Neinow Case Shrouded as Eyewitnesses Fail to ID Woman
Witnesses say they cannot identify the woman seen with A H Neinow during the assault in St. Louis. One neighbor recalls just seeing two strangers under a street light, and others confirm no recognition or local ties. Neinow left the city to avoid further police questioning, hindering progress in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Neinow
St. Louis
William Brusman
Nevion
Leader
Wneinow
Brethren Church
Neiion
Goshen Minister Attacks Fourth Celebrations and Saloons
The Rev W P Pearce of First Baptist Goshen preached on Intemperance and Fourth celebrations. He described saloon and gambling house visits with owner and patron names, charged open law violations to the celebration committee and officials, and reported threats against him as excitement grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Pearce
First Baptist Church
Goshen
Post Office Clerk Civil Service Exam Results
The recent civil service exam for post office clerks produced top scores for Lawrence Nusbaum 82.88 percent Daniel Coffman 82.53 G L Bender 82.48 Philip Kelley 81.75 Norman Reich 80.83 Rupert Horton 78.48 Otto Helfrick 75.63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Nusbaum
Daniel Coffman
G. L. Bender
Philip Kelley
Norman Reich
Rupert Horton
Otto Helfrick
Elkhart County Pioneer Dying in Bristol
Dr. J. E. Barbour reports Bristol resident Harrison Ziegler, age 83, dying and unlikely to survive the day. Ziegler has lived in Elkhart County for about 40 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County
J. E. Barbour
Bristol
Harrison Ziegler
Ziegler
Wiegler Native of Pennsylvania with Four Children
Mr. Wiegler is a native of Pennsylvania. He has four children: Mrs. David Cox of Bristol, Mrs. J. P. Miller of Constantine, Mrs. G. W. Garman of Osborne Kansas, and Samuel Z. who lives at the Ziegler homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vals
Wiegler
Pennsylvania
David Cox
Bristol
J. P. Miller
Constantine
G.W. Garman
Osborne, Kas
Samuel Z
Ziegler Homestead
Goshen County Commissioners Close Term Actions
County board granted John E. Killean a saloon license at Hotel Bucklen. Rudolph Hire, John Quinn and George W. Burhans to meet July 21 for final Horn ditch report. Auditor Berkey reports $161.95 receipts for quarter. Clerk Dennett $1,062.40. total since office $13,723.91. salary through July 1 $13,166. net county profit $607.91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Killean
Dennett
Reviewers Appointed for Goshen Elkhart Highway Change
The commissioners named Josiah Replogle E M Albright and C A Harper as reviewers of the proposed Go shen and Elkhart highway realignment. They will meet at the auditor’s office on July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Replogle
E. M. Albright
C. A. Harper
Goshen and Elkhart Highway
Auditors Office
Appeals transferred to circuit court from Elkhart
The appealed cases of Rachel Isen bie et al. against M. R. Miller on account and Fannie Shields against M. A. Demarest for rent have been brought from City Judge Blakes court at Elkhart to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Isenbie
M. R. Miller
Fannie Shields
M. A. Demarest
Blakes
Elkhart
Goshen Republican Leaders Plan to Oppose Brick
The Goshen Democrat reports that James S. Dodge Henry Clay Dodge and Perry L Turner of Elkhart will not support A L Brick for reelection to Congress. Republican leaders across the district aim to defeat Brick, reflecting a broader move by the party’s stronger elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
James S. Dodge
Congress
Henry Clay Dodge
Perry L. Turner
Indiana
Elkhart
A. L. Brick
Brick
Judge Ferrall Rejects Remission of Prisoner
City Judge Blake had claimed the right to remit or release a sentenced criminal before expiration. Circuit Judge Ferrall emphatically denied this power. County Clerk Dennett sought release for Murray, a Goshen prisoner, but Supt. Silvers refused without Ferrall’s order. Ferrall stated the man must stay jailed until sentence ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blake
Truth
Ferrall
Dennett
Supt. Silvers
Goshen
Murray
Tempting Offer Reaches Marion Minister for Memorial Fund
The Rev. Madison Swadener of Marion Indiana has been asked to raise about $250000 to complete and equip the McKinley memorial building at Washington DC The offer comes from Bishop Charles McCabe now in Germany If accepted it would require Swadener to leave his congregation for five years and travel nationwide for fundraising the cornerstone of the building was laid recently by President Roosevelt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Madison Swadener
American University
Washington, D. C
Charles McCabe
Germany
D. Swadener
Roosevelt
Dr. Swadener
Real Estate Transfers in Various Towns
May D Harrold Martin transfers 69 acres in Middlebury to W T Martin for 2000 dollars. Henry Gilman sells land in Concord to Edgar Oaks for 1700 dollars. Rice Thompson sells a Goshen lot to E A Shoup for 500 dollars. L R Girten transfers land in Osolo to Catherine M Girten for 75 dollars. J W Fieldhouse sells land in Elkhart to E B Peabody for 120 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May D. Harrold Martin
W. T. Martin
Middlebury
Henry Gilman
Edgar Oaks
Concord
Rice Thompson
E. A. Shoup
Goshen
L. R. Girten
Catherine M. Girten
Osolo
J. W. Fieldhouse
E. B. Peabody
Elkhart
German Farmer John Kamin Die? Funeral Delayed By Doctors
Near New Boston a German farmer John Kamin died and about 500 people attended his funeral. While the body was moved from the house to the hearse, two doctors arrived with authority to stop the burial pending a post mortem. Two hours passed as rumors of poisoning swirled before the rites finally proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
John Kamin
New Boston
Dublin Modoc Boom on Cincinnati Muncie & Richmond Rail
Dublin Modoc in Randolph County grows as several new buildings finish and ten additional structures rise along the Cincinnati Muncie Richmond railway line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Modoc
Randolph County
Cincinnati, Muncie & Richmond Railway
Typhoid Epidemic Rages in Elkhart With One Death
Typhoid fever spreads through Elkhart as rains wash contamination into drinking water. Doctors report 50 plus cases with 28 listed by ten physicians, many mild though one child and several adults are seriously ill. One death recorded. authorities plan a rigorous disaster investigation. The outbreak follows heavy rainfall and water contamination patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Haggerty
Kuhn
Thomas
Fleming
Eckelman
Turner
Spohn
Meisenheiss
Frink
Dewey
Lst
A. J. Boeckling
Prairie Street
P. W. Smith
South Second Street
Land transfers listed across Olive Middlebury and Elkhart
The record shows multiple 19th or early 20th century land transfers. J P Stauffer and J W Buzzard sell plots to Silas Roose in Olive County for 596 and 966 dollars respectively. A K Mehl sells 15 acres to J S Troyer in Middlebury for 1500 dollars. Alice Hartman sells a lot in Elkhart to A R Kesler for 1250 dollars. H Cc Irwin sells a lot in Elkhart to S J Strauss et al for 1500 dollars. Cc E Neidig sells 80 acres in Middlebury to Charity Nusbaum for 4200 dollars. Gc H Frantz sells a lot to Ida H Frantz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Stauffer
Silas Roose
Miners Bodies Recovered After Cambria Mine Disaster
At dawn forty bodies were recovered from the Cambria mine with rescue teams counting more inside the deadly gas zone. Authorities fear total deaths may reach up to two hundred as relief workers and police manage grieving wives and children at the mine entrance. Most victims died quickly while eating lunches, many foreigners among the dead, with rescue operations ongoing in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Cambria
Iron Company
Altoona
Beardsley’s Five Offers on Elkhart Lot Bids
Daily Bids shows lively competition for the city lot at Jackson and Main in Elkhart with multiple offers. A. R. Beardsley places five bids including 82x165 at 6000 and 100x160 at 25000. Bucklen offers 11 900 for 165x123 at Jackson and Main. Carpenter Zook and Kibbe also submit bids on adjacent parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Washington
A. R. Beardsley
A. R. Bearsdley
Marion
Third
Same
Franklin
Main
Pratt
Herbert Bucklen
Jackson
Carpenter & Zook
Harrison
Edward Kibbe
A. B. Shaw
Franklin and
Second
Goshen Teacher Resigns After Reelection
Professor Edgar C. Hinkle mathematics teacher at Goshen High School resigns after being reelected for next year. John B. Sullivan, seven, dies at his grandmother Mary Sullivan’s home from throat disease. Foreclosure suit filed against Mary J. Showalter et al for 35 dollars. Vail and Wehmeyer represent the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar C. Hinkle
Goshen High School
John B. Sullivan
Mary Sullivan
George W. Darkus
Alonzo Bowser
Mary J. Showalter
Vail & Wehmeyer
Foreclosure suit on Elkhart mortgage over $1000 note
Warren Irwin files a foreclosure complaint against Albert W. Haynes and others in Elkhart seeking $1000 on a note and mortgage. Perry L. Turner represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Irwin
Albert W. Haynes
Elkhart
Perry Ll. Turner
Starved girl from Owensboro seeks work in Evansville
Bella Smith a 19 year old from a once wealthy Daviess county family came to Evansville in search of employment. After four days without food she slept on church steps and was found weak. Police sent her to St Marys church steps to hospital then home to Owensboro Kentucky once wealthy father ruined by speculative losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Bella Smith
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Owensboro
Daviess County
Kentucky
Chicago Strikers Gain Local Support With New Picket Action
A downtown delivery wagon drivers union members announced they will strike Monday if demands remain unsettled, joining the 40 000-strong strike that could halt city trade. Freight-handler committees reported no settlement and could not locate railroad managers for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Teamsters
Widow Sues Cement Co Over Mortgage Release Fraud
Sarah M. Keller files in circuit court through Dodge & Dodge to enforce a $1210 mortgage on Washington township property against Monolith Portland Cement Co. She says she sold the parcel for $1310 and received $100 cash, and that the defendant induced a release by fraud, asking the court to set aside the release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Keller
Dodge &Dodge
Monolith Portland Cement Co
Washington Township
The
Cement Co
Go shen businessmen to inspect Parsons mining claim
Eli Albright George D. Lint Daniel Anderson and County Commissioner Charles A. Davis travel to Parsons New Mexico to inspect a reportedly rich gold mine. They are joined by Clem W Studebaker of South Bend who visited the mine previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Albright
George D. Lint
Daniel Anderson
Charles A. Davis
Goshen
Parsons, N. M
Clem. W. Studebaker
South Bend
Police chief confirms Cashmore travels with deserter Wylie
Muncie reports Chief of Police says Cashmore has gone to Norfolk with Carl Wylie who deserted from the training ship Hartford at New Orleans and is returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Cashmore
Norfolk
Carl Wylie
United States
Hartford
New Orleans
Twentieth Century Limited Sets Lake Shore Speed Record
The Twentieth Century Limited between Toledo and Elkhart crushed prior Lake Shore records with 1 hour 54 minutes 20 seconds for 133.4 miles at 59.5 mph. Engine 606 was driven by James H. Calkins with Fireman Hollabaugh and Conductor Cass McClellan. Delayed by a Erie division wreck, the train still drew acclaim from railroaders for running at times near 90 to 95 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Toledo
Elkhart
James H. Calkins
A. Hollabaugh
Cass McClellan
Erie
Calkins and
Hollabaugh
Edgerton
Butler
Calkins
Swanton
Pennsylvania
Chicago
J. R. Vallance
P. D. Bennett
Sikhart
Hikhart
Grand Rapids man denies role in Elkhart badger game
A. H. Nienow of Grand Rapids says he was the victim of a sandbagging scheme in Elkhart and that no woman was involved. He claims to have been misled and would face difficulty convincing Elkhart police otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Nienow
Elkhart
Grand Rapids
St. Louis
Grand Rapids Herald
Nienow
Ziegler Pioneer Dies After Illness
Mr. Ziegler the aged pioneer died yesterday morning at 8 30 at his home three miles this side of Bristol. He and Mr Harrison Ziegler were noted in Thursday's Truth for his critical illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ziegler
Harrison Ziegler
Bristol
Merchants' National Bank of South Bend Authorized
The controller of the currency authorized Merchants' National Bank of South Bend Indiana to begin business with a capital of 100000 dollars. James M Derhodes serves as president and Kersey C Derhodes as cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Merchants’ National Bank of
Marriage Licenses Granted in Indiana County
Marriage licenses issued to Samuel S. Kauffman of Shipshewana age 19 with parental consent and Mary Ann Chapp of Goshen age 17 with parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel S. Kauffman
Shipshewana
Mary Ann Chapp
Goshen
Drilling Planned by St Joseph Valley Gas Co
Officers of the St Joseph Valley Gas Oil and Mining Co announce drilling will begin next week on 10 000 acres leased between Elkhart and Bremen extending toward Bremen three miles. Geologists report a water divide between the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Michigan at Wakarsa spelling potential gas and oil in the same rock vein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Farmers Want Big Prices For Electric Line Right of Way
Dr. F W Stewart reports the Michigan Hydraulic Elkhart Co has secured private rights of way for the Elk Hart Bristol segment and the Three Rivers Kalamazoo stretch, except for three small parcels totaling about 200 rods. The company aims to complete one day at Delon and prepare another while landowners on the Indiana end demand high compensation, delaying progress. Labor and material scarcity may slow work this year, but once underway the line will be pushed to completion before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.W. Stewart
Coldwater
Michigan Hydraulic & Elkhart Co
Kalamazoo
Elkhart
Bristol
Threa Rivers
Delon
Indiana
Stewart
Over 100 Dead Bodies Recovered From Cambria Mine
Johnstown July 12 Special 10 25 am. After fifteen hours of exploration officials announce main headings penetrated. The known dead reach 105 with possibly more in out of the way places. Fifteen bodies were brought up this morning and fears grow the disaster hides a larger toll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Klondike
Tragedy Toll Rises From Friday Rescue Effort
At Johnstown on July 12 a three dead Friday rescue effort today, with three more not expected to survive. By 10 a.m. the total recovered bodies reached 124 as officials reported continuing search operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Indians Wanted in Canada Arrests in Fort Wayne
Ft Wayne Indiana July 14 Two men were seized on extradition papers issued by U S Commissioner Logan at the request of Canadian authorities They are John Reilley and John Acker detained after being located in Ohio and Bluffton Indiana They face possible return to Manitoba for trial as members of a gang of thieves alleged to have operated there for years Chief Inspector J W Murray of the Manitoba Criminal Department pursues the case with warrants and photographs while the men deny being the wanted pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Castoday
United States
Logan
John Reilley
Convoy
John Acker
Bluffton
J. W. Murray
Manitoba Criminal Department
Manitoba
Posey County Pioneer Woman Sus an Byrd Dies at 100
Mark Mt. Vernon Indiana July 10 Mrs Sus an Byrd Posey county oldest resident has died aged a few months over one hundred years She arrived in Posey county early in the last century with her pioneer husband and was from Pennsylvania Her ancestors were prominent in Pennsylvania in William Penns era The death is attributed to old age and she had been in good health until the end
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Mt. Vernon
Ind
Susan Byrd
Posey County
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Wheat harvest advances in Goshen area crops strong
The Goshen News Times notes a rapid wheat harvest due to a warm spell with good yield on sandy and clay soils. A larger wheat crop is expected in Elkhart County this season than in several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart County
Goshen News-Times
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