Home Telephone seeks higher rates in Elkhart franchise bid
The Home Telephone Company asks the City of Elkhart to grant a new 25 year franchise that would raise residential rates from 1.75 to 2.00 dollars and business rates from 2.50 to 4.00 dollars per month for five years. The proposal claims increased subscribers and insists a single system with the Bell franchise would be more economical and better for the public.
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Central Union and Home Telephone Company
Home Company
Public Service Commission
Board of Public Works
Home Telephone Company
Central Union
Bell
Board of Works
Proctor
Merchants
Truth
City of Elkhart
Indiana
Home Telephone Co
Eckhart
Elkhart
Selkhart
Home ‘Telephone Company
Elkkhart
Eliknart
Bell Telephone Company
Public Service Commissions
Bell Company
Lake Shore
Whiih
Home Telephone
Kikhart
Publi
Train Robbers Loot Oregon Short Line Near Ogden Utah
Train No. 1 was held up at 2 a m near Five Points Utah by three robbers who seized about $5 000 in money and jewelry. Passengers were roused from berths and searched with a woman’s diamonds torn from her ears. One woman and one man were severely beaten during the assault.
Armed Desperado Sells Life at a Great 6ost
In Ocilla Georgia a barricaded gunman William Hy Bostwick shot two officers and killed a posse member before being killed by state troops. A bystander and two deputies were wounded, one deputy and the sheriff critically.
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Ocilla
Gay
Jane
William Hy Bostwek
James Gill
Posse
Bostwick
McInnis
Baby Rescued From Drowning By Quick Thinking Hero
Harry Runyon and Samuel Doutt, workers near Christiana Creek, saw three year old Wilbert Hook drifting in seven foot deep water. Runyon leapt in, retrieved the child, and revived him with Doutt’s help. The baby recovered quickly aside from facial swelling. The boy had gone to the creek to swim and disappeared beneath the surface before being saved.
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Wilbert
J. H. Hok
Cone Street
Christiana Creek
Harry Runyon
Runyon
Samuel Coutt
St. Joseph
Johnson Street
Doutt
Christiana
Runyon and Doutt
Foster-Kimball ,Co
Goshen Woman Dies Beneath Interurban Car Wheels
A 67 year old Goshen woman, Mrs Michell Charnley, was killed when her skirt caught and she was dragged under an interurban car as she exited near the station. The tragedy drew a crowd of about a hundred as the car from Winona turned on the Y. The body was sent to a morgue and then to her son's home. The incident sparked criticism of the current looping system for car turning. Coroner Stauffer to view the body.
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Michell Charnley
Goshen
Winona
Charnley
Smith and Clark
William Charnley
Ey Shusband
Lone
Wintam
Chara. Sys
Stauffer
State Board Orders Elkhart Meat Inspected
The state board of health instructed Dr. J. J. Snapp to inspect all meats shipped from Chicago to Elkhart via Mishawaka. Rail shipments move in refrigerated cars to Mishawaka then hauled to Elkhart in nonrefrigerated conveyances during hot weather. lacking a law to stop shipments, inspection before sale is ordered and any unusable meat will be condemned.
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State Board of Health
J. J. Snapp
Elkhart County
Chicago
Elkhart
Mishawaka
Aged East Jackson resident in critical condition after strokes
G. W. Fish, an elderly resident of East Jackson Street, is in critical condition at his home following two strokes of paralysis suffered yesterday afternoon.
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East’ Jackson
Fish
Prisoner Hendricks Recovered From Refuge by Rope Tug
Police using a rope pulled James Hendricks from beneath a coal shed in the Lake Shore yards after a chase along South Main street. Hendricks, held on insanity charges, was dust-covered but unharmed once drawn out.
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James Hendricks
Lake Shore
South Main Street
Hendricks
Roth
Wooley
Rinehart
Burglars Enter Jackson Street Home Behind Local Theft
The home of J. T. Keene on East Jackson street was entered last night and $45 stolen. A screen was pushed in from a window while two men reportedly watched on the porch, leaving empty beer bottles and a midnight-feast scene. Two men Anderson Green and G J Kane were initially detained but later cleared as suspects.
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J. T. Keene
Standard Oil
East Jackson Street
Thas
Keene
Anderson Green
G. J. Kane
Green
Kane
f@Keene
Truth
Roundhouse
Mishawaka
Fonda
Wooley
Elkhart
Burns to Death in Auto Wreck Near St Louis
St Louis June 27 Special Robert C Able aged twenty four was burned to death while pinned beneath a large touring automobile this morning. Two other occupants were badly injured in the wreck.
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St. Louis
Robert C. Able
Sina
Jury Discharges After 115-Hour Bribery Trial Deadlock
In Chicago on June 29 the Browne bribery jury was discharged after 115 hours of deliberation with no verdict. Browne and accuser Charles White faced the court, Browne calling the result vindication. Jury was 8 to 4 in favor of conviction early, with States Attorney Wayman alleging jury packing and hotel window signaling.
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Chicago
Lee O’neil Browne
Browne
Charles White
Lorimer
Charles Spare
Wayma
Tricky Cherry Tree Opens Season Toll
Ralph Bemniller, ten, son of Perry Bemniller, was injured when a cherry tree limb broke as he fell about ten feet at his grandfather’s farm near Wakarusa. He sustained a fractured left arm this morning. Mrs. B T Cressler injured her back lifting a ladder during cherry picking on Saturday and is bedridden.
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Ralph
Perry Bemniller
Wakarusa
B. T. Cressler
Hdwardsburg Avenue
Prairie Street Greasy Surface Undergoing Clean Up
Work has begun on Prairie street to remove dirt and grease left on the pavement last fall. The grease hardened in cold weather, attracting dirt and complaints. After cleaning, the street will be sprinkled and treated to improve conditions.
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Prairie Street
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