Concord Democrats Choose Precinct Chairmen In Township Meet
Concord township Democrats met in Truthville to elect precinct chairmen and the county central committee. Edward B. Zigler was unanimously named permanent township chairman and John Koltz elected treasurer. Indorsement made for B. A. Carpenter as county chairman. Goshen courthouse to host next county committee meeting Saturday.
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County Central Committee
Conard
Berj Min S. Monger
George C Bacney
S. W. Reet
Dr. d. &. Werner
Harry Li. Arnold
Jamez A
Eva. C Carpenter
Thamas Audersoh
John Faltz
Jacob Palins
A. M. Smith
Harry Kramer
Henry Rowe
William DL Saseceer
B. A. Carpenter
Former Dishwasher Found Dead at Oliver Hotel
A man believed to be Franz Meyer, 55, was found dead in a Wenrzil boarding house room at 129 South Michigan Street by a chambermaid Tuesday about 4 PM. A six ounce carbolic acid bottle and marked clothing labeled A B R and Haig were found. coroner Dagdale could not determine purchase source or confirm identity. The body appeared to have been dead about 15 hours.
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South Bend
Franz Meyer
Beint
Wenrzil
South Michigan Street
Dagdale
Haig
Goshen Bust ay Damages
Fragmented local notice outlines a court dispute in Goshen over a city issue. It names Baker & Miller and H A Dallaman as Alford's attorneys with city legal representation by multiple counsels. The piece notes supreme court action and appellate involvement surrounding a hearing.
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Goshen
Coshen
Orville HK
City Boi
Tims
Baker & Miller
H. A. Dallaman
Alford
A. S
W.’. J. Davis
E. EK. Maummert
C. O. Black
Diphtheria Cases Reported in Goshen Family
Three cases of diphtheria are reported at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Alsbach in Goshen. The afflicted are John Alsbach the son ages nine, a six year-old daughter, and a nine year-old son who have been ill over two weeks. Attending physicians and Dr M O Statler have enforced strict quarantine. The John Alsbach case developed today and all remain exposed. None of the cases are considered serious.
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Mra
H. QO. Alsbach
Goshen
John Alsbach
Divorces Granted in Elkhart Goshen Cases
Wyrtle B. Weippert of Elkhart was granted a divorce from Ward W Weippert. Ellen Batts of Goshen was legally separated from John O Irwin Batts. Judge Wilson presided. Kate Brondco was granted a divorce from Carl R Bronco.
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Wyrtle B. Weippert
Elkhart
A Pretty Wedding In City Vows Dora Wear Fetzer
A home wedding yesterday afternoon united Dora Margaret Wear and Charles Ernest Fetzer at Rev Hudson’s ceremony with about 100 guests. The couple, un attending, received congratulations and fine gifts including glassware silver and furniture before planning to housekeeping in the near future.
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Dora Margaret
George Wear
Franklin Street
Charles Ernest Fetzer
de. Hudson
Nora Harmon
Mammoth Cement Factory Plans and Power Plant at Bristol
Articles of incorporation filed with Recorder Paddyecord for the Ponolith Portland Cement company with a capital stock of 2 500 000 to build a mammoth cement factory at Bristol and a dam power plant on the St Joseph river. Directors named are Harrie T Harvey Will O Palmer and Barritt Hamilton. Herbert H Warner of Coldwater holds an option on water power rights.
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Paddyecord
Ponolith Portland Cement Company
Suimited
Bristol
St. Joseph
Harrie T. Harvey
Will O. Palmer
Barritt Hamilton
Herbert H. Warner
Coldwater Fire
Roberts Barred Out Is Taken in House Debate
Washington January 21 Brigham H Roberts was excluded from the house after a three day debate by a 278 to 50 vote. The minority resolution calling for his swearing in but expulsion failed 1 to 244. Roberts left through the east door as the roll began. He called the result a campaign of calumny and said Utah might seek supreme court relief.
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Washington
Brigham H Roberts
Hoase of Representatives
Roberts
Messrs. Sims
Tennessee
Johnston
West Virginia
Adam
Georgia
DeArmond
Missouri
Messrs
Brosius
Pennsylvania
Talbert
South Carolina
Ray
New York
Freer
Moody
Massachusetts
Grosvenor
Ohio
Morris
Minnesota
Lanham
Texas
Messrs. Drich
Indiana
Green
Robers
Mr. Roberts
Utah
Supreme Court of the United States
Goshen Check Swindle Case Escalates Over Elopement
Kieth and his alleged wife Ella kvens, from Knox in Starke county, are at the center of a check swindle case. Ella eloped with Kieth months ago and her family, unaware until yesterday, now faces legal action. Attorney Frank D. Robinson arrives from Knoex to pursue preventive steps, with Miller & Deaker hired to fight. Sheriff Williams of Marshall Michigan expected tonight with requisition papers to enforce, aiming to avoid further trouble before settlement.
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Kieth
Hille
Ella Kvens
Knox
Starke County
Frank D. Robinson
Knoex
Michigan
Miler & Deaker
Sheriff Williams
Marshell
Mich
Painful Accident in Lake Shore Shops Injures Moulder
Edward Rigby, a moulder at the Lake Shore shops, suffered a severe foot crush while near the hoisting machine. Companions aided him. the company surgeon and a hack were used to transport him home to 603 Wolf Avenue. Details of the incident remain unclear, but his foot should mend with time and he may resume work eventually.
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Edward Rigby
Lake Shore
Rigby
Wolf Avenue
Dance hall nuisance case ends with fine in court
In Danlaps a dance hall nuisance case concluded with Max D. Hater Pined and Ratner in court. Ratner faced charges for operating a nuisance while Max D. Hater Pined was represented by H. A. Dausman and pleaded guilty. The total cost, including fines and costs, was $12.
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Max D. Hater
Danlaps
Gosheo and
Ekhart
Justice Young
Ratner
Max
H. A. Dausman
Death of Miss Orpha Blake at age 57
Judge Collings Blake returned from LaPorte at noon today after nursing his sister Miss Orpha Blake who died of dropsy at four o clock this morning. Adriss Blake was about 57 and an invalid for nearly two years. She leaves three brothers Judge Collins Blake Miles Blake of this city and Rauel Blake of LaPorte. The funeral will be held at LaPorte at 8:30 o clock Sunday morning.
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Orpha Blake
Collings Blake
LaPorte
Adriss Blake
Collins Blake
Miles Blake
Rauel Blake
la- Porte
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Local Notices
Cassandra A Baxter transfers a lot in Nappsnee to Thomas J Prickett for 500. Joseph Penrod et al transfer property in Benton to John W Egberland for 25 000. Elkhart Improvement Co transfers to Thomas Dettling a lot in Hikhsart for 193. Jonathan M Cnrpe transfers land in Clinton to Nettie Miller for 8950. Edwin D Foster transfers a lot in Hillhart to Joseph Husk for 3100. John Munday et al transfers land in Benton to Alicea M Sar gent for 100.
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Cassandra A Baxter
Thomas J Prickett
Nappsnee
Joseph Penrod
John W Egberland
Benton
Elkhart Improvement Co
Thomas Dettling
Hikhsart
Jonathan M
Marriage Licenses Granted in Separate Notices
Licensed to Wed marriage licenses were issued to Chauncey A. Dewey and Beasie Stahl Hary Swinehart and Olive Vansickle William A. Savage aged 63 of Litchfield Mich and Sophia R Kidder aged 2 Goshen.
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Chauncey A. Dewey
Beasie Stahl
Hary
Swinehart
Olive Vansickle
William A. Savage
Litchfluid, Mich
Sophia R. Kidder
Goshen
Fire damages farm shed estimated at 820
A fire damaged a barn or shed on a farm property with sawdust fuel. Firefighters extinguished it using buckets of water. The incident caused about 820 in damage and no further action was reported.
Trust Seed Filed In Recorders Office Mortgage Bond Filing
A first deed was filed in the recorder's office of the Indiana Railway Co to Girard Trust Co and Abraham L. Brick trustees to secure first mortgage bonds of 1 000 000. The revenue stamp attached amounted to 500.
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Recorder’s Office
The
Indiana Railway Co
Girard Trust Co
Abraham L. Brick
Marriage Notice From Litchfield Lovers Reunite
A wartime sweethearts union in Litchfield is remembered as a romantic renewal. The couple, once separated by the war, renewed vows and celebrated their enduring bond in a quiet ceremony, with family nearby.
Property transfers listed in 1900s auction ledger
Wm A Powles transfers to Marcus A Short a lot valued at 2327 dollars. George Michael transfers 80 acres in Banton to Aaron Michael for 2000 dollars. John Best transfers a lot in Nappanee to Fanny LL McDonal for 4000 dollars.
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A Powles
Marcus
George Michael
Aaron Michael
Banton
John Best
Fanny LL McDonal
Nappanee
Barn Fire Destroys Doctor Griffin’s New Paris Barn
A barn owned by Dr. A. L. Griffin at New Paris, lod., burned to the ground last night. Authorities suspect arson by fire bugs.
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New Paris
A. L. Griffin
Lod
County borrows money on temporary loan
County commissioners and the auditor opened bids for a five thousand dollar temporary loan under the new act. Two bidders appeared H M Sanders and City National Bank of Goshen. The loan runs ten months at six percent interest. Sanders bid five thousand twenty five dollars while the bank bid five thousand. The loan was awarded to H M Sanders with premium making the rate about four and a half percent.
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H. M. Sanders
City National Bank of
Sanders
Licensed to Wed in City Amid Wreck Tragedy
Marriage licenses issued to Frank J. Dahm and Laura May Burroughs, John M. Heaton and Sadie Fields, C DeFreas and Mae Shick. Fireman Ludwig died in Toledo hospital after injuries from the Air Line Junction wreck. home at Streator Illinois, had worked three weeks as engine despatcher here. Other injured men recovering.
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Frank J. Dahm
Laura May Burroughs
John M. Heaton
Sadie Fields
C . Defreas
Mae Shick
Ludwig
Air Line Junction
Toledo
Streator
Divorce Suit Filed by Elien Bir Against John W Booger
Elien Bir through attorney James Showalter sues John W Booger for divorce claiming cruel treatment and abandonment. They married November 28 and separated January 18. Bir seeks to resume her maiden name Hapner.
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Elien Bir
James Showalter
John W. Booger
Llen
Hapner
Goshen Library Association Reorganizes in Indiana
The Goshen Library Association reorganizes under Indiana law and receives articles of incorporation. Its purpose is to provide a free library and to secure and maintain a public park. An oil price note mentions a three cent rise in Indiana oil breaking a long trend.
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Indiana
Deaths and illness reach across distant towns
Obituary notes the death of Cornelius Wesler a former resident of the city in Harper Kansas and his remains brought to Nappanee for burial. A soldier Clyde Whomer in Forto Rhea is in critical condition. An employee at Ycleae Pisno Works in Unset pines swallows smallpox. Board of Health lists counties with smallpox concerns Greene Washington Jackson Clay Noble Vigo Vanderburg Delaware Madison Saline Owen Posey Clark and Floyd.
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Elzhartan
Cornelius Lt. Wesler
Harper
Kansas
Nappanee
Clyde Whomer
Gaoben
United States Army
Forto Rhea
Betes
Hes'to
Greene
Washington
Jackson
Clay
Noble
Vivo
Vanderburg
Delaware
Madison
Salivana
Owen
Possy
Clai
Floyd
White Girl Leaves Home For Colored Family
Mary Leche vesky, 17, a refined white girl from Detroit, ran away to live with a large colored household. She had shown infatuation with a jailed black thief last summer, visiting him daily with gifts, before leaving her parents’ respectable home for squalid surroundings.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary Lechevesky
Death toll from football tragedy at Fairfield academy
Canandaigua New York January 27 Edgar Marks eighteen year old son of W R Marks died at Fairfield military academy Wednesday night from peritonitis attributed to injuries in a recent game. He had struggled with bowel trouble since the prior injury.
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Canandaigua
N. Y
Rdgar Marks
W. R. Marks
Fairfield Military Academy
Marks
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Vermont Mother
Mrs. R Churchill of Berlin Vermont reports her baby suffered running sores until DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her. The advertisement warns against counterfeit copies and promotes Houseworth Bros as sellers.
South Bend Drunk Man Fined in Police Court
A South Bend man identified as John Gesarhurst was jailed for public intoxication then released on bond. He paid a $5 fine and $10 costs after his attorney’s misstep led to a $15 fee, and New Paris depot robber Charles Moore began a nine month sentence on the stone pile with his wife visiting the station. Another intoxicated man paid a $10 fine and costs.
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South Bender
New Paris
City Prison
John Gesarhurst
Elkhart
A. E. Darling
Such & Chargs
Balke
Charles Moore
Goshen
Moore
Chicago
Railroad Franchises Sought For Warsaw Area
A Warsaw dispatch reports ex County Auditor Lessig A F Biggs and local businessmen seek a franchise tonight to build an electric railway from North Daroll Street to Center Street then west on Buffalo Street to the city limits. Other lines are proposed by Indiana Traction Co and Union Railway Co with routes toward Goshen Lake Wawasee and North Manchester.
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Warsaw
Lessig
A. F. Biggs
Pace
Manchester
Aise
Death of Dr Charities SS Broderick at Goshen
Dr Charities SS Broderick aged 79 died yesterday at his daughter Mrs Barringer home in Goshen. A renowned Elkhart County physician with long practice at Banton and New Paris, his funeral is set for 1 30 PM Saturday at the New Paris M E Church.
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Broderick
Barringer
Goshen
Elkhart County
Banton
New Paris
M. E
Sailor Granted New Trial in Embezzlement Case
James Sailor, convicted of embezzling goods from the Lake Shoe railroad, was granted a new trial by Judge Wilson and released on bond yesterday afternoon. Perry L. Turner for Sailor and Hon. James Drake with Prosecutor Sims for the state argued the matter.
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James Sailor
Lake Shoe
Wilson
Perry L. Turner
Sailor
James Drake
Sims
Prison Reformatory Constraints On Incoming Inmates
Superintendent Hert of the Jeffersonville reformatory announces no new prisoners will be admitted without a certificate proving they have not been exposed to smallpox or other contagious diseases. A smallpox scare affects the southern part of the state.
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Hert
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Hilfots
Atate
Change in Pastors at Goshen and Arcola Churches
Rev Fr Yeun, pastor of the Oath olic church at Goshen for ten years, has been removed to Arcola near Ft Wayne. He will be succeeded by Rev Fr King from Pierceton Ind. Burdock Blood Bitters claims to purify blood and boost vigor.
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Yeun
Goshen
Arcola
Ft. Wayne
Fr. King
Pierceton
Ind
Thoughtful act cleans parsonage after fatal fire
Rev. O H Brown and family will find the parsonage restored after last Sunday's fire that claimed Miss Lula Bown. The Bay View circle and church ladies repapered the room, hung new curtains, and laid carpet, erasing all signs of the catastrophe and soothing the bereaved pastor and his wife.
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O. H. Brown
Indianapolis
Bay View
Brown
Death of Nathan Newell Eldest Osolo Farmer
Nathan Newell longtime Osolo township farmer and prominent Elkhart County landowner died today at noon. He moved from New York state to Indiana before the Civil War and lived and died on the Simonton Lake border farm. Survived by eight wives and two sons, he had been an invalid for years and his death was not unexpected.
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Nathan Newell
Osolo Township
Mr. Newell
Elkhart County
Simonton Lake
Indiana
New York State
Township Trustee Reports 49 Occupants at County House
Township Trustee Sweitzer notes the county house has 49 occupants, the smallest count in years. Last year on February 1 the occupancy stood at 79.
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Sweitzer
Plumber's Assistant Burned in Kerosene Explosion
Frank Shimer a sixteen year old helper at the Hall residence on Second Street suffered severe head and face burns when kerosene from a bottle placed into a furnace exploded. A mass of flame struck him, burning hair and blistering features, but a brief medical exam suggested no loss of eyesight. He returned home afterward.
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Frank Shimer
New Hall
Second Street
Shimer
Thomas’ Offun
Harrison Street
Garfield Avenue
Conviction Bid Tails Russell Case In Goshen News
Reports claim Grooks tied to the Slater and Allison case will back efforts to convict Charles Russell now jailed in Goshen on Vanderlip diamond robbery charges. A South Bend firm of attorneys allegedly coordinates funds and appeals while Russell’s bond is debated, with relations involved in Kosciusko and Elkhart counties.
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Goshen News
Slater
Allison
Charles Russell
Vanderlip
8Ater
Jiis
South Bend
Russell
Wilson
Copeland
Kosciusko County
Khlkhart
Ragsell
Oldest Kisnrst County resident dies at home
John Culp J a longtime Kiknsrt County resident died at his home near Svauth West last night at age 15 years. He leaves five children four sons and one daughter. The funeral will be held from Yellow Creek Church at 3 oclock.
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John Culp
Kiknsrt County
Svauth West
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