Man Fires At Rail Shop In City Hunt for John W. Martin
Police seek John W. Martin an ex-blacksmith after he fired three shots near the Lake Shore rail shop during a drunken spree. Authorities believe he may be hiding here and plan further pursuit. Martin previously worked at the rail shop but was discharged for poor conduct and drinking. He is described as 40 by police but appears younger, with curly hair and a smooth shave.
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John W. Martin
Lake Shore
Martin
Dennis Brennan
Swartz
Burt Garrett
William Lenniz
Lloyd Bros.’ Grocery
Robbins
Night Force
Prospect Street
Hanly Requests Bill Allowances Totals for 1905
City Clerk Anderson reports Gov Hanly asked for the number of bills allowed by the council and city controller in 1905. Council allowances total 627 and controller allowances 2082, sum 2709 for the department.
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Anderson
Hanly
Sermon Delights United Brethren as Community Notes Grow
Rev Kek delivered an interesting sermon at the United Brethren church on Sunday. The Sunday school under D. W. Eby is progressing nicely with an average attendance of 53 last month. Members attend meetings in Adamsville. Philoma Collins has returned home to care for her sick sister Mrs Byron Pletcher of Pikehart. Albert Ort spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Ort. Minnich and wife, wintering in Los Angeles, enjoy a fine time. several friends here send greetings.
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Kessington
Kek
United Brethren Church
D. W
Adam
Minnich
Los A Angeles
Interurban Lines to Reach Niles and Benton Harbor
The Benton Harbor Palladium reports Northern Indiana Railway will build from Niles to Buchanan in spring and seek St Joseph river crossing. Col Bean sells street railways to JG McMichael who plans an interurban to Eau Claire, Kalamazoo, and other lines from the twin cities. Niles anticipates an eastbound line this year touching Diamond Lake and nearby resorts.
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Fikhart
Goshen
Chicago
Northern
Indiana Railway
Graham & Norton ‘Steamship Line
Benton Harbor
Niles-St.Joseph
Benton ‘Harbor
Palladium
Northern Indiana Railway Company
Michigan Central
Niles and
Buchanan
St. Joseph
Niles
Col. Bean
Twin Cities
Eau Claire
Kalamazoo
Diamond Lake
Death of Mrs. Achenbach at 25 in South Bend
Mrs. Frank Achenback Maud Weaver died at 4 04 pm at her mother's home 817 Leland Avenue South Bend from brain fever She had married last Christmas aged 25 Her sister Mrs Harry Arnold of Elkhart and sister Miss Bessie Weaver of South Bend are among relatives Her husband Charles Weav er a South Bend Tribune foreman is an uncle and funeral is set for Sunday in South Bend
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Frank
Maud Weaver) Achenback
Elkhart
F. B. Smith
Leland Avenue
South Bend
Harry Arnold
Achenbach
Bessie Weaver
George D. Shupert
Pearl Avenue
Charles H. Weaver
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Charles Shupert
Chicago
Achenback
South Bend Tribune
Mrs Lulu Verwere Dead in St Joseph County
Mrs Lulu Verwere Senenier of Valene Marx St Joseph county died at home in Fort Snelling Minnesota at 4:45. She was 30 years 5 months old. Survived by husband Oscar Verwere one sister Mrs Mary Kronewetter of Pennsylvania one brother Valentine Marx Jr of St Joseph county and her father. The remains will arrive Saturday at 1 20 pm and be taken to her father's home where funeral likely Monday but not yet decided.
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Lulu Verwere
St. Joseph County
Northern Indiana Railroad Trust Deed For 4 Million Bonds
The Northern Indiana Railroad Co. gave a 4 million dollar trust deed to Mortgage and Trust Co of New York to secure 5 percent bonds over 30 years. George M. Cummings serves as trustee. Proceeds fund acquisition of connecting lines and equipment. mortgage filed in Goshen last evening.
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Northern Indiana Railroad Co
LaPorte
Michigan City
South Bend
Elkhart
Goshen
United States
New York
George M. Cummings
Mentone Fire Destroys Business District
Warsaw reports indicate Mentone Indiana suffers a severe fire that began around 5 AM in Benjamin Sells meat market and quickly consumed the business district and several residences. By 8 30 the telephone exchange was abandoned as flames roared out of control and few buildings may be saved.
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Warsaw
Ind
Mentone
Benjamin Sells
Retiring Official Replaced by Dr Eisenbeissig in Elkhart
Will Anderson leaves office to focus on Elkhart Brass Co. duties as Dr Eisenbeissig assumes the commission role. Eisenbeissig, lifelong Hilkhart County resident and former New Paris physician, is 35 years old and began today.
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Daily Truth
C. M. ‘Eisenbéissig
Washington
Will .Anderson
Elkhart
Colonial Club Minstrel to Open New Millersburg Opera House
Arrangements are underway for the Colonial Club boys to take their minstrel show to Millersburg for the opening of the four new opera house. If planned on a special train the group will need to include at least 100 persons beyond the show company.
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Colonial Club
Millersburg
Opera House
Lake ‘Shore
Doys
Bristol
Mishawaka Suit Seeks Return of City Plants
William E. Miller and about forty residents filed suit to annul the transfer of Mishawaka waterworks and electric stations to a utility formed to bypass city debt limits. The action claims the city would lose hall fire station jail and ponds assets if plaintiffs prevail. The mayor and officials allegedly organized the utility while the city bears operating costs without ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mishawakan
Mishawaka
William E. Miller
City
Mishawaka Public Utilities Company
Indiana
Mennonite Church Programs At Prairie Street
From the Daily Truth notes a Mennonite Church service at Prairie Street led by Dr Coffman continues Friday evening with good attendance and observers remarking on an impressive reconciliation topic. One conversion reported. Evening devotion at 7 oclock with preaching. Everyone invited.
The Bon Ton Band Organized by Ladies of the Office
The Bon Ton band formed October 26, 1904 by ladies at the Conn factory with Fred Whapham named director. He left for California last spring. Hobert filled in until Whapham returned in November. Twenty one members are listed with roles across cornets clarinets and other instruments. the group will perform in uniform at a Bucklen concert.
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Bon: Ton
Bucklen
Fred Whapham
Inez Case
James Holland
Dorothy Butler
Bessie Owen
Ed. Christman
Lewis Rose
Wi. Conger
Ora Shirly
May- Longacre
Myrtle Nolan
J. J. Shanahan
Jennie Herrick
Alice LuTon
Helen
Rhoades Cleared by State Board of Charities
Miss Emily Rhoades superintendent of the women’s prison and industrial school for girls in Indianapolis was acquitted by the state board of charities. The charges of extreme cruelty were supported by former officers teachers and inmates but present inmates testified in her favor. The board’s finding ends the case against the superintendent.
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Daily Truth
Indianapolis
Emily
Rhoades
Woman
Women's Union Prayer Meeting at Trinity Church
The Women's Union holds a prayer meeting at Trinity Church on Second Street Thursday at 2 30 in the afternoon. An invitation to attend is extended to all members and friends.
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Reynesday’s
Women’s Union
Trinity
Second Street
New Buggy Body Plant Purchased for West Beardsley Ave
At the Business Men's banquet W B Pratt announced a new factory will open within thirty days in the former S D Kimbark Co building on West Beardsley Avenue. The plant will employ about 150 men and produce buggy bodies and gears. Gorkey of Fay Wagan Manufacturing Co funds $10,000, Chandler $50,000, and Chandler will relocate his family to manage operations.
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S. D. Kimbark Co
Beardsley Avenue
W. B. Pratt
Gorkey
Fay & Wagan Manufacturing Co
Cincinnati
Pratt
Kimbark
Mr. Gorkey
Chandler
Virginia
Gas price drop in South Bend contrasts Elkhart burden
South Bend lowers gas price from 1.50 to 1.10 per thousand. Yet Elkhart gas consumers continue to face high charges and no relief.
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South Bend
Elkhart
Man Seeks $1,200 Judgment Secured by York Township Land
A plaintiff identified as Allen McCinnaushue files suit seeking a $1,200 judgment. The note securing the claim is tied to land owned in York Township.
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Allen McCinnaushue
York
Township Land
Judge Dodges Address on Lawyers and the Community
Circuit Judge James S. Dodge delivered an extemporaneous critique at a business men's banquet urging reform of divorce laws and condemning disbarment cases. He defended the legal profession while urging fewer lawsuits and warned against corrupt lawyers, citing the recent Elkhart circuit court disbarment trial as a society cost.
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Iidge
James S. Dodge
Dodge
Lemuel Darrow
John
Talbot
South“ Bend
Elkhart
Loveland postmastership at Peru linked to Pratt remarks
Attorney Pratt discusses Loveland being slated for the Peru postmastership. Orville Clipp, working near Nappanee,was crushed when a tree fell on him. Charles W Camp of Garrett named to state Republican advisory committee. In Kewanna, workers unearthed a hickory pole from 1856 campaign. Farmers near Lima LaGrange feed 10,000 sheep from recent purchases.
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Pratt
Loveland - Ig
Peru
Orville Clipp
Nappanee
Charles W. Camp
Garrett
Bicknell
State Central Committee
Kewanna
James Buchanan
Lima
LaGrange County
Gitteage
Cincinnati school board requires exams for staff over forty
A recent rule by the Cincinnati school board mandates mental and physical examinations for all teachers and employees over forty under the guidance of the committee on hygiene and sanitation to assess fitness for duties.
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Cincinnati School Board
Committee On Hygiene and Sanitation
Snohomish loggers felled 260 trees in eight days
Henry Wiley William Fordeur and Max Johnson cut 260 trees totaling 700 800 feet of lumber in eight days along the Snohomish river for Pennelton Lumber Company. They finished two days ahead of the ten day deadline, averaging about four inches in diameter per tree.
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Snohomish
Henry Wiley
William Fordeur
Max Johnson
Pennelton Lumber Company
Snohomish River
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
County Treasury Report for Month Ending January 31 1906
County Treasurer Drake reports cash and transactions for January 1906. Receipts on hand at Jan 1 amount to 32 421 56 with current taxes delinquent taxes and various revenues totaling 43 188 85. Disbursements include warrants redeemed road receipts and state and city deposits leaving a balance on hand of 20 915 82.
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Drake
Congressional School
Prin
State Bank
City National
Salem Bank
First State
Burkhart Visit Aims Early Council Session
Goshen News-Times reports the city council met at 7 o'clock instead of 7:30 after Mayor Lowry telephoned all members. The mayor and a few others planned an early assembly to visit Burkhart to see The Pit at Bucklen.
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Goshen
Lowry
Burkhart
Bucklen
Mrs Zelatious Bancroft Dies in Osceola at 65
Mrs Zelatious Bancroft a widow age 65 died at her home in Osceola at noon today after a two month illness. She is survived by two daughters Zelia Long and Miss Jennie Bancroft both of Osceola and one son George A Bancroft who is at Purdue University.
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Zelatious Bancroft
Osceola
Zelia
Jennie Bancroft
George A. Bancroft
Purdue University
Mexican Vets Schedule Convention in Washington D C
The National Association of Mexican War Veterans will meet in Washington D C on the 22nd and 23rd of this month with headquarters at the Arlington Hotel Captain George T Barney will attend as a representative of the organization
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National Association’ ‘of
Washington
Shooting Gallery Relocated Near Lake Shore
A shooting gallery conducted by E J Evans has been moved from South Main street near the Lake Shore to a basement below the Eldorado Hall endowment project. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
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E.J. Evans
South Main Street
The
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Dri
Westph
Mentone, Ind
Will Anderson
Elkhart. Brass ‘Co
C. M. Eisenbeiss
Colonial Club Boys Plan
Mennonite Church
Miss. Rhoades
Women’s Union Prayer Meeting
Heone Cern
OLDS
D. Kimbark Factory
Judge Dodge
the County Treasury
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