Embarrassing Baptist Debate Over Lord's Prayer
A Thursday discussion at a local Baptist church between Rev. W. W. Denham and Rev. E. H. Emmett ended unsatisfactorily with crowd tension and Mrs. Dr. Washburne presiding amid controversy. Denham’s supporters complained of time cuts while Washburne defended neutrality as attendees from Mishawaka and other towns looked on.
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Baptist Church
W. W. Denham
E. H. Emett
G. F. Washburne
Rev. Denham
Christ
Emett
Dr. Washburne
Wyett
Denham
Ashburne
Mishawaka
South Bend
Ligonier
LaPorte
Goshen
Elkhart County Restores Telephone Service After Protest
Elk hart county lifts blackout on phone lines after residents’ two month outage. County council funds service restoration, ordering red installation by April 1 and officials report most phones back in the courthouse today. Citizens previously had to travel to Goshen or rely on telegraph to contact officers.
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Elkhart County
Court House
Goshen
Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway Incorporation Report
Articles filed in Lansing establish the Grand Rapids and Chicago Railway with capital of 1,000,000 dollars. The route would run 125 miles through Kent, Allegan, Van Buren, Berrien, and Kalamazoo counties, linking Kalamazoo, St Joseph, Benton Harbor, and South Haven, with aims to reach Chicago and involvement by northern and Pennsylvania incorporators including William Patterson George Heffernan Charles Kelsey Sam Freshey Charles Zook Walter Graff John Grobelle.
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New Michigan Road
Lansing
Grand Rapids & Chicago Railway Company
Capital
Kent
Allegan
Van,Buren
Berrien
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Benton Harbor
South Haven
William
Patterson
George. Heffernan
Charles B. Kelsey
Sam. A
Freshey
Grand ‘Rapids
Charles A.B
Zook
Walter
Graff
John D. Grobelle
Lancaster
Chicago
Benjamin F. Randolph Dies in Chicago at 40
News comes of Benjamin F. Randolph's death in Chicago last night at age 40. Born in Amanda Ohio, he lived in Elkhart about a year with the tissue paper mill, married Alice Cook here, then moved to Chicago to continue in the industry. He leaves a widow and two sons, Charles 14, plus relatives Joseph Randolph Oscar Randolph and George and James T Upp. Body to arrive at 1:30 tomorrow and interment at Grace Lawn Cemetery.
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Benjamin F. Randolph
Chicago
Mr. Randolph
Amanda
Elkhart
Alice Cook
Charles
Joseph Randolph
Oscar Randolph
George
James T. Upp
Grace Lawn Cemetery
Elkhart Residents Recall Albert Courts Case Details
Local memory of Albert Courts from Dirinjie Turkey inquiry reveals he once lived in Hast E Elkhart and worked as a boot black in this city. Court’s sister lived in Elkhart until a year ago when she married a Goshen man named Kaufman. her current whereabouts could not be confirmed, but Goshen residents recalled the marriage.
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Elkhart
Albert Courts
Dirinjie
Turkey
Courts
Hast
Coutts
Goshen
Kaufman
Woman Undergoes Surgery After Chewing Gum Link
In Galesburg Michigan on March 20 Matilda Ward, 22, underwent an operation for acute indigestion. Doctors found her vital organs appeared to be growing together due to a foreign substance identified as chewing gum, a habit she had maintained for eighteen years.
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Galesburg
Mich
Matilda ‘Ward
Goshen Delivers Hostile Welcome to Temperance Mission
Goshen residents voiced strong disapproval as Rev W H Boles of Illinois denounced democracy and liquor interests during a Goshen sermon sparking protest. Deputy Rankin arrested Nay Mikels of South Bend for sending fraudulent matter through the mails. Mikels bound over to federal grand jury with $500 bond.
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W. H. Boles
Illinois
Indiana
Ekhart
Presbyterian Church
Goshen
Boles
Elkhart County
W. P. Pearce
LaPorte
United States
B. C. Rankin
Lafayette
Nay Mikels
South Bend
Harper
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph H. Kealing
Indianapolis
United States District Attorney
Isaac Grimes' Death Ends Lovable Career in Elkhart
Isaac Grimes died at 72 after a five week illness, leaving a widow and two daughters Edna and Hazel. He came to Elkhart in 1867, born April 18 1831 in Wayne county Ohio. Funeral Sunday at 3 30 from his home at Johnson and Bristol streets under Rev Galpin. Surviving relatives include Mrs Jane Griner Vermontville Mich Mrs Lydia Kosht Crestline Ohio and Mrs Ann Clark Vermontville Mich.
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Isaac Grimes
Wayne County
Ohio
Toledo
Kent
Elkhart
Edna
Hazel
Jane Griner
Vermontville
Mich
Lydia Kosht
Crestline
Ann Clark
Johnson and
Bristol Streets
Galpin
Episcopal Church
Race Across the Continent to Reunite With Missing Brother
Theodore Fuqua, a Hartford City farmer, heads to Salem Oregon hoping to find his long lost brother Jordan Fuqua who vanished thirty seven years ago after leaving for the West. A questioned spiritualist seance later hinted at the brother's death in Nebraska. A dream signaled a letter from the brother’s wife confirming a death near the same time as the dream.
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Hartford City
Ind
Theodore Fuqua
Salem
Oregon
Jordan Fuqua
Wes
Nebraska
Mr. Fuqua
Tod Sloan’s Secret Paris Romance and Shipboard Marriage
Blanche Sloan recounts Tod Sloan’s romance with a Parisian girl, a secret marriage in France, and her alleged presence aboard his ship to America. She notes Sloan seeks reinstatement with the English Jockey Club but has not commented on the union.
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Tod Sloan
Jockey Club
Benedict
Blanche Sloan
Tod
France
Chic Parisienne
America
Stoan
Sister Blanche
New York
Prohibition Ticket Nominated for Goshen County Race
The prohibitionists named a full county ticket at Goshen including Representatives H O Hldridge of Middlebury and Dr S O Barwick of Wakarusa. Other posts listed are Commissioner northern district Lewis B Myers Elkhart Southern district W G Fleagal Nappanee First district Barney Uline Second district Charles MecCon aughy Goshen county clerk O A Kemp Elli po e Kauffman Goshen treasurer J W Shiffer Goshen sheriff RB F Weaver Elkhart recorder Azro Copeland York township coroner C H Niman Elkhart and the surveyor post left undecided.
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Goshen
H. O. Hldridge
Middlebury
S. O. Barwick
Wakarusa
Lewis B. Myers
Elkhart
W. G. Fleagal
Nappanee
Barney Uline
Charles MecConaughy
O. A. ‘Kemp
Ellipoe
Kauffman
Real Estate Transfers in Various Indiana Towns
S. L. Thomas transfers to Hattie BE Hackett a millersburg lot for 300 dollars. Sarah M. Flowers to J. G. Roh a Nappanee lot for 350 dollars. A. P. Blosser to E. B. Kime Foraker lots for 50 dollars. A. L. Neff to J. S. Neffland Jackson lot for 65 dollars. A. S. Sensenich to J. W. Martin 53 acres in Harrison for 3200 dollars. Elkhart Improvement Co to A. R. Beardsley Elkhart lots for 3030 dollars. D. M. Wise to M. F. Hartman a Nappanee lot for 250 dollars. J. S. Inks to D. M. Wise jot in Nap panee for 800 dollars. D. M. Wise to Reuben F. Philips land in Union for 2000 dollars. D. M. Wise to A. BF Hartman lots N. J. Miller to Lewis Berkey Clinton land for 360 dollars. Sarah A. Dewey to C. C. Pratt Goshen lot for 900 dollars. Frederick Trysinger to Mary J. Kineland Olive land for 800 dollars. Henry Gilman to Forest Hughes et al Goshen lot for 500 dollars. Katherine W. Hyde et al to Charles Kohler Goshen lots for 2250 dollars. Alexander McKane to H. M. Neff 27 acres Jackson for 950 dollars. Abraham L. Neff to H. M. Neff Jackson land for 295 dollars.
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S. L. Thomas
Hattie BE. Hackett
Millersburg
Sarah M. Flowers
J. G. Roh
Nappanee
A. P. Blosser
E. B. Kime
Foraker
A. L. Neff
J. S. Neffland
Jackson
A. S. Sensenich
J. W. Martin
Harrison
Elkhart Improvement Co
Clinton
Sarah A. Dewey
C. C. Pratt
Goshen
Frederick Trysinger
Mary J. Kineland
Olive
Henry Gilman
Forest Hughes
H. M. Neff
Snowbound Passengers Rescued After 150 Hours Blockade
Three hundred travelers stranded on the Great Northern line in North Dakota were brought in overnight along with forty baggage trains and twenty tons of mail. Passengers report severe privation as food and coal ran low during the 150 hour blockade before trains reached Williston where provisions and fuel were available. Snowdrifts reached 35 feet in some locations.
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St. Paul
Great Northern
Dakota
Williston
N.D
Goshen Grants Forty Year Franchise To Michigan Hydraulic & Power Co
The Goshen city council approved a forty year franchise last night empowering Michigan Hydraulic & Power Co to enter Goshen and lay an electric line from Kalamazoo. The same company previously applied for a franchise to enter Elkhart.
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Goshen City
New Electric Road
Goshen
Michigan Hydraulic & Power Co
Kalamazoo
Hikhart
Elkhart
Eloping Elderly Man With Juvenile Heiress Shocks City
Henry Crysler aged sixty wooed Jennie Sanders known as Jennie Hall a 15 year old who ran away with him on the west bound train. Crysler recently came into $5 000 from farm land sales and is Mrs. Hall s brother visiting at the Pleasant View Hotel. The pair left for Chicago after eloping yesterday afternoon leaving Mrs. Hall to consider arrest but she relented.
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Henry Crysler
Jennie Sanders
Jennie Hall
Crysler
LaGrange
Mich
Chicago
Martha Hall
Pleasant View
Franklin’ Street
Hall
Jennie
Elkhart Man Files $5,000 Suit Against Railway Co.
Benjamin Myers of Elkhart, through Corbette Raymer, yesterday filed suit in South Bend against the Indiana Railway Co. for $5,000 damages for injuries received December 23 at Tenth and Marion streets. Myers was knocked from his wagon and badly hurt.
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Benjamin Myers
Elkhart
Corbette& Raymer
South Bend
Indiana ‘Railway ‘Co
Tenth
Marion Streets
Kinzie fish dealer charged in rape case
Edward Kinzie a fish dealer faced charges of raping Lettie Warner a young girl, according to police records. The case involves alleged assault on a minor and local authorities report ongoing investigation.
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Edward ‘Kinzie
Lettie Warner
Greene Agrees to Enter Mayoral Race for Democratic Victory
Charles T. Greene of Elkhart a lifelong Democrat yields to party pressure and agrees to let his name be used for the democratic nomination for mayor. Born 1840 in Elyria Ohio, he rose from clerk to city official and long Democrat who retired recently to enjoy a stable home at 205 South Second Street with his wife and mother.
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Charles T. Greene
Elkhart
Greene
A. R. Beardsley
Mr. Greene
Elyria
Lake Shore
Democratic
South Second Street
Republican Praise For Mr Greene In City Race
City committee chair Ed Walley lauds the candidacy of Mr. Dc. T. Greene calling both candidates strong, clean men with Chicago interests. He says either would make a good mayor.
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Greene
Ed Walley
Republican City Committee
Dc. T. Greene
Uikhart
Practical Starving—Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Claims Relief
J R Holly of Macomb Illinois reports his wife found perfect and permanent relief from a severe chronic stomach trouble after using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. He says she could not eat a normal meal before. now she is cured. The ad claims the remedy digests any good food without dieting. Houseworth Bros.
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J. R. Holly
Macomb
Kodol
Houseworth Bros
Marion Strikers guard Klein chain works strike stalls rehiring
The Marion Strikers have set a guard at the Klein chain works and two weeks into the strike none of the strikers have returned to work. Management reports that none will be rehired.
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Marion
Klein Chain ‘Works
Runaway Accident Hurts Marion-Stephen Leverick Family
Marion Stephen Leverick and his sons of Larville were victims of a runaway accident near Van Buren. The senior Leverick was thrown against a telegraph pole and suffered a fractured skull.
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Marion
Stephen ‘Leverick
Larville
van- ‘Buren
Acci
Dent
Leverick
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