New Bucklen Line Survey Promises Better Route to Bristol
Civil Engineer M. L Swinehart reports a revised Bucklen line between WB Hikhart and Bristol improves accuracy. The plan shifts route via Jackson street to Kenwood Golf grounds then toward Ullery farm and Bristol, crossing St Joseph river by a Strong avenue bridge. Right of way remains unpurchased.
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Bucklen
WB Hikhart
Bristol
M. L Swinéhart
South Bend
St. Joseph
Strong Avenue
Swinehart
Jackson Street
Elkhart
Kenwood Golf Club
Ullery Run
Ullery Farm
Bristol Road
Pine Creek
John Kray
Lake Shore
Elkhart National Bank
Fannie Davenport
Alex Gordon
Charles Havens
Longacre
A. H
B. Herrick
Ulery
Shob
John Garvin
John Krau
War Between Railroads and Interurban Escalates Over Niles Line
The Michigan Central Railroad and the South Bend & Southern Michigan Railway clash after the interurban line to Niles opens. Michigan Central workers allegedly pushed a freight car onto the switch crossing the interurban tracks, tipping it over as the interurban car neared. Passengers were moved to another car, and the dispute centers on a right of way option at the crossing.
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Michigan Central Railroad Company
South Bend & Southern Michigan Railway Company
Niles
Michigan Central
South Bend
Michigan
Central Company
Collision in Chinese Waters Claims Hong Kong Sailors
A collision near Hong Kong involving the Chinese cruiser Huangtai and the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of India sinks the cruiser after the captain and thirteen crew die. The Empress of India forfeits heavy damage but saves 170 Huangtai crew. The Chinese captain refused to abandon ship. Empress of India left Vancouver July 27.
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Hong Kong
Vancouver
Grand Army encampment opens with parade in San Francisco
The thirty seventh Grand Army encampment begins with a parade of regulars militiamen and societies watched by vast crowds. The weather is fine and numerous entertainment events follow. A key issue is Gen Black of Illinois as leading candidate for commander in chief with other delegations bidding for the next encampment.
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San Francisco
Thirty Seventh Grand Army
Black
Illinoigs
Texas
Connecticut
St. Louis
Salt Lake
Denver
Fierce battle near Monastir pits Turks against insurgents
A Sofia dispatch reports a six hour fight near Monastir between Turkish battalions and about 1000 insurgents. Turks were repulsed with 200 killed and wounded. Insurgents losses are not known.
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London
Sofia
Monastir
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress Meeting in Seattle
In Seattle on August 18 the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress was scheduled to convene. The event gathered business leaders from western states to discuss trade and regional commerce.
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Seattle
Trans-Mississippi_ Commercial Congress
Pratt Will Adjudged Intact. Executors Named
The will of the late B. B. Pratt is declared intact and its terms preserve the estate for the lives of widow Mrs. Charlotte Pratt and sister Miss Louise Pratt with division among the children after their deaths. W. B. Pratt and G. B. Pratt named as executors. Attorney L. D. Hall represents Isaac Moser in a $600 foreclosure suit against Austin W. Clark wife Letta M. and Mary O. Session. County Clerk M. H. Kinney reports an inquiry from Charles G. Porter about Wm. L. Hamlin. Judge Clyde Raymer files his finding in J. B. Andrews v Walter B. Groves for $12.50 in merchandise, with judgment in favor of Andrews. Marriage licenses issued to Harvey Overholt and Lillie Miller. Sampson Wolf inger and Amanda Smith also issued.
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B. B. ‘Pratt
Charlotte Pratt
Louise Pratt
W. B
G. B. Pratt
L. D. Hall
Isaac Moser
Austin W. Clark
Letta M
Mary O. Session
M. H. Kinney
Charles G. Porter
Chicago
Wm. L. Hamlin
Hamlin
Clyde Raymer
J. B. Andrews
Goshen
Walter B. Groves
Mr. Andrews
Raymer
Harvey Overholt
Foraker
Lillie Miller
Wakarusa
Sampson Wolfinger
Amanda Smith
Middlepury
Electric Bitters Prove Worth in Lan caster Man and Wife
F J Green of Lancaster New Hampshire recounts years of indigestion and debility improved by Electric Bitters. He credits the remedy with long lasting benefit for himself and his wife, praising it as a tonic for weak and run down health. Houseworth Bros offers it at 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
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F. J. Green
Lancaster
N. H
Houseworth Bros
Government orders Mediterranean squadron to Sicily
Rome reports the government has directed the Mediterranean squadron now off Sardinia to proceed to Sicily to be within easy distance of the Turkish provinces.
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Rome
Sardinia
Sicily
Mysterious Circumstance and Dr King’s Pills Ad
A dental ad-promotional blurb touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy to urge lazy organs and prevent constipation. It claims the product keeps healthful complexion and urges purchase at Houseworth Bros druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Houseworth Bros. Druggists
Tragic double tragedy in Cleveland as youth rejects suitor
Martha Fae Henrich was shot dead on the street in front of her Cleveland home after spurning German waiter William Leutbacher. Leutbacher then killed himself. The incident occurred last night as Henrich refused his advances.
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Cleveland
Martha Faehenrich
William Leutbacher
Leutbacher
Runaway Incident Linked to Ulcer Cure by Arnica Salve
A runaway nearly cost J. B. Orner his life at Franklin Grove II with a four year stubborn leg ulcer. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the sore and also treats burns bruises skin eruptions and piles. 25 cents at Houseworth Bros. drug store.
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J. B. Orner
Franklin Grove
Bucklen
Houseworth Bros
Baby Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Joseph Culp
A baby daughter was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Joseph Culp formerly of this city now living six miles south.
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Joseph Culp
New Discovery for Consumption Praised by Melbourne Man
Melbourne resident H Huggins credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his life after a doctor said his consumption could not be cured. The medicine, advertised as a cure for throat and lung diseases, is sold by Housework Bros druggists at 50 cents and a dollar with trial bottles free.
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H. Huggins
Melbourne
Fla
Dr. King
Housework Bros
Harvest Jubilee at Bristol Tomorrow
The Harvest Jubilee will be held in Bristol tomorrow with races a ball game and a balloon ascension followed by a band concert. The event promises family friendly entertainment and community fun with outdoor activities and live music.
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Bristol
Ball's Catarrh Cure ad promises $100 reward
An 19th century style advertisement proclaims a $100 reward for cures of catarrh that Ball's Catarrh Cure cannot treat. It asserts the product works through the blood and mucous surfaces and promotes internal use. Also mentions sponsoring firms Cheney & Co and local Toledo druggists Walding Kinnan Marvin.
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B. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wist & Truax
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Wasieswe
Val
Hall
Senator Begole to file restraining bill in Sangamon court
Former Senator Begole intends to file a bill in the Sangamon circuit court seeking to prohibit the auditor from issuing and the state treasurer from paying warrants tied to Illinois appropriations for the world’s fair. The complaint hinges on grounds named by the governor and specific section references.
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Sprigfield
Begole
Sangamon
Illinois
Insanity Plea for Goshen Woman Darnell
On complaint by her sister Louisa Ann Darnell of Goshen aged sixty four was examined as to her sanity last Saturday by Doctors F M Ihrig I J Becknnell and Justice S S Whisler. It was recommended she be sent to Longcliff as early as possible. She had previously been at Longcliff in March 1902 for five months. Sunstroke fifteen years ago believed to be indirect cause.
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Francis M. Darnell
Louisa Ann Darnell
Goshen
F. M. Ihrig
I. J. Becknnell
Justice S. S. Whisler
Longcliff
Miss Darnell
Justice of the Peace Fines Primley Case in Concord
E D Foster justice of the peace of Concord township filed the court finding in Isaac W Short versus Frank Primley for an accounting amounting to $23.25. Harmon and Zigler of Elkhart represented the plaintiff. The judgment ordered by the justice was $1.25 plus costs for the plaintiff.
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E. D. Foster
Concord Township
Isaac W. Short
Frank Primley
Harmon & Zigler of
Elkhart
Elkhart Robbery Case Against Er nest Zinn Filed
Papers in the case against Er nest Zinn for the Sam Crown clothing store robbery at Elkhart were filed yesterday. Zinn remains in jail.
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Ernest Zinn
Sam Crown
Elkhart
Zinn
Marriage Licenses Issued for Vanscork Simmons and Gross Griggsby
Charles Vanscork of Concord township, 25, weds Faustina Simmons of Harrison township, 19. Lee Edward Gross of Elkhart, 22, to Edith Griggsby of Elkhart, 19.
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Charles Vanscork
Concord Tp
Faustina M. Simmons
Harrison
Lee Edward Gross
Elkhart
Edith Griggsby
Well Known Nappanee Man Samuel D Young Dies At 76
Samuel D Young of Nappanee aged 76 died yesterday at his home. He was one of the oldest and most respected citizens of the county area and leaves a widow two sons Dan and Amos a daughter Mrs Jesse Ringenberg. He was well known in Elkhart.
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Nappanee
Samuel D. Young
Young
Dan
Amos
Jesse Ringenberg
Elkhart
Harvestworkers accuse promoter of duping Go shenprison men
Two weeks earlier eight six Elkhart county farm hands traveled to Cando North Dakota under William Method to harvest. Last night three Eldridges Thomas George and Milton returned saying they were duped. They claim promised 3 50 a day plus board but were paid only 2 a day and cite a scant wheat crop and surplus labor in the Dakotas.
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Elkhart County
Cando
North Dakota
William Method
Thomas
George
Milton Eldridge
Goshen
Dakotas
Servia King Peter Asks America for Return of Ministers
Belgrade August 18. King Peter of Servia appealed to America to send back their ministers and withdraw at the time of the tumult in Belgrade.
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Peter
Belgrade
Peter of
Servia
America
Fitzsimmons Takes Theatrical Manager Role Through Marriage
Miss Julia May Gifford becomes Mrs. Bob Fitzsimmons after a California romance interrupts an eleven year acting contract. The 23 year old singer may steer Fitzsimmons away from boxing toward theatre, aligning his career with a new married life and exclusive management claims.
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Julia May Gifford
Robert Fitzsimmons
Frederick C. Whitney
Johnny
Fitzsimmons
California
Johnny Boys
Fitz
West
San Francisco
Gifford
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bob” Fitzsimmon
Rose Julian
Bensonhart
Brooklyn
Goshen Farmer Alleges Beating by South Bend Police
Charles W. Shirk a Goshen farmer testified under oath that two South Bend policemen beat him near the Lake Shore rail crossing at 10 PM Friday. He shows a black eye and bruises, says he was assaulted without warning and prevented from boarding his train. He carried $18, silver, and an expensive gold watch and plans to return to pursue the case.
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South Bend
Charles W. Shirk
Goshen
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Grand Trunk
Shirk
Wellsboro
Ind
Baltimore & Ohio
Suman Station
Sylpha Shirk
Division Street
Lafayette Hotel
South
Bend
Negro deputy slain by lynching gang in Alabama camp
A traveler in Anniston says Deputy Sheriff Price of Cherokee county was killed in a Seaboard Air Line grading camp near Piedmont. A posse hunts the murderers, and a lynching is likely to follow.
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Anniston
Ala
Piedmont
Price
Cherokee County
Seaboard
Warden Acquitted After Revolver Incident in St Louis
Beverly S. Warden was acquitted in police court after drawing a revolver and forcing a street car to stop following a series of cars. Police Judge Tracy warned motormen that any substantial charges for passing passengers on street corners will be fined to the limit of the law, underscoring citizens’ rights.
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St. Louis
Beverly S. Warden
Tracy
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric to open Lake Bluff line
Waukegan Illinois August 18 official announcement by President A C Frost states the Lake Bluff to Libertyville branch line will be opened September 1.
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Waukegan
Ill
A. C. Frost
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Road
Lake Bluff
Libertyville
A Price to Be Paid Bargain With High Note Challenge
A shopper asks if a purchase is a bargain and a dealer answers that the price is right if the buyer can reach a few high notes, illustrating a witty exchange from the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Pepper used to escape capture in New Jersey incident
Richfield New Jersey August 18 George B Martin escaped arrest by blinding his captor with a handful of red pepper. He then rode away on a bicycle and ran into a flock of geese while the owner, who was detaining him, watched.
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Richfield
N. J
George
Martin
Fragmentary remark about singing and dressing replaces brains
A fragment quotes an offhand line about singing and dressing instead of brains with unclear context. The brief suggests a humorous or taunting aside but provides no identifiable people, places, or events to anchor facts.
Cold relief remedy ad prescription note
An old ad fragment promotes taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It states refunds are available at all druggists if it fails and features a signature from W. Grove on each bottle.
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Ps W. Grove
For Sale Six Year Old Mare With Foal
Six year old mare offered for sale with foal. Mare described as perfectly sound. Inquiries accepted at Mc Dowell's Livery in Elkhart.
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Perfectly Sound
McDowell’s
Elkhart
Gilmore Crag Co. Tic-Tac Oil Tor A Quick Relief Cure
Dear Sirs I have used your Caustic Oil Tor for several months and find it acts quickest with good results. As business picks up I want one gallon. Yours truly Chadwick. Price 50c a bottle. Gilmore’s Headache Powders never fail. Sold by Thomas Drug Store.
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Deshler
Gilmore Grag Co
Fletcher
Chadwick
Price
Gilmore
Thomas
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