Governor power over police to be removed in bill
Senator McCullough of Anderson proposes revoking the governor’s appointment power and placing police commissioner control in city mayors for metropolitan areas. The bill calls for a three member commission with staggered terms and lays out salaries and removal rules. A second measure targets public works boards and street improvement financing for smaller cities.
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McCullough
Anderson
McCullongin
Amnion Council
Jarry
Laas
Comien Coummell Ang
Oe Ieee
Stotsenburs
Ilkhart
Board of Public Works
Cities and Towns
Bend
Pill
Goshen Court Roundup Includes Theft Trial and Dairyman Fine
The Goshen area reports a trial where a man received one to fourteen years at Jeffersonville reform school for a theft involving a highway land dispute. Prosecutors linked a third suspect nicknamed Skinny Condor to the case, while Paul Rafsnider testified via transfer from Plainfield boys' school. Dairyman Joseph Theile was fined ten dollars for selling watered milk after a lengthy jury deliberation. The will of William Hire was filed for probate, leaving the estate to his widow and four children. William Davenport faced a minimal $1 fine for technical mortgaged-property removal, and John Loering’s chattel mortgage ties to Davenport were noted.
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Goshen
Wudge Dodge
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Burris
Sheft
Cundor
Elithart
Paul Raifsnider
Plainfield
Losee
H. A. Baker
Elkhart
Jay Losee
Joseph ‘Theile
William Hire
Elkhart County
William Davenport
Wakarusa
Alkhart County
John H.loering
Davenport
Michigan
Circuit Court
Petit Jury
Death notices from Mishawaka to Vermont obituaries
Jacob C Snyder died in Mishawaka at age 8. Mrs Fred Smit died at home in Golden from heart trouble at 60. Catherine Richards, age 72, died in Waterford after pneumonia. Amos Morrill, 80, brother of late Senator Justin Morrill, buried in Strafford Vermont. He was father of Curtis Slavi.
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Fred Smit
Golden Saturday Night
Amos Morrill
Justin Morvill
Strafford
Vermont
Curtis Slavri
Haeving
Stebbins Dead Following Sudden Illness in Michigan
A. W. Stebbins, noted in Michigan as the lone river of the seven Berrien county reputes who attended the Jackson convention in 1854 forming the Republican party, died suddenly of heart disease at his son Cord C. Stebbins home in Prairie Oaks Friday afternoon at age 77.
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A. W. Stebbins
Michigan
Berrien County
Jackson
Cord C. Stebbins
Phree Oaks
Obituary Notice of Lowell Danshiry in Lowell City
Lowell Danshiry aged 31 died Saturday evening at 6250 o'clock at the home of his sister Mrs Margaret McDaniel 505 Wagner avenue after a three year battle with Brights disease. Surviving are sister Mrs McDaniel and two nieces and two nephews Nettie Ruckel Lulu Boyer Miles and Daniel McDaniel all of this city. The funeral was held at 505 Garfield street at 2 oclock this afternoon with Rev Wright officiating.
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Lowell Danshiry
Alvs
Margaret McDaniel
Wagner Avenue
Bright
Nettie Ruckel
Lulu Boyer
Miles
Daniel McDaniel
Garfield
Revi Wright
Gciating
Elias Leonard Civil War Veteran Dies After Illness
Elias Leonard a longtime city resident and civil war veteran died at 4 45 am at his home 1007 Blaine Avenue after a short illness with pneumonia He was born in Ohio October 24 1845 came to this city thirteen years ago from Sanborn Iowa He worked as a teamster for the Lake Shore and later for the Sidway Meco company Survived by wife Fannie Leonard three sons three daughters two brothers and four sisters Funeral will be in charge of the local Odd Fellows lodge
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Elias Leonard
Blaine Avenue
Mr.Leonard
Ohio
Tle
Sanborn
Iowa
Lake Shore
Sidway. Meco ‘Company
Shiloh ‘Postig
I. OO
Danghters
Rebecca Lodge
Focal Lodge
Odd Fellows
Fannie
Enthus iastic Bristol Meeting Pushes Traction Line Plan
About fifty merchants and farmers met in Bristol to advance securing a right of way for the Middlebury to Bristol electric traction line. Horace H. Mosier led a five member committee to solicit land use and contributions while State Attends Meeting reported strong local support and anticipation of an electric line within months.
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Middlebury
Bristol
Horace H. Mosier
Bristol Banner
T Ie
Henry A. Dussel
Solomon Sherwin
J. F. Cathcart
W. R. Bartrant
Con Daly
State
Telegrams Free for Earthquake Relief Authorized
Charles Mowery resident manager for the Postal Telegraph company received a telegram authorizing the local office to accept all telegrams and cablegrams for earthquake sufferers free of charge. The measure covers shipments to Italy and aid for the affected district in cooperation with the Postal and Commercial Cable company.
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Charles “Mowery
Postal” Telegraph Company
Italy
Postal
Local wholesale beer prices and cattle market smooths amid demand shift
Dealers report mixed opinions on conditions as prices hold steady from last year. Milk and butter rise despite stable retail beer costs. round steaks 12 to 14 cents, porter house 15 to 17, sirloin 18, pork chops 12 - a slight wholesale increase but no retail change. Cattle market shows strong demand for low-price steers yet narrowed spread to higher grades. eggs rise while butter remains steady at 28 cents per pound.
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Wats
Icat
Vale Ise
Dutter
Runaway youths returned to orphanage after church visit
Two runaway boys Anshawaka Keil Giiner of Nobles county and Wilbur Datts of Steuben county visited a Svangelicalcharch service in Danines Sunday evening. They were found and cared for by Chase Wedleman of the village and later taken to Ceshen, then jailed until an official from the orphanage arrived to return them to the institution.
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Orphiss’ Howe
Keil Giiner
Nobles County
Wilbur Datts
Steuben County
Svangelicalcharch Ab Dinians
Chase Wedleman
Ceshen
An Alleer
Loan Sharks Dealt Bankruptcy in Indianapolis Case
Sawyer, a former Lake Shore fireman linked to Toledo based loan shark activity, files voluntary bankruptcy in the U.S. district court in Indianapolis. Assets are listed as nothing with liabilities around 400 dollars, mainly not owing locals. Attorney G C Raymer filed the suit.
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Chester IL
Sawyer
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Lake Shore
Toledo
G. C. Raymer
Delinquent Tax List Noted as Exceptionally Small
County records show the delinquent tax list unusually small this year. The majority have paid their taxes in Ilkhart county. County Auditor D. O. Batchelor compared assessments with the splits and struck any twice charged amounts.
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Ilkhart
D. O. Batchelor
Receiver Named In Bankruptcy Case
Referee in Bankruptcy L E Lam bert last Saturday appointed Attorney E A Skinner receiver of the assets of George C Aydelott the Cedar street grocer who filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy weeks ago. The stock is being appraised today by J J Hoffman Dan Thomas and Ed Nye.
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L. EE. Lambert
E. A. Skinner
George C. Aydelott
Cedar Street Ptocer
J.J. Hoffman
Dan Thomas
Ed. Nye
Miss Pearl Raber Visits Aunt in Wolcottville Ind
Miss Pearl Raber of Wolcottville Indiana is the guest of her aunt Mrs John Naber at 495 Milwaukee Street.
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Pearl Raber
Wolcottville, Ind
John Naber
Milwaukee Street
Freckled Miss Freckles and the Oncoming Streetcar
A young woman in summer sun catches the eye of passengers aboard a streetcar when she boards hastily and drops a tan slip. A courteous young man returns the slipped item with a bow, then offers further assistance before the car speeds away leaving him the envy of the car.
Bitter end turns out to be a cheap cigar sale
In a comic chase through a street tunnel a man shouts The bitter end and pretends to jump. He calms pursuers by revealing he is selling Pittsburg stogies at ten cents for five with a Chile diamond offer, before being overwhelmed by the crowd.
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Pittsburg
Chicago News
Tennyson Interview With American Girl At Soiree
A fragment describes an American young lady meeting Alfred Lord Tennyson at a soirée. The dialogue shows Tennyson testing her knowledge of Wall Whitman and declaring another man worth knowing before ending the encounter.
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Tennyson
Riley
Wall
Whitman
Teall: Tales of a Boston Pension Commissioner
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Teall a pension commissioner in Boston appointed by President Franklin Pierce. It notes his terse sayings and a rumored pledge to fund a Baptist church in exchange for baptism in hot waiters, plus a deathbed quip about warm feet and a whispered question about John Rogers.
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Boston
Franklin Pierce
Min O 'Barns
Rees
Ald Wentieman
John Rogers
Trust News Briefs From Local Journal Fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes reference trust and local figures with unclear names. The readable portion hints at a society item or etiquette notice in a Wah B area journal, but specifics and identities are obscured.
Beggar Accepts Nickel With Quiet Gratitude
The narrator recalls a moment in which a hungry man named Vic asks for food and receives a nickel. The gesture is given without surprise, the beggar thanks him, and the narrator reflects on the possible meanings of the two God bless you responses heard afterward.
The Little Boy That Died
Two old friends reconnect after years apart when one notices a coral charm on the other man’s watch fob. A tense quiet moment hints at a boy who died last autumn, recalled by a Cleveland Plain Dealer note.
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Jim
Andy
Jack Ransim
Hot Water as Medicine Warns and Cures
A reader’s note extols hot water for medical use, claiming it relieves lung congestion, sore throat, rheumatism, and headache when applied promptly to the body and neck. It suggests a child’s neck wrap, hot-water baths, and morning drinks aid digestion and constipation, with physicians widely recommending it to dyspeptics.
Spooky Departure From Southern Manor House
A southern lady leaves for the station with her maid after moving to an ancestral manor. The mistress probes the maid about a troubling matter as they pass through gloomy halls once owned by the family. Lucinda confirms she has kept quiet about the issue.
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Lacinda
Saas
Prise
Lucinda
Resident Dies in South Bend Boarding House
World war era obituary reports Rice Thompson aged 80, a former Elkharter resident with no known relatives, who died by inhaling gas at a South Bend boarding house on North Main Street. He had lived in Goshen and Chicago previously and left a personal estate of cash and effects. Doctors attempted resuscitation but he died about two hours after discovery.
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North Main Street
South
Pend
Liman
Netralgia
Gaither
Elthart
Edward A. Zigter
Mir
Culp
Goshen
Lve
South Genad Ip
Man Thompson
Oie
Elkhart
Phompson
Seth Bend
O'éteck
Hompson
Thompson
Jonesy
Wikhart
Chicago
Het
Hoipe
Elizabeth
Dawson
South Third Street
Eli Tharpe
Cleveland
Rev Parker Having Remarkable Success
One thousand people crowded into the United Brethren church venue as Reverend Parker drew a large crowd with apparent strong engagement and growing attendance at his preaching events.
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Parker
United, Brethren Church
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FE. Greene
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Jacob C. Snyder
Mishawaka
Catherine Richards
Waterford
She Owas
Pennsylvania
Aidh
Inter
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The
St. Joseph
Brisio
Sovel- Try
Flkhint
Telkhart
Elehartan
Ciournal
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Bend Boarding House
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