Elkhart Area Notes Bring News From Many Sides
The item covers moves of Dr Willis R Congdon to Riverside near Chicago to join cousin Dr Lyman Congdon and practice medicine, funeral of Rebekah Mishler, a social gathering at the Pontius residence, a mail mishap at Bristol, future branch office plans in Elkhart, maple sap harvest prospects, a deadly boiler explosion at the straw board mill with Neiswander killed and others injured, and local reactions including road conditions and fire brigade drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis R. Congdon
Riverside
Chicago
Lyman Congdon
Miss Curtis
Rebekah J. Mishler
Alexander Mishler
Shaum’s
J. F. Funk
D. N
Elkhart
South Bend
Mishawaka
Pine Creek
Silas Mott
Bucklen
Mr. Mott
Middlebury Street
Main
S. J. Neiswander
Mudge
Arthur de Vere Hubbard
Grace Loughman
Funeral of S J Neiswander in Northeast Elkhart
Funeral services for Schuyler J. Neiswander were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the U B Church of Northeast Elkhart with Rev. W D Parr officiating. The church was filled to overflowing except for a few family seats. Parr delivered an eloquent sermon on life's uncertainties and the need to be prepared for death, praising Neiswander's character and generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuyler J. Neiswander
U. B
Elkhart
W. D. Parr
Parr
Orphans' Home to Stay in Mishawaka After Bequest
The Orphans' Home will remain in Mishawaka despite Laporte efforts to move it. A grateful bequest of 11 000 dollars from Mrs. Lougee of Laporte aids the home, whose founders Mrs Work and the Children's Aid Society built a growing local charity serving a dozen counties. The Mishawaka Enterprise notes the home has expanded from a small local charity and would proceed "without money and without price" even without the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orphans’ Home
Mishawaka
Laporte
Lougee
Work
South Bend
Children’s Aid Society
Peffer's Senate Victory Labeled Good for Democracy
Uncle Robert Cook recalls William A. Peffer, Kansas's new U S senator, once a Democrat in St Joseph County. Peffer shifted with the majority in 1856, spoke for Fremont as a Republican, criticized the Dred Scott decision, then gave a straight Democratic speech at New Carlisle. The piece also notes Elkhart growth, interest from merchants, and calls to close the Half Way House saloon, a nuisance on the Michiana streetcar line between South Bend and Mishawaka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cook
Wm. A. Peffer
U. S
Kansas
St. Joseph County
Mishawaka
Mr. Cook
Peffer
South Bend
Court House
Gen
Fremont
New
Republican Party
Taney
Dred Scott
New Carlisle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. R. M. Johnson
Jeanette Gortner
Miss Gortner
Goshen
Mr. Neiswander
Standard Accident Company
Fleming
Hitesman
Frank Wesco
W. J. McKahin
Wm. Crowley
Studebaker Wagon Company
Reynolds House
E. C. ‘Bidkel
Bickel
Common Council
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Wm. Gravitt
Schuyler Neiswander
Wm. Fleming
Geo. Hitesman
James C. Wilson
Corporation
Mr. Fleming
Apg
Foreman Fleming
J. G. Wilson
Wilson
Neiswander
Mary Boyle
McPherson Street
Nicholas Boyle
Ligonier
Milton Patterson
Michael Skahen
Will Myers
Linnie Gendlesberg
North Elkhart
Johnson Friday
Howard Smith
John Klink
Norman Barber
Frank Wilder
Grace Lawn Cemetery
XX Band
Senator Peffer
Indiana
Main Street
Danville
Battle Creek
Michigan
Rialto
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