Monger Interests Gain Control of South Main Street Yards
A major transaction consolidates ownership as the Monger interests acquire the Newman-Monger Lumber Company and take over the South Main street yard. The deal preserves property assets while expanding management and plans to merge the Newman-Avenger yard stock on East Jackson Street into the broader consolidation.
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Viengar
R. W
Accourts
Usifess
W. 7
Maun Combart
Guilay Vie
Mewian-Avenger
Jackson Street
Alain Street
Relatives Sought for Chicago Suicide Victim Margaret Lee
Chief of Police Silvers asks detectives to locate relatives of Margaret Lee who died by suicide on December 10 in Chicago. The letter notes possible Marcellus origin relatives. Suchears from Marcellus are unlikely to know details. Lee was about 40, 5 feet tall, dark complexion, brown hair, gray eyes with a birth mark on the left wrist.
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Silvers
Margaret Lee
Lee
Lees
Marcellus
Chicago
Sout Beal
Siple's Shortage Hit $1 668 04 Across 77 Firms
The Pyny Grocer Co and the Safety Company of Baltimore report Siple stole from most accounts he handled. Losses total about 1 668 04 with 80 firms in Mishawaka River Fork and South Bend impacted. No action yet to locate Siple or pursue recovery.
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Vedas
Pyny Grocer
JaRrhart
Ios
Hollowell “and Tuowas
Sijile
Ted Safety Companys
Baltiore
Siple
Mishawaka
River Fork
South Bend
BalGilmore
Local court names three lawyers to try case in Warsaw
In a Warsaw court proceeding Judge Rouse to select a judge to hear the case of Schafer et al versus Smith. Attorneys McKibben and Clark or South Bend stand as contenders. Jury commissioners Hiram F. Kidder and Ethan A. Carpenter qualified to draw juries for 198? calendar year. Verdict favored defendant in Deer vs. Bowers. Adoption granted for Ruth Brown to Dr. and Mrs. Grast. Divorce granted for Bila Moore against Erla Moore amid prior threats. Week’s docket set for several divorce, contract, and property actions. Continuous trial schedule shifted to next week due to pending jury cases. Commissioner Geo. W. Fleming named to transfer real estate lands in dispute.
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Ethan' A. ‘Carpenter
Ludge van Fleet
A. J. Deer
Thomas Bowers
van Fleet
Bowers
Kalinda Myers
John W. Myers
Goshen
Calvert H. Defreese
Alpheus A. Zimmerman
Frances VY. McQuisten
Charles F.mcquisten
Elm
Suit Over Farm Possession in Jackson Township
Mandilla Myers sues her father John W. Myers to decide ownership of a Benton Township farm. The case, begun February and continued to March, features cross examination on whether Mandilla and her husband gain title or life interest while her father retains crops and control. The dispute centers on prior agreements and arrangements for Mandilla to live with her parents and potential shifts of property rights.
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Jackson Township
Mandilla Myers
John W. Myers
Goshe
Barnet Aryers
Benton Township
Jackson
Blyers Pras
Referendum on Franklin Street Paving Yields Split Vote
West Franklin Street residents reply to a postcard canvass on paving from Second Street to Indiana Avenue. Of 153 cards sent, 102 answered with 42 yes and 22 no to paying. 24 indifferent. Frontage totals show east and west sections split, supporting returned by 1,892 feet vs 600 feet opposing.
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Andrews ’Aving Company
Hamilton, C
Franklin Street
Board of Public Works
Vistula
West Franklin Street
Second Street
Indiana Avenue
Hong
Pia Anges
Franklin
Livi Ing
Ps Ahlne
Abe
Deaths mark series of local passings with multiple obituaries
Dr Nelson Ss Darling editor of the La Porte Argus Ledger dies in Wichita. Trena Romsine Nusbaum aged six dies of diphtheria at Goshen. Infant Leland Emery Munger dies from croup. remains to be shipped to Hudson Michigan. Leland Munger, 11 months, dies after illness. Jesse Tdster Grieb two months dies of pneumonia. funeral at Beulah church. Gersham Bowne Bush dies of pneumonia. two sons LeGrand C and Walter G Bush survive. remains to Augusta Michigan and interment at Hickory Corners cemetery.
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Nelson Ss. Darling
Harry B Derling
The
la Porte -Argu-Lullétin
Wichita, Kansas
Trena Romsine Nusbaum
Guy Nusbaum
Goshen
Leland Emery Munger
Emery Munger
South Fourth Street
Hudson, Mich
Leland
Fourth Street
Croup
Jesse Tdster Grieb
Henry Grier
Hubbard Avenue
Beulah_church
Frank Holderman
Shuth $Prairie Street
Gersham Bowne Bush
LeGrand Co
Bush
Race Street
New York
Sophronia.Bush
LeGrand. C. Bush
Walter. G. Bush
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Augusta
Mich
Hickory Corners
Train kills farmer on Elkhartan line in Chicago Junction incident
Rev. C S Parker recently returned from a revival in Alton Ohio when a Be and O train struck and killed a young farmer near Chicago Junction at 2 30 this morning. The victim Crabb had been visiting a friend and was asleep wrapped in a fur coat. Engine crew did not see him. the crash was not found until the train moved on a mile away and water was taken at a stop. Investigators reported sharpness on the pilot and a delayed discovery of the scene.
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C.S. Parker
Alton
Be & O
Chicago Junction
Appellate Court Denies Petition for Rehearing
The court denies the petition for rehearing while noting the judge's Dodge decision is reversed and the case is sent back for further action. This highlights a notable appellate reversal and ongoing progress in the dispute.
Interferes With Wires Complaint Filed in Porter Court
A permanent restraining order action was filed in the Porter circuit court at Valparaiso against the Chicago Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. The suit seeks to bar the Chicago Lake Shore South Bend Electric Railway from operating until telegraph and telephone service disruptions caused by the proximity of trolley lines are resolved. The case cites demoralized telegraph service due to high tension lines along the interurban and Lake Shore rails. Judge W C McMahon of Valparaiso will hear the case.
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Dodge
Elkhart
Jis
Gasea
Indiana
South Bend
John Talbot
Talbot
Stellan Luli
Michigan City
Lalu
Darrow & Worden
LaPorter
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Dee
Porter
Valparaiso
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Chicago,Lake, Shore
South Bend Electric ’ Railway
John B. Paterson
Crown Point
Peterson
South Bend Line
W. CG. McMahon
W. H. Ziesel
West End
Chicago, South Bend
Fragmentary legal note on a case involving Dodge defendants
The fragment notes a right to take a cause of vende from Dodge and indicates the case stands with limited involvement for T Anoquid. It mentions a difficult history and challenges in the matter.
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Dodge
Chicago Trains Kill Man Riding Bicycle At Grade Crossing
Daniel O Leary 35 of 1016 Avenue L Chicago was struck and killed by the Twentieth Century Limited at the grade crossing 100th Street and Avenue L near South Chicago. He rode a bicycle to work for Tilias Steel and tried to cross ahead of an outbound freight train, failing to see the passenger train approaching from the opposite direction. The locomotive plowed into him as he flew sixty feet, still seated upright. Witnesses testified to the collision and the events leading to the tragedy.
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Daniel O'Levy
Avenue L
Chicago
Lake Shore
100Th Street
MelIntyre
M. F. Keming
Yleary
Tiliais Steel Company Works
Pennsylvania
Acros
Mrs Sterling and granddaughter visit for wild goose dinner
Mrs H Sterling and her granddaughter Florence Conrad arrived from South Bend yesterday. They stayed with Mr and Mrs Edward Alley at 111 Michigan Street and enjoyed a wild goose dinner. The birds were sent from Minnesota by the Sterlings' daughter.
Dr Shoop's Restorative Aimed at Kidney Nerves
Weak kidneys blamed on nerves not organs. Dr Shoop's Restorative claimed to reach controlling nerves to strengthen kidneys. If back aches or urine troubles persist, a month of Restorative tablets or liquid is suggested, with druggists recommending it.
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Shoop
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