Elkhart County Eyes Hospital Site in Mennonite College Building
County Commissioners consider buying the old Mennonite College on Prairie Street in Elkhart as a site for a new county hospital. Officials note Elkhart offers urban advantages, quick physician access, and streetcar service, with Goshen as an alternative. W. W. Sterling sold the building to J. W. Fieldhouse last week and may repurpose it for hospital use.
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Dunlaps
Goshen
Elkhart
Mennonite College
Local Hospital Gratitude for Farm Aid in Township
The Clark Hospital management thanks Bango township farmers for donations of potatoes, oats, fruit, and cash. A list names contributors including Mary Burns, Levi Burket, Mrs. Levi Pritchard, Chas Deal, Mrs. Samuel Pitcher, and others who provided vegetables, fruit, flour, soap, bread, and cash sums to support hospital needs.
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Clark Hospital
Bango
Township
James Holdeman
John Cook
Louis Scholes
del Cook
John Ender
R. Burns
Levi Burket
Nate
James
Levi Pritchard
P. B. Burket
James Rupel
L. Pritchard
John ‘Collier
Peter’ Stockbarger
Charles Be'den
Frank Belden
Leonard
Secor
Samuel Johnson
Mary Hanenste
Oscar” Chobey
Hanenstein
Henry Poptius
John More
Samuel Pitcher
E. Kirdig
Geo. Martin
Hi. Dodge
Abe
Werger
Je Brubaker
O. Bennler
Charles
Wenger
Hoffman
Grand and Petit Juries Selected for March Term
The spring term opens March 5 with grand and petit juries chosen. Grand jurors include Fred Young Cleveland township and Michael Kirkendorfer Jefferson. petit jurors list P J Staudt Concord and Emanuel Stauffer Jefferson among others. ARM CRUSHED ON COGS.
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Will Ibegin
Fred Young
Cleveland
Michael Kirkendorfer
Jefferson
George Newell
Concord
Emanuel Dutrow
Washington
Milo Stark
Henry Bockus
Middlebury
Petit
P. J. Staudt
Emanuel Stauffer
Charles Method
Elkhart
Ben W. Gauger
J. E. Martin
Accident Injures Lake Shore Employee Robert McGee
Robert McGee, about 40, a Lake Shore foundry helper, was pulled into a charged machine at 1:30 PM and his left arm amputated at the elbow. He lives at 483 Jefferson Street and was taken to Clark hospital by Stephens ambulance. The incident reportedly resulted from the machine drawing a circuit from a grounded wire.
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Truth
Robert McGee
Jefferson Street
McGee
Water Crisis Hits Elkhart Wells As Creek Water Flows In
Two of Elkhart Water Co.’s four large wells are nearly dry with one partially filled. City officials reported foam on water in a well, indicating creek water intrusion from Christiana Creek. An accidentally opened viaduct may have allowed creek water to enter, risking pressure for sewerage and fire protection.
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Elkhart Water Co
Christiana Creek
Edwin Pounder
F. Christ
Indiana to be divided into seven judicial districts
A proposal in Washington would reorganize Indiana's federal courts into seven subdivisions with a single grand jury for the state. Indiana would hold annual sessions in Indianapolis Terre Haute Evansville New Albany Fort Wayne Hammond and South Bend. The plan awaits House action, with Knox Daviess and Martin counties in dispute between Evansville and Terre Haute alignments.
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South
Bend
Washington
Louis Ludlow
the Star
Indiana
Gilbert, Foster
Chaney
G. B. Landis
Crumpacker
Cannon
House
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Evansville
New Albany
Ft. Wayne
Hammond
South Bend
Judiciary Committee
Gilbert
Knox, Daviess
Martin
Foster
Horng
Government finds widespread adulteration in farm seeds
The United States Department of Agriculture issues a circular on adulterated orchard grass blue grass clover and alfalfa seeds. About one third of seeds examined were adulterated with 10 to 75 percent impurity. Over 100 firms are named in the circular. Large imports of Canadian bluegrass and English trefoil are used to mix with local seeds. The department offers free testing of seed samples.
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Elkhart County
United States
Department of Agriculture
England
Miss Munn Allegedly Attempts Murder in South Bend
A 17 year old girl named Miss Munn from South Bend is alleged to have made an attempt on the life of Mrs. Warne Adams. The incident occurred after she had been scolded for staying away from home late hours. The accused was reportedly distressed and confronted by authorities.
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Munn
South * Bend
Pat
Warne Adams
Sommers Plans Major Bucklen Theatre Renovation
The Bucklen theater in Elkhart will undergo extensive reconstruction including stage, dressing rooms, rigging loft, and a rebuilt roof annex. Contractor Kistner & Son will handle the work while Sommers seeks subscription support to finance chairs, lowered orchestra pit, new scenery, and a modern curtain to rival South Bend’s Oliver House.
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Truth
Oliver
Ated Ovium
Timmins
Geree
Kistner
Kistner & Son
Elkhart
Sommérs
Bucklen Rich
Sommers
Sommers To’ Make ‘the’ Seating Capacity, of. ‘the’, ‘New: Bucklen
Olver-opera
House of South Bend
Rockefeller Burned in Effigy at German Turnverein Event
In Cleveland on Tuesday a Dante inspired scene showed John D. Rockefeller and a Standard Oil octopus burned in oil soaked effigies. Prominent local businessmen attended as 600 spectators watched Satan issue doom in a dramatic purge toward the finale where Rockefeller was led to a furnace.
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Truth
Cleveland
John D
Rockefeller
Satan
Hades
John
Plant sold after auction. Marshall and Stephens owners
Marshall and Stephens of Chicago bought the New National Manufacturing Co. plant at receiver E A Carpenter’s sale, paying more than other bidders and plan to resume operations with a large workforce. Lipschitz, 73, injured when his carriage horses crashed. he declined sewing wounds and planned a trip.
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Marshall & Stephens
Chicago
National ‘ Manufacturing ‘Co
Carpenter
P. L. Turner
Vhis
A. Sorge, Jr
E.A
Messrs
Marshall
Stephens
Giles
Lipschitz
Middlebury
Bridge Move Considered for St Joseph River Span
Elk Hart county officials study relocating the Six Span bridge over the St Joseph river north of Eckhart toward Bristol. The 480 foot long bridge is deemed unsafe and may be replaced at a cost around 50 000 with a steel structure. A move one mile east could ease crossing and serve Bristol better. A trip to Six Span is planned to assess the situation with little opposition from farmers and local residents.
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Board of County Commissioners
St. Joseph River
Eckhart
Bristol
Elkhart County
Pridge
Earer
Brinstol
Quiet Springfield After Night of Rioting and Fire
After a night of riot arson and mob violence Springfield remains quiet with guards patrolling. Davis the brakeman shot by rioters is alive Two companies of the Third Regiment guard the fire scene a Ninth battalion company of colored troops is on standby at the armory Authorities criticism surrounds selecting colored troops for duty during the unrest Elder Conrad Volmer died from excitement during the riot.
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Springfield
Davis
Conrad Volmer
Investigation Committee to Probe Storms Fees in Indiana
An investigating committee from the State Auditor's office will visit Dan Storms’s office Monday to examine a $6,000 fee claim against the state. The panel plans a thorough review and will then scrutinize alleged illegal sums held by former auditors before returning to the auditor's office.
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Indianapolis
State Auditor’s
Dan
Cold Blooded Murder at Railway Depot in Mt Carmel
In Mt Carmel Illinois February 28 two men Je Murphy and W White killed one man and fatally wounded another at the railway depot after a passenger refused to shut a door. The attackers fired through windows and opened the door shooting as victims woke. Two bystanders were shot as they slept with one dying instantly.
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Mt. Carmel
Ill
Je “W.W. Murphy
de “W. White
Murphy
White
Steel trust insists no strike in coal districts
A high official announces that the steel trust and coal interests will prevent a strike in the anthracite and bituminous districts. The statement comes as large coal operators push to suppress action, signaling coordinated action to avert labor disruption.
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Steel “Trust
New York
Steel Trust
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