Merchants Hotel Proprietor Vanishes Amid Financial Tangle
J S Simeral proprietor of the Merchants Hotel disappeared yesterday afternoon after taking about $300 in cash. Creditors, including Herimay Borneman and Robbins & Swinebart, crowded the hotel seeking settlements with details of debts estimated around $80,000. Rumors implicate a former female employee and marital discord as factors in the move, with reports of lavish attention to a guest and a history of prior business ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Hotel
Williams
Herimay Borneman
Robbins & Swinebart Troy Laundry
Shick Tras
Wam- Chaugh- Milk Co
St. Joe
Kavanaugh - Pollard
The
Sieble Tatloving Company
7. PL Sanders
Sam
Simerial
Wire Simeral
wGne
Sip
Simeral
Aiehart
South Main Street
J. C. Williams
Intech
Jess Tan
W. W. Wiblet
Oy Terman Bornencin
N. B. Sykes Company
Mishajyetka Paving Contracts Awarded to LaPorte Firm
The Western Construction company of LaPorte controlled by Murdock the traction magnates was awarded paving contracts by the council at Mishajyetka. Several streets will be paved and the contracts total nearly $100,000.
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LaPorte
Murdock
Eweing
Th Council
Mishajyetka
Wedding delayed by postponement request in county
A fragmented report notes a couple’s wedding planned for Saturday in this city. The bridegroom told Clerk Fleming they would travel to Dowagine to obtain a disease certificate, while Justice Brumbaugh and County Clerk Fleming handled marriage papers. The plan was altered after an adverse ruling from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Wade
Justice” Brumbaugh
Ben Bixler
James A. Bell Company
Stounty
Fleming's
Farmer Crawls Miles After Train Collision Near Kendallville
Ora Bowen, a young farmer between Kendallville and Brimfield, was struck by the New York & Boston express on the Lake Shore Railway Saturday. He suffered a double fracture in the right arm, a broken shoulder blade, multiple bruises and internal injuries, and crawled miles to reach Joseph Rowbridge’s residence two miles away despite exhaustion and pain.
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Ora Bowen
Kendallville
Birifield
New York & Boston Express
Lake Shore
Bowen
Joseph
Rowbridge
Arimm
Owen
Wreck Inquiry Sealed by Indiana Railroad Commission
The Indiana railroad commission will not disclose its findings of the Chesterton wreck on the Chicago Lake Shore South Bend electric line where ten passengers and a motorman died. The panel cites a legal bar on releasing results, though it is believed a blighting condition was found and that the commission offered pointed safety recommendations to prevent a recurrence.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Railroad Commission
Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend
Chesterton
Bee swarm claims empty beer case in dry territory
A man near Buchanan Michigan reported beer cases left outside his home were taken by a swarm of bees. The incident occurred in a dry area where prohibition-like rules apply and the bees occupied the abandoned container.
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Buchanan
Mich
Bottes
Good from an Evil In Australia on Rabbits and Trade
Fragmentary passage discusses rabbits as pests in Australia and mentions fan wear, exports, and canned meat. References to years and numbers are garbled, with unclear connections to trade or policy. The text lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize further.
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Australia
New Market Day Remembrance at Virginia Institute
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell praised the school at June 1908 commencement as second to none. On New Market day cadets who fell in battle are named, saluted, and remembered as volleys are fired over the cadet cemetery in the Shenandoah valley.
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Imperial ‘Government of
China
J. Franklin ‘Bell
United States ” Army
Institute
Commonwealth ‘of Virginia
Virginia
Shenandoa
Chinese Doctors Under Contract In Imperial China
A Harper's Weekly excerpt discusses Chinese physicians bound by annual stipends and contracts, noting how illness reduces pay and records the fate of court physicians after tragic imperial deaths. It contrasts the precarious state of court doctors with ordinary practitioners and highlights professional penalties during the empress dowager and young emperor's deaths.
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Imperial Hospital
Harper’s Weekly
Smuggling Chinese into Australia Exposes Wide Trade
Commonwealth minister Batchelor probes illegal Chinese influx. A wealthy Chinese organization allegedly partners with port ships to smuggle stowaways via false bulkheads and secret food provisions. The scheme, said to be highly profitable, targets Australia nearby to China with many Mongolians willing to pay large sums to reach gold lands.
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Australia
Batchelor
Commonwealth
China
Hong
Kong
Hiaing
Troom
Wilhelmina’s Court and Music Fate Recalled
A fragmented item recalls Wilhelmina and Jarred Queen in a note on music and amateur fate within a court setting. Details are sparse but suggest a historical or dramatic discussion of royalty, performance, and personal choice.
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Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina Hala
Inheritance of Talents and Foibles, A World View
The New York World notes that heredity largely directs traits from father or mother. It cites studies showing male mental attributes mainly pass from the father while artistic talent leans to the mother. Sporting interest and neat dress favor the mother, with business punctuality tied to the father.
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Baye
New- York World
A Just Rebuke by Concord Captain Ends Profanity
An early Civil War incident shows Capt. Prescott of Concord, Massachusetts, ordering a West Point cadet to drill in plain military terms to avoid profanity, warning he would remove the cadet if needed. The incident, cited by Frank Preston Sterns in Sketches from Concord and Appledore, highlights plain speech over coarse language.
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George Prescott
Concord
Mass
Frank Preston
Sterns
Appledore
The
Youth
Mysteries of the Air and the Forecaster’s Quest
The piece argues weather control as a lasting mystery pursued since ancient times. It notes wind and climate resist simple prediction and urges seekers to find a key to the riddle, appealing to farmers sailors and athletes to take notice.
Prevaricator attack in courtroom exchange with boy juror
A tense courtroom scene unfolds as a lawyer grills a boy on family morals while the boy retorts and points to his father on the jury. The exchange grows heated as the attorney accuses the father, while the boy protests and interrupts.
Girl Wears Men's Garb to Work Sparks Town Controversy
Annie Bugelworth a 17 year old in Burlington Conn. wore working overalls and a sombrero claiming happiness in open air toil and higher wages. Neighbors charge her father forced the garb to save wages. he was briefly jailed then discharged after the girl insisted on independence.
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Annie
Dr. Bull Lauded For Narcotic Knowledge In Surgery
Philadelphia doctors praise the late Dr W T Bull for his unusual knowledge of narcotics which aided a patient during an operation described as nearly pleasurable. The fragment notes praise from physicians about his surgical success and references a patient’s remarks on the procedure.
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W.T. Bull
Philadelphia
Bull
Poe
Avas
Ars
Fragmentary notice hints at family division at home
Partial OCR text suggests a scene about a mother and her daughters in a domestic setting. Names, places, or dates are unreadable, but the fragment implies familial dispute or separation within a household.
Police Aid Youth Find Friends After Separation
A nine year old, Brhiest Timmerhoff Jr, was brought to Elkhart by his father after they separated on an interurban ride. The boy sought police help to reach his friends and family, and was later returned to the Koebernik home on Blaine Avenue where he had visited previously.
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Brhiest
Timmerhoff, Jr
Ernest Timmerhoff
Warsaw
Elkhart
A. ViSiEw
Adolph. Koeébernik
Blaine
Avenue
Lithlea
Lake Shore
Keebernik
Sidway Mercantile Company
Wooley
Koebernik
Chicago Youth Admits $70,000 Express Theft
Clayton J. Zimerman Jr., a Chicago youth and clerk for Adams Express at 63 Washington Street, confessed to stealing about $70,000 over two years while drawing a salary of only $5 a month. About $60,000 was recovered. the theft involved foreign money and daily handling of millions.
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Chicago
Lite
Clayton J.zimmerman,jr
Adams Express Company
Washington Street
Aveele
Memorial Mass Held for Pope Leo XIII
American tourists were among those who attended the memorial mass in St Peter's today on the sixth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII's death. Pope Pius X officiated, assisted by many cardinals, bishops and other high dignitaries of the church.
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Rome
Aly
Mimor
Peter
Roosevelt drops gun to pick up pen in hand
Saigesia British East Africa July 20 Roosevelt has been busy writing since Thursday. He has not fired a gun and stays in Babure Area near Nairobi until August before heading to Kenya.
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Saigesia
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Nairobi
Babure
Kenya
Motor Car Company Files Articles in County Recorder Office
The Crow and Go Cone pany along with corporators E.C. Crow, Howe, and Martin Crow filed articles with the Goshen county recorder. Public stock is listed at $50,000.
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Crow
Go Conepany
al” Wikhart
County
Recorder
Goshen Cor
E.C
Crow, Howe
Martin
Nein Mh Pee Ca Tas Hom Ecomi 2 Sor
The fragmentary text provides few readable facts about a historical event or notice. It mentions names and places in garbled form, offering little concrete detail for a fuller summary. No clear action, date, or organization can be determined from the legible portion.
Robbers Loot Two Dental Offices At Noon
Thieves forced doors at Dr Frank Hanske and Dr George Menges offices, prying drawers open and stealing cash and gold fillings. In Hanske’s office $36.20 and $5 in fillings were taken, while Menges’s drawer yielded gold crowns and fillings worth about $35. Police linked the raids to similar dental office thefts from a year ago.
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Frank Hanske
Dr.Cumutins Dental Office
Qut
George Menges
Lexington Avenue
DF Menges
Hangke
Saoms
Hiram Wanske
Ggo
Mr Bickel to Undergo Surgical Operation
Mr Bickel, secretary of the Eu hart Anitusteial vassociation, entered the Angustannv hospital in Chicago where tomorrow he expects to undergo a surgical operation to remove a growth on the right side of his neck. He expects to be away about ten days. Mrs Bickel accompanied him to Chicago.
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CG. Bickel
Euhart
Anitusteial
Laday
Mercury's Mishap Causes Car Trouble In Philadelphia
Fragments indicate Mercury's mishap with a vehicle causing trouble and a muttered remark about a sprocket. The text mentions repair efforts in Philadelphia, with unclear surrounding context.
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Mercury
Philadelphia. Ledger
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