Elkhart City Approves Bermudez Asphalt Pact
City council approves Second street and Lexington avenue paving after a 20 to 25 percent reduction from Central Bermudez company of Indianapolis. Sessions cover street grades, sewer work at Indiana Avenue, and repairs to bridges and fountains, with several contracts and notices approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermudez
Second Street
Lexington Avenue
Elkhart
Turner
Wity
South Mair Street
Boyer’s Grocery
Lake Shore
Pigeon Street
Central Bermudez Company
Indianapolis
Surety Company
Indiana Avenue
Home Electric Light Company
Sam Weiner
Middlebury Street
Sewer Committee
W. W. Hatch & Sons
Franklin Street
P’. L. Turner
Island Park Bridge
Winship
Frank Brumbaugh
Bower Street
William L. Thompson
Staith
Water Committee
Dotson’s Corners
St. Joe Street
Highland Park Girl Refuses Canadian Lover Engagement
Officers seek a well known Highland Park girl who refuses to marry Joe Martelle of Pilot Bay British Columbia after a long exchange of letters. No criminal action yet as the case depends on U S government. The tale notes a temporary financial snag and a failed engagement deterioration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Park
British Columbia
United Sates
Joe Martelle
Pilot Bay
Elkhart
Forks
Bay
Commission forms to draft bill for proposed primary election law
At the Commercial Club building in Indianapolis Tuesday a commission formed to draft a bill for a proposed primary election law. H. S. New of Indianapolis was elected president, Frank I. Grubbs of Lafayette secretary, H. H. Hanna of Indianapolis treasurer, with one vice president per district. C. W. Miller chosen for the 13th district. Representative Minturn blocked a measure under discussion by the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Indianapolis
H. S. New
Frank I. Grubbs
Lafayette
H. H. Hanna
C. W. Miller
Minturn
Stray Horse Recovered After Monthlong Search
J H M Payne recovered his horse after it was found at Mrs Hammock's eastern pasture then disappeared again. The animal matched Payne's in description except for a bobtail and was later tracked to a farm near Bristol before being recovered by Sheriff Elliot and left at Henry Kesley's farm. Payne retrieved the horse this morning.
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J.hm. Payne
Payne
Elliot
Bristol
Henry Kesley
Pleasing Program At Elkhart Normal School Graduation
The Elkhart Normal School and Business Institute held its fourth semi annual graduation at Bucklen last evening. Rev. Dr. Vannuys was unavailable, so Rev. Stultz offered the invocation. Ethel B. Croop and Adelaide Crane sang, with Saxophone duet by Lefebre and Dickenson. Rev. Case delivered the address on Two Pedazocial Problems. A class of twenty one graduates received diplomas from Goshen official A. S. Zook, with benediction by Rev. Case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Normal School and Business Institute
Bucklen
Vannuys
Goshen
Stultz
Elkhart
Ethel B. Croop
Martin
E. A. Lefebre
Homer W. Dickenson
CD. Case
First Baptist Church of
Terre Haute
Case
Adelaide Crane
Messrs. Boyer
Dickenson
Shelley
Hal A. Day
Jessie W. Emery
Winifred Lee Harding
May Lefebre
Clara Mease
Agnes Myers
Hattie Pollock
Isabelle Reynolds
Edgar R. Rohrer
Leonard R. Scott
Chas. A. Swartzell
Roy Swartzell
Grace M. Waiters
Goshen City Council Ousts Byron B Brother
Byron B. Brother was ousted from the Goshen city council on Monday night. He departed for unknown whereabouts after a conflict with close friends and is now hidden from creditors. George M. Shank was appointed to replace him.
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Byron B. Brother
Goshen City
Goshen
George M. Shank
Many Gifts Sent Stories of Love and Loss in Elkhart
A local feature recounts Miss Lizzie Beers of 1209 Leitch street who answered matrimonial ads to find correspondents across the country. She says several suitors sent money for photos rings and even a proposed marriage, but she kept the funds and did not travel to wed. The tale highlights risky schemes from romance via letters and the consequences faced by those deceived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Beers
Leitch Street
Joe Martelle
Pilot Bay
British Columbia
Miss Beers
Who Has Lost A Banker Sauntering Rumor Goes Round
A circulated phrase in the press notes a banker sauntering through the scene. The item hints at a public or social implication but provides no concrete event or confirmation.
Real Estate Transfers to Isaac Light in Concord
Daniel Shick and others transfer land in Concord to Isaac Light for $1,000. Vada B and Hathly and Lloyd by their guardian transfer land in Concord to Isaac Lightland for $30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Shick
Isaac Lightland
Concord
Vada B
Hathly
Lloyd
Young Sentenced in Counterfeiting Case Near South Bend
Corey Young, arrested near South Bend for complicity in a counterfeiting ring linked to Westley Hummer, was sentenced to two years in the Columbus Ohio penitentiary by Judge Baker after pleading guilty. Hummer, trained in criminal work by Young, also pleaded guilty. Young is a Holton University graduate from Holton Kansas and a noted fellow.
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Corey Young
South Bend
Westley Hummer
Beveridge
Baker
Columbus
Ohio
Young
Holton University
Holton
Kansas
Mortgage Burned at Wells Memorial Lutheran Goshen
At Wells Memorial Lutheran Church in Goshen a mortgage was burned to commemorate lifting a $1,300 debt. Other related ceremonies were held during the event.
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Wells Memorial Lutheran Church
Goshen
Liquor license granted after fines cited
The applicant had twice been fined for liquor law violations and claimed this was enough to bar the license, a statement signed by A. R. Beardsley, A. P. Kent, and City Judge Blake. Perry L. Turner said one license was granted since the fines with no complaints in the past year. The license was granted.
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A. R. Beardsley
A. P. Kent
Blake
Perry L. Turner
Class of 1901 Commencement Papers Set
The mid year class of 1901 prepares papers for commencement at Bucklen opera house on January 18. Essays include The Master Force by Marie Katheryne Rittle and The Art of Housekeeping by Sylvia Wertz among others by Pollard Keefe Wertz Gravitt Williams Shafer and Juday.
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Marie Katheryne Rittle
Sylvia Evelyn Wertz
John Edward Pollard
United States
E. Margaret Keefe
Dora Blanche Wertz
Mores
Arthur M. Crane
Hazel Pearl Darling
Avice Mae Gravitt
Fred Williams
Pearl Shafer
Noblesse Oblige
Roy Halstead
Lou Bernice Juday
Bucklen Opera House
Progressive Hive Elects Officers for No 3 L O T M
Progress Hive No 3 L O T M elected officers last evening with Lady Armedia Kurtz as past commander and Lady Sadie Shaw as lieutenant commander. Others include Lady Minnie Olds record keeper Lady Martha Harper finance keeper Lady Sarah Cutter chaplain Lady Mary Gates sergeant Lady Lois Cressler mistress at arms Lady Emma Chew sentinel Lady Lucy Homen picket and Lady Maude Kelley pianist.
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Progressive Hive
Armedia Kurtz
Sadie Shaw
Minnie Olds
Martha Harper
Sarah Cutter
Mary Gates
Lois Cressler
Emma Chew
Sentinel
Lucy Homen—Picket
Maude Kelley
Society girl witness subpoenaed in clairvoyant fraud case
United States Marshal G. D. Benham of Indianapolis served a subpoena on a Goshen society girl to appear in Cincinnati as a witness against a fortune teller charged with fraudulently using the mails. The Goshen woman had sent the clairvoyant a money order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
G. D. Benham
Indianapolis
Goshen
Cincinnati
Four Evansville Boys Publicly Whipped for Theft
In Lamasco Evansville four boys aged 9 to 14 were rounded up after breaking into a freight car and stealing a barrel of apples. In police court Judge Winfrey released them on the condition they receive a whipping in the lockup corridors. Their parents administered the punishment with an old bicycle tire as dozens watched.
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Lamasco
Evansville
Walter Snyder
Ollie Geiger
Roy Allison
Gerhold Yost
Winfrey
No Rainy Days There
A young surveyor in Arizona writes to his father confessing he saved nothing for a rainy day, explaining arid weather, and asking for $35. The letter reveals rural talk and financial worry amid a government survey party.
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Arizona
Jim Showalter Arrested Over Provoking Incident
Jim Showalter is under arrest at the county seat amid public discussion of his provoking conduct toward Minnie Gilbert who vows to pursue legal action to defend her honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Showalter
Minnie Gilbert
Jim
Milford ties to Van Wert vitriol case
Mrs. John Van Liew of Van Wert Ohio, recently sentenced to Ohio state prison for causing a woman’s death by throwing vitriol, was formerly Miss Robinson of Milford. She has relatives in Milford who have been deeply concerned in her fate.
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John van Liew
van Wert
Ohio
Miss Robinson
Milford
Liquor Licenses Granted by County Board
The county board granted licenses to sell intoxicating liquor at yesterday morning’s session to Lewis B. Tracy R. T. Kepner Charles Geng and A. H. Bierman of Elkhart and Louis Wagner of Goshen. When Tracy’s application was discussed City Judge Blake presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Lewis B. Tracy
R. T. Kepner
Charles Geng
A.H. Bierman
Elkhart
Louis Wagner
Goshen
Tracy
Blake
Administrator Sues over Note Estate Administrator Albert Currier sues James H. State over a note on behalf of Lewis P. Valentine's estate.
The filing by administrator Albert Currier names James H. State as defendant in a civil suit over a promissory note related to the late Lewis P. Valentine. The parties reside in the same jurisdiction.
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Albert Currier
Lewis P. Valentine
James H. State
County Surveyor-elect Cordrey Faces Qualification Hurdle
Though D F Cordrey dated Nov 18 as County Surveyor-elect he has not qualified by this afternoon and may lose his day of grace. He says sickness in his family delayed, planning to file a $1000 bond today. If he fails, J D Lowell remains in office until a successor is elected and qualified. If Lowell refuses to act the board may appoint.
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D. F Cordrey
Berkey
J. D. Lowell
Lowell
Board of County Commissioners
Mrs Harris Returns From Nagasaki to Goshen Home
Mrs. Charles Harris wife of Consul Harris in Nagasaki Japan reached Goshen last night for a several month visit and she notes satisfaction with their field of labor and hopes for reappointment. John D Wood dies aged 84 at his son J O Wood's home in Goshen after thirteen months bedridden. He leaves two sons Julius O Wood and A A Wood of Tampa and burial is in Coldwater where he formerly lived. A A Wood cannot attend as he was here last summer during his father's illness.
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Pilot Bay
Joe
Elkhart
Goshen
Charles Harris
Consul Harris
Nagasaki
Japan
Harris
John D. Wood
J. O. Wood
East
Jackson Street
Julius O. Wood
A. A. Wood
Tampa
Florida
Mr. Wood
Coldwater
Philip King, 78, Dies at Son’s Home Near Osolo Township
Philip King, a farmer aged 78, died at his son Martin King’s home in Osolo township on the Michigan state line this morning. He is survived by a son and a daughter. The funeral will be held Monday at the house with burial in Newell Cemetery.
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Philip King
Martin King
Osolo Township
Michigan State Line
Newell Cemetery
Wreck at Dunlaps injures Southbound Big Four freight
A south bound Big Four freight at Dunlap last night at 6 o’clock crashed during a siding maneuver when a truck pin broke. Three cars derailed and the track was torn up for a considerable distance. The wrecking crew was delayed nine hours before the train moved at 4:30 this morning. The section gang began repairs today.
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First
Dunlaps
Dunlap
Jules Levy Declares Bankruptcy In Local Court
Jules Levy files a bankruptcy schedule this afternoon through Attorney John Monschein showing liabilities of 19 987 15 and assets of 450. This implies creditors receive nothing. Truth will publish full particulars of the case on Monday.
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Jules Levy
John Monschien
Levy
Taken to Longcliffe Court Bailiff Conducts Transfer
Court Bailiff George Krutz of Goshen took George Hascall to the county jail this morning and will move him to Longcliffe after asylum officials accepted him. Hascall, ill for weeks, needed constant watch to prevent wandering. he previously escaped once and wandered to the police station before being returned home in a carriage. He was a Lake Shore passenger brakeman.
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George Krutz
Goshen
George Hascall
Longcliffe
Hascall
Lake Shore
Local couple seeks license but denied over age proof
Charles H. Snyder age 22 and Nellie Dendrock 19 apply at the County Clerk Dennett’s office in Elkhart for a license. The clerk refuses without proof of age. They depart Goshen in search of a confidant to verify their ages.
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Charles H. Snyder
Elkhart
Nellie Dendrock
Dennett
Goshen
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J. H. Payne
Normal School
Byron
Price Baking Powder CO
Chicago
Young Sentenced
Goshen Belle
Cordrey
Longcliff
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