Local News Briefs and Legal Notices From Mishawaka
Local farmers Henry Row and Mose Nutting brought 30 rabbits to market. Best & Seiler opened a branch at 521 South Main Street. Bridges and contracts noted include a $1520 iron bridge on Hydraulic avenue. Various legal actions and local society notices are listed, including church attendance after snow, charitable ball preparations, and aека.
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Henry Row
Mose Nutting
Cass County
Best & Seiler
South Main Street
Foster Baby Found at Wells Home in Snowbound Gift
Mr Milton B Weiss of 1006 Cleveland avenue becomes foster parent to a newborn found at his door during a snowstorm. The four day old boy arrived wrapped in blankets with a heated milk bottle and an umbrella-wrapped helper seen nearby. The Wells couple may surrender the child to authorities.
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Milton B. Weiss
Cleveland Avenue
Wells
Mrs. Wells
Mr. Wells
Sudden death of Mrs. Etta Demsky in Elkhart
Mrs. Etta Demsky, 62, died of heart disease after her husband Henry left for work at the Lake Shore coal dock. He found her unresponsive at noon, neighbors summoned, death occurred hours earlier. She was born in Germany and lived in Elkhart since 1872. Survived by four children: John Demsky, Mrs. M. C. Shea, Mrs. Henry Winterhoff, and Mrs. Julius Jaster.
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Henry Demsky
Hickory Street
Lake Shore
Etta
Charles Learman
Demsky
Germany
Elkhart
John Demsky
M. C. Shea
Henry Winterhoff
Julius Jaster
Lake Shore shops extend working week to Friday noon
News from the Lake Shore shops reports an abbreviated layoff scheme. The weekly reduction of half the force is shortened so the entire workforce will work through Friday noon this week instead of half quitting on Tuesday night.
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Lake Shore
Ossified Man Dies in Tennessee Chronicle
A report details the death of a man described as ossified in Tennessee. The piece notes the end of a long life and records basic biographical details available in the readable text.
Beauty of Turkish Women and the Veil in Constantinople
Excerpt from Scribner's Magazine notes how the yashmak has faded from public wear in Constantinople. The author observes veils revealing more of the face, the Sultan's strict regulations ignored in daily life, and a shift from mystery to clearer features in streets and harems.
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Golden Horn
Bosphorus
Constantinople
F. Marion Crawford
Scribner's Magizine
Warranty language questioned by appellate court ruling
The Logansport Pharos urges farmers with machinery purchases to read warranties closely. It reports an appellate court decision holding that an agent’s statement that a machine will “do good work with proper management” is not a warranty that excuses payment when the machine fails.
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Logansport
Wanted Gentleman to Undertake Patent Medicine Sale
An advertisement promises profit to the undertaker for selling patent medicine, noting the offer may be more truthful than alluring. The notice hints at a sales position seeking a respectable agent to handle distribution.
Mosaic Riley sign restored by Colfax in South Bend
Schuyler Colfax recounts how James Whitcombe Riley painted a window sign for South Bend grocer George W. Measler earned five dollars. A store fire damaged the sign but Colfax collected glass fragments over years and painstakingly reassembled them, preserving the mosaic in a frame.
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South Bend
Royal Baking Powder Wins Highest Award for Strength
Royal Baking Powder receives the top honors for strength and purity at world fairs and the Washington agricultural department test reports 160 cubic inches of leavening gas per ounce, 20 percent above its nearest competitor and 44 percent above the test average. The powder’s quality and long standing reputation drive sales beyond all competitors.
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Royal Baking Powder
Paris
Vienna
Chemical Division
Agricultural Department
Washington
Burglar Steals 315 From East Elkhart Residents
Edward J. Mahoney and his widowed mother report a nighttime burglary at 1002 Middlebury street. A pocketbook containing 307 and another with 8 were taken. wallets found in the snow. Officer Coley traced footprints eastward toward a schoolhouse but lost the trail amid numerous tracks. Distraction and distress follow the loss of nearly every dollar.
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East Elkhart
Edward J. Mahoney
Middlebury Street
Margaret A. Mahoney
Miss Mamie
Center Street
Sergt. Coley
Governor Matthews Orders Militia Readiness Over Roby Fight
Gov Matthews declares EB Elkhart Light Guards under secret orders to march by rail on Roby to suppress a proposed prize fight. Roby Athletic Association advertised an exhibition for Monday night, prompting Third regiment to be placed on alert. Governor supports action to stop what he calls a disgrace.
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Co. EB
Elkhart Light Guards
Roby
Roby Athletic Association
Matthews
California Justice Performs Quick Marriage Act
A California justice of the peace oversees a rapid marriage act with a terse exchange and a stated fee of $200. The dialogue includes a brief affirmative and consent before the ceremony.
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California Way
California Justice of the Peace
Endless Congressional Busywork and a Canton Mystery
In early republic times Congress backed few acts while today thousands crowd calendars with bills many cranks and temporary obsessions. A Canton tale at Indianapolis shows a nonmember learning secret work and being initiated into the 1.O.O.F. canton after being tricked into joining.
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Werden
Republic
Congress
Washington
House
Senate
J. B. McMaster
Traveler Finds New Grain Knownee In Himalaya
A traveler reports natives in the Himalayan mountains cultivate a previously unknown grain called knownee. The grain resembles wheat in appearance but has longer ears and a distinctive inward curve yet much smaller grains on a single ear. It yields heavy crops in high altitude with short seasons and low temperatures.
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Himalayan
Death at Goshen Saw Mill Claims Young Swede
Oscar Swanson a 25 year old Swede and single man employed as an off bearer at the Lesh Sanders and Egbert saw mill in Goshen died Tuesday afternoon. His head and one arm were severed in the accident as he fell in front of the drum mill while at his work. He died at the scene without immediate aid.
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Grand Lodge
1.O O. F
Indianapolis
Brown County
Kennedy
Lesh, Sanders & Egbert Co
Goshen
Oscar Swanson
Lesh, Sanders & Egbert
Swanson
Old Glory origin linked to Col William Silloway
The label Old Glory traces to Col William A. H. Sillowaye of McClellan's 1862 staff who first used the term after refusing to surrender the flag at Harper's Ferry in 1861 and again at Bull Run. The colonel was nicknamed Old Glory by Union soldiers thereafter. Mrs. J. C. Dreher of Plainville Michigan returned home after visiting this city.
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Wm. A. H. Sillowaye
McClellan
Boston
United States
Harper’s Perry
Bull Run
J. C. Dreher
Plainville, Mich
Bulch Cows in Winter Findings from Purdue Bulletin
Purdue University agricultural bulletin reviews winter care for cows and calves. Exposed cows eat more but produce less milk, lose weight, and shelter yields a $1279 advantage. Calves fed skimmed milk gain weight with profitable growth. free publications available from director C. S. Plumb in Lafayette Indiana.
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Purdue Experiment Station
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Indiana Experiment Atation
Cc. S. Plumb
Lafayette
Ind
Indiana suit over flagmen at rail crossings in Hartford City
The State of Indiana sues the P C C and the Lake Erie Western at Hartford City to recover 1000 from each for failing to provide flagmen at specified highway crossings. A 1893 law allowing county commissioners to require flagmen at busy crossings was ruled unconstitutional for lack of notice to the railroad companies. This ruling, by Judge E C Vaughan, affects many boards and both public and railroad interests.
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State of
Indiana
P.C.C. & St. L. Railway Company
Lake Erie & Western Railway Company
Hartford City
Board of Commissioners
E. C. Vaughan
Blackford
Boards of County Commissioners
Soldier praises Sulphur Bitters for health boost
Col. Clark of the U S Army writes that in the past two years his health improved, attributing the gain to Sulphur Bitters after years of misery from climate changes tied to a soldier's life.
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Clark
U.S. Army
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E C. Bickel
Bickel
Edward Bayman
Warsaw
Peterson-Lake Shore
Eli Coleman
Osolo
Children’s Aid Society of
Mishawaka
Elkhart County
Stucx
Elkhart Carriage & Harness Co
George Samarindyck
California
Norman Sage
President Cleveland
Ambassador van Alen
Gust Anderson
Marion Street
Alfred Johnson
Edgar H. Stillman
Key West
Florida
Luella Weaver
Goshen News
Chas. Viery
Elkhart Business College
Frank Middleton
Alonzo Truex
People’s Mutual Benefit Society
Joseph Truex
Truex
M. H. Mendenhall
Methodist Church
Wabash
J. B. Dean
A. G. Vandenburg
H. A. Brooks
A. A. Triechman
J. A. Lay
E C. Hartman
J. E. Calvert
Ben Bodell
Lay
Joseph Wood
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Wood
Pennylvania
D. W. Bair
S. P. Fryburger
Butler
J. M. Dustman
Middlebury
Ss. P. Fryberger
Synod
Hie
Tennessee
GOV. Matetaews and
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