Pauper Chinese Imported Wholesale Reported in South Bend
Postmaster Anderson was told by an Elkhart Chinese informant that four or five pauper Chinese arrivals bypass the Geary law by being brought into the United States via Canada and Mexico. The informant claims deputy marshals tolerate the practice, with Chinese taken to inland points by contractors. The report implicates possible government corruption and highlights labor concerns over Chinese laundries.
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Anderson
Elkhart
United States
South Bend
Canada
Mexico
School Board Attendance From Fort Wayne Diocese
Rev. Father Henry Boeckelmann returned at noon from Fort Wayne where he attended the Fort Wayne diocese school board meeting. He will attend Father Bergeron’s jubilee in Chicago Sunday. Rev. Father Keyser will lead Sunday services at St. Vincent’s church.
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Father Henry Boeckelmann
Fort Wayne
Father Bergeron
Chicago
Father Keyser
St. Vincent’s Church
Injunction in Elkhart Electric Co versus City case heard
Proceedings before Judge Ferrall on an injunction suit by Elkhart Electric Co to stop the city from removing its poles on Crawford street. Attorneys for both sides argued the restraining order and related matters as inmates from Elkhart.
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Elkhart Electric Company
Elkhart Electric Co
Wikhart
Crawford Street
Ferrall
van Fleet & van Fleet
City
Dodge & Dodge
P. L. Turner
James L. Drake
Central Bermudez Paving Co
Second Street
Lexington Avenue
Government seed distribution sparks dealer protest
Indianapolis seed dealers contend free government seeds disrupt trade and levy large losses. They note tests and withdrawals curb fraud, but argue buyers trade for rarities, affecting seed merchants. Officials defend distribution as aid. dealers push to halt free seed program.
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Indianapolis
Huntington & Page
H. H. Russe
Giant Pickerel of Simonton Lake Spotted After Years
An enormous pickerel once sought by R. J. Weith and long rumored to haunt Simonton Lake surfaced yesterday when an Elkhart man spotted a huge black form. The creature flashed a tail and dived, nearly overturning the oar boat before vanishing again.
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Simonton Lake
R. J. Weith
Mr. Weith
Elkhart
Local man finds coin dated 1803 in garden dig
Samuel Minton of Huntington discovers an old coin while digging for worms. The coin bears the date 1803 making it about a century old. The find is noted as a relic amid mentions of past wars and distant events.
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Huntington. Herald
Samuel Minton
Joan Oré
Paris
Havre
America
Land
Pulaski el
The Anarchist and The Poisoned Bean Sacrifice
A hush tale set in a dim room behind Lecop’s tobacco shop reveals Pulaski presiding over a fourteen bean lottery to determine a traitor destined for death. The narrator, terrified yet relieved, draws the fatal white bean, escapes, and flees Paris for America after a violent ending.
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Pulaski
France
Liberty
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Pearl Sitner
Adi Lvorce
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