City and County notes on licenses and trials
License to wed granted to William R. Weller and Julia Murphy. Various court actions include a damage suit transfer to appellate court, a new Elkhart addition with 114 lots filed, and local accidents and health reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Weller
Julia Murphy
Catherine McQueen
Elkhart
Supreme
Appellate Court
John Lusher
Immel
Harry Arnold
Coldwater
Mich
R. M. Johnson
Bluffton
Indiana
George H. Arnold
Circuit
Isaac O. Kemberling
Michigan
Mrs Lusher Survives Hotel Columbia Parlor Fire
Mrs. M. M. Lusher, hostess of the Hotel Columbia, stepped on a parlor match causing a rapid fire on her inflammable dress. Three men in the office extinguished the flames by keeping her still, saving her face. She had slight burns and was treated for the shock and hysteria, improving by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lusher
Proclaimed Evangelist Insurance Gimmick At Garrett Gate
Rev. Pearce of Garrett Baptist Church promotes The Evangel a church paper and parades a sensational extended insurance parody offering eternal life policies. The satire lists terms, officers, and quotes Bible verses as proof of divine coverage amid a funeral in New Paris for Miss Myrtle Metzler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce
Baptist Church
Garrett
Clipper
Evangel
Seeker's Room
Pleasant Place
Baptist Tabernacle
Indiana
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
King of Kings
Rev
Baker
Singer Houghton
S. S. Albert
New Paris
Myrtle Metzler
Teachers In Session In Elkhart County
About 250 teachers gathered in the Elkhart High School assembly room for the county institute. Poor roads limited attendance while Miss Rebecca Christopher opened the meeting and Prof. W S Jackman of the Cook County Normal School lectured. business discussed adding a third week and extending the institute funds rather than establishing Goshen training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County
Rebecca Christopher
W.S. Jackman
Cook County Normal School
Chicago
Goshen
Ellis
County Institute
Letters Uncalled For at Elk Hart Post Office
The list of uncalled letters at Elk Hart Indiana dated February 12 1896 includes Dora Hull James D 2 Brown JC Kahn J W Barnes W T Lyon 0 Campbell RJ Rice Nellie Carragen FA Stauffer C E Crepps Elsie Sheriom Ada Dailey Grace Staisty Minnie Foster John Weaver David Hunt Lizzie Woodard Mrs. A one cent charge applies to advertised letters and recipients must claim after one week, presenting the list date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Dora Hull
James D
Brown JC Kahn
Barnes
T Lyon
Campbell RJ Rice
Nellie Carragen
FA Stauffer
C E Crepps
Elsie
Sheriom
Ada Dailey
Grace Staisty
Minnie Foster
John C Weaver
David B Hunt
Lizzie Woodard
B. A. Carpenter
P. M
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John Otterson
Messrs
C. H. Leonard
J. B. Davenport
Theodore F. Upson
H. H. Beers
Upson
Beardsley Avenue
Sheriff Kidder
St. Joseph County Savings Bank
George Gemberling
Henry Hixon
James Wood
Fred Foster
Perry Sander Company
T. Grootveld
White Pigeon
Peter Winne
Magdalene Bogarts
Grootveld
Bogarts
Lincoln Street
Scarletina
Board of Health
American Knights of the
Theodore Upson
Henry H. Beers
John B. Davenport
Chas. H. Leonard
Indianapolis
Edwin C. Mercer
Harry McDonald
Wm. E. Geltz
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Erie
Marion
Beatrice Vandoran
Miss Bea
Transportation Department of
Lake Shore Road
Samuel Hively
George McChristie
J. W. Atherton
Lake Shore
Toledo
Detroit
William Weller
W. Murphy
Marion Street
Hilder Sheppard
Christian Church
Weller
Pigeon Street
John F. Kane
Ed Lee
Burnley Lane
England
Lee
South Africa
Africa
Santa Fe
Daniel Huntsberger
Elliott Crull
Huntsberger
Central Public
A. R. Beardsley
Foster
Holderman
Mitchell Charnley
Charles Kolb
Goshen News
William T. Smith
Barret Slight
Berrien Springs
21St Indiana Battery
Middlebury
Mr. Slight
Hancock County
Ohio
Wm. C. McMichael
St. Joe County
Captain Barney
Dr. Barney
Democratic City Committee
George
Lillie Smith
Charles G. Stewart
Wm. Smith
Mishawaka
A. J. Duryee
Second Street
Samuel Webber
Franklin Street
Babcock
Kenwood
Randolph
Mr. Webber
Peter
Charlies Nelson
Captain Miller
Inspector Coleman
South End
Whiteman
Lake Shore Main Street
Nelsons
Charles
Peter Nelson
Arnold
Ida Mitchell
John Mitchell
East Middlebury Street
Bessie
Oliver
Arthur
Schuyler
L. M. Mitchell
Castle U. B
Middlebury Street
Rev. Parks
N. B. Metzler
Angola
Florida
South
Jackson Township
Evangelical Church
Martin Danner
Cass, van Buren
Berrien Counties
St. Joe Press
Solomon C. Dickey
Presbyterian Home Missions of
Presbyterian Church
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
National Board
Dickey
John Cole
Washington Street
North Main Street
Jessie Beach
Eva Chapman
Caldwell
Columbus
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Westinghouse Electric Works
Allegheny
Baldwin Works
Westinghouse Company
J.C. Aurand
Acme Cycle Company
S. B. Nicholson
U.B
Trinity M. EB
Robert Melrose
William Green
James Moore
Wabash
Big Four Railroad Company
Blizzard
Moore
General Office
M. M. Lusher
Arions
Arion Glee Club
Homer Davis
Erin
Arion
Robin Adair
Simon
Hlis Chester
Charles Clark
Fred Swinehart
Dr. Geo. Chester
W. S. Dickerson
Narcissa
Abbie Thomas
G. W. Spohn
L. M. Barney
Emma Clouse
Mr. Mitchel
McCullough
Jim
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