Public Has Travel Gain as Rail Service Improves
Rail traffic and ticket receipts surge with vacation travel and longer trains. Officials report better freight and passenger business, with daily receipts near 70 dollars per day and Mondays over 1 100 dollars. Limited interurban service attracts riders between Coshen and Michigan City and trains report high patronage despite a murder noted on the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelk- Hart
Ina
Eid
Lise
Western
Kahamazoo
Stenms
Chicago
Tee
Elkhart
Coshen
Michigan City
Indiana
Pravelna
Domestic Tragedy Plays Courtroom Stage in City
Mrs May Bell testified of alleged abuse by husband Bell at 1019 Garfield Avenue. Judge Lee ordered a 60 day jail term suspended for good behavior with fine and costs payable, while Bell sobbed and urged the judge to reduce penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Bell
Lee
Stern
Tom Bell
Bell
Garfield Avenue
Merger Preparation Keeps Citizens Trust Busy
The clerical staff of Citizens' Trust Company 78 works on consolidating accounts of about 300 stockholders from Co Operative Saving and Loan Society in preparation for absorption. The process is expected to take thirty to sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens’ Trust Company
Co-Operative Saving and Lawn Society
Pennsylvania Picnic Set With Apollo Orchestra
The Pennsylvania society picnic at Island Park will attract about 500 visitors from out of town. The Apollo Orchestra is engaged to perform and Miss Helen Stanton will read. The annual oration will be delivered by John W. Hanan of LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo Orchestra
Pennsylvania Society
Island
Helen Stanton
St. Mary’s College
Monroe
Mich
John W. Hanan
LaGrange
Jackson Street Car Service Discontinued Pending Sewer Work
Beginning tomorrow morning the city car line on Jackson Street will be discontinued until the Jackson Street sewer project is completed, estimated to take sixty days. Valley line service continues on an hourly schedule up to the work point, with terminal connections unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Street
Local residents on visits and trips across Midwest and Northeast
Mrs. Frank Seiler and son Cleo visit him in Petoskey while Mrs. A A Witmer of Goshen spends yesterday in Ishkark. Numerous residents travel to Michigan Ohio Indiana and Ontario for visits and vacations to Fort Wayne Chicago St Joseph Littleton and Toronto with trips to Muncie and Manitowoc noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Seiler
Cleo
Petoskey
A. A. Witmer
Goshen
Isikhart
Currie Davis
Ca Vesil
Middlebury
Olive Pancost
Points
Ohio
Eugene Windeate
Fort Wayne
Ira Kauffman
Iris Skeler
Benton, Pa
Margaret Darling
Boys Blamed for Recent Robberies
Police circles and victims believe recent thefts are the work of inexperienced local youths. Two youngsters found in farmer A.M. Sparr’s cellar after a Doty jewelry store break in fuel the theory the same boys are linked to south side robberies. Authorities lack clues to the Sparr suspects or the Doty intruder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M. Sparr
Bristol Road
Middlebury Street
Sparr
Doty
New Evidence Tends To Ensnare Dr Crippen
In the second inquest into Belle Elmore's death in London, Miss Melinda May of the Artists' Guild testified that Mrs Crippen predicted her own death a month before disappearance. Michel Leneve claimed she retrimmed passbook and a letter from Crippen as part of arranging a new honorary treasurer. Police Surgeon Marshall affirmed the body was a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Belle Iimore
Melinda May
London Music Hall Artists’ Guild
Crippen
Belle Minore
Michel Leneve
Bele Elmore
Work to Proceed on New Shop Sidings
Track crews resume work on the Lake Shore new shop sidings with 15 men after arriving switch components and dwarf signals. More ties arrive Thursday morning and the temporary material sidings will be connected as the Sidway line curves and heavier steel replaces old rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Sidway
Miss Rose Lambert to Speak on Horrors of Massacre
At the Mennonite campmeeting in Shoup's grove Goshen Miss Lambert of Elkhart will recount the Hadjin massacre she witnessed. The talks are set for 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday and follow the recent killing of an Elkhart county missionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoup's Grove
Goshen
Rose Lambert
Circus Train Wreck Kills Man in Wisconsin Road Crash
Tomahawk Wisconsin Aug 16 Special One man is dead and five more possibly fatally injured after Campbell Brothers circus train is demolished by a Milwaukee passenger train early todayNearly every animal in the menagers herd was killed as the wreck opened a switch and caused the crash
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomahawk
Wis
Campbell Brothers
Milwaukee
Wade
Daylight burglary at Doty jewelry store raises thief profile
A panel was cut from a rear door of Doty jewelry store at 102 Middlebury street and goods worth about 15 to 20 dollars were stolen. Police and proprietor investigate as Doty theorizes a daylight entry by a boy assisted by a second burglar. An attempted break in at Policeman George Coley’s home at 620 Goshen avenue was thwarted by a resident and watchdog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doty Jewelry
Middlebury Street
Bowles
Doty
George Coley
Goshen Avenue
Delilah Locker
Burning Daylight Serial to Run in Truth
The year’s best novel Burning Daylight will begin in Truth on September 3 as a serial before its book form. Jack London’s work is highlighted as a premier feature of the paper, with Truth claiming pride in presenting the serial and delaying book publication until the serial run ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack London
Elkhart
Haa
Fear Jury Fixing in Browne Case
Chicago reports that three to five-man roving squads of pleaders for Lee O Neil Browne sought to influence veniremen. State’s Attorney Wayman announced extraordinary precautions after detectives hired by the defense questioned veniremen and relatives. The motive was to bolster Browne’s innocence regarding the $1000 vote pay-for-Lorimer charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
Veniremen
Wayman
Burthlewmen
Wapid
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Local Yards Train 21 Narrowly Avoids Collision
A Lake Shore passenger No. 2b was halted by a toppled air hoist on a flat car near the Tenth street crossing just east of the yards. Two riders Melvin Culp and Guy Bowen leapt to safety as five cars piled in a wreck below, blocking four tracks. a wrecker was sent to clear the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Tenth Street
Melvin’ Culp
Guy Bowen
Jury Tampering Exposed in Graft Case Browne
In Chicago on August 17 Judge George Kersten revealed veniremen tampering in the Joe O Neil Browne bribery case. Prosecutors and assistants questioned jurors about pressure from organized squads aiming to bias the panel, prompting dismissal of about forty five unexamined jurors from a 100 member special panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Veniremen
Joe O'Neil Browne
George Kersten
Office of State
Atorne
Star Assets Put Up for Sale by Receiver
Walter Brown, receiver for Star Match Co, announces a Monday morning sale at the factory site on Rew Street and Sterling Avenue of all company assets excluding receivables and in-force insurance. Cash bids must reach two thirds of appraised value. Items include machinery, tools, equipment, and manufacturing rights, with ten lots in the Hudson Sterling addition, the factory site destroyed by fire two weeks prior to sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Brown
Star Match’ Co
Rew Street
Sterling Avenue
Hudson Sterling
Drowned man found after nine days in Eagle Lake
The body of Fred Krueger, a South Bend man, was recovered from Eagle Lake about nine days after his drowning on August 7. Police and a family-search party located the victim, and the body was identified by his father Julius Krueger before being taken to Edwardsburg for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Kruger
South Bend
Kagle Lake
Harry Finch
Julius Krueger
Finch
Parker
Fred Strong
Sit
Edwardsburg
Wraeger
County Pioneer I C Spry Dies At 80 In Elkhart
Isaiah C Spry longtime Elkhart County resident dies at daughter Mrs Joseph Myers home on South Main Street after lingering illness. Born April 2 1830 in Ohio he came to Indiana as a boy and witnessed early frontier days. Survived by son Deloren Spry Goshen daughter Ilva Myers South Bend and brother William Spry. funeral set from Henry Shupert home 634 Capitol Boulevard Friday at 2 PM with Grace Lawn burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. BE. Cheney
Roy
Mdgerton
Hicksville
Ohio
Harry Carr
Detroit
E. Davis
Sherman Street
L. Heitrich
Thomas Anderson
St. Joseph
Mich
Bertha Rowley
Found du Lac
Wis
FLW
Crisman
Toni
Helen’ Punches
Mona Carpenter
Klinger Lake
David Hellman
Hickory Street
Minais
Wisconsin
Church
Church & Son, Grocers
Eighth and
Garfield
Elwood
Ind
Joseph Herr
Milwaukee
St.Paul
Minneapolis
New York
Charles Welty
North Main Street
Toronto
Tromato
Wingsara
Rochester
LaGratige
Isaiah C. Spry
Indiana
Joseph Co. Myers
Main Street
Mr. Spry
New Paris
New Country
Chater
Dunlap
South Main Street
Ilva Myers
Deloren Spry
Goshen
Hinma Krueger
South Bend
William Spry
Washington
Washington Spry
Elkhart
Flenry Shupert
Capitol Boulevard
Grace Lawn
Armed youths in Bristol road cellar attempted highway robbery
In an early morning incident near Mikhbart on the Bristol road two sixteen year olds were found in A. M. Spare's cellar with loaded thirty two caliber revolvers in their coats. Spare confronted them and after a stern lecture they fled into a corn field. The boys gave false addresses from Elkhart and were later unconfirmed by local police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sparrose
Bristol
Mr. Spar
Mr. Sparr
Elkhart
Taylor Dies of Typhoid in Dallas Texas
Jacob R. Taylor formerly of Elkhart and member of the Maccabees lodge died of typhoid fever in Dallas on August 14. The death follows a second typhoid death in the Taylor family after Guy Burton Taylor's August 1 passing. Clyde Taylor is ill but expected to recover. the family moved from Elkhart eight years ago and Jacob worked at Newman Bros. planing mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob R. Taylor
Elkhart
Dallas
Texas
E. L. Burns
Maccabee Lodge
Taylor
Guy Burton Taylor
Clyde Taylor
Jacob R.' Taylor
Newman Bros
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Thedas
Ienes
Citizens’ ‘Trust Co
Ing Society Absorption
Jackson ST
George Miller
Mdgerton, O
Iudith Bishop
Mary S. Pare
Littleton, N. H
Farmer's
DR. Crippen
Artists’ Guild
Ethel Lenove
Belle Elmore
Terial
Door At Doty Jewelry
Lions
Browne
Venice
STAR
Will
Fred Krueger
Eagle Lake
I. C. Spry
Ejrkhart County
Farmer Sparr
Victim's
A. M. Spare
Mikhbart
J. R. Taylor
Dallas, Texas
Cataliona
Canada
Senator Px
Rime
Cana
Alliver
Iowa
Emigereuls
Dolliver
Ean
Sup’t
Ottawa
Can
W.H. Rogers
Trac
Indianapolis
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