Elkhart Prisoner Brown Faces Longer Term Without Credit
Walter Brown of Elkhart, jailed eight years for wrecking the Indiana National Bank, may serve more than six years remaining unless his conduct improves. Leavenworth officials report Brown is a sulky, non cooperative inmate, unlike neighbors J. L. Brodrick and Wilson Collins who earned favorable behavior credits and reduced terms. Warden McLaughry says Brown is persona non grata with authorities.
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Elkhart
Gll
Leavenworth
Walter Brown
Indiana National. Bank of Elkhart
Brown
Edtor T. Ager of Elkhart Sentinel Dies in Hospital
T. Ager longtime county surveyor superintendent and editor of the Goshen News and Elkhart Sentinel died of paresis at Clark Hospital last night at 8 30. He was born in Albany New York June 3 1867 and educated at Union College. He lived in Goshen Middlebury and Elkhart and helped shape local schools and surveying work. He is survived by his brother Rev Charles Ager of Niles and a niece Mrs Ulrich of Niles. The body lies at Valley Undertaking rooms with funeral plans pending arrival from Niles.
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T. Ager
County Ps
Elkhart Sentinel
Clark ‘Hospital
Ager
Mr. Ager
Albany
Newark
Union College
New York
Middlebury
Ind
Goshen
Goshen News
Elkhart
Guy. Johnson
Philippines
Charles Ager
Niles
Mich
Ulrich
Valley Undertaking Rooms
County to Issue 75000 Bond to Reconstruct Courthouse
County Commissioners authorize 25000 in bonds to cover courthouse reconstruction, including 16000 bonds rejected earlier. Total bond issue reaches 75000 with sale before May 1. They close 1905 accounts and set 1970 for interest on 6 percent warrants and funding for courthouse and jail heating at three dollars daily.
Ladies' Aid Society Meets at Mrs Hilbish Home
The OSGLO News notes Christmas visits and local gatherings. Mrs J B Hilbish hosts the Ladies' Aid Society Wednesday evening while relatives from Elkhart Goshen and local families share holiday time. Miss May Chamberlain hosted a school entertainment and several couples attended Zion church events.
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Osglo News
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. B. Hilbish
Loti
Pawin ‘Hilbish
Ta Yik
Addison Watts
M.A. Dills
Elkhart
Charles Dills
Myrtle
Carl Curtis
Goshen
L. H. Welter
J. P. Bickel
May Chamberlain
Hazel Dills
Charles Butrick
Nellie Boyer
Lee van Alstine
Zion Church
Richard” Smith
W. H. Dills
Lloyd Dills
Dorothy
Old Settler Franklin Pontius Dies at Home
Franklin Pontius died unexpectedly at his Cassopolis road home from heart trouble after months of illness. Born in Ohio, he moved to this state fifty years ago with his parents and settled on a farm across the Michadine. He is survived by his wife, a aged father Gabriel Pontius, and three daughters Mrs Krause of Mason, Mrs Strentz of the town, and Mrs of the town. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Franklin Pontius
Cassopolis
Ohio
Michadine
Garan 2Us
Gabriel Pongtisy
Henry. Krause
Mason
Christian
Strentz
The
Death of Former Resident Mrs Whitwham at Toledo
Friends of Mrs. George Whitwham mourn her death in Toledo on Christmas Day after an operation at Clark Hospital last summer. Her husband, formerly with Singer Sewing Machine Co and earlier a solicitor for Bell Telephone Co, had moved to Toledo two weeks before.
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George Whitwham
Toledo
Whitwham
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Bell Telephone Co
Sister of Frank Little Dead in Mishawaka
Mrs. Nancy Burt sister of Frank Little died Sunday morning at 11 30 at her Mishawaka home after a two year battle with paralysis. Born in Mishawaka 66 years ago she married J N Ford then J A Burt. Survived by sons James Ford Chicago and H R Ford Mishawaka, daughter Mrs B F Moffatt Chicago. Funeral held this afternoon at 2 from St. Pauls church Mishawaka.
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Nancy Burt
Frank Little
Mishawaka
J. N. Ford
James Ford
Chicago
H. R. Ford
B. F. Moffatt
St. Paul's Church
Butler Loss Harsh After Grinnell Fire
Mr and Mrs W J Gronert received a letter from their daughter Mrs Earl C Butler of Grinnell Indiana with a more detailed account of the burning of the Butler home. Nearly all possessions were destroyed and what the flames did not consume was ruined by the chemical used to extinguish the fire.
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W. J. Gronert
Earl GC. Butler
Grinnell, In
Butler
Guy Shirley Wins Poultry Show First Prize
Elkhart resident Guy Shirley won first prize at the Goshen Poultry Show yesterday for a single comb brown Leghorn bullet.
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Guy Shirley
Elkhart
Goshen
Ladies Aid Society Meeting at Mrs Dills Home
The Ladies Aid Society will meet with Mrs Charley Dills on January 17. Miss Jessie Smith was the guest of Miss Jessie Bickel. Pence was mentioned in the note.
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Ladies ’Aid
Charley Dills
Elkhart County Plant Deal Tied to Indiana Telephone Merger
Warsaw reports say an option on northern Indiana independent telephone systems, including Elkhart County, may lead to a wider move to consolidate Indiana lines with a New York group. Crow denies specifics but notes a drive to unify toll networks from New York to the West under Stromberg Carlson gear, affecting Chicago Telephone Supply Co. and local suppliers.
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Martin Crow
The
Home Telephone Co
A. Teport
Warsaw
Elkhart County
Indiana
Crow
New York
Kinloch
St. Louis
Stromberg & Carlson Telephone
Elkhart
Chicago Telephone Supply Co
Warsaw Union
Ft. Wayne
Bell
Chicago
Teal
Independent Telephone Syndicate
Kansas City
Louisville
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Weezle skins and a health board reply
Edward C. Oldenberg of Constantine asks Dr. I W Short to mail weezle skins to treat asthma. Dr Short, puzzled, notes no proven use for weezle skins and says the Board of Health rejects them as a cure.
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Edward C. Oldenberg
Constantine, Mich
I. W. Short
Board of Health
Pioneer Woman Jane Beldin Randolph Dies at 79
Mrs Jane Beldin Randolph aged 79 died at 8 40 this morning at her daughter Mrs Josephine Collier’s home 412 miles west of the city widow of Horace Randolph who died eight years ago born in Ohio moved to Bango township in 1831 married to James Beldin in 1844 he died 1870 later wed Horace Randolph survived by daughter son two sisters brothers two grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral Monday at 1 pm from the house with Rev M P Her Ton officiating burial Osceola cemetery
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Jane Beldin - Randolph
Josephine. Collier
Horace -Randolph
Ohio
Bango Township
James Beldin
Horace Randolph
Revi-M-P
Her- Ton
Italian Visitor Seen at Lake Shore Depot
At the Lake Shore depot yesterday afternoon a passenger observed an Italian man wearing a thin straw hat. The man, said to be the son of Italy, was traveling from Texas to Michigan and was about to depart in the evening when a brakeman felt a siren before departure.
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Lake Shore
Italy
Texas
Michigan
John Garman Dead in Adamsville Incident
John Garman aged 59 is reported dead in Adamsville. Fisher confirms investigation by local authorities, with few readable details available from the fragmentary OCR.
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John - ‘Garman
Adamsville
John
Fisher
Garman
Record Crop Prospects Boost St Joseph Fruit Trade
The United States market outlook predicts a larger fruit season with a value exceeding two million dollars. In St Joseph, shipments by boat reached 8,750,707 packages to Chicago, 1,890 rail cars, and 200,000 by express, as the 1906 record nears and buyers forecast a 15 percent increase next season.
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United States
Bt. Joseph
St. Joseph
Chicago
Express
Tees
St. ‘Joseph
George B. Smith Dies at 76 After Illness
George B. Smith of 215 St. Joe street died at 6 39 this morning after a long illness described as general disability due to old age and typhoid fever. He was a widower aged 76 years six days and leaves two sons George H. and Edward of Kansas City and a daughter Ella M. The funeral is at 2 PM Monday at the house, Rev. Grimes officiating, with interment at Grace Lawn cemetery.
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George 8
Grimes
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Former Elkhart Pastor Samuel H Barr Dies in Hanover
Reverend Samuel H Barr, formerly of the Presbyterian church in Elkhart, and brother of the late Reverend Edward Barr, died in Hanover Indiana on December 18 at age eighty one.
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Elkhart
Samuel H. Barr
Presbyterian Church
City
Edward Barr
Hanover
Ind
Big Pump Nearly Installed at Water Works Station
The 6,000,000 gallon pump is nearly completed with only small details remaining. The circulating pump to be connected with all pumps has been installed.
Mild Winter Recalled from 1870 Christmas Day Croquet
Editor Murray of the Nappanee News recalls a remarkably mild winter of 1870 and notes playing croquet in Bristol on Christmas Day.
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Murray
The
Nappanee News
Bristol
Death notice from Elkhart resident in Huntsville era
Mrs George Decker received word of the death of Jerome McLant who died of asthma on December 24 and was buried December 26 in Huntsville Alabama.
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Elkhart
George» Decker
Sof
Huntsville
Ala
Jerome ‘McLant
Untitled Note From Monday Communication
A fragmented Monday message references Miss Mabel and an event or agenda but readable details are limited. The note lacks clear who what where and when, leaving only partial names and stray phrases. The item appears as a local note or bulletin fragment.
Obituary for Mrs Seth A Jones of Elkhart Active Club Church Woman
Mrs Seth A Jones, 71, longtime Elkhart club and church figure, died at 8:80 this morning at her son A A Jones home. Born Rebekah Arnold Jones in Milo New York on January 22 1835 she married Seth A Jones December 4 1857. Funeral Monday at 3:30 p m at the Jones home with Rev Richard R Graham and Rev William Galpin officiating.
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Milo
N. Y
Wes
Seth A. Jones
Elkhart
Rochester
Alfred A. Jones
Jones
Richard R. Graham
St. John’s Church
William Galpin
Muskegon
Elkhart Church
Alfred Sackett Dies in Osceola Death Ends His Career
Alfred M Sackett died yesterday afternoon at his daughter Mrs William Fullmer’s home 707 Garfield avenue after a paralytic illness that began last May. Born December 1870 in Milford he lived in Three Rivers Mich before moving to Elkhart in 1871. A mason by trade he leaves wife two daughters L B Sackett of Toledo a son a dozen relatives and a sister Martha Greiner of Philadelphia. He was a Baptist church member and his funeral Wednesday at 3 0 clock from the Rev Fradenberry’s funeral home.
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Alfred. M. Sackett
William ‘Fullmer
Garfield Avenue
Osceola
Milford
Rivers
Mich
Elkhart
R Niver
William Fullmer
Toledo
John
Nashville
Tenn
Joseph
Missouri
Zen‘ag
William
Kansas
Martha
Greiner
Philadelphia
the Baptist
Fradenberry
Death of Joseph F. Randolph in Lima Ohio
Joseph F. Randolph died at his home 110 Jefferson Street after a two year struggle with Brights disease and heart trouble. Born July 26 1833 in Butler County Ohio he married Candice M. Hurd in 1847 and lived in Lima before moving to this city in 1876. He leaves sons I F and C R Randolph a daughter Mrs Y F Bond and two grandchildren Earl and Muriel Randolph. He was a Baptist Church member since 1864. Funeral from the house Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev Frazer. his sons arrived from Middletown to attend.
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Bright
Joseph F. Randolph
Jefferson Street
Butler County
Ohio
Candice M. Hurd
Lima
Middletown
I. F
C.R. Randolph
Eetty
Earl
Muriel Randolph
The
Baptist Church
Frazer
Pioneer settler Mrs Lovina Beck dies in Elkheart
Mrs Lovina Beck age about 83 died Saturday night at 8:45 at her son Perry Beck’s home 601 Michigan street Elkheart She was born in 1832 near Dayton Ohio and moved to a farm west of Elkheart 63 years ago then to Riverside 18 years ago Survived by sons Hanson and Perry both of Elkheart and daughter Mrs G W Smith of Riverside Funeral from the house tomorrow then to Pleasant Valley Cemetery for burial
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Lovina Beck
Perry Beck
Michigan Street
Elkhart
Beck
Dayton
Ohio
Riverside
Albert Beck
Perry’ Beck
Christian Church
Wich
Malack
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
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Brodrick
Collins
Teache
Surveyor
Paredis
Fort. Wayne
of. Health
Constantine
Mabel
Sionday
Alfred Sackett
Sten
Aby
Samuel B. Sweigart
Sweigart
Dewey
Mr. Sweigart
Edwardsburo
Zeitler
Sidney
Indiana Buggy Co
Joseph Randolph
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