Huffield Case Moves in City Court over Domestic Fight
Lucia L Huffield sues husband Henry W Huffield for support while he faces state assault and battery charges. E B Zigler defends, A E Darling prosecutes. Key witnesses Mrs Huffield and Mr Huffield corroborate the couple's domestic trouble. Court finds for defendant on non support and dismisses assault and battery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huffield
Lucia L. Huffield
No. 210
Cherry Street
Henry W. Huffield
E. B. Zigler
A. E. Darling
Canoe Accident Near McNaughton Park Narrows Night Ride
Sumner Smith Charles Mowery and Misses Ada and Ima Burhans were on a power canoe on the St Joseph River when darkness caused them to strike a stump near McNaughton Park. They paddled to shore abandoned the craft and walked back to the city. T. Anderson buys Underwood stock in Elkhart. A B Darling and Thomas Anderson attend sale and take possession of the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Smith
Charles Mowery
Ada
Ima Burhans
Mr. Smith
St. Joseph
McNaughton Park
T. Anderson
Underwood
A. BE. Darling
Thomas Anderson
Chicago
Anderson
A. F. Underwood Elkhart Department Store
Henrysaacs
Taft Train Arrival Prompts Taft Lithograph Display
Businessmen along Main Street and nearby homes urged to display hunting and flags for Taft train Saturday. Republicans in the business district encouraged to display Taft lithographs available at club rooms or the Review office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Federal Court Appoints Receiver for Local Furniture Firms
Federal court named E B Zigler receiver over W P Bacon Hikhart Furniture Co and Bacon Furniture Co pending creditor trustee election. He noted no new developments in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacon
E. B. Zigler
W. P. Bacon, Hikhart Furniture Co
Bacon Furniture Co
Co. E Receives Piano in Bankruptcy Proceeding
Bankruptcy referee Lambert ruled Co. E is entitled to the piano involved in the Underwood stock dispute, resolving ownership in favor of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. E
Lambert
Underwood
Peculiar Wood Chopping Mishap Wounds Local Switchman
Robert M. Harper, a switchman at 201 Garfield Avenue, was struck above the right eye by a rebounding ax after hitting a wire clothes line while chopping wood. The injury left a large gash. Brakeman F. F. Walls and gate tender Ira F. Platt also report injuries and time off work. Regular meeting of Ben-Hurs scheduled with about twenty initiates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Harper
Garfield Avenue
F. F. Walls
Walls
Ira F. Platt
Tenth Street
Frank Huggins
Lake Shore
Ben-Hurs
Two Big Fish Captured by Reverend Ogilvie on Painter Lake
Reverend A U Ogilvie landed a twenty pound pickerel on Painter Lake aided by Carl Dyer who seized the fish by the head after a twenty minute struggle. Fourteen boats fished. crowd gathered at Dyer landing for a celebratory reception with Ogilvie and his prize.
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A. U. Ogilvie
B. D. Bowers’ Corp
Painter Lake
Dyer Landing
Carl Dyer
Ogilvie
Dyer
Mr. Ogil
Twenty-Pound Carp Caught By B D Bowers
B D Bowers caught a twenty pound carp on Thursday in the river. Local anglers say this may be the largest river fish since a twenty two pound carp speared about fifteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Bowers
Food Inspector Reports Mixed Results In Elkhart
State food inspector Frank Tucker left Elkhart Friday night without filing a report on milk inspections. Previous checks found ordinary delinquencies not worse than elsewhere. Peter Sheneman paid $10 for selling diseased meat. a farmer had to discard a load of inferior potatoes. Indiana seeks action on typhoid in milk and state health rules for confectioners and other food dealers were issued as advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Tucker
Elkhart
Tucker
Peter Sheneman
South Bend
Goshen
Chicago
Indiana
Indiana State Commission
State Board of Health
Hurty
Valley Line Record Shifts Live Stock For Angolan Route
The Valley Line railroad leads the state in live stock moved per mile with every Saturday as shipping day. Last Saturday set a record with Mongo sending a double deck of hogs and calves, Orland delivering twelve decks of hogs plus cattle and hogs awaiting a car. At Orland 100 wagon loads arrived before noon, the largest daily intake since the station opened. Farmers along the route benefited greatly from the line.
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Valley Line
Angola Herald
Mongo
Orland
Bronson
Dangerous turn causes horse falls at Main street Tyler avenue
Drivers in turning from Main street to Tyler avenue are blamed for daily horse falls at the corner. A dray horse fell on Thursday afternoon while trotting, hitting the pavement hard, with prior weeks’ falls attributed to driver carelessness at the same corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Tyler Avenue
Tafts Indiana Tour Opens With Strong Support
Taft begins a precampaign tour of Indiana with large and enthusiastic crowds across the southern third, targeting Elkhart tomorrow. The schedule includes brief speeches, band entertainment, and limited handshakes as Col. Dan Ransdall says the trip stays on time. Indianapolis Star reports Taft drew record crowds, with higher average audiences than Bryan in many counties.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Elkhart
Taft
Dan Ransdall
Lake Shore
Sidway
James S. Dodge
William Jennings Bryan
Taft injunction praised as Indiana trip launches
Judge Taft's injunction gains public praise as he arrives in Indiana for a campaign swing. Local events highlight his first day with speeches while broader Indiana news covers food inspections, paving plans, and civic notices.
Weather Forecast Snapshot
The daily weather section reports a high of 15 degrees and a low of 49 degrees with wind at 15 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles Medical Co
Taft Tour Draws Large Indiana Crowds Amid Money Worries
Mr Taft began a second day in Indiana with stops in Lawrenceburg Brazil and Muncie where crowds reached estimates of 10 000 to 15 000 and the state Republican committee faced tight finances. Reports note women turnout strong as Taft’s train and entourage travel through towns with the Constitution car aboard and physicians monitoring his throat due to red fire irritation.
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Taft
Lawrenceburg
Bedford
Court House Yard
Associated Press
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Ind
Brazil
Pennsylvania
Warsaw
Lake Shore
Goshen
Muncie
Elkhart
Mr. Taft
Delaware County
Col
Randsell
J. J. Richardson
Democratic Panic Over Indiana Campaign Rail Tours
In Indiana the Democratic Party stages railroad tours for Kern and Marshall amid claims of Taft and Watson being beaten. Notable speakers include Gore, Towne, Small, and Rainey as trains head to Elkhart and Chicago. John W. Kern’s ill eight-year-old son may alter plans to campaign next week.
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Taft
Watson
Indiana
Marshall
Elkhart County
Bryan
Thirteenth
South Bend
Plymouth
William Howard Taft
John W. Kern
Gore
Oklahoma
D. R. Francis
Missouri
Charles A. Towne
New York
Sam Small
Georgia
R. L. Owen
Rainey
Illinois
Mark Smith
Arizona
Elkhart
Chicago
Indianapolis
Monon
Frank E. Hering
Congress
St. Joseph County
Ice Trust
Mr. Kern
Beveridge and Miller Tour Elkhart Schedule Public Meeting
Beveridge and Miller plan a Friday program for voters in the community with a 3:25 p.m. arrival and one hour stay. Senator Beveridge speaks an hour and Charles W. Miller of Goshen headlines the opera house meeting as part of the Indiana tour. The tour then proceeds to Mishawaka, South Bend, and LaPorte with short stops and a night meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wikhart
Beveridge
Charles W. Miller
Goshen
Opera House
Indiana
Syracuse
Senator Beveridge
Elkhart
Mishawaka
South Bend
LaPorte
Michigan Federation of Women's Clubs Meeting Debates Dress Rule
At the Michigan Federation of Women's Clubs annual meeting the debate over a motion banning director gown wear led to a compromise. The proposer relented suggesting a woman with only one gown, if it was a director gown, could attend and be welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Federation of Women's Clubs
Engineer James Lennon Defends Taft Injunction Stance
James Lennon veteran engineer of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern rail road testified in Ann Arbor about the 1893 Ann Arbor strike and Taft's injunction ruling. Lennon recounted rule No 12 against handling strikers cars, his 1893 resignation after a boycott, and Taft's decision permitting trainmen to quit but not after taking a train. He praised Taft's injunction ruling as wise and correct.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
James Lennon
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad
Taft
Ann Arbor
Ft. Wayne
Lennon
Taft and Sherman Club
Lake Shore
Toledo
Marshall Opposes Teachers Wage Law in Campaign
Thomas R. Marshall, running as a Democrat for governor, urged repeal of the teachers minimum wage law in recent speeches, drawing crowd reactions from over 1,000 teachers across several southern counties. Solomon Esarey, ex-schoolteacher and Supreme Court reporter, plans to address Republican meetings next week, aided by current teachers. The wage law sets a per diem minimum of two and a half times the average at licensing exams. repeal would return salary setting to township trustees, with former rates as low as 1.25 dollars daily. Marshall says repealing the law would be one of his first actions if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Marshall
Solomon H. Esarey
Supreme Court
Perry County
Esarey
State Committee
Marshall
Meet in South Bend Splits Politician Attendance
In South Bend C W Miller spoke to a packed Oliver opera house while Henry A Barnhart addressed about 300 in the Auditorium Annex. A street parade led by Reese's band preceded Miller's remarks and Goshen voters rode interurban cars to attend.
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C. W. Miller
Oliver Opera House
Lou N Bend
Henry A. Barnhart
Rochester
Auditorium Annex
Elkhart
Auditorium Theatre
Mr. Miller
Reese
South Bend
Goshen
Taft Leads At Angldile Computing Scale Co Factory
In a secret ballot among 52 workers at Angldile Computing Scale Co taft received 23 votes while Bryan 15 Hisgen 4 and Debs 1. 48 votes cast, 4 absent. Nine nonvoters were ineligible for the national election but most favored Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Angldile Computing Scale Co
Bryan
Hisgen
Debs
Total
Cleveland Vote Sparks Fare Franchise Tie Up
Cleveland officials report 2000 ballots uncounted amid a mayoral election recount. Directors of the Municipal Traction Company face demand to transfer city lines to the Cleveland Street Railway Co. Dupont cites lack of director approval and authority questions while the franchise referendum ends in a narrow loss near six hundred votes.
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Cleveland
Cleveland’s Railway Company
Davies
Dupon
Municipal Traction Co
City Traction
Cleveland Street Railway Co
Municipal Traction Company
Dupont
Johnson
Night Rider Hunt Under State Troop Guard in Tennessee
Gov. Patterson commands a twenty five man guard and leads state troops at Sanberg to pursue night riders who hanged Captain Rankin at Reelfoot Lake. Detachments cross into Kentucky as rewards totaling twenty thousand dollars are offered for capture.
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Union City
Tenn
Patterson
Sanberg
Captain Rankin
Reelfoot Lake
Kentucky
World Demands Jerome removal over 1906 forgery case
The New York World editorially calls for District Attorney Jerome to resign. It accuses him of personally blocking the indictment of Mutual Life president McCurdy following a forgery charge and prints what appears to be a verbatim grand jury minutes report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Jerome
New York
the World Today
McCurdy
The
Mutual Life
the World
Mob Surrounds Lithonia Jail Over Negro Suspect
A mob rallied outside the Lithonia jail, threatening to burn Charles Mitchell, the African American accused of fatally wounding Deputy Sheriffs Argo and Peck in a Sunday confrontation. Mitchell sustained fifteen wounds before his capture and is expected to recover.
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Atlanta
Lithonia
Charles Mitchell
Argo
Peck
Mitchell
Negro Boy Hanged for Clergy Ballard Murder
Springfield Illinois October 23 Joe James a negro youth barely old enough for hanging was executed in the jail for the murder of Clergy Ballard last August. He went to the gallows without faltering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Joe James
Clergy Ballard
Death of Detroit Man at Cleveland Hotel Ruled Self Inflicted
Ed Meyer, a Detroit resident who checked into the Gilsey Hotel on October 16, was found dead in his room at the Cleveland Hotel on October 23. A bullet through his heart and a revolver found beside him indicate death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ed Meyer
Detroit
Gilsey Hotel
Wer Jr. Suffered Illness Delays Campaign Tour
John W. Wer Jr., eight year old son of the Democratic vice presidential candidate, is in poor health with infantile paralysis and acute indigestion. His father, alleviating fatigue from a speaking tour, has stayed by the bedside since returning from New York and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern
Indianapolis
John W. Wer, Jr
New York
Ohio
Enraged fiancé shoots fiancée in Holyoke
In Holyoke on October 23 Arthur Bonadeau Jr killed Casselda TReaudry after she refused to promise marriage. He is jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holyoke
Mass
Casselda Treaudry
Arthur Bonadeau, Jr
Plymouth Fire Chiefs Daughter Earns Honor After Rescue
In the absence of her father Plymouth fire chief Fred Kuhn's 16 year old daughter drove a fire truck with a squad to a rural blaze and helped fight it. She was made an honorary member of the Plymouth Wide Awakes. A fire at Dr S M McDonald dental offices in South Bend caused by a faulty alcohol lamp burned about 350 dollars. Joseph Lamphere aged sixty seven of Benton Harbor died after collapsing on a road between Buchanan and Berrien Springs. He was a union soldier leaving a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kuhn
Plymouth
The
Plymouth Wideawakes
Brave Dogs and Phrenology Beliefs
The remarks claim courageous dogs display wide ears a long held phrenological fact among enthusiasts long before Gall. It warns against trusting dogs narrow between the eyes and even men based on skull shape.
Earnestness That Wins Says Dickens
A brief epigraph notes Dickens on the power of thorough going ardent and sincere earnestness as an essential trait with no substitute. The line emphasizes steady effort and integrity over shortcuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
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