Terrific Rail Race Ends In Dead Heat Between Trains
Passengers on Lake Shore No 4 witnessed a close 14 mile side by side race with Baltimore & Ohio east bound No 10. Both trains ran neck and neck from South Chicago toward Whitings with a final dead heat as time and distance blurred the contest.
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Lake Shore
Elkhart
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago
Whitings
South
No. 10
F. C. Johnson
Throtttle
W. Ti. Hines
J. E. Curran
Winona to Open Agricultural and Technical Institute
A Winona assembly board in Pittsburgh approves a boys school to be named Winona Agricultural and Technical Institute. Elected officers include President Walter M. Smith and Vice President J M Studebaker with Heinz as second vice president. Chancellor Reverend J Wilbur Chapman and Indianapolis leader Sol C Dickey named. principal H E DuBois. School slated to open September 10 with planned arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Assembly
Pittsburg
Winona
Winona Agricultural and Technical Institute
Walter M. Smith
New York
J. M. Studebaker
South Bend
Secnd
H. J .Heinz
E. A. K. Hackett
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rev
J. Wilbur Chapman
D. D
Sol C. Dickey
Indianapolis
H. E. DuBois
Wheat Sprouted in His Throat: A Forgotten Threshing Incident
Alonzo Dixon of Logansport Indiana coughed up sprouting wheat grains from his lungs, changing the diagnosis from consumption to wheat dust injury. He recalls swallowing several grains during threshing near Logansport last August, with X rays revealing the lodged wheat.
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Logansport
Ind
Alonzo Dixon
Dixon
Wind Destroys Railroad Property After High Winds
Telegraph linemen under John Wagner worked all day at Wawaka fixing eight downed poles. The Jackson round house settled to one side with smoke stacks and piling out of line, and the jacks will not meet the stacks by six inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wagner
Wawaka
Jackson
Four Young Men Arrested in Series of Local Robberies
In Michican City on April 28 the police say they have made a good stroke in arresting four young fellows, believed to be responsible for a number of robberies in the area over recent months. Those taken into custody include Henry Bader, aged
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Michiccan City
Henry Bader
Will Save Fingers In Hay Cutter Injury
Ray Wahl son of Henry Wahl suffered a severe left hand injury when his thumb and little finger were nearly severed in a hay cutter. Dr Short stitched the cords and treated the hand so that the bones and flesh knit together, and it was reported the hand would be saved intact.
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Ray Wahl
Henry Wahl
Short
Roosevelt's Indiana Property Mineral rights tied to Roosevelt family
Evansville Indiana April 28 Allan Dodd, while preparing an abstract for a Henderson Kentucky firm, found that mineral rights to a Spencer county Enterprise lot and the town's land belong to President Roosevelt's family. The town was built on land patented in the Northwest Territory by Honelman of New York, who sold it with mineral rights reserved.
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Roosevelt
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Allan Dodd
Enterprise
Spencer County
Henderson
President Roosevelt
Northwest Territory
Honelman
New York
Roosevelts
Button Found After Chicken Ate It
Henryville Indiana April 28 A farmer A E Carr recovered a cuffbutton after two years from a plate of canned chicken. He believes a chicken picked the button from the ground and swallowed it, and the device later reappeared in the tin can when he sold his poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henryville
Ind
A. E. Carr
Mr. Carr
Political notes on elections and voter bribery in old times
Elevator man Hiram Stevenson recalls 19th century bad acts like selling votes for maple molasses and five dollar bribes. He describes witnesses who watched ballots being cast and no prosecutions occurred, noting the cunning of those days and the reluctance to expose such schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Stevenson
State House
Oxford
Ind
Delegates Try To Buy Favor At Blatchley HQ In Denison
After delegates arrived on Tuesday crowds surged along a candidate line in Denison. Two colored men entered State geologist Blatchley’s headquarters and offered to “do business” but Blatchley refused. A white man later buttonholed Blatchley asking for a dollar as a delegate, and he was also turned down.
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Denison
Blatchley
Blachley
Senator Hanna Delays Platform Reading in Washington Library
Senator Hanna spent last night in his Washington library with the Indiana platform unopened before him. A correspondent contacted him and he declined to discuss the platform saying he had no time to read it though he believes it must be good. Further details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Washington
Indiana .Platform
Merritt M. Walley Dies After Long Illness
Merritt M. Walley, well known in the community and member of the Elks Foresters and A O U W, died after eleven months of illness and three days of unconscious struggle. Funeral services are set for Thursday as the death occurred at 7 15 this morning following a peaceful decline with surgeons losing hope earlier.
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Merritt M. Walley
Walley Dies After Long Illness At Elk Hart
Family gathered as Charles Walley faced his final days. Born Mishawaka May 6 1863 he moved to Elk Hart in 1871 and worked with his father from age 14. He married Emma Chatterdon in 1885 leaving four children James Charles John and Hazel. He held Elks AOUW Foresters and Chosen Friends memberships and will be buried in Grace Lawn after a double service led by Rev. Galpin.
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Mr. Walley
Charles Walley
C. E
Hol. Walley
Mishawaka
Elkhart
Emma Chatterdon
James
Charles
John
Hazel Walley
Walley
South Bend
Big Four Machinists Demand Higher Wages Across Divisions
The machinists of the Big Four request a 30 cent hourly raise with pay and a half for overtime and double pay on holidays and Sundays. No strike is threatened, but a determined effort to win the demands is planned. Several meetings have forwarded the claim to the company. They say Vanderbilt system peers pay more and seek a Lake Shore standard.
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Big Four
Lake Shore
Porter Arrested After Marriage License Plan for Teen Daughter
In Terre Haute Indiana April 29 Charles Porter a colored man arrived at the home of Mrs Covington with a marriage license and a justice of the peace to wed her 17 year old daughter. Mrs Covington chased him with a revolver across an alley fence. Porter was arrested as the daughter fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute, Isd
Charles Porter
Mattie Covington
Porter slashes man at door in street assault
Porter confronted the victim at the doorway and cut his throat. The wounded man was found bleeding in the street and rescued when a police surgeon quickly sutured the severed artery at the station, saving his life.
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Porter
Wharton
Real estate transfers in Goshen Elkhart and Locke counties
A series of land and lot transfers are recorded with buyers and sellers including Emily E Austin J J Burkley in Goshen for 6038.08 dollars Elizabeth Weaver to Anna B Pletcher in Elkhart 1200 dollars Geo Martin to J D Lechlitner eighty acres in Locke 4400 dollars C D Cripe to Josiah Cripe land in Elkhart 60 dollars and other multiple deeds involving Elkhart Goshen Elkhart and Benton counties with prices ranging from 1 to 6038.08 dollars.
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Emily E. Austin Et al
J. J. Burkley
Goshen
Florence A. Banks
James and
Ella Hovey
Elkhart
Josiah Kitson
Malinda J. Kitson
Benton
Francis Jauriett
J. F. Frink
Concord
S. E. Barney
Ella J. Richley
Jeremiah Bard
L. K. Chamberlain
Kate Chamberlain
Locke
Henry Gilman
Elizabeth Wambaugh
Wheat crop prospects gloomily low in Indiana counties
Farmers in Howard and neighboring counties report crop prospects as dismal with wheat yield likely under 50 percent of average due to fly, heat, dry soil, and cool, delaying weather. Oats not sprouting and pastures slow, with warm rain desperately needed.
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Kokomo
Ind
Howard
Death of Mrs. Delila Ullery in Sailor Michigan
Mrs. Delila Ullery aged 41 died last night near the Michigan line from typhoid fever. She was wife of William Ullery and mother of Bert and Myrtle. Funeral is set for Thursday at 7 19 o clock from the family home and services follow at the U B church in Sailor where burial will take place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delila Ullery
Michigan Line
William Ullery
Bert
Myrtle
U. B
Sailor, Mich
Goshen-Ft Wayne Electric line status questioned
The Goshen to Fort Wayne electric project shows the line from Lake Wawasee to Fort Wayne abandoned for this year. Survey work on Goshen to Wawasee continues, options on right of way secured, but delays and financing doubts persist as Rothwell interests delay progress and state inquiry finds no public commitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ft. Wayne
Lake Wawasee
Wawasee
James Lynch
Rothwell Company
St. Louis
Syracuse
J. F. Rothell
Attorney Stone
Missouri City
Lynch
Bortner & Sons
Albion
Rothell Company
Wabash Tracks
Sheriff Develle Seeks Thief In Springport Mare Theft
Adelbert W. Develle of Jackson Mich issues notice to Sheriff Elliott about the theft of a chestnut mare and new top buggy from Geo Wellington’s Springport area farm. A $50 reward is offered for arrest conviction and property return.
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Adelbert W. Develle
Jackson
Mich
Elliott
Geo. Wellington
Springport
Simonton transfers Elkhart property to Lawrence for 20000
Two deeds recorded Saturday show Harold L. Simonton and his wife transferring Elkhart property to Lawrence R. Simonton for 20000. Lawrence R. Simonton evidently re conveys the property back to Harold L. Simonton.
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Elkhart
Harold L. Simonton
Lawrence R. Simonton
Harold L. Simon
Will of Jeremiah Troyer Probate Names Heir Distribution
The will of Jeremiah Troyer of Middlebury was probated yesterday. Testator leaves $5 to Jeremiah Yoder, husband of his deceased daughter, and the remainder to his twelve children.
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Jeremiah Troyer
Middlebury
Jeremiah Yoder
County Treasurer to Open Evening Tax Hours Thursday
County Treasurer I. O. Wood announces office hours Thursday evening from 7 to 9 for tax payments and to assist those unable to visit during the day.
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I. O. Wood
Chamberlains Filed Bonds as Executors of Tyler Will
William H. Chamberlain and Livy Chamberlain filed their bonds today as executors of the late Mrs. Jennie L. Tyler. The bond amount is $32,000.
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William H. ‘Knickerbocker
Livy’ Chamberlain
Jennie L. Tyler
Marriage License Issued in Wikhart County Clerk Dennett
A marriage license was issued Saturday night by County Clerk Dennett to Carl Johnson aged 28 and Jennie Swanson aged 22, both of Wikhart.
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Wikhart
Dennett
Johnson
Jennie
Swanson
Hikhart
Trading Stamp Fight Heads Toward Cut in Blues Prices
Elkhart merchants push to abolish trading stamps with a price cut on blue stamps and higher premiums to attract trade. The Retail Merchants' Protective association elected officers and planned aggressive actions, while Kentucky governor Durbin refused to revoke a murder-related requisition exposing the case of Coffey's death near Mannington.
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Retail Merchants’ Protective Association
Shiloh Post Hall
Joe Shively
E. E. Hall
Jake Thomas
Charles Throop
Fred Shaw
HE. E. Hall
C. E. Crane
Jake Goldberg
A. A. Jones
Elevator Fire Destroys Milford Junction Grain Elevator
A Milford Junction elevator owned by William Neff burned around 6 PM last night. The blaze consumed the building and its contents, with 10 000 bushels of wheat and 2 000 bushels of corn totaling about 10 000 dollars in losses. County Commissioner Whetten held 7 000 bushels of wheat insured for 4 009 dollars. the building valued at 1 500 dollars was not insured.
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Milford Junction
William Neff
Whetten
Gas Fire During Well Digging At Wakarusa
Hoover and Reed, well diggers, drilled a well for Mrs Rene Smeltzer at Wakarusa. At 90 feet a gravelly water flow appeared followed by a vapor resembling heat. Banker Jeremiah Bechtel lit a match and the flame shot several feet high, burning for minutes before dying. The pipe was withdrawn and a screen placed, yielding an excellent water flow with no further gas signs.
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Hoover & Reed
Wakarusa
Rene Smeltzer
Jeremiah Bechtel
Local Court Opens May Term In LaGrange Docket
Prosecutor Hile attends the May term opening in LaGrange where four state cases and thirty civil cases are listed. An Elkhart attorney who objected to Thursday trials due to a presumed important LaGrange case was informed his name was not on the docket and withdrew.
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Hile
LaGrange
Elkhart
Composite photo project of Hik hart county clerks 1830 1902
County Clerk Dennert plans a composite portrait featuring the twelve clerks who served Hik hart county from 1830 to 1902, a 72 year span. Photographs of all officials are in hand except Asa Norton and LaPorte Heefner, who have not yet been secured.
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Dennert
Hikhart
Asa Norton
LaPorte Heefner
Man at Jamestown Deceived Identity Revealed
A man found in Jamestown in a demented condition claimed to be Norman Rohrer of Goshen but proved to be a different person with a mistaken identity.
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Jamestown
Norman Rohrer
Goshen
Local promoter says Nappanee electric line project nearly dead
A well known local promoter declares the Nappanee electric line project is practically dead, noting delays and lack of funding undermine its completion and future viability.
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Nappanee -Electric
Revival of Scheme Faces Opposition After Publicity
The promoter said he is revising the plan to revive the project after a public airing hurt the original scheme. He noted that financing would have been easier under the old plan, but publication of details allowed antagonistic interests to mobilize against it.
Horse stolen near Goshen recovered near White Pigeon
Sheriff Elliott reported a black mare stolen by suspected burglars from a Clinton township housebreak and later found on the main highway near White Pigeon. The horse was returned to Millersburg.
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Elliott
Goshen
Clinton Township
White Pigeon
Millersburg
Woman Disinherits Fourth Husband in Will
In Indianapolis on April 30 Mrs. Thomas H. Robinson disinherits her fourth husband and leaves most of her estate to Theodore Bryan, son of her first husband. Bryan vanished 20 years ago and has not been heard from. The will grants him ten years to return and claim his portion. The last husband sues in circuit court to block probate claiming insanity.
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Indianapolis
Thomas H. Robinson
Theodore Bryan
Bryan
Conductor Thrown From Train Near Washington Ind
Conductor James Defrates of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railroad was tossed from a passenger train near Washington Indiana while traveling about 30 miles an hour. A fare dispute led to the incident. the passenger fled, and Defrates escaped serious injury.
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Washington
Ind
James Defrates
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Consummative Love Match Endures Illness in Huntington
George Lamb of Rhode Island and Mrs Genevieve Brady of Huntington recently wed after meeting at Presidio Hospital California where she worked as a nurse. Lamb, who contracted consumption in the Philippines, is seriously ill. He receives $80 monthly pension and remains at Mrs Brady's home with his wife.
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Huntington
Ind
George Lamb
Rhode Island
Warren
Genevieve Brady
Presido Hospital
California
Philippines
Indiana University President Swain Declines Kansas Offer
President Joseph Swain of Indiana University has returned from the University of Kansas where he declined the presidency, saying he could not see a path to accepting the Kansas post. He will remain in Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Bloomington
Ind
Joseph Swain
Indiana University
University of Kansas
Kansas Institution
Haskin Family Leases Kaufman Block for Goshen Restaurant
Frederick Haskin and Son, operators of Cafatiera in Goshen, lease the Kaufman block on South Main Street and plan a first class lunch counter opening about May 1. The firm, long established in South Bend, will continue the Goshen restaurant with Carl A. Haskin in charge of the Elkhart establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Haskin & Son
Goshen
Kaufman
South Main Street
Elkhart
South Bend
Carl A. Haskin
Goshen Democrat
Notable oil crew observed in Bremen today
Frank Brodrick Milo Stark Lloyd Simonton John Wolf and Charles Leonard visit Bremen as witnesses to a shooting at an oil well. The men are identified as members of the Indiana & Texas Oil Company and pursue pointers on the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brodrick
Milo Stark
Lloyd. Simonton
John
Wolf
Charles Leonard
Bremen
Indiana & Texas Oil Company
Home: polepnane Co. of Waka tk
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Polepnane & Co. of
Wakatk
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Frank Wright
Louis Wright
Wright
Wrights
Gallus
Lake Erie
New School For
Elks, Foresters, A. O. U. W
Business Men’s Protective Association
Kentucky
Sullivan, Inc
Durbin
Burrell Wiley
John Woodruff
Francis Drake
Robert Coffey
Mannington
Stroyed
Milford
Truth
B. F. Rowland & Co
S.r.sides
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