
Samuel Gompers and a labor delegation arrived by special train in Elkhart at 2 30 pm after meetings in Hammond Gary LaPorte and South Bend A crowd of about 350 plus union leaders heard speakers including Fred L Feick John Moffitt and Gompers who attacked Watson and aligned with Democratic aims The visit included parading Trumpet Notes Band and campaign literature distribution In South Bend Gompers spoke at the Lake Shore depot and at the court house corner summarizing labor issues and railing against Watson The Fort Wayne chapter debated a reception for Gompers noting the president of the AF of L as the proper envoy
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Samuel Gompers
Elkhart
Hammond
Gary
LaPorte
South Bend
Central Labor Union
Gompers
W. W. Britton
Charles Hackman
Paperhangers’ and Painters’ Union
E. L. Burns
Brass Workers’ Union
H. D. Albers
Typographical Union
Gompera
Main Street
Jackson
Federation of Labor
Fred L. Feick
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Indiana Legislative Board
Feick
Watson
Bryan
John Moffitt
United Hatters’ Union
Moffit
Feiclk
Mr. Gompers
Lake Shore
Court House
James E. Watson
Joe” Cannon
Oliver Hotel
Sidewalk Contracts Let For Michigan and Indiana Avenues
The board awarded sidewalk work on Michigan street from Lexington avenue to Strong avenue to GC Godfrey & Sons at 8.19 cents per square foot. For Indiana avenue from Prairie street to Belmont avenue Godfrey & Sons won at 7.22 cents. Martin & Amidon bid 8.72 and 8.75 cents respectively, with C. W. Hocker and Frank Miller at 7.75 and 7.711 cents.
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Board of Public Works
Michigan Street
Lexington Avenue
Strong Avenue
Godfrey & Sons
Martin & Amidon
Indiana Avenue
Prairie Street
Belmont Avenue
C. W. Hoc
Elks season plans and notable events outlined
Gompers visits today as Elks outline season entertainment. Gen I C Abbott dies. Gov Hanly to speak for Anti-Saloon League October 25. Court jury plays truant for dinner. Underwood sale decision held until tomorrow. Catholic bazar succeeds. tag day ready. Indiana Baptists elect officers in Fort Wayne. rising bicycle thefts. Elkhart con man trouble at Kalamazoo. Lincoln imposes saloon limits. Nickelplate town project ends. Haskell sues Hearst for 600000. Michigan forest fires. Balkan talks and mine pointers. three nations discuss policy. Six killed in Colorado mine blast. Cleveland donor funds missionary school. London to host 1909 world fair. United Mine Workers push demands.
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Gompers
Elks
Gen. I. C. Abbott
Elkharton
Hanly
Anti-Saloon League
Circuit Court
Underwood
Catholic Bazar
M. C
Insurance World
Indiana Baptists
Fort Wayne
Elkhart
Kalamazoo
Lincoln
Neb
Indiana
Haskell
Hearst
Michigan
Colorado
Cleveland
Missionary Training School
London
United Mine Workers
Weather Forecast for Tonight and Saturday
Government forecast says fair tonight and Saturday with continued warmth. Local conditions fair. Furnished daily by Miles Medical Co. Maximum and minimum temperatures and wind velocity not specified.
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Miles Medical Co
Reconciliation Achieved Despite Husband Still Jailed
Superior Court notes reveal Clara eSarfoss canceled a $400 judgment against her husband for support, costs of $40.50 remain unpaid, leaving him imprisoned until paid. Mrs. Sarfoss plans to reunite. Other court items include guardianship, divorces, and liens.
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Superior Court
Clara
eSarfoss
Searfoss
William H. Gar
Elkhart Motor Car Co
Sterling-Hudson Co
P. T. Longacher
Garl
Longacher
Marshall Jackson Co
Illinois
American Recording Lock Co
Isabelle Tompkins
Clarence Tompkins
South Bend
Metz Tragedy Rocks Michigan as Relief Train Burns
Detroit reports Alpena dispatches say Millersburg, population 850, destroyed by fire with inhabitants missing. Northeastern Michigan burns in spots as relief trains turn back. Metz wiped out and a refugee train trapped. fourteen women and children burned on the Metz relief train. entire crew perished trying to save the train after derailment.
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Metz
Detroit
Alpena
Millersburg
Fires rage in Indiana towns as drought aids spread
Oct 16 dispatches report widespread fires across Goshen Milford Rushville and LaPorte areas. Sparks from a Big Four locomotive ignite barns and structures. embers blow miles causing additional blazes including a wood and corn field. Damage heavy with numerous barns residences sheds and an oil house burned.
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Goshen
Ind
Milford
Here
T. L. Hammond
Hammond
Homer Archer
M. Madlem
William Robinson
P. F. Wright
Wright
R. Waybright
Wakarusa
Fire at Mishawaka factory causes minor damage
A reported blaze at the Simplex motor car factory in Mishawaka at 4 p.m. on a Thursday caused only $15 damage to an outbuilding.
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Mishawaka
Simplex Motor
Taft Sacrificed Ambition for Presidency, Letter Claims
New York October 15. Publication of two letters, one from the president to Taft dated March 1906 and a July 1905 reply, is described as a strategic move by Republican campaign managers. The letters supposedly show Taft consented to run for president from a sense of duty, sacrificing his dream of a supreme court seat. The president asserts Taft is the best man for the presidency and that office should not be set aside.
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Taft
New York
Supreme Bench
Supreme court upholds limit on Lincoln saloons to twenty five
In Lincoln Nebraska Oct 16 the supreme court reversed Lancaster county district court ruling and held the Lincoln excise board may restrict the number of saloons to twenty five. Jacob Klamm who was refused a license appealed to the district court.
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Lincoln, Neb
District Court of
Lancaster County
Supreme Court
Lincoln Excise Board
Jacob Klamm
District Court
Secret Abdication Report From London
London report says King Peter secretly abdicated his throne and fled from Servia. Members of the national assembly and the king's cabinet profess ignorance about his whereabouts.
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London
Peter
Servia
National Assembly
Waterloo Crossing Work Draws Heavy Rail Focus
Waterloo Press notes a large crew installing new crossing steel at the Lake Shore station. The project, costing a lot and requiring precision, involved cutting rail ends to fit crossing irons and caused delays to passenger trains and freights. Ligonier Banner reports limited Chicago to Ligonier service affects travelers from South Bend Elkhart and Goshen. Foremen meetings, new hires, and local shop activity are listed as ongoing railroad affairs.
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Waterloo
tLigonier
Waterloo Press
Lake Shore
Ligonier Banner
Chicago
South Bend
Elkhart
Goshen
Ligonier
Toledo
W. J. Frauemciener
Englewood
H. A. Monshey
Fort Wayne
E. J. Gilmore
Air iLne Junction
Roundhouse
Herman Krah
Carl Albertson
Emil Englehart
Big Four
J. A. Tillman
Michigan
E. L. Mason
Passing of a Promising Project in Nickel Plate City
Chicago, Oct. 16. Nickel Plate City, a 30 acre tract south of Gary Indiana platted in 1893, will be sold within 30 days to satisfy a court judgment. Appraisers value each lot at 15 dollars. Much of the land is cultivated. The tract, along the Nickel Plate railroad, stirred years of friction between land purchasers and promoters.
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Chicago
Gary
Ind
Indiana
Nickel Plate Railroad
Railroad men honor Watson with conductor lantern
James E. Watson, the Republican nominee for governor, received a modern locomotive engineers lantern in Terre Haute as a mark of esteem. The presentation took place Wednesday night.
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Watson James E. Watson
Locomotive Engineers’ Organization of
Terre Haute
Mr. Watson
Jealous Mood Sparks Double Shooting in Mount Vernon
Peter Denninger, in a jealous mood, fired five shots at Della Bacon near Mount Vernon Indiana. Three bullets missed but one struck her side and another caused a flesh wound. Denninger was arrested after a struggle with officers as the woman faced possible death.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Peter Denninger
Della Bacon
Here
Denninger
Big Fish of Its Kind Capture in Petersburg
Petersburg Ind Oct 16 Sol Frank while fishing a small lake three miles west of town landed a six and a half pound black bass. City Councilman Lige Miley assisted by gill landing the fish as it neared shore using an ordinary cane pole.
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Petersburg
Ind
Sol Frank
Here
Lige Miley
Mine Fire Burns a Week in Carlisle
A Carlisle coal mine owned by Carlisle Coal and Clay company has burned for a week. The fire is confined to one entry but causes extensive damage. Workmen report the fire is now shut in and mining operations continue despite the blaze.
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Carlisle
Ind
Carlisle Coal and Clay Company
Does Not Vote. Evansville Man Finds Politics Unappealing
George Kravers, a 45 year old Crescent handle works employee in Evansville Indiana, has never voted. He says politics holds no charm for him and has kept his ballot untouched through the years.
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Evansville
Ind
George Kravers
Crescent Handle Works
Taft Cigar Presented to Supt Silvers by Detective Rank
Lake Shore Detective D C Rank presented Supt Silvers with a W H Taft cigar on Thursday. It is richly bound by two bands and bears the candidate's picture.
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Taft
Lake Shore
D. C. Rank
Silvers
W. H. Taft
Fire Claims Six Trained Horses At Hillsdale Stables
A blaze at Hillsdale Michigan destroyed the Crocker troupe stables and killed six performing horses. E K Crocker faced tragic loss as flames swept through the facility leaving the horses unable to escape.
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Hillsdale, Mich
E.K. Crocker
Hearst Papers Served After Door Burst On Train
Deputy sheriff smashed Hearst stateroom door to serve papers in a $600,000 damages suit filed by Governor Haskell. Mrs Hearst appeared in night clothes as Hearst unlocked the toilet door and avoided entry. Hearst denied admitting access as he and his wife rested on a Kansas City bound train in Omaha.
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Hearst
Omaha
W. R. Hearst
Charles N. Haskell
Smith & Smythe
Haskell
New York
Will Give Up His Wife in Arkansas Affair
Sherif Kime, a prosperous farmer, tracked his wife to Pinkney, Arkansas, after she fled Indiana with her youth sweetheart John MacArnold. He confronted MacArnold, learned of the couple’s misfortunes, then returned home vowing to seek a divorce and allow his wife to marry her former love.
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John MacArnold
McArnold
Indiana
Arkansas
C Settle
Flo
Father cared for dying Arcola Hitch on improvised bicycle seat
In Princeton Indiana on October 16 a fourteen month old girl Arcola Hitch died of pneumonia after her father Forest Hitch, who served as both mother and father, transported her on a bicycle built from two bikes. He tried home remedies as a physician was delayed. The story notes the father's heartbreak and the family’s sorrow. Daniel P. Kurtz sold a lot in Elkhart to George W. Fleming for 1200 dollars.
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Princeton
Ind
Arcola
Forest Hitch
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. G. Abbott
American Federation OF Labor
Clyde Losee
George J. Smith
County Board of Charities and Corrections
Indiana Board
George Rowe
Hikhart
H. A. Barbour
Bristol
W. L. Stone
A. C. Yoder
Rushville
Rush County
Wabash
Eisner Forest
Henry Windhurst
Orville Talmage
Kankakee
News OF the Railroads
Sherif Kime
Pinkney
Ack
Oakland
Waving
Jme
Daniel P. Kurtz
George W. Fleming
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